Wheat ground beetle Zabrus tenebrioides (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is an important wheat pest in Iran and some regions of the world. This pest causes damage to wheat by feeding on the root, stalk, and leaves. Farmers try to control this pest by the foliar application of different insecticides, but this method causes damage to the environment. To find an effective method to control this pest, the thiamethoxam insecticide (Cruiser®) efficiency was evaluated using seed treatment in this study. An experiment based on a randomized complete block design with four treatments and four replications was conducted in a field in Ramhormoz city, Khuzestan province (Iran). The treatments were 150 and 200 ml of thiamethoxam plus 2350 ml of water for seed treatment, 2,000 ppm of diazinon by field spraying at the wheat tillering stage, and a control. The results indicated that the average plant density in 150 and 200 ml of thiamethoxam (333.58 and 333.28 plant/m2, respectively) was more than those of diazinon (258.28 plant/m2) and the control (182.12 plant/m2). The average ear density in 150 and 200 ml of thiamethoxam (513.78 and 506.12 plant/m2, respectively) was more than those of diazinon (321.22 plant/m2) and the control (260.86 plant/m2). According to the present results, farmers can use 150 ml of thiamethoxam plus 2350 ml of water for 100 kg of seeds to control this pest by seed treatment.

A new issue raised in our community is the lifestyles of people. In this paper, the issue is applied and studied using library and analysis methods, focusing on the lifestyle of managers (ground-setting for Mahdism) in the field of managing personal lifestyle and governance lifestyle. This is conducted taking advantage of the verses and hadiths in Islam. Elements such as political piety, modesty and humility, being always available to the poor are considered as lifestyle elements that need to be present in such managers. Moreover, commitment to elitism and decision making which is guided by council, tolerance of social dissent, preserving the sense of social unity and national consistency in the words and acts of managers as well as pardoning the citizens misdemeanors are also considered as management lifestyle of such governors.

Most of the hilly regions are situated in high seismic zones of India. Such a threat compels the need to keep a check on the performance of buildings that suffer extensive damages or even collapse during strong ground shaking on account of near-fault pulses. The present research work is related to the construction of an ensemble of fragility curves for buildings lying on 15⁰, 30⁰ and 45⁰ slopes. In order to mitigate the damages caused by near-field earthquakes, base isolation system using lead rubber bearing has been provided at the foundation level. The responses of the buildings are obtained by incremental dynamic analysis and linear regression is performed to obtain the probabilistic seismic demand models to find out the median intensity and the uncertain parameters. All the buildings are analysed for slight, moderate, extensive and collapse damage states for which the corresponding fragility curves are obtained. Base isolator was able to significantly reduce the seismic demand measures by imparting flexibility to the system and therefore can be recommended as an alternative to conventional fixed base type buildings located on sloping terrain experiencing near-fault motions.

The ground setting society is a society where there is a capacity for the rule of The Innocent (infallible Imam) and is prepared for the expansion of his rule. The road to achieving the higher levels of this capacity is through the commitment of the community to perform religious responsibilities with the aim of providing context for the emergence of Imam. When individuals in a society shoulder the responsibility they have towards each other and towards their Imam, and they all do this to raise their capacity of companionship to Imam, this kind of society is the best example of preparation for the presence of Imam. Even if a secular society is ground setting in a sense that it is committed to the human values, which are no different from the religious values, and is thus subconsciously prepared to accept the infallible rule of The Innocent, who in fact aim to revive the human values, is although at the lowest level (at least), but of a prepared community.