Background and Purpose: Airborne fungi are one of the most important agents responsible for triggering allergic reactions such as rhinitis and severe asthma. This study was conducted to analyze and monitor the prevalence and distribution patterns of atmospheric fungal aerosols in the air of Qazvin during winter of 2012. Materials and Methods: In the current descriptive study, the incidence ...

Weights and Heights of 22,349 children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 in Iran are reported. Data are from the 1990-1992 National Health Survey, a random cluster sample survey of 1 in 1000 families in all provinces of Iran. Multilevel models (Goldstein 1995) which take account of the survey design, reveal significant differences between provinces and between urban and rural children. Differences b...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a huge challenge to the world. It has interrupted many aspects of lives, especially education settings. Emergency remote was put into practice ensure continuity while learners are physically out universities, schools and institutes. purpose present study investigate effect learners’ attitude using Adobe Connect on their final course scores in synchronous online teaching...

Two hundred and twenty-five small mammals belonging to 16 species were examined for ticks in Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa, and 18 ixodid tick species, of which two could only be identified to genus level, were recovered. Scrub hares, Lepus saxatilis, and Cape hares, Lepus capensis, harboured the largest number of tick species. In Free State Province Namaqua rock mi...

Correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed to: Dr. C. John Clements 89 Wimborne Drive Melbourne, VIC 3930 Australia Email: [email protected] While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent ambitious targets for reducing poverty by 2015, measuring whether the goals have been reached is problematic, particularly for the most populous developing countries. The provinces/ states...

Correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed to: Dr. C. John Clements 89 Wimborne Drive Melbourne, VIC 3930 Australia Email: [email protected] While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent ambitious targets for reducing poverty by 2015, measuring whether the goals have been reached is problematic, particularly for the most populous developing countries. The provinces/ states...

the main objective of present paper was to study the validity of agricultural extension indices for ranking iranian provinces in terms of extension and education activities. the study was carried out in two phases. in phase one through review of literature, 137 extension-education indices were identified. the indices were classified in seven fields as following: 1) indices of extension workers,...

T he purpose of this paper is the evaluation of suitability ofspatial error STAR model for modeling convergence of social welfare of Iran's provinces between 2000 and 2013. In this paper the LM tests show that the non-linear method is appropriate for convergence evaluation. In addition, the results indicate that 2 groups of provinces are separable: group 1 in which the social welfare...

INTRODUCTION Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) is a growing clinical concern worldwide. The main aims of this study were to detect qnr-encoding genes and to evaluate the clonal relatedness of qnr-positive Enterobacter cloacae isolates. METHODS A total of 116 E. cloacae isolates that were not susceptible to quinolone were obtained from seven hospitals in Tehran, five hospitals in Qa...