in order to investigate the physical and chemical properties of some iranian soils under common bean cultivation, forty-one soil samples were collected from azna, zanjan, aligoudarz and khomein regions. root colonization percentage, spore number and infection potentional of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soils were evaluated after sorghum cultivation. the results showed that the soils had a wi...

Drought control and resistance affect national food security. With this in mind, we studied five main grain-producing regions of China: Sanjiang Plain, Songnen Plain, Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, the middle Yangtze River and Jianghuai region and Sichuan Basin. Using GIS technology, we evaluated the comprehensive agricultural drought situation based on major crops, the basic drought resistance by integ...

in order to determine resistance genetically potential of some bean genotypes to bean common mosaic virus, two separated experiments in randomized complete block design with 25 genotypes and three replications was conducted in iau shiraz branch. the first experiment and the second one were performed in normal and bcmv infected conditions, respectively. plants were inoculated in cotyledon leaf a...

ActorsOnlyRule(v:ACViewClass) ::= §o:ObjectClass· o∈v ∧o∈find_all_abstract_actors () Query22 find_all_abstract_actors()::= §a:SpecifiedActorElementClass· (a in AbstractActorElementClass) 5.2.5 Plain-Actors-Only view Informal description A Plain-Actors-Only view presents plain actors, their direct specified actors, and the “specifies” links that connect them. master-thesis-v4.4.doc 93/231 9/1/20...

We introduce a technique for creating novel, enhanced thumbnails of Web pages. These thumbnails combine the advantages of plain thumbnails and text summaries to provide consistent performance on a variety of tasks. We conducted a study in which participants used three different types of summaries (enhanced thumbnails, plain thumbnails, and text summaries) to search Web pages to find several dif...

introduction: nowadays, advancements in industries, technology and human welfare level have lead to accumulation of solid wastes and have endangered environmental health. incorrect waste management intensifies this problem. recycling and composting (transformation of organic waste to humus) are the most important ways in waste management. health and safety of the compost is an important issue b...

This issue of IJE includes a theme on autism edited by two of us (Ezra Susser and Michealine Bresnahan). Our colleague Guohua Li joins us to write this introduction. In choosing this topic we venture into territory marked by controversy and conflict. The heat of the conflict is reflected in two recently published books, reviewed here by Stein and by Grinker. One of the flashpoints of controvers...

The Web has become a popular starting point for many innovations targeting infrastructure, services, and applications. One of the challenges of today’s vast Web landscape is to monitor ongoing developments, put them into context, and assess their chances of success. One of the main virtues of a more scientific approach towards the Web landscape would be a clear differentiation between approache...