1. Department of nutrition, .Paramedical faculty, University of Medical Sciences Ahwaz Jundishapour 2. School of Advanced Medical Technologies. Department of Neurosciences Tehran University of Medical Sciences. 3. Medical faculty, Department of physiology, Ahwaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences. 4. Health faculty, Department of statistics, Ahwaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sci...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection prevalent in many areas. The parasitic agent is usually transmitted by Phlebotomous sp. Lip leishmaniasis is a type of cutaneous leishmaniasis, which has rarely been reported. In a retrospective study performed in Ahwaz, center of Khuzestan province, southwest of Iran, 2861 patients were detected during 1986-1996. Seventeen of these patient...

because of the increasing importance of supplying water for the country, water resource management is of paramount importance. predicting precipitation, as one of the most important climatic parameters, is especially important in using water supplies. time series can be used to predict precipitation. time series analysis seems to be a suitable tool for such forecasting. the present work studies...

BACKGROUND Cercarial dermatitis' or swimmer's itch' is an itchy inflammatory response to the penetration of the skin by non-human schistosome parasites. In the hot season, (May to September) in Khuzestan province in the south west of Iran, swimming in canals and agriculture activities in swampy areas are common. This survey was made on people from villages north of Ahwaz city in south west Iran...

the use of wood preservatives is a suitable method to protect wooden products from termites attack. the effect of a glycol borate wood preservative and termiticide (available commercially as bora-care) alone and in combination with furfural were evaluated against m. diversus silvestri (isoptera: termitidae). the major termite pest in khouzestan province, iran in choice and no-choice tests. it w...

The Asian wood-boring beetle Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is an important pest of hardwood trees in its native range, and has serious potential to invade other areas of the world through worldwide commerce in woody plants and wood products. This species already has been intercepted in North America, and is the subject of ongoing eradication efforts in several count...