BACKGROUND In order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian efforts, minimum standards for humanitarian assistance and key indicators, showing whether a standard has been attained, have been developed. However, many of these standards and indicators are based on a consensus on best practices and experiences in humanitarian response, because relevant evidence on the impact of...

Soil is a vital parameter for planting design in urban green spaces especially in adverse climate conditions. In this study, the utilization of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in surveying land suitability for urban green space from measured criteria like suitability indices, including physical (i.e. clay, silt, sand, bulk density, penetration resistance), chemical (i.e. electrical conductivit...

The positive relationships between urban green space and health have been well documented. Little is known, however, about the role of residents' emotional attachment to local green spaces in these relationships, and how attachment to green spaces and health may be promoted by the availability of accessible and usable green spaces. The present research aimed to examine the links between self-re...

As one of the most visible applications in computer vision communication, face recognition (FR) has become significant role in the community. In the past decade, researchers have been devoting themselves to addressing the various problems emerging in practical FR applications in uncontrolled or less controlled environment. In many practical applications of FR (e.g., law enforcement, e-passport,...

cesium content and some other more radiologically important mineral elements were measuredby nuclear and non-nuclear analytical methods in iranian daily diets.this study was extended to a few moresimilar functioning elements such as sr, rb, i, k, mg and ca as well. though the 137cs and otherradionuclieds were not measured in these diets under planned regular investigation in this work, but inco...