Body Count: Red Apple

Body Count

The Error of the Red Cell Count.

The staffs of haematological laboratories spend much of their time counting red cells. The precision of this estimation is therefore of practical importance, and many experiments have been designed to establish the error of the technique. In spite of this, the most widely divergent views are still held as to the reliability of single observations. In 1881 Lyon and Thoma showed that the 'standar...

Effect of commercial apple rootstocks on some growth and biochemical characteristics of apple leaf cvs. Golden Delicious and Red Delicious

In order to study three vegetative rootstocks M9, M7 and MM106 on some growth and biochemical Characteristics of Apple cvs. "Golden delicious" and "Red Delicious", an experiment in factorial design based on randomized complete blocks with four replications in orchard of Mashhad agricultural research center was performed in 2021. Some characteristics: including trunk diameter, current shoot grow...

Harming body as a red line for Islamic fasting

Background: Fasting is the Islamic worship of man in order to approach God.  There is a direct relationship between fasting, abstaining from eating and drinking, and man’s health as well as ill-health. Therefore, through fasting the religious and medical issues are interwoven with each other; so that man can maintain his physical heath by performing a religious worship. Findings: Medical propos...

Quick Estimation of Apple (Red Delicious and Golden Delicious) Leaf Area and Chlorophyll Content

ABSTRACT- The evaluation of leaf area and leaf nutritional value is important for crop growth modeling and estimations of its performance. The purpose of this study was to use image processing techniques to develop an economical method to ease the assessment of nutrient status and leaf area (LA) of plants and to compare the outcomes of this method with linear models. Leaf area and leaf chloroph...