Knowledge of Mange among Masai Pastoralists in Kenya
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Knowledge of Mange among Masai Pastoralists in Kenya
BACKGROUND Pastoralists in low-income countries usually live in close proximity to their animals and thus represent an important repository of information about livestock disease. Since wild and domestic animals often mix freely whilst grazing, pastoralists are also able to observe first-hand the diseases that are present in wildlife and as such are key informants in disease outbreaks in sylvat...
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پژوهش حاضر به بررسی رابطه بین تسهیم دانش و چابکی سازمانی در شرکت توزیع برق استان اصفهان پرداخته است . ابزار سنجش در این پژوهش پرسشنامه می باشد . به منظور سنجش متغیر تسهیم دانش از پرسشنامه وانگ و وانگ و جهت سنجش چابکی سازمانی از پرسشنامه چاربونیر استفاده شده است . هدف پژوهش حاضر تحلیل رابطه میان تسهیم دانش و چابکی سازمانی از دید کارکنان شرکت توزیع برق استان اصفهان می باشد . جامعه آماری این پژوه...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043342