normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: alzheimer's disease (ad) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which endothelial cell (ec) can be affected. in brain, functional changes in ecs contribute to reductions in resting blood flow. furthermore, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ace-i) have beneficial effects on endothelial dysfunction. this is the first study t...

F o r e s t v e g e t a t i o n , e s p e c i a l l y t r e e r o o t s , h e l p s s t a b i l i z e h i l l s l o p e s by r e i n f o r c i n g s o i l s h e a r s t r e n g t h . To e v a l u a t e t h e e f f e c t of t r e e r o o t s on s l o p e s t a b i l i t y , i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e amount o f r o o t s and t h e i r s t r e n g t h s h o u l d b e known. A s i m u l...

political islam is the only active religion discourse in the world claiming to have program for religion and the muslim world and to achieve this goal it must gain political power. from its existence the dialogue has triggered different experiences in islamic countries. the most important victory of the islamic revolution in iran in 1979 and egypt's muslim brotherhood movement was to seize...

this study was conducted to determine water stress tolerance of two iranian dudaim melons (kerman & birjand) and one iranian muskmelon (samsoury). throughout the experiment, three different levels of irrigation with three irrigation starting points (-50, -65 and -75 cb of matric potential) were employed. results indicated that water stress significantly affected yield, firmness, fruit sugars as...

O u r c h a p t e r c o n c e r n s t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n of a zero off(x) o r , equ iva len t ly , t h e a p p r o x i m a t i o n pf a r o o t o f t h e e q u a t i o n f(x) = 0 b y i te ra t ive m e t h o d s . W e shal l t a k e / as t r a n s c e n d e n t a l a l t h o u g h t h e m e t h o d s w e discuss c a n a lso b e u s e d if / is a p o l y n o m i a l . I f w e use these...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: in some studies, the level of adenosine deaminase ( ada) in sputum and effusion liquids was used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (tb). but it is not always possible to access these materials. the goal of this study is to assess the diagnostic value of serum ada levels in pulmonary tb patients. materials and methods: in this study, 40 s...

background and objectives: the region of the experiment is located in golestan province, iran, with agriculture subject to various farming conditions (rain-fed and irrigation) and different levels of salinity (more than 38% of golestan’s total land area is salt-affected). the purpose of this study has been to evaluate the stress indices in the selection of tolerant wheat genotypes, not only for...

application of various composts has been intensified in agriculture, due to manifestation of negative effects of chemical fertilizers on environment and soil fertility. however, their usage should be accompanied by environmental and nutritional studies. to study the effects of sulfur granular compost on yield and yield components of two wheat cultivars, a pot experiment was conducted in a compl...

T h e L i e b r e M o u n t a i n s f o r m a d i s c r e t e u n i t o f t h e T r a n s v e r s e R a n g e s o f s o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . G e o g r a p h i c a l l y , t h e r a n g e i s t r a n s i t i o n a l t o t h e S a n G a b r i e l M o u n t a i n s , I n n e r C o a s t R a n g e s , T e h a c h a p i M o u n t a i n s , a n d M o j a v e D e s e r t . A t o t a l o f...

in the water-limited areas, the great challenge of the agricultural sector is more production from less water that it can be achieved by increasing water productivity. a field study was conducted to compare various cultivars of wheat to water using line source sprinkler irrigation at gorgan research station in 2005-2006. the effect of variable water supply on yield and wue of six wheat cultivar...