agricultural sustainability refers to the ability of a cropping system to produce, without causing irreversible damage tothe ecosystem. there is an increasing need to view cropping systems and identify management practices in a holisticindicator-based impact assessment. the main objective of this study was to compare and rank the cropping systems of themarvdasht plain in fars province; in order...

BACKGROUND Extensive studies have revealed the importance of a healthy lifestyle and the role of each lifestyle factor in health. However, lifestyle factors have rarely been studied simultaneously. The authors propose an integrated approach to summarize total healthfulness of lifestyles and to enhance understanding of lifestyle patterns across countries. METHODS The authors created an overall...

to assessment alfalfa cultivars research project this research has been fulfilled in 2011 at khouzestan agricultural and natural resource research center in southwest of ahwaz in khouzestan province (iran) by position 31º20′ n, 48º40′ e. at first section for evaluation wet forage yield cultivars such as “baghdadi”, “mesasersa”, “yazdi”, “bami”, “nikshahri”, “synthetic” (main factor) and two cut...

OBJECTIVES Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity and a public health threat. Tumor progression is believed to be influenced by angiogenesis as well as tumor cell proliferation; however, the correlation of these two factors in tongue SCC still remains unclear. This study aimed to assess the correlation of these two factors in tongue SCC. MATERIA...

OBJECTIVES Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy for small or early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains controversial. Here, we investigated the clinical importance of predicting recurrence by Ki-67 in VATS segmentectomy for stage I NSCLC. METHODS In a retrospective study, 44 consecutive patients in p-stage I underwent VATS segmentectomy between September 2003...

We have developed a culture of neurons dissociated from the most superficial laminae of the neonatal rat spinal cord dorsal horn (DH). By using the perforated patch-clamp technique, we distinguished four types of neurons based on their firing properties in response to intracellular injection of 900 ms lasting current pulses. Type 1 neurons were characterized by a tonic firing. Type 2 neurons di...

Based on the data of latest three Chinese population censuses (1990-2010), four lifespan indicators were calculated: centenarians per one hundred thousand inhabitants (CH); longevity index (LI); the percentage of the population aged at least 80 years (ultra-octogenarian index, UOI) and life expectancy at birth (LEB). The spatio-temporal distributions of data at Chinese county level show that hi...