to evaluate the effects of various levels of phosphorous and foliar application of iron and zinc on grain yield and yield components of chick pea (ciceraireintinum l.), an experiment was conducted on split plot factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications during 2010- 2011 growth season at the agricultural college research farm, lorestan university. factors includ...

background and objectives cannabinoids which are active compounds of marijuana show some pharmacological effects similar to the opioids. there are also functional interactions between both cannabinoid and opioid systems. in this study we investigated the role of cannabinoid receptors in central amygdala and its interaction with opioid system.   methods in the present study, we investigated the ...

abstract in order to study of two hormones effects of gibberellin and benzyl adenine on (zantedeschia aethiopica cv.childsiana) pot plant characteristics, non dormant rhizomes dipped preplanting in gibberellin solution with concentrations including (0, 100, 200 and 500 ppm) and sprayed in two weeks once to flowering time with benzyl adenine solutions including (0, 100, 200 and 500 ppm). interac...

We discuss the use of fixed and random effects models in the context of educational research and set out the assumptions behind the two modelling approaches. To illustrate the issues that should be considered when choosing between these approaches, we analyse the determinants of pupil achievement in primary school, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. We conclude...

An alternative to the classical mixedmodel with normal random effects is to use a Dirichlet process to model the random effects. Such models have proven useful in practice, and we have observed a noticeable variance reduction, in the estimation of the fixed effects, when the Dirichlet process is used instead of the normal. In this paper we formalize this notion, and give a theoretical justifica...

In this paper I discuss economic processes that may give rise to spatial patterns in data, and explore the relative merits of alternative modeling approaches when data are spatially correlated. Specifically, I present an estimation scheme that allows for spatial random effects, and focus attention on cases in which such a framework may be preferred to the more general fixed effects framework th...

Identifying differentially expressed (DE) genes across conditions or treatments is a typical problem in microarray experiments. In time course microarray experiments (under two or more conditions/treatments), it is sometimes of interest to identify two classes of DE genes: those with no time-condition interactions (called parallel DE genes, or PDE), and those with time-condition interactions (n...

Methods Development consisted of three phases: initial drafting, usability testing and reliability testing. The HHSF draft was developed by a team of experts, based on the key elements of the WHO multimodal HH improvement strategy. For usability testing, 42 HC facilities were invited to score their facility and complete a feedback survey. For inter-rater reliability testing, two users in each f...

The NBA provides an intriguing place to test for taste-based discrimination: referees and players are involved in repeated interactions in a high-pressure setting with referees making the type of split-second decisions that might allow implicit racial biases to become evident. Moreover, the referees receive constant monitoring, and feedback on their performance. (Commissioner Stern has claimed ...

This paper examines the impact of contracting complementarity across product development systems in the automobile industry. While most empirical research on contracting assumes that each governance choice is independent of each other, cross-system integration and incentive problems within product development suggest the potential for complementarities across contracting choices within the firm...