Abstract The odonates are insects that have a wide range of reproductive, ritualized territorial, and aggressive behaviors.Changes in behavior are the first response of most odonate species to environmental alterations.In this context, the primary objective of the present study was to assess the effects of environmental alterations resulting from s
This paper presents the results of a study on the use of invertible rapid transform (IRT) for the motion estimation in a sequence of images.Motion estimation algorithms based on the analysis of the matrix of states (produced in the IRT calculation) are described.The new method was used experimentally to estimate crowd and traffic motion from the im
Background Limited research currently exists on the relationship between remnant cholesterol (RC) and maternal depression as well as pregnancy stress.Objective To explore the relationship between factors such as RC and maternal depression and pregnancy stress in the second trimester, providing a scientific foundation for clinical identification and
This study aimed to examine bright- and dark-side personality, personal beliefs (religion and politics) and self-evaluation correlates of beliefs in the Militant Extremist Mindset (MEM).In all, 506 young adults completed various self-report measures in addition to the three-dimensional MEM questionnaire.The measures included short measures of the B
The lack of funding, and limited access to it are the basic problems faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).Given the great role and importance of SMEs in every national economy, any progress in solving these problems in terms of creating and finding alternative sources of funding should attract great attention in both professional and