to study the effect of some varying treatments including such environmental factors as temperature, moisture, and light as well as plant growth regulators on breaking dormancy of datura stramonium l. seeds, several experiments were conducted. seeds of datura stramonium l. possess full dormancy immediately following harvest. storing the seeds for 3 months (15 dec. 2005 to 15 march 2006) at room ...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to investigate the sleep symptoms and polysomnographic patterns of obstructive sleep apnea in overweight and obese children. MATERIALS & METHODS Overweight or obese children aging 6-18 yr old referred during 2010 to Endocrinology Clinic of Ghods Hospital in Ghazvin, central Iran were enrolled in the study. Polysomnography was done for the diagnosis of obstru...

replacement of a tractor is an influential factor affecting timely farm operation. the accurate prediction of repair and maintenance costs is essential to selection of a replacement model. this study used empirical data for 60 two-wheel drive (2wd) tractors from astan ghods-e razavi agroindustry. the types and numbers of tractors used were the massey ferguson 285 (17), fiat (10), john deere 314...

application of satellite imagery and remote sensing techniques in agriculture and other natural resources has been approved by many studies. in this study two etm+ imagery data for may and september 2012 of astan ghods razavi great farm were acquired to identify the boundaries of lands cultivated with different crops coverage and to create crops maps of that farm. . to classify the images, the ...

Background: This study was conducted to investigate whether vitamin C can protect against plasma biochemical changes induced by lead poisoning in Cyprinus carpio. Methods: Three groups of common carp (n=30/group) were used in this study. Group 1 served as control, Group 2 was exposed to lead acetate (5 mg/L) for 15 days, and Group 3 received vitamin C (500 mg/kg) during the same duration of ...