We investigated interactions between low pH, high nitrate level, and ultraviolet-B (UV-B) light on the survival and activity level of larval Cascades frogs (Rana cascadae). We used a fully factorial experimental design, with pH levels of 5 and 7; initial "pulse" nitrate exposure levels of 0, 5, and 20 mg/L; and UV-B present or absent. After a 3-week laboratory exposure, we measured survival and...

Generalized linear models (GLMs) have been used widely for modelling the mean response both for discrete and continuous random variables with an emphasis on categorical response. Recently Yang, Mandal and Majumdar (2013) considered full factorial and fractional factorial locally D-optimal designs for binary response and two-level experimental factors. In this paper, we extend their results to a...

the objective of this study was to evaluate whether the adverse effects of high dietary rice bran (rb) inclusion levels on the feed intake, performance, bone status and nitrogen (n) retention of broilers could be mitigated by wet feeding. giving a completely randomized design experiment in 2 × 2 factorial arrangement, seventy two broiler chickens, managed in 24 floor pens received one of the tw...

in order to investigate effects of plant density and fertilizer rates on agronomic characteristic and yield tobacco (nicotiana tabacum) (cv k326) an experiment was conducted in the experimental field of tirtash research and education center. design of experiment was randomized complete block with factorial arrangement with three replications and 36 treatments conducted in 2007 year. treatments ...

the base of nut production in almond is flower buds set with best quality and quantity. although the process of flower buds set is controlled by genetic characteristics, however it affected with inside and outside diverse factors. to understand relationship between these factors for achieve to annual and regular nut production economically. an experiment was conducted in order to evaluate effec...

in order to investigate the effect of cd and zn on uptake, concentration and the translocation factor of the cd and zn in the rice plant, a factorial experiment was conducted with four factors including two rice cultivars of vandana and hashemi, two waterlogged and non-waterlogged conditions and three levels of zn and cd (0, 5 and 10 mg kg-1 soil). the experiment was carried out in a randomized...

to evaluate the effect of different levels of drought stress on some physiological parameters in strawberry, potted experiment involing strawberry cultivars  ‘marak٫ , ‘camarosa٫ and ‘gaviota٫ was conducted during summer 2009. the experiment consisted of three drought stress levels in three replications. the experimental arrangement was a factorial one, based upon a randomized complete block de...