quality of life of inbaharan training, medical, and psychiatric research center staff in zahedan     jenaabadi h [1] , nastiezaie n [2] *     received: 23july, 2011 accepted: 2october, 2011     abstract   background & aims : today, attention to quality of life is one of the interesting categories among international community. thus, researchers seek to measure the impact of mental and physical ...

This paper presents a location sensing system “Spreha” for sentient artefacts. Our approach towards context awareness is to use sensor augmented daily life objects for context sensing. Some of these artefacts are static in nature, like a cabinet, a bed, a refrigerator, etc. The basic idea in Spreha is to use these static artefacts as reference points for identifying the artefacts that are mobil...

Point Distribution Models (PDMs) are statistical mo dels which represent objects whose shape can vary. A useful feature of PDMs is their ability to capture the shape of variable objects within a training set with a small number of shape parameters. This compact and accurate parametrization can be used for the design of efficient classification systems. In this paper we de scribe a classificatio...

Given the importance of voice quality in signalling personal identity and social group membership, effective control of voice features may become especially important during adolescence, yet this has to be achieved in the context of significant physical changes within the speech production system. Most previous research has focussed on phonation, but this study used Vocal Profile Analysis (VPA)...

heart failure (hf) is a common disease with high health care costs and high mortality rate knowledge of the health-related quality of life (qol) outcomes of hf may guide decision making and be useful in assessing new therapies for population. yet little is known about qol of hf patients in iran. objectives: to assess health related qol of patients with hf with two different instrument and to co...