A detailed study of Ostracoda changes against the stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen acrossthe Cenomanian-Turonian boundary mass extinction has been fully documented in one section, the South ofEngland. This section ...

With the aim of identifying the Rotifera fauna of Kepektas Dam Lake, samples were collectedmonthly between January-December 2005. In total 11 rotifer species were identified. As a species-wisepercentage, Kellicttia longispina ...

Ferula assa-foetida L. (Apiaceae) is one of the most important endangered medicinal plants,which is rare in nature due to poor seed germination. In an effort to improve and promote the cultivation ofthis plant, the effects ...

Time-dependent Schrödinger equation for a 1-D model of hydrogen molecular ion H2+ in intenselaser field linearly polarized along the molecular axis is solved. Ionization rates are calculated for differentinitial states. ...

The study of tectonic evolution of the Tethyan and SE Asian regions indicates that these tworegions have each passed through southwardly progressing sequences of similar tectonic events. Both regionshave experienced a ...

The Forumad ophiolite in the northwestern part of the Sabzevar region has embraced the largedepleted harzburgites and dunitic bodies associated with podiform chromitites. In some deposits, chromitegrains have segregated ...

Some species of the genus Dunaliella are the major primary producers in Maharlu salt lake, whichis polluted with different heavy metals including Hg2+. Short-term (48 h) and prolonged exposure (28 d) of D.tertiolecta to ...

Maharlu saline Lake is located in the SW of Iran. To assess the environmental pollution of thelake, the total concentrations of As, Cr, Co, Cu, Cd, Pb, Zn, Ni, Fe, and Mn were determined in the surfacesediments and water ...

Brassinosteroids are phytohormones possessing a wide spectrum of antistress activity. To seewhether this hormone is able to ameliorate the effects of water stress, the effects of 24-epibrassinolise onplant growth, accumulation ...

Geographical, morphological and taxonomic status of Pistacia khinjuk Stocks ex Stocks in Iranwas revised. A total of 181 accessions (herbarium materials or specifically collected for this study) wereexamined geographically ...

The goal of this study was to determine whether ghrelin affects the mean plasma concentrations ofmetabolic parameters such as thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), growth hormone (GH), insulin, glucagon,glucose, fatty ...

Showing the occurrence of glass/rubber transition in bovine serum albumin (a globular protein) atlow moisture levels and the occurrence of Maillard crosslinking in gelatin in previous works, the importanceof the state of ...