With the growth in use of social media, various security and privacy concerns are burgeoning. Motivated by the phenomenon of OSN use and the potentially risky behaviors it involves, the present study has two main objectives: (1) to understand the effect of individuals’ perceived risk on OSN use and risky OSN behaviors; and (2) to understand the role of social influence on OSN use and risky OSN ...

this research presents a mathematical model for oil and gas optimal allocation to different sectors in iran using operations research techniques. sectors are residential and commercial, transportation, industries, agriculture, exports, injection to oil reservoirs and power plans as a secondary energy producer. optimal allocation of energy resources to end-uses from 2011 to 2021 has been done us...

OBJECTIVE Studies show that emerging adults who do not obtain postsecondary education are at greater risk for developing alcohol use disorders later in life relative to their college-attending peers. Research examining constructs amenable to change within this population is necessary to inform intervention efforts. Thus, the current study aimed to identify psychosocial correlates of risky alcoh...

The blood supply chain as a part of healthcare systems play a substantial role in health improvement within societies, and blood supply for daily needs and especially in disasters is the challenges requiring more attention. This paper presents a fuzzy-stochastic mixed integer linear programming model to design blood supply chain network for disaster relief. To deal with the uncertainty in model...

Too often basic research on etiological processes that contribute to substance use outcomes is disconnected from efforts to develop prevention and intervention programming. Substance use on college campuses is an area of concern where translational efforts that bring together basic scientists and prevention/intervention practitioners have potential for high impact. We describe an effort at a la...