The Ecological Footprint (EFP) is a useful indicator for assessing the progress of environmental performance and offers solid basis sustainability studies. In this paper, we contribute to broadening its possibilities investigation by measuring cross-country links in EFP global hectares per capita. modeling framework based on dynamic factor analysis estimate, parametric form, an index that provi...

abstract background & aim: evaluation and measurement of mother’s satisfaction from postpartum cares is so important in the quality of health care indexes. the purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the postpartum satisfaction nursing care questionnaire (jpsnq). material & methods: this study was a methodological research. at the first, the english version of questi...

as the conditions in the market and in the world of work and commerce gets more complicated, this requires cor-rection, improvement and also updating marketing attitude among manufacturers and marketers. it is an urgent requirement to choose and determine strategies in order to achieve the objectives. strategy means the comprehensive and main plan in manufacturing unit revealing the way it achi...

in the modern world, organizations are considered as intelligent systems. increased organizational intelligence (oi) helps organizations to effectively analyze their data, store results, and use outcomes for making professional decisions. the purpose of this study was to measure oi in agriculture- jihad organization in guilan. a sample of 201 out of personnel was selected from in agriculture- j...

to compare different qtl mapping methods, a population with genotypic and phenotypic data was simulated. in bayesian approach, all information of markers can be used along with combination of distributions of snp markers. it is assumed that most of the markers (95%) have minor effects and a few numbers of markers (5%) exert major effects. the simulated population included a basic population of ...

conclusions persian version of the self-management scale for patients with epilepsy is valid and reliable to measure the dimensions of self-management in iranian patients and it can be used to measure epileptics’ self-management. further research on the safety of this tool is recommended. results the validity of all items was above 0.63 and their content validity indexes (0.81-1) were appropria...

background: mobile phone has become extremely popular and widely used all over the world. now a day, consumers around the world can purchase a single product that utility as a mobile phone, camera, camcorder, calculator, game console, text-messaging device, mp3 player, alarm clock, web browser and email device. the purpose of the present study was to explore self-reported use of various feature...

This study used PGSI to measure the motives of online stock exchange gamblers according to their responses about their online gambling. The main aim of the current study is to holistically explore the impact of motivational factors that motivate more usage of online gambling in Pakistan and behavioral factors that investigate the level of implementation of responsible gambling practices on PGSI...