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The present study intends to review the previous researches carried out on the field of knowledge strategy codification and investigate the influence of intellectual capital on the knowledge strategy codification in Islamic Republic of Iran’s oil industry. The primary objective of this study is to analysis the impact of intellectual capital on codifying knowledge strategy in oil industry. This study is categorized as an applied one and has been carried out through the descriptive method of research, and the method used for employing variables is a combination of quantitative (descriptive – survey) and qualitative (content analysis) methods of research. Moreover, for the exploratory factor analysis of the intellectual capital indicators and knowledge strategy and to assess the validity of the questionnaire, the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis techniques and KMO indices have been used, to determine the reliability of the questionnaire, the technique of Cranach’s alpha has been applied, and to discover whether the hypotheses are void or confirmed, inferential statistics been employed. To examine the hypotheses, correlation coefficients have been used, and to assign rank orders to variables, Friedman test has been applied.The result of the study reveals that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between intellectual capital and knowledge strategy. Another finding of the study is that human is the significant factor in intellectual capital, and knowledge development plays the most crucial role in knowledge strategy.

Complete overdenture treatment uses a removable complete denture that overlies retained teeth, tooth roots, or dental implants. Those teeth that would have gone for extraction can frequently be retained by improving their crown-root ratio. These teeth, because of periodontal disease, have lost about two-third of their bony support and have a very unfavourable crown-root ratio. If endodontic therapy is performed on the retained teeth followed by reduction, the crown-root ratio can be greatly improved. An overdenture can be made that is supported by both teeth and residual alveolar ridge. Such treatment provides potential benefits by reducing residual ridge resorption, improves prosthesis retention and stability, and increased patient satisfaction. The overdenture concept may be used on complete, immediate or partial dentures.

Cheap is definitely cheerful. Included here are several designers and artists, who have turned their backs on the high prices of high fashion to make clothing and accessories out of the most abundant and inexpensive materials. In any single culture, the definition of what constitutes an extreme fashion may be agreed upon; but extreme fashion, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Trash items such as attachments, extensions, tapes, plastics, cartons, paper, and wire could be starting materials for innovative extraordinary details and additions in clothing design. The objective of this paper is to develop strategic thinking in designing in order to achieve viable solutions for fashion designing. Design extreme ideas for give final shape by draping in three dimensional feeling to create fashion designs usage as source to new fashion trend, as fantasy clothing, and fashion windows display stores. Create ten designs using trash materials as a source of extreme fashionable designs.

In this work, the spectral properties of 5-bromo-2-methoxybenzaldehyde (BMB) are studied using density functional theory (DFT) employing B3LYP/6-311++G (d) and B3LYP/6-311++G (d, p) levels of theory. There are four conformers, C1, C2, C3, and C4 for this molecule. The computational results diagnose the most stable conformer of BMB as the C1 form. The optimized geometrical parameters obtained by B3LYP/6-311++G (d, p) method show good agreement with experimental X-ray data. The electric dipole moment (m) and first hyperpolarizability (?) values of the investigated molecule are computed using scaled quantum mechanics (SQM) method. The calculated results also show that the BMB might have microscopic non-linear optical (NLO) behavior with non-zero values. A study on the electronic properties, such as HOMO and LUMO energies, is performed. The isotropic chemical shift computed by ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) chemical shifts of the BMB calculated using the gauge invariant atomic orbital (GIAO) method also shows good agreement with experimental observations.

Soil and water contamination by endosulfan, an organochlorine pesticide was experimented in lysimeters in 2010 and 2011. These lysimeters were filled in with alfisol brought from Korokoro watershed (60.6 km2, Mali), a small agricultural one where cotton and cereals are the main crops. In the present experimentation, cotton was grown in lysimeters and treated with endosulfan which is frequently used in cotton production by some farmers although its agriculture use has been banned worldwide. After rainfall events subsequent to endosulfan application on cotton, runoff and infiltration were always sampled. Similarly, after each rainy season, composite soil samples were also collected in each lysimeter box. In 2010, soil samples were collected in surface horizon (0-20 cm) and depth one (20-40 cm) but in 2011, they were sampled in the whole soil profile about 1 m. Soils were analyzed by gas chromatography associated to a mass spectrometer at UMR Metis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France) but water ones were analyzed at University of Bamako (Mali). The results showed that soil and water are contaminated by endosufan residues. Water contamination was mostly explained by runoff events in 2010 than 2011 ones (6.5 ± 2.9% against 0.1± 0.09% of exported matters) but infiltration events in 2010 were low than those of 2011 (0.1 ± 0.09% against 0.2± 0.04% of exported matters). However, in 2010 and 2011, endosulfan residues were more stocked in soil surface horizons (22 ± 15% and 43.6 ± 12.6%) than depth ones (3 ± 1.4% and from 15.3 ± 17.5% to 28.5 ± 24.8%).

