Although hypersaline environments pose challenges to life because of the low water content (water activity), many such habitats appear to support eukaryotic microbes. This contribution presents brief reviews of our current knowledge on eukaryotes of water-column haloclines and brines from Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins (DHABs) of the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as shallow-water hypersaline m...

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...

INTRODUCTION Malaria is one of the foremost public health concerns in Iran, where more than 90% of malaria cases are reported in the southern and south-eastern areas of the country. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiological trends of malaria over a four-year period in in the Sistan and Baluchistan province in south east of Iran. METHODS This descriptive epidemiological study exa...

Paragigagnathus sistaniensis Kreiter, Arjmandi-Nezhad and Saboori n. sp. belongs to the tribe Neoseiulini, subfamily Amblyseiinae, is described illustrated, based on females males. The new species was collected from foliage of tamarisk trees in Sistan region, Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran.

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 ...

OBJECTIVES Thalassemia (thal) is the most single gene disorders in southeast of Iran. About one quarter of total Iranian new thal cases were born in the Sistan and Balouchistan province so the aim of this study is to assess knowledge level and attitudes towards thal in high school students in Zahedan, capital of Sistan and Balouchistan province in Iran. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptiv...

Windblown transport and deposition of dust is widely recognized as an important physical and chemical concern to climate, human health and ecosystems. Sistan is a region located in southeast Iran with extensive wind erosion, severe desertification and intense dust storms, which cause adverse effects in regional air quality and human health. To mitigate the impact of these phenomena, it is vital...

The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) is a rare oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. It has a biological endemism similar to that of the Galapagos Islands, and its spring-fed ecosystems have very low nutrient content (nitrogen or phosphorous) and are dominated by diverse microbialites. Thus, it has proven to be a distinctive opportunity for the field of astrobiology, as th...