Abstract. Appropriate spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities is an important component of the efficient delivery healthcare. This study aims measure in Isfahan Metropolitan Area, a rapidly growing megacity Iran. We used two methods population-weighted fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) urban facilities, including hospitals, pharmacies, clinics,...

Study on landscape spatial pattern in the center of Chengdu City is based on the Landsat-8 image by using 3S technique and spatial pattern analysis software Fragstats 3.3. The results showed that there covered an area of 193.92 km2 in the center of Chengdu City. 55.24% of the total area was made up of buildings, covering an area of 107.12 km2, and the overall landscape of impervious ground-base...

The aim of present study was to assess the frequency of violence against married women and its related factors in health centers affiliated to Isfahan University of medical sciences.This is a cross-sectional study was conducted on married women who were attending in health centers in Isfahan city, Iran. Woman Abuse scale was used to illicit information regard to violence and a structured questi...

Urban growth and its associated expansion of built-up areas are expected to continue through to the twenty second century and at a faster pace in developing countries. This has the potential to increase thermal discomfort and heat-related distress. There is thus a need to monitor growth patterns, especially in resource constrained countries such as Africa, where few studies have so far been con...

Russia is the largest country in the world, with a land area of 16,377,742 km2. It has 11 time zones. The land area of Russia is almost four times the combined land area of the whole of the European Union at 4,479,968 km2 [2]. We can understand that choosing one data point, i.e. the NIC for each country, eases spatiotemporal analysis. However, we are sceptical that looking at influenza activity...

1Department of Microbiology; 2Department of Environmental Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to A. Tavakoli: [email protected]). Received: 05/10/03; accepted: 22/03/04 ABSTRACT To investigate the inactivation of potential pathogens, we evaluated survival rates for Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Aeromonas hydrophila and Sa...

BACKGROUND The majority of severe and fatal burn injuries result from residential fires. We studied the effectiveness of a smoke-alarm-giveaway program in the prevention of burn injuries in an area with a high rate of such injuries. METHODS We collected data on burn injuries in Oklahoma City from September 1987 through April 1990. The target area for the intervention was an area of 24 square ...

Urban lakes play an important role in urban development and environmental protection for the Wuhan urban agglomeration. Under the impacts of urbanization and climate change, understanding urban lake-water extent dynamics is significant. However, few studies on the lake-water extent changes for the Wuhan urban agglomeration exist. This research employed 1375 seasonally continuous Landsat TM/ETM+...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of hypothyroidism in Iran is unknown. The aims of the present study were to estimate the prevalence of overt and subclinical hypothyroidism among the adult population of Isfahan, a large metropolitan city in Iran, 15 years after universal salt iodization. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January 2006 through April 2006. The selection was conducted ...

OBJECTIVE Pregnancy is accompanied by profound alterations in thyroid economy and relative iodine deficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate urinary iodine excretion of pregnant women in cities with adequate and more than adequate iodine intake. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed on schoolchildren and pregnant women in four cities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Urinary iod...