deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

Increasing the number of audit firms and increasing the level of expectations and environmental changes make the issue of competition among audit firms more complex and reveal the levels of information for users and stakeholders more dynamic. The role of audit firms is considered to be critical to the promotion of social trust, and institutions that do not have the ability to compete in this fi...

The opinion of the audit is the final product of the audit process and a means of expressing the judgment of the auditor about the quality and content of the client's financial statements and plays a major role in creating confidence and convenience among users of financial statements, and at the top of their shareholders and investors. Since the audit report involves information and the means ...

What society expects the audit profession is delivering audit quality services. The quality that determines audit performance depends on several factors such as auditor capabilities and professional performance of the auditor. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between audit quality and professional development in the public sector. ...

Abstract The high quality of auditing increases investor confidence in financial statements and improves the transparency of financial markets and is seen as an effective regulatory mechanism to prevent managerial opportunistic behavior to reduce representation costs between manager and owner. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of locus of control on the relationship betwe...

reinsurance is widely recognized as an important instrument in the capital management of an insurance company as well as its risk management tool. this thesis is intended to determine premium rates for different types of reinsurance policies. also, given the fact that the reinsurance coverage of every company depends upon its reserves, so different types of reserves and the method of their calc...

plagiarism in esl/efl learning contexts has been established as a dynamic and multi-layered phenomenon and has become a topic engaging many researchers in a heated debate in recent years. comparisons of student-generated texts with their source texts have shown that students rely on source texts in their writings and copying is a major strategy used by both l1 and l2 writers. in our country a...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of blended learning and multimedia softwares on iranian efl students vocabulary learning. in addition, the present study tried to examine the extent to which multimedia softwares can be applied into efl classes in iran. it also attempted to find out students attitudes toward using these softwares. to this end, 87 iranian efl learners at el...

With increasing global attention to ethical issues as well as the importance of quality information in the audit, this study attempts to fill a corner of the research gap in explaining the effect of organizational silence on the ethical and professional performance of the audit community. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the extent of organizational silence in two audit societie...

today, the route for economic development in most countries is the same as international open competitive economy. economic institutes well known that supportive public economy belonged on the past and they may compete in the global economy. it is obvious that if they have no competitive potency or not familiar with competition technique, they may be devastated. banking system aims to collect t...