Network data envelopment analysis models assess efficiency of decision-making unit and its sections using historical data but fail to measure efficiency of its units and their internal stages in the future. In this paper we aim to measure efficiency of stages of bank branches and obtain efficiency trend of stages during the time, then to estimate their efficiency in the future therefore we can ...

in his seminal book on the historical periods of western attitudes toward death, philippe aries describes four consecutive periods through which these attitudes evolved and transformed. according to him, the historical attitudes of western cultures have passed through four major parts described above: “tamed death,” one’s own death,” “thy death,” and “forbidden death.” this paper, after explori...

In this article, historical evidence pertaining to self hood is reviewed. A scheme of stages is delineated, according to which the modern self and its uncertainties have evolved. The historical data are then reviewed in connection with the following four major problems regarding the self: knowing and conceptualizing the self; defining or creating the self; understanding one's potential and fulf...

Introduction 1 Historical review 2 Materials and methods 3 Taxonomic studies 4 Life history 8 Preparasitie stages 8 Parasitic stages 10 Effects of environment on eggs and larvae.-_ 10 Eggs 10 Firstand second-stage larvae 11 Infective larvae 11 Host-parasite relations— 15 Parasitic stages in pigeons of different breeds 15 Host-parasite relations—Continued. ^^g^ Attempted infestation of other spe...

The collections of historical books are an important source of information, both for the history of previous periods and for the development of the cultural documentation itself. Although to date, there have been made several attempts of digitalization and electronic navigation, there is not an appropriate frame of optical process and analysis of the content of these collections, consequently a...

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to compare the sleep profiles of healthy infants in swaddling and sleeping bag conditions. METHODS Polysomnographs of 85 healthy infants (40 in the study group, 45 in the control group) with a mean age of 7.5 weeks were recorded in the sleeping laboratory. A positive decision from the local Ethics Committee and the written consent of the parents were obtai...