the abscission of alstroemeria petals is the serious problem at the industry of cut flowers of this plant. in this study, cut alstroemeria cv. bridal flowers were pulsed with solutions containing natural essential oil carvacrol, gibberellic acid and benzyladenine (50 and 100 mg l-1), -5-sulfosalicylic acid (1 and 1.5 mm) and sucrose (5 and 10%) for 24 hours. the distilled water was used as cont...

Y o u n g , m i d d l e , a n d o l d e r d r i v e r s w e r e m o t o r e d t o w a r d s a t r a f f i c s i g n a l f a c e a n d w e r e r e q u i r e d t o r e p o r t w h e t h e r t h e i l l u m i n a t e d s i g n a l l e n s w a s m o d u l a t i n g . N o s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s w e r e f o u n d a m o n g t h e t h r e e a g e g r o u p s i n t h e d i s t a n c...

many of the meteorological variables such as precipitation, strongly depend on the large scale atmospheric and ocean surface circulations.in the current study, the effect of climatic signals on the average monthly rainfall of the adjacent stations of sheshdeh and gharebolagh area was investigated during the statistical period twenty five years from 1985 to 2009. the regression and neural networ...

A C f E R I A L L U C I F E R A S E : B I O L U M I N E S C E N C E E M I S S I O N U S I N G L U M A Z I N E S A S S U B S T R A T E S P e t e r M a c h e r o u x a n d S a n d r o G h i s l a U n i v e r s i t y o f K o n s t a n z , F a c u l t y o f B i o l o g y , P . O . B o x 5 5 6 0 , D 7 8 4 3 4 K o n s t a n z , G e n n a n y J . W o o d l a n d H a s t i n g s H a r v a r d U n i v e...

The problem of i d e n t i f y i n g bodies on a contour image of a three-dimensional scene is s t a t e d as f o l l o w s (see, eg.g. I ) . A l i s t of t h e contour image r e gions i s g i v e n (each r e g i o n i s assumed to be associated w i t h an surface or p a r t of a surface of a three-dimensional body). The l i s t should be decomposed i n t o s u b l i s t s each c o n t a i n i ...

background: there are strong evidences suggesting the secretion of different cytokines in cervical fluid during preterm labor. betamethasone is widely administered for several reasons in preterm conditions. objective: to investigate the possible effect of betamethasone on endocervical cytokine concentration of women at risk of preterm labor. methods: in a randomized clinical trial of 80 prime-g...

a mixed solar dryer with a specific mechanism to vary the tilted angle of collector, is utilized to fulfill all tests. the efficiency of the dryers is low because of various reasons such as heat loss of air in an open flow circuit. getting air back toward the air inlet of dryer can increase the efficiency of dryer and decrease drying process period. a new mechanism considered for dryer which co...

p. k. saha1, m. n. islam2* and m. s. islam3 1-ex-chief scientific officer, soil science division, brri, gazipur-1701, bangladesh 2- scientific officer, soil science division, brri, gazipur-1701, bangladesh 3-agricultural extension officer, dae, bangladesh *corresponding author email: [email protected]   received:12 may 2015                                                                       ...

The s u b j e c t o f my t a l k i s t h e r e s p o n s e f u c t i o n o f t h e n u c l e u s t o a s p i n i s o s p i n e x c i t a t i o n . I w i l l f o c u s on some r e c e n t a s p e c t s , n a m e l y t h e c o l l e c t i v e f e a t u r e s o f t h e l p l h r e s p o n s e i n t h e r e g i o n o f t h e q u a s i e l a s t i c peak and t h e r e s p o n s e due t o 2p2h e x c ...

A ske t ch of a programme f o r man-machine communica t i o n as be ing p repared by Prague l i n g u i s t s is p r e s e n t e d , w i t h a c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f the scope o f nega t i on and of the n a t u r e of focus two problems t h a t appeared c r u c i a l w i t h r e s p e c t t o the f o l l o w i n g i saues i ( i ) g rammat ica l a n a l y s i s o f i n p u t t e x t...