abstract purpose - the aim of this paper is to describe the population ecology theory through fractal thinking, an emergent human operating system that is creative, adaptive, healthy, and evolutionary; furthermore, a parallel is drawn between the population ecology model and the fractal structure. top-down hierarchies are typically characterized by command and control systems of the authority t...

applying a precise forecasting method is necessary to achieve acceptable results in ipm programs. performances of the wing and delta pheromone traps for forecasting the codling moth phenology were compared with physiological time data based on degree-hours. six pheromone traps (three wing and three delta style) were applied for the monitoring of the codling moth population. traps were placed in...

six highly variable microsatellite loci were used to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of the garra rufa in kermanshah and bushehr provinces, iran. all of the 6 microsatellite loci screened in this study showed polymorphism. a total of 90 individual fish from 3 populations were genotyped and 60 alleles were observed in all loci. the number of alleles per locus ranged fr...

i agree entirely with nir eyal’s perspective that denying treatment to obese patients is morally wrong. however, the reasons for this belief differ in some ways from eyal’s analysis. in this commentary, i will try to explain the similarities and differences in our perspectives. my primary claim is that the denial of treatment to obese patients is wrong principally because (i) it eschews a whole...

patients and methods the study was conducted among 40 young rural pregnant women, 12 to 20 years old by implementing a questionnaire during 2012 to 2013 in four villages in southeast of iran. the women were exposed to high-risk factors such as shortage or lack of drinking water, high pressure electric power sources and chemicals released from burning gas both from cooking and cars as a fuel. th...

demographic parameters of the pink stem borer, sesamia creticalederer (lepidoptera: noctuidae) were estimatedon its two main host plants, maize and sugarcane. the present studywas conducted under laboratory conditions at 27±1˚c, 50±10% relative humidity (rh %), and a photoperiod of 0:24 (l:d) hour for the larval stage and 16:8 (l:d) hour for the other life stages. the raw data were analyzed bas...

radiographic evaluation of the third molar tooth to determine its position and degree of development is an important part in diagnosis and treatment planning, as well as in forensic dentistry procedures. the objective was to investigate the developmental stages of third molars in relation to chronologic age, gender and location (maxillary/mandibular) in an iranian population.the data were colle...