Complete Streets and their effect on increasing safety for all road-users.

Complete Streets is a transportation policy and design concept that promotes safe and convenient access to roadways for users of all transportation modes including walking, biking, driving motor vehicle, and riding public transportation. The Complete Streets concept is a shift from planning and designing streets with motor vehicles as the dominant mode. Complete Streets explicitly ac­knowledges the mobility and safety needs of all road users by all modes

The prediction of academic dishonesty based on academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence in during pandemic Coronavirus

The purpose of this study was to prediction of academic dishonesty based on academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence in during pandemic Coronavirus (Covid-19). The descriptive- correlation method was used. The statistical population consists of all female students high schools Tehran city in year academic 2019-2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, 200 female students by formula Plant of Tabachnick & Fidell (2007) were selected as samples and they were asked to fill in the academic dishonesty scale (ADS) of Witherspoon, Maldonado & Lacey (2010), schoolwork engagement inventory (SEI) of Salmela-Aro & Upadaya (2012), achievement goal questionnaire–revised (AGQ-R) of Elliot & Murayama (2008) and implicit theory of intelligence scale (ITIS) of Abd-El-Fattah & Yates (2006). The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Findings showed that there was significant correlation between academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence with academic dishonesty (p < 0/01). Regression analyses also revealed that %64/3 of variance of academic dishonesty infidelity was explained by academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence. This study confirmed the significant contribution of academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence on academic dishonesty in students

Investigating the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Reducing Production Costs (A Case Study of Potato Cultivators in Ardabil Township)

This research was carried out with the aim of investigating the role of agricultural cooperatives in reducing production costs during Tillage, planting, harvesting and transportation of potatoes in Ardabil.The statistical population of the study consisted of farmers of cooperative and non-cooperative members of potato work in Ardabil city which were selected by random sampling method, 183 farmers. The required information was collected through a survey and completed questionnaires. The results showed that there was a significant difference in total of production costs between cooperatives members and non-members, so that members of the production cooperative was observed at the planting stage, which the cooperatives farmers spent 24% more than non-members. The sum of production costs in the tillage and harvesting stages was not significant. However, members of cooperatives at these stages were 3% and 2% respectively more than non-member farmers. Transportation costs were statistically significant between the two groups of farmers, so that cooperatives' farmers paid less than 22%. The Trans log cost function estimation showed that members of the production cooperatives had more costs than non-member farmers and the hypothesis of homothetic structure of potato production is unacceptable among farmers. By increasing the production level, more use made of seed input and labor, and less use of land and machinery was achieved per hectare. It is suggested that cooperatives participate in a broad and parallel way with the needs of farmers in all stages of production and marketing, and develop and expand their functional fields

Cloning of synthetic gene including antigens against Urinary Tract Infections in pET28a+ vector

There are many different bacterial infections in the world that patients are suffering from and research teams are trying to find suitable ways to prevent and treat them. Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are most important infections in the world , and they are more common among women because vaginal cavity is near to urethral opening. The aim of this study is cloning of synthetic gene include antigens against UTIs in pET28a+ vector. Antibiotic resistant has been increasing because of antibiotic overuse recently, so It shows the necessity of developing a vaccine against these infections. There for, it will be imperative to develop a vaccine instead of antibiotics. This infection causes by many organisms, most important of which are Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), Proteus mirabilis and Klebsiella pneumoniae Uropathogenic Escherichia .coli is the most important microorganism that causes these infections more than other bacteria, so in developing a vaccine it is the most important one, that have to be considered. The synthetic Gene which was designed against these three bacteria including antigens which are important and common to cause these infections. This gene has involved 1293bp. It was ordered to Gene Ray Biotechnology. Primers were designed by Gene Runner. Gene and pET28a+ vector was checked by SnappGene. Synthetic gene was multiplied by PCR and cloned in pET28a+ vector. Construct was transformed into E. coli TOP10.The clone was confirmed by PCR, Digestion. This data indicates that this gene can be expressed and it might be a vaccine candidate to protect people from these infections in the future

Barriers to the Development of Agricultural Production Cooperatives Strategic Agricultural Products with Emphasis on Government Supportive Policies (Integration)

Given the obstacles in cooperatives, one of the ways to increase the share of the cooperative sector in the Iranian economy is to implement supportive policies by the public sector. The statistical population includes all active cooperatives producing agricultural sector, including 23 cooperatives in Shahroud city, which using random sampling method and Cochran's sampling formula out of 170 main members of companies 115 of them to study selection The research method was descriptive-correlational, which was performed in terms of data collection by survey, using the pre-test "researcher-made" questionnaire. At least three people from each company and a maximum of seven people participated in the study.The reliability and validity of the research instruments were confirmed by calculating the coefficients of KMO and Cronbach's alpha (α> 0.7) and by the panel of experts. Data analysis was performed with spss22 software. The results of the study showed that the members of the studied cooperatives are not well aware of the obstacles and problems of the agricultural sector and only see the supportive policy in injecting liquidity. Also, the most important obstacles to land consolidation in the agricultural sector from the point of view of the people studied are "lack of culture building in the field of ship together" and "lack of appropriate and sufficient training and extension courses in the field of ship together".Also, based on factor analysis, the barriers to agricultural production cooperatives were emphasized by emphasizing supportive policies in the managerial, personality and psychological factors, policy and supportive categories

Strategies for Reducing Pedestrian and Bicyclist Injury at the Corridor Level

A systemic approach for identifying potential safety countermeasures and implementing them across groups of locations sharing the same risk characteristics has been developed for pedestrian-vehicle collisions. This study was funded by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to develop methods for identifying sites where there is potential for significant reductions in pedestrian and bicyclist injury. Data collected between 1998 and 2007 from a 16.5-mile section of San Pablo Avenue (SR 123) in the San Francisco East Bay was used as the study area. A database containing all useful crash information was developed and applied to study the spatial patterns, crash types, and location types of pedestrian-related collision. Several data stratifications were investigated to determine appropriate data aggregations for pedestrian safety analysis. Bicycle-related collisions were also included in the analysis to show the differences between pedestrian and bicycle collisions. A systemic approach was developed to identify the systemic hot spots in the transportation system and then recommend countermeasures for systemic implementation across a targeted type of facility