A main challenge for the design and building of green and smart cities is the redevelopment of existing built environments. This research investigates the usefulness of urban district sustainability evaluation systems in informing and guiding urban redevelopment projects. The German DGNB Urban District (DGNB UD) sustainability assessment and certification system has been chosen among others due...

Psychoanalysis is not only a crucial means of understanding human nature and treating mental illness but also an intellectual discipline with pretensions to scientific status. Ideally, general investigations within the discipline together with scientific differences between the different schools of psychoanalytic thought should be addressed in scientific ways by subjecting the ideas to empirica...

purpose the aim of this study was to compare the levels of serum immunoglobulin (iga, igm, igg), testosterone and cortisol in semi-endurance elite runners during general preparation and competition phase of training. methods thirteen semi-endurance elite male runners with an average age of 18.92±1.7 years volunteered to take part in this study. the runners participated in the selected training ...

Recognizing or denying another's humanity varies predictably along apparently universal dimensions of the other's perceived warmth (trustworthiness) and competence. New data reveal distinct neural and behavioral signatures of (de)humanizing responses to distinct kinds of ingroups and outgroups on these dimensions. The most dehumanized outgroups (low on both warmth and competence) elicit disgust...

In many countries, particularly developing countries, economic reforms, especially privatization, are considered as a strategic approach. The growth of the government decreases the competition in the market, and so, some fields should be privatized in order to create the competition.  By moving towards privatization and the changes in competition methods and the presentation of the World Trade,...

there are many agreements for transferring technology, but license agreement is the most important agreement in this regard. according to the mentioned agreement, the owner of patent or technology as licensor grants the license to licensee in specific duration and in a given territory. exclusive rights of licensor and the objectives of competition law, including the welfare of consumers or prev...