We presented findings of six freshwater snails collected in northeastern Iran. A new monotypic genus hydrobiid springsnails from Semnan Province was described. Khayajehia dianae n. gen. et sp. is differentiated by the unique morphology penis with a wide and rectangular proximal part an elongated slender distal part.

objectives: regarding the type of service receivers as well as the technicality of the services provided, these services often bear high complexity and difficulty which can eventually lead to job burnout and shortage of motivation in the staffin this study, the factors affecting job motivation from the viewpoints of staff and managers of semnan welfare organization have been identified and poss...

Chronic kidney disease has been a health problem in the past, however, today has become a global health threat. The number of chronic renal failure patients is increasing and more than one million people in the end-stage of chronic renal failure are dying annually (1). These patients experience various problems and creating a change in their life is very useful. Fatigue is a common problem in d...

the investigation about continuing and effecting contraceptive in semnan     takfallah l [1] *, najafi a [2] , parsaniya z [3] , firoze m [4]     received: 26 nov, 2011 accepted: 29 jan, 2012     absteract   background & aims : nowadays a lot of works are being carried out in family planning which is also increasing however, about 8 to 30 million of unwanted pregnancy happens annually because o...

the present research studies how material and non-material factors could attract people to work in public and private sectors. the study focuses on the effect of financial incentives on better performance in the workplace, as well as the importance of wages, job security, authority, and job satisfaction in both the public and the private sectors. research subjects are all public and private sec...

conclusions it can be concluded that schizophrenia can have an effect on the quality of life. some items such as family care, early and on time treatment play an important role in increasing the quality of life. results the participants in this study gained the highest quality of life in the domain of physical, environmental and psychological health and social relationships. there was no signif...

seed dormancy is a temporary failure of a viable seed to germinate. various methods are used for breaking seed dormancy, depending on plant species and type of dormancy. three seed populations originated from esfahan, semnan and fars provinces were exposed to different seed dormancy breaking treatments such as mechanical and chemical scarification, humid chilling, ga3 and polyethylenglycol 6000...

The Asian cheetah is known as Iranian panther. A four years old female cheetah was killed in a road accident by a truck in Abbas Abad (Biarjamand) County around Shahrood City in Semnan Province, central part of Iran. Two days after the accident the carcass of animal was autopsied and only five cestodes were obtained from its intestine. In inspection of other organs no other helminth was observe...

Background: Any accident is a disturbance in the balance between the human system, vehicle, road and environment. Future prediction of traumatic accidents is a valuable factor for managers to make strategic decisions in the areas of safety, health and transportation. Materials and Methods: In this study, by using Grey Model (GM) (1.1), Rolling Grey Model (RGM), Fourier Grey Model (FGM) (1.1), ...