there has been, and still is, a huge difference of opinions on the exact time of true dawn (al-fajr al-sadegh) which is the starting point for the morning prayer as well as fasting. the root of this disagreement among muslim jurists should be sought in their reading of the 187th verse of the second chapter of the holy quran. using classical arabic literature and available commentaries of the qu...

in order to evaluate the possibility and compare different irrigation methods in ricecultivation, an experiment was conducted in factorial based randomized complete blockdesign at rice research institute of iran, mazandaran (amol), during 2011. treatments weredifferent irrigation regimes including alternate wet and drying (awd), semi-dry cultivation(sdc), combining shallow water depth with wett...

to study the effects of postharvest treatments of spermidine and putrescine on storage quality of ‘hayward’ kiwifruit, the present research was performed. in november 2010, fruits were hand picked from fajr orchardist corporation in sari and transported to postharvest physiology laboratory. fruits were dipped for 4 minutes in either spermidine or putrescine solutions (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mm), and ...

aim : since data about prevalence of jc virus in iranian population is scarce, this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of jc virus in healthy individuals who had attended fajr hospital and farjam clinical laboratory in tehran, iran. background : jc virus is the causative agent of progressive multifocal encephalopathy (pml) in individuals with suppressed immune system. there are some ...

Grain quality currently represents a major problem in high yielding rice production in Iran and many other rice producing areas of the world. Quality assessment of rice involves the function of sensory tests and physicochemical determinations based on the chemical composition, cooking quality, gelatinization temperature and physical properties of cooked rice. These research genetic materials we...

the rice fields consist of diverse fauna of arthropoda because of both subterranean and aquatic ecosystems. in this research, the fauna of predator beetles including carabidae, coccinellidae, staphylinidae, malachiidae, and their population fluctuation were studied in mazandaran province during 2002-2006. a number of 13 carabid species, one staphylinid species, six coccinellid species, and two ...