the paper deals with the analysis of the external factor (solar activity, volcanic eruptions) influence on tree growth at the kola peninsula, northwestern russia. pinus sylvestris l. (scots pine) tree-ring chronologies collected nearby the northern timberline (68.63n, 33.25e) include the oldest (1445-2005 ad) living pine tree found up to date in the kola peninsula. a total of 18 living trees p...

the prediction of liquefaction potential of soil due to an earthquake is an essential task in civil engineering. the decision tree is a tree structure consisting of internal and terminal nodes which process the data to ultimately yield a classification. c4.5 is a known algorithm widely used to design decision trees. in this algorithm, a pruning process is carried out to solve the problem of the...

bending and compression strength of paulownia fortunie wood grown in educational and research forest located at shastkalate, gorgan were studied. paulownia trees were selected among five years old plantation. sampling spot was conducted following standard procedure. trees were cut into logs, which were then cut into 6 cm thickness wood blocks based on geographic directions. wood blocks were div...

introduction:the prevalence of atopic diseases has increased in recent decades dramatically. the most common aeroallergens in northeastern iran have not been fully defined. define the most common aeroallergens in allergic patients based on the skin prick test (spt) was aimed in this investigation.materials and methods:this cross-sectional study enrolled 1,006 allergic patients (aged 1–86 years)...

this article has long been taken of the description and clarification of dramatic signs as well as the structure of the small book entitled draxt ? ?s?r?g “the babylonian tree” (here after bt); a text having comparatively long history in iranian studies which have been interpreted in different ways, by previous scholars. bt is a versified contest between a goat and a palm tree, originally compo...