It has often been stated or implied that grazing is an important factor in the land degradation process, a suggestion supported by various research projects, and this study investigated the effect of livestock grazing on stem height, crowncover, production, basal diameter, stem biomass, litter, leaf-stem index (leaf to stem weight) , root diameter and weight and seed production per individual o...

it development and its ease of use have caused the organizations to equip their processing and operations through it. it has been over a century that performance assessment has been a significant issue for management and actually has been performed in different ways. the current study aims to discover the effect of e-mail on performance assessment. therefore, mixed method has been used. the res...

The growing complexity, sophistication, and bulk of engineering knowledge has lead to situations where incorrect or sub-optimal decisions are made because the appropriate knowledge cannot be accessed and brought to bear in a timely fashion. Just as the number-crunching power of computers several decades ago made possible the routine application of analysis methods too time consuming to use by h...

one of the strategies for achieving the knowledge-based economy and wealth creation is high technologies transfer. depending on their needs, all governments and knowledge-based corporations are transferring high technologies at different technology readiness levels. in this study, the researcher seeks to identify and rank the individual and organizational factors affecting high technologies tra...

The aim of this study was to propose a model for human resource training at the Ministry of Sports and Youth. This research is practical from the objective point of view and it is complex (the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods) from nature perspective. The statistical population in the qualitative sector, including the experts of the Ministry of Sports, was knowledgeable and d...

Purpose: The purpose of the current research was to identify, quantify and prioritize the components of reducing the resistance of managers of government organizations in the administrative transformation plan. Methodology: The mixed research method is based on exploratory mixed research. The statistical population in the qualitative section was university professors, managers and experts of e...

Risk assessment and HACCP are related, but fundamentally di€erent processes. Four major elements of risk assessment are commonly described (hazard identi®cation; exposure assessment; dose-response assessment or hazard characterization; and risk characterization). Some similarities exist between the inputs for the ®rst elements of risk assessment (hazard identi®cation) and HACCP (hazard analysis...

qualitative and quantitative analyses of hospital and municipal solid waste are necessary for selecting the best and most appropriate method of health care collection, storage, transportation and disposal of this kind of wastes. quantitative and qualitative analyses of hospital and municipal wastes have been studied in ahwaz city during spring 1996. the amount of solid wastes in five regions of...

Traditional system reliability efforts have failed to focus on software reliability. To remedy this, the authors propose a method that uses descriptive analyses, trend analyses, and reliability models to control testing activities, evaluate software reliability, and plan maintenance. uring the development of a software system, the supplier must efficiently monitor the development activities; co...