abstractthis study evaluated the translation quality of english equivalents of persian proper nouns in the tourist signs and bilingual boards in isfahan. to find different errors in the translations of the bilingual boards and tourist signs, the data were collected directly by taking picture or writing exactly from the available tourist signs and bilingual boards. then, the errors were assessed...

Over the period 1987-1991 an inter-disciplinary five-country group developed the EuroQol instrument, a five-dimensional three-level generic measure subsequently termed the 'EQ-5D'. It was designed to measure and value health status. The salient features of its development and its consolidation and expansion are discussed. Initial expansion came, in particular, in the form of new language versio...

This document describes an Architecture Quality Assessment (AQA) instrument for the evaluation of system architectures. The AQA is intended to provide an objective and repeatable basis for assessingan architecture’s quality in both generic and program-specific aspects. The AQA may be used to: evaluate a candidate architecture; review the technical progress of an on-going architecture developmen...

BACKGROUND Maternal health improvement is one of the eight goals of the third millennium development, set in 2000. Pregnancy complications are the most important causes of maternal mortality worldwide. Proper and qualified health care access is one the most important factors for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine quality of peripartum care...

According to the Air Quality Framework Directive, air pollutant concentration levels have to be assessed and reported annually by each European Union member state, taking into consideration European air quality standards. Plans and programmes should be implemented in zones and agglomerations where pollutant concentrations exceed the limit and target values. The main objective of this study is t...

The quality of data is context dependent. Starting from this intuition and experience, we propose and develop a conceptual framework that captures in formal terms the notion of context-dependent data quality. We start by proposing a generic and abstract notion of context, and also of its uses, in general and in data management in particular. On this basis, we investigate data quality assessment...

We introduce a new research tool – the LIVE Mobile Video Quality Assessment (VQA) database. The database consists of pristine reference and distorted videos, along with human/subjective opinion scores of the associated video quality. The database was designed towards improving our understanding of human judgements of time-varying video quality in heavilytrafficked wireless networks. A byproduct...

Anyonewho has experienced artifacts or freezing play while watching a film or a live sporting event on TV is familiar with the frustration accompanying sudden quality degradation at a key moment. Notwithstanding, video services with blurred images may have far more severe consequences for video surveillance practitioners. Therefore, the Quality of Experience (QoE) concept for video content used...