ABSTRACT-This experiment was carried out as factorial based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at the research station of the Islamic Azad University-Arak Branch, Iran, in 2011 and 2012. Experimental factors consisted of three levels of salicylic acid (SA); seed priming with distilled water (hydro priming), seed priming with 0.5 mM SA, and 0.5 mM SA  seed priming 1 mM...

wheat is a crop with spring and winter types and wide adaptability to different climate conditions. the wide adaptability of wheat is mainly controlled by three groups of genetic factors and among them vernalization (vrn) genes play pivotal role in determining spring and winter types. in this study, 395 iranian wheat landraces were characterized with specific primer pairs designed based on vrn-...

a Department of Geology, Sölvegatan 12, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden b Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA c Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, USA d Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies, Department of Geology, The Field Museum of N...

A comprehensive study on the structural, electronic and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of alumina nanostructures (Al2O3)n with n = 2-5 belonging to the groups III and VI dopants carried out by density functional theory. The NBO charges exhibit dopant atoms caused to the increasing charge transfer and introduces acceptor-donor model for NLO response of alumin...

Selenium (Se) is considered as an essential element for human body. Selenized probiotic fermented milk drink (DOOGH) as a functional beverage to increase Se available in body. The predominate sugar, protein and mineral ion of Iranian yoghurt drink (DOOGH) are lactose, casein and calcium, respectively. Different levels of  Selenium (2.5 – 3- 3,5-  4 and 4.5) is prepared and its suitability based...

Although the essentiality of dietary Se for sheep has been known for decades, the chemical source and Se dosage for optimal health remain unclear. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates Se supplementation, regardless of the source of Se, at 0.3 mg of Se/kg of diet (as fed), which is equivalent to 0.7 mg of Se/d or 4.9 mg of Se/wk per sheep. The objectives of this...

Let E be a Banach space over C and let the densely defined closed linear operator A: D(A) ... EQ E be discretely approximated by the sequence ((An, D(An)))n ¥N of operators An where each An is densely defined in the Banach space Fn. Let sa(A) be the approximate point spectrum of A and let se(An) denote the e-pseudospectrum of An. Generalizing our own result, we show that sa(A) ... lim inf se(An...

OBJECTIVE To describe the contribution of mixed dishes to vegetable consumption and to estimate vegetable intake according to specific types of vegetables and other foods among US children and adolescents. DESIGN The 2003-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a nationally representative probability survey conducted in the USA. SETTING Civilian non-institutionalized...