The unsteady increase in using pharmaceutical opioids is a phenomenon that has existed in human societies for a long time. Furthermore, the ever-growing trend of addiction to opioids affects communities in various economic, social, and cultural aspects. Since abusing pharmaceutical opioids is a complex dynamic problem, it is extremely difficult to recognize the factors influencing this abuse. T...

The unsteady increase in using pharmaceutical opioids is a phenomenon that has existed in human societies for a long time. Furthermore, the ever-growing trend of addiction to opioids affects communities in various economic, social, and cultural aspects. Since abusing pharmaceutical opioids is a complex dynamic problem, it is extremely difficult to recognize the factors influencing this abuse. T...

This paper considers the multi-item dynamic lot size model where joint business volume discount is applied for all items purchased whenever the total dollar value of an order reaches a certain level. Multi-item discounts are prevalent in practical applications, yet the literature has only considered limited instances of single-item models. We establish the mathematical formulation and design an...

the directional response and roll stability characteristics of a partly filled tractor semi-trailer vehicle, with cylindrical tank, are investigated in various maneuvers. the dynamic interaction of liquid cargo with the tractor semi-trailer vehicle is also evaluated by integrating a dynamic slosh model of the partly filled tank with five-degrees-of-freedom of a tractor semi-trailer tank model. ...

Continuum robotic arms that are inspired from nature, have many advantages compared to traditional robots, which motivate researchers in this field. Dynamic modeling and controlling these robots are challenging subjects due to complicated nonlinearities and considerable uncertainties existing in these structures. In this paper, first a dynamic three-dimensional model of the continuum robotic ar...

due to climate changes, precipitation forecast average in time scale is one of the most important challenges for specialists in the recent years. the purpose of this research is to investigate the capabilities of the dynamic model regcm4 in precipitation forecast in cold period of fars province. in this study, september to february or 6 month is considered as the cold period. several variable s...

collateralized mortgage obligations are derivatives securities based on mortgage loans which issued in different maturities, interest rates and credit ratings. in iran attention to decision authorities for the first time allowed iran melli bank and maskan bank to issue this kind of securities. one of the main questions in issuing this kind of securities is maximizing the issuer profit by choosi...

dividend policy is one of the most important financial decisions that managers encounter. this study contributes to the literature of dividend and empirical research investigating the effects of dynamic factors in tehran stock exchange. based on some criteria, the study contains 133 listed firms over a 10-year period from 2001 to 2010. to test the research hypotheses, this study uses fixed effe...