Background and Objectives: Food insecurity may be associated with poor nutrition, which in turn can increase the risk of adverse nutrition and health outcomes among infants and toddlers. This study was undertaken in 2008 to gain an insight of mothers' views on complementary feeding practices and food security. Materials and Methods: In this qualitative study, data were collected through 10 Foc...

background and objectives: food insecurity may be associated with poor nutrition, which in turn can increase the risk of adverse nutrition and health outcomes among infants and toddlers. this study was undertaken in 2008 to gain an insight of mothers' views on complementary feeding practices and food security. materials and methods: in this qualitative study, data were collected through 10...

four separate experiments were conducted to study the effects of factors controlling the establishment of explants from two walnut genotypes z60 and z63 (damavand). factors were explant type, sampling time, explant orientation on the growth medium and antioxidants type. the explants were collected from the collection garden of tooyserkan walnuts research station. four explant types (apical meri...

introduction: the purpose of our study was to evaluate the frequency of behavioral problem in pre school-aged children with visual problem. methods: in this expost facto study, which was selected via convenient sampling , 143 children ranging in age from 3-6 years that refer to optometry clinic for routine eye examination were evaluated . after complete ocular exams including evaluation of visu...

the objectives of this research were to study the varieties and relationships of yield and quality traits under two harvesting management procedures concerning forage dry matter (dm yield) and 5 quality traits such as dry matter digestibility (dmd%), water soluble carbohydrates (wsc%), crude protein (cp%), acid detergent fibre (adf%) and total ash in tall wheatgrass (agropyron elongatum). in th...

The aim of this paper is to develop a strategic plan for selecting the best options for the supply of raw material to feed paper producing plants. The decision-making is examined within the framework of benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks (BOCR). A hierarchy is used to prioritize the BOCR, using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) ratings approach. A control hierarchy is then created and...

impact of sex pheromones, stirrup-m as additive for acaricides effects were evaluated on panonycjllls lllmi in 1995-1997. peroral (azocyclotin), amitraz (mitac), omite (propargite), neoron (bromopropylate) and citrazon (benzoximate) were tested with and without pheromones and compared with untreated plots with four replications through randomized complete block design. mortality percentage of e...