Microbiological water quality monitoring in Niassa province, Northern Mozambique, shows groundwater is not, in general, grossly contaminated though contamination levels are strongly linked to season and to risks observable at the wellhead, especially risks dealing with wellhead hygiene and maintenance. Diarrhea incidence, in general, is greatest in the rainy season suggesting poor wellhead prot...

BACKGROUND Contextual factors impact health the same way social and cultural conditions do. Women's health, with its varying dimensions, is also under the influence of biological, societal, and cultural contexts. This typical condition has been developed along the continuum of their life cycle, bearing close correlation with their lif style. Therefore, identifying those marices within which wom...

Dear Editor, Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and usually affects young women. It is the second most common cause of neurological disability in young adults after trauma. 1,2 Previously, Iran was considered a low prevalence area, but recent investigations have shown that the prevalence of MS in Iran has increased significantly. 3 This incr...

Iranshahr Basin is located in the Sistan and Baluchistan province, subject to severe drought excessive groundwater utilization. Over-reliance on resources this area has led aquifer drawdowns socio-economic problems. The present study aimed identify appropriate sites for Artificial Recharge Groundwater (ARG) a single platform by applying GIS fuzzy logic spatial modeling. Three stages were perfor...

1Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran 2Analytical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran 3English Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran 4Department of Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ...

this study investigated the efficiency of wheat farms in sistan province. the data consisted of 50 samples from crop producers in the sistan region. using the simple sampling method, the data was collected by completing the questionnaires. to evaluate the farm efficiencies, the two approaches of the “data envelopment analysis” and the “optimization model including parameters to control for the ...

the wind as one of the manifestations of renewable energies is very important for tabernacle instead of fossil fuels. the sistan and baluchestan province, according to its topography and position is one of the best places to build wind power plant. in this research, for potential evaluating of the wind power plants construction were considered different criteria and sub-criteria in the province...