Stakeholders on the Prowl

PROWL: An Efficient Frequent continuity Mining Algorithm on Event Sequences

Mining association rule in event sequences is an important data mining problem with many applications. Most of previous studies on association rules are on mining intra-transaction association, which consider only relationship among the item in the same transaction. However, intra-transaction association rules are not a suitable for trend prediction. Therefore, inter-transaction association is ...

Risk Assessment for Section 3 Use of Pendimethalin Product Prowl 3.3 Ec in California for the Control of Broadleaf Weeds and Grasses on Bearing Citrus Crops

Community-based participatory research in Iran: its challenges and ways to control from the stakeholders view

     According to World Health Organization reports, the root of applied researches problems in developing countries are running the researches based on academic researchers ’ interests as well as decision-making in executive systems based on their managers ’ experiences. The problems will be eliminated by stakeholders ’ participation. In 2001, the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBP...

Cutting down and pollarding of forest trees as perceived by local and governmental forest stakeholders and the impact of changes in fuel source on the forest (Case study: Sarvabad city forests)

Local people are always dependent on cutting down and pollarding of Zagros forests trees to provide their livelihoods needs such as house heating, cooking, supply of livestock forage and building materials. The stakeholders also have many conflicts in terms of forest utilization, which is the main cause of many irregularities in the forest management. The present study was conducted to investig...

Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in Thailand

Background This study reports stakeholders’ ratings, and perceived gaps in World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 8 implementation in Thailand viewed against WHO’s Guidelines for Article 8 and to inform action in preparing the 2017 Tobacco Product Control Act.   Methods Stakeholder ratings of Guideline provisions of Article 8 on a three-tiered s...