this study evaluates the lifelikeness layers of boroujerdi’s house in kashan as a case study to analyze the houses of islamic period, especially qajar era. why traditional iranian architecture was considered as sustainable architecture? what are the elements included in the traditional architecture to take the most advantage of the least facilities? what elements does the modern architecture la...

Mate choice is the outcome of sexual preference for partners carrying specific signals. Thus, mating among conspecifics (homogamy) depends on the occurrence of species recognition systems. We asked what happens if populations diverge, and we investigated female sexual preference between two subspecies of the house mouse in populations from the borders of a hybrid zone ( Jutland, Denmark). We us...

The house mouse (Mus musculus) has been spread throughout the world by the actions of humans. It causes severe impacts to native ecosystems, especially in areas where there are no native mammals. It is possible to eradicate mice from islands but they are harder to eradicate than rats. A review of reported eradication attempts found that 17 attempts on 45 islands worldwide failed; a failure rate...

House mice (Mus musculus) pose a threat to the native flora and fauna on islands, and can cause significant damage wherever they have been introduced. Methods used to eradicate invasive rodents, like house mice, at high population densities may not be appropriate for intercepting them at lower densities. A better understanding of the immediate behavior of house mice when first introduced to a n...

The Secret Behind the Door. (Featuring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave. 8,865 ft. 99 mins.) Psychiatrists, presumably, are used to strange tales from their patients. Sometimes they may be inclined to think that nothing about human beings will surprise them. There, however, they underestimate the film-writer's imagination, for in The Secret Behind the Door there is portrayed a hero whose parti...