Zataria multiflora is one of the valuable medicinal plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family. The aromatic aerial parts of this species are traditionally used by endemic folks to flavor some native foods, also for numerous therapeutic functions. In the present study, different plant organs (leaf, flower, stalk and whole aerial organ) were collected from Fanuj region of Sistan & Balouchestan pro...

consecutive droughts in sistan and baloochestan province cause water resources restriction and this isa very significant problem for this region. in this study, in order to forecast the drought cycle in 9climatological stations in the province, we used artificial neural networks. the input data wereaverage of annual rainfall data in all stations and also deciles precipitation index, which the f...

INTRODUCTION Thalassemia is the most common genetic disorder and rising in the world as a health problem. Due to the criticality of this disease, in our country thalassemia prevention programs are more importance. The aim of this study was investigation of knowledge, attitude and behavior of marrying partners who were thalassemia genetic carriers in prevention of the birth of the children with ...

the study was carried out to investigate the effective soil and topographic features on distribution of plant types in sanib taftan watershed in sistan-and-balouchestan province, iran. initially, land units map was specified by combining three maps of slope, aspect and altitude. five types including artemisia santolina- hammada salicornica, artemisia sieberi- amygdalus lycioides, artemisia lehm...

tuberculous meningitis (tbm) and acute bacterial meningitis (abm) cause substantial mortality and morbidity in both children and adults. identification of poor prognostic factors at patient's admission could prepare physicians for more aggressive monitoring of patients with meningitis. the objective of this study was to determine the predictive value of neurological features to differentiate ab...

background: lack of nutritional knowledge is one of the most important reasons of nutritional problems and consequently im­proper practice, which can lead to several complications. this study has been designed in order to compare knowledge, at­ti­tude and practices of the urban and rural households regarding iron deficiency anemia (ida) in boushehr, golestan and sis­tan & balouchestan provinces...

conclusions this study highlights the burden of suicide and itspotential socio-demographic risk factors in sistan and blouchestan province. this information has an implication for planning the preventive measures, policy making and future research. results a greater proportion of the study subjects (65%) were female. they were more likely to be young (43.5% in the age group of 16 to 25 years) a...

toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease and ubiquitous in the world. infection rate in the tropical and subtropical regions with high humidity is higher than other areas. the rate is lower in dry regions whether hot or cold. more than 200 species of warmblooded animals are intermediate hosts and cats or members of the carnivore family felidae have been found to be definitive hosts.' in iran in...

according to the importance of obtaining accurate informations on drought conditions and it risk management for water right of major wetlands in iran, in this study climatic coefficients of palmer index for 17 watersheds in country was calibrated and zonation and their range in basins containing international wetlands were investigated. results showed that in wet conditions, in basins such as c...