Background and Objective: Maternal physical activity during pregnancy has been associated with promoting the skills of offsprings and their development; however, many mothers reduce their activity during this period. Due to lack of sufficient studies in this field, the aim of this study was to determine the effects of physical activity during pregnancy on social development among offsprings...

Introduction: The occurrence of dust storms in deserts or arid regions increases the suspended dust particles to more than the allowed threshold, and this has negative effects on atmospheric conditions, human health and agricultural production. Positioning of Iran in the world arid and semi-arid belt is exposed to various types of dust storm systems. Occurrence of severe dust storms in most par...

Introduction As a natural phenomenon that characterizes the climate system, drought exerts devastating effects on agricultural products, including reducing cultivation levels, decreasing crop yield, and changing cropping patterns, thus threatening the food security of humans and other creatures. Moreover, it brings about some social and environmental consequences such as threatening human heal...

Introduction & Objective: Depression is a common mental illness that causes mental, occupational, and physical dysfunction. Most empirical studies on the causes of depression adopt a predisposition-depression model in which vulnerable individuals become depressed when external stressors outweigh the individual's personal resources to overcome the illness. In addition to examining genetic predis...