Previous studies on type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Islamic Republic of Iran were mainly performed in provinces with large populations. This study determined the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus in an adult population (40-80 years old) from Yazd district. Multistage, systematic cluster random sampling was used in a crosssectional, population-based survey. Demographic, clinical a...

BACKGROUND Respiratory diseases cause a considerable amount of morbidity and mortality in the world. Pulmonary function tests are important measures for the diagnosis and management of respiratory disorders. Workers in tile and ceramic industry are exposed to high amounts of respiratory pollutants. OBJECTIVE To identify the changes in spirometric parameters in a 2-year period among tile and c...

In this project, we aim to estimate the effect of different teaching strategies in a tutoring system on student learning and how that effect varies across different groups of students. More specifically, we want to shed light on whether choosing exercise problems adaptively based on prior student performance is more effective at teaching elementary school students about fractions than non-adapt...

realization of the concept and idea of the formation of citizenship, requiring hospitalization, there is appropriate and that the underlying civil society as it is mentioned. citizenship culture and its key elements have been challenged through out the history of this concept by thinkers and the clear – sighted people who take interest in social problems and believe that civilization and prog...

This paper deals with evaluating the thermal behavior of exterior walls in dwellings of a particular place. Today, there is a huge increase in constructing multi-storey apartment buildings and single-family houses in the city of Yazd, a city with hot dry climate and a rich historical architecture in Iran. Unfortunately, the new methods that are used nowadays to make the envelopes of these dwell...

Rainfall, soil moisture, increasing temperature and changes in vegetation cover are the most important parameters effecting drought. Therefore, analysis of vegetation fraction and soil spectral signature, especially in red and infra red bands, are essential in drought estimation using remote sensing. In this study, Modified Perpendicular Drought Index (MPDI), which uses Vegetation Fraction (VF)...

This research studies the potential impact of climate change on future trend and changes of two well known drought indicators namely RDI and SPI in Yazd meteorological station, in central part of Iran. For this purpose, data of HadCM3 model that were resulted from GCM-runs based on the IPCC-SRES scenarios of A2 and B2 were acquired and analyzed for projection of daily Tmin, Tmax and precipitati...

This paper explores how the Indigenous social protest of “La Minga 2020” became an opportunity for re-appropriating and decolonizing public space La plaza de Bolivar, while fostering collective opposition to ongoing violence affecting communities in Colombia. Through analysis "La 2020”, colonial character use theoretical concepts such as Contact Zones decolonization spaces, article reflects on ...