I would like to begin by thanking Ron Chrisley for his interesting and detailed commentary.1 There is much I find to agree with; indeed, it seems to me that his essay can largely be read, not as a criticism of the perspective offered in my own article,2 but rather as a useful and largely complementary alternate view. I am especially grateful for the insights expressed in the last section of the...

amonhotep iv, one of egypt's most famous pharaohs, has been composer of hymns in praise of the sun or sun god, which remains in inscriptions from fourteenth century bc. amonhoteb stone inscription is the oldest document in which, at the first time, he has invited people to monotheism. mehr yasht is second long yasht, in praise of sun, mehr or sun god, remains from one thousand years bc. th...

backgrounds: vitamin d deficiency is a public health concern even in sunny areas, so we decided to assess the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency and its related factors among university students in shiraz. methods: this cross‑sectional study was carried out on 254 (128 male and 126 female) university students. demographic questionnaires and a questionnaire on exposure to sun light and sun prote...

the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of saffron as a natural sunscreen and moisturizer. the pollens of the saffron were dried and powdered in a grinder. the experimental formulations included a homosalate (8%) lotion reference, lotions with 2, 4 and 8% of grinded saffron, and the control lotion base without saffron. the lotions containing saffron were prepared like homosal...

In this paper, an technique is presented for storing and dispensation bulky satellite images by using the Hadoop MapReduce framework and HDFS(Hadoop distributed file system)by incorporate Remote Sensing image processing tools into MapReduce The huge volume of visual data in current years and their require for efficient and efficient processing arouse the exploit of distributed image processing ...

In this study, by recognizing geographical location changes of the sun-path diagram, we present a selection of sustainable architectural guidelines that influence the climatic element of sunshine. For this purpose, after the introduction of triple zones of the earth in terms of how the sun is exposed(include:Tropical, temperate and polar), the function of the earth's curvature to create geograp...

a thin layer solar drying method was compared with a traditional method (sun drying) of paddy drying, with their effects on quality characteristics of two varieties of iranian rice (kamphiroozi and sazandegi) studied. solar drying process was conducted in a passive, mixed mode type solar dryer at about 50ºc for 90 minutes. in sun drying method this process took 8-10 hours at a mean temperature ...