in this research, allele frequency and polymorphism of 27 microsatellite markers linked to gene loci controlling grain quality were determined between 47 rice varieties from four different groups including 21 iranian local, 16 improved, 7 irri and 3 upland rice varieties. average number of polymorphic information content (pic) and shannon’s diversity index were 0.54 and 1.14, respectively. maxi...

This paper continues the debate between myselfand Peter Singer et al started in the Journal of Medical Ethics volume 21, no 3 about the ethical respectability of the use of QALYs in health care allocation. It discusses the question of what, in the way of health care provision, would be chosen by rational egoists behind a Rawlsian "veil of ignorance", and takes forward the vexed question of what...

Developing countries have lagged behind much of the world in wired communication infrastructures, which are either under-developed or not existing. Suburban, rural and inaccessible areas, in such countries, have made up this gap through the use of wireless communications. The generally available 2nd and 3rd Generation wireless infrastructures, however, do not meet the communication requirements...