Impacts of climate change, manifested in different forms, are integrally linked with context-specific socio-economic, political, and environmental stressors. Dealing climatic risks, most parts, requires understanding these mundane location-specific stressors exacerbated by variability change. In large part, the discussion about dealing impending threats from change has relied on policy objectiv...

In the fight against climate changes, both adaptation and mitigation measures are treated as equally significant instruments. Mitigating changes on a local scale has garnered interest in context of challenges for urban planning, transport systems, developing green blue infrastructure. The relationship between to reduction air pollution is less well-known. Studies prove existence direct correlat...

For various reasons such as ideology of patronage, fear of censorial measures and specific cultural and literary plans, authors may present their original texts as translation, and sometimes translators manipulate the original text to the extent that it can not be considered as translation anymore. This research was aimed at investigating Bastin's adaptation as a kind of pseudo-translation. He ...

Climate change impacts are seen within growing numbers of cities in low- and middle-income countries, so there is growing interest in the adaptation and mitigation plans and programs put forward by city authorities. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the constraints which cities face them in this subject by analyzing the case of Tehran. City has a commitment to decentralizatio...

Developing countries are starting the process of planning for climate change adaptation at the national level. One of the options available is ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), which recognizes the value of ecosystem services and biodiversity for reducing people's vulnerability to climate change. The effectiveness of EbA is increasingly recognized and EbA options have been used by least-develop...

An initial case base population naturally lacks diversity of solutions. In order to overcome this cold-start problem, we present how genetic algorithms (GA) can be applied. The work presented in this paper is part of the selfBACK EU project and describes a case-based recommendation system that creates exercise plans for patients with non-specific low back pain (LBP). In selfBACK Case-Based Reas...

Abstract Climate change is having a significant impact on the biology and ecology of fish stocks aquaculture species will affect productivity within seafood supply chains in future. The challenges are further amplified when actors fisheries sectors have very different ideas assumptions about climate what risks opportunities they entail. In order to address change, several countries developed na...

many factors affect privatization of sports clubs. the aim of this research was to identify social and legal factors affecting privatization of sports clubs and to prioritize them with ahp method. for this purpose, the effective factors were collected with library and field study; a decision hierarchy tree was drawn and a questionnaire was designed. consistency rate under 0.1 was a sign of adap...