Trans-ionospheric signals such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) propagating through irregular ionospheric plasma structures may experience phase variation and amplitude fades causing degradation in system performance. This paper investigates latitudinal structure of equatorial F-region irregularities (EFI) African region at different seasons using a GPS-based proxy index (rate change TEC ...

In the recent years we are witness of the permanent change in the climate. There a lot of regions victim of rainfalls and fires caused undesired landslides, defoliation and destruction of the landscapes. These phenomena pertain to climatologically destructive factors which have different manifestation during the seasons. Along with the progress of space technology, and the maturity of remote se...

1 Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Traditional Medicine and Material Medical Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Traditional Medicine Department, Faculty of Traditional Medicine of Tehran University of Medi...

Raw milk is a valuable food which its quality is important regarding both milk consumption itself and manufacturing of other dairy products. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different seasons on the variations of raw milk composition. To do so different samples of raw milk were taken during summer and winter from Qazvin province and their physicochemical properties includi...

The reference to ethnicity in the 2012 National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England (1) is mainly with regard to promoting mental health in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups. However, there is little detailed information about any specific strategy to reduce suicide rates in BME groups. The Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan for Northern Ireland has only one brief reference re...