To be extended as 1648000 Km2, Iran has a widely varied climate; it is a habitat for very different plant species. Nearly 190 families of vascular plants are found in this country, totally containing 8500- 9500 species, the endemic plants being relatively numerous. Considering the inevitable importance of plants identification, a complete index of the endemic species of Phanerogams in Iran is l...

Endemism is one of the most important concepts in biogeography and often used to guide biodiversity conservation, yet our understanding determinants endemism many biodiverse tropical regions limited. This true for western Central Africa, a region with highest levels plant diversity where poorly documented. study examines Gabonese Area (GAE) explores main characteristics its vascular regard taxo...

The present study introduces two quantitative parameters to compare the accuracy of ultrasonic C-scan testing and X-ray radiography methods in the damaged area detection under low-velocity impact in polymer-based composites. For this purpose, the hand lay-up technique of composite processing was employed to prepare the composite specimen. A composite specimen consisting of the glass fiber reinf...

were “unknown agents.” For the sake of objectivity, we based our assumption on the aggregate of information for known pathogens rather than on “expert opinion.” Interestingly, however, the Council of Science and Technology’s “expert opinion” of the percentage of diarrheal illness due to foodborne transmission was 35% (1), nearly identical to the figure we developed. As noted in our article, pat...

—Body size measurements from freshly collected birds and dried museum specimens were used to evaluate specimen shrinkage in Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera). Six of seven body measurements of female Cinnamon Teal differed significantly after specimen drying, whereas five of seven male body measurements differed. The largest amount of shrinkage was in bill height, bill width, and tarsus length. B...

While hanging nets may have fewer overall environmental impacts than towed gears, they still catch unwanted species and sizes, which are then discarded. Gillnets one of the most common types used in Mediterranean small-scale fisheries, with commercial catches discards containing a diverse range fish invertebrate species. In this study, profile gillnets Thermaikos Gulf (NE Mediterranean) was ana...

Many regions of the world remain unexplored in terms tardigrade diversity, and islands Indian Ocean are no exception. In this work, we report four species family Echiniscidae representing three genera from Mauritius, second largest island Mascarene Archipelago. Two belong genus Echiniscus : perarmatus Murray, 1907, a pantropical species, one new species: insularis sp. nov. , smallest members sp...

We report the case of a 33-year-old female patient who had presented two years previously with haemorrhagic diarrhoea and purpuric marks on her legs at a different institution. She was initially treated with plasmapheresis and steroid therapy with a good response. She was monitored as an outpatient on a regular basis. Two years after her initial clinical presentation, she was admitted to our in...