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        1 - The Effects of Information System Integration on Financial Performance Mediated by Cost Performance and Quality Performance: An SEM-based Analysis
        Mostafa Sadeghnia Mohammad Hosein Setayesh
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        2 - The effect of different levels of seaweed extract on the growth, yield and biochemical characteristics of bitter squash (Momordica charantia L.)
        Mohammed Hossein Aminifard Sekene Khandan
        The effects of foliar spraying of seaweed extract on the growth, yield and biochemical characteristics of bitter squash plant (Carla) were evaluated under field conditions. Treatments were of four levels of seaweed extract (0, 1.5, 3 and 4.5 in thousand) during three st More
        The effects of foliar spraying of seaweed extract on the growth, yield and biochemical characteristics of bitter squash plant (Carla) were evaluated under field conditions. Treatments were of four levels of seaweed extract (0, 1.5, 3 and 4.5 in thousand) during three stages of foliar spraying (before flowering, flowering and fruit set time). The experiment was designed in randomized block design with three replications at the Research station of Faculty of Agriculture University of Birjand during growing season of 2016. Leaf growth indices were influenced by seaweed extract treatments, so that with increasing treatment levels, increased fresh and dry weight and leaf area. The seaweed extract improved photosynthetic pigments (chl a, chl b, total chl and carotenoid). The highest amount of chl a, b, total chl and carotenoid (4.77, 5.66, 11.03, 2.52 mg. g-1f.w) were obtained in plants treated with 4.5 in thousand seaweed extract, while the lowest values were recorded in the control. Results showed that seaweed extract improved on quantitative characteristics of bush, so that the highest bush length and number of lateral branches were obtained at the highest level of the seaweed extract, while the lowest value were recorded in the control. Application of different levels of seaweed extract has a positive effect on the yield indices (weight, length and diameter of the fruit, number of fruits and yield) and biochemical characteristics of fruit (antioxidants activity and total phenol). The highest yield (4526 kg. ha-1), total phenol (8.74 mg GAE/100g) and antioxidant activity (69.68%) were obtained in plants treated with 4.5 in thousand seaweed extract. Generally, the findings of current study revealed that the use of 4.5 in thousand seaweed extract had strong impact on qualitative characteristics of bitter squash in this study. Manuscript profile
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        3 - The mediating role of empowerment in the relationship between knowledge management with quality performance and innovation (case study: Entekhab Industrial Group)
        Mohammad Amin Rouholamin Reza Esmaeli
        The present research was conducted with the aim of determining the mediating role of empowerment in the relationship between knowledge management and quality performance and innovation. This research is descriptive in terms of type and a correlational research in terms More
        The present research was conducted with the aim of determining the mediating role of empowerment in the relationship between knowledge management and quality performance and innovation. This research is descriptive in terms of type and a correlational research in terms of method, and its statistical population consists of all the employees of the quality control department of the selected industrial group in the number of 600 people, among them, 202 people as a sample through sampling in Available were selected. Research tools included knowledge management questionnaire (Conrad and Newman, 1999), quality performance questionnaire (Zheng et al, 2014), innovation questionnaire (Hong et al., 2011) and empowerment questionnaire (Spirtzer, 1995). The data obtained from the research were analyzed using the Pearson correlation method and structural equation modeling. The results showed that knowledge management with quality performance, innovation and empowerment; Empowerment with quality performance and innovation have a direct and significant relationship (P < 0.01). Also, the presented model has a good fit and empowerment mediates the relationship between knowledge management and quality performance and innovation. Therefore, due to the role and importance of performance in organizations, attention to these important findings should be considered by managers and policy makers. Manuscript profile
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        4 - Modeling And Dynamic Analysis of Factors Affecting Data Quality of University Portal with an Integrated Approach of System Dynamics and Quality Function (Case Study: Amirkabir University of Technology)
        Maedeh Alizadeh Mohammad Reza Motadel Navid Nezafati
        The purpose of this paper is to provide data quality model of a university portal with an integrated approach of system dynamics and quality function deployment. The present study is applied in terms of descriptive – survey method research. Following paper aims to More
        The purpose of this paper is to provide data quality model of a university portal with an integrated approach of system dynamics and quality function deployment. The present study is applied in terms of descriptive – survey method research. Following paper aims to provide a model and identify the concept and its dimensions for an academic portal and through using library study methods as well as field methods such as questionnaires, content analysis methods and Fuzzy Delphi method simultaneously, collect the voices of different users regarding data quality and finally, with the formation of four quality house matrices, it led to design requirements. Based on Quality Deployment Function analysis, found out that Extensible Markup Language (XML) could be more proper programming language to achieve flexibility as one of the most important engineering characteristics to fulfill user’s requirements. The important ambiguous issue in this context was how the internal communication between the requirements was; As a result of simulating these relationships, it was found that the way of communication overshadows the whole results. At the time of planning in the field of data quality and presenting a model in this regard, it should be considered that the factors may have conflicting relationships and unilaterally addressing a requirement or characteristic without considering its relationship with other cases could have the opposite result and efforts related to it will be fruitless. Manuscript profile