The specimens of the pteromalid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Ptero-malidae) were caught using Malaise traps and sweeping net in Kerman province Iran during March 2016 to August 2017. genus Coelopisthia Förster, 1856 species: C. areolata Askew, 1980, Homoporus apharetus (Walker, 1839), Norbanus brevicornis Szelenyi, 1974, Pachyneuron gibbiscuta Thomson, 1878, Sphegigaster pedunculiventris (...

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE Career advancement programs are currently implemented in many countries. In Iran, the first career advancement program was Nurses' Career Advancement Pathway. The purpose of this study was to explore nurse leaders' experiences about implementing the Nurses' Career Advancement Pathway program in Iran. METHODS This exploratory qualitative study was conducted in 2013. Sixtee...

Presented in the paper is a tool-path planning algorithm for direction-parallel area milling consisting of three modules: (1) finding the optimal inclination; (2) calculating and storing tool-path elements; and (3) tool-path linking. For the optimal inclination, we suggest an algorithm that selects an inclination by reflecting the shape of the machining area as well as the tool-path interval. W...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (GI-NETs) are potentially malignant tumors, and their most common location of metastasis is the liver. OBJECTIVES In this report, we will describe our experience with some clinical and pathologic findings of hepatic metastasis in a group of cases of GI-NETs at the largest referral center of GI and liver diseases in south Iran. MATERIALS AND ...

CP-nets (Boutilier 2004) represent qualitative conditional preferences using a graphical model similar in concept to a belief network. A CP-net describes the preferences over the values of each problem variable, possibly conditioned on the values of other variables. For example, a user might describe her ideal dinner by expressing an (unconditional) preference for a meat entrée over a fish entr...

Materials and Methods Varieties selected for the 2005 organic soybean variety trial included the following: IA3017, NC+2FN93, NC+3F43, Schillinger XP304, Schillinger 240F.Y, MRK0431CTB, and Pioneer 9305. Plots measuring 20 × 100 feet were laid out in a completely randomized block design with four replications of each variety. Soybeans were planted at a depth of 2 inches on May 27, 2005, at a ra...

The Dectes stem borer, Dectes texanus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is an increasingly important pest of soybean and sunflower in central North America. Nine large-scale field trials were conducted over a 3-year period to determine if Dectes stem borer could be managed with insecticide treatments. Aerial applications of lambda on July 6, 12 and 15 were successful in significantly reducing...

Materials and Methods Varieties selected for the 2004 organic soybean variety trial included the following: 6024FG (from Gold Country Seeds), IA2064, IA3017, MRK0327, MRK0330, MRK 0431, NC+2A83, NC+3A44, Pioneer 9305, Schillinger 240F.Y, Schillinger 254F.P, and Schillinger 284F.HP.Y. Plots measuring 20 × 100 feet were laid out in a completely randomized block design with four replications of ea...