Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the primary tool used by policymakers to inform administrative decisionmaking. Yet its methodology of converting preferences (often hypothetical ones) into dollar figures, then using those dollar figures as proxies for quality of life, creates significant systemic errors. These problems have been lamented by many scholars, and recent calls have gone out from world...

Causal analysis techniques support the investigation of incidents and accidents. These include elicitation methods, such as Barrier Analysis, and event-based techniques, for example accident fault trees. Other approaches rely on flow charts, including those within the PRISMA approach and accident models, including the control theory model in STAMP. A further class of causal analysis techniques ...

Web-Based Assessment (WBA) System for K-12 needs to support the educational assessment according to the process-oriented learning and instruction. Usability issues of the Web-Based Assessment (WBA) System for K-12 refer to how to make questions efficiently, and how to control the access to the final Html test files from unauthorized people. In this paper, we study the usability issues of the an...

Biological effects due to RF whole-body exposure can be caused by core temperature rise. According to safety guidelines, therefore, whole-body averaged specific absorption rate (WBA-SAR) is being used as a metric for human protection. The threshold level causing thermal effects was determined based on animal experimental results. In order to investigate the relationship between WBA-SAR and core...

maternity child health is one of the important and essential aspects of health services that must be considered as a priority in administrative programs because mothers and their children more than other people in the community are affected by perilous environmental factors. they are very vulnerable that lead to disease, failure to thrive, inability and death. every year, poor hygiene leads to ...

سخن سردبیر editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره سیزدهم، اردیبهشت 1393، 110-109       چرا باید مقاله بنویسیم؟ why we should write an article?     محسن رضائیان[1] m. rezaeian     دلایل بسیار زیادی برای نگارش یک مقاله وجود دارد. اگرچه، همیشه تمامی این دلایل جنبه مثبت ندارند و این امکان وجود دارد که تعداد بسیار اندکی از دانشمندان به دلایل منفی، اقدام به نگارش یک مقاله نمایند، تمرکز در این...