BACKGROUND Contamination of water by toxic chemicals has become commonly recognized as an environmental concern. Based on our clinical observation in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, many people might be at risk of exposure to high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in water. Because wastewater effluents as well as water wells have been commonly used for irrigation over the past decades, there has...

The eastern Lut block of Iran has a high potential for porphyry copper mineralization due to the subduction tectonic regime. It is located in an inaccessible region and harsh arid conditions traditional mineral exploration campaigns. objective this study use Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) remote sensing data Simorgh Area, Iran. Hydrothermal alteration zones s...

Hydrogen is a clean and environmentally friendly energy vector that can play an important role in meeting the world’s future needs. Therefore, comprehensive study of potential for hydrogen production from solar could greatly facilitate transition to economy. Because by knowing exact amount production, cost-effectiveness its be compared with other methods production. Considering above, it seen s...

background: thalassemia syndromes are the most common genetic disorders in the world. they happen due to genetic defects in process of haemoglobin synthesis, and would be classified to many groups mainly α and β, based on the kind of defect. anemia is the main clinical manifestation of this phenotype of disorder. in order to correct the chronic anemia in thalassaemic individuals, they may need ...

Background; Providing Safe drinking water is a prime concerninany community. This analytical study was carried out to evaluate the microbial quality of drinking water in rural areas of northeastern Iran. Methods;The water microbial quality was determined in all villages (a population of 53047 people), in 3 rounds and based on 3 measurements, i.e. Total Coliform, Fecal Coliform, and Heterotro...

during 2010–2011, a faunistic study of the family syrphidae was carried out in torbat heydarie, roshtkhar and khaf (razavi khorasan province), northeastern iran. among the collected specimens, we found two species, paragus gussakovskii bańkowska and platycheirus immarginatus zetterstedt which are new records for the fauna of iran.