In this paper, the Cox proportional hazard model is used to answer several questions. In general, fourteen variables are applied in four groups: firm, industry, expenditure human resources specific characteristics as well. According to the previous literature in this field, the findings of this paper also show that the factors which affect life duration of firms are different between industries...

the present research identified major barriers of isfahan university teachers participation in electronic technology courses. a second goal of this study was to examine the effects of characteristics and demographics of university teachers on these barriers. in this research problems and barriers fell into three distinct categories: personal, perceptual, and contextual. a questionnaire was desi...

in this article inorder to identify variables related to employee’s psychological empowerment in qom education organization, at first, psychological empowerment and it’s components (trust, impact, self-determination, meaning, competence) are set as a dependent variable and participative management, training, fostering personal mastery experiences , amotional erousal, connecting to outcomes, hav...

objective: this research aimed to investigate the relationship of family affective climate, self-effectiveness, and personal-social adjustment variables with academic achievement of university students in islamic azad university, ahvaz branch, ahvaz, iran.  methods: the research sample included 300 individuals (150 females and 150 males) who were selected through random stratified sampling meth...

It has been demonstrated that a vegetarian diet may be effective in reducing body weight, however, the underlying mechanisms are not entirely clear. We investigated whether there is a difference in resting energy expenditure between 26 vegetarians and 26 non-vegetarians and the correlation between some nutritional factors and inflammatory markers with resting energy expenditure. In this cross-s...

This study examines the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of Australian households which had mobile phones, and their expenditure on mobile phone services. The study is based on data collected in the Household Expenditure Survey conducted by the ABS in 19981999 in a nationally representative sample of households. Our findings indicate that in 1998-1999 there were 2.66 million house...