iran is located in a high-risk seismic zone of earthquakes. it has thousands of valuable historic buildings, mostly made of unreinforced masonry, which is quite vulnerable to natural hazards, especially earthquakes. the conservation and seismic upgrading of these buildings is vital for their survival. however, resources are limited and some sort of prioritization is needed in order to allocate ...

The aim of the research is to confirm whether gender, age, residence in rural or urban areas and work experience influence peculiarities hierarchy leaders’ personal values, also investigate differences values that their subordinates. significant changes social value system create for majority people urgent need adopt new benchmarks rebuild . This applies directly modern leader who trying reach ...

In recent years, in various sectors of our society, there have been nationalist stirrings which were crystallized and articulated by the late Claro M. Recto, There were jealous demands for the recognition of Philippine sovereignty on the Bases question. There were appeals for the correction of the iniquitous economic relations between the Philippines and the United States. For a time, Filipino ...

It is essential to understand the consumption pattern of food and how it changes over time to formulate sound economic policies as well as marketing and pricing strategies. In this study, we estimate the Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System with six rounds of the Family Income Expenditure Survey exploiting the conditional linearity of the demand system. We find that the Filipino diet has become...

A retrospective evaluation of attitudinal, behavioural and knowledge change among diverse stakeholder groups was conducted in Limpopo Province of South Africa to assess the effectiveness of a series of values clarification (VC) interventions. Telephone and face-to-face interview (193) results revealed that over two-thirds (70.2%) reported behavioural changes and 93.2% reported increased compass...