In knowledge-based economy, knowledge has a public good and non-rivalry nature. Firms build their own knowledge stock not only by means of internal R&D and collaboration with partners, but also by means of previously spilled over knowledge of other firms and public research laboratories (such as universities). Firms based on their absorptive capacity, and level of intra-industry and extra-indus...

in knowledge-based economy, knowledge has a public good and non-rivalry nature. firms build their own knowledge stock not only by means of internal r&d and collaboration with partners, but also by means of previously spilled over knowledge of other firms and public research laboratories (such as universities). firms based on their absorptive capacity, and level of intra-industry and extra-i...

A widely used method for character animation involves embedding a simple skeleton with a character model and then animating the character by moving the underlying skeleton. The character’s skin is required to move and deform along with the skeleton. Research into this problem has resulted in a number of different skinning frameworks. There has, however, been no objective attempt to compare thes...

background: in order to promote preventive skin cancer behaviors among high school students an educational program developed applying the precede model.  this study describes the process of planning a skin cancer preventive program (scpm) designed for high school students in teheran. methods: the development of the scmp started with a comprehensive review of the literature. this included a revi...