PURPOSE This study aimed to develop a job description for healthcare managers of metabolic syndrome management programs using task analysis. METHODS Exploratory research was performed by using the Developing a Curriculum method, the Intervention Wheel model, and focus group discussions. Subsequently, we conducted a survey of 215 healthcare workers from 25 community health centers to verify th...

Theories of absorptive capacity propose that knowledge gained from prior experience facilitates the identification, selection, and implementation of related profitable practices. Researchers have investigated how managers may develop absorptive capacity by building internal knowledge stocks, but few have focused on the distribution of this knowledge within the firm and the role managers play in...

objectives: this research is a comparative study of the level of social capital in tehran university and sharif university of technology libraries.method: the research method is composed of survey and comparative study. statistical population included all librarians affiliated to central and college libraries of sharif university of technology together with librarians affiliated to central libr...

EiffelVision 2 is an object-oriented library for developing graphical user interfaces in Eiffel. It offers several strategies to organise widgets in windows, and each strategy has its own specific language and features. The goal of this master thesis is to design and implement a more abstract language to develop user interfaces that is based on the mathematical model of linear programming. The ...

The paper presents a hierarchical model for integrating structured HPC legacy software modules into a grid-adaptive scientific library service able to deliver quality computing-service on a performance contract basis. The service proactively administers both computing resources and configurable library software modules on behalf of client applications, and seamlessly supports their re-configura...

corporate governance is the system by which corporations are directed and controlled. corporate governance also provides the structure through which company objectives are established, the means to achieve these objectives, and how to monitor their performance. icts have the potential to make organization and its services more transparent by providing easy access to information. this research a...

purpose: the purpose of this paper is to identify the main elements of collection and collection management policy of information center & central library of ferdowsi university of mashhad. methodology: this study was an applied research study done through a survey analysis. the population of this study comprised of a representative group of managers, experts, and librarians. the data collectio...