background and purpose: adequate evidence based medicine (ebm) knowledge and skills are required to provide up-to-date, high quality medical care to patients. unfortunately, achieving these skills and knowledge requires a prolonged learning process and constant exposure to ebm concepts. the adult learning theory holds the assumption that adults learn better in a problem based and collaborative ...

the purpose of this article is to present the link among resource based theory, marketing strategy, and firms’ performance in order to propose integrative framework showing how the three constructs are linked. it is organized based on a review of academic literature on resource based theory and marketing strategy chronicled in major marketing journals up to december 2015. besides, the paper ref...

Case-based reasoning is a paradigm inmachine learningwhose idea is that a new problem can be solved by noticing its similarity to a set of problems previously solved. We propose a new approach to case-based reasoning. It is based on rough set theory that is amathematical theory for reasoning about data. More precisely, we adopt Dominance-based Rough Set Approach (DRSA) that is particularly appr...

Introduction: Frequency of breakfast consumption has declined in the last half century. This meal is ignored by children and adolescents. This study was aimed at determining the effect of a training program based on theory of planned behavior on promotion of breakfast consumption in students. Methods: This interventional quasi-experimental study was carried out in Bandar Abbas in 2011 on 88 mid...

Investigating the potential impact of climate on agro-ecosystems using simulation models is underpinned by the availability of climate data at the appropriate temporal scale (daily or higher resolution). The production of artificial series of weather data has traditionally adopted a variety of alternative methods. These range from empirical functions where simple relationships between weather v...

background and aim: grounded theory has taken some different theoretical perspectives since its creation in 1967 by barney glaser. considering that applying grounded theory partly depends on an awareness of its philosophical perspectives, gaining knowledge about these various perspectives is required for health care professionals who are interested in studying the social processes. this review ...

this article investigates fluctuations in stocks prices at tehran stock exchange, assuming that investors' utility stems from fluctuations in value of stocks as well as consumption. thus, the two behavioral phenomena discussed in prospect theory, i. e. loss aversion and house money effect, were factored into consumption-based asset pricing model and investor's utility function, which ...

Problem of knowledge analysis for decision support system is the most difficult task of information systems. This paper presents a new approach based on notions of mathematical theory of Rough Sets to solve this problem. Using these concepts a systematic approach has been developed to reduce the size of decision database and extract reduced rules set from vague and uncertain data. The method ha...

objective: this study aimed to assess deficits of cognitive and emotional aspects of theory of mind in patients with bipolar disorder type 1 within a remission period. methods: in this case- control study, 30 bipolar patients and 30 normal individuals were selected through purposive sampling method for the purpose of the study. then, they were matched based on their educational background and a...