This article discusses some of the findings of a study on street prostitutes in Tehran with a focus on HIV/AIDS risk behaviors. It aims to show the extent of their knowledge and attitude about HIV/AIDS and available services and their behavior.   This is an “extensive” and “cross-sectional” study, in which the target group was questioned about their background and socioeconomic status in additi...

the aim of this study was to describe and determine the relationship between satisfaction and customer loyalty and word of mouth advertising in zanjan bodybuilding clubs. the population of this study included all customers of bodybuilding clubs in zanjan city who had at least one year of physical activities in these clubs. 280 customers were randomly selected from bodybuilding clubs and data of...

The Kinect™ has been developed to recognize gestures and voice commands, through a set of cameras and microphones, respectively. This paper proposes and evaluates low-cost Sound Source Localization (SSL) solution based this off-the-shelf equipment. It consists of employing a pair of Kinect devices as an alternative for microphone array, and executing the Steered Response Power using the PHAse T...

Due to increasing demands on sustainability exerted by end-costumers and policy makers, heavy-vehicle manufacturers are urged to increase the engine efficiency in order to reduce the exhaust gas emission. However, increasing the efficiency is also associated with an elevated fatigue rate of the materials constituting the engine parts, which consequently reduces the engine service life. The aim ...

The contribution of Local Government Owned Corporate (BUMD) to Own Revenue (PAD) Pati is still low (4.23 percent). Establishing a new medical waste processing company promising as business unit BUMD since the current that manages shows performance. This study aims analyze feasibility establishing treatment in Regency. In addition, generate PAD also estimated. assessed based on financial and non...

introduction: nowadays, organizations perform segmentation of their customers in order to maximize profits and minimize costs. however, in addition to segmentation, an optimal combination of the customers, i.e. the number of the customers or their percentage, is required to be specified in order to invest on development of products and services. in this study, by maximizing the customers’ satis...