the “kuh-e-gorm” non-hunting area is located in the northwest of jahrom city, fars province, iran. since there is no adequate knowledge on fauna of this region, a survey was conducted on the vertebrate fauna of the region from april 2007 to april 2008. in total, 124 vertebrate species were identified including: 11 fishes (belong to 10 genera, four families and three orders), four amphibians (be...

planning of cities in order to respond to considerable needs of urban population, is one of the most important concerns of urban managers and authorities. urban development plans which have been provided to respond to these issues, have different objectives and characteristics. hence different plans are developed to plan and organize cities. most of these plans are being prepared without consid...

objective: to assess and compare the nutritional status of children aged 5-14 years in arsenic exposed and non- exposed areas. materials and methods: it was a cross sectional study conducted on 600 children of age 5-14 years from arsenic exposed and non-exposed areas in bangladesh. designed questionnaire and check list were used for collection of data. to estimate bmi necessary anthropometric m...

To develop a method for quantifying risks of death and dementia in relation to vascular risk factors the Gothenburg H-70 1901-02 birth cohort was studied (n=380, was followed over 20 years, with 103 incident dementia cases). Separate vascular risk factor indices were calculated using 23 vascular risk factors to predict: (i) dementia-free-survival, and (ii) incident dementia derived from post ho...

The variegated scallop (Chlamys varia L.) is an important economic resource in the aquaculture sector in Spain. The aim of the present study was to determine the oxidative status of C. varia, exposed to anthropogenic activities in waters of the Mallorca Island (Western Mediterranean). Specimens were collected from two locations attending to a different degree of human impact. The first station ...

SUMMARY Different degrees of neurological and psychological problems are observed in endemic goiter inhabitants. To determine the effect of iodine deficiency on IQ, we checked the IQ and size of the thyroid of 194 students of an endemic goiter area and compared with that of 224 students of a non-endemic goiter area in Kohkiloyeh & Boyer Ahmad province. The average IQ of students in endemic goi...