this purpose of this research is to explain adaptation with drought from sustainabilitydimensions in nomadic societies. a questionnaire was developed from a review of literature,observations and open and semi-structural interviews with public and informant nomads,local leaders and with experts from the local and provincial institutions. prior to theapplication of factor analysis, two internal r...

This purpose of this research is to explain adaptation with drought from sustainabilitydimensions in nomadic societies. A questionnaire was developed from a review of literature,observations and open and semi-structural interviews with public and informant Nomads,local leaders and with experts from the local and provincial institutions. Prior to theapplication of factor analysis, two internal r...

The paper attempts to find the evidence of a multi factor model for explaining stock price returns in the Indian stock market. It makes use of the technique of statistical factor analysis. The results of the factor analysis show that a five factor model is appropriate for explaining the returns generation process in India. The explanatory power of this five factor model is significantly better ...

the purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to determine problems and success factors among members of water user associations (wuas) in moqan, tajan and varamin areas in northern iran. the population consisted of farmers who were members of water user associations (n= 2,500). using simple random sampling procedure, 262 farmers were selected for the study. a researcher made structur...

Explaining away is a common pattern of reasoning in which the connrma-tion of one cause of an observed or believed event reduces the need to invoke alternative causes. The opposite of explaining away also can occur, in which the connrmation of one cause increases belief in another. We provide a general qualitative probabilistic analysis of intercausal reasoning, and identify the property of the...

Estonia is seen as a remarkable success story in the context of e-government. Several studies that have mapped the major factors affecting the evolution of e-government in Estonia are mainly grounded in information systems theory; even if competencies of the private sector and public-private partnerships are examined, their treatment remains too general. The current article argues for the impor...