Knowledge management is regarded as one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects of business management; and its application scope is extending in the same way as other fields of management. Nonaka and Takochi (1995) proposed a model which resulted in novel transformation in knowledge management. Though the subsequent complementary studies and investigations enriched the concept, but ...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a sand fly-borne disease caused by the protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Leishmania. Because of the preventing and controlling methods, clinical course, prognosis and choice of treatment are differing from species; differentiation of species is critical. The present study was aimed to detect the parasite species using the PCR-RFLP method. METHODS A total o...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of socio-economic status (SES) on BMI, waist:hip ratio (WHR) and waist circumference (WC) in a group of Iranian women. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 888 women in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. SES was measured using level of education. In addition, parity, marital status and physical activity were assessed. Standardized measurements were ta...

BACKGROUND As social health is a condition-driven, dynamic and fluid concept, it seems necessary to construct and obtain a national and relevant concept of it for every society. Providing an empirical back up for Iran's concept of social health was the aim of the present study. METHODS This study is an ecologic study in which available data for 30 provinces of Iran in 2007 were analyzed. In o...

The subject of this study was to compare the seropre valence of Border Disease Virus (BDV) infection using an indirect Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) test among imported and native sheep herds. The present study was carried out between January and June 2012. Totally، 182 serum samples was tested. Antibodies against BDV were detected using an indirect ELISA test. Data were analyzed u...

Applying Content-Based Image Retrieval Techniques to Provide New Services for Tourism Industry Zobeir Raisi Department of Electrical Engineering, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, IRAN Email: [email protected] Farahnaz Mohanna Assistant professor, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IRAN Email: [email protected] Mehdi R...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, the demand for antibacterial fabrics has increased. White alum is used for oral aphthous ulcers treatment in traditional medicine of Sistan city, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran, and also as a flocculent for water purification. This study is aimed to evaluate the effect of concentration and time on antibacterial activity of white alum on Escherichia coli O157:H7. MA...

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a business strategy to manage the interactions with customers in order to optimize value and satisfycustomers for a long time. In today’s business world, most of the organizations have been saturated with the loads of the information about customers. Information sources flow from everywhere inside and/or outside the organization; however, the majority o...