ABSTRACT- The high production of orange fruit in Iran calls for quality sorting of this product as a requirement for entering global markets. This study was devoted to the development of an automatic fruit sorter based on size. The hardware consisted of two units. An image acquisition apparatus equipped with a camera, a robotic arm and controller circuits. The second unit consisted of a robotic...

Importance performance analysis (IPA) is a technique used for conducting a relative-position comparison of specific evaluation items by using “importance” (the degree of importance as perceived by customers) and “performance” (the degree of customer satisfaction regarding the performance of an enterprise). Moreover, it is an approach for incorporating the voice of the customer into product deve...

Introduction: Evaluation is a critical issue to achieve the goals of academic education. The aim of this study was to evaluate the achievement level of educational objectives in Babol dental school using the CIPP (content, input, process, and product) model based on the point of view of students. Materials &Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed using a researcher made questionnai...

introduction: in today’s world, organizations are attempting to achieve advantages and competitive results. understanding mutual interactions between organizations and using modern management techniques as well as modern management tools might have an influential effect on obtaining optimal organizational results. nowadays, one of the competitive advantages is applying the excellence models. th...

introduction: quality in higher education requires assessment and judgment of goals and strategies, executive policies, operational processes, products and outcomes. the context, input, process, and product (cipp) model is a comprehensive perspective to determine, obtain and prepare. it always tries to provide information in order to make the best decisions related to context, input, process an...

the objective of this study is to measure the city of tehran’s environmental quality in 2006 (the last census year). primarily, with a comparative analysis of a variety of urban sustainability indicator models, a collection of 54 indicators have been chosen and categorized as indicators of increase or decrease in urban environmental quality in the form of a simple mathematical model. based o...

conclusions although the efficacy of nursing doctoral program is good, however, it needs revision to enhance the outcomes of the program in order to meet public needs and to increase learners’ satisfaction. materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 90 nursing students who were conveniently selected from seven nursing schools. a questionnaire designed based on the patrick...

The present study aimed to investigate the possibility of reducing energy content in emulsion type sausages by replacing fat with inulin. In the manufactured product, the fat content was reduced to 6%-18% and replaced by inulin and water. The quality of the resulting product was determined by chemical and texture profile analyses (TPA), color measurement and sensory evaluation. The results show...

‎Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is an objective method for priority determination of decision making units (DMUs) with the same multiple inputs and outputs. DEA is an efficiency estimation technique, but it can be used for solving many problems of management such as rankig of DMUs. Many researchers have found similarity between DEA and MCDM techniques. One of the earliest techniques in MCDM is...