based on principal component analysis (pca), gge biplot analysis is an effective method to fully assess multienvironmental yield trials (mets). additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (ammi) is an alternative method for assessing phenotypic stability and adaptability. in this research, met data of 14 maize inbred lines were used to perform ammi and gge biplot analyses. these genoty...

abstract   background:  monitoring height for age is very important indicator in children and teenagers periods. unfortunately in screening for students’ nutritional problems, only students with height below 3rd percentile of health road (height, weight or bmi charts) are reported and plotted in national growth charts, whereas attention to total normal distribution of student growth and compari...

Wheat grains are well known to be invaded by Fusarium spp. under field and storage conditions and contaminated with fumonisins. Therefore, determining Fusarium spp. and fumonisins in wheat grains is of prime importance to develop suitable management strategies and to minimize risk. Eighty-two stored wheat samples produced in Iran were collected from various supermarkets and tested for the prese...

OBJECTIVE To assess the reliability of maternal deaths surveillance system (MDSS) and to determine the factors that influence its completeness in one region of Morocco. METHODS We conducted a retrospective survey in "Gharb Chrarda Bni Hssen" region (GCBH) between January the 1st, 2013 and September the 30th, 2014 using multiple sources approach. All deaths of women of reproductive age (WRA) w...