â  regional and urban planning instruments contain an extensive range of concepts and methods. these methods are important for understanding the complex identity of cities and the prediction of their future. today majority of planners and urban planning authorities believe that the use of these methods can help us to better understand urban systems and predict their behavior. in this regard the...

Communication and transportation networks are among the most important infrastructures critically involved in the development of different countries. The structural and tectonic position of Iran causes significant damage to its communication networks every year. Therefore, it is essential to adopt an integrated and flexible approach for assessing seismic risk in terms of available indicators. T...

Gamma and neutron detection are typical methods used for detection of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). However, radiation related to gamma-rays can be easily shielded. Moreover, environmental conditions affect the efficiency of current methods for detection of fissile materials, and also reduce the range of detection. Here, a wideband target recognition method is proposed with the ability to ...

The paper reviewed empirical studies on children’s school achievements. The contributions of parenting attitude and style were examined in relation to children’s school achievement. A strong relationship between children’s school achievement and parenting attitude and style was reported in the paper. Findings from the review revealed that authoritative parenting styles were associated with high...

Intrinsic motivation involves internally governed drives for exploration, curiosity, and play. These shape subjects over the course of development and beyond to explore to learn and expand the actions they are capable of performing and to acquire skills that can be useful in future domains. We adopt a utilitarian view of this learning process, treating it in terms of exploration bonuses that ar...

This literature review provides a reference base for researchers contributing to the Threat Convergence Project, an initiative led by the Fund for Peace. The Threat Convergence Project aims to integrate ongoing work in the fields of counter terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and weak and failing states. The evidence base generated through the Project will strengthen t...

The article reveals the main results of the training conditions complex ensuring effective implementation of the ecologization process. It has ecological and information, didactic, psychological and pedagogical, social and organizational aspects. Activities on the development of environmental readiness of military specialist will bring more success in creating these conditions in the real effec...