Many image processing and machine learning applications require sufficient image feature selection and representation. This can be achieved by imitating human ability to process visual information. One such ability is that human eyes are much more sensitive to changes in the intensity (luminance) than the color information. In this paper, we present how to exploit luminance information, organized in a pyramid structure, to transfer properties between two images. Two applications are presented to demonstrate the results of using luminance channel in the similarity metric of two images. These are image generation; where a target image is to be generated from a source one, and image colorization; where color information is to be browsed from o

Sustainable human development means meeting the basic needs of society and striving for continuous improvement in quality, as it seeks to increase economic well-being while providing adequate housing and nutrition, as well as providing electricity, water, health and education services . Ten centuries ago, Islam highlighted the importance of the development effort and the necessity of its sustainability before the West took it in the 1970s. There are a number of challenges that greatly affect the reality of achieving and ensuring Millennium Development Goals. The research recommends the importance of fighting administrative and financial corruption, as this is one of the biggest challenges facing the possibility of advancing the economy and

Purpose: This research is to identify the most important challenges for the local investment commissions and to develop solutions and proposals to encourage local and foreign investment in local governments in Iraq (the Iraqi provinces are irregular in the region).   Theoretical Framework: This research suggests a conceptual framework for the local investment commissions in order to solve their problems, the most important of which was to identify the most critical challenges which are facing the Baghdad Investment Commission BIC and how to overcome them.   Design/The methodology approach: Research involved a mixed-methods approach through two stages. During the first stage, the researcher gathered quantitative data from all inves

Globalisation and rapid environmental change have created many challenges for public and private organisations across Iraq as a developing country, particularly in the higher education sector. This includes, for example, decreases in government funding; increased demand for higher education; a need for economic transformation, and related competitiveness of organizations. Such challenges require exceptional leaders and strategic planning in order to take action to improve. In Iraq, the higher education sector is still one of the main foundations in progressing the knowledge economy. Studies into leadership style, strategic planning processes, and the importance of leadership and organisational culture to an organisation’s success have bee

المستخلص يهدف البحث الى تحديد دور ممارسات ادارة الموارد البشرية الخضراء في تحقيق متطلبات المواطنة البيئية في مكان العمل ,وتم اختيار الشركة العامة للزيوت النباتية لتطبيق الجانب الميداني كونها من الشركات الصناعية المهمة في العراق ,تتمثل مشكلة البحث بضعف تطبيق ممارسات ادارة الموارد البشرية الخضراء مما انعكس سلبا على تنمية المواطنة البيئية لدى العاملين في الشركة, وتم استخدام الاستبانة كاداة لجمع البيا

he current research aims to analyze the relationship and the level of influence of labor relations in reducing the cases of job withdrawal in private colleges in Baghdad. (265) individuals from department heads, university professors, and teaching staff in (7) private colleges located in the capital, Baghdad, and based on the Stephen Thompson equation for small samples, the sample size was determined by (157) teachers, and the questionnaire was adopted as a main tool for collecting data and information After ensuring the validity and reliability of its contents, and to test the relationship of influence, correlation and interaction between the research variables, two main hypotheses were formulated from which (5) sub-hypotheses eman

فًي التحلٌيل اإلحصائ،ً حٌث تعتبر طرٌمة انحدار شرائح تلعب تمنٌات تحلٌل االنحدار الالمعلمً دوراً مركزٌاً لتمهٌد البٌانات، اذ ٌمكن من خاللها تمدٌر الدوال مباشرة من الجزاء واحدة من أكثر الطرائك المستعملة حالٌاً ( بدالً ة البٌانات الصاخبة)التً تحتوي على أخطاء( أو الملوثة )data noisy من االعتماد على نماذج معلمٌ محددة، وتعتمد طرٌمة التمدٌر المستعملة لمالئمه نموذج انحدار شرائح الجزاء فً الغالب على طرائك المربعات الصغر

In this paper, some commonly used hierarchical cluster techniques have been compared. A comparison was made between the agglomerative hierarchical clustering technique and the k-means technique, which includes the k-mean technique, the variant K-means technique, and the bisecting K-means, although the hierarchical cluster technique is considered to be one of the best clustering methods. It has a limited usage due to the time complexity. The results, which are calculated based on the analysis of the characteristics of the cluster algorithms and the nature of the data, showed that the bisecting K-means technique is the best compared to the rest of the other methods used.

