Tectonic processes are major factors controlling landform development in tectonically active areas. In order to evaluate quantitative measurement of tectonic activities in the Alamarvdasht basin in the south of Iran, six different morphological indices including stream-gradient index (SL), drainage basin asymmetry (Af), hypsometric integral (Hi), valley floor width-valley height ratio (Vf), dra...

nurses opinions and practice in mouth care for icu patients under mechanical ventilation     adib hajbagari m [1] *, ansari a [2]     received: 3 apr, 2012 accepted: 25 jun , 2012     abstract:   background and aim: despite evidences on association between ventilator associated pneumonia and inadequate mouth care of mechanically ventilated patients, no studies are available on the performance o...

This study investigated the status of mechanized power and self-propelled rice cultivation machinery in Guilan Province in northern Iran. The raw data was obtained from 2013 statistics of the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Guilan province. Power per unit of area, mechanization level, area per unit of self-propelled machinery, and mechanization requirement were calculated for eastern, wester...

Background Left atrial transit time (LATT) has potential to approximate left ventricular end diastolic pressure noninvasively. Small artifacts are often present in the down-slope portion of the time-intensity curve most likely due to poor SNR resulting from relatively low contrast dosing. While easily circumvented by experienced operator the artifact presents a challenge to automated detection ...