background: setting research priorities is an important process in management of health researches. if this process is carried out based on the goals and values ​​of the health system, the actual needs will be properly met. this study is aimed to determine research priorities of kerman medical sciences university.   methods: in this documentary study, content analysis method was used. the study...

The impact of patent protection on biomedical innovation has been a controversial issue. Although a ‘medical anti-commons’ has been predicted as a result of a proliferation of patents on upstream technologies, evidence to test these concerns is only now emerging. However, most industrial surveys that shed light on this issue are mainly from developed countries, making it very difficult to predi...

This paper details the treatment of performance data in outsourced call centre operations, as encountered by a team of researchers throughout the course of a project. This project aimed at improving support for performance and motivation management in an outsourced customer care contact centre for a large telecommunications company. In particular, we focus on how the practices of capturing, agg...

In this paper, submerged vanes were placed at the upstream area of a bridge pier located at the 90 degree angle. Then, using the laboratory equipment, a study of flow pattern was conducted throughout the bend, specifically around the pier and submerged vanes. ADV velocimeter was incorporated in order to help measure 3D velocity components. Submerged vanes were installed at distances of 40 and 6...

The literature on the value of information sharing within a supply chain is extensive. The bulk of the literature has focused on two-level supply chains that supply a single product. However, modern supply chains often have more than two levels and supply many products. Because many of these products are variants of the same base product, they tend to be substitutes and their demands correlated...

the purpose of this study was to demonstrate factors affecting the implementation of crop rotation by farmers in the suburbs of gorgan township. the methodological approach was a descriptive-co relational one and the target population consisting of 4000 resident farmers in 14 villages in the suburbs of gorgan township, golestan province. using systematic classified random sampling method, 350 f...