Plants are the most common bioindicatorsused in air quality biomonitoring studies because they are immobile and they have more sensitive to the most prevalent air pollutants than humans and animals. To identify the concentrations and sources of heavy metals in ornamental plants of Isfahan landscape, samples of leaves and soil around Pinuseldarica and Nerium oleander were collected at different ...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment (VI) in Yazd, central Iran. METHODS This population-based, cross-sectional study was performed on adults aged 40-80 years, residing in Yazd district, in 2010-2011. Eligible subjects were selected using cluster random sampling. Each participant underwent an interview and complete ophthalmologic examination. Blind...

1. Department of Nutrition, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Nutrition, School of health, Isfahan Univ...

Department of Management, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran; Business Systems and Analytics Department, Lindback Distinguished Chair of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Business Information Systems Department, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany; Departamento de Economía Aplicada I...

Sensitivity Analysis of Combat Desertification Strategies in Fuzzy Environment Yazd-Khezrabad Sub-Catchment (Saduq County)

Abdolrazagh Hashemi-Shahraki, Parvin Heidarieh, Samira Azarpira, Hasan Shojaei, Mohammad Hashemzadeh and Enrico Tortoli Author affiliation: Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran (A. Hashemi-Shahraki, S. Azarpira, M. Hashemzadeh); Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran (P. Heidarieh); Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (H. Shojaei); and San Raffaele Scientific In...

BACKGROUND Social changes due to urbanism, acculturation, and fading of values have led to some challenges in family relationships, including domestic elder abuse. This study was conducted to determine elder abuse status in Yazd, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 elderly people over 60 years in Yazd in 2014-2015. Clustered random sampling was used to recruit the pa...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tinea capitis and tinea unguium are regarded as global public health concerns. The purpose of the present study was to identify the etiological agents of tinea capitis and tinea unguium in patients, referring to the Central Laboratory of Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted during 2014-2015. Skin scraping, scalp...

This paper focuses on the exposure and fragility/vulnerability of residential, mixed residential/commercial, public building stock city Isfahan, in Central Iran, constitutes first part a seismic risk assessment study for that city. To determine assets at risk, we summarize details population from available georeferenced 2011 Census data. From this dataset local survey city, categorize taxonomy ...

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Corresponding author: Mohammad Taghi Goodarzi, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, ...