coastal zone of sri lanka is a key to sustainable development of the country. the erosion of country’s coastal zone has been identified as a long standing problem. therefore, coastal sediment dynamics around the country has to be identified to develop an appropriate coastal zone management plan. remote sensing and gis techniques can be used for quantitative and qualitative analyses of coastal p...

β-thalassemia is one of the most common hereditary disorders in Iran, there being an estimated two million carriers and an extensive spectrum of mutations.1-3 While peripheral diagnostic laboratories cover the most common β−globin gene mutations known to occur within their respective area, samples remaining untyped are referred to our national reference laboratory for further analysis. Between ...

Department of Industrial Engineering, Khajeh Nasir Toosi University, Tehran, Iran b Louvain School of Management, Center of Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Universite Catholique de Louvain, 34 Voie du Roman Pays, B-1348 Louvain-le-Neuve, Belgium Management Department, Lindback Distinguished Chair of Information Systems, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA Department of...

In this paper, by using combination of molecular and chromosomal markers, populations of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) karindus (Riley, 1921) from north-west and central Iran are analyzed. It has been found that taxon usually identified as Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) karindus is represented in Iran by two geographically separated groups of individuals, strongly differentiated by their karyotypes and ...

The representation and progression of women in leadership roles is a global issue, but research insights on the enactment by stem from predominantly Western perspective. As inherently context-dependent, we focus specific ‘place’ provide more situated contextual understanding challenges Iran face entering enacting roles. This study contributes to place considering dynamics as occurring at multip...

BACKGROUND Although in the last few years there has been an increasing attention to the problem of landmines, to date, the implications of women being victims of landmine has not been duly dealt with in the world including Iran, which is estimated to be the second most landmine infested country in the world. Still, provinces by the west border of Iran, 18 years after cessation of Iraq-Iran war ...

Hereditary hemochromatosis is a common cause of chronic liver disease in western countries. No report of this disease has appeared from Iran and the few studies which have focused on chronic liver disease have failed to identify a single case of hemochromatosis. In this report, we present the first case of hereditary hemochromatosis during our 25 years of gastroenterology practice in Iran.