Understanding the genetic bases of economically important traits is fundamentally important in enhancing genetic gains in durum wheat. In this study, a durum panel of 208 lines (comprised of elite materials and exotics from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center gene bank) were subjected to genome wide association study (GWAS) using 6,211 DArTseq single nucleotide polymorphisms (S...

background : necessity of evaluating heat stress in the workplace, require validation of indices and selection optimal index. the present study aimed to assess the precision and validity of some heat stress indices and select the optimum index for using in heavy work activities in hot and dry climates. methods: it carried out on 184 workers from 40 brick kilns workshops in the city of qom, cent...

background: there is paucity of information on the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors among bank employees at global level. objective: to assess the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among bank employees in puducherry, india. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 192 (128 male and 64 female) bank employees from 12 nationalized banks in urban puducherry, india....

background: heat stress is one of the agents in the work environment that can create numerous problems for workers. the objective of this research is to study heat stress control in the foundry platform of a steel plant in tehran. methods: in this experimental study, controlling plans were demonstrated for the work conditions improvement in one of steel plant's foundry platforms. for controllin...

this study was conducted to determine drought tolerance genotypes with superiority in different stressed environments. to screening quantitative indices of drought tolerance, genotypes of safflower (carthamus tinctorius l.) were tested in a complete randomized block design with three replications under two different water regimes (irrigated and rainfed). significant positive correlation was fou...

in order to identify drought stress tolerance in rapeseed, nine commercial rapeseed cultivars (opera, karaj1, karaj2, karaj3, zarfam, okapi, talayeh, licord and modena) were evaluated under two conditions (normal and drought stress) in kangavar region in the west iran in 2014-2015 growing season. this research was carried out in a split plot experiment based on completely randomized design in f...

background: pastry occupation is one of occupations to exposure with heat and significant number of workers works at it. this study is aimed to heat stress and heat strain score index assessment in the pastry workers of isfahan.   methods: this cross sectional and descriptive study was conducted on 360 pastry workers between 10 and 14 hours in the summer of 2012. wbgt index was used for determi...

conclusions the present study showed that heat stress had a negative effect on job satisfaction; also there were no significant effects on job stress and job performance. results the results showed that job satisfaction had a negative correlation with wbgt index (r = -0.42, p < 0.001) and hssi (r = -0.49, p < 0.001). also, there was no statistical correlation among occupational stress and job p...

Impaired visual context processing is closely linked with expression of symptoms in people with psychosis. However, to date, there have been no investigations of this phenomenon in the critical ultra high-risk (UHR) period immediately preceding the onset of psychosis. In total, 73 participants (33 UHR, 40 control) were evaluated with clinical and global functioning interviews and with a compute...

to evaluate the agronomic characteristics in three brassica species (rape, indian mustard, and turnip) and to determine the best stress tolerance indices, 16 brassica cultivars were studied under controlled conditions in -0.6 mpa of stress and as well under field (either stressed or irrigated) conditions at the dryland agricultural research station, kermanshah during 2004-05. the results showed...