introduction this study examines the level of farmers' perception of hazards, as well as their impacts on efficiency and mentally quality of farmers' life and profession. the relationship between each dimension of quality of work life and efficiency is studied too.   methodology the research method is descriptive and includes a survey of many selected villages in yazd province (farmer...

it is essential to use statistical models and theoretical analysis of the data for preparing comprehensive geological and seismic hazard mapping. a cellular automaton consists of an array of cells, each one of which has a finite number of possible states, together with a rule for updating all cells simultaneously based only on the states of neighboring cells. in the present paper, ising cellula...

in many countries, studies to determine the severity of desertification and providing land plans to implement desertification. one of the models is modified medalus or iranian model (imdpa), has been used in present research in order to investigate desertification situation in the tashk region of fars province. in this research, the modified imdpa model used with emphasis on the water, soil and...

widespread use of pharmaceuticals has resulted in mixture concentrations ranging from mg/l in effluent to µg/l concentrations in surface water. in a 2008 study, 13 pharmaceuticals, ranging in amounts from 0.0028 to 0.1757 µg/l, were identified in the tennessee river, usa and its tributaries. in order to address the need for risk assessment of environmentally relevant pharmaceutical mixtures, da...

kumasi, sekondi-takoradi, and accra are the major recipients of agricultural commodities or productions in ghana, primarily due to their population and ready markets. to ensure food security, meet food demands, and mitigate the threats posed by pests and diseases, pesticides are used when cultivating vegetables and fruits in ghana. the present study has been conducted to assess the concentratio...

the purchase of insurance may cause the insureds to increase the costs of insurance companies, compared to their estimation of costs. if after the demand of insurance services, the loss ratio of insurance companies increases because of consumer behavior, moral hazard will be evident. in this paper, after introducing the literature, the presence of moral hazard in iran insurance company is teste...