chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) is one of the most important crops worldwide that is a subject of many plant breeding programs in many countries. in addition, climates are changing all over the world and drought becomes one of the most serious problems versus yield of crops. in order to screen drought tolerant genotype in chickpea, twenty genotypes were tested under rainfed and irrigated conditio...

The effect of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor antagonists astressin and D-Phe CRF(12-41) injected i.v. on CRF-induced delayed gastric emptying (GE) was investigated in conscious rats. Gastric transit was assessed by the recovery of methyl cellulose/phenol red solution 20 min after its intragastric administration. The 55% inhibition of GE induced by CRF (0.6 microgram i.v.) was...

locus of control is said to affect learners' academic achievement. this effect has scarcely been examined within general english context. this study is concerned with examining the differences in general english (ge) course achievement among university students of humanities, sciences, and engineering. it also explores the effect of locus of control (loc) in ge course achievement among these th...

The interaction between organic (bio) molecules and semiconductor surfaces has been studied by several research groups for the development of applications in a variety of fields. In particular, recent studies on the interaction between semiconductor surfaces and amino acids have laid the foundations for understanding protein adsorption on semiconductor surfaces. Understanding the behavior of am...

We present a review of our recent results for the comparative evaluation of the induced exchange interaction and quantum noise mediated by the bosonic environment in two-qubit systems. We report new calculations for P-donor-electron spins in Si-Ge type materials. Challenges and open problems are discussed.

a tellurium dioxide crystal is presented. The all-optical acousto-optic effect describes the combination of laser generated ultrasound with acousto-optic interaction. Laser generated ultrasound spectra are analyzed for tellurium dioxide using a 266 nm and a 1064 nm pulsed source, and used to characterize the acoustooptic interaction. The interaction is shown to be dominated by longitudinal acou...

Recent formulation of the Zaller model of mass opinion is generalized to include the interaction between agents. The mechanism of interaction is close to the bounded confidence model. The outcome of the simulation is the probability distribution of opinions on a given issue as dependent on the mental capacity of agents. Former result was that small capacity leads to a strong belief into random ...