Chinese firms are increasingly paying attention to the knowledge resources of their employees – and are seeking to leverage those recourses for the greater good of the firm. Based on prior research, we aim firstly to develop and test a theoretical model that explains the salient factors determining successful Knowledge Management (KM) practice in Chinese firms. We argue that the use of both for...

Nowadays, when fossil fuel recourses are decreasing rapidly, biodiesel fuels are becoming more and more interesting. Being environmentally beneficial, biodegradable, non-toxic and with low pollution emission makes biodiesel interesting for consumption. Various methods have been reported for biodiesel production such as microemulsification, pyrolysis and transesterification. Main problems of thi...

BACKGROUND Quality- of- life of patients at their last stage of their life are different from that of other people. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the factors contributing to the quality- of- life of patients at their last stage of their life and provide good cares for these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS This qualitative study was performed by the thematic- framework met...

Incidence of major incidents nowadays is in constant growth, especially in last decade. Main goal of all health systems is to minimize and prevent tragic outcomes of major incidents, thus reducing morbidity and mortality and psychological and physical suffering. Lessons learned from Major Incidents throughout the World point out that tragical outcomes could be avoided through adequate preparati...

Even though Cyprus was an important crossing point for the westward spread of olive, and one of the primary regions of domestication, its genetic recourses remain uncharted at a great extent. Throughout the centuries, a number of ancient olive trees remain in the same orchards, contributing to Cypriot oleiculture and society. In an attempt to explore this monumental genetic pool, a survey was c...

While spatially local interactions are ubiquitous between coevolving species sharing recourses (e.g., plant-insect interactions), their effects on such coevolution processes of strategies involving the share of a resource are still not clearly understood. We construct a two-dimensional spatial model of the coevolution of the proposer and responder species in the ultimatum game (UG), in which a ...

Parallel computing systems compose task partitioning strategies in a true multiprocessing manner. Such systems share the algorithm and processing unit as computing resources which leads to highly inter process communications capabilities. The main part of the proposed algorithm is resource management unit which performs task partitioning and co-scheduling .In this paper, we present a technique ...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of using standards of designing electronic courses in educational contents of state-virtual universities in iran. the method of the study was a descriptive-survey one. the statistical population was the educational content of electronic courses in state-virtual universities such as university of science and technology, and shiraz university. da...

We have seen some paradigm shifts in managing health inequalities1 in the past decade, which coincided with the Labour government taking power in 1997. However, the recent publication of England's health profile still shows marked inequalities in health between the north and south in England.2 Despite the government's commitment to public health, financial resources that were earmarked for Choo...