Observation of social and economic trends (falling population in the inner city of Paris, increased commuter flows between the centre and the suburbs, and demand for local ticket prices) has led the Syndicat des Transports Parisiens (STP, the Paris transport authority) to re -examine the ticket price system as it is today. Reform of this system will involve a great many stakeholders in the tran...

Introduction: QUE 94201 (QUE) is a basaltic shergottite containing subequal amounts of pyroxene and plagioclase, the latter having been converted to maskelynite by shock (Fig. 1) [e.g., 1-3]. Pyroxene occurs as elongate subhedral to euhedral grains up to several mm in length. It has extensive and complex zoning (Fig 1). Typical grains have Mg-rich pigeonite cores mantled by Mg-rich augite, whic...

Previous studies suggest that management intensity zoning systems, such as the triad approach, could allow Canada’s forest industry to maintain or increase timber harvest levels while simultaneously reducing its environmental impact. In most such studies, the zones are exogenously specified. In this study, we use a linear programming model to endogenously allocate forest land to management inte...

In this paper, artificial neural networks (ANN) are proposed to classify and establish zoning faults (single-phase, bi-phase and tri-phase short circuits) in primary distribution systems. The proposed classification and zoning models are oriented toward the stochastic tracking of failures via emergency brigades. This work, instead of training a big ANN model, proposes to decompose the problem i...

The idea of using law to change the built environment in ways that reduce opportunities to commit crimes has a long history. Unfortunately, this idea has received relatively little attention in the legal academy and only limited rigorous empirical scrutiny. In this Article, we review the considerable literature on the relationship between zoning, the built environment, and crime. We then report...

Introduction: University students, as the future manpower resources, are of high importance for communities. One of the aspects to focus on is their mental health. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between alexithymia, irrational beliefs, positive and negative emotions with mental disorders in students. Methods: There were 400 students, selected randomly through stra...

One of the most important problems encountered by healthcare system is the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. It may result from irrational or inappropriate use of antibiotics. The present study was undertaken to screen rational use of antimicrobials in outpatient department (OPD). Prescriptions from medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology (OBG) and pediatrics OPDs were col...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate possible predictors of irrational parenthood cognitions among infertile women seeking treatment. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 300 women who visited an Infertility Center in Iran during 2010 were studied. A pre-validated inventory was used to assess irrational parenthood cognitions. Potential predictors of the total irrational parentho...