bam, which is located in the south eastern part of iran, east of kerman province, is a desert city with its special natural and cultural landscapes, which is different in many ways from all other desert cities in iran .there has always been a balance between cultural and natural elements in bam. one of the unique natural elements of bam is its rich underground water reservoirs, which originates...

W hite matter hyperintensities (WMH) of presumed vascular origin, also referred to as leukoaraiosis, are a very common finding on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) in older subjects and in patients with stroke and dementia. They are associated with cognitive impairment, triple the risk of stroke and double the risk of dementia. Knowledge of their pathology deriv...

There is an increasing need for norms to be embedded in technology as the widespread deployment of applications such as autonomous driving and warfare and big data analysis for crime fighting and counter-terrorism becomes ever closer. Current approaches to norms in multi-agent systems tend either to simply make prohibited actions unavailable, or to provide a set of rules (principles) which the ...

1. On page 3, the right column, first full paragraph, the third sentence read, “A large multicenter study of WMH in 2699 stroke patients in 11 stroke centers in China suggested....” It has been changed to read, “A large multicenter study of WMH in 2699 stroke patients in 11 stroke centers in Korea suggested....” 2. On page 5, the left column, the third complete sentence read, “A recent very lar...

Citation: Sabelli PA and Larkins BA (2015) New insights into how seeds are made. It is difficult to overstate the importance of seeds for the evolutionary success of the spermato-phytes and the development of human cultures and their survival. For hundreds of millions of years since their appearance in the Devonian period, seed plants have colonized many environments , thanks in part to several...