ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Urban transportation systems and traffic management
Re-usability of traffic signs for inactive drivers with consideration of personal characteristics and sign features

A. Chan; A. Ng

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 1-8

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.001

Abstract
  There has been an increasing concern about inactive drivers who would easily lead to road accidents and fatalities once return to driving. This study investigated the re-usability of traffic signs for inactive drivers with consideration of driver factors and cognitive sign features. Fifty-seven Hong ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Human capital in urban management
Injustice perceptions and employees misbehavior in a public organization: Exploration the mediating role of employee's cynicism to organization

H. Danaeefard; H.R. Boustani

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 9-18

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.002

Abstract
  The purpose of the present research was to investigate the relationships between justice perceptions, employee's misbehavior and cynicism to organization because very few studies have looked at the role of justice and cynicism in the prediction of employee's misbehavior in public organizations. According ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Urban health, safety and environment (HSE)
Development of new citizenship HSE model for schools and kindergartens of Tehran Metropolitan City

A.R. Karbassi; M. Shahpasand; A.A. Rajabi; H.A. Ghafari

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 19-30

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.003

Abstract
  Today many of wide scope and famous organizations design and develop HSE models to achieve a more suitable HSE management system for their own purposes. To implement such models some requirements should be considered in line with defined goals and missions. The present study was carried out in order ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Urban social and cultural welfare
Cultural implications of business strategy-making

K. Fatehi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 31-36

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.004

Abstract
  The central issue in strategy formulation and implementation process, or strategy-making, is the identification of environmental forces and the preparation of a plan of action to deal with them. This necessitates scanning the environment for gathering information. Environmental scanning should enable ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Exchange rate volatility and its effect on stock market volatility

K. Kennedy; F. Nourzad

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 37-46

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.005

Abstract
  This paper investigates empirically the effect of volatility of the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar vis-à-vis the euro on U.S. stock market volatility while controlling for a number of drivers of stock return volatility. Using a GARCH(1, 1) model and using weekly data covering the period from ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Urban transportation systems and traffic management
Environmental impact assessment of bus rapid transit (BRT) in the Metropolitan City of Tehran

F. Salehi; A.R. Karbassi; M. Khashaypoor

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 47-56

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.006

Abstract
  Bus rapid transit is an innovative, high capacity, lower cost public transit solution in metropolitan cities. Idea is to dedicate lanes for quick and efficient transport of passengers to their destinations. In the present investigation the environmental impact assessment of bus rapid transit  in ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Urban health, safety and environment (HSE)
Application of anaerobic digestion products of municipal solid food wastes in treating wastewaters

G. Fazeli

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 57-64

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.007

Abstract
  Anaerobic digestion is the breakdown of biodegradable organic material by microorganisms in the absence of oxygen or in an oxygen-starved environment.This technology is superior to the landfilling and also the aerobic composting. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the effluent Volatile ...  Read More

CASE STUDY Urban health, safety and environment (HSE)
Implementation of child safety and health management system by means of FMEA method

B. Akbari Neisiani; S.M. Seyedan; A. Hadian

Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2016, Pages 65-72

https://doi.org/10.7508/ijhcum.2016.01.008

Abstract
  Every year, many accidents leading to physical injuries in kindergartens, indicates that a very large percentage of them are related to the safety concerns and lack of hygiene in these places. Families, due to their busy life style and working hours and also children needs of preschool education, are ...  Read More