the purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to analyze farmers' attitude toward new agricultural knowledge in mehreiz and khatam townships. the statistical population for the study consisted of the farmers of mehreiz and khatam township (n=22618). a multistage sample of farmers was selected (n=281). based on the findings, the use of specialized publications and the recommendati...

The flow of information on the internet, including religious narratives, is currently impossible to avoid. This article discusses understanding Islam with intellectual humility for virtual society live up teachings tolerance, moderation, and mutual respect. study gathered data from documentation Gus Baha's recitation, which widely distributed YouTube social media platform. used a qualitative-de...

Managing City Evacuations

Prior research debates focus on whether investors are smart enough to invest in funds that subsequently outperform. This paper documents a robust smart money effect among small fund investors who invest in the top performing funds, even after controlling for the momentum factor argued by Sapp and Tiwari (2004). I further explore the reason for the smart money effect and find that such outperfor...

We construct a game theoretic model of an oligarchic economy that potentially could be targeted by smart international sanctions. Oligarchs in this economy provide support for their leader, a strong man and potentially an autocrat, in return for favors that results in having income higher than the average income in the country. We derive the conditions under which smart sanctions lead to compli...

This is a summary of the workshop that was held as part of the ICT4S conference with a focus on the topic of social practices and smart grids. Here we present an overview of the five invited paper contributions to the workshop, as well as a summary of the plenary discussion, and our final conclusions. Keywords—sustainability; ICT; social practice theory; smart grid; design