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abstract the averages of monthly minimum temperature and wind speed in 32 synoptic stations in northwest and west of iran used for calculate windchill temperature from november to april. then maps of spatial differences were drawn for every month and windchill regions classified by cluster analysis. keywords: iran, windchill, regionalization, classification.

The present article aims to discuss how the so-called health regions have been organized in Brazil since the respective governing ruling was issued (NOAS - SUS 01/2001). In order to clarify this new context, the author emphasises such concepts as region and geographic scale. The regional division under this ruling is based on the regional planning concept underlying the country's territorial po...

We explore the effects of regional distance on the capabilities of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries, with an empirical application to a sample of 50 foreign subsidiaries operating in Canada. We conclude that subsidiaries of outsider MNEs face a liability of inter-regional foreignness as compared to insider MNE subsidiaries. However, such liability tends to diminish over time, though ...