background: peak expiratory flow rate (pefr) is recommended as a tool for control of asthma. the purpose of this study was to determine the normal value of pefr in the healthy high school children in babol, iran. methods: this study was conducted on 470 healthy high school children (285 girls, 185 boys with the age between 14-18 years). for the determination of pefr we used mini wright peak flo...

to investigate the root anatomy and hydraulic conductivity of wheat cultivars, including shiraz, bahar, pishtaz, sistan, and yavaros, a series of controlled environment (growth chamber) experiments were hydroponically conducted at university college of dublin (ucd), ireland in 2010. bahar, pishtaz and sistan cultivars were employed as tolerant to drought and shiraz and yavaros as sensitive. twe...

evaluating drainage systems, exploring their strengths and weaknesses, provides a comprehensive perspective to designers and organizers for optimum design and implementation of guidelines for the future. this study was conducted at an experimental site consisting of three plots on a subsurface drainage network under operation in behshahr, a coastal region in northern iran. to evaluate system pe...

rockfill dams are accounted as useful measures in watershed management projects. how-ever, the sediment transport through the rockfill materials, could impact their lifetime duration. previously, researches have been conducted to describe the various hydraulically issues of the flow passing through these structures however; there is no general relationship to estimate the sediment transport rat...

several empirical methods for flood flow rate estimation have been presented. in this study,eight new empirical runoff estimation method including dredge & burge, bourges, inglis, faning, hyderabad, burkli ziegler, cramar and possenti were calculated in bakhtegan watershed which is located in fars province. after studying empirical methods for annual flood flow rate estimation and comparing...

Compensatory growth of grower olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) was determined at suboptimal temperature (13.0±1.9°C). Fifteen fish averaging 201.1 g per tank were distributed into 18 of 300 L flow-through tanks. Six treatments were prepared in triplicate: fish were hand-fed with an extruded pellet to apparent satiation once a day for 16 weeks (16 WF); and the other five groups of fish we...

Column grand composite curves and the exergy loss profiles produced by the Column-Targeting Tool of the Aspen Plus simulator are used to assess the performance of the existing distillation columns, and reduce the costs of operation by appropriate retrofits in a biodiesel production plant. Effectiveness of the retrofits is assessed by means of thermodynamics and economic improvements. We have co...