Scientific change has two important dimensions: conceptual change and structural change. In this paper, I argue that the existence of conceptual change brings serious difficulties for scientific realism, and the existence of structural change makes structural realism look quite implausible. I then sketch an alternative account of scientific change, in terms of partial structures, that accommoda...

the purpose of this research, was to determine the impact of contextual variable of change on commitment to change in related to process of privatization through emotional envolvment. in this regard, randomize stratified sampling was selected and 104 managers and specialists of khorasan province regional electric company participated in the study. to collect data was used a questionnaire with 9...

when neo-conservative came to power, they acquired twofold behavioral models towards nuclear case of iran. mainly, this derives of essential conflicts of the two state, and partly, because of differential regional and international interests and favorites of u.s. and islamic republic of iran. with studying iranian nuclear viewpoints, we analyze the mentioned american strategy and tactics, with ...

We propose an agent-based computational model defining the following dimensions of structural change—organisation of production, technology of production, and product on the supply side, and income distribution and consumption patterns on the demand side—at the microeconomic level. We define ten different parameters to account for these five dimensions of structural change. Building on existing...

human serum albumin has been used as a model protein for protein folding and ligand binding studies over many decades. due to its long life period and high concentration in plasma, hsa is highly sensitive to glycation. it is reported that 175 mg/dl glucose concentration is a threshold of kidney activity for the beginning of excretion of glucose. ph denaturation of hsa in absence and presence of...

e nergy consumption has increased significantly in iran during the recent decades. in this study, an inter-industrial model has been improved to investigate the sources of the changes in the energy consumption of the country. the input-output tables of iran for the years 1988 and 2001 have been employed as the database of the model. the innovation of this research allows the researchers to stud...