data envelopment analysis (dea) is a non-parametric method for assessing relative efficiency of decision-making units (dmus). every single decision-maker with the use of inputs produces outputs. these decision-making units will be defined by the production possibility set. resource allocation to dmus is one of the concerns of managers since managers can employ the results of this process to all...

the aim of this study is to find the effect of trader’s biorhythmic cycles on their perceptual decisions in tehran stock exchange. according to author’s point of view, decision making is one of the major factors of management skills, and in some cases, it is equivalent of management (simon’s point of view). also considering this fact that the knowledge of psychological factors and it’s effects ...

In this issue, two papers describe the in vitro generation of an intriguing subset of human dendritic cells (DCs), the plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs [1, 2]). For nearly 20 years after their discovery (3), DCs had to be painstakingly isolated from tissues (4). Progress was rather slow, as DCs represent a minor cell population in all tissues, and relatively few investigators appreciated their importance...

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 25, No. 2, 249–265 (2006) © 2006 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/pam.20169 Over the past 10 years, there has been a growing emphasis on evidence-based policy and practice throughout in the United States...