the main purpose of this survey was to assess research-oriented competencies (systematic inquiry and situational analysis competencies) needed by experts and evaluators in the ministry of jihad-e agriculture. a survey method was employed and data collected through questionnaire the reliability of which was approved through a pilot test with cronbach's coefficient alpha=0.97. validity of th...

compound of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ala) has herbicide behavior in high concentration. while, it acts as growth regulator at low concentrations and causes resistance to various stresses incluing cold and salibity. therefore the exogenous application of 5-aminolevulinic acid was investigated to induce cold stress tolerance in young soybean plants (glycine max l.). the experiment was conducted a...

in order to assess the performance of two soybean cultivars produced in two regions including karaj and moghan to drought stress at reproductive stages and also the impact of drought stress on yield and its components, oil and protein percent, an experiment was conducted as a split factorial based on complete randomized block design in three replications in agriculture faculty of tarbiat modare...

to study the effects of carbon dioxide enrichment on morphological, nutrient absorption and yield of wheat (triticum aestivum l. cv. pishtaz) under weed competitive pressure of wild oat (avena ludovicianal.), an experiment was conducted as a split plot based on a randomized completely block design during the 2013-2014 growing season at the research field of tarbiat modares university, iran. car...

Stereoselective Esterase from Pseudomonas putida IFO12996 Reveals / Hydrolase Folds for D-Acetylthioisobutyric Acid Synthesis Fatemeh Elmi, Hsin-Tai Lee, Jen-Yeng Huang, Yin-Cheng Hsieh, Yu-Ling Wang, Yu-Jen Chen, Shyh-Yu Shaw,* and Chun-Jung Chen* Life Science Group, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Ta...

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES IN OSTEOARTHRITIS MANAGEMENT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY Mozhgan Behshid, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Alireza Irajpoor. PhD student, Research Center of Medical Education, Tabriz Health Services Management Research Centre, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; PhD, Professor, Ta...

The Design and Trial of a Learning Environment Based on Model Construction Approach to Instruction Aimed at Improving Concept Learning and Modeling Practices   M. Maaleki* H. FarDaanesh, Ph.D.** E. Talaa’ee, Ph.D.*** J. Haatami, Ph.D.****   Model construction is an integrated approach aimed at a better understanding and acquisition of scientific/epistemological concepts and skills. To tr...