the goal of this article is mapping urban management science. the main question of the research is “what are the subject areas of urban management science and how is the relation between these subject areas?” the map of urban management science can help to recognize urban management and its subject areas and can help policy makers to get familiar with the priorities in this subject area. for th...

purpose: aside from psychological suffering, mental disease can bring about a negative influence   on conscripts learning abilities and reduce effectiveness of military trainings. hence, identifying   at risk conscripts is of vital importance. this study aimed to investigate the mental health of   conscripts during a two-year period from 2011 to 2013 in a military base in guilan.   materials an...

the genus eremostachys (lamiaceae), consists of about 60 species which 15 species of eremostachys grow wildly in the north-west of iran. the rhizomes and roots of e. laciniata have traditionally been used as a local analgesic and for the treatment of rheumatic diseases and pain in the feet. this experiment was conducted in the north-west of iran in 2012-2013, to evaluate morphological diversity...

background and objectives: the region of the experiment is located in golestan province, iran, with agriculture subject to various farming conditions (rain-fed and irrigation) and different levels of salinity (more than 38% of golestan’s total land area is salt-affected). the purpose of this study has been to evaluate the stress indices in the selection of tolerant wheat genotypes, not only for...

the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of nanosilver colloid as a new antimicrobial agent against erwinia in tissue culture of sugar beet for the recovery of the contaminated doubled haploid plantlets. the nanosilver colloidal solution of 4000 ppm was diluted in different concentrations (0, 50, 75, 100 and 125 ppm) and was added to the solid ms medium. in a factorial experim...

music consumption is a new topic in the academic literature, but the consumption of music itself has been part of human culture for centuries and all human more or less listen to it in order to fill their leisure time. marketers always find it challenging to identify the best way for selling music which at the same time can be accepted by different consumers, too. so, we tried to investigate th...

interleukin-12 (il-12) is a key cytokine involved in regulating the balance between th1 and th2 cells by promoting th1 response. a reduced capacity to produce this cytokine could lead to aberrant th2 development. on the same aspect significant impact of il-12 on invariant natural killer t (inkt) cells was reported. therefore, we examined the serum levels of il-12 and the absolute number of peri...

to evaluate the effect of salinity on some quantitative and qualitative characteristics of spring rapeseed cultivars, an experiment was conducted in the greenhouse conditions at yasoujuniversityas a factorial with three replications. four salinity levels (1.92 (as control), 9.87, 19.6 and 21.94 dsm-1 (nacl and cacl2 with ratio 20 to 1 in hoagland solution)) as a first factor and eight cultivars...

bitter asafetida (ferula asa-fetidae l.) is a wild plant of the family umbelliferae. the present study was carried out to determine the type of dormancy of the plant’s seed, and find out the most suitable treatment needed for quick germination of seeds. twelve treatments including ga3 (500, 1000, 1500 ppm), kno3 (0.1, 0.2 0.3 molar), rinsing (24, 48, 72 hour),elimination of seed coat (one year-...

car manufacturing industry is considered one of the major national industries, which due to its increasing product, particularly in recent years, has played a crucial role in the economy of the country, and still continues to do so. with the development of manufacturing capacity in the car industry, a relative competition is being witnessed among the manufacturers, which calls for the considera...