abstract the faunistic study was carried out during 2002-2003 and specimens were collected from 13 cities of the west azarbaijan province showing a normal distribution of this family. totally 22 genera and 35 species of pentatominae and podopinae subfamilies were collected and identified mainly focusing on male genitalia and some other morphological characters. 30 new species and 1 new species ...

Effect of different feeding levels on water quality, growth performance, survival rate and body composition of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei post larvae were studied in zero water exchange system. Shrimp post larvae with mean weight of 74.46± 6.17 mg were fed for 32 days in 300L fiberglass tanks containing 130L water at density of 1 post larvae L-1. There were five treatments includ...

Tympanometry is a clinical measurement routinely included in the assessment of middle ear function. Despite its widespread use, however, fundamental questions remain regarding the need for age-dependent normative data. This study examines normal developmental changes associated with four tympanometric measurements: (1) ear canal volume, (2) peak compensated acoustic admittance, (3) tympanometri...

seventy seven adult large mixed breed dogs of either sex were included in this study. the animals were randomly divided into four groups and received the following drug combinations intramuscularly: group 1 xylazine (0.5 mg/kg) and acepromazine (0.05 mg/kg), group 2 xylazine (0.8 mg/kg) and acepromazine (0.03 mg/kg), group 3 xylazine (0.3 mg/kg) and acepromazine (0.08 mg/kg) and group 4 xylazin...

in order to investigate the role of stamen removal from pomegranate flowers on percentage of fruit infestation to carob moth ectomyelois ceratoniae zeller (lepidoptera: pyralidae) a survey was carried out in two provinces of iran, markazi and yazd during 2004-2005. treatments were arranged in an rcbd (10 of 3 blocks) in 3 treatments of: stamen removal in all flowers, (a); stamen removal in firs...

background uterine leiomyoma (uls) is the most common gynecological tumor and a significant health concern for many women .the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (il-1ra) is a naturally occurring cytokine inhibiting interleukin- 1 (il-1) activity by binding to the il-1 receptors without signal transduction. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the association between interleukin-1...

in order to investigate the yield stability of eight promising rice genotypes, these lines along with shiroudi and fajr cultivars as control were sown in three regions of mazandaran province (amol, sari and tonekabon) as randomized complete block arrangements with three replications in 2012 and 2013. analysis of variance for grain yield indicated significant differences among the genotypes in a...

Background: Cryptosporidium spp. is one of the most important parasitic pathogen which causes acute gastroenteritis in human. This study aimed to determine and compare the contamination rates of Cryptosporidium oocysts in some common vegetables that are cultured and consumed in Koya City, Iraq. Methods: Totally, 400 vegetable samples were collected randomly from vegetable farms in Koya city du...