early body shape changes of beluga sturgeon were studied using landmark-based geometric morphometric approach to recognize its allometric growth pattern. sampling was done from hatching up to 50 days post hatching (dph). left side of specimens were photographed using digital camera and nine landmark points were digitized on two-dimensional images. total length (ti) was measured using the softwa...

b a ckground: previous studies have suggested that sex may be a factor influencing basal metabolic rate (bmr) in adults and school age children. however, few data are available about the effects of sex on bmr in pre-school children. in the present study, we investigated whether sex differences contribute to variations in bmr in pre-school age children. m et h o ds : measurements were made on th...

objective: in order to investigate effects of gibberlic acid (ga3) and sprimidin poly amine on germination of three cultivars of wheat under salinity stress. methods: the experiment was conducted as factorial based on completely randomized design with four replicates in agronomy and plant breeding laboratory of agricultural department of islamic azad university, varamin-pishva branch in spring ...

coccidiosis is a common disease of poultry breeding industry in the world that cause by eimeria spp. objective of the present study was comparison of anticoccidial effect of diclazuril and toltrazuril and their effects on the breeding function and intestinal oocyst shedding rate. therefore, 300 broilers from ross breed with 47 gr weigth average were divided into 3 groups randomely. then chicken...

objective: high-intensity interval training (hit) is an efficient means of improving performance in a short period of time. the effects of hit program on performance, physiological and resting levels of growth hormone (gh) , igf-1,igfbp-3 and cortisol in elite athletes are not well known. methods: so, the present study was conducted to show the effect of four weeks hit on some functional and ho...

Sarcoidosis and foreign body reactions are common differential diagnoses of skin granuloma formation. We report a 40 year –old man with sarcoid type granulomas containing polarized foreign materials, and also bilateral hilar adenopathy. It appears that detection of foreign bodies in histopatologic studies of granulomas does not necessarily exclude the possibility of sarcoidosis.