1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

Background and Objectives: Whey powder is a product of water drying process separated from the curd during cheese making processes. Furthermore, whey is an organic waste of cheese production, including significant uses in food industries, particularly in dairy and fermentation stages because of its special characteristics and high quantities of lactose.  Materials & Methods: In the present stu...

  In order to reduce the herbicide rate, the combination of cultivation and eradicane herbicide application was tested under field conditions. Treatments including tillage practices of without cultivation, one cultivation and two cultivation and eradicane herbicide application levels of 0, 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6 Lha -1 were tested . Eradicane herbicide was used before plantation. Cultivation treatments...

Optimum rice population densities and the response of rice yield and yield components to population densities and planting pattern are important factors helping rice producers and researchers to achieve maximum productivity. For this reason, a randomized complete block design experiment was conducted during the summer of 1995 at Isfahan University of Technology Research Farm located at Lavark, ...

This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of time and rate of nitrogen fertilizer (urea) application on yield and yield components and quality of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. )cv.Euroflor. A field experiment was carried out at College of Agriculture, Shiraz University during Summer 2009. The experimental design was a factorial based on a randomized complete block design with 3 ...

Optimum rice population densities and the response of rice yield and yield components to population densities and planting pattern are important factors helping rice producers and researchers to achieve maximum productivity. For this reason, a randomized complete block design experiment was conducted during the summer of 1995 at Isfahan University of Technology Research Farm located at Lavark, ...

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between fear of negative evaluation (fne) and communication strategies (css) among iranian efl learners. it was aimed to examine the differences in the use of communication strategies between speakers with high or low degree of fear of negative evaluation. the current study was a case study consisting of 10 english learners at...