How deeply a word is processed has long been considered as a crucial factor in the realm of vocabulary acquisition. In literature, two frameworks have been proposed to operationalize the depth of processing, namely the Involvement Load Hypothesis (ILH) and the Technique Feature Analysis (TFA). However, they differ in the way they have operationalized it specially in terms of their attentional c...

A model is not an exact copy of its original, but only idealised reproduction that simpler, more understandable, accessible and easier, safer effective to work with. In the presented study, we used technique factor analysis (FA). We 44 parameters describe agroecosystem, which proportionally main components study agroecosystem. Based on Malinowsky error analysis, extracted a 6-factor solution. f...

We apply a new Bayesian data analysis technique (latent process decomposition) to four recent microarray datasets for breast cancer. Compared to hierarchical cluster analysis, for example, this technique has advantages such as objective assessment of the optimal number of sample or gene clusters in the data, penalization of overcomplex models fitting to noise in the data and a common latent spa...

background: edinburgh postnatal depression scale (epds) has been used as a reliable screening tool for postpartum depression in many countries. this study aimed to assess the psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the epds in a sample of iranian women. methods: using stratified sampling 262 postpartum women (2 weeks-3 months after delivery) were selected from urban and rural health ...

Steel consumption is a critical factor affecting pricing decisions and a key element to achieve sustainable industrial development. Forecasting future trends of steel consumption based on analysis of nonlinear patterns using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques is the main purpose of this paper. Because there are several features affecting target variable which make the analysis of relations...

this study aimed at identifying and analyzing issues and challenges on the agricultural research and technology development under the national innovation framework. the survey consisted of two groups: agricultural researchers of agriculture-research and education organization and all faculty members of public agricultural faculties of ministry of scientific, research and technology. using cochr...

This paper investigates the impact of the introduction of transactional Internet banking on performance and risk profile of major credit unions in Australia. Performance was measured using linear programming technique of data envelopment analysis and regressed on relevant explanatory variables using censored normal regression. Accounting data were used to measure risk profile and regressed on r...

the purpose of this descriptive-correlation study was to investigate effective factors on rural people’s non-participation of mahabad’s dam catchment in watershed management projects. the research instrument was structural questionnaire with close-ended questions, which its validity confirmed by panel of academic staff and reliability of questionnaire was confirmed. the target population of thi...