The paper has been performed to review library administrators' strategic planning role to improve the library staff of medical sciences university of Iran. The study is survey-descriptive. The statistical population consists of 50 library administrators working in Iran medical sciences university, but 44 subjects responded to the questionnaire used to gather data. The reliability (91.7%) was ca...

This study aims to analyze the effect of Health benefit, Brand Quality, Trust, and Price by mediating Perceived Value on Buying Intention. according requirements in known population 1.1 million people have visited, then based Krejcie Morgan table, number samples that must be required is 384 respondents. The data used this were Results obtained from Partial Least Square (PLS) approach for analys...

Big data is a field that has traditionally been dominated by disciplines such as computer science and business, where mainly data-driven analyses have been performed. Psychology, a discipline in which a strong emphasis is placed on behavioral theories and empirical research, has the potential to contribute greatly to the big data movement. However, one challenge to psychologists-and probably th...

We present the regression-based Monte Carlo simulation algorithms for solving the stochastic control models associated with pricing and hedging of the Guaranteed Lifelong Withdrawal Benefit (GLWB) in variable annuities, where the dynamics of the underlying fund value is assumed to evolve according to the stochastic volatility model. The GLWB offers a lifelong withdrawal benefit even when the po...

In this paper, a single-vendor, single-buyer supply chain for fixed lifetime product is considered. We propose models to analyze the benefit of coordinating supply chain through quantity discount strategy. Under the proposed strategy, the buyer is requested to alter his current order size such that the vendor can benefit from lower costs, and quantity discount is offered by the vendor to compen...

The scope of the public sector (i.e. what activities are undertaken by public rather than private entities) is a decision made by politicians. While there are economic costs and benefits to privatization, there is also a political benefit to incumbents: By privatizing today, politicians transfer future revenues (when they might not be in office) to the present. This political benefit leads to o...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the efficiency of a school-based smoking prevention program in Barcelona (PASE.bcn program). METHODS A cost-benefit analysis was performed. As costs we included those corresponding to the design and implementation of the program. As benefits we considered healthcare costs and the productivity losses avoided. This study was conducted from a societal perspective, and the es...

We present a cost-benefit framework to analyze the interaction between hydropower and salmon in a dynamic context. The framework is used to derive cost-benefit rules for projects that affect wild salmon survival. Our approach is illustrated with data from an ongoing project regarding a potential salmon passage-hydropower conflict in the northern Swedish river Umeälven and its largest salmon pro...