This article first presents three-level simplex designs of n = k+1 runs for k factors. Each simplex design is composed of k treatment combinations from a two-level factorial design, plus an additional base run that represents a third level for each factor. These orthogonal, first-order designs are simple to construct. It is also noted that the k treatment combinations in each simplex design • f...

JavaScript has become a language for programming complex Web applications, whose logic is deployed across both Web browsers and Web servers. Current software packaging mechanisms for JavaScript enable a basic level of modularity and reuse. However, they have not yet reached full maturity in terms of enabling system extensions with features contributed as third-party plugins, while encapsulating...

Abstract The aim of this study was to estimate the contribution adult attachment style and alexithymia cutaneous body image in patients with psoriasis while controlling for confounding effects disease severity depressive symptoms. Participants were 107 consecutive (60% women) a diagnosis plaque-type psoriasis. Cutaneous dissatisfaction measured Body Image Scale (CBIS) Psoriasis Area Severity In...

while studies have shown the disastrous effects of post-partum depression (ppd) on children's behaviors, there is relatively lack of reliable data in asian countries. this study examined the relative significance of maternal ppd in children's developmental disabilities at age four. in a longitudinal study design (2009), 1801 pregnant women attending in primary health centers of mazandaran provi...

background: in india, child malnutrition is mostly the result of high levels of exposure to infection and inappropriate infant and young child feeding and caring practices and has its origins almost entirely during the first 2 to 3 years of life. this study aims in assessing the impact of breast feeding on child development of children at 3 years. methods: about 530 children at 3 years were ass...

OBJECTIVE Developmental delay screening is essential in pediatric medicine. The purpose of this study was to estimate the developmental delay in apparently normal children at entry to kindergarten. MATERIALS & METHODS In this cross- sectional study conducted in 2013, the developmental status of a sample of children who entered to kindergarten at the age of 4-60 months were evaluated by the Pe...

Research and fellowship support was provided by grants from the National Science Foundation (#0097970 and #0545634), the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Hewlett Foundation through a grant to the Santa Fe Institute. We thank the members of the Powell “lab” group, the Scancor Seminar, the Co-Evolution of States and Markets group at SFI, and the Harvard Business School Entrepreneursh...