Background & Objectives: Evaluating the performance of outbreak detection methods using real data testing provide the highest degree of validity. The aim of this study was to determine the performance of the Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) in real time detection of two local outbreaks in Iran. Methods: The EWMA algorithm (both ƛ= 0.3 and 0.6) applied on daily counts of suspected ca...

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the toxic heavy metals which can be absorbed by plants and have detrimental effects on plant growth and nutrients uptake. In order to investigate the effect of Cd on some vegetative growth parameters, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and Cd uptake in aerial parts of seven rice cultivars, a pot experiment with three soil-applied Cd levels (0, 45, and 90 mg Cd/kg soil) and seve...

This experiment was carried out at the Agricultural Research Station of Bu-Ali Sina University to study the effect of different tillage methods on bulk density, yield, and yield components of barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivars under rainfed conditions. Three levels of tillage (CT: conventional tillage, MT: minimum tillage and NT: no tillage) and five barely cultivars (V1: Local V2: AbidarV3: ...

abstract this quasi-experimental study was aimed at examining the impact of storyline complexity on the grammatical accuracy and complexity of advanced and intermediate efl learners. a total of 65 advanced and intermediate efl learners were selected from iran language institute (ili). an intact group including 35 intermediate participants and another intact group with 30 advanced participants ...

the present study is an attempt to investigate the potential impact of inspirational quotes on improving english abstract vocabulary recall. to achieve this goal, a multiple choice language proficiency test of 60 items including vocabulary and grammar component was administered to a sample of 63 second-semester male and female students whose age ranged between 17 to 22 and they were studying en...