Fresh Water Rivers are one of the most important aquatic ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran in point of biodiversity and drinking water views. Damghanroud River is one of these rivers at Semnan province that during past years has been threatened by drought and anthropogenic pollutions. This river supplies some parts of drinking water of Damghan city and some vicinity villages. The...

In order to study the contamination of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin production in pistachio cultivars in the Semnan province, eight cultivars of pistachio were collected from major pistachio growing areas. Using the serial dilution method, ground pistachio kernels were inoculated on plates containing AFPA medium and incubated at 28° C. This experiment was performed using three replications ...

Background: Diabetes mellitus, if is not well taken care and treated, may exacerbate complications such as ulcers, infections, amputations. Accordingly, preventive measures timely treatment are of paramount importance. Objectives: This study sought to collect profound experiences about diabetic ulcer management with an emphasis on community-based care. Methods: The was carried out using the qua...

A Multidimensional Approach to Measuring Poverty and the Assessment of Educational Poverty in Iran1   E. Aboonoori, Ph.D. * A.A. Saalem, Ph.D. ** J. Arab Yaarmohammadi ***   A multidimensional approach to measuring poverty facilitates the assessment of educational poverty as one of its several dimensions. Utilizing this approach, the overall poverty in Iran in the years of 2005 ...

conclusions it can be concluded that schizophrenia can have an effect on the quality of life. some items such as family care, early and on time treatment play an important role in increasing the quality of life. results the participants in this study gained the highest quality of life in the domain of physical, environmental and psychological health and social relationships. there was no signif...

Chronic kidney disease has been a health problem in the past, however, today has become a global health threat. The number of chronic renal failure patients is increasing and more than one million people in the end-stage of chronic renal failure are dying annually (1). These patients experience various problems and creating a change in their life is very useful. Fatigue is a common problem in d...

Abstract Hydrocarbon exploration has long been based on such costly and time-intensive methods as geophysical surveys, geological studies, drilling. In recent years, however, researchers have started to consider inexpensive alternatives surface geochemistry for hydrocarbon exploration. Some 100 years ago, the leakage of hydrocarbons onto in form micro- macro-seepages motivated toward drilling a...