results inter-observer agreement of the pathology scores based on nas scoring system was acceptable for steatosis, lobular inflammation, and fibrosis, but not for hepatocyte ballooning. the intra-observer agreement was acceptable in all scales, with lowest intra-class correlation observed for lobular inflammation. materials and methods the anonymous liver biopsy samples of 100 consecutive nafld...

nowadays, the process of knowledge sharing has gone beyond organizational boundaries and the issue of knowledge sharing is discussed widely among different companies and organizations in order to improve their performance. with the emergent of outsourcing process and increasing attention of organizations toward it, managers are more inclined to outsource their services; but, the problem of inte...

Following a thorough survey of the available literature and concentrating on the wax and wane of testing pragmatic competence so far, the present study firstly is an attempt to develop a comprehensive test of inter-language pragmatics mainly focusing on academic situations in the Iranian context. Secondly, the study aims to investigate the criteria required for the selection of speech acts of a...

sowing date and plant density are important factors in grain yield of cow pea. in order to study effect of sowing date and plant density on yield and yield components of cow pea, an experiment was conducted in research farm of ramin university of agricultural and natural resources in 2008. the experimental design was split plots in randomized complete design with four replications. the experime...

this study aimed to evaluate the reliability factors, and identify causes of error in direct anthropometry method. after training three beginner anthropometrists and following the instructions of anthropometric standards, 48 body dimensions of 42 male students were measured three times. in other words, the physical dimensions of each subject were measured for 9 times. all participants were wear...

abstract objectives, the purpose of this research was to evaluate of the intra-rater and inter-raters reliability of the 10 meter walk test (10 mwt) in 30 adults with spastic cerebral palsy (cp) with subgroup analyses in gross motor function classification system (gmfcs). material & methods, participants  (19 men, 11 women; mean age 27 y and 9 mo) with gmfcs levels below iv (i, ii, and iii) non...