introduction: most of iran’s health budget goes to hospitals as the largest care providing unit in the community. more than 60% of hospital resources are allocated for staffing. one of the problems facing hospitals especially in critical and sensitive parts such as in emergency room is appropriate staffing. this research was designed to investigate and improve nursing staffing and human resourc...

scientific journals provide a platform for reviewing, publishing and dissemination of the results of new scientific findings and discoveries and cannot be replaced by any other platform. given the important role of scientific journals in dissemination of information, management of such journals takes a high priority. the accurate management of scientific journals takes place only when the diffe...

A framework is advanced for allocating research resources, based on the value of the information that proposed projects are expected to produce. As an organizing device, the framework uses integrated assessments, showing the relationships between the predictors of outcomes arising in important decisions (e.g., interest rates, mortality rates, crop yields, crime probabilities). Proposed projects...