One of the main principles of social networks is the concept of homophily, defined as the tendency to form and sustain contacts with similar actors. Studies have shown that homophily can be based on race and ethnicity, on informal or ascribed status (e.g., gender, age, religion, education, occupation), or on shared values and beliefs. In this talk, we will investigate the Persian language blogo...

The adoption of the Internet in societies is becoming more important as more and more public and business services are delivered via the Internet. Understanding the dynamics of the adoption is vital in developing policies to stimulate greater adoption. This paper highlights the dynamics of internet adoption in a general society based on the segmentation of the society into subcultures according...

To examine the stability of repetitive-sequence (rep) PCR profiles, six species of bacteria were subcultured to blood agar plates and DNA was extracted from the cultures after 24, 48, and 72 h of incubation at 35 degrees C. In addition, the same species were subcultured to fresh blood plates daily and DNA was extracted from the cultures after growth of 5, 10, and 15 subcultures, respectively. r...

organogenesis and neoformant plantlet production were studied by culturing the different parts of mature embryo including radicle and proximal and distal parts of cotyledon of mission and kroneiki cultivars. different parts of embryos were cultures in omc medium containing growth regulators, such as indole butyric acid (iba) and 2-isopentenyl adenine (2-ip) or iba and naphthalene acetic acid (n...

Tomato cultivation has a great worldwide interest. The quality of tomato fruit is economic and health importance. Being rich in water generally stored at 4 °C, tomatoes risk rapid infection. This work was interested isolating studying pathogenic fungi fruit. isolations subcultures were carried out on the PDA medium. Morphological characterization identified 5 Solanum lycopersicum fruits: Altern...