some small gabbro patches emplaced along the thrust fault with w-e trend in the vicinity of maien bolagh village at the ht/mp metapelites, a part of the central iran zone (near to sanandaj-sirjan zone). the coarse-grained dark gabbro samples consist of amphibole, clinopyroxene, plagioclase, minor quartz, titanite, and biotite. gabbros have high potassic calc-alkaline to shoshonitic affinity. th...

a total of 90 species, belonging to 29 genera and 15 families, observed from an urban wetland of meghalaya is the species-rich rotifera assemblage known till date from any sub-tropical ecosystem of the indian sub-region. total richness (s) merits biodiversity value as ~56.0, ~ 38.0 and ~23.0 % of the species recorded from meghalaya, northeast india (nei) and india, respectively while several ro...

b a ckground: previous studies have suggested that sex may be a factor influencing basal metabolic rate (bmr) in adults and school age children. however, few data are available about the effects of sex on bmr in pre-school children. in the present study, we investigated whether sex differences contribute to variations in bmr in pre-school age children. m et h o ds : measurements were made on th...

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