OBJECTIVE To test the null hypothesis that SmartClip self-ligating brackets are more effective than conventional brackets for initial mandibular alignment and identify influential factors. METHODS Fifty patients were randomly allocated to two equal treatment groups by using an online randomization program: self-ligating group (SmartClip brackets) and conventional group (Gemini brackets). The ...

This study investigated teachers’ conceptions of intelligence (TCoI) and ambiguity tolerance in the burnout levels of 202 Iranian EFL teachers. To this end, 3 inventories were utilized: Language Teachers’ Conceptions of Intelligence Scale (LTCI-S), Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale-II (MSTAT-II), and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Pearson multiple correlation coefficients and ...

or, using Einstein’s summation convention, as u = vi gi. (3) The summation convention implies that repeated indices appearing exactly twice in a single term (by term we mean any single vector or tensor quantity or any product of vector and/or tensor quantities) are to be summed from 1 through d (where d is the number of dimensions), i.e., for example in three dimensions, v = vi gi = v1 g1 + v2 ...

The partial androgen insensitivity syndrome occurs in 46,XY subjects with phenotypes ranging from perineoscrotal hypospadias with cryptorchidism and micropenis (mild undervirilisation) to clitoromegaly and partial labial fusion (marked undervirilisation). Within an affected family, wide variation in the degree of genital ambiguity between individuals can be seen. Two cousins of a previously rep...

ambiguity and obscurity are frequently used to indicate a similar meaning yet there are real differences between them. the ambiguity is an affirmative concept in arabic poetry, and the critics consider it as an artistic standard in best literary samples. whereas, obscurity is a negative concept which results to the lack of text's values of skillfulness. this article deals with an explanation of...

The objective of this work is to compare the performance of three methods of ambiguity resolution: LSAST, LAMBDA, and FASF. To do this evaluation, the methods were implemented in software and data were collected using two dual frequency geodetic quality Trimble R8 GPS receivers in static situation and two Ashtech Z12 GPS receivers in kinematic situation. The data were processed using LSAST, LAM...

BACKGROUND Validating a questionnaire/instrument (whether developed or adapted) before proceeding to the field for data collection is important. This article presents the modification of an Irish questionnaire for a Nigerian setting. The validation process and reliability testing of this questionnaire (which was used in assessing previous breastfeeding practices and breastfeeding intentions of ...

Traditional classification accuracy assessments based on summary statistics from a confusion matrix furnish a global (location invariant) view of classification accuracy. To estimate the spatial distribution of classification accuracy, a geostatistical integration approach is presented in this paper. Indicator kriging with local means is combined with logistic regression to integrate an image-d...

BACKGROUND The negative consequences of energy dense foods are well known, yet people increasingly make unhealthy food choices leading to obesity (i.e., risky decisions). The aims of this study were: [1] to compare performance in decision-making tasks under risk and under ambiguity between individuals with obesity, overweight and normal weight; [2] to examine the associations between body mass ...

Ambiguity may lead us to insert abstractions into our experience that create a greater number of unanticipated, unintended consequences. When people move closer to the flux of ambiguity, they work to make sense of it. High reliability organizations react to ambiguity by increasing it momentarily. To increase ambiguity is to grasp more of the situation, to refrain from simplifications, and to st...