most current conceptualisation of knowledge transfer emerges from the premise of occidental heritage. this paper examines the dialectical procedure, underpinning the unification of knowledge as an entity, and discusses dimensions of knowledge and knowledge transfer from the practitioner’s perspective. the study asks why, if knowledge is vital for business success and competitive advantage, the ...

*School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 430 E. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1115, U.S.A. Corresponding author present address: Institute for Fisheries Research, University of Michigan, 212 Museums Annex Bldg., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1084, U.S.A. [email protected] School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 430 E. Universi...

snow is one of the main components of hydrological cycle in most of mountainous basins. since collecting the snow data (e.g. snow water equivalent data) is very difficult and time consuming, some effort is necessary to develop methods to estimate spatially variation of snow depth distribution. in the present study, the at-site swe data of 14 stations located in the west of isfahan providence fo...

geographic information and analysis provide a wide range of data and techniques to monitor and manage natural resources. as an important case, in arid and semi-arid areas, water management is critical for both local governance and citizens. as a result, the estimation of water potential brought by snowmelt runoff and rainfalls seems to be very useful and important for these areas. hydrological ...

Protective footwear is necessary for preventing injurious slips and falls in winter conditions. Valid methods for assessing footwear slip resistance on winter surfaces are needed in order to evaluate footwear and outsole designs. The purpose of this study was to utilise a method of testing winter footwear that was ecologically valid in terms of involving actual human testers walking on realisti...

Penitentes and suncups are structures formed as snow melts, typically high in the mountains. When the snow is dirty, dirt cones and other structures can form instead. Building on previous field observations and experiments, this work presents a theory of ablation morphologies, and the role of surface dirt in determining the structures formed. The glaciological literature indicates that sunlight...

This article is about the institutional collaboration in the management structure of a city-region. To achieve this purpose, corporate limits of Qazvin are studied as the city is becoming a region.  The possible institutional cooperative in the centralist governmental structure is planned based on the new regionalism theory and its governance pattern, new institutionalism theory and its emphas...

Automatic opinion recognition involves a number of related tasks, such as identifying the boundaries of opinion expression, determining their polarity, and determining their intensity. Although much progress has been made in this area, existing research typically treats each of the above tasks in isolation. In this paper, we apply a hierarchical parameter sharing technique using Conditional Ran...

Using a unique database of 85 ski resorts and 1,524 lifts and cable cars in Austria, we investigate the relationship between lift ticket prices for the 2005-2006 season and factors that influence the quality of ski resorts. We estimate a hedonic price function using OLS and robust regression techniques on length of ski runs, transport capacity (measured as vertical transport metres per hour), s...