Over the past several years, we have been developing methods of predicting the fault content of software systems based on measured characteristics of their structural evolution. In previous work, we have shown there is a signipcant linear relationship between code churn, a synthesized metric, and the rate at which faults are inserted into the system in terms of number of faults per unit change ...

ascochyta rabiei is one of the devastaining fungi pathogens of chick-pea (cicer arietinum l.) crops. in the present investigation, forty-two iranian isolates of ascochyta rabiei fungi (including highly, weakly and moderate virulent isolates), whose pathogenisities were determined previously, were studied. polygalacturonase is a main factor in the initiation of ascochyta blight disease. therefor...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic nephropathy, which is characterized by replacement of renal parenchyma with multiple cysts. In Iran, the disease prevalence within the chronic hemodialysis patient population is approximately 8-10%. So far, three genetic loci have been identified to be responsible for ADPKD. Little information is available concernin...

Using the sampled data of a desired pattern is a common technique in pattern synthesizing of array factor (AF) of antenna arrays. Based on the obtained data matrix, Least Square Method (LSM) is used to calculate the exciting coefficient of array elements. The most important parameter, which involves the accuracy and complexity of calculation, is the sampling rate of the desired pattern. Classic...

A functional language ΛLA is given. A sub-set Λ T LA of ΛLA is automatically typable. The types are formulas of Intuitionistic Light Affine Logic with polymorphism à la ML. Every term of ΛLA can reduce to its normal form in, at most, poly-steps. ΛLA can be used as a prototype of programming language for P-TIME algorithms.

Recent improvements in next-generation sequencing technologies have enabled investigation of microsatellites on a genome-wide scale. Faced with a huge amount of candidates, the use of appropriate marker selection criteria is crucial. Here, we used the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis for an empirical microsatellite survey and validation; 132,251 candidate microsatellites were id...

Citizen science has become a popular tool for preliminary data processing tasks, such as identifying and counting Lunar impact craters in modern high-resolution imagery. However, use of such data requires that citizen science products are understandable and reliable. Contamination and missing data can reduce the usefulness of datasets so it is important that such effects are quantified. This pa...

Higher-order programming languages, such as ML, permit a exible programming style by using compile-time type inference together with the concept of type polymorphism, which allows to specify the types of generic functions. In ML, however, recursive functions must always be given a unique (monomorphic) type inside their deenition. Giving polymorphic types to recursive functions is known as the p...