To determine the seroprevalence of anti-Neospora caninum and anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies indogs in Iran and to investigate related risk factors to the infection, a study was conducted in Chaharmahal vaBakhtiari, Isfahan and Khoozestan provinces, locate in west central parts of Iran. For this, 548 serum samples were collected from dogs during an 18 month period from July 2007 to February 2...

This paper proposes a predictive approach of semantic land use changes based on data mining techniques, specifically association rules (AR). Its main idea is centered around studying the past to predict the future. In other words, applying association rules technique to discover rules governing the city’s past land use changes, then use them to forecast future changes. Taking La Plaine Zone in ...

The present topic focuses on the different cellular imaging technologies available to monitor and to characterize the migratory behavior of cancer cells. To this aim, we consider two aspects that greatly influence the choice of an adapted imaging technology. The first one concerns the different levels of investigation which can be considered (and combined) to efficiently analyze cell migration,...

Please cite this article in press as: Oldroyd HJ et http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.06.0 Thermal diffusivity of snow is an important thermodynamic property associated with key hydrological phenomena such as snow melt and heat and water vapor exchange with the atmosphere. Direct determination of snow thermal diffusivity requires coupled point measurements of thermal conductivity and d...