Accessible fresh water resources for drinking and usage are very limited in our world. Furthermore, these gradually decreasing due to climate change, industrialization, population growth. Despite the ever-increasing need water, inadequacies have made it critical develop alternative utility production methods. Desalination, one of most important alternatives supply, is on rise a global scale. De...

Abstract In health technology assessment (HTA), decision criteria are considered relevant to support the complex deliberative process that requires simultaneous consideration of multiple factors. The aim was identify and analyze have been used by National Health Technology Assessment Commission (CONITEC) when recommending incorporation technologies for treatment cancer. Descriptive study, based...

the expansion of major cities regardless of the scientific planning principles has led to theemergence of negative urban development impacts in iran such as the degradation of natural resources andvarious forms of pollution. undoubtedly, urban rivers can enhance the ecological value of the earth to anoptimal extent. however, to benefit from these potentials, appropriate planning looks inevitabl...

fuzzy decision tree (fdt) classifiers combine decision trees with approximate reasoning offered by fuzzy representation to deal with language and measurement uncertainties. when a fdt induction algorithm utilizes stopping criteria for early stopping of the tree's growth, threshold values of stopping criteria will control the number of nodes. finding a proper threshold value for a stopping crite...