abstract: the potato tuberworm, phthorimaea operculella (zeller), is an important insect pest of potato (solanum tuberosum l.) in the storage and field in most parts of the world especially in tropical and subtropical regions due to its close relationship with the host, high reproductive potential and high economic losses. information on host preference, life table parameters and digestive en...

the present study has tried to accomplish an analysis of margaret atwood’s novels oryx and crake, and the year of the flood in the light of posthuman and cyborg theories. considering posthumanism as a critical reading of some notions of humanism focus of which in this thesis has been identity, new definitions for humanity and human identity are formed. haraway’s cyborg, as one possible new figu...

determination of uranium in natural water and complex solutions using ion exchange chromatography: a combined procedure using ion exchange chromatography and uv-vis spectrophotometry techniques has been developed to measure uranum in natural water and complex solutions. after conditicing , one hundred milli liters of sample solutions have been passed through an ion exchange column,pachked with ...

the study of air infiltration into the buildings is important from several perspectives that may be noted to energy and design of hvac systems, indoor air quality and thermal comfort and design of smoke control systems. given the importance of this issue, an experimental and numerical study of air infiltration through conventional doors and windows has been explored in iran. to this end, at fir...

a simple, sensitive and selective method for solvent extraction and spectrophotemetric determination of lanthanum (ii) europium (iii), and cerium (iii) is described , the rare earth metals are extracted into chloroform solution of n-phenylbenzohydroxamic acid (pbha) at ph 9-10 various parameters are studied to optimize the extraction conditions. the molar absorptivity is found to increase from ...

شته اقاقیا، Aphis craccivora Koch آفت مهم اقاقیا، Frisia Robinia pseudoacacia است. ویژگی­های جدول زندگی A. craccivora در شرایط طبیعی (دمای 16-33 درجه سلسیوس و رطوبت نسبی 32-89 درصد) و آزمایشگاهی (دمای 1±25 درجه سلسیوس، 5±70 درصد و دوره نوری 16 ساعت روشنایی و 8 ساعت تاریکی) تعیین شدند. داده­ها با استفاده از نظریه سن- مرحله جدول زندگی دوجنسی تجزیه و تحلیل شدند. آزمایش­ها در هر کدام از شرایط 45 با...

Fertility, developmental time and adult longevity of walnut aphid, Chromaphis juglandicola (Kalt.) and its parasitoid wasp, Trioxys pallidus (Hal.) were studied under controlled conditions with a constant temperature of 26±2oC, relative humidity of 60±5%, and 16:8 (L:D) photoperiod. Populations of walnut aphid and parasitoid wasp were reared on walnut seedling in a growth chamber. The mean deve...