abstract the purpose of this study is to examine the economic impacts of developing and introducing almond late flowering cultivars during 1968 to 2019 years in iran, which developed in sahand horticultural research station using the economic surplus model and field and time series data. the estimation of shift parameter identifies that almond late flowering cultivars make almond supply curve m...

The Network Data Delivery Service (NDDS) is a novel network data-sharing system. NDDS builds on the model of information producers (sources) and consumers (sinks). Producers generate data at their own discretion, unaware of prospective consumers. Consumers \subscribe" to data-updates without concern for who is producing them. The routing protocol is connectionless and nearly \stateless," thus n...

Background: Given the concerns about the use of chemical preservatives in food, the consumers and producers have been interested in natural alternatives, such as plant essential oils and extracts. Since there are limited studies about the effect of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) on the behavior of foodborne pathogens in food models, this study aimed to determine the inhibitory effect of aqueous ex...

The simple phrase “You are what you eat” is commonly taught to children and then repeated throughout one’s life. This phrase speaks to the intimate connection between individuals’ food choices and their health— and even their personal identity. Yet most modern consumers rarely grow their own food, which means that what people “are” is a bit out of their control. Given today’s predominantly glob...

this study aimed to identify and test expectancy motivational model as a theoretical framework to explain the reasons motivating expected information consumer’s behavior for the selection and use of document delivery services of shahid chamran university, ahvaz. in this study, explanatory survey method was used. in order to test the hypotheses and analysis of model’s data, covariance structural...

Social live streaming services (SLSS) have emerged as a new type of hedonic social media. SLSS allow users to watch and broadcast video streams in real-time, fostering sociability through synchronous communication via chat channels. While the extant literature has mostly examined producers’ use of SLSS, the consumer perspective has been underexplored. Prior research has identified perceived enj...

abstract producing of flowers and ornamental plants in iran has some challenges and failure in the market structure and marketing of these products. in this study, we evaluated the different marketing channels of flowers and ornamental plants in the existing market structure according to economic criteria and the characteristics of market structure. cut-rose and esfahan province were selected a...

Discussions about privacy often assume an antagonistic relationship between those who collect data and those about whom data is collected. Those who collect data (the data consumers) want the greatest possible access to data, whereas those about whom data is collected (the data producers) want privacy to the greatest possible extent. Much work on privacy has consequently been devoted to designi...

Food communicates information, and food meaning depends on the social context in which food is found. The mode of preparation and consumption of food also expresses some cultural values. There is a high complexity of food behavior. For instance, consumers are affected by primary and secondary brand associations. Consumers are not all the same but they all need balanced food information, and to ...