The present study uses the multi-regional computable general equilibrium (MRCGE) model in the form of two scenarios to assess the economic and environmental impacts of ICT import liberalization in Iran. The first scenario involves a complete removal of import tariff from developed countries (north), and the second scenario, a complete removal of import tariff from developing countries (south). The results of both scenarios show that removing import tariffs on ICT products led to an increase in production in all sectors except for ICT and a decrease in the prices of goods and services in almost all sectors. Export increased and import decreased in all sectors. Improvement of welfare was another outcome of import liberalization. Implementing the two scenarios led to a decrease in CO2 emissions in Iran. The two indicators of welfare and CO2 emissions were considered criteria for comparing the two scenarios. Based on welfare index, tariff reductions of imports from south countriesled to a higher level of welfare. Although removing tariff on imports from north will have a more desirable effects on CO2 emissions. To benefit from the potential positive environmental impacts of ICT imports, policy makers should implement tariff reduction on ICT imports from north countries..
Commercial soft technology is the process of creative human economic activities that can help improve the effectiveness of economic activities and enhance the economic value of technologies. This study presents a model for measuring the level of commercial soft technology in small and medium-sized businesses using a sequential mixed method of formulating tools. Measuring the level of commercial soft technology is a process in which the current level of commercial soft technologies related to an organized economic activity is measured by identifying its strengths and weaknesses to determine the distance between the technology and the top-notch level. In this study, conducted in three stages (qualitative, formulating tools, and quantitative) by thematic analysis, in-depth interviews were conducted with 25 SME experts and managers of the Persian Gulf Science and Technology Park in Bushehr(Iran). A total of 185 key codes were identified and classified into 78 basic themes, 25 organizing themes, and 5 Golobal themes. Using the SCAPE model, a commercial soft technology level measurement model was developed and implemented in one of the business units of the Science and Technology Park. The results showed that five components of technology mechanism, human technology, information technology, technology supply, and technology transfer with 28 sub-components are essential in determining the level of commercial soft technology in SMEs. They also show the degree of coherence and consistency of surface measurement components and illustrate the distance between commercial soft technologies and top-notch level.
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A study was conducted on the phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of peels of seven varieties of oranges grown in Algeria. Free phenolic acid and ?avonoid pro?les of the orange cultivars were analyzed by HPLC-DAD, whereas antioxidant capacities were evaluated in vitro using scavenging assay of hydrogen peroxide (HPS), phosphomolybdate method (PMM) and ferrous ion chelating ability (FIC). Amid the tested cultivars, Bigarade and Double fine possessed the strongest antioxidant capacities. Two phenolic acids and seven ?avonoids were identi?ed and quanti?ed. Kaempferol was the major flavonoids in C. sinensis L. However, hesperidin, Poncirin, apigenin -7- glycoside, Naringin, Narirutin and rutin constituted the greater part of total flavonoids in the peels of C. aurantium L.
Background: Appendicitis is a common disease or sickness that can cause serious complications. A person�s appendix gets infected and painful due to appendicitis. In this study, an android based application has been developed by incorporating medical data received from the patient affected with appendicitis. Results: Total 200 subject�s data including case and control group has been examined and correlated with the common risk factors like: fever, fever runs, appetite, abdominal pain, pain qualification, vomiting, rate of nausea, migration pain clinical symptom which may suggest strongly significant to have appendicitis. Feature selection technique (correlation, information gain, gain ratio, relief, and symmetrical uncertainty) has been used to figure out the best relevant features. Predictive apriori algorithm has been applied to find out the best rules for appendicitis. From the best rules, a risk score table has been generated and developed a risk flowchart which will correctly identify 99 patients among 100 affected patients between the risk levels of medium to very high. At long last, this flowchart has used to develop a risk prediction application. Conclusion: Finally, the developed �Predict Appendix� application will be helpful to predict the risk level of appendicitis not only among peoples of Bangladesh but also all over the world and at the same time increase awareness.
Soil erosion is a major form of land degradation world over. Different soils are affected by different forms of soil erosion hence different assessment. Soil erosion assessments require quantification of the soil loss rates and sediment yield at regional scales under present and future climate and land use scenario. Accurate assessment of the soil erosion rates is a pre-requirement for planning soil conservation strategies. However, the estimation of soil erosion rate is still challenging despite the availability of numerous assessing methods. Most assessment methods were developed at a localised scale therefore limited applications in other areas. Nevertheless, researchers are assessing soil erosion using these methods leading to inaccurate data and interpretations. Causing the implementation of ineffective control options hence difficult to curb the rate of accelerated soil erosion. This review, compared the effectiveness of different soil erosion assessment methods. The Fallout radionuclides (FRN) quantifies relatively long term (> 30yrs) soil erosion and deposition, however, not suitable for short-term and individual soil erosion events due to sensitivity and background noise problem. The conventional methods were associated with point data, do not provide information on spatial distribution of erosion, labor-intensive and require long monitoring periods. Conclusively, we noted that there is no-one take for all methods to assess soil erosion but choice of a method to use was dependent on the prevailing climatic conditions, resources available and time period (short or long-term) of erosion data required.
The field experiment was conducted during the winter seasons at research farm area of the Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India for three consecutive years i.e. 2016-17 to 2018-19 to fine tune sowing time of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes. The experiment was laid out in split-plot design with seven dates of sowing viz; October 22, October 29, November 5, November 12, November 19, November 26 and December 3 in the main plots and three varieties namely PBW 725, HD 3086 and HD 2967 were in sub-plots replicated thrice. The soils was loamy sand neutral in soil pH (7.9) with low in N (182 kg/ha), high in P (30.75 kg/ha) and medium in K (172.5 kg/ha). It was recorded that wheat crop sown from October 22 to November 5 had better agrometeorological indices, yield attributes and grain yield better than delayed sowing hence recorded higher water use efficiency. Early sown crop recorded les canopy temperature and higher NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetative Index). Wheat varieties i.e. PBW 725 and HD 3086 recorded the lower canopy temperature, higher grain yield along with NDVI and all the yield attributing characters and agrometeorological indices viz. growing degree day, helio thermal unit, heat use efficiency and heliothermal use efficiency under Northwestern conditions of India. It is concluded that early sowing (October 22-29) of varieties PBW 725 and HD 3086 can be practiced for higher productivity and water use efficiency.
This study compared the impact of spaced instruction and massed instruction on learning collocations among Iranian EFL learners. To do so, 60 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected among 90 students based on the results of Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The selected participants were then non-randomly divided into two equal experimental groups; spaced group and massed group. Afterwards, the researcher measured the participants� collocations knowledge by administering a collocation pre-test. Then, 100 English collocations were instructed to the both experimental groups in the treatment phase of the study. After the instruction a post-test collocation was applied to both classes and the data was eventually analyzed using paired and separate t-test samples. The results obtained showed that there was a significant difference between the scattered and massed groups post-tests. The results showed that on the post-test the spaced group outperformed the massed group (p <.05) substantially. The consequences of this study will make the teachers know that teaching will deliver better outcomes through scattered periods than teaching in one massed session.