Brucellosis, as an infectious disease, constitutes a major health and economic problem around the world including Yazd province. It is aimed to set a health educational program regarding to KAP of students about brucellosis and evaluate its effects. All students of the largest male high school, as a quasi-experimental and before and after study were conducted in Yazd province using a 34 itemize...

The worth and important Iranian tradition is still unknown in most of the World and there is much humanity life style and building teqniques, according to its natural sources such as Earthen Architecture in different parts of Iran such as Yazd City, as “The World First Adobe”. Having a highly developed technology make these vernacular buildings still alive, by using an incredible use of natural...

The Yazd-Ardakan basin in Central Iran has two separated aquifers. The shallow unconfined aquifer is supplies 40 Qanats. The deep saturated confined aquifer is the main water storage. Due to over-withdrawal, water table has been decreasing during last 25 years. Recent study shows that the shortage of the aquifer is about 16 meters and land subsidence is 0.5 1.2 meters. Long deep cracks are foun...

Physical and Personnel Modifications in the Emergency Department of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran, Considering Resilience during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Letter to Editor

BACKGROUND Respiratory diseases cause a considerable amount of morbidity and mortality in the world. Pulmonary function tests are important measures for the diagnosis and management of respiratory disorders. Workers in tile and ceramic industry are exposed to high amounts of respiratory pollutants. OBJECTIVE To identify the changes in spirometric parameters in a 2-year period among tile and c...

Previous studies on type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Islamic Republic of Iran were mainly performed in provinces with large populations. This study determined the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus in an adult population (40-80 years old) from Yazd district. Multistage, systematic cluster random sampling was used in a crosssectional, population-based survey. Demographic, clinical a...

OBJECTIVES: The enhancement of antibiotic resistance has been ascribed to a collection of microbial characteristics, the selective pressure of antibiotic use and social and technical vicissitudes that enhance the transmission of resistant organisms.The aim of this study was to investigate antimicrobial-resistance to Escherichia coli isolated from patients in Shahid Sadoughi hospital of Yazd. ME...

Rainfall, soil moisture, increasing temperature and changes in vegetation cover are the most important parameters effecting drought. Therefore, analysis of vegetation fraction and soil spectral signature, especially in red and infra red bands, are essential in drought estimation using remote sensing. In this study, Modified Perpendicular Drought Index (MPDI), which uses Vegetation Fraction (VF)...

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Real Customers’ Credit Scoring in tha banks the Islamic Republic Iran (Case study: Mellat Bank Branches Yazd province)