Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the major determinants of neonatal survival as well as postnatal morbidity. Objective: The main objective of the present study was to determine neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in LBW infants in Yazd, Iran. Materials and Methods: In a prospective-cohort study, all births in the maternity hospitals of Yazd, Iran in 2004 were evaluated and mortality rate ...

Knowledge regarding the origin and maintenance of hybrid zones is critical for understanding the evolutionary outcomes of natural hybridization. To evaluate the contribution of historical contact vs. long-distance gene flow in the formation of a broad hybrid zone in central and northern Georgia that involves Aesculus pavia, A. sylvatica, and A. flava, three cpDNA regions (matK, trnD-trnT, and t...

This paper deals with the structural behaviour and strengthening of adobe vaults representative from historical buildings city Yazd, Iran. Eight destructive tests were performed on 1:3 scaled vault models by loading them at 30% span in loading–unloading cycles increasing vertical displacement. The tested considering both unstrengthened strengthened conditions, where consisted an externally bond...

Despite good evidence of present-day convergence of the Juan de Fuca and North American plates, there has been remarkably little historical seismic activity along the shallow part of the Juan de Fuca subduction zone. Although we cannot completely rule out the possibility that the plate motion is being accommodated by aseismic creep, we find that the Juan de Fuca subduction zone shares many feat...

this research studies the potential impact of climate change on future trend and changes of two well known drought indicators namely rdi and spi in yazd meteorological station, in central part of iran. for this purpose, data of hadcm3 model that were resulted from gcm-runs based on the ipcc-sres scenarios of a2 and b2 were acquired and analyzed for projection of daily tmin, tmax and precipitati...

Despite good evidence of present-day convergence of the Juan de Fuca and North American plates, there has been remarkably little historical seismic activity along the shallow part of the Juan de Fuca subduction zone. Although we cannot completely rule out the possibility that the plate motion is being accommodated by aseismic creep, we find that the Juan de Fuca subduction zone shares many feat...