the occurrence of genotype × environment (ge) interaction has led to the development of several stabilityparameters that can be used to estimate the stability of cultivar performance. repeatability of 20 parametric and non-parametric stability measures across years and yield subsets as well as their association with mean seed yield and interrelationship among them in safflower (carthamus tincto...

There is no credible scientific opposition to the fact that a genetically distinct human life begins at conception and that an induced abortion is a death. Yet, abortion is not reported as a cause of death in the U.S. vital statistics system. Mortality patterns have profound implications for public policy. As a cause of death, we found abortion to be highly consequential, with large racial and ...

hlamydia, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is the most commonly reported nationally notifiable disease. A total of 1,244,180 cases were reported in 2009. However, many infections are not detected, and an estimated 2.8 million infections occur each year. The burden of infection is greatest among sexually active adolescents and young adults; chlamydi...

4- microcerotermes diversus (silvestri) is considered as the most economically destructive pest of wood products in ahwaz. the potential for horizontal transfer of non- repellent termiticides among nest mates has become an important paradigm for control of termites in recent years. this laboratory study evaluated the ability of m. diversus worker termites exposed to boric acid in transfering t...

two hundred and ninety cases of non-hodgkin's lymphoma from the fars province cancer registry and mashad university hospital were reviewed and classified according to the new international working formulation for clinical use. the cases fall into low-grade (35 male, 26 female), intermediate-grade (61 male, 26 female), and high-grade (84 male, 26 female) groups. each group includes several ...

BACKGROUND Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture is rare. However, such cardiac ruptures carry a high mortality rate. This study reviews our experience treating blunt traumatic cardiac rupture. METHODS This retrospective study included 21 patients who experienced blunt traumatic cardiac rupture from 1999 to 2015. Every patient underwent surgery. Several variables were compared between survivors and...

BACKGROUND As the voiding habits of Iranian children differs from other children because of some cultural and religious considerations, we aimed to establish normal reference values of urinary flow rates in Iranian children between 7 to 14 years of age. METHODS Eight hundred and two uroflowmetry studies were performed on children with no history of a renal, urological, psychological or neurol...