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In this research 52 species of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) have been reported from the northeastern Fars province, of which the species of Hylaeus punctus Förster and Hoplitis leucomelana Kirby were new records for Iran fauna. Among the material examined, there were 11 species of Apidae, 19 species of Halictidae, 1 species of Andrenidae, 4 species of Colletidae and 17 species of Megachilidae. Phoretic mites belonging to four genera Parapygmephorus, Vidia, Imparipes and Anoetus were associated with halictid and meghachilid bees. Among associated mites with collected bees Imparipes burgeri Ebermann & Jagersbacher-Baumann belonging to the family Scutacaridae was new for Iran fauna and Asia. We also collected five new mite species for science. These species were belong to the genera Parapygmephorus (1 species), Vidia (1 species), and Anoetus (3 species) of the families Neopygmephoridae, Winterschmidtiidae and Anoetidae respectively that will be described elsewhere. All specimens are deposited in the “Collection of Iranian Pollinator Insects” of Yasouj University.

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In this study 46 species of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and their 17 associated mite species from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province reigns with some specimens collected from Yasouj and Dezful have been examined. Four species of mites were new for Iran: Sennertia zhelochovtsevi Zachvatkin, Vidia lineata Oudemans, Sennertionyx manicati (Giard) and Crabrovidia oudemansi Fain. These mites were found on bees’ families of Halictidae, Megachilidae, Apidae and Andrenidae. The identified mites were belonging to families of Neopygmephoridae, Scutacaridae, Chaetodactylidae, Anoetidae, Acaridae, Saproglyphidae and Winterschmidtiidae. Among bees’ families, the most association was observed on Halictidae and the lowest was on Andrenidae. Bee species of Halictus (Halictus) resurgens Nurse, 1903 had the highest percentage of association. All specimens are deposited in the Iranian Pollinator Insects Museum of Yasouj University. Herein a list of mite species associated with bees and bees’ species list are provided. Some specimens belong to genera of Imparipes Berlese, 1903 (n=12 specimens) and Chaetodactylus Rondani, 1866 (n=11 specimens) were new for science which would be described in a subsequent paper.

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A survey of Braconinae wasps was conducted at five sites, represented by various agroecosystems, rangelands and forests in Western Iran (Hamadan province) during 2015−2016 with a series of light and Malaise traps. Fifteen species belonging to three genera (Bracon Fabricius, Glyptomorpha Holmgren and Pseudovipio Szépligeti) were identified, among them five species, viz. Bracon concavus Tobias, B. fumigidus Szépligeti, B. iskilipus Beyarslan & Tobias, B. moczari Papp and B. novus Szépligeti, were recorded for the first time from Iran. 15 species are new provincial records for Hamadan.

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The topic of this study is "The Morphology of Fairy Tales in Kurdish Language". The purposes of the present study are to determine the structure of these tales and the scale of differences and commons comparison with Vladimir Propp's study and to know better about other Iranian languages. The way in which this study has been carried out is descriptive, the data has been gathered in library method and analysed based on Propp's pattern in morphology of fairy tales. After surveying the structure of 155 tales, there were determined thirty-one functions, seven domains of operations, nine types of prime situations and eighteen types of movement combinations. The result shows that Propp's patterns are the same as patterns in Kurdish language fairy tales and that their final structures are restricted to the same thirty-one functions offered by Propp. What differenciates fairy tales in Kurdish language from similar samples surveying by Propp is the different methods of forming some some of the functions, and certainly these differences do not supply new and different structures.

