Our aim is to show that it is impossible to find a bound for the power of the first fixed point of the aleph function. 0 Introduction אα is called a fixed point of the א-function if אα = α. It is called the first fixed point if α is the least ordinal such that אα = α. More constructive, the first repeat point of the א-function is the limit of the following sequence א0,אא0 ,אאא0 ,אאאא0 , . . . T...

in desert areas high temperature and low precipitation limit growth and development of plants. under this circumstances wind becomes the most important erosion and transportation factor in these areas. there are four great sand masses in the central part of dasht-e-kavir namely rig-e-jen, rig-e-sargardan (shotori or halvan), rig-e-kharturan, and rig-e- chah-e-jam. these great sandy masses show ...

Heat stroke is hardly seen in Malaysia. However, it occurs commonly in Saudi Arabia during the Haj season. Many Malaysian pilgrims are affected every year and some die. Having faced this environmental hazard for eight years, the Malaysian Medical Mission, sent each year to look after our pilgrims, modified its treatment strategy in 1988 and successfully decreased the overall morbidity and morta...

Fifteen Iranian wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) were compared for salt (NaCl & Na2SO4 in 1:1 ratio) tolerance using three treatments: 1.26 (control), 6.8 and 13.8 dSm in a green house. During vegetable growth, shoot Na, K, K: Na ratio and agronomic traits such as 1000-grain weight, grain yield, biological yield, number of tillers, number of fertile tillers, spike length, salinity suscept...