background: nowadays, restriction on access and optimum use of resources is the main challenge of development in all organizations. therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the technical efficiency and its factors, influencing hospitals of tehran. methods: this research was a descriptive-analytical and retrospective study conducted in 2014-2015. fifty two hospitals with public, private...

conclusions the analysis recommended that ta genes are prevalent in clinical isolates of e. coli strains. the analysis revealed that hipba ta system is associated with biofilm formation. results the results of the analysis revealed that 107 e. coli isolates were potent for biofilm formation by cra. the findings by microtiter plates showed that 102 e. coli isolates were biofilm producers. the re...

there are two major methods in predincing the pattern of share value in the stock market: fundamental analysis and technical analysis. i this study we developed a novel model for fundamental analysis of share price and validated it by predicting the behavior of phrama share price in tehran stock market. the efficiency of the fundamental method was compared with that of indicator-based technical...

The nonlinear viscoelastic passive properties of three canine intrinsic laryngeal muscles, the lateral cricoarytenoid (LCA), the posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA), and the interarytenoid (IA), were fit to the parameters of a modified Kelvin model. These properties were compared with those of the thyroarytenoid (TA) and cricothyroid (CT) muscles, as well as previously unpublished viscoelastic chara...

Tangible agent (TA) is a new medium that communicates the senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste of human to computer. Intelligent behavior is a key property to realize the agent because it must interact with human to grasp all the information. We have adopted behavior-based approach for high-level hehaviors such as navigation of office, conversation with human, and cleaning of room....

This technical assistance (TA) mission on Government Finance Statistics was conducted during October 10 - 21, 2022. The main purpose of the to review progress made by authorities in implementing previous TA recommendations and provide further support improve fiscal data compilation dissemination line with international standards set out Manual 2014.

The Disease Control Priorities (DCP) publications have pioneered new ways of thinking about investing in health. We agree with Norheim, that a useful first step to advance efforts to translate DCP’s global evidence into local health priorities, is to develop a clear Theory of Change (ToC). However, a ToC that aims to define how global evidence (DCP and others) can be used to inform national pol...

the objective of this study is to determine factors affecting the technical efficiency of the inshore fisheries in kuala terengganu. data for the study was collected from a survey conducted between june and august 2007 where 100 fishermen in 14 villages were chosen by stratified sampling. data envelopment analysis (dea) and tobit analysis were employed to determine the technical efficiency leve...