to evaluate the effect of different levels of nitrogen fertilizer on growth indices and competitive ability of canola (brassica napus l.) against wild mustard (sinapis arvensis l.), a split plot trial based on a randomized complete block design with three replications, was carried out at agricultural faculty of bu-ali sina university, during 2008-2009. experimental factors were amounts of nitro...

The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) is an endangered marine reptile for whom assessing population health requires knowledge of demographic parameters such as individual growth rate. In Cape Verde, as within several populations, adult female loggerhead sea turtles show a size-related behavioral and trophic dichotomy. While smaller females are associated with oceanic habitats, larger females ...

introduction lentil with about 28 percent protein occupies the second after soybean. it is one of the major crops in developing countries as a complement to cereals and is an excellent source of protein and amino acids in the diet. results of studies shown that for most crops, including lentil, the occurrence of drought stress in some phenology stages cause irreparable damages to yield. therefo...

Introduction: Adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) may present with growth retardation. Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) mediates the anabolic effects of growth hormone (GH) on tissues. Most of the circulating IGF-1 molecules are bound to insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3). IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 serum levels reflect the levels of daily mean serum GH and are used as indices for e...

In this paper, our first purpose is to describe a class of phenomena involving the growth in Hadamard–Kong product several Dirichlet series with different indices. We prove that (i) order determined by smaller indices if these have indices; (ii) q1-type equal zero p are qj-regular growth, and q1<q2<⋯<qp, qj∈N+, j=1,2,…,p. The second reveal properties two series—when one finite order, o...

This study investigated the sensitivity of fit indices to model misspecification in within-individual covariance structure, between-individual covariance structure, and marginal mean structure in growth curve models. Five commonly used fit indices were examined, including the likelihood ratio test statistic, root mean square error of approximation, standardized root mean square residual, compar...

AIM The present study was designed to: (1) Investigate the effect of weaning time on various metabolic indices and growth pattern in buffalo calves compared to cow calves under field condition and (2) Shed light on the potential relationship between early weaning, growth metabolites, and suboptimal growth (ill-thrift) in buffalo calves. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total number of 18 neonatal calv...