sexual behavior in most moths is limited to a precise duration period of either the day or the night. these behaviors as well as the calling behavior are specific. information on reproductive behavior is important in the chemical ecology studies. experiments were conducted to determine the developmental biology, adult time emergence and calling behaviors of three populations of carob moth, ecto...

Aims: There is a rapid increase in the number of people infected with COVID-19 throughout world. The present study aimed to determine people's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding an Iranian sample. Instruments & Methods: This was population-based cross-sectional conducted on over 18 years age Saveh city, Iran, 2020. A multiple-stage sampling method used. Participants (N=471) com...

Background & Aims of the Study: Saveh city -located in the semi-arid area in Iran- has brackish water and it was forced to use reverse osmosis desalting systems.  Water is not distributed through the distribution network to homes so, people have to buy water from certain places and transfer water through household storage vessel. They have to buy more water and keep it at home for more than 1 w...

BACKGROUND Adolescent smoking problem has still remained as a public health concern, but factors that attributing to the initiation of adolescent smoking are not well known in Iran. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of smoking, and its associations among high school male adolescents in Iran, in the context of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). PATIENTS AND ME...

Mohammad Javad Poursharifi was born in 1971 in Ray City, Iran. He obtained his B.Sc. (1994) from Kharazmi University, Tehran. He then completed his M.Sc. studies in Organic Chemistry (2008) from Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Iran. Currently, he is working towards his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Majid Mojtahedi and Professor Mahmood M. Hashemi at Islamic Azad Unive...

keyvan karkoodi*, saeed khalajzadeh department of animal science, saveh branch, islamic azad university, saveh, iran   *corresponding author's e-mail: [email protected]   received: 12 august 2013 accepted: 21 november 2013   abstract   thirty neonatal male holstein calves fed by starter diets containing ground wheat (gw) or dry-rolled wheat (drw) to 12 weeks of age. skeletal growth ...

Traffic accidents occur due to a combination of factors that lead casualties and injuries. By identifying the most effective factors, it is possible for safety authorities provide appropriate solutions decreasing accident severity implementing preventive measures. The aim this research was present models predict on two-lane two-way (TLTW) rural highways in Iran over one-year period from 2019 20...