The entrance process re-engineering one of the main entrances of administrative and technology appropriate to keep pace with scientific progress and the continuing changes in business environment and for the purpose of achieving the goal sought by the organizations in the pursuit of rapid developments and renewable energy in the market competition by changing its operations and activities of the radical change which contributes to an effective contribution to reducing the cost of product or service taking into account the quality improvement in the management of change to keep the increase value and speed of placing on the market to meet customer needs and desires to achieve and attain the goal of growth and stability in the market under th

Programs and performance budget represents a sophisticated method of public budget numbers, which includes all allocations to be determined for each job or activity within a government entity, which is analyzed according to their needs and costs, and this method can be applied using one of the cost accounting techniques, which is the technique of analyzing the value chain that reduces costs by avoiding activities that do not add value and enhance activities that add value to the economic entity, the current research aims to develop the budget system in government entity by using the budget of programs and performance as a tool for planning and monitoring events and activities, thereby reducing the waste of public money by reducing unnecessa

The aim of the research is to show the importance of international auditing standards and the effect of this in reducing the incidence of financial irregularities in government service units and how to address them. The research adopted the descriptive, analytical and inductive approaches. In the analytical approach, a questionnaire model was designed and distributed to internal auditors in some of the subordinate government units. For the Ministry of Health, appropriate statistical methods were used that showed the extent of the general understanding of the internal auditor’s relationship with international standards and the impact of this on preserving public money and the role of the internal auditor in detecting financial irregulariti

The banking credit has a significant role in supporting the economic development process as it is considered a financial medium between the depositors and investors through turning the money received by the bank in from of banking deposits from a person who has a monetary surplus into another person in need of this surplus . this credit contributes also in directing the economic activities toward investing project generally and strategic investing projects in special that the country lacks which is in need of optimum exploitation to the available resources. In addition , the banking credit represents the most important source of revenues that the banks gain and contribute in increasing their profitability.

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between the strategic thinking and organizational change via the use of many statistical methods such as Simple linear regression equation. The 80% of the hypotheses of correlation and influence were established, and the research was reached a number of conclusions. Including the fluctuation of the level of strategic thinking capabilities in the sample surveyed. Although, there are certain levels, but an organization of this importance need to be higher. Based on these conclusions, the researcher has made some recommendations to address the findings of the research. Reflexión del pensamiento estratégico sobre el cambio organizacional Resumen El propósito de esta investigación

In today’s competitive environment, organizational efficiency and sustained growth are crucial for survival. The performance of an organization is intricately connected to strategic planning, prompting firms to gather and leverage competitive information for a competitive advantage. Senior managers, recognizing this, initiate actions accordingly. This study aims to investigate the relationship between foresight, vision, strategic partnerships, motivation, system thinking, and organizational performance. Data, gathered through a self-administered questionnaire from various textile units, were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings indicate that sub-constructs of strategic intelligence positively impact organizatio

The research aims to test the correlation relationships between wise leadership, and the business model, and to demonstrate its influence (wise leadership) on the business model. Therefore, two main hypotheses were put forward. The research was applied to a sample consisting of (87) managers and deputy managers, some of them are members on the board of directors of the researched company. The questionnaire was adopted as a basic tool for collecting data, in addition to personal interviews. A number of statistical methods were used to analyze the data and obtain results. The researcher showed a set of results, including: There is a significant correlation between wise leadership and business model. There is an influence of wise leadership on

Multiple linear regressions are concerned with studying and analyzing the relationship between the dependent variable and a set of explanatory variables. From this relationship the values of variables are predicted. In this paper the multiple linear regression model and three covariates were studied in the presence of the problem of auto-correlation of errors when the random error distributed the distribution of exponential. Three methods were compared (general least squares, M robust, and Laplace robust method). We have employed the simulation studies and calculated the statistical standard mean squares error with sample sizes (15, 30, 60, 100). Further we applied the best method on the real experiment data representing the varieties of

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             يسعى هذا البحث الى اختبار" تأثير ريادة الاعمال كمتغير مستقل ومكوناته ( الابداع والمغامرة والتجديد الاستراتيجي) والاداء التنافسي المستدام كمتغير تابع ومكوناته (تقليل وقت دورة تسليم، الاستجابة السريعة لطلب السوق ،زيادة رضا الزبون ،تقديم افضل جودة ،زيادة الحصة السوقية)" من خلال دراسة ميدانية ، وهنا تشخصت مشكلة البحث في محاولة الاجابة عن

