background: iran is a country located on the thalassemic belt of the globe. investigating such issues is of a greater significance in southern provinces of the country where the high prevalence of thalassemia has imposed high costs and mental pressure on families and the healthcare system. methods: in this cross-sectional study conducted in 2011 as a census, the data related to patients or dise...

The tissue culture laboratory provides the oil palm industry with innovations for the production of improved planting materials and information on the molecular biology of tissue culture processes. Research has shown that factors such as temperature, humidity, liquid, phase and gas compositions, are critical in producing quality clonal materials using tissue culture process. Therefore, it is ne...

in this study, the artificial neural networks (anns) and regression models were used to downscale the simulated outputs of the general circulation models (gcms). the simulated precipitation for 25.18 º n to 34.51 º n and 45 º e to 60 º e, geopotential height at 850 mb and zonal wind at 200 mb for 12.56° n to 43.25° n and 19.68° e to 61.87° e data sets as the predictors were extracted from echam...

1. introduction climate is a large system which is produced due to the relation and action between other large systems. if a change occurs in one of these systems, other systems will coordinate themselves with the change fast or slowly. the consequences of this coordination will impress the system that is starter of this change and an endless continuum of the links connects these systems togeth...

 In a complementary field study, the concentrations of some metals (Cu, Ag, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, As, Cd, Cr, Mg and Ba) were measured in clam Solen dactylus, sediments and water collected at two stations (Park-e-Qadir, 56° 20/ E, 27° 11/ and Nakhl-e-Nakhoda, 56° 23/ E, 27° 10/ N) of Bandar Abbas coastal waters of the Persian Gulf in November 2008 and February 2009 showing different contamina...

Pertumbuhan bandar dan pembandaran adalah trend biasa berlaku di seluruh dunia yang menyebabkan pertambahan populasi penduduk berlakunya perubahan guna tanah terutamanya dari permukaan telap air kepada zon tepu bina. Zon bina semakin membesar penyerakan kawasan ke pinggir luar dipanggil rebakan bandar. Rebakan telah mengubah ciri-ciri asas seperti kediaman, sosioekonomi, pekerjaan, sosiobudaya ...

The presence of heavy metals such as lead in drinking water resources can be dangerous for human because of toxicity and biological accumulation. The consumption of water or food which contains lead in high concentration can lead to prevent from Hemoglobin Synthesis (Anemia) and Kidney diseases. In this present study, the researcher collected 432 samples of bottled water in the popular marks in...