the multi-criteria decision making model is an important tool for decision making in water resource management. in this paper, the topsis model was used to rank seven flood management options in the gorganrood river flood management project, including conservation of natural condition, golestan reservoir management, levee construction, diversions-channel construction, flood forecasting and warn...

objective the aim of this study was to identify the best criteria for diagnosis of migraine in our pediatric population. materials and methods a total of 85 children aged below 15 years who had been referred to the neurology clinic of al-zahra hospital with headache as their chief complaint, were enrolled. validated questionnaires were completed by them. the patients were evaluated using five s...

introduction development of natural resources and mining activities are prerequisite for economic and industrial growth in many countries. in many cases, such mining areas lie within residential or agricultural lands or natural habitats intensifying the contradiction between land use and environmental protection. different components of mining activities including exploration, extraction and pr...

the aim of the present study is to conduct a survey of the implementation of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems in iranian manufacturing and service companies. the focus of this survey is on some aspects of implementation of these systems including motivations, obstacles and problems, results obtained from implementation of these systems, criteria for sele...

Mobile technologies and more precisely apps have disrupted technology scenario. Bring your own application (BYOA) is a new trend that has emerged after the “bring your own device” (BYOD) vogue. However, and in spite of its intrinsic benefits, the trend presents also several caveats and Enterprise app stores are seen as a way to tackle these risks. In this paper, authors present ModEAS, a system...

Social reformers such as John Stuart Mill and John Dewey have long expressed concern about a tension between democratic principles and organizational practices that appear undemocratic.' More recently, a substantial body of academic literature advocating changes in organizations to make them more democratic has been produced.2 Change has been advocated on a variety of normative grounds. In a no...