management of the forest resources and related activities has significant effects on the environment. applying the environmental impact assessment (eia) provides a basis for improving forest management plans. however, in the developing countries such as iran, there have been so far no serious endeavors and research to undertake the eia of the various practices affecting the forest resources, de...

Building information modeling (BIM) technologies use precise geometry and relevant data to enhance and improve the maintenance performance of facilities integrated with 3D object-oriented computer aided design (CAD). Although most owners agree on the potential benefits of integrating BIM technologies with facility management (FM), they must overcome many problems to plan and develop effective B...

Objective: To analyze asthma management plan practices for children with asthma in the United States considering race and other demographic and person-level characteristics. Methods: Univariate/Bivariate/Multivariate analysis was performed to examine asthma management plan physician recommendations among children in the United States utilizing secondary data analysis of the 2002 and 2003 Nation...

The degree of the reliability, integrity, and availability of information in organizations can determine the credibility of the organization. As people and applications generate information, the information is stored in various places. It is vital for the organization to know where information is stored, what format it is, and how to access it. Not all information will be evidence but it is ess...

A significant amount of prior research effort in the field of Artificial Intelligence has gone into the design and analysis of planning algorithms. For the most part, this work has been guided by several strong, simplifying assumptions, most notably, that the plans will be performed in static, deterministic environments. Although these assumptions have made rigorous formal analysis possible, th...