In the present study, the water quality of Silakhor River, located in Rahim Abad hydrometric station, was analyzed based on Boron, Iron, Nickel, Fluorine, Manganese, Chromium, Cadmium, Aluminum, Copper, Zinc and Lead pollution. The samples were collected from Silakhor River in Rahim Abad hydrometric station during a one-year period, from December 2012 to November 2013. In addition, metal index ...

in the course of the faunistic survey of oribatid mites (acari, oribatida) in shend-abad region of iranian province of east azarbaijan -2008 to 2009- two species of the family quadroppiidae, quadroppia (quadroppia) quadricarinata (michael) and quadroppia (coronoquadroppia) nasalis gordeeva, were collected and identified. both species are newly recorded from iran.

Toxocariasis is a parasitic zoonose caused by the infection of larval nematode Toxocara species. A total of 285 soil samples from January to March 2009 in 18 public parks were collected to test for soil contamination with Toxocara eggs. Soil samples were investigated for the present of Toxocara eggs using sucrose flotation method. Distribution of Toxocara spp. eggs in samples collected from pub...

to determine ancient seed species, 3250-3450 year-old charred seeds obtained from different iranian archaeological sites were studied using scanning electron microscopy (sem) and molecular analysis. sem analysis of ancient seeds revealed that the surface of the seeds was damaged. therefore, we could not accurately identify their species. molecular analysis on ancient specimens was done on diffe...

In this work, it is presented the dynamics of infection of toxoplasmosis between two nearby communities. Diffusion via of oocysts is a drainage that crosses the study area located in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The communities considered in the model are San Marcos and San Benito Abad, cities in the Department of Cesar; and the oocysts are transported by the San Jorge River. The model is ...

introduction dominant process in arid and semi-arid region is dynamic of wind that carries the sand and caused damage to several facilities and human settlements. there are many human settlements with low population and mostly small and scattered in different parts of foothills of dasht-e lut (lut desert), especially in mountainous margins of alluvial fans. residential and cultivation area of t...

Goal To investigate the effect of land-use change on Chagas-disease infection risk in Colombia, considering the expanding economy of oil-palm plantations. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined the 2020 goals program for controlling the burden of morbidity of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Chagas disease is a NTD in Latin America, with a burden of 10.000 deaths per year (Rass...