farmers' attitudes play an important role in their towards sustainable agriculture behavior. factors affecting men and women cotton producers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture were investigated in the course of this worke. the research was a survey one using stratified random sampling, conducted in esfahan province. the subjects were selected from 179 cotton producing families (357...

T he inviolable assumption that obesity is simply a thermodynamic problem of calories in/calories out is being dissembled by the science linking environmental toxins to obesity and diabetes. Exposure to environmental toxins in the absence of increased caloric intake induces weight gain and insulin resistance. Stated simply, toxins are an invisible, unappreciated cause of obesity and diabetes. C...

179 Most cells from different organisms release extracellular vesi-cles (EVs) to the extracellular environment. The term EV is a broad one for all types of vesicles found in body fluids and cell culture in accordance with the recommendation of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV). 1 In recent years, Interest in EVs increased because of their function in intercellu-lar com...

The link between urbanicity and the development of psychiatric disorders is well established. Recently, Kristina Sundquist and colleagues (2004) showed once again, with a strong study design, that there is a link between degree of urbanisation and first admission for psychosis. For men, the risk of first admission for psychosis was 68% higher in the most densely populated areas of Sweden than i...

The health impacts of air pollution have received much attention and have recently been subject to extensive study. Exposure to air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) has been linked to lung and cardiovascular disease and increases in both hospital admissions and mortality. However, little attention has been given to the effects of air pollution on the intestine. The recent discovery of...

The ability of an environmental factor or toxicant to promote a phenotype or disease state not only in the individual exposed, but also in subsequent progeny for multiple generations, is termed transgenerational inheritance. The majority of environmental agents do not promote genetic mutations or alterations in DNA sequence, but do have the capacity to alter the epigenome. Although most environ...

this research aims to explain the key criteria of the process of place-identity formation in new urban development. based on the theories, views, and researches that are identified and cited in the framework of the mentioned purpose, eight key criteria are important and considered. these criteria are included “familiarity”, “environmental legibility and distinctiveness”, “satisfaction”, “enviro...