over the recent years, the study of language learning strategies has received much attention worldwide in general, and in iran in particular. many scholars have tried to investigate the function of language learning strategies in efl learning and teaching. not enough attention, however, has been paid to language skills, especially speaking skill, in iran. therefore, the present study aimed at s...

Thai typed character recognition has been a very most popular research topic in Thailand. There are three commercial Thai OCR softwares available to the public at the present. But none of them can preserve the type styles of the original document image such as bold, italics, normal, and bold & italics styles into the output text file. This paper presents the technique for preserving the specifi...

background : nursing is a skill oriented discipline. in clinical training, learning process is mainly related to performance. moreover, developing skills is one of the main goals of clinical training, because it is through frequent practice that one can develop a skill. this study aimed to determine the frequency of practicing basic skills during nursing students' traineeship. methods: this was...

This paper describes the modeling of various emotional expressions and speaking styles in synthetic speech using HMM-based speech synthesis. We show two methods for modeling speaking styles and emotional expressions. In the first method called style-dependent modeling, each speaking style and emotional expression is modeled individually. In the second one called style-mixed modeling, each speak...

Background: Despite the implementation of new training programs, neglecting individual differences in terms of learning styles can be taken into account as one of the reasons for poor levels of self-care behaviors in patients suffering from diabetes. Aim: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of training according to the learning styles on self-care behaviors among individu...

Sleep following motor skill practice has repeatedly been demonstrated to enhance motor skill learning off-line (continued overnight improvements in motor skill that are not associated with additional physical practice) for young people who are healthy. Mounting evidence suggests that older people who are healthy fail to demonstrate sleep-dependent off-line motor learning. However, little is kno...

This paper presents an approach to realizing various emotional expressions and speaking styles in synthetic speech using HMM-based speech synthesis. We show two methods for modeling speaking styles and emotions. In the first method, called “style dependent modeling,” each speaking style and emotion is individually modeled. On the other hand, in the second method, called “style mixed modeling,” ...