Rainfall is a spatiotemporally varied process and key to accurately capturing catchment runoff determining flood response. Flash response of can be strongly governed by rainfall’s spatiotemporal variability influenced storm movement which drives continuous change throughout rainfall event. In this work, the sensitivity flooded areas are assessed in Kan (Iran). The allochthonous nature floods ho...

Dust storm occurs frequently in arid and semi-arid areas of the world. This natural phenomenon, which is the result of stormy winds, raises a lot of dust from desert surfaces and decreases visibility to less than 1 km. In recent years the temporal frequency of occurrences and their spatial extents has been dramatically increased. West of Iran, especially in spring and summer, suffers from signi...

Protected areas are a mainstay of biodiversity conservation. All over the world, plant is at risk and every year number threatened species increases dramatically. Many these endemic. Sorkhabad Area situated in Zanjan Province, NW Iran, located Irano-Anatolian global hotspot. The aim this study to investigate endemic vascular species, classify local rarity identify hotspots them area. 81 belongi...

Background: The motivational reasons for choosing dental specialties are highly variable among students. A deep understanding of these motives can greatly help in strategic planning this respect. Objectives: Thus, study aimed to explore the Methods: This qualitative evaluated viewpoints 17 students at School Dentistry, Kermanshah University Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran who were selected v...

In the first half of twentieth century, racial inequality in rate death from infectious disease was immense. every year 1906 to 1920, Black Americans cities died diseases at a higher than that urban White during 1918 influenza pandemic. We decompose mortality into three broad causes determine which were most influential. Our results suggest primarily driven by TB and flu--the two major respirat...

T ourism is one of the most invaluable industries in the world, attracting millions of foreign tourists every year. In terms of historical and cultural attractions, Iran is among top 10 countries, however, it has a small share of foreign tourist's arrival. Iran's tourism boom depends on providing the suitable conditions for the arrival of tourists, included service elements (i.e. hot...

BACKGROUND Dust storm is one of the most important natural sources of air pollution in the Middle East that has caused a major concern in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the respiratory tract function of people living in Ilam city (Iran) during dust storm. METHODS A sample size of 250 people was selected and the cluster sampling was randomly used from 13 health centers in ...