heuristics are often used to provide solutions for flow shop scheduling problems.the performance of a heuristic is usually judged by comparing solutions and run times on test cases.this investigation proposes an analytical alternative ,called asymptotic convergence ,which tests the convergence of the heuristic to a lower bound as problem size grows. the test is a stronger variation of worst cas...

A correlation study conducted to investigate the relationship between the head nurse knowledge and performance of communication pattern with nursing personnel inn  the hospital wards of the ‘ Medical Education and Health Services University” in the state of Hamadan (Iran , 1995). The population of this study were all the head nurse in hospital wards who had the position of...

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...

the outcome of this research is a practical framework for “idea generation phase of new product development process based on customer knowledge”. in continue, the mentioned framework implemented in a part of iran n.a.b market and result in segmenting and profiling this market. also, the critical new product attributes and bases of communication message and promotion campaigns extracted. we have...

This study aimed to identify key success factors involved in running tax systems and to explore their importance and realization in the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) as a case study. First, based on the existing experience and knowledge, success factors in tax systems were extracted and, a total of 26 factors were identified in the following areas: (1) tax laws, regulations and...

One of the major challenges in healthcare system is to train staff with strong commitment to the organizational mission. The key variables that have a significant impact on the performance of the organization is communication satisfaction. In fact, organizational communication has influential affect on different aspects of the organization including, professional commitment. This study was cond...

Introduction: Good communication between doctor and patient is one of the fundamental skills which can lead to getting adequate information from the patient, correct diagnosis, gaining patients’ trust, and at the end, proper care and treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate interns’ communication with patients from the observer and patient’s view. Methods: In this cross-sectional st...