the aim of this study was to determine those factors affecting domestic sports brand equity using structural equation modeling. this research was a descriptive survey. 210 elite athletes of ahvaz city were randomly selected using krejcie and morgan table (n=450). a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. its validity was measured by a number of experts in the field and its relia...

management of nitrogen fertilization in crops is one of the most important components of integrated weed management. a two-year field experiment was conducted to determine the direct effects of wild mustard aboveground biomass and n content of wild mustard on oilseed rape yield. a set of factorial treatments was arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. treatments w...

PLS Path Modeling and Generalized Structured Component Analysis are two component-based approaches to Structural Equation Models. Both methods aim at estimating the causal relationships linking two or more latent variables by means of a set of observed indicators. Moreover, both methods define the latent variable as a linear combination of its own observed variables, i.e. as a component. The ma...

black saxaul (haloxylon aphyllum) is one of the best options for rehabilitating drought affected desert lands. the species is remarkably adapted to the central dry environment ofiran and a major source of raising pasture productivity of the areas. progenies of 25 randomly selected black saxaul trees from four populations of the species were studied in a randomized complete block design with thr...

conclusions the current study showed that supporting pregnant mother moderates psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression, and hence reduces preterm labor. results the final path model fit well (cfi = 0.96; rmsea = .064). the results showed that depression, anxiety, and stress (β = -0.18) directly, and stressful life events indirectly (β= -0.0396) had the most predict on ges...

to determine the correlation between grain yield and its components in some grain corn hybrids and their cause and effect relationships in various fertilizer application methods, an experiment was carried out as split plot based on randomized complete block design with two fertilizer application methods (urea foliar application and soil application method), four grain corn hybrids (ns 640, kons...

background: infant mortality is one of the main indexes in the assessment of a society's access to the primary health care ser­vices. many factors are involved in this regard. the present study aimed at determining the structural association be­tween socio-economic variables and the rate of infant mortality rate. methods: the required data and information were collected from the multiple indica...

the aim of this study was to investigate relationship between social capital and organizational excellence. initially, about excellence, history and the concept of social capital and its components are described. then, the organizational approach to social capital was examined and the impact of social capital on organizational performance was evaluated. on the basis of the conceptual model, the...