in order to study the effect of different redroot pigweed (amaranthus retroflexus) density on yield, yield components of soybean cultivar and determining competitive cultivar, a field experiment was carried out at mazandaran agricultural research station 2006. experiment was set up at a randomized complete block design with five rates of pigweed (0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 plant per square meter) and t...

quality of life of mothers of children with special needs: a qualitative study    yaghmaei f [1] *, sahar m [2]     received: 29 sep , 2013 accepted: 16 nov , 2013   abstract:   background & aims: quality of life (qol) is important in today's society. by qol, the people’s experience of life could be measured. quality of life of mothers with children with special needs is the focus of this ...

conclusions despite the relatively high level of knowledge in the context of the general principles of a diet to prevent ramadan-related complications, practical training in regard to the amounts of nutrients associated with ramadan-related complications is both necessary and recommended. background ramadan fasting is associated with some lifestyle changes. a lack of nutritional needs knowledge...

TOPIC: Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Disease TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Hydroxyurea is an antimetabolite that acts by inhibiting synthesis DNA. In addition to cancer therapy, it also used treat sickle cell anemia. However, daily use hydroxyurea not without risk, and one the lesser-known side-effects discoloration nails--specifically melanonychia (brown lines) blue lunula (na...

Obesity is becoming increasingly common and recognized as a major public health problem worldwide. It is associated with multiple chronic health conditions including heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hyperinsulinemia, and cancer. The present investigation aims to determine i) the effect of using a mixture of natural herbs (Mallow, Senna and Sage) on weight loss in overweigh...

Changes in the activity of antioxidant enzymes, proline, and total soluble carbohydrates (TSC) were evaluated in tomato (Solanum lycopercicum cv. Superchief) plants in response to salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) and inoculation with CMV (Cucumber mosaic virus) on days 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 15 after virus inoculation (dpi). Results showed that proline content increased in all treatmen...

Two important components of a visual recognition system are representation and model. Both involves the selection and learning of the features that are indicative for recognition and discarding those features that are uninformative. This thesis, in its general form, proposes different techniques within the frameworks of two learning systems for representation and modeling. Namely, latent suppor...

Dear Editor, Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a monophasic acute nonvasculitic inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that is characterized by diffuse neurologic signs and symptoms coupled with evidence of multifocal demyelination lesions on neuroimaging.1 The onset of ADEM usually follows a viral infection or immunization after a mean period of 7–14 day...