In the context of a business process modeled by commitments, agents enact a protocol by carrying out goals that service their part of commitments. In a competitive or even in a cooperative setting, an agent does not know for sure that its partners will successfully act on their part of the commitments. We introduce uncertainty into a successful recent approach of planning first-order commitment...

background: black seed (bs) is used in traditional medicine as a therapy for a variety of diseases including allergic asthma. materials and methods: in the present study, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of bs on cytokine gene expression, lung airway eosinophilia and goblet cell hyperplasia were examined in a mouse mice model of allergic asthma. groups of 6-week-old female balb/c ...

objective: the study assessed the efficacy of low dose ketoconazole in addition to clomiphene citrate ( cc) and hmg on ovulation induction. materials and methods: a double blind, randomized, clinical trial was performed on fifty infertile patients with pcos who had failed to respond to a daily dose of hmg and 100 mg cc for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in vali-e-asr reproductive health re...

In the explosive growth of Business to Business (B2B) Electronic Trades, electronic markets have received a great deal of attention recently. The obtained profit of trading in E-B2B market encourage market participants to remain in the market. Market participants consist of: sellers, buyers, and market owner. In this paper the expected profit function for each market participant has been define...

a total of 240 japanese quail chicks (1 d old) were used in a 42-d trial to study the effects of artichoke leaf powder and vitamin e on growth performance and meat quality. this experiment was performed as a completely randomized design with 4 replicates of 15 quails in each, using a 4×2 factorial arrangement with diet and gender as the main effects. four dietary treatments were formulated by a...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Electronic commerce Online user reviews Risk attitude Willingness-to-pay We develop a two-stage conceptual consumer decision model from the risk perspective to understand the role of online user reviews in consumers' Willingness-To-Pay (WTP). In stage one, consumers assess product uncertainty with product reviews. In stage two, they assess seller uncertainty with...

in the explosive growth of business to business (b2b) electronic trades, electronic markets have received a great deal of attention recently. the obtained profit of trading in e-b2b market encourage market participants to remain in the market. market participants consist of: sellers, buyers, and market owner. in this paper the expected profit function for each market participant has been define...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and type of bacteria resistant to chloramphenicol (CHL), erythromycin (E), and sulfamethoxazole (SXT) antibiotics from untreated wastewater effluents to receiving river. Methods: In total, 32 samples were taken from eight sites located in the raw wastewater to the downstream of the receiving Ghotor river in Khoy city. Resistant...