BACKGROUND Fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, is one of the most important plant and water borne disease in Iran. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of fascioliasis and intestinal helminthes in inhabitants of rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in Southwest of Iran. METHODS Stool samples (1025) were collected from inhabitant of ...

My current research is focused around building frameworks for intelligent agents and agent-oriented software engineering. In my dissertation, I have developed a new formal framework for the analysis and implementation of multi-agent systems. Most of my other research activities are associated with applied computational intelligence—including fuzzy expert systems for natural language-based compu...

This paper discusses the incentive to bundle when consumer valuations are nonadditive and/or when products are supplied by separate sellers. Whether integrated or separate, firms have an incentive to introduce a bundle discount when demand for the bundle is elastic relative to demand for stand-alone products. A simple formula is derived for when an integrated firm supplying substitute products ...

Until the year 2000, there was no specific statute enacted in Jordan that regulates unfair competition. In the year 2000, the Jordanian Unfair Competition Law No. 15 of 2000 was enacted. The Law deals with the issue of unfair competition in a very generic way. In addition to the Jordanian Unfair Competition Law, the principal statutory source of protection is implemented through the general rul...

MUHAMMAD MUNIR, AHMAD KHAN BALOCH, WAQAR AHMAD KHAN FARZANA AHMAD AND MUHAMMAD JAMIL 1 Department of Food Science and Technology, Gomal University, Pakistan. 2 Department of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Chemistry, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. 3 Department of Chemistry, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea. 4 Division of International Studies, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Ko...

Applications of Smart Antennas to Rotorcrafts Moeness Amin,∗ Yimin Zhang,∗ Vincent Mancuso,† and Ahmad Hoorfar∗ ∗Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085; and †Boeing Helicopter Division, Mail Stop P32-21, P.O. Box 16858, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19142-0858 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]...

Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah Noor Zaitun Yahaya Associate Professor Graduate Student, School of Civil Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Engineering Campus, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Seri Ampangan , 14300 Nibong Tebal, Seri Ampangan, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang. Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang, Tel: 604-5941...

Accurate simulation and analysis of wireless networks are inherently dependent on accurate models which are able to provide real-time channel characterization. High-order Markov chains are typically used to model errors and losses over wireless channels. However, complexity (i.e., the number of states) of a high-order Markov model increases exponentially with the memory-length of the underlying...

From the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery (Khan, Sabir), Radiodiagnosis (Ahmad), Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (Haseen), J. N. Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Address correspondence to: Dr. Mohammad J. Khan, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, J. N. Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, Uttar Pradesh...

*Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 87155.111, Kashan, Iran. **Department of Statistics, Kashan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Kashan, Iran. Received for publication: September 12, 2005. Reprint request: Ahmad Khorshidi, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 8715...