the present exploratory study aimed to construct and apply a localized questionnaireto investigate the cultural orientations of iranian english translation students. it alsoexamined the relationship between cultural orientations of iranian englishtranslation students, their gender, and translation quality. this mixed-methods study,in the first phase, used focus group interviews to form a pool o...

this study was undertaken to identify key elements for obtaining community interest and motivate them to support eliminate malaria in the places that malaria is no longer a perceived threat.sequential explanatory mixed methods research design used to provide more comprehensive evidence research. a questionnaire was developed after reviewing the literature relating to community participation for...

the main purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting the validity of the results of the student evaluation. the research method was mixed method. participants of the qualitative part were masters of educational science and participants of the quantitative part were bsc students of psychology and educational sciences of state universities of tehran entered in 1389 and 1390. in the qu...

Purpose: The purpose of the current research was to identify, quantify and prioritize the components of reducing the resistance of managers of government organizations in the administrative transformation plan. Methodology: The mixed research method is based on exploratory mixed research. The statistical population in the qualitative section was university professors, managers and experts of e...

The Hierarchical Predictive Model (HPM) is a semiparametric mixed model where the fixed effects are fit with a user-specified non-parametric component. This approach extends current spline-based semiparametric mixed model formulations, allowing for more flexible nonparametric estimation. Greater adaptability simplifies model specification making it easier to analyze data sets with large numbers...

BACKGROUND Neighborhood characteristics such as poverty and racial composition are associated with inequalities in access to food stores and in the risk of obesity, but the pathways between food environments and health are not well understood. This article extends research on consumer food environments by examining the perspectives of food-store owners and managers. METHODS We conducted semis...