one of the most hot topic in recent years in management is organizational identity and more important than it, is identity construction which ignored in researches. nowadays in most of the public organizations, the increase of turnover rate, reducing employees` job satisfaction, increasing the amount of job absent, developing job alienation, and lack of accepting responsibility sense and genera...

background acupuncture has recently received considerable attention around the world due to its cost-effectiveness, few side effects, and well-established analgesic properties. objectives the present study aimed to identify the factors that might lead to using acupuncture for pain relief. patients and methods this qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis method. the s...

This paper develops a method based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) for efficiency assessments taking into account the effect of non-discretionary factors. A typology that classifies the non-discretionary factors into two groups is proposed: the factors that characterize the external conditions where the decision making units (DMUs) operate (external factors), and the factors that are interna...

Certain herbal medicines, because of the complexity of their chemical content and the variety of bioactivities, can provide the poly-pharmacology that orthodox drugs cannot deliver. Natural products are rarely evaluated in the well-controlled clinical trials that are required to receive approval by regulatory bodies; therefore, they tend to have less scientific evidence to support their efficac...

Several MANET characteristics that distinguish MANET from other wireless networks and makes routing a challenging task. This paper presents a novel clustering algorithm, which uses both internal and external factors of node in mobile ad hoc network. In Cluster based MANET routing scheme, various mobile nodes are formed as clusters. Each cluster has its own cluster head, which is having more res...

Movement is fundamental to individual and population dynamics, as it allows individuals to meet their basic requirements. Although movement patterns reflect interactions between internal and external factors, only few studies have examined the effects of these factors on movement simultaneously, and they generally focused on particular biological contexts (e.g. dispersal, foraging). However, th...

There has been tremendous growth in electronic commerce over the past few years. This growth is expected to sustain momentum in the future. Hence, the Internet has become an essential tool for business and customers. However, unlike traditional retailers, it lacks key aspects of a shopping experience like interacting with customer sales people and being physically in a store. A well-designed us...