this study was performed in order to provide a strategic development plan for ecotourism in shahdad district of kerman province. thus cultural, historical and natural attractions of the region and its surrounding areas were studied and identified initially. by completing clawson questionnaire in the form of travel cost method (tcm), valuation and analysis of ecotourism demand index of the consi...

Some viruses exploit internal initiation for their propagation in the host cell. This type of initiation is facilitated by structured elements (internal ribosome entry site, IRES) upstream of the initiator AUG and requires only a reduced number of canonical initiation factors. An important example are IRES of the virus family Dicistroviridae that bind to the inter-subunit side of the small ribo...

In Thailand physical violence among male adolescents is considered a significant public health issue, although there has been little published research into the aetiology and functions of violence in Thai youth. Research in this area has been hampered by a lack of psychometrically sound tools that have been validated to assess problem behaviours in Asian youth. The purpose of this paper is to p...

Public services (PS) in modern societies have become increasingly difficult to keep up with, creating a strain on governments with limited budgets. As result, new ways of delivering public value must be sought. In order better understand the factors that influence Thai provincial government agency (PGAPS), authors conducted stratified random sample survey 400 individuals rural province Northern...

The traditional practice to assess and evaluate different types of risk in isolation to each other are liable to give erroneous results. Integrated risk assessment is an answer to overcome this problem. This paper presents the cumulative or integrated assessment of acute risk posed by accidental release of hazardous chemical (e.g. chlorine) and chronic risk induced by toxic chemicals (e.g. cadm...

The objectives of this study were to develop a unified Portuguese-language version, for use in Brazil and Portugal, of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and to estimate its validity, reliability, and internal consistency in Brazilian and Portuguese female university students. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using both original (34-item) and shortened (8-item) versions. The model's f...

PURPOSE Burnout has been documented at high levels in medical residents with negative effects on performance. Some dispositional qualities, like mindfulness, may protect against burnout. The purpose of the present study was to assess burnout prevalence among internal medicine residents at a single institution, examine the relationship between mindfulness and burnout, and provide preliminary fin...

The translation of numerous eukaryotic mRNAs is mediated by internal ribosomal entry sites (IRESs). IRES-dependent translation requires both canonical translation initiation factors and IRES-specific trans-acting factors (ITAFs). Here we report a strategy to identify and characterize ITAFs required for IRES-dependent translation. This process involves steps for identifying oligodeoxynucleotides...

Since the internal audit of the company is essential to supply information needed for the effective management and improvement of the competitive position, the purpose of this paper is to introduce an innovative strategic management tool for the assessment of internal organizational factors that overcomes some limitations of traditional appraisal methods, and also enables more comprehensive eva...