this paper examines the utility of the air pollution model (tapm) in simulating meteorology and dispersion of pm10 and wind data in order to assess the impacts of wind variability function on urban heat island for the day of 25, november, 2012 in karaj city that experienced severe degradation in air quality. drawing, skew-t diagrams, maps of surface pressure (500hp), omega (850hp) and atmospher...

1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Imam Hassan Mojtaba Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran 2. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Network (PIDNet), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran 4. Department of Immunology...

A greenhouse experiment was conducted in 2013 in Research Lab of Karaj Islamic Azad University to determine the yield and activity of chemical markers as the response to different concentrations of Cadmium (Cd) (0, 5, 10 and 20 mg of Cd/kg of soil) in wheat cultivars (Karaj 1 and Karaj 2). Treatments were tested in a factorial experiment with four replications in 7.5 kg plastic pots. The respon...

iran has mountainous landscapes and half of its surface is occupied by highlands. moreover, iran is an arid country and deserts are located at lower altitudes. most metropolitan areas are positioned in mid-altitudes between mountain and desert. cities grow upwardly toward the highlands under pressures of urbanization and desertification. foothill ecotones are a zone between upland mountains and...

the effect of foot reflexology on the outcomes of labor on primiparous moghimi hanjani s[1]*, mehdizadeh torzani z[2], shoghi m[3], ahmadi g[4] received: 20 may, 2012 accepted: 23aug, 2012 abstractbackground & aims: fear of labor pain is one of the problems that raises the rate of caesarean section in our country. midwifes can use one of the non-pharmacological pain relief methods such as refle...

assessing effects of asthma on patients’ functional status and life     m arash [1] , msc m shogi [2] , msc m tajvidi [3] , msc    received: 23 april, 2010 accepted: 3 may, 2010    abstract:   background & aims : asthma is an inflammatory disease in respiratory system with ill effects on psychological, social and economic status. this study was conducted to assess of effects of asthma disease o...

in today’s world the concept of “city” without effective landscape is out of imagination. being focal points for human life and activities, cities have to consider the structure and functions which are influenced by natural systems. in this regard, landscapes are inevitable parts of cities with an essential metabolic role. unlike most countries which don’t have to deal with water shortage as a ...