About 80 percent of Iran is arid and semi-arid and about 35 percent of this area is susceptible to desertification hazard. Therefore desertification assessment and identification of the most important criteria for the assessment of risk and a basis for development of management plans is essential. This research was conducted in the semi-arid region of Agh-Band in the Golestan province, Iran wit...

As part of CALIPER program, a national research initiative aimed at closing the gaps in pediatric reference intervals, I sought to develop a database of covariate-stratified reference intervals in children for 11 circulating tumor markers in accordance with CLSI C28-A3 guidelines. Healthy children from birth to 18 years were recruited to participate in CALIPER and serum samples from 400-700 sub...

Neurons are mechanically robust. During prolonged swelling, molluscan neurons can triple their apparent membrane area. They gain surface area and capacitance independent of extracellular Ca concentration ([Ca]e), but it is unknown if an increase in intracellular Ca concentration ([Ca]i) is necessary. If Ca for stimulating exocytosis is unnecessary, it is possible that swelling-induced membrane ...

The present study reports the synthesis of N-doped TiO2 photocatalyst for the degradation of caffeine using mechanochemical grinding method from the mixture of titania/urea followed by calcination at 400 ⁰C. The phase composition, particle size, surface area, morphology and optical properties...

our main objective in the present study was to assess the spatial variation of chemical and physical water properties. prior to the design of groundwater quality monitoring networks, it is essential to investigate the spatial structure of the groundwater quality variables. a case study is presented which used ground water quality observations from groundwater domestic wells in the dameghan, ira...

background & aim: the present study was to identify the medicinal plant species and introduced as one of the key priority areas for conservation and determination of endangered species were done. experimental: the method of plant collection in this region was classical method of regional plant taxonomic studies. collected plants were recognized and determined families, genera and species o...

increasing the usage of electricity power illustrates its growing proportion and effective role in the energy economy. it also depicts the connection between using the electricity power and economic development. regarding the strategic role of power plants in the economic and social development, the absence of the environmental considerations in all phases, including site selection, planning, p...

Studies of the growth-modifying actions for Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Tetrahymena thermophila of helium, nitrogen, argon, krypton, xenon, and nitrous oxide led to the conclusion that there are two definable classes of gases. Class 1 gases, including He, N(2), and Ar, are not growth inhibitors; in fact, they can reverse the growth inhibitory action of hydrostatic pressures....