The main portion of water demands of arid regions like Kashan Plain, Iran supply by groundwater wells. This research was conducted to assess the groundwater quality as well as modelling and mapping groundwater quality in the study area using geosatistics and deterministic techniques. Five water quality parameters, including Electrical Conductivity, Sodium Adsorption Ratio, Total Hardness, ...

This study was conducted to clarify the size of the home range and movement distance of juvenile black-faced spoonbills from post-fledging until fall migration using a Global Positioning System (GPS)-wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA)-based telemetry system along the west coast of South Korea. The home range of juvenile black-faced spoonbills (n = 3) was 45.2 km in size and the core...

Introduction: The polar layered deposits of Mars represent potentially important volatile reservoirs and tracers for the planet’s geologically recent climate history. Unlike the north polar cap, the uppermost surface of the bright residual south polar deposit (Fig. 1) is probably composed of carbon dioxide ice [e.g., 1]. It is unknown whether this ice extends through the entire thickness of the...

Changes in serum, liver, and brain high and low molecular weight alkaline phosphatase following manganese toxicity in rats S. M. Mirhashemi a; A. A. Moshtaghie b; M. Ani b; M. -H. Aarabi a a Faculty of Medicine, Biochemistry and Nutrition Department, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran b Faculty of Pharmacy, Clinical Biochemistry Department, Isfahan University of Medical Science...

the studies conducted on plants grown in kashan have showed the presence of abundant valuable industrial - medicinal plants. unforlunately, a lot of these plants are removed as weed or grazed by livestock because of lack of inhabitants' ignorance of their using and mismanagement. - perovskia abrotanoides is of lamiaceae family. the natural habitat of this plant is mostly near waterways, the bed...

The seeds of three Eucalyptus species (Myrtaceae) (Origin: Australia), including:, Eucalyptus loxophleba Benth., Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell.  and Eucalyptus largiflorens F.Muell. were cultivated in 1993-1994 at two research stations (Shushtar and Dezful) in Khuzistan province (western south region of Iran) and a research station (Kashan) in Isfahan province (Central region of Iran). These sp...

Background and Objectives: Knowledge Management (KM) has emerged as a pathway towards competitive advantage in current complex industrial environment. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between KM effectiveness and various organizational factors including social interactions (trust, communication and coordination), infrastructure factors (structure, information technol...