melon and musk melon are grown widely in warm and moderate climate regions of the world as well as iran. these crops are attacked by several fungal pathogens including macrophomina phaseolina which causes charcoal rot disease at different growth stages and reduces the yield remarkably. fungicide application and other control methods have not been successful in control of charcoal rot and utiliz...

abstractnarratology and especially time issue in narration is one of new knowledge of literary criticism and narration in the recent decades. time is the main element of story and text in the linear alternation of events in the story. the french man gérard genette is one of most successful theorizing of time narration who has presented his theory in three forms, “order, continuity and frequency...

there are about two of millions rainfed fig trees in estahban. this main location of iran rainfed production is faced with death and destruction as a result of recent droughts and since rain is the only source of water supplied to the trees in rain-fed conditions. the effects of different levels of water stress on the plants stomata and guard cell response were investigated throughout this work...

a major portion of the iranian fig (ficus carica) industry is located in high-salinity regions, and salinity is an important limiting factor in the production of this fruit. the present study was conducted to investigate the changes of leaf antioxidant-enzyme activity, proline and total protein content in two fig cultivars with two leaf shapes: ‘anjir sabz’ with lobate and palmate leaves, and ‘...

earthquakes are a particular concern because of the serious hazard they present. the existence of seismicity patterns such as the foreshock and aftershock clusters, doughnut pattern, seismic quiescence etc show that the earthquake occurrence in the active tectonic regions is not random and clustering phenomena are obvious characteristics of these events in space and time. fractal analysis, as a...

Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder at clinical levels has elevated symptoms that result in deteriorated psycho-social functions. This study was aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy on symptoms severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Methods: This exploratory empirical study was a clinical trial that used quasi-experimental design to systemically investiga...

Background & Aim: Vast variety of plants in various regions of the country and lack of enough information on their chemical combinations, sometimes lead to triggering poisoning and unsatisfied complications. Regarding to fabulous herbal characteristics of Hypricum, many research about poisoning and side effects of high concentrations of H. scabrum have not taken place...

according to zooarchaeological evidence, central zagros as a center of domestication experienced independently the first step of livestock domestications. it seems that capra hircus have been domesticated about 10,500 b.c in central zagros and since then, has played a key role in the food economy of this region. outstanding development of genetics shed new lights on the origins of goat and dome...