the present study provides the data on the population parameters of an endemic qanat spirlin, alburnoides qanati from the endorheic kor river basin of iran to assess the stock status of this cyprinid fish species, which is highly important from management and conservation points of views. fish specimens (387) were collected from moshkan stream, kor river basin, iran in 2011-2012. asymptotic len...

low birth weight ( lbw, birth weight<2500g) is a significant health problem of children. many studies have made it apparent that there is a direct relationship between low birth weight and infant motality. one of the most important measurements to prevent children morbidity is growth monitoring and the present study was set up to compare the growth indexes of 2 year old children born with low w...

individual grain weight of wheat kernels differs with their positions on a spike. cultivation practices (such as fertilizer nitrogen and plant growth regulators application) can be used to improve weight of basal and distal kernels. for this purpose, two experiments based on randomized complete block design were carried out with three replications. the aim of this research was to study the mech...

background one of the main challenges in skin flap surgery is tissue ischemia and following necrosis. the present study compares the effects of fibroblast growth factors 1 and 2 on increasing cutaneous vasculature, improving ischemia, and preventing distal necrosis in ischemic skin flaps in rat model. methods thirty rats were allocated into 3 groups (n=10) and 2×8 cm dorsal random-pattern skin ...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of exogenous polyamines, isopropyl ester, 2, 4-d and naphthalene acetamide application on yield and quality of date palm of ‘kabkab’ cultivar. the inflorescences sprayed with 2, 4-d isopropylester (0, 10, and 20 mg l-1), naphthalene acetamide (0, 80, and 120 mg l-1), putrescence and spermidine (0, 0.1, and 1.0 mm), three or six weeks after pollin...

background: exact determination between children&apos;s sleep habits and their growth could help us to prevent this risk factor of children&apos;s growth disorders. thus this research was performed to investigate the correlation between sleep habits and growth of preschool children in ahvaz- iran. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, the data was obtained by using available sam...

in order to evaluate the impact of different amounts of nitrogen fertilizer on growth and yield of two forage sorghum cultivars, a 2-year field experiment was carried out at the college of agriculture, shiraz university, shiraz, iran during 2010 and 2011 growing seasons. two factorial experiments were carried out in randomized block design with three replicates, in which the treatments included...

background  short stature is a manifestation of a wide variety of conditions that some of which may be amenable to timely treatment and a suboptimal growth rate may be an early marker pointing to the cause of growth retardation. this study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic utility of growth rate in differential diagnosis of children with short stature. materials and methods all children ...