this study was carried out to determine the optimal irrigation intervals in sugar beet seed production fields and to evaluate the effects of irrigation at different growth stages of sugar beet seed bearing plants (cv. shirin) on seed qualitative and quantitative characteristics. the treatments were four irrigation intervals including a control (i1) (irrigation at three stages; planting, bolting...

in order to determine of the proper sowing date of steckling (rootlet) and harvesting date of seed, an experiment was conducted in ardabil agricultural research station (alarough) in 2004- 05 growing season in split-plot in randomized complete block design arrangement with four replications. four different planting dates viz. 5th march, 20th march, 4th april and 19th april– were allocated to th...

many poets have dealt with and referred to the subject of woman. their attitude towards woman is affected by public perspective and their personal experiences. having looked at descriptions related to relationship of man and woman in ahmad shamloo's and nezami ganjavi's poetry, this paper attempts to introduce two different and general views on woman role and characteristics. although...

The action of salicylic acid (SA) has been well investigated in plant resistance against pathogen attacks but its role may be extended to a more global anti-stress plant cell strategy. The expression of defense-related functions may be also enhanced by elevated hexose levels. To verify if there exists a relation between these two defense programs, SA effect on soluble acid invertase (EC 3.2.1.2...

policy makers have taken into less consideration the market mechanism in the allocation of water resources, contrary to its long role and precedent in allocation goods and resources. the market mechanism is used in many regions of world for water management to increase the water scarcity certainly, but historical form of acquiring water resources didn’t lead to a proper market so economic price...

Background: This study assessed the removal of organic material and nutrients from full-scale subsurface flow (SSF) constructed wetlands (CWs) followed by anaerobic stabilization ponds under environmental conditions. Methods: The effluents were distributed evenly in 12 reed beds. Samples were taken twice monthly for a total of 6 months from several points in the wetland. Biochemical oxygen dema...

Fatemeh Sheikhmoonesi*1, MD; Arefeh Shafaat1, MD; Shirin Moarefian2, MD; Talieh Zaman, MD 1. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2. Iranian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Association 3. Department of Pediatric, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Received: Jan 20, 2012; Accepted: Jun 27, 2012; First Online Avail...

Alliance is defined as the “collaborative efforts between two or more firms in which the firms pool their resources in an effort to achieve mutually compatible goals that they could not achieve easily alone” (Lambe, Spekman & Hunt, 2002, p. 141). Cooperative alliances allow firms to explore new information technology, enhance a firm’s knowledge foundation, lower development costs, and reduce th...

Sharing of resources, resource metadata, and data across the Web is a central principle in scientific and educational contexts. Scientific collaboration has long been striving for wider reuse and sharing of knowledge and data. Likewise, the Open Educational Resources community has promoted the widespread exploitation of public and reusable educational resources throughout the last decade. Hence...

We were greatly saddened to hear the news of Professor Fereydoun Malekzadeh's death at age of 79 in September 9, 2012. Professor Malekzadeh was a distinguished and highly respected Iranian Microbiologist and a member of the editorial board of the Iranian Biomedical Journal since October 1997. He was born in 1933 in city of Tabriz in Province of Azarbaijan, Iran. After graduated from high school...