Occupant behavior has a significant impact on building energy performance. The purpose of this paper is to quantify the stochastic characteristics of manual solar shades and their influence on building energy performance. A co-simulation for occupants’ stochastic control of manual solar shades was conducted and the statistic indicators (non-parameter tests and autocorrelation function) were cal...

introduction climate has always been one the main factors of designing urban spaces in iran since past centuries. by analyzing urban spaces it can be concluded that different cities have different urban spaces due to climate differences. one of the main reasons of the differences in the type and orientation of urban spaces is the climate as one of the key factors in designing these areas. regar...

oroum is a new bread wheat cultivar originated from the cross between cultivar alvand and an exotic wheat line (ns732/her) at oroumieh agricultural research station in 1995-96 cropping season. the f1 plants were grown in oroumieh in 1996-97 cropping season, however f2-f5 population and regional preliminary yield nursery were grown and evaluated at miandoab agricultural research station during 1...

Human mortality is closely related to natural climate-determined levels of thermal environmental stress and the resulting thermophysiological strain. Most climate-mortality research has focused on seasonal extremes during winter and summer when mortality is the highest, while relatively little attention has been paid to mortality during the transitional seasons of autumn and spring. The body ac...

This study was carried out to determine heart rate (HR) values, including diurnal, seasonal, and sex patterns, in the African giant rat (Cricetomys gambianus, Waterhouse). HR was measured using stethoscope in grip-restrained African giant rats of either sex (103 bucks and 98 does), live-trapped from a tropical Savannah, and caged individually in the laboratory during the harmattan (cold-dry), h...

HONG, SUK KI, CHUN SIK PARK, YANG SAENG PARK, AND JIN KYUNG KIM. Seasonal changes of antidiuretic hormone action on sodium transport acruss frog skin. Am. J. Physiol. 215(2) : 439-443. 1968.-The stimulating effect of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) on Na transport across isolated frog skin (Runa temporuriu) was studied monthly, along with the glycogen contents of liver and muscle. ADH induced a sust...

background: vitamin a is a lipid soluble vitamin which can be stored in the body organs (especially in liver) and its supply is only through ration. objectives: the present study has been conducted to evaluate vitamin a status of feedlot cattle in the city of garmsar and impact of season and nutritional management on it. methods: during the study 100 blood samples were taken from feedlot cattle...