iran was located in the arid belt and desert region of the world. this climatic situation was presented in several parts of iran such as qazvin. evapotranspiration is one the most important parameter which was effect on agricultural development. there are different methods for estimating this item which selected by climatic conditions. this research concentrates to evaluate 28 empirical and com...

background lack of independence and unwanted dependence on others for activities of daily living (adl) and decreased functional capacity affect nutritional status of the elderly. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the impact of functional capacity on malnutrition status in hospitalized elderly patients in the qazvin city of iran. patients and methods this cross sectional study wa...

Background: Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in industrial ice cream was analyzed by immunoaffinity column (IAC) clean-up followed high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a fluorescence detector (FLD) as highly-sensitive method to confirm and quantify AFM1 the samples. Methods: A total of 150 samples were randomly collected from supermarkets seven Iranian cities (Tehran, Tabriz, Karaj, Urmia, San...

expansion of urban area is a well-known phenomenon in developing countries with population growth and the migration from villages to cities being two major factors. those factors reduce the influence of efforts to limit the cities boundaries. thus, spatial planners always look for the models that simulate the expansion of urban land-uses, and enable them to prevent unbalanced expansions of citi...

tepe sagzabad, a site situated on the qazvin plain of north-central iran, was excavated from 1970 to 1998 by the institute ofarchaeology of tehran university. recent excavations by h. tala’i (1997-1999) yielded some metal artifacts dating to theearly iron age. ten of these copper-based samples were investigated using inductively coupled plasma optical emissionspectroscopy (icp-oes), scanning el...

objective: today, addressing the issue of sustainability especially in agriculture has received more attention. sustainability in the systems of canola cultivation depends on many factors like ecological, social and economic dimensions and understanding these factors can result in formulation of policies and strategies for sustainable agricultural development. methods: 8961 canola farmers of qa...

one of the important issues for the majority of the planners is the optimized concentration and distribution of service centers. the well-balanced distribution of these centers and services need appropriate site selection so that all walks of life have easy access to these services. from among service centers, site selection for higher education centers is important in terms of their importance...

background: satureja sahandica is a perennial plant of the family lamiaceae and an aromatic plant of iran flora with its essential oil components used in culinary, medicinal, and perfume industries. objective: to identify components of s. sahandica planted in qazvin condition. methods: aerial parts of s. sahandica were collected from a research farm (qazvin agriculture and natural resources res...