Kashmir University teachers belong to upper sedentary and rich class is not a fact as the consumption behavior shown by them is similar to middle class society. The sample under examination differ in size of the family, age, designation, property ownership and other characteristics; in general we expect the household with above given different characteristics to have different expenditure plans...

Consumption is the principal feature of Iran’s Gross National Production. Therefore, recognizing of factors that influence it is quite crucial. This article, investigates habit formation, durability, relative risk aversion and intertemporal substitution in consumption expenditures of Iranian households. For empirical study, at first, we constructed two weighted portfolio of the main assets re...

background: this study aimed at determining the drug abuse pattern and the frequency of high-risk behaviors among the clients of methadone maintenance treatment centers and drop-in centers in shahroud county of semnan province. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the data collection tool was a questionnaire including 10 general and 32 specific items about drug abuse pattern and high-risk be...

SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS I970 Talbot, L. M. (1963). Comparison of the Eficiency of Wild Animals and Domestic Livestock in Uttlization of East African Rangelands. Publications of the International Union for Conservatinn of Naturp and Natural Resources NS, no. I, p. 329. Talbot, L. RI., Payne, W. J. A., Ledger, H. P., Verdcourt, L. D. & Talbot, M. H. (1965). Tech. Commun. Commonw. Bur. Anim. Breed. ...

This paper presents the initial results of a research project that aims to develop a method for losses/leakage detection and household water consumption characterization through the detailed patterns analysis of signals generated by water meters. The Department of Civil Engineering (University of Coimbra) supports the research as part of a PhD Project. An experimental facility is used for signa...

In agriculture, soil and meteorological sensors are used along low power networks to capture data, which allows for optimal resource usage and minimizing environmental impact. This study uses time series analysis methods for outliers' detection and pattern recognition on soil moisture sensor data to identify irrigation and consumption patterns and to improve a soil moisture prediction and irrig...

BACKGROUND Insufficient and inappropriate daily fluid intake in a long period may have adverse effect on human's health. Therefore, the present study evaluated the amounts and sources of fluids consumed by university students to determine whether these amounts and sources of fluid were enough and appropriate. METHODS In this descriptive study, 245 (142 females and 103 males) volunteer student...

Demand peaks in electrical power consumptions pose serious challenges for energy companies as these are typically unforeseen and require the net to support abnormally high consumption levels. Such peaks can be regulated in smart energy grids with the introduction of relatively simple techniques such as load balancing and smart pricing strategies. This is, however, difficult in practice because ...

SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS I970 Talbot, L. M. (1963). Comparison of the Eficiency of Wild Animals and Domestic Livestock in Uttlization of East African Rangelands. Publications of the International Union for Conservatinn of Naturp and Natural Resources NS, no. I, p. 329. Talbot, L. RI., Payne, W. J. A., Ledger, H. P., Verdcourt, L. D. & Talbot, M. H. (1965). Tech. Commun. Commonw. Bur. Anim. Breed. ...

this paper attempts to employ microeconomics methodology to answer the following questions: for which group of society the consumption pattern which is used as a basis to calculate consumer price index (cpi) and inflation rate, stands for is there any difference between inflation rate of poor and rich households in iran? calculations done in this paper show that the consumption pattern which be...