The present study chiefly aimed to compare two forms of dynamic assessment and standard assessment of EFL learners’ listening comprehension. 59 Iranian EFL learners were randomly assigned to three test administration groups and assessed on listening for main and supporting information in listening tasks. The first model of dynamic assessment was a form of scaffolding in which for any incorrect ...

background: women-headed households are more exposed to social damages than other women. such condition remarkably influences the women's health-related life quality. the present study is aimed to investigate the effect of an educational intervention in quality of life of women-headed households under protection of tehran welfare organization, in 2015.   methods: in this quasi-experimental stud...

background: women-headed households are more exposed to social damages than other women. such condition remarkably influences the women’s health-related life quality. the present study is aimed to investigate the effect of an educational intervention in quality of life of women-headed households under protection of tehran welfare organization, in 2015.   methods: in this quasi-experimental stud...

In data mining and machine learning, models come from data and provide insights for understanding data (unsupervised classification) or making prediction (supervised learning) (Giudici, 2003, Hand, 2000). Thus the scientific status of this kind of models is different from the classical view where a model is a simplified representation of reality provided by an expert of the field. In most data ...

intellectual capital is most vital enabler of enterprises. managing intellectual capital effectively can greatly enhance the competitive advantages of any enterprises. this study focused on how the enterprises utilize intellectual capital, in order to strengthen the competitiveness of enterprises. this research established a novel assessment model to measure the performance of intellectual capi...

european foundation for quality management (efqm) model is a widely used quality management system (qms) worldwide, including iran. current study aims to verify the quality assessment results of iranian national program for hospital evaluation (inphe) based on those of efqm.this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 on a sample of emergency departments (eds) affiliated with tehran univers...

objectives: the aim of this study was to compare of waist circumference with metabolic syndrome ,as a predictor insulin resistance in agroup of elderly population. methods & materials: in a cross-sectional study among 225 elderlyaged 60 year old and more whose clinical data were complete, 94 subjects (42 males and 52 females) who were able to sign the consent form mini mental stat examination>2...