University research centers can be beneficial to industrial firms by providing firms with a number of relationship alternatives that facilitate the advancement of knowledge and new technologies. This multi-method field study indicates that larger more mechanistic firms especially those in resource intense industrial sectors use knowledge transfer and research support relationships to build comp...

this study was conducted in dez and karkheh regions in southwestern iran to model habitatsuitability of the persian fallow deer dama dama mesopotamicus and assessing trend of habitat changes since1989. a total of 22 confirmed presence records of the species were collected from 1988 to 2003. maxentapproach was used to develop habitat suitability model with regards to nine environmental variables...

extended abstract introduction the widespread and great inequalities in income generation, commonwealth, job opportunities and developmental facilities between urban and rural areas, have leaded the rural population towards the decline and in some instances the rural exodus. additionally, the rural poverty and deprivation has also caused major urban crisis, due to the vast rural migration and ...

deteriorated urban textures are areas of a city isolated from developmental life cycle. they have turned into the focus of problems and inefficiencies. the evaluation of renewal actions claims to promote residents’ satisfaction in some cases. at the same time of improving objective and economic quality of life, there are claims regarding the lack of any improvements in their subjective quality ...

AIM To analyze how the characteristics of institutionalized older people with dementia and residential care centers are associated with the individual's quality of life (QoL). METHODS Data were collected from a survey carried out on 525 elderly people aged 60 years or older in 14 nursing care homes across Spain. Multilevel linear analysis to assess the differences in QoL level between centers...

Sewage and industrial plants located near residential areas can be subject to political and legal problems if these facilities produce unpleasant odors. In the case of a sewage plant and the associated collection system, chemicals or enzymes may be added to the liquid phase to prevent the formation of the odors. Mechanical changes to the sewage pump stations may also be made to reduce the odor....

The project’s idea is really simple: using the LabView environment, we have realized a virtual instrument able to get from the prototype data acquisition board for environmental monitoring parameters the information about air pollution factors like CO, H2S, SO2, NO, NO2 etc. In order to get effective information about those factors and the monitoring points, this intelligent measurement system,...

Which land-use sirategy yields greater reductions in vehicular travel: improving the proximity of jobs to housing or bringing retail and consumer services closer ro residential areas? We probe this question by examining the degree to which job accessibility is associated with reduced work travel and how closely retail and service accessibility is correlated with miles and hours logged getting t...