many characteristics of pear trees such as growth, fruit size and yield, are influenced by the genetic characteristic of the rootstocks. in iran, mainly european pear seedlings (pyrus communis l.) are used as the rootstock in the pear orchards. thus, evaluation of pear seedling rootstocks is an important task. this experiment was conducted in 2009 and 2010 growing seasons in order to explore th...

We continue our study of online prediction of the labelling of a graph. We show a fundamental limitation of Laplacian-based algorithms: if the graph has a large diameter then the number of mistakes made by such algorithms may be proportional to the square root of the number of vertices, even when tackling simple problems. We overcome this drawback by means of an efficient algorithm which achiev...

Isolated multiple zeros or clusters of zeros of analytic maps with several variables are known to be difficult to locate and approximate. This article is in the vein of the α-theory, initiated by M. Shub and S. Smale in the beginning of the eighties. This theory restricts to simple zeros, i.e., where the map has corank zero. In this article we deal with situations where the analytic map has cor...

rehabilitation of arid and semi-arid regions by tolerant native plant cover is a primary concern to create a sustainable balanced ecosystem. thus, the existing plant species of the region should be recognized together with a comprehensive survey and study of the environmental factors such as climate and soil conditions which affect the establishment of these plant species. this paper attempts t...

A new species of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) from Mt. Benom Forest Reserve, Ulu Dong, Raub, Pahang, tunku-azizahiae Adam, Aizat-Juhari & Wan is described and illustrated. Cluster analysis principal component showed that R. tuanku-halimii are closely related morphologically, characterized by perigone lobes covered rows very spaced coalesced white warts, windows wholly rings warts. Score plot b...

Magnetic resonance (MR) nano-theranostic hyperthermia uses magnetic nanoparticles to target and accumulate at the lesions and generate heat to kill lesion cells directly through hyperthermia or indirectly through thermal activation and control releasing of drugs. Preclinical and translational applications of MR nano-theranostic hyperthermia are currently limited by a few major theoretical diffi...

Isolated multiple zeroes or clusters of zeroes of analytic maps with several variables are known to be difficult to locate and approximate. This article is in the vein of the α-theory, initiated by M. Shub and S. Smale in the beginning of the eighties. This theory restricts to simple zeroes, i.e., where the map has corank zero. In this article we deal with situations where the analytic map has ...

Peer-to-Peer Overlay networks enabling an endend application level-multicast service have drawn enormous attention. This paper proposes a self-organized < , >-Multicast Overlay Network (< , >-MON) that enables an efficient end-end application level multicast. The < , >-MON is organized into MON-Clusters, where is the maximum physical number of hops between any two endnodes in each MON-Cluster. ...

A system was developed to measure the mass flow of granular fertilizer material in aerial spreader ducts. The flow process was regarded as the sequential passage of clusters containing multiple particles with varying diameters. An optical sensor was used to measure the cluster lengths on the fly. In a low–density flow regime, the diameter of each particle could be measured individually (this is...