in order to investigate the effect of soil matric potential and tube layout on yield and water use efficiency of greenhouse cucumber, a field experiment was carried out during 2010 and 2012 growing seasons at an experimental farm in jiroft territory. the treatments were laid out in strip split plot a randomized complete block design with three replications. the treatments were comprised of fore...

introduction: effective perception of fear signals is crucial for organism survival. when threated, the organism indicates defensive behaviors. methods: elevated plus–maze has high efficiency for measurement of fear behavior and is widly used for fear behavior determination. increase in two parameters percent of openarm entries (%oae) and percent of time spent in the open-arm (%oat) in the elev...

Colonization of the lower respiratory tract by enteric Gram-negative bacilli (EGNB) has been a frequent finding in patients with long-term tracheostomies; however, the association of hospitalization and certain features of serious illness with this phenomenon has not been clearly established. Because such factors can render the oropharynx more susceptible to EGNB colonization, we sought to disc...

The study of various countries rail transportation indicators is an appropriate criterion for evaluating the existing performance of Iranian railways. The experiences of other countries can be used to improve the efficiency of Iran’s rail transportation. At the beginning of the study, in order to compare the Iranian railway performance with railways of other countries, various efficiency indica...

BACKGROUND The limited efficacy and complications of segmental ostial pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for treating atrial fibrillation (AF) have been discussed so, in the present study the feasibility and efficiency of performing segmental pulmonary vein (PV) antrum isolation to treat AF were assessed. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 187 patients with drug-refractory AF (paroxysmal 120, persist...

From 1978 to 1982, 117 cases of Lyme disease were reported in New Jersey. The number of cases increased each year from four in 1978 and 1979 to 56 in 1982. Forty-eight percent of cases occurred in a four-township area in central Monmouth County. The proportion of cases with arthritis decreased in 1982 because of early antibiotic treatment and better reporting of milder cases. The proportion of ...

Exposure to a recession can have persistent, negative consequences, but does the severity of those consequences depend on when in life cycle person is exposed? I estimate effects exposure Great Recession employment and earnings outcomes for groups defined by year birth over ten years following beginning recession. With exception oldest workers, all experience reductions due local unemployment r...

Current microprocessors include several knobs to modify the hardware behavior in order improve performance, power, and energy under different workload demands. An impractical time consuming offline profiling is needed evaluate design space find optimal knob configuration. Different are typically configured a decoupled manner avoid time-consuming process. This can often lead underperforming conf...

Umbilical artery catheters allow reliable blood sampling and blood pressure moniNon bacterial endocardial thrombosis in neonates Relationship to persistent fetal circulation J Pediatr 1982;100: 117-122. 2 Menahem S, Robbie MJ, Rajaduran VS Valvar vegetations in the neonate due to fetal endocarditis Int J Cardiology 1991; 32: 103-105. 3 Krous HF Neonatal nonbactenal thrombotic endocarditis Arch ...