Congress has charged the Census Bureau with the responsibility to develop postcensal estimates of basic income and poverty statistics by state, county, and subcounty areas. The March Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS), based on a sample size of about 65,000 households, provides national estimates for these characteristics annually, but the sample size is insufficient to provide r...

This work examines a newly developed dynamic air sampling technique, known as HighSurface Area Solid Phase Micro Extraction (HSA-SPME), in sampling and analysis of chemical warfare agent surrogate and degradation compounds. The polymer coating of this device has 10 times the surface area of commercially available SPME fibers, and at high sample flow rates (4 L·min) provided increased extraction...

The date palm is mainly cultivated for the production of sweet fruit. Date palm callus initiation medium (DPCIM) is used for plant tissue culture applications. The present work is intended to evaluate the impact of Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment on physical, thermal and spectral properties of the DPCIM. The control and treated DPCIM were evaluated by various analytical techniques such ...

brucellosis is a major public health concern in iranian city of jiroft. the aim of the present study was to investigate brucellosis is one the most important contagions diseases which both human 9 animals suher from. and achieve ways to prevent or reduce its prevalence in jiroft aoty in sautheust iran localed in kerman province this disease, a sample of 1000 cows were surveyed in the region. fi...

The aim of this study was to analyze the occurrence of butt rot damage to Norway spruce in different parts of southern Finland and to quantify the associated loss of quality. The data used in the study are from the 9th National Forest Inventory and consist of 5998 sample plots and 8007 spruce sample trees of saw-timber size. To predict the probability of damage to stands and trees, logistic reg...

Extended Abstract. In recent years, needs for small area estimations have been greatly increased for large surveys particularly household surveys in Sta­ tistical Centre of Iran (SCI), because of the costs and respondent burden. The lack of suitable auxiliary variables between two decennial housing and popula­ tion census is a challenge for SCI in using these methods. In general, the...

Background: Sunlight is the main source of vitamin D; therefore, environmental factors might have an important role in the high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in children. This study aimed to assess the vitamin D status according to the climate of the living area in a nationally representative sample of Iranian adolescents. Material and Methods: This nationwide cross-sectional survey was perfo...