Models of the spatial distribution animals provide useful tools to help ecologists quantify species-environment relationships, and they are increasingly being used determine impacts climate habitat changes on species. While high-quality survey-style data with known effort sometimes available, often researchers have multiple datasets varying quality type. In particular, collections sightings mad...

Clostridium perfringens is an important cause of enteric diseases in both human and animals. The bacteria produce several toxins which play key roles in the pathogenesis of diseases and are classified into five toxin types, on the basis of the differential production of Alpha, Beta, Epsilon and Iota toxins. In this study a single PCR assay was developed and used for detection of cpb2 gene to id...

This study uses qualitative methodology to examine why people have different attitudes toward different types of nonhuman animal use. Seventeen participants took part in a semi-structured interview. The study used Grounded Theory to analyze the interviews and developed a model that consists of 4 major themes: (a) "attitudes toward animals," (b) "knowledge of animal use procedures," (c) "percept...

the researches have made different explanations about rhytons, but they mostly accepted that “rhyton is a kind of a drinking vessel often in the form of an animal, having two holes for pouring water.” rhytons were used in iran from forth millennium b.c. to the end of sasanian period. the animals that are used are of two different kinds: imaginary animals or the real animals. diversity of the sh...

Strong evidence from studies in humans and animal models shows that if a baby is exposed to too little or too much nutrition during fetal life he/she is more likely to develop conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis in later life. However, it remains to be seen whether altering the mother ’ s nutrient intake during pregnancy can infl uence her offspring ’ s risk of th...