A discourse marker (henceforth DM) is defined as a word or phrase that does not change the meaning of the sentence and has a somehow zero meaning. DMs are a set of linguistic items which create cohesiveness, coherence and meaning in discourse. An extensive body of research has examined DMs and their functions in different languages. Having considered the significance of this area of language and the fact that few studies have focused on DMs in local languages of Iran, the present study intended to target the different functions of Freidanian variety of Azeri Turkish DMs – ?ey, yani, and da– in an interview situation to compare them with those of Istanbuli Turkish corresponding DMs as the standard variety. To this aim, 12 native speakers of Freidanian Turkish were selected and their speeches were recorded for further analysis. Detailed analysis of the data revealed that ?ey primarily functions to signal the speaker’s need for a pause to plan and organize his/her next message. yani mostly functions to illustrate the speaker’s elaboration of previous utterances, and da can serve a discourse connective function with an additive or adversative sense. A preliminary comparison revealed that the functions manifested by these DMs in Freidanian Turkish are not so far from their corresponding DMs in the Istanbuli Turkish. However, compared to the Istanbuli variety, ?ey in our variety marked an additional function of derogation. In the case of da, other functions aside, this DM can serve to emphasize the action of the verb which is absent in Istanbuli Turkish.

This study identified specific sexual behaviors and practices of the youth with regard to HIV/AIDS among secondary school students in Rift Valley, Nyanza and Western provinces of Kenya. The provinces were selected because of their high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, while qualitative information was thematically summarized. Of the 3,650 students sampled from a population of 9,000, 3,645 participated in the survey. Boys accounted for 56.2%, while girls represented 43.8%. Their ages ranged between 12 and 22 years, with a mean of 16.4 years. Nearly all the students (98.9%) had heard of HIV/AIDS and were aware of how it is transmitted. Mass media was the most widely reported first source of information. Forty percent of the students had had sexual intercourse before the survey, with more boys (55.7%) than girls (21.6%) reporting ever having sex. The first sexual encounter took place mainly at home. Only 37.2% had used a condom. Peer pressure (43.0%) was reported to be the main reason for having the first sexual encounter. In conclusion, the results indicate high levels of knowledge on HIV and AIDS among the youth. However, this knowledge seems not to translate effectively into behavior change. It is recommended that appropriate communication programs be developed with precise messages on HIV and AIDS.

Effect of different salinity on body composition of shyrbot fish was investigated. Shyrbot fingerlings with an average weight of 3.96 grams were reared under different salinities (0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15g). Analysis of body composition showed a significant effect of different levels of salinity on protein, fat, moisture and ash (p<0.01) of the fishes. The highest level of protein, ash and moisture and lowest amount of fat were obtained in 15ppt salinity followed by 12 and 9ppt salinity. The highest amount of fat was obtained in freshwater followed by 3 and 6ppt. In higher salinities (9, 12 & 15ppt) low fat and energy stored. The results suggest that Shyrbot fingerlings until 6ppt salinity can be easily developed.

Statistics show that the consumption of plastics has been increasing every year. To reduce environment waste plastic they must be recycled. Among the various types of recycling, pyrolysis in general, offers an environmentally attractive method to decompose wide spectrum of wastes, including waste plastics. Pyrolysis of plastic waste results in char, pyro oil and pyro gases. The derived oils may be used directly as fuel or added to petroleum refinery feed stock. The gases are also useful as fuel and solid char may be used as either smokeless and fuel or activated carbon or can be gasified for production of fuel gases. In this paper a detailed literature of pyrolysis of waste plastic materials is reviewed and the effect of process parameters on the yield of pyrolysis products was discussed.

Subject of this study the effect of exercise in the elderly depression Reduction of Iran. Topic of our method in this quasi-experimental research is descriptive. All statistics are elderly the community who live in the abode of the elderly are. This study, 300 samples were 300 elderly women and the elderly Iranian were selected randomly to test the pre-test and the test is. The choice of abode in the elderly has been chosen. Test tool in this study is that Beck is Standard Beck Depression Inventory test, and includes 124 questions based on 36 different aspects , In this study, we want to consider whether the exercise program in reducing depression tired and helpless these people will be effective. Statistical method used in this study, t-test method is for each time (pre-test and test) was performed separately.