the objective of this study is to measure the city of tehran’s environmental quality in 2006 (the last census year). primarily, with a comparative analysis of a variety of urban sustainability indicator models, a collection of 54 indicators have been chosen and categorized as indicators of increase or decrease in urban environmental quality in the form of a simple mathematical model. based o...

This article aims to describe the transformation of knowledge process, namely gambyok site into an indicator mathematics learning tools with a Pancasila student profile. The research used is descriptive qualitative research. instrument interview sheet that gather information from cultural actors, mathematical concepts, outcomes and objectives (ATP). Transformation process data obtained intervie...

conclusions the persian version of snot 22 questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument for accessing sinonasal diseases in persian-speaking people. results thirty adults with nasal septal deviation need surgical correction and 30 healthy volunteers were included (mean age 30.4 ± 7.1 vs. 33 ± 6.7, p value = 0.148). the questionnaire was introduced to subjects two times with a two-week-perio...

Data on the ultrasonic properties of commercially available contrast agents are limited by being instrument-dependent, especially with regard to their backscattering properties. The present work describes methods of measurements that provide instrument-independent estimations of a contrast agent's attenuation coefficient and integrated backscatter index and provide them as functions of its conc...

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to examine the current level of operations and management education within US-based Emergency Medicine Residency programs. METHODS Residency program directors at all US-based Emergency Medicine Residency programs were anonymously surveyed via a web-based instrument. Participants indicated their levels of residency education dedicated to documentation, bill...

Spiritual well-being is perceived to be reflected in the quality of relationships that people have in four areas, namely with God, others, nature, and self. Many spiritual well-being questionnaires exist, but not many provide an adequate assessment of these four relationships. As part of a survey of parental perceptions of holistic early childhood education in kindergartens in Hong Kong, 1383 p...

BACKGROUND Music is an integral part of life in youth, and although it has been acknowledged that musical behavior reflects broader psychosocial aspects of adolescent behavior, no measurement instruments have been specifically designed for assessing musical engagement as an indicator of adolescent wellbeing and/or symptomatology. This study was conducted in order to develop and validate a scale...

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays an important role in the regulation of the physiological processes of the human organism during normal and pathological conditions. Among the techniques used in its evaluation, the heart rate variability (HRV) has arising as a simple and non-invasive measure of the autonomic impulses, representing one of the most promising quantitative markers of the autonom...