BACKGROUND There are many reports on the association between anthracosis and tuberculosis. This study focuses on bronchial anthracosis and associated diseases in the province of South Khorasan-Iran. METHODS This case-series study is performed on patients referred to the Vali-e-Asre Hospital (South Khorasan-Iran) for bronchoscopic evaluations during the period of 2009-2012. Written informed co...

the 1288 ah famine in khorasan has been the subject of numerous studies having examined the event with special focus on its causes and short-term effects as well as the reaction of the people and the state to it. this approach has led to general statements and unjustified generalization of the results of such research to the whole iran. the present article is a case study of the 1288 ah famine ...

The present study was performed to assess the infection of rodent reservoirs and their fleas to plaque agent (Yersinia pestis) in Kurdistan and North Khorasan respectively as active endemic and inactive nonendemic foci in the country. Live traps were used to collect rodents in spring and summer 2015. Totally, 109 rodents were trapped. Rodents of genus Apodemus witherbyi (40.5%) were the most ab...

abstract this study was carried out of identify the tomatinase extracellular enzyme in fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici race1 the casual agent of wilting in tomato. 20 isolates of fusarium oxysporum were recovered from infected roots,crown and stems of tomato plants collected from fields in major tomato producing areas in northern and razavi khorasan province during 2009-2010 . pathogenicit...

wood mice of the genus apodemus are widespread in temperate areas of the palaearctic region. dental shape variation and morphological differences among three species of apodemus (a. witherbyi, a. hyrcanicus, a. uralensis) were investigated using outline-based geometric morphometrics of the second upper molar (m2/) and a morphological study of 92 museum specimens belonging to five populations of...

studying the autecology of range plants provides the basic information on their ecological requirements, cultivation methods and the interactions with the prevailing environment. such information is necessary for a proper range management. some ecological characteristics of astragalus arpilobus kar. & kir., were studied in the winter rangelands of northern khorasan province. it was naturally gr...

A comparative evaluation of the rheological properties ancient wheat flours (emmer, spelt, and khorasan), cultivated under same conditions, was conducted. They were evaluated for chemical composition, wet gluten quantity, quality, aggregation, disruption kinetics (GlutoPeak), dough proofing (Rheofermentometer), as well mixing thermal behavior (Mixolab). High content spelt flour led to formation...

to identify the horticultural of plant parasitic nematodes in northern khorasan province, 170 soil and plant root samples were collected during different seasons of years 2009 and 2010. nematodes were extracted through centrifugal-flotation method, specimens then being fixed according to modified seinhorst method and transferred to glycerin before making measurements (de grisse, 1969). througho...

on Materia Medica was compiled by Mir Muhammad Hussain, a native of Khorasan and pupil of Mir Muhammad Ali-el-Husaini. He resided first in Khorasan, then in Shiraz, and afterwards in India, principally at Murshidabad, in Bengal. He tells us in his preface that, in A. H. 1185 (A. D. 1771), lie was persuaded to undertake the compilation of a Persian Pharmacopoeia, and that when this was completed...