THE INFLUENCE OF DENSE PLANTING SYSTEM ON THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SAFFRON PRODUCTION AND LAND USE SUSTAINABILITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM GONABAD COUNTY, IRAN

The cultivation of saffron, which is one of the most expensive agricultural products in the world, is the main source of livelihood and economic wellbeing for the rural communities of Gonabad county in the eastern part of Iran.Nevertheless, farm monitoring in the Accessories region has shown that many saffron growers apply a high-density planting s

The use of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism in aging research has been integral E Vitamins to our understanding of genes and pathways involved in this process.Several well-conserved signaling pathways that respond to insulin signaling, diet, and assaults to proteostasis have defined roles in controlling lifespan.New evidence shows that mi

In the city Brushes of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso, Anopheles arabiensis has superseded Anopheles gambiae s.s.as the major malaria vector and the larvae are found in highly polluted habitats normally considered unsuitable for Anopheles mosquitoes.Here we show that An.gambiae s.l.adults emerging from a highly polluted site in the city centre (Dio

Abstract The association between the footwear microclimate and microbial community on the foot plantar skin was investigated by experiments with three participants.Novel methods were developed for measuring in-shoe temperature and humidity at five footwear regions, as well as the overall ventilation rate inside the footwear.Three types of footwear

Neurocysticercosis is an infection of the nervous system caused by Taenia solium.It is the most important human parasitic neurological disease and a common cause of epilepsy in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, representing enormous costs for anticonvulsants, medical resources and lost production.Neurocysticercosis is a human-to-human infection, acq