chronology of northwestern iran is principally based on archeological excavations of the area located around urmia lake. although plain and filled with water, and the outcomes of these excavations are extended to the whole northwestern region. however, northwestern iran despite having geographical diversities with mountainous plains and low stretches, systematic and comprehensive studies have b...

In the last hundred years alone, there have occurred more than 2000 earthquakes larger 4 in northern and northwestern parts of Iran. Because Iran is placed heart Alpine-Himalayan collision zone, which one world’s greatest seismic locations, massive regularly struck country. Seismic hazard assessment a realistic helpful method for engineering seismology to prevent motions location order forecast...

Leaf area index (LAI), one of the most crucial vegetation biophysical variables, is required to evaluate structural characteristic plant communities. This study, therefore, aimed LAI ecoregions in Iran obtained using Sentinel-2B, Landsat 8 (OLI), MODIS, and AVHRR data June July 2020. A field survey was performed different throughout Ardabil Province during 2020 under satellite image dates. Laip...

in the course of our faunistic survey on leafhoppers (hem.: cicadellidae) in northwestern iran, 46 species were collected and identified of which the species macrosteles chobauti ribaut, 1952 is newly recorded from iran. drs. hani abdul-nour (lebanese university, lebanon) and paul freytag