F rom the viewpoint of economic theories, total factor productivity (TFP) is the most important component that leads to economic growth and development. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of knowledge-based economy on total factor productivity in the member countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. For this purpose, the panel data regression analysis ha...

this research is focused on facies distribution, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of the gurimember of the mishan formation in kuh-e shur and kuh-e kurdeh sections at the lar area, fars province.the guri member is composed of limestone, marly limestone and marl and the thickness at kuh-e shur andkuh-e kurdeh is about 72 and 110 meters, respectively. based on petrographical studies of 120 thi...

the present research work was carried out to assess the relationship between outreach services of a faculty member, and his academic tasks of teaching performance and research productivity. a number of 95 faculty members from the colleges of agriculture and natural resources constituted the statistical population of the study. a questionnaire was employed for collection of data on outreach serv...

the world intellectual property organization copyright treaty (wct) is an international treaty on copyright law adopted by the member states of the world intellectual property organization (wipo) in geneva on december 20, 1996. it provides additional protections for copyright deemed necessary due to advances in information technology since the formation of previous copyright treaties before it....

f rom the viewpoint of economic theories, total factor productivity (tfp) is the most important component that leads to economic growth and development. the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of knowledge-based economy on total factor productivity in the member countries of the middle east and north africa (mena) region. for this purpose, the panel data regression analysis ha...

the morphology of the adults, egg, larva and pupa of anopheles persiensis linton, sedaghat & harbach, an iranian member of the holarctic maculipennis group, was studied and compared with the morphology of the closely related and sympatric a. maculipennis meigen. anopheles persiensis was formally recognized based on dna evidence and egg morphology. the fourth member of the group, anopheles persi...

The paper focuses on regional trade agreements and economic co-operation and develops a new appropriate approach to study their impact on growth and trade. The approach is based on an endogenous trade-growth theory and novelly specified in an economic integration (expenditure) framework which is the conceptual foundation of regional trade agreements. Importantly, it also appropriately takes int...