The need for capturing the acoustic properties and spatial information of significant ancient theatres became very important in last years. Particularly, knowledge sound propagation during design or refurbishment historic opera houses. Theatre 1763 Villa Aldrovandi Mazzacorati, Bologna (Italy), is chosen as a remarkable example. This small private theatre built by family 18th Century inside Maz...

OBJECTIVES Many anti-neoplastic medication errors and excessive use of serotonin antagonist anti-emetic agents might be prevented by the use of a standardized chemotherapy order form (SCOF). Several studies showing a reduction in prescribing errors or control of inappropriate anti-emetic use through the use of SCOFs have been reported. No previously published study reported SCOFs were used to r...

OBJECTIVE To analyze body image in different periods of adolescence. METHODS This cross-sectional study enrolled students aged ten to 19 years old of public schools in small districts of Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil. The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), the Body Dissatisfaction Assessment Scale for Teenagers and the Silhouette Scale for Teenagers (SST) were used. Adolescence phases were clas...

Climate change vulnerability assessments are commonly used to identify species at risk from global climate change, but the wide range of methodologies available makes it difficult for end users, such as conservation practitioners or policymakers, to decide which method to use as a basis for decision-making. In this study, we evaluate whether different assessments consistently assign species to ...

in aquaculture, fishes might experience periods of food deprivation during pre-harvesting, transporting and sorting. in during starvation, some fish utilize muscle protein as a major energy source and some fish utilize primarily lipids. with respect to vital role of starvation periods on body composition, the current study was carried out for one month in autumn 2010 at research farm of isfahan...

Historic demography changes of plant species adapted to New World arid environments could be consistent with either the Glacial Refugium Hypothesis (GRH), which posits that populations contracted to refuges during the cold-dry glacial and expanded in warm-humid interglacial periods, or with the Interglacial Refugium Hypothesis (IRH), which suggests that populations contracted during interglacia...

in spite of continuous changes in different era, historic and old cities with their unique attraction can be considered as a best place for tourism activities. sanandaj as a capital of kurdistan, with its’ compressed and labyrinth old texture which during the time according the physical, social and natural features had been made, because fascinating historic architecture, unique cultural and ar...

Hadal trenches are considered to act as depocenters for organic material, although pathways the material transport and deposition rates poorly constrained. Here we assess focusing, accumulation of carbon in four hadal trench systems underlying different surface ocean productivities; eutrophic Atacama Kuril-Kamchatka trenches, mesotrophic Kermadec oligotrophic Mariana Trench. The study is based ...