aim: health locus of control includes the degree of a person's belief in the fact that his/her health is controlled by internal or external factors. the aim of this study was to determine the status of health locus of control and its related factors among iranian pilgrims.methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 600 pilgrims of the holy shrines in tehran in 2015. people aged ov...

Background. Futsal has attracted many enthusiasts these days due to its special attractiveness as well as the skillful performance of players. Objectives. This research was aimed at analyzing the futsal strategic plan in Sulaymaniyah province and providing management solutions. Methods. The present research is a descriptive-analytical and applied research. The statistical population consisted...

Does good IT governance improve the effect of IT? This paper presents the IT Organization Modeling and Assessment Tool (ITOMAT) which has been created to overcome operationalization and subjectivity weaknesses in the Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) framework. ITOMAT was applied to assess IT governance maturity in four case studies. Simultaneously, external metr...

Noninferiority trials are intended to show that the effect of a new treatment is not worse than that of an active control by more than a specified margin. These trials have a number of inherent weaknesses that superiority trials do not: no internal demonstration of assay sensitivity, no single conservative analysis approach, lack of protection from bias by blinding, and difficulty in specifying...

Introduction: Cleaner productions in textile industry is achieved by reducing water and chemicals’ consumption, saving energy, reducing production of air pollution and solid wastes, reducing toxicity and noise pollution through many solutions. The purpose of the present research was to apply Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) and Quality Systems Planning Matrix (QSPM) te...

The decisions made by the management in recording amount of selling inventory year before real are as important determining and defining economic order size system. However, studies on accounting management, education, even operational did not sufficiently discuss evaluate such procedures to consider whether or manipulations, frauds, mistakes were management. An obvious understanding determine ...

SWOT analysis is used extensively as an assessment and planning method, particularly in tourism planning. However, there are little documentations on application of SWOT analysis in ecotourism. An assessment on systematic use of SWOT analysis was carried out in the present study to highlight the applicability of the SWOT technique in detailed investigations. In this study, based on field survey...