background; environmental gamma ray refers to the gamma radiation from terrestrial sources and building materials. in enclosed spaces radiation can become a health hazard leading to potential increase in the rates of lung cancer. the goal of this study is to assess the exposure to natural gamma radiation of children in the schools of zanjan province. method; the natural gamma radiation was asse...

Mohammad Yaghoub Abdollahzadeh Jamalabadi 1,* ID , Payam Hooshmand 2, Navid Bagheri 3, HamidReza KhakRah 4 ID and Majid Dousti 5 1 Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Energy Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj 6616935391, Iran; [email protected] 3 Department of Energy Engineerin...

BACKGROUND Growth failure in children less than five years old can lead to the serious complications such as increased mortality, learning difficulties or physical disability. The aim of this study was to investigate the nonorganic factors affecting the growth trend in less than two years children living in Zanjan, Iran. METHODS This longitudinal study was conducted on a sample of 3566 childr...

Due to inappropriate planning and management, accelerated urban growth and tremendous loss in land, especially cropland, have become a great challenge for sustainable urban development [1]. Detection of such changes may help decision makers and planners to understand the factors in land use and land cover changes in order to take effective and useful measures. Remote sensing and GIS techniques ...

Background: Social confidence is considered an important element in entrepreneurship. Objectives: Given the importance of employment and entrepreneurship of veterans, the present research aimed to determine the status of social confidence in veteran entrepreneurs of Zanjan Province. Methods: In this survey. the statistical sample included all veteran entrepreneurs of Zanjan Province with ...

Internal evaluation in the faculties affiliated to zanjan university of medical sciences: Quality assurance science education based on institutional accreditation

Background: Brucellosis (Malta fever) is a major contagious zoonotic disease, with economic and public health importance. Methods: To assess the effect of meteorological (temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind) and climate parameters on incidence of brucellosis, brucellosis distribution and meteorological zoning maps of Zanjan Province were prepared using Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) an...

Background and Objective: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most common chronic diseases and the leading cause of death in the world and in Iran. The aim of this study was to explore the geographical epidemiology of CVDs in the province of Zanjan, Iran.  Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. Patients with adischarge dia...