background: mortality refers to the death that occurs within a population. it is linked to many factors such as age, sex, race, occupation and social class. the incidence and prevalence of mortality could affect the population's stan­dard of living and health care. the aim of this study was to explore the pattern of mortality trends in iran, south-south west asia and the world in 1970-2010. met...

In the classical Projection-based Model for cardinal directions [6], a two-dimensional Euclidean space relative to an arbitrary single-piece region, a, is partitioned into the following nine tiles: North-West, NW(a); North, N(a); North-East, NE(a); West, W(a); Neutral Zone, O(a);East, E(a); South-West, SW(a); South, S(a); and South-East,SE(a). In our Horizontal and Vertical Constraints Model [9...

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a National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, 275 South Russell Street, Purdue University, 47907-2077, West Lafayette, IN, USA b Department of Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Lavras, C.P. 3037, 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil c USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, 275 South Russell Street, Purdue University, 47907-2077, West Lafayette, IN, USA d Department of Soil Sc...

hadula vassilinini (o. bang haas, 1927) was collected in crop fields' areas of khuzestan province, south-west iran. adults and genitalia are illustrated, with notes on bionomy and distribution. this is the first record of this species from iran with description of the previously undescribed female.

Barn Orientation The first freestall barn design criteria to consider should be the orientation of the structure. Barns with a north-south orientation are exposed to greater solar radiation than barns with an east-west orientation. Sunlight enters north-south oriented barns directly in the morning and afternoon. While afternoon sun is the most detrimental, morning sun also can affect cow behavi...

We present a computer proof for the empirical observation of Gessel that the number of closed paths in the quarter plane with steps going east, west, south-east, and north-west has a nice closed form.

the caucasus region is located between the black sea and the caspian sea in south of the russian federation, north west of iran and north east of turkey. geographical situation and strategic significance of the south caucasus, have turned it to one of the most important parts of the world. in an atmosphere of the us -russia geostrategic competition and possibility of waging a cold war between t...