wastewater reuse is an essential issue in water resources management. wastewater reuse alternatives application results in hazards that should be investigated for alternatives' risk analysis. the purpose of this study is to develop an algorithm for risk analysis of wastewater reuse alternatives. therefore, by integrating experts’ comments, risk evaluation and assessment model is developed,...

Social media are media contributed by common users and distributed in social networks. There may exist thousands of answers to a single question provided by different users. However, it is difficult to evaluate the authority of a user to a specific question. We introduce a new method for identifying experts in social media. Both the structure of the social network and content of the media are u...

this study intends to recognize the factors affecting advertising creativity based on stuhlfout and yoo’s model and according to the ideas of creative directors in iran. the research methodology was causal survey method. data were collected from a sample of 90 experts, selected out of 135 based on simple random sampling. the questionnaire prepared by help of different standard questionnaires an...

We present pState, a tool for developing “complex” embedded systems by integrating validation into the design process. The goal is to reduce validation time. To this end, qualitative and quantitative properties are specified in system models expressed as pCharts, an extended version of hierarchical state machines. These properties are specified in an intuitive way such that they can be written ...

PURPOSE To produce an internationally valid tool to assess skill in performing strabismus surgery. METHODS A panel of 7 content experts adapted a previously published tool for assessing phacoemulsification by using a modified Dreyfus scale of skill acquisition and providing behavioral descriptors for each level of skill in each category. The tools were then reviewed by 12 international conten...

Preface On its way to its current form this report has received significant input from a considerable number of experts. The " First Interim Report " which basically dealt with emission estimates and projections has been significantly amended to also cover abatement options and associated costs. Comments on the " First Interim Report " were given by representatives of the European Commission at...

Background: The emerging world of work requires the acquisition of a set of non-technical competencies with technical competencies in a career for sustainable employment. This paper aims at designing and validating a model for integrating the ethical components with technical competencies in curriculum based on competency in industrial mechanics’ branch. Method: The research approach is based ...