BACKGROUND Cholera is considered a key indicator of social development but still is reported in various cities of Iran. The present study aimed to analyze the available information regarding cholera outbreaks since 2010 in Iran. METHODS All cases reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Ministry of Health and Education who had been confirmed as cholera cases by the Health ...

The geographic distribution of the family Fabaceae (except the genus Astragalus) in Iran has been analyzed using a dataset of 10408 georeferenced observations. The 429 species of the family is distributed in whole Iran; however, about half of the observations are from provinces like, Fars, Hormozgan, Tehran, Bushehr and Mazandaran. The family has 173 rare species and 117 endemic species. The hi...

Article history: Received June 26, 2012 Received in Revised form August, 12, 2012 Accepted 15 September 2012 Available online September 17 2012 One of the primary concerns with data envelopment analysis arises when the number of inputs and outputs increases. In such a case, required computations will become time consuming and there is a concern on developing some hybrid methods to increase the ...

In northern parts of Iran such as the Alborz Mountain belt, frequent landslides occur due to a combination of climate and geologic conditions with high tectonic activities. This results in millions of dollars of financial damages annually excluding casualties and unrecoverable resources. This paper evaluates the landslide susceptible areas in Central Alborz using the probabilistic frequency rat...

BACKGROUND Unlike developed countries, data from the developing world regarding motor developmental disorders is scarce. OBJECTIVES In the present study, we used the Infant Neurological International Battery (Infanib) test to determine the prevalence of motor impairment in 4-18 month-old infants in Alborz province, Iran, in 2010. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was a descriptive-analytic st...

introduction: patient safety culture is an important part of improvement in the safety of health care. knowing its present status is required for development of safety culture. the present study aimed to evaluate the current status of patient safety culture in hospitals of three central provinces of iran. method: the present cross-sectional study was performed in teaching hospitals of tehran, a...

hydro-distilled volatile oils from the flowers and leaves of eupatorium cannabinum l. which gathered in touchal on mountain alborz (tehran province) in iran were investigated mainly by a combination of gc and gc/ms. thirty-nine components were identified in the oils. the main constituents of the essential oils in flowers and leaves were germacrene d (27.3%, 37.1%), gemacrene b (12.4%, 11.7%) an...

the fauna of the braconid genera atanycolus foerster, glyptomorpha holmgren, pseudovipio szepligeti and vipio latreille belonging to the subfamily braconinae were studied in some parts of northern (alborz, qazvin, gilan and tehran) and southern provinces of iran (hormozgan). specimens were collected using malaise traps during 2010–2012. eightspecies were identified of which two species, namely ...