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Teaching French translation in Iran has been studied from different angles so far and its flaws and the problems encountered by students in this field have been repeatedly evaluated. However, it seems that researchers in Iran have not taken into account the problem of polysemic words and the translation of this ambiguous phenomenon. Hence, we have decided to study this phenomenon in university classes where students are trained to translate texts from French language to Persian.
In this regard, considering the characteristics of the polysemic words and the ability of French translation students to recognize and then translate them properly in Persian, with a glance to Holmes/Toury map of translation studies and especially its functional branch, which includes teaching/learning translation and related methodologies and dictionaries as tools in this field among others. Therefore, we emphasize on the importance of training French translation students and the correct use of dictionaries according to Holmes/Toury theory.
On the other hand, Katharina Reiss’ (German linguist and translator scholar) theory of translation and text typology (informative, expressive and operative) and their application have been used in this research. Usually, in translation classes at Iranian universities, informative and expressive texts are present and we used these two types of texts in our corpus as well.
Also, we have utilized the theory of PACTE group from its translation competence in educational environments, through two tests among 32 undergraduate French translation students divided in two groups, as well as a review of the translation of the book written by French philosopher and writer of eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Le Choix de lettres de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by eight master and Ph.D. students in the field of French translation and French literature to scrutinize this particular problem.
In the first case, we had advised to the first group to use only French-Persian dictionaires and to the second group to use not only the latter but also to consult inevitably French-French dictionaires in order to  translate correctly the texts. More than two-thirds of the first group of students who used only French-Persian dictionaries failed to properly translate sentences containing this type of vocabulary, while in the second group the results were considerably satisfying. Among the graduate students, this problem still persists. It seems that finding the right equivalent for this kind of vocabulary, especially for French translation students who do not have sufficient knowledge of the language, seems complicated. This is because polysemic words can usually have different meanings in different contexts. French-Persian dictionaires on the market do not always contain all the meanings associated with polysemic words, which will make it even harder for the students to deal with the translation. Also, it seems from the sample translations of undergraduate and graduate students, this problem requires a fundamental solution from the very beginning of their studies. Explaining this problem to the students and informing them about this phenomenon and the gaps in French-Persian dictionaries is one of the first things that should be presented in translation classes. On the other hand, editing these dictionaries by their publishers or publishing new ones with regard to semantic ambiguities in French seems important. It also seems necessary to use monolingual dictionaries to find the appropriate equivalent of a word in the text.
 

 

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Aim: According to experts, one of the ways to improve sustainable development in projects is to improve organizational capabilities related to the three dimensions of sustainable development in project-based organizations. The purpose of this study is to identify and assess the status of organizational capabilities for sustainable development in oil and gas project-based organizations in Iran.
Method: In order to in-depth study of sustainable development capabilities in context of Iranian oil and gas organizations, the case study strategy was used in eight Iranian oil and gas organizations. In order to collect information, 23 informants were selected and interviewed. According to the list of capabilities extracted from the literature and the preparation of a capability definition matrix, the interviewees were asked to describe the capabilities that exist in Iranian oil and gas project-based organizations in the field of sustainable development. The data obtained from the interview were coded by deductive qualitative content analysis.
Results: In the present study, the capabilities of sustainable development in oil and gas project-oriented organizations were identified in seven main categories of factors including process, structural, technological, cultural, knowledge, human, political and financial, and the relative status of these capabilities in Iranian oil and gas organizations was examined. The contribution of the present study is due to the fact that the capabilities were identified according to the specific context of Iranian oil and gas organizations, on the other hand, organizational capabilities in all three areas of environmental, social and economic at the same time have been examined.

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Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) isolates have been reported as the causal agent of citrus cachexia in Mazandaran Province and recently shown to be associated with yellow corky vein disease of sweet orange and split bark disorder of sweet lime in the Fars Province, Iran. In the present work isolation and partial characterization of viroids from citrus trees affected by gummy stem blight is reported from Kohgiluyeh–Boyerahmad (KB) Province of Iran. Fifteen samples of citrus trees from Dehdasht area (KB Province) showing bark necrosis, gum exudation and die-back as well as seven citrus symptompless trees from the same area were tested for the prevalence of viroids, through Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) followed by sequencing of PCR products. They were also tested for Citrus tristeza virus through Double-Antibody Sandwich Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (DAS-ELISA). Two variants of HSVd which differed from GenBank isolates in nucleotide sequence and two variants of Citrus Bent Leaf Viroid (CBLVd) were identified in any of the symptomatic samples. Moreover, a Citrus Exocortis Viroid (CEVd) was found only in symptomatic sweet lime. An HSVd isolate from KB (HSVd-bn₁) was selected and used for comparison with a number of HSVd variants from Iran (Fars and Mazandaran Provinces) and the related accessions from GenBank. On the basis of nucleotide sequence and secondary structure analysis, HSVd-bn1 and HSVd-bn2 belong to non-cachexia variants of HSVd and have about 95% similarity to Citrus gummy bark viroid, a sub-species of HSVd. CTV was not detected in the diseased plants. It is yet to be determined whether bark necrosis of sweet lime and of sweet orange plants is caused solely by the associated viroid(s) or other factors are involved as well.

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Study air infiltration into the building in several ways such as energy, air quality, thermal comfort and pollution entering in the building is very important. In this context, many studies have been conducted in different countries. In our country due to the use of steel doors and windows, do independent research on the gap size and air infiltration is necessary .In this study, by practical view and in order to localize results, based on a field study, the actual dimensions of the gaps around conventional doors and windows in Iran is measured. The results of these measurements are used to simulate gaps, then with experimental study, air infiltration rate of this gaps is calculated at different pressures. In present study, after investigating the effect of different aspects of gaps on air infiltration rate, two common equations, power law and quadratic equation, in order to fitting data were compared. Results show that power law equation can adapt better to the experimental data. Coefficients of the power law equation to estimate the air infiltration rate through the gaps was presented. By analysis of the results, due to the proximity factor of the pressure difference to the number 0.5 in most of the results, it was concluded that the Bernoulli equation can be used to predict the air infiltration rate through the gaps. This equation is better compliance with laws and physical principles. Discharge coefficient of the Bernoulli equation for gaps with different dimensions are calculated.

