objectives: the value of the client-centered approach for treating patients with various disabilities has been increasingly acknowledged. the aim of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability of the persian version of the canadian occupational performance measure (copm) as an individual outcome measure among iranian elderly population. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 60 old...

this study attempts to find if better performance in power play leads a team to victory in a twenty20 match. based on the methodology devised to do so, the study tries to measure the performance of both the teams during power play overs in terms of batting and bowling. the developed measure is called ‘prod’ which is a product of the difference of batting and bowling performance of the teams dur...

A common form of competition is one where judges grade contestants’ performances which are then compiled to determine the final ranking of the contestants. Unlike in another common form of competition where two contestants play a head-to-head match to produce a winner as in football or basketball, the objectivity of judges are prone to be questioned, potentially undermining the public’s trust i...

************************************************************************ ATM Forum Document Number: ATM_Forum/99-0045 ************************************************************************ Title: Throughput Fairness Index: An Explanation ************************************************************************ Abstract: The performance testing document uses a particular function to quantify fa...

This paper intends to research on the link between musical similarity and style and sub-style (variant) classification in the context of flamenco a cappella singing styles. Given the limitation of standard computational models for melodic characterization and similarity computation in this particular context, we have proposed a specific set of melodic features adapted to flamenco singing styles...

Wireless access based on slotted Aloha with selfish users may result in very inefficient use of the system resources. To impose cooperation and fairness in such systems, we propose an optimal pricing strategy, based on which the service provider can regulate the overall network behavior. As the users’ utility incorporates the price paid for using the spectrum, by striving to improve their own p...