This study attempted to assess the situation of Iranian pistachio and its export distribution channels. The main purposes of this study were to determine the most important strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities facing the distribution channels of export of pistachio in Kerman province and to suggest appropriate strategies for the current situation. For this purpose, an experimental a...

The paper provides an a review of the mathematical theory of Stochastic Galerkin (SG) and Stochastic Collocation (SC) methods, focusing on a characterisation of their strengths and limitations. The aim is to construct a first-stop widely accessible document that can direct the reader to more detailed descriptions of SG and SC methods that are suitable for their application of interest. Referenc...

Genes and Schizophrenia—Feature Editor: Mike owen Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism, Childhood Trauma, and Cognition in Patients With Psychotic Disorders ............................................................................................................... 15 Monica Aas, Srdjan Djurovic, Lavinia Athanasiu, Nils Eiel Steen, Ingrid Agartz, Steinar Lorentzen, Kjetil Sundet, Ole A. A...

Volume 18, Number 2 87 The 2004 Indviduals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and subsequent regulations published in August 2006, have significantly changed the identification process for students suspected of having specific learning disabilities (SLD; Flanagan & Alfonzo, 2011; Mather & Kaufman, 2006; Schultz & Stephens, 2009a). According to the 2006 IDEA regulations (§300.307...

ANALYSIS In previous research we introduced a framework for understanding the different protection styles and technologies in the market for host-based intrusion prevention systems (HIPSs). Since then, we have been asked, “What’s the best HIPS protection style?” The answer is that there is no “silver bullet.” No single protection style alone provides sufficient protection, and different organiz...

In many real world applications designers tend towards building classes of objects such as concepts chunks and clusters according to some similarity criteria In this paper we rst compare two approaches to clustering the Galois lattice approach and a similarity based clustering approach Then we sketch the possible ways each approach can bene t from the other in re ning the process of building a ...

As an emerging discipline, we propose a formal definition of OBIA, describe how OBIA came into existence, and as a road map to future research propose a fundamental objective. In order to provide potential strategies to meet this objective, we undertake a tentative SWOT Analysis to identify current Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats that OBIA faces, and discuss the results. * Corres...

Aiming at sustainable development, decision-making for operation of large dams requires the assessment of complex interrelations with neighbouring environmental, economic and social subsystems. To solve this kind of highly unstructured problems often DSS are recommended. This paper presents strengths and weaknesses of DSS application in general, focusing however on large dam operation. A charac...