Aesthetic, Decorative and Structural Aspects of the Golden Chandeliers of Qajar era Kept in Museum of Hazrat Masoumeh (pbuh) Shrine

Chandelier is one of the illumination devices used as hanging from the ceiling.Unlike other illumination devices, which are used merely to illuminate whelen arges spotlight the surrounding environment, chandeliers are rooted in religious beliefs and hence they are usually used in religious places.The present research aimed at studying the golden ch

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The influence of clutch and brood sizes on nesting success of the biscutate swift, Streptoprocne biscutata (Aves: Apodidae)

The nesting success of three colonies of Streptoprocne biscutata (Sclater, 1866), and the influence of clutch and brood size on nesting success of species were studied.Overall, apparent nesting success was 58% and Mayfield nesting success was 53%.Nest survival during incubation (64%) was lower than during the nestling period (83%).During incubation

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You are what you eat: fungal metabolites and host plant affect the susceptibility of diamondback moth to entomopathogenic fungi

Background Beauveria are entomopathogenic fungi of a broad range of arthropod pests.Many strains of Beauveria have been developed and marketed as biopesticides.Beauveria species are well-suited as the active ingredient within biopesticides because of their ease of mass production, ability to kill a wide range of pest species, consistency in differe

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