This paper describes a new technique for global shape improvement based upon features’ positions and geometrical constraints. It suggests a general incremental, framework whereby constraints can be added and integrated in the model reconstruction process, resulting in an optimal trade-off between minimization of the shape fitting error and the constraints’ tolerances. The objects treated are in...

the aim of this study was to compare mental health, quality of life and emotional intelligence in physical education teachers and non-physical education teachers in kermanshah. this study was carried out by a causal-comparative and field method. the statistical population of this study comprised all the teachers of kermanshah (972 physical education teachers and 2854 non-physical education teac...

in this article, it has been tried to analyze the mental satisfaction of the quality of life in different regions in terms of objective development. for this purpose, districts no. 3, 6, and 9 of mashhad city which through the measures of education, income, and employment were respectively among the deprived, the average, and the privileged regions were selected as the case study areas. moreove...

Many organizations are investing considerable resources in building and designing what termed ‘creative offices’. In this paper, we bring together two lines of academic enquiry that have attracted the interest scholars from different disciplines: organizational creativity physical space organizations. These study use concepts lean on ontologies; consequently, their relation is underexplored ext...

abstract soil quality is an essential concept for maximum agriculture production without environmental destruction. studying soil physical quality indicators, that express soil structural stability and soil air-water balance in root zone, is one of the most important aspects of soil quality. so determination of optimal range for pore volume distribution is important and this research carried ou...

tuberculosis is still one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. besides clinical impact, the disease affects the quality of life (qol) too. with the rise of 21st century, multi-drug-resistant tb (mdr tb) has risen as a significant public health problem due to emergence of resistance to anti-tuberculosis therapy (att) drugs. this study was planned to analyze the impact of mdrtb on qo...

Examining the social context of disablement, we investigated how changes in social relations affect loneliness among married older men and women. With longitudinal data on 914 married persons from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), we found that changes in the quality of marital and nonmarital relations moderate the effect of disability on loneliness in unexpected ways...

Supporting the mobile learning process raises a number of difficulties from a course design, delivery and evaluation perspective. In the case of the delivery component, these difficulties are most acute in those circumstances where educational content should be delivered in a context-sensitive fashion. For the purposes of this paper, discussion is restricted to just one vital aspect of the mobi...

The location of an event or feature on the Earth's surface can be used to discover information about the location's surrroundings, and to gain insights into the conditions and processes that may affect or even cause the presence of the event or feature. Such reasoning lies at the heart of critical spatial thinking, and is increasingly implemented in tools such as geographic information systems ...