abstract one of the most variability of atmospheric parameter is precipitation, which changes seasonally. it is important to understand exact characteristic of rainfall seasonal variable. therefore, it is unavoidable to study rainfall season in hamedan province, because hameden is one of the important centers of agriculture in iran. in this research, the seasonal variability of rainfall is cons...

set up to see who can catch the most. The Environment Education Foundation hosted its third ‘lionfish derby’ last month off Florida, outside the reserve, with more than $3,000 in prize money for the team catching the most fish — 109 were killed. In the waters around the Bahamas, which don’t have the same protection as Florida Keys, more than 2,000 lionfish have been killed over the past two yea...

OBJECTIVE Dogs are the definitive or reservoirs hosts of more than 60 zoonotic parasites. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in pet dogs in Hamedan, Western Iran. METHODS In cross-sectional study, 210 stool samples were collected randomly in pet dogs without clinical signs in Hamedan in April to December 2010. All samples were concentrate...

In the comment thread at http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/02/a_baffling_failure_of_peer_rev.php, commenter “Sili” first suggested that the style of the Warda and Han paper suggested it might be plagiarized; Ian York (“Ian”) first noticed plagiarism of McDonald et al.; “RobertC” first noticed plagiarism of John et al.; and Lars Juhl Jensen first noticed the plagiarism of Finck and Kelly a...