here, we present a case of a 78-year-old man that underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy because of one- monthhistory of dysphagia to liquids and solid foods with accompanying weight loss. on endoscopy, there was distalesophageal stenosis. multiple biopsies were obtained. histologic examination of the samples revealed normaltissue. the stenosis was treated by dilatation and abdomino pelvic comput...

silver carp is the major specimen in warm water fish culture system in iran which is presented in various size and different price. the present study was aimed to compare nutritional value and to investigate proportion of nutritional value and financial of various weight groups of silver carp in spring season. for this purpose silver carp was prepared in market sizes and their dry matter, fat, ...

A spontaneous mutant with natural seed-coat cracking, designated "cracked seed-coat mutant (CSM)," was identified in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) from an F(2) population of a cross ICRISAT chickpea (ICC) 10301 × ICC 12430. The extent of seed-coat cracking (SCC) varied widely from a minute to several wide cracks. Seed coats showed cracks before seeds were fully developed and the plants had reac...