background and objectives:regarding the important role and position of journals in presentation of the most up-to-date scholarly information, the scientific and meticulous evaluation of such sources is very essential. te present research was carried out to determine the citation status in the articles of the journal of qom university of medical sciences. methods:this research, as a descriptive-...

This paper reports a practical application of digitally enhanced Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data coupled with principal component analysis (PCA) and spectral angle mapping (SAM) techniques to assess changes in vegetation and land condition within the U.S. Army installation at Fort Bliss, Texas. Fort Bliss is located in a semi-arid desert environment wh...

Background: There is a paucity of information about the oral pathology related articles published in a pathology journal. This study aimed to audit the oral pathology related articles published in Iranian Journal of Pathology (Iran J Pathol)from 2006 to 2015. Methods: Bibliometric analysis of issues of Iran J Pathol from 2006 to 2015 was perf...

We investigated the importance of energy-conserving strategies for free-ranging Planigale gilesi in arid Australia. We monitored torpor use and basking behaviour using internal temperature-sensitive transmitters. Torpor was used every day; the maximum torpor bout duration was 18.2 h and the minimum body temperature was 10.5 C. Basking behaviour was observed during rewarming from torpor as well ...

at the beginning of twenty-first century, the water crisis in the priority policy andmanagement is inside and outside of the country as principle thoroughly human, social,economic and political rulers of the country is considered abundant. the world bank hasannounced that during 1960 and 2025, water resources in middle east, from 3430 m3 for theeach person in year reach to 667 m3 because of pop...

MY pleasant duty is to welcome the new students to their first term in hospital and to wish them every success at this exciting time in their career. They have one great advantage that I and others of my vintage did not have, and that is an excellent medical library close to the wards. This gives them unrivalled opportunity to examine patients and then to compare their observations with what th...

Evidence-based medicine calls for the integration of our clinical expertise and our patients' values with the best available external evidence (1). To accomplish this, we must translate our information needs into answerable questions and then seek the best information with which to answer them (2). Critics of evidencebased medicine have appropriately suggested that its practice may require time...

After an overview of theworldwidemathematical journals ecosystem, we summarise some of the hopes and fears raised by the digital environment. We then review the underlying principles and main features of some of the projects launched by Cellule MathDoc that aim at settling robust foundations and giving wider access to academic mathematical research journals. In turn, they could prefigure some b...