scince 1990 research on clover has been commenced in karaj and other field stations of seed and plant improvement institute, iran. one of the achievements of this initiative is selection, improvement and release of alborz 1 crimson clover cultivar. new crimson clover cultivar, alborz 1 was primarily selected from clover germplasm received from food and agriculture organization (fao), the united...

The present research was carried out in order to investigate the relationship between meaning in life and hope with depression, anxiety and stress in Afghan Refugees in Alborz province in Iran. In this research, method of study is a descriptive correlation type. One hundred and fifty-eight Afghan refugees (64 male, 94 female) participated in this study. All participants completed the Meaning in...

Iran is known as the most complex and varied country in southwest Asia, in terms of geography, vegetation, climate and consequently biological diversity. The rather high number of recorded endemic species of Fulgoromorpha in Iran indicates a high potential for speciation in some areas. In this study, in order to identify the endemic zones for Fulgoromorpha of Iran, three main biogeographic regi...

Stemphylium as a monophyletic genus of filamentous ascomycetes, comprises both of saprophytic and plant pathogenic species with worldwide distribution. In an investigation of fungi associated with the black (sooty) head mold of wheat and barley in different regions of Golestan, Alborz and Qazvin provinces, thirty–two isolates with typical characteristics of the genus Stemphylium were recovered....

The main objective of this study was to determine the effects of vermicompost and amino acids on the qualitative and quantitative yield of chamomile. The experiment was conducted during the growing season of 2010 at the Alborz Medical Research Center. The Treatment groups consisted of vermicompost (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 tons/ha) and the sprays of amino acids (budding stag, flowering stage, and bu...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Reza Gharib, Professor of Pediatrics at the Shiraz School of Medicine. Dr. Gharib passed away on March 8, 2017 in the United States, due to a massive pulmonary embolism. His untimely death is a great loss, not only for his family but also for the Iranian medical community, particularly his former students, medical residents and colleagu...

This study was carried out to detect the presence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in 30 UHT flavored milk samples in Karaj, Alborz province, Iran. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was applied to analyze AFM1 in the samples. The results showed that aflatoxin M1 was detected in all the UHT flavored milk samples, the AFM1 concentration ranged from 0.015 to 0.14 µg/L. Also, 10 samples (33.3%) w...

In September 2007 national standard manual was finalized and officially announced as the minimal quality requirements for all medical laboratories in the country. Apart from auditing laboratories, Reference Health Laboratory has performed benchmarking auditing of medical laboratory network (surveys) in provinces. 12(th) benchmarks performed in Tehran and Alborz provinces, Iran in 2010 in three ...

Corrigendum: Propagation phasor approach for holographic image reconstruction Wei Luo, Yibo Zhang, Zoltán Göröcs, Alborz Feizi & Aydogan Ozcan Scientific Reports 6:22738; doi: 10.1038/srep22738; published online 11 March 2016; updated 19 October 2016 Here we correct and clarify some of the mathematical expressions in this Article. These do not affect the conclusions and the reported results of ...

To reach the desirable ecosystem management, determining the animal dietselection, which is one of the components of rangeland ecosystem, is important. Therefore, inorder to determine the grazing behavior and diet selection of sheep and goat, the uplandrangeland of northern part of Alborz was selected. In this study, the first weeks of July andAugust of 2009 were chosen for the grazing period o...