Observations of the evolution of species groups in nature, such as well recognized Galapagos finches, have motivated much theoretical research aimed at understanding the processes associated with such radiations. The Penna model is one such model and has been widely used to study aging. In this paper we use the basic Penna model to investigate the process of sympatric speciation in a simple foo...

Limited studies have been done on nematodes of Bellamya bengalensis (fresh water snails) in the world. Following, our clinical observations on eye disease in a fish ponds, which were contained Bellamaya bengallensis snails, present study was made to determine of nematodes fauna of Bellamya bengalensis and evaluation of their medical and veterinary importance in Khouzestan province. For this pur...

Standardization of medical terminology is essential in data transmission between health care institutes and in maximizing the benefits of information technology. The purpose of this study was to standardize medical terms for laboratory observations. During the second year of the study, a standard database of concept names for laboratory terms that covered those used in tertiary health care inst...

Sharma and Rajapurkar (~) while studying the actions of adrenergic neurone blocking drugs on intestinal peristalsis observed that bretyliurn and xylocholine in bigger doses produced a stimulant response on the longitudinal moveme-nts of guinea pig ileum where as guanethidine had no stimulant action (unreported observations). Those observations are in consonance witb tbe observations of Boura an...

IN 1928 Dotterweich published under the title " Beitrage zur Nervenphysiologie der Insekten" some very interesting and important observations and measurements mainly on Sphingidae, showing that the rapid vibration of the wings regularly observed in large moths before they take flight produces an increase in temperature of the wing muscles which is necessary to enable them to fly at all. The tem...

Observations and measurements are reported on the patterns and rates of growth in time of the double-diffusive cells that form adjacent to a cooled sidewall in a saltstratified environment. Fluid near the wall is cooled and sinks a distance h where its density, increased by cooling, matches that of the salt-stratified ambient. The fluid separates from the wall, moving outwards as a cool, freshe...

introduction: marginal adaptation of cast restorations is essential for their long-term success. as dentists usually assign ditching of dies to laboratory technicians, and ditching has a significant effect on marginal adaptation, the aim of this study was to compare ditching by laboratory technicians and standard approach on marginal adaptation of cast restoration. materials and methods: in thi...

the study has strived to compare the leucocyte-esterase stripe activity on sputum samples with gram-stained direct smear microscopy. this is for the demonstration of white blood cells (wbcs) and so to develop a simple method for selecting suitable sputum samples for cultural examination and laboratory diagnosis. . a total of 17(34.0%) out of 50 samples studied were shown to be unsuitable for mi...