the scarcity of irrigation water and decrease of water resources are the most important limiting factors in crop production in countries such as iran. thus, studying the optimum use of water and increasing water use efficiency are essential to the agricultural sector. the use of a low pressure hydroflume has been suggested to replace traditional surface irrigation methods. the aim of this resea...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiographic quality of root canal fillings by fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-year undergraduate students at tabriz faculty of dentistry between 2006 and 2012. methods and materials: a total of 1183 root canal fillings in 620 teeth were evaluated by two investigators (and in case of disagreement by a third investigator) regarding the prese...

A key part of the implementation the WHO Framework Convention Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is identifying accurately and meaningfully the specific needs of parties as they seek to implement the provisions of the treaty. With this information, governments can set priorities, allocate resources, and address specific needs, for example by requesting and obtaining targeted technical assistance. It al...

determination of trade-off, which they are feasible and similar variations on all of decision making units (dmu), is important issue in data envelopment analysis (dea). in this paper, we select these trade-offs based on an external evaluation of dmus such that the correlation between external evaluation and technical evaluation resulted from dea model is maximized. in fact, we sift the trade-of...

Several operating systems projects revolve around moving functionality above or below the kernel “red line” to increase flexibility or performance. We describe how a general model of partial evaluation encompasses this trend. The operating systems community should not be content with a single interface between applications and the operating system, even if that interface allows extension below ...

the aim of the present research was to compare the performance evaluation indicators of club coaches from experts, athletes and coaches' viewpoints. the statistical population included all physical education experts of guilan province, heads, deputy heads and secretaries of physical education boards, athletes and coaches from rasht city (n=470) and 345 subjects (73.4%) participated in the ...

Drawing on alternative perspectives about the automaticity of dispositional judgments, we examine whether the motivation to attract the other (i.e., selling orientation) in interpersonal first meetings (e.g., job interviews) helps or hinders the accuracy and validity of dispositional judgments. In a laboratory study (Study 1) we found that selling orientation reduced the accuracy of interviewer...