considering the importance of increase in production and supply of agricultural products in iranian economic development, this study was carried out to investigate the impact of factors influencing the acreage (as a proxy for planned production and supply) of five important crops , namely wheat, barley, potatoes, sunflower and cotton. the seemingly unrelated regression estimation (sure) was use...

In recent years, the value-added created in the transportation industry is about 8 percent of GDP of Iran. Due to the high-induced effect of transportation sector on the whole economy, analyzing transportation production function and its determinant is of great value for policymakers. The objective of the present research is to estimate the transportation production for the case of Iran and to ...

Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of emotionally focused therapy (EFT-C) on promoting marital adjustment of infertile couples with marital conflicts by improving quality of life. MaterialsAndMethods This is a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post–test design in which 30 infertile couples (60 individuals) were chosen by purposive sampling. Couples were ra...

the exchange rate unification is one of the most important instruments of economic adjustment, which is used in many countries. this paper shows the effects of the exchange rate unification on price level (inflation), gross domestic production (gdp), non-oil exports, private conception, government expenditure and stock of money. the data, is used related to the period 1959-2000. to analyze the ...

Naturalization is a translation procedure that is predominantly utilized in the translation of English medical terms into Indonesian. This study focuses on identifying types of naturalization involving the adjustment of spelling and pronunciation and investigating whether naturalization has been appropriately applied based on the rules in the Indonesian general guidance of term formation. The d...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

Title of dissertation: ESSAYS ON FACTOR ADJUSTMENT DYNAMICS Juan M. Contreras, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Dissertation directed by: Professor John P. Rust Professor John C. Haltiwanger Department of Economics This study analyzes dynamic production input factor decisions using the annual Census of Manufacturing firms from Colombia and monthly production data from a glass mould firm. It proposes ...

conclusions in veterans' family, psychological health of the veterans and marital adjustment of the parents have a significant relationship with their children's quality of life and happiness. results global severity index (gsi) scores of veterans and veteran's age were inversely correlated with the scores of children's quality of life, while marital adjustment of parents and number of rooms in...

background and purpose: satisfaction with marital life is the most important issue in the joint life, which has the greatest effect on durability and failure of couple’s lives. based on this, the main goal of the present research is to study the effectiveness of teaching intervention based on internal locus of control in increasing marital adjustment and satisfaction has been investigated. mate...

The purpose of this paper is to construct a dynamic stochastic production frontier incorporating the sluggish adjustment of inputs, to measure the speed of adjustment of output, and to compare the technical efficiency estimates from this dynamic model to those from a static model. By assuming instantaneous adjustment of all inputs, a static model may underestimate technical efficiency of a prod...