One of the purposes of consciousness is to acquire knowledge. The models of this task traditionally assume a division between the known and the knower, a division that leads into doubtful reasoning about some kind of (frequently disguised) homunculus. The current paper tries to avoid such fallacies by viewing the adaptation of the mind as an evolutionary process, a process distinct (but not ind...

since the modern protocols of chemoreduction1 and local treatments of regressed retinoblastoma (rb) has been proposed and in the developed countries efforts have been made to salvage and preserve the diseased eye, the protocols have found way and being applied in the developing countries, but for what prices? in this issue of the iranian journal of ophthalmology (irjo) (pages: 17-24) naseripour...

recently, much attention has been given to stochastic demand due to uncertainty in the real -world. in the literature, decision-making models and suppliers' selection do not often consider inventory management as part of shopping problems. on the other hand, the environmental sustainability of a supply chain depends on the shopping strategy of the supply chain members. the supplier selection pl...

ABSTRACT This study is one of the first empirical studies on intellectual capital (IC) in South American textile exporting companies. Using resources and capabilities approach, we examine how certain intangibles can provide competitive advantages. We propose test a model capturing relationships between IC components export performance (EP), as well various interrelationships among different dim...