each semester, students are asked to evaluate the academic staff through an online questionnaire. generalized estimating equations model (gee), taking into account the correlation between scores, is the established tool to analyze longitudinal data. the aim of this manuscript is to identify characteristics that influence staff score and to address the importance of selection of appropriate corr...

Correlated neuronal activity is a natural consequence of network connectivity and shared inputs to pairs of neurons, but the task-dependent modulation of correlations in relation to behavior also hints at a functional role. Correlations influence the gain of postsynaptic neurons, the amount of information encoded in the population activity and decoded by readout neurons, and synaptic plasticity...

one of the most important dimention of the industrial structure is the concentration. in order to determine concentration in iranian industries from 2000 to 2005, the 5-firm concentration ratio is used in terms of sale value, production, value added and employment variables. the results indicate high correlation among concentration ratios in terms of sale, employment, value added and production...

background and purpose: this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between organizational structure and organizational performance from the perspective of the staff of 115 emergency departments of mazandaran province, iran. materials and methods: in this study, data were collected from the emergency personnel of different hospitals of mazandaran province, iran in 2014. moreover, data on two ...