sunflower (helinathus annuus) is a susceptible host to the holoparasite hemp broomrape (orobanche ramosa) in central parts of iran, causing yield loss due to severe infestations. a field study was conducted in 2006 to evaluate the efficacy of glyphosate for controlling the parasitic weed hemp broomrape in sunflower. glyphosate was applied once or twice at five rates ranging from 0.075 to 0.450 ...

Application run time estimation techniques are used in diverse domains including scheduling algorithms, estimating queue times in parallel computing environments and as performance metrics in web services. In this paper we present a novel rough sets approach to estimate application run times. We present experimental results that validate our hypothesis that rough sets provide an intuitively sou...

Thousands of lawyers donated their time in response to the crisis of 9/11, but many did not. A remaining challenge is to ensure that the vast majority of the legal profession views public service as an essential professional responsibility. This essay examines previous studies on the pro bono contributions of those in the legal profession and how the findings of those studies show what motivati...

Assessment of research activity in universities is of growing interest across Europe, and internationally. In this paper the term universities will be used as shorthand for all higher education institutions. The global league tables of the Times QS World University Ranking and Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities are studied, debated and publicised annually. At national lev...

In the 1973 case State v. New Times, INC, the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix, Arizona, ruled that Arizona Revised Statutes 13-211, 13-212, and 13-213, collectively called the Arizona abortion [3] statutes, were unconstitutional. The statues made it illegal for anyone to receive, provide, or advertise abortion [3] services. The Arizona Court of Appeals reviewed a case in which a city court ...

Medication adherence, or adhering to prescribed medications, is one of the most important goals in healthcare. The adherence level for chronic conditions has been observed to be about 50%. Many different interventions have been used to improve medication adherence. In this paper, we focus on financial incentives as the intervention for improving medication adherence. Financial incentives could ...