the lipid accumulation product is a novel, safe and inexpensive index of central lipid over accumulation based on waist circumference and fasting concentration of circulating triglycerides. this study was designed to investigate the ability of lipid accumulation product to predict cardio-metabolic risk factors in postmenopausal women. in this cross-sectional study, 264 postmenopausal women by u...

the chemical inputs threat the health of water, soil and organisms. thus, it is essential to encourage farmers to produce products with minimum use of chemical inputs. using the ordered logit model and a cross sectional data of 186 producers in 2012, this study attempted at investigating influential factors on willingness to accept (wta) of khorasan razavi province farmers to produce greenhouse...

Traditionally, human factors have tended to concentrate on making products 'usable'--focusing on utilitarian, functional product benefits. This paper reports an interview-based study looking at the issue of 'pleasure' in product use. The study was a 'first pass' at addressing the hedonic and experiential benefits and penalties associated with product use, and at identifying the properties of a ...

This article presents an experience report where we compare 8 years of experience of product related usability testing and evaluation with principles for software process improvement (SPI). In theory the product and the process views are often seen to be complementary, but studies of industry have demonstrated theopposite. Therefore,moreempirical studies areneeded tounderstandand improve thepre...

This paper reports on a study of a software product line organization that has adopted agile software development to address process rigidity and slowing performance. Experience has showed that despite some impediments, this has become a valuable change to both the organization and its development process. The aim of this study is to identify and understand enabling factors of a combined proces...

We argue that incumbents may be in a position to adapt to radical technological change via interfirm cooperation with new entrants when the incumbents have complementary assets within their firm boundaries that are critical to commercializing the new technology. We study 889 strategic alliances of pharmaceutical companies with new biotechnology firms. We find that an incumbent’s alliances with ...

The aim of this study was to identify the optimal turning duration of Dandarawi hen incubated eggs on embryo mortality, hatchability, one-day chick weight and viability of chicks at 14 days of age. Collected eggs from Dandarawi hens at 36 weeks of age were stored for 7-d at 16°C and 75% RH and then were incubated for 21-d under standard incubation conditions using different turning durations. E...

Abstract Whether the design of product innovation can highly match customer demand is key to extend life cycle, and it also basis for enterprises carry out continuous production operation. The first step identify relationship between demands factors innovation. This paper focuses on problems market control, due wide range deep level knowledge from in process To better meet demands, combined wit...