the aim of this survey was to evaluate the frequency of pregnant ewes slaughtered in khorram abadabattoir and estimation of their gestational age. over a period of five months in fall and winter, a totalnumber of 3046 uterine tracts were collected. pregnancy was detected in 56.50% of ewes, 52.36% and 4.13% of which carried singleton and twins, respectively. the highest frequency of pregnancy wa...

background: pediculosis capitis is a continuous common health problem worldwide. pediculus capitis distributes quickly in overcrowded regions. the goal of the present research was to determine some epidemiological features of head lice infestation in khorram-shahr county, southwestern iran.   methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on the patients with head lice infestatio...

scale insect specimens collected on hordeum sp. (poaceae), dated 24. v. 2003 in khorram abad, lorestan province were identified as exaeretopus tritici williams. this species, which the genus and species is newly recorded from iran, is related to e. harpazi ben-dov, differing mainly in the number of the stigmatic setae and extension of paraopercular pores.

The following four species Physcomitrium pyriforme (Funariaceae), Bryum alpinum, Pohlia elongata (Bryaceae) and Fabronia pusilla (Fabroniaceae), are reported for the first time from Iran. The specimens were collected from Makhmal-kuh mountain (situated in north of Khorram-abad, Lorestan province). The voucher specimens are preserved in the Az-Zahra University herbarium, Tehran, Iran.   

Metformin in therapy naı¨ve patients with polycystic ovary syndrome Sir, We have read with great interest the paper by Moll et al. (2007) recently published on Human Reproduction Update. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the efficacy of metformin administration in the total spectrum of treatment possibilities for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients in terms of fertility impr...

Today, there are varieties of methods for determining the risk flooding in different areas a catchment. However, use GIS-based weighting is receiving increasing attention among researchers. In early 2019, severe and continuous floods occurred some provinces Iran. Khorramabad was one cities most affected by floods. Regrettably, during construction development city, minimum distance from roads vi...