We present in this paper the essential aspects of the S2 system. This is the internet realization of SEMPER: An active, multi-domain, space-based, object oriented design environment for integrated building performance modeling. We begin with an overview of SEMPER principles. We then present the component based system architecture of S2, which makes use of the Common Object Request Broker Archit...

iran is widely drought prone, considering its semi-arid climate. eleven wheat cultivars differing in yield potential and drought resistance were employed to determine the possible relationship among grain filling rate and duration, stem reserves remobilization and grain yield under either irrigated (ir) or non-irrigated (nir) conditions at gerizeh research station in sanandaj for a duration of ...

this study was carried out to determine the effect of fermentation, hydrothermal treatment, soda (na2co3), and table salt (nacl) addition on the extent of phytase activity and phytate degradation in three iranian wheat cultivars, namely, mahdavi, ghods, and roshan. the samples were milled to three different extraction rates, i.e. whole, 85%, and 75% flours and three kinds of leavening procedure...

six cultivars of hexaploid wheat (hyrmand, shiraz, pishtaz, marvdasht, mahdavi, roshan ‎‎(susceptible check) and m-79-6) in subplots, and three seed treatments: i1 – seed without ‎treatment; i2- seeds artificially infected with bunt spores in 5/1000 ratio and i3- seeds treated ‎with carboxin thiram fs in main plots of a split plot trial within a rcbd with three ‎replications and 3 locations of ...

Many projects fail due to lack of product development to meet customer needs, leading to a waste of organizational resources and non systematic creation of products. Understanding user behavior and the effective management are key elements in the competitive knowledge-based economy. One of the outlets for knowledgebased economy is e-learning, facilitating education using information technology ...

Background: herbs are among the feed supplements under investigation that could replace antibiotics to improve humoral and cellular immune response in birds. Objective: this study evaluated the potential of Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) and vitamin E as immunostimulants on humoral and cellular immune responses in broilers. Methods: broilers were randomly assigned to three dietary treatmen...

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) among elderly people in Tabriz. Methods: All data were collected in a cross-sectional survey on 350 participants aged 65-90 years. The prevalence of MetS was estimated using the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATPIII). Results: In total, 55.4% (n=194) of the study...

PURPOSE We previously developed a method to measure visual function progression using "Progression sectors," which were derived from a clustering analysis of pointwise rates of glaucomatous visual field (VF) progression; however, only short series of VFs, where pointwise linear regression (PLR) is typically not reliable, were analyzed. The purpose of the current study is to further investigate ...