the occurrence of dust storms and their sources in the southern and central parts of iran during the period of 2002 to 2009 was investigated. for this purpose, the meteorological and synoptic data, data from the middle and upper atmosphere, and wind flow tracking model were used. dust storms and nddi were traced using satellite imagery from fasa, shiraz, and bushehr stations. analysis of the gr...

Every year, around the arrival of Spring equinox, Iranians in Iran and diaspora will recognize a minstrel named Haji Firuz with his Nowruz jingle. The inclusion during festivities has been questioned challenged for decades; where some point out connections to anti-Blackness, others defend Firuz, arguing that face is only covered soot from fires also associated holiday. This article contextualiz...

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT BY CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON IRANIAN NURSES’ EXPERIENCES Jamileh Farokhzadian, Fariba Borhani, Batool Poorchangizi, Nahid Dehghan Nayeri. Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Nursing Ethics, Medical Ethics and law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti Univ...

INTRODUCTION Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic, serious and sometimes lethal parasitic infection, which is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis (EM). AE has been reported to occur in people from the north of Iran; however, until now there have been no cases of AE reportedfrom the southern provinces, such as Khuzestan. CASE PRESENTATION Herein, we report our experiences with three cas...

The results of a study investigating the response of farmers to adverse weather events are outlined. The aim was to identify adaptive management activities that would increase on-farm resilience. This project focused on beef/sheep farmers, dairy farmers and horticulturalists in Northland. Participants were pragmatic about adverse weather events, particularly storms. Local knowledge, previous ex...

Weather extremes are one important element of ongoing climate change, but their impacts are poorly understood because they are, by definition, rare events. If the frequency and severity of extreme weather events increase, there is an urgent need to understand and predict the ecological consequences of such events. In this study, we aimed to quantify the effects of snow storms on nest survival i...

Natural mineral dust storms (DS) from the Arabo-African region blow over the Mediterranean, reach Israel, and add to the anthropogenic particulate pollution. The effects of mineral dust on air quality in Israel were investigated using only PM10 and PM2.5 automatic measurements. The method does not require any other inputs such as satellite observations, model back-trajectories, dust forecast mo...