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        هدف البحث التعرف على تأثير القدرات الإبداعية بأبعادها المتمثلة بـــ( القدرة الإبداعية للمنتوج، القدرة الإبداعية التنظيمية القدرة الإبداعية للعملية، القدرة الإبداعية للتسويق، الموارد الإبداعية، ثقافة الابداع) في تحقيق الجاهزية التنظيمية للتغيير في الشركة بأبعادها المتمثلة بــ( الملائمة ، دعم الادارة، كفاءة التغيير، المنافع الشخصية),

Transportation and distribution are the most important elements in the work system for any company, which are of great importance in the success of the chain work. Al-Rabee factory is one of the largest ice cream factories in Iraq and it is considered one of the most productive and diversified factories with products where its products cover most areas of the capital Baghdad, however, it lacks a distribution system based on scientific and mathematical methods to work in the transportation and distribution processes, moreover, these processes need a set of important data that cannot in any way be separated from the reality of fuzziness industrial environment in Iraq, which led to use the fuzzy sets theory to reduce the levels of uncertainty.

IFRS 2010 ) صدر المعيار 9 - نتيجة الأزمة المالية العالمية التي حدثت عام ( 2007الذي كان يعترف بالخسائر الائتمانية بعد وقوعها أي التي IAS لمعالجة القصور في المعيار 39حدثت فعلاً وبشكل متأخر مما تسبب في حدوث الأزمة، حيث جاء المعيار الجديد لمعالجة هذاالقصور من خلال التنبؤ بالخسائر الائتمانية قبل حدوثها مما يساعد المصارف على اتخاذالاحتياطات اللازمة من خلال دراسة المؤشرات التي يمكن ان تدق ناقوس الخطر لحدوث مثل هذهالأزما

In the current paradigms of information technology, cloud computing is the most essential kind of computer service. It satisfies the need for high-volume customers, flexible computing capabilities for a range of applications like as database archiving and business analytics, and the requirement for extra computer resources to provide a financial value for cloud providers. The purpose of this investigation is to assess the viability of doing data audits remotely inside a cloud computing setting. There includes discussion of the theory behind cloud computing and distributed storage systems, as well as the method of remote data auditing. In this research, it is mentioned to safeguard the data that is outsourced and stored in cloud serv

       يهدف هذا البحث الى تحديد العلاقة بين عملية تقييم الاداء والبرامج التدريبية للعاملين , والتعرف على مدى التزام المنظمة المبحوثة في أجراء عملية تقييم الأداء لعامليها وأستخدام نتائج هذه العملية في تحديد البرامج التدريبية الملائمة لهم , وتم ذلك من خلال قياس علاقة الأرتباط والتأثير بين المتغير المستقل (عملية تقييم الأداء الفاعلة) وأبعاده  مهنية المقيم , دعم الإدارة , معايير الاداء , التحليل الوظيفي, أسل

يهدف هذا البحث الى معرفة دور وتأثير برامج المشاركة في مقدرات الموارد البشرية ، ولغرض قياس ذلك فقد تم تحديد ابعاد هذين المتغيرين من خلال الاعتماد على مقاييس لهذا الغرض، وتم اختيار وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي/ جهاز الاشراف والتقويم العلمي كونها من الدوائر المهمة في الوزارة ويضم عدد كبير من الافراد في مستويات تنظيمية مختلفة لغرض الاجابة على الاستبانة التي اعدت لغرض القياس والوصول الى النتائج وتحقيق

يحاول البحث ان يكشف كيفية التحكم والسيطرة على التفوق التنافسي للشركات عن طريق بناء المهارات الادارية في المستويات التنظيمية المختلفة لذا يهدف البحث الى معرفة طبيعةعلاقةالمتغير الرئيس الاول الذي يتمثل بالمهارات الادارية وهي المهارات الفنية والمهارات الانسانية والمهارات الفكريةمع المتغير الرئيس الثاني الذي يتمثل بالتفوق التنافسي، وذلك عن طريق التطبيق الميداني في الشركة العامة للصناعات الانشائية واخ

The purpose of this study is to explore whether the adoption of Beyond Budgeting (BB) as a management accounting practice (MAP) contributes to developing intellectual capital (IC) and creating value in Iraqi companies. This requires an understanding of the views of the Iraqi managers about the nature of the information provided by this practice, which may be used to determine whether this information is relevant in the management of IC in the context of Iraq. This research aims also to explore the challenges of the adoption of the BB in planning and controlling IC in Iraq. The study adopts a qualitative approach and an interpretive paradigm. It also adopts a semi-structured interview method of collecting data from executive managers