To evaluate the effect of on-farm seed priming and methods of zinc sulfate application on some growth indices of two corn cultivars, an experiment was conducted as factorial in a randomized complete block design with three replications at the Research Farm of Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. First factor was method of zinc sulfate application containing four levels of no-application, broa...

Introduction & Objective: Health literacy is the degree to which individuals obtain, interpret and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions. The aim of this study was to describe health literacy of Bu Ali Sina university staff to help health care policy makers for proper interventions. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, health...

Abstract Background: Wet cupping is a traditional method of treatmentwhose actual mechanism and impact is not completely known yet in spite of its effect on the prevention and treatment of diseases. This research was conducted on Mice (BALB/C) in Hamedan’s University of Bu-Ali Sina on 2012 to determine the effect of one and two instances of wet cupping on hematology parameters. Materials and me...

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely applied for examination and diagnosis of brain tumors based on its advantages of high resolution in detecting the soft tissues and especially of its harmless radiation damages to human bodies. The goal of the processing of images is automatic segmentation of brain edema and tumors, in different dimensions of the magnetic resonance images. M...

In order to determine the best intercropping combination of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and rapeseed (Brassica napus) based on total yield and landuse efficiency, an experiment was conducted during 2010-2011 growing season at Agricultural Research Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University. This experiment used randomized complete blocks design and three replications. Treatments inclu...

Salt and drought are two major environmental stresses that affect growth and development of plants. In order to study the effects of sodium chloride and polyethylene glycol (6000) on germination characteristics and early seedling growth of redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus), two completely randomized designs with 4 replications were conducted at Weed Research Laboratory of Bu-Ali Sina Uni...

Introduction: Theoretically and conceptually the constructs of alexithymia and Type D personality share many common characteristics. Despite both measures being utilized widely in psychosomatic research, to-date no study has examined the constructs simultaneously. The present study was done to determine if alexithymia and Type D personality are distinct or overlapping constructs. Method: in thi...