background: stomach cancer has the highest prevalence of gastrointestinal cancer in iran. therefore, the aim of this study was mapping stomach cancer rate in iran using area-to-area poisson kriging.   methods: data of 336 cities in iran was analyzed that was gathered by the ministry of health and medical education (in the non-infectious diseases management center) from 2003 to 2007. area-to-are...

proportionality of wheat cultivars growth patterns to the area’s agro climatic condition will improve crop production. the objective of this study was identifying the phenology of a wide range of wheat varieties in iran, as well as evaluating the relationship between phenology and drought stress tolerance under late season drought stress. in this experiment, 36 wheat genotypes were studied unde...

eight promising lines of bread wheat which had been selected through the preliminary and advanced traits, together with two check cultivar shiroudi and tajan were evaluated for yield, adabtability and response to cereal diseases in an on farm experiment conducted in two sites in moghan. combined analysis of variance on yield and yield components showed significant differences of lines in yield ...

hydatid disease commonly involves liver but in rare cases, it can involve cardiac structures. a 75-yr-old farmer from parsabad-moghan, northwestern iran was presented to the emergency room of tehran imam khomeini hospital, tehran, iran with dyspnea and without chest pain in 2014. a lesion compatible with hydatid cyst was found in echocardiography and confirmed by serology and mri. surgical trea...

recipitation shortage and the consequent loss of several water resources, as well as the population growth, are the most important problems in arid and semi-arid regions like Iran. The providence of basic tools for optimal water resources management is considered as one of the main solutions to this problem. Since the agricultural sector is the main user of water resources, the present study pr...

background: broca’s and wernicke’s areas, which are important language areas of brain, are commonly irradiated in patients with right frontal lobe glioblastomamultiforme (gbm). we aimed to compare two different treatment planning techniques in terms of the doses in the broca’s and wernicke’s areas for the patients with right frontal gbm. materials and methods: two different treatment planning t...

the shortage of fresh water and growing competition for clear water makes less water available for agriculture production. the great chalange for the coming decades will be the task of increasing food  production with less water, particularly in countries  with limited water and land resources. therefore, increasing of irrigation efficienciy and decreasing of water losses are important factores...

The lack of health human resources is a global issue. China also faces the same issue, in addition to the equity of human resources allocation. With the launch of new healthcare reform of China in 2009, have the issues been improved? Relevant data from China Health Statistical Yearbook and a qualitative study show that the unequal allocation of health human resources is getting worse than before.