Equine babesiosis is a hemoprotozoan tickborne disease with worldwide distribution and caused by Theileria equi and Babesia caballi. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of T. equi and B. caballi infection in Turkoman breed horses in North Khorasan Province of Iran. Blood samples were collected from 100 apparently healthy horses and examined by microscopy and indirect immuno...

This case-control study evaluated the factors influencing volunteering in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Women's Health Volunteer (WHV) programme, which is implemented in 150 centres in Khorasan-e-Razavi Province. We recruited 145 cases (volunteers) and 146 controls (non-volunteers) from the centres. Data were collected by questionnaire. Sociodemographic variables included were: length of resid...

in gravity interpretation, inversion algorithms have been used widely over the years, but as the potential follows the gauss theorem, there are many equivalent source distributions that can produce the same known field. so to obtain a unique solution, suitable constraints should be introduced to the algorithm. during the last decades many authors have used several approaches to introduce a prio...

the universal thermal climate index (utci) addresses these shortcomings by using an advanced thermo-physiological model. the aim of this study was to investigate and prepare zoning of thermal comfort condition using utci. meteorological data including temperature, wind speed, cloudiness and relative humidity were obtained on a daily time scale from 10 synoptic stations during (2004-2013) period...

Bu çalışmada, şeker rafine endüstrisinin atık ürünü olan pancarı posasının horasan harcında lif katkısı olarak kullanılabilirliğinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. kapsamda, hidrolik kireç, kum, tuğla kırığı, kiremit tozu ve suyun uygun oran optimizasyonları sağlanarak harcı örnekleri üretilmiş elde edilen harç karışımlarına katkı farklı oranlarda posası ilave edilmiştir. Daha sonra üzerinde taze d...

By considering the problems that commercial saffron companies have faced in international markets, the aim of this study is to investigate the impact of website content, including informational and design dimensions, on the effectiveness of e-marketing and e-trust as mediator variables. These aspects are examined with reference to sales and marketing division managers in a sample of 100 commerc...

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics lost a famous Editorial Board member and the Iranian medical community lost a leader on 27th March 2013, with the death of Prof. Mohsen Ziai, at age 86. Prof. Ziai was highly respected and widely regarded as a giant in pediatrics, not only in Iran, but in the U.S. as well. Numerous textbooks teach pediatrics but no book is written on how to become a noble, dedicate...