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Acorn tree is abundant in many parts of Iran and is usually wasted or used as animal feed. According to the numerous health effects of acorn, the aim of this research is to investigate the influence of acorn flour (substituted at levels of 0-30% with rice flour, corn flour and starch) as a mixture design on chemical, nutritional, textural and sensorial properties of gluten free biscuits for celiacs. The results showed that moisture, ash, crude fiber, carbohydrate, antioxidant capacity and total phenol of gluten free biscuits supplemented with acorn flour increased noticeably compared to control. Increasing the acorn flour decreased calorie value of gluten free biscuits. Hardness and penetration energy of samples increased with substitution of acorn flour in formulation. Sensory evaluation showed addition of acorn flour up to 20% was acceptable but total acceptance diminished at high levels of it. The obtained results signify that the application of acorn flour in gluten-free baking could be useful for fortification and increase of nutritional value.

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The precision and speed of numerical simulations of physical phenomena has led to their increasing use in designing and research applications. These precision and speed are owed to the improvements in numerical methods and significant advancements in computing power of CPUs and GPUs.
Particle-based methods are some of the most recently developed numerical simulation methods. Development of these methods has been long delayed due to the need for a relatively high computational effort.
Particle-based methods can be considered as a subset of Meshless Methods. In nonlinear computational methods, mathematical equations in the problem domain are estimated only by nodes, and contrary to the case about the nodes in FEM and FDM methods, there is no need for these nodes to be connected to each other by a mesh. If the nodes are particles that carry physical properties, such as mass and stiffness, and simulations proceed on the basis of updating trajectory and physical properties of particles, then the method is called a particle-based method. Particle-based methods include molecular dynamics (MD), Discrete Element Method (DEM), Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), and Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM). The number of studies and computer codes developed based on these methods has grown dramatically over the past two decades.
Among particle-based methods, DEM method is mainly used to model solid objects and fractures and in some cases it has been used to model granular materials like soil. While most of the applications of SPH method include numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations in fluid dynamic problems. Despite their differences, both DEM and SPH methods are particle-based methods and so there have been successful attempts to integrate them into a single application.
In current study, a computer code called “QUANTA” is introduced. In this software, the researchers have tried to integrate the SPH method with another particle-based method called Bonded Particle Method (BPM). BPM is based on DEM and was originally developed to model rock and soil mechanics phenomena. The main modification applied to DEM is the ability to consider cohesion among particles, which plays a significant role in simulating the behavior of rocks and soils.
QUANTA is being developed with the goal of providing a tool to simulate two-dimensional solid, fluid, and multi-phased interactive environments for research purposes. In this software, the solid environment is modeled using the BPM algorithm and the fluid environment is modeled using the SPH algorithm by solving Navier-Stokes equations. Depending on the problem at hand, BPM and SPH particles interact with each other by equations based on momentum or pressure. The code is developed using Visual C ++ programming language and has the ability to perform parallel computations with a remarkable speed.
To verify the software, a few simple and frequently used problems in the literature were chosen. A cantilever beam was modeled and loaded to verify BPM part of the software. Poiseuille and shear cavity problems were used to verify the SPH part. In order to verify the interaction of these two algorithms, a solid cylinder was modeled once in a wind tunnel travelling at supersonic speeds and then against the flow of a viscous fluid. According to the results of these numerical modellings, the software can be deemed successful in simulating the sample problems.
While simulation with particle methods requires more computational effort than common methods such as finite element and finite difference, the particle-based and micromechanical nature of these methods and their ability to model large-scale deformations and complex behaviors has, in many cases, made them logical choices for simulation. As the next steps of this study, the authors are developing new equations for interaction and equations of state to improve the software performance.

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Cake as a popular snack among different people in the community, especially children and adolescents. This high-energy product should have a porous texture, small holes with narrow border to have an acceptable marketability. Therefore, research and investment to achieve the desired quality and increase shelf life through the use of additives such as enzymes, emulsifiers, etc. seems necessary. In this regard, in order to improve the quality of cupcakes, which have a faster preparation than other cakes, the effect of two factors, glucose oxidase (0, 10, 50 and 100 ppm) and DATEM (0, 0.5 and 1%) was investigated. The results showed that the samples containing DATEM increased the moisture content, decreased the weight loss after baking and improved the volume and texture of the cake in terms of reducing firmness and increasing the cohesiveness and springiness. On the other hand, glucose oxidase addition decreased the firmness of the treatments caused by DATEM. However, the addition of glucose oxidase enzyme to the cake formulation improved the crust color parameters and sensory evaluation. So, the effect of glucose oxidase and DATEM, improved the sensory and quality characteristics of cupcake.

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Accountability as an element of good governance has long been in the core attention of Public Law and Politics scholars. Despite this, the concept of accountability and its dimensions are ambiguous, and sometimes, there exists confusion. This article tries to achieve the concept of accountability through functional democracy according to its object(i.e. allocating power). According to this definition, accountability is a two -dimensional concept and consists of “Answerability” and “Enforcement”: which achieving each of them needs two preconditions: transparency and rule of law.  Furthermore, even if one or two of them are missing, we may still legitimately speak of acts of accountability. Irrefutably clarifying the position of accountability in democracy and good governance can be useful for understanding this concept. Accountability is a concept with the emergence of which the concerns about limiting, control, monitoring and balancing the power can be fulfilled.

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The change in the price of real and financial assets is one of the factors that cause business cycle through different channels such as consumption, investment, firm’s balance sheet, and net export. With attention to aware of factor causing on business cycle in Adopting Economic policies, in this paper, we investigated the effect of stock market, house price, exchange rate, and liquidity on business cycle using linear and nonlinear LSTR models and season’s data in the period of 1991-2018. In nonlinear model, which is more suitable for explaining the relationship between variables in comparison with linear model, the cyclical component of the exchange rate selected as the transition variable and the value of the transition parameter was estimated to be 83.89 rials. Considering the estimated value of the transmission parameter, in the period, there were two regimes in the Iranian economy, low-exchange rate regime and a high-exchange rate regime. The results indicate that in both regimes, an increase in stock prices and liquidity cause economic expansion. Also, an increase in house prices and a decline in the exchange rate in the first regime put the economy at an expansion phase and put the economy at a recession phase in the second regime. Therefore, in order to expanding the economy, it is suggested that, on the one hand, the exchange rate be kept low and, on the other hand, increase housing price, stock price and liquidity.
 
 

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Increasing food demands, environmental aspects, and massive increase in population have an impact on the sustainability of a supply chain, especially in the food processing sector. In food supply chain there are many parameters from production to consumption like resources, packaging and waste management, etc. that need to be considered for sustainability. The aim of this study is to determine the parameters affecting the sustainability of food supply chain and to measure the sustainability performance of the parameters along the supply chain. It involves the development of sustainability assessment model based on United Nations sustainable development goals to assess the sustainability practices and performance in industries. It helps in improvement in all levels in the food industry. This can certainly help local food processing industry of Pakistan to optimize their production processes, shrink wastes and increase the productivity. The developed sustainability assessment model comprises of three categories namely production, processing and consumption. To facilitate the above-mentioned categories, the assessment model consists of thirteen factors on which sustainability in industries is assessed. These are: (i) Resource Utilization (ii) Safety of Products (iii) Technology and innovation (IV) Waste Management (v) Reliability (vi) Customer Satisfaction (vii) Packaging and traceability (viii) Food safety and food security (ix) Food affordability and availability (x) Leadership and communication (xi) Educate and training (xii) Health and Safety (xiii) Socio-cultural well-being. The sustainable food supply chain performance evaluation for the food processing sector in Pakistan indicates that it has an overall performance of 65.5. The gap identified is that many industries are weak in terms of certain factors leadership and communication, educate and training, food affordability and availability, resource utilization and waste management.
Keywords: Sustainable Food Production, Sustainable Food Supply Chains, Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability Maturity level, Analytical Hierarchy Process , Over all Sector Performance.

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Open data are data produced or recomended by the government or institutions which are under government control, and can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone. For the purpose of a person to be able to express his thoughts, he must be able to freely expose them to the public. The existence of laws governing access to information (such as: The Access to Information Act, The Data Protection Act and The personal data protection Act) is one of the indicators of readiness for open government.The openness of data is closely related to transparency and accountability, therefore, attention has been paid to this issue in various countries. The subject of this article is to investigate the legal status of open data in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkey. This essay compares the subject laws of Iran and Turkey in the field of open data and aims to represent the commonalities and differences between the two countries and the possibility of legal convergence of them.The present study, by the descriptive method and the qualitative content analysis of the documents, proposes the hypothesis that both countries have recognized the right to access information with limitations. Finally, the main proposition is that in the studied countries, since the law of freedom of information has not been able to meet the explicit requirements of the government, therefore, there is no deep and accurate understanding of the concept of open data.