in order to obtain the maximum benefit, yield increasing and its stability a supplemental irrigation field experiment was conducted as split plot arranged in a randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications during 1999-2002 at maragheh agricultural research station of dari. the treatments included four levels of irrigation (average of three years: 0, 95, 151 and 207 mm) as main...

Many light-duty vehicle crashes occur due to human error and distracted driving. Partially-automated crash avoidance features offer the potential to reduce the frequency and severity of vehicle crashes that occur due to distracted driving and/or human error by assisting in maintaining control of the vehicle or issuing alerts if a potentially dangerous situation is detected. This paper evaluates...

There are three approaches to health economic evaluation for comparing two therapies. These are (i) cost minimization, in which one assumes or observes no difference in effectiveness, (ii) incremental cost-effectiveness, and (iii) incremental net benefit. The latter can be expressed either in units of effectiveness or costs. When analysing data from a clinical trial, expressing incremental net ...

this study was carried out in zarabd, bardsir and sirjan in kerman province in 2002-2003. a number of 58 green-house owners, five wholesaller and 20 retalisaller selected by systemathic sampling method. the results showed that cost marketing service was from 196 to 620 rials and marketing net benefit was 375 rials for cucumber and 230 rials for tomato. retail marketing net benefit was 204 rials...

In this paper we deal with the problem of missing data in environmental cost-benefit analysis. If government pursues the goal of maximizing social welfare, this implies that public funds should be allocated to those uses where they generate the highest net social benefit. This criterion makes it necessary to conduct cost-benefit analyses for public projects. While the assessment of project cost...