Orbicular diorite from Akka, Northern Kitakami Mountainland

Comparing Akka and Spring JMS

Reactive systems [1] need to be built in a certain way. Specific requirements that they have, call for certain kinds of programming techniques and frameworks. In this work we compare and benchmark two frameworks for building distributed concurrent applications from the Reactive Systems’ point of view. We discuss each of the frameworks in depth and later reason about their shortcomings and stron...

Psychogenic unilateral ptosis with ipsilateral muscle spasm of orbicular oculi.

This report describes the rare case of a 27-year-old female patient with conversion disorder who presented unilateral ptosis with ipsilateral muscle spasm of orbicular oculi. The co-existing of ptosis and muscle spasm of orbicular oculi indicates that, in accord with prior reports, the overactivity of orbicular oculi is essential in psychogenic pseudoptosis. The co-existing of unilateral ptosi...

Nutritional composition of seaweeds from the Northern

Nutritional composition of seaweeds from the Northern

Nudibranches from the Northern Persian Gulf

Field studies were conducted in a number of intertidal and offshore islands in the Persian Gulf between 2006 to 2013. SCUBA and skin diving surveys were conducted around Larak, Hormuz, Qeshm, Hengam, Farur, Kish, Lavan, Khark and Farsi islands in the northern region of the Persian Gulf. Marine invertebrates including nudibranchs were photographed up to 32 m. Several species of nudibranchs are r...