Two measures for computing the cost of intermediate projects--a ratio of cost to charges and relative value units--are highly flawed and can have serious financial implications for the hospitals that use them. Full-cost accounting, using the principles of activity-based costing, enables hospitals to measure their costs more accurately, both for competitive bidding purposes and to manage them mo...

This study aimed at investigating the potential of collaborative and e-collaborative writing modalities in developing interactional complexity, utilization of interactional demonstrators and density of interaction. To this end, 66 Iranian intermediate female English as foreign language learners (EFL) were selected to participate in this study according to their scores on Oxford Placement Test (...

Intermediate band solar cells (IBSCs) pursue the increase in efficiency by absorbing below-bandgap energy photons while preserving output voltage. Experimental IBSCs based on quantum dots (QDs) have already demonstrated that both photon absorption and voltage preservation are possible. However, experimental work has also revealed of light is weak insufficient to boost cells. The objective this ...

let g be a locally compact group, and let ω be a weight on g. we show that the weightedmeasure algebra m(g,ω) is amenable if and only if g is a discrete, amenable group andsup{ω(g) ω(g−1) : g ∈ g} < ∞, where ω(g) ≥ 1 (g ∈ g) .

background: breast cancer (bc) is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer after lung cancer. survival of bc patients is affected by intermediate events. this study was aimed to investigate the disease course of primary non-metastatic bc patients with first recurrence of the tumor (frt) as the intermediate event using the illness- death model. methods: this retrospective cohort study was condu...

belief in the lofty positions and excellences of the shi’īte imams (a.s.) and having faith in their miraculous acts and dominion over the world affairs underlies the authentic doctrine of unconditional guardianship (wilāya al-takwīnī). when the imams’ devotees try to maintain a demigod status for the imams in line with this – possibly loving and devotional – belief beyond the conventional limit...

the purpose of this study was twofold. firstly, it attempted to investigate whether language learning strategies (llss) can predict foreign language (fl) proficiency. secondly, it examined what kind of llss iranian learners of english use more frequently in fl institutes. to do so, 112 intermediate iranian efl learners participated in the study. oxford’s strategy inventory for language learning...