the quality of environmental impact assessment (eia) findings, as a decision support system, has always been a function of the extent of its boundaries. meanwhile, boundaries of a study area can be delineated physically or non-physically according to the eia working units or methodologies. six case studies have been conducted to consider the study areas of variety of eias namely, visual, cumula...

One of the troublesome aspects of numerical modeling is to determine open boundaries for a model and to make sure that the boundary conditions employed at the open boundaries are compatible with physical processes being simulated within the interior of the model domain. In this investigation the accuracy of the water level data derived from delft3D employing nesting procedure were studied. Thes...

A frequently asked question by clinical investigators is why they should use a lengthy, multi-item measurement scale to assess patients’ perceptions of their health, or quality of life, when there is evidence that a measure containing a single, global question is likely to suffice. Researchers may not wish to use lengthy scales because their core questionnaires are already long, the patient gro...