In most industries, ranging from information systems development to construction, an overwhelming proportion of projects are delayed beyond estimated completion time. This fact constitutes somewhat of a puzzle for existing theory. The present paper studies project delays and optimal contracts under moral hazard in a setting with time to build. Within this setup, project delays are found to be m...

intelligence, spirituality and, consequently, spiritual intelligence (sq) have different definitions. intelligence means the abilities of the individual, which, based on the value system, is used for problem solving and adaptation to the environment. spirituality follows transcendental rules, to improve the infra-ego to the level of ego and improving the ego to the level of ultra-ego, as well a...

Background: Because of the scarcity of antifungal drugs,their undesired side effects and emergence of drug resistant strains research for finding novel antifungal drugs with less side effects is necessary. In this research, the antifungal effects of satureja khuzistanica essence,which is a native plant in our province, on ten kinds of fungi were evaluated. Materials and methods: To extract the...

We show that the height of a nonzero algebraic number α that lies in an abelian extension of the rationals and is not a root of unity must satisfy h(α) > 0.155097.

The present communication deals with the methodology of the ergonomics field intervention process. It proposes an operationalized version of work analysis in terms of contradictions. The aim is to demonstrate that such a dialectic tool and method of representation may assist the ergonomist to frame the essence of a work activity in practical terms, swiftly and in a manner that preserves its mul...

A description of the Essence' language as used by the tool Savile Row.

Based on the authors intensive investigation on the oriental dialectics, the paper presents a novel theoretical frame of matter element in the world leading science, extenics dealing with inconsistency or incompatibility, covering the widest range of application area from informatics, system engineering to management and finance. The dialectic matter-element is defined as the integral of all ex...

OntoClean is a methodology for validating the ontological adequacy of taxonomic relationships. It is based on highly general ontological notions drawn from philosophy, like essence, identity, and unity, which are used to characterize relevant aspects of the intended meaning of the properties, classes, and relations that make up an ontology. These aspects are represented by formal metaproperties...

explanation of the multiplicity of the world and the way it was created from the beginning of existence is one the concerns of philosophers, including mullā ṣadrā. the discourse of the emanation of multiplicity from unity would be totally different with respect to the apparent words of ṣadrā, who believes in the gradational unity of existence and according to his specific viewpoint, believing i...