In this cross-sectional study, 30 patients with hemophilia A and B who were registered at the Hemophilia Center of Shiraz, Fars Province, southern Iran, were investigated between March and October of 2013. The data collection form consisted of two parts including demographic data and 22 specific questions regarding assessment of knowledge of the patients regarding the disease and treatment. In ...

thirteen species in five genera of the libellulidae family were collected in a survey of dragonflies (odonata) of shiraz and its vicinity, involving 19 locations, the presented records of the libellulid dragonflies taken from the fars province comprise a first time collection of two genera, sympetrum and pantala, and seven species, orthetrum anceps schnider, orthetrum taeniolatum schneider, ort...

BACKGROUND Blood and body fluid exposures place healthcare workers at risk for blood-borne infections. To determine the extent of the problem in Iran, we assessed blood and body fluid exposure in healthcare workers in Fars Province hospitals. METHODS We distributed 2,118 questionnaires using a stratified random sampling method among nurses of these hospitals. We used Chi-square test, Student'...

Introduction The increasing population growth and the need for more agricultural products on the one hand, and on the other hand, the limitations of agricultural development are problems that human beings have always tried to solve. Due to the limited resources and inputs of production, it seems that further production growth is possible through advanced technologies. In fact, technology is so...