results the results revealed no statistically significant difference in nurse’s competency mean scores between the lecture and multimedia cds groups. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the effect of two teaching methods (multimedia instructional module versus lecture presentation) on nurse’s competency in biological incidents. materials and methods in this quasi-experimental study, ...

according to urgent need of corn to nitrogen and since this element play a main role in improving of yield corn, thus, in order to investigate the effect of different levels of urea on yield and yield components of corn 704, an experiment was conducted randomized block with three replications in cropping year of 2012. experimental treatments included six levels of urea (0, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 1...

trichoderma is a genus of asexually reproducing fungi that is present in all types of soils. trichoderma species have been recognized as antagonists of soil-borne and foliage pathogens and as efficient decomposers of cellulosic waste materials. moreover, they have the ability to increase plant growth and induce plant resistance. along with mycoparasitism, antibiotics and competition, induced re...

the aphidiine parasitoids (hym., braconidae) attacking the pest aphids on various pome and stone fruit trees in different parts of iranwere studied. a total of 13 species belonging to seven genera of aphid parasitoids were identified in association with 17 aphid species on 10 different species of fruit trees. sixty nine tritrophic associations were detected from the studied area of which 25 ass...

there are more than 750 counties in 13 provinces and autonomous regionsconstituting 30% of china lands which are facing serious problem of desertification. theseareas are mainly distributed in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas in the western part ofnortheast china, north central china and most of northwest china. biological methods are theultimate way for drift sand stabilization and a fu...

background: cornus mas l, an olive-shaped red-colored single-seeded fruit, is used in traditional medicine in different parts of europe and asia. objectives: in the present study, 40 male wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups, and the effects of 21 days of intraperitoneally (ip) administration of 50, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight of c. mas hydro-methanolic extract on the rats hemat...

background: e-cadherin is a calcium-dependent molecule that contributes to intercellular adhesion. its proper functioning is important in the maintenance of epithelial structure and integrity. e-cadherin serves as a very important tumor suppressor. in this study, we aimâ to determineâ the frequencyâ of e-cadherin expression aberrancy and its relationship to theâ biologicalâ behavior of gastric ...