OBJECTIVE To describe the management performance of philanthropic hospitals that operate their own health plans, in comparison with philanthropic hospitals as a whole in Brazil. METHODS The managerial structures of philanthropic hospitals that operated their own health plans were compared with those seen in a representative group from the philanthropic hospital sector, in six dimensions: mana...

Flood phenomenon is one of the catastrophic natural disasters which usually cause injuries and economic losses more than any weather phenomenon. Therefore evaluating flood economic losses is extremely important and it should be consider in socioeconomic development, spatial planning policies and flood control plans. Contrary to importance of this issue, available evaluating methods of flood eco...

The ARMOR (Assistant for Randomized Monitoring Over Routes) project has been developing methods for creating randomized plans and processes, so that even if an attacker observes the plans over time, he/she cannot predict its progression or how it will unfold in the future, thus providing risk reduction while guaranteeing a certain level of protection quality. Our key research accomplishments ha...

Ever-increasing development of information technology has affected many aspects of the individual, social and organizational life. This enforces many countries to develop and adapt comprehensive plans to manage this relatively new phenomenon. Highly adoptable e-government policies and protocols are required nationally, where traditional e-government plans are failed to address the citizens' req...

The document is aimed at helping policy makers to increase their understanding of the basic elements, processes and multi-dimensional nature of SIAs. It intends to increase awareness of the potential of SIA for developing more sustainable policies, strategies and action plans within OECD member countries. It is hoped that it will stimulate policy makers to implement or revisit their SIAs within...

Corruption is one of the main challenges in governments. According to many international reports, corruption in developing countries is more than developed countries. On the other hand, one of the advantages of e-government is accountability and transparency. Therefore e-government can be introduced as a solution to reduce corruption in government activities. This paper studied the effect of e-...

Quenching a multi-component alloy produces a supersaturated metastable solid which under annealing nucleates small randomly dispersed precipitates. The precipitate morphology then evolves by diffusional mass transport as the multi-phase mixture tends to minimize its energy. During this postphase-transformation morphological evolution, the phase fractions of the matrix and precipitates remain co...

As demands for limited natural resources increase, developing management institutions that ensure the sustainability of such resources is essential. Natural resources are Common Pool Resources (CPRs), managed under different noncooperative, cooperative, and externally imposed management frameworks. While early studies of non-cooperative CPR management suggest inevitable “tragedy of the commons,...