in order to evaluate the effect of different mechanical treatments (application of sulphuric acid, boiling water and flooding) on seed dormancy breaking of licorice, an experiment was carried out in randomized complete block design in 2012. moreover, a factorial scheme in rcbd was performed to assess the application of giberalic acid and potassium nitrate treatment as well as stratification and...

experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of l-glutamine on coated sperm freezing by using four rams. semen was collected by artificial vagina contact with a tube containing tris-fructose-egg yolk 15%. samples were pooled and centrifuged. after removing supernatant and diluting pellet, samples were split into 5 equal part and added 0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 mm l-glutamine. samples were froze...

this was a study to investigate quantitative and qualitative characteristics of fiber extracted from crossbred goats derived from female hair goats indigenous of qom and male cashmere goats of south of khorasan. from a total of 75 indigenous and cross goats aged 1-3, qualities such as the percentage of cashmere in fleece, percentage of hair in fleece, hair staple length, cashmere staple length,...

asymmetrically mixed matrix matrimid-mil-53 membranes with silicone cover layer were fabricated. for better understanding of membrane fabrication process, three main parameters of fabrication, matrimid concentration, silicone concentration and weight percentage of metal organic framework (mil-53) particles, were optimized by an experimental design method. cross-section sem images were used to s...

bromus kopetdaghensis is one of perennial plants of poaceae family and it is important in biodiversity of arid and semi arid grasslands of iran. this experiment was conducted as a completely randomized design with 4 replications in laboratory of faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran.treatments were different constant temperature of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40°c with...

the moe and mor are controlled by production variables of particleboard process. now, the basic question is which of the particleboard variables is effective on bending strength property? 13 variables of internal scientific resources were measured with 100 repeats. the study steps include the following; liner regression or stepwise, genetic algorithm, and artificial neural network. the number o...

background: this study aimed to evaluate the role of efflux pump regulator and oxa-23 genes in imipenem resistance acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from hospitalized patients in tehran, iran. methods: this study was conducted on 60 a. baumannii isolates collected from patients admitted to the shahid motahari and taleghani hospitals in tehran during 2013-14. antibiotic susceptibility tes...

introduction todays, the application of new methods for monitoring and online management of agricultural farms is necessary to increase quality and quantity of agricultural products. remote sensing is one of the technologies that can be used to monitor agricultural farms and natural resources. this technology is capable of detection and prediction of farm changes by application of satellite and...