For the first time in more than 100 years, a new western Palaearctic species of Heloridae is described. Specimens of Helorus alborzicus Izadizadeh, van Achterberg & Talebi sp. nov. and Helorus ruficornis Förster were collected from the Alborz province of Iran. An illustrated identification key for Western Palaearctic Heloridae is provided.

We describe a new species of mite from Iran--Reticulolaelaps hallidayi Joharchi, Nemati & Babaeian sp. nov. (Acari: Laelapidae). The new species was collected in a nest of Tapinoma sp. (Hymnoptera: Formicidae) in Taleghan city, Alborz Province and in soil in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Reticulolaelapsfaini is reported for the first time from Iran. The genus Reticulolaelaps is redes...

The Alborz mountain range in northern Iran is part of the active and seismic Alpide belt, where assessing hazards crucial due to region’s history large instrumental earthquakes destructive background. Moment rate estimation, which quantifies tectonic activity, offers a novel approach understanding energy potential regions. In this study, regional perspective employed investigate maximum horizon...

1. Dental Materials Research Center, School of Dentistry, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. 2. Department of Bacteriology and Virology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. 3. Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center (CMBRC), Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. 4. Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, School of Medicine...

We studied the behavior of earthquake network using HEALPix spherical pixelization and square cells methods. In first method, geographical region is divided into isolatitude rhombic-spherical same areas method. second we equal cells. To construct a network, if an happens in cell, that cell will become node, two nodes be connected with edge for successive events. The built from Iran’s seismic da...

tehran, iran’s capital with a population of more than 10 million is located in the southern foothills of the alborz collision zone. the alborz mountain belt of northern iran results from the collision of a piece of the gondwana with eurasia in the late triassic (sengor et al., 1988). the alborz active mountain range which consists of several sedimentary and volcanic layers, with east-west trend...

BACKGROUND Developing maternal competence in first time mothers has a significant impact on neonate's growth psychosocial development and neonates growth and psychological development. Social support can be an important element for becoming a new mother. We aimed to investigate how social support and maternal competence change during pregnancy and 4 months after it and examine the relationships...

1Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Community Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, IR Iran 4Non Com...