TO THE EDITOR—While the country had yet to fully recover from the devastating twin earthquakes in 2012 [1–4], Kaki (in Bushehr province, Iran) was jolted by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake on9April 2013, leaving 37 people dead and more than a thousand injured. Within few hours from the incident, immediate rescue measures were taken and the survivors were temporarily sheltered. Lying on the coastal r...

OBJECTIVES Anaemia is an important public health problem in Iran; therefore, a programme of flour fortification with iron was launched in two pilot provinces. The present study was conducted in January 2009 to evaluate the effectiveness and process of this programme. STUDY DESIGN A 'before-and-after study' was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the flour fortification programme, and t...

in this study, the artificial neural networks (anns) and regression models were used to downscale the simulated outputs of the general circulation models (gcms). the simulated precipitation for 25.18 º n to 34.51 º n and 45 º e to 60 º e, geopotential height at 850 mb and zonal wind at 200 mb for 12.56° n to 43.25° n and 19.68° e to 61.87° e data sets as the predictors were extracted from echam...

prevalence of contagious diseases through foreign passengers and crews is one the serious problems in big ports. in the late qajar period, bushehr port became an important port because of military, political and economical reasons. in this time, some diseases such as plague and cholera prevailed in some iran’s neighbor countries like india and iraq and spread in bushehr by passengers and crews....

Background. South eastern parts of Iran remain endemic for malaria infection. There is some concern that malaria infection may spread into Bushehr, which is located in the south western part bordering the Persian Gulf and at the periphery of the declared endemic region Hormozgan province due to frequency of visitors from eastern endemic areas and from neighboring malaria endemic countries. We i...

this study was conducted to assess the concentration of some heavy metals and to examine their contamination hazard in atmospheric dust of urban, industrial and non-urban areas in bushehr province, southwestern iran. fifty dust samples from the leaves of the palm trees and fifty surface soil samples from bushehr and assaluyeh cities as urban and industrial areas, respectively, and also from the...

1 Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang, 62400 Bandar Jengka, Malaysia 2 Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, 86400 Parit Raja, Malaysia 3 School of Mathematical Sciences and Solar Energy Research Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, U...

INTRODUCTION Traffic injuries are among the leading causes of death and disability in many countries. The knowledge, attitudes, and practice of drivers towards traffic regulations are key factors in decreasing traffic injuries and deaths. The objectives of this research were to study the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of taxi drivers towards traffic regulations in Bandar-Abbas, Iran, and to...

1 Institute of Microengineering & Nanoelectronics (IMEN) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia 2 SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT, Linton University College, Bandar Universiti Teknologi Legenda 71700, Mantin, N. Sembilan, Malaysia 3 Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, Electrical & Electronic Engineering department, UCSI University, 56000,...