BACKGROUND Item response theory (IRT) is extensively used to develop adaptive instruments of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, each IRT model has its own function to estimate item and category parameters, and hence different results may be found using the same response categories with different IRT models. The present study used the Rasch rating scale model (RSM) to examine and r...

هدف: هدف از انجام این پژوهش مقایسه اثربخشی طرح‌واره‌درمانی و واقعیت‌درمانی بر انعطاف‌پذیری روان‌شناختی خودتنظیمی هیجانی مربیان پیش‌دبستانی شهرستان شهرکرد بود. روش: جامعه آماری کلیة شهرکردبودند که بین آنها تعداد 45 نفر به صورت نمونه‌گیری در دسترس انتخاب گمارش تصادفی 2 گروه آزمایش و1 کنترل (هر کدام 15 نفر) گمارده شدند. ابزار اندازه‌گیری شامل پرسشنامه‌های (بوند همکاران، 2011) هیجانی(مارس، 1983) بو...

Strong non-linearity combined with the complicated rheological behaviour of polymers makes the quality characteristics of products unpredictable in plastic injection moulding. The purpose of this work is to study the mechanical properties of injection moulded polypropylene/E-glass composites. The process parameters like the melt temperature, injection pressure, packing pressure and cooling time...

The Critical Path Method (CPM) and the Repetitive Scheduling Method (RSM) are the most often used tools for the planning, scheduling and control Linear Repetitive Projects (LRPs). CPM focuses mostly on project’s duration and critical activities, while RSM focuses on resource continuity. In this paper we present a linear programming approach to address the multi objective nature of decisions con...

Response surface methodology (RSM) relies on the design of experiments and empirical modelling techniques to find the optimum of a process when the underlying fundamental mechanism of the process is largely unknown. This paper proposes an iterative RSM framework, where Gaussian process (GP) regression models are applied for the approximation of the response surface. GP regression is flexible an...

The purpose of this study is to optimize adsorption conditions of powdered alum sludge (PAS) as low-cost adsorbent for the removal of three P-species (ortho-P, poly-P and organic-P) from wastewater using the response surface methodology (RSM). Initially, RSM in the basis of a 3-variable Box-Behnken design was used to determine the effect of pH (from 4 to 7), PAS mass (from 0.1 to 0.5 g) and PAS...

Kafirin microparticles have potential as colon-targeted delivery systems because of their ability to protect encapsulated material from digestive processes of the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The aim was to optimize prednisolone loading into kafirin microparticles, and investigate their potential as an oral delivery system. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to predict the optim...

The outer coating of an optical fiber cable protects the optical fiber, and the contraction rate of the outer coating can affect the communication capacity and distance, so the contraction rate is often regarded as the key factor in defining the quality of an optical fiber cable. For this reason, using the example of the circular single-pin optical fiber cable manufacturing process of the large...

Response surface methodology (RSM) is a very efficient tool to provide a good practical insight into developing new process and optimizing them. This methodology could help engineers to raise a mathematical model to represent the behavior of system as a convincing function of process parameters. Through this paper the sequential nature of the RSM surveyed for process engineers and its relations...

The i-test was developed to assess the visual-perceptual disturbances (VPDs) frequently reported by anxious patients. Persons with the disturbance report a specific abnormal illusion of movement when they maintain a fixed gaze at the i-test stimulus. Base rates for positive responses to the i-test and for reports of a "recurrent specific memory" (RSM) of a fear experience were obtained in psych...