The Assassin Spiders of the family Archaeidae are an ancient and iconic lineage of basal araneomorph spiders, characterised by a specialised araneophagic ecology and unique, 'pelican-like' cephalic morphology. Found throughout the rainforests, wet sclerophyll forests and mesic heathlands of south-western, south-eastern and north-eastern Australia, the genus Austrarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984...

The genus Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 in Iran is reviewed, and diagnoses are presented for all eight recognized species. Alburnoides eichwaldii, A. holciki, A. idignensis, A. namaki, A. nicolausi, A. petrubanarescui, A. qanati and A. tabarestanensis are considered valid and three new species are described: Alburnoides coadi sp. n., from Namrud River in Kavir basin, A. parhami sp. n., from Atrak...

Long lead rainfall prediction is important in the management and operation of water resources and many models have been developed for this purpose. Each of the developed models has its special strengths and weaknesses that must be considered in real time applications. In this paper, eld and General Circulation Models (GCM) data are used with the Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM) and the Arti...

Many people living in developing countries still prefer to sit on the carpet or uncarpeted floor, and many times they sit in a cross legged position. Continuous rubbing and friction of the ankles over the carpet or the plain hard surface may cause callosity of the ankles. This can cause a cosmetic problem. We describe a case series of ankle hyperkeratosis referred to our outpatient clinic in Ah...

there are some arboviral and parasitic diseases which are transmitted by culicine mosquitoes in iran. three genera and eleven species of the subfamily culicinae (diptera: culicidae) were collected by dipping method and identified in kahnooj district, kerman province, south-eastern iran, during october and november, 2003 including; culex (culex) bitaeniorhynchus, cx. (maillotia) deserticola, cx....

Diseases and parasites are important mortality factors affecting cervid populations. Meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) is a nematode parasite found in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations throughout eastern North America. To determine the distribution of meningeal worm in South Dakota, heads of hunter harvested deer were examined for P. tenuis from 1997-1999. A total...

This case focuses on the challenges of delivering Western-style MBA programs in emerging markets, looking at the experience of the Researcher in teaching and assessing courses within management programs (especially in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) and in thesis and dissertation research and writing. The case considers: cultural differences, learning style differences, l...

the subfamily alysiinae (hymenoptera, braconidae) is one of the most peculiar and diverse endoparasitoids of the family braconidae. a sampling survey was done in different parts of iran, mainly in south, central and south eastern provinces. fifteen species are recorded for the first time from iran. they were belonging to tribe alysiini (dinotrema amparoae peris-felipo, 2013; d. borzhomii tobias...

1 Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University-Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, P.O. Box 678, Iran 2 Department of Mathematics Education and the RINS, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju 660-701, South Korea 3 Department of Mathematics, Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea 4 Dipartimento di Matematica ed Applicazioni, Università degli Stu...