Abstract Quaternary placer deposits are becoming increasingly important. Remote sensing is a very powerful tool in discriminating altered areas related to intrusion deposits, which has significantly reduced the cost and time of exploration. In this study, to identify iron-bearing alluvial zones within the 1:100000 sheet of Hamedan, satellite image processing techniques such as band ratio (BR),...

The road shipping has become one of the major metal contamination sources that could impact on roadside soils. Therefore, this study was conducted to determination, possible source identification and potential ecological human health risks assessment trace elements (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) in surface soil samples Hamedan, west Iran 2018. In so doing, a total 63 specimens from three main...

OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to detect the prevalence of child abuse in three domains of physical, psychological and neglect among elementary school aged children of Qazvin Province, Iran. METHODS In this descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional study, 1028 elementary school aged children of Qazvin Province selected through multistage cluster sampling were assessed for child abuse in ...

BACKGROUND Nurses are at risk of percutaneous exposure incidents (PEIs), which may lead to serious or even fatal blood-borne infections. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of PEIs in the last year, among nurses and to assess their knowledge about and frequency of safe method of practice in exposure to blood-borne pathogens (especially, to HBV). MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional st...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MS) has been increasing worldwide. Although Uric Acid (UA) Levels are often increased in subjects with MS, it is still unclear whether uric acid plays a causal role for MS or is a marker. The purpose of this was to examine the association between UA and the MS in Qazvin, Iran. METHODS 529 men and 578 women aged 20 - 78 years attended in cross s...

The paper reports on a study in which the power loss, energy loss, and loss factor were measured in an actual distribution network in Iran (Qazvin Power Distribution Company) by using an innovative method of load estimation before evaluating five ways of approaching the problem from the point of view of operating costs. The objective function was to minimize the costs. adjusting the load imbala...