Abstract: A new method to generate various family of distributions is introduced. This method introduces a new two-parameter extension of the exponential distribution to illustrate its application. Some statistical and reliability properties of the new distribution, including explicit expressions for the moments, quantiles, mode, moment generating function, mean residual lifetime, stochas...

objective: the present study aimed to investigate the effects of spiritual well-being and family protective factors on the family strength in a propositional structural model. methods: the research population consisted of all the married people of the isfahan, iran, in 2012 with preschool-aged children and in the first decade of marriage with at least eight grades of educational level. three hu...

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between risk taking behavior/perception and five factors of personality (AFFM). To realize the main objective of the study DomainSpecific Risk-Taking Scale and Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire were administered on a group of 57 subjects ranging in age from 18 to 24 years. Obtained data was analyzed by using descriptive statistic...

Methods 60 patients with L5-S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis (mean age, 47years, range, 28 to 69 years) and age-matched control group of 77 normal adults (mean age, 43.5 years, range, 25 to 63 years) were recruted in this retrospective study. Parameters including slip distance (SD), slipping percentage (SP), pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), sacral slope (SS), L5 incidence (L5I), lumbar-sacr...

Entity authentication and key distribution are central cryptographic problems in distributed computing|but up until now, they have lacked even a meaningful de nition. One consequence is that incorrect and ine cient protocols have proliferated. This paper provides the rst treatment of these problems in the complexity-theoretic framework of modern cryptography. Addressed in detail are two problem...

The complex and overlapping tissue distribution of different members of the gap junctional connexin protein family is reviewed. Intermixing of different connexins in the building of intercellular channels and translational and posttranslational regulation of gap junctional channels add additional challenges to the interpretation of the possible functions played by gap junction-mediated intercel...

Patients' preferences for physicians of a particular sex tend to skew sex distributions of clinical populations in training and practice settings. A study was developed to explore these preferences and potential reasons for them. Of 185 adult patients surveyed at four family practice residency clinics, 45% expressed a preference for sex of physician; 43% of women and 12% of men preferred a fema...