Rangeland rehabilitation and optimum exploitation are the first scientific and technical efforts with various programs in range management plans (RMPs) in Iranian range management sector. The range management plans have important roles in the natural resources conservation and improvement. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of accomplishment of range management plans on vegetation c...

â â â â â â â â  abstract â  this work was supported by the academy of korean studies of the republic of korea in year 2012-2013 (aks-2010-caa-2101) energy security has assumed newfound geopolitical importance at the outset of xxi century (moran and russell, 2008). diminishing fossil fuel supplies have led to fears of energy shortages, while rapid economic and population growth have fuelled the...

making a negotiable instrument on behalf is one of the most important issues in negotiable instruments law. under general rules, the principle has the obligations arising from making negotiable instrument on behalf and agent is not in charge. if the maker wasn’t an agent or he violated the representation area, his act wouldn’t be valid. now the question is if the agent doesn’t manifest his posi...

In many applications, especially autonomous exploration, there is a trade-off between operational safety, forcing conservatism about resource usage; and maximising utility, requiring high resource utilisation. In this paper we consider a method of generating plans that maintain this conservatism whilst allowing exploitation of situations where resource usage is better than pessimistically estim...

By January 2000, approximately one sixth of all Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in HMOs. Medicare payments made on their behalf are projected to total $40 billion for 2000.1 Historically, capitated payments to health plans—currently averaging $5100 per patient—have been based on a percentage of average costs in fee-for-service Medicare. Until now, these payments have been adjusted only for...

This paper presents an approach to repr~enting and manipulating plans based on a model of plans as a set of constraints. The 1 (Issues Nodes Orderlngs/Variables/Auziliary) model is used to cha~acte~ise the plan representation used within O-Plan and to relate this work to emerging formal analyses of plans and planning. This synergy of practical and formal approaches can stretch the form...

trips agreement (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) is one of the binding agreements of world trade organization, upon the cases originate from that agreement also heared at dispute settlement understanding. one different character of trips agreement is expressing minimum standards. the diverse explanation of its articles may lead to some controversy between members of world...

This article forms part of a six-part Series on trade and health, and sets the stage for this Series by analysing key aspects of the relationship between trade and health. The Series takes stock of this relation and provides timely analysis of the key challenges facing efforts to achieve an appropriate balance between trade and health across a diverse range of issues. This introductory article ...

Concerns regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have raised awareness about the negative public health impacts of trade and investment agreements. In the past decade, we have learned much about the implications of trade agreements for public health: reduced equity in access to health services; increased flows of unhealthy commodities; limits on access to medicines; and constrained policy...

Background: Development plans aimed at macro-management planning in a country significantly impact all functional fields. This study investigated the status and significance of the health sector in the first to sixth economic, social, and cultural development plans in Iran.  Methods: This was a review study using documentary analysis method. The review was conducted with an emphasis on purpose...