climate change which is derived by increase of atmospheric co2 concentration and other greenhouse gases could have considerable effects on productivity of crops in the future. climate change impacts on chickpea yield were investigated and yield maps of dryland areas of zanjan province were provided. investigated scenarios were control scenario, in which simulated current situation, and climate ...

This study aimed to examine the effects of monetary policy on macroeconomic variables with regard to the collateral constraint. For this purpose, a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) was developed for Iran’s economic status. Two scenarios were considered as to account for the behavior of the central bank. In the first scenario, the monetary rule is modeled according to the GDP gap an...

The present paper tries to assess different scenarios for solid waste management in Khorramabad industrial park. It uses a new hybrid method of fuzzy Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix, and proposes the Fuzzy theory, the ranking method of which is innovated so that the accuracy and flexibility of the RIAM method could be improved. Four scenarios are studied, namely open dumping, sanitary landfill, ...

Wireless sensor networks consist of a large number of tiny devices capable of executing sensing, data processing and communication tasks and as such can be applied in numerous user scenarios. Various military, security and environment monitoring applications are the most frequent examples. Another area that can also significantly benefit from advanced features of this technology is health-care ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the cost effectiveness of ovarian reserve testing in in vitro fertilization (IVF). DESIGN A Markov decision model based on data from the literature and original patient data. SETTING Decision analytic framework. PATIENT(S) Computer-simulated cohort of subfertile women aged 20 to 45 years who are eligible for IVF. INTERVENTION(S) [1] No treatment, [2] up to three cyc...