In this paper we will present an approach to solving the problem of choice of an optimal reservoir control strategy in the situation of flood emergency. The potential and often adopted actions include spontaneous releases of water from the reservoir based on the emergency precipitation forecasts. As side effects, the water level sinks below the minimum necessary to sustain the ecosystems in res...

Turkey is an emerging economy in almost all sectors, and especially in pharmaceuticals. Turkey has had clinical trial legislation for a long time. There are also clinical trial regulations and guidelines. Turkey has taken major steps towards harmonizing its legislation with the European Union in the fi eld of clinical research and currently Turkish regulations are totally in line with EC Direct...

introduction: most physicians consider abstracts to give a general idea about the full text of an article. abstracts, as summative and informative parts, contain main information of papers. they also point out the content of papers to readers. the importance of abstracts leads journals to be stricter about their structure and content. this study aimed to assess the abstracts of randomized contr...

to study the scholarly production of iran in the basic sciences and identify the place of the country among islamic countries and the world, and also comparing the different disciplines in this field of knowledge, help to plan properly to provide necessary facilities for the advancement in these areas. the purpose of this study is the analysis of scientific poverty line of iranian scientists an...

aim and background: self-assertiveness is one of the ten life skills and its achievement is necessary in order to have a good and favorable life. precise measurement of these features and decision-making are necessary to promote it; therefore, the present study aimed to construct and review the quality of psychometric assessment of self-assertiveness scale in students of isfahan university of m...

conclusions the study showed that elevator buttons could lead to transmission of pathogenic bacteria. it is necessary to clean and disinfect elevator buttons daily, especially in departments with high contamination potential such as laboratories, particularly in biological laboratories and pilot plant rooms. methods the study was a across sectional research. samples were taken from elevator but...

the study of the rate of depression in allied health faculty students of kashan university of medical sciences in 2008 m karami , msc received: 14 april, 2009 accepted: 27 july, 2009 abstract background & aims: depression is one of the most important psychiatric disorders whose symptoms often begin in adolescence and early youth. the present study was done to investigate levels of depression on...