Optimizing targeted gene flow to maximize local genetic diversity: when and how to act under various scenarios of environmental change

a synchronic and diachronic approach to the change route of address terms in the two recent centuries of persian language

terms of address as an important linguistics items provide valuable information about the interlocutors, their relationship and their circumstances. this study was done to investigate the change route of persian address terms in the two recent centuries including three historical periods of qajar, pahlavi and after the islamic revolution. data were extracted from a corpus consisting 24 novels w...

phylogeography and genetic diversity of the lesser mouse- eared bat (myotis blythii) in iran

in current study, 63 samples of bat populations collected from differ regions were used for evaluating the geographic variations. twenty cranial and dental characters for traditional morphometric and landmarks method on the ventral, dorsal skull and mandible for geometry morphometric studies were used. statistical analyses of traditional morphometric and geometry morphometric data indicated low...

Health Promotion at Local Level in Norway – Who, What, When, and How: A Response to Recent Commentaries

When to Plan and When to Act?

Faced with a complicated task, some initial planning can significantly increase the likelihood of success and increase efficiency, but planning for too long before starting to act can reduce efficiency. This paper explores the question of when to begin acting for a resource bounded agent. Limitations of an idealized algorithm suggested in the literature are presented and illustrated in the cont...

Myomas and assisted reproductive technologies: when and how to act?

The effect of myomas on reproductive outcome has been the subject of many studies; however, a definitive answer is still missing. Therefore, the authors have tried to outline some guidelines for the management of women who have uterine myomas and desire to conceive. The location and size of the myomas are the two parameters that influence the success of a future pregnancy. Subserosal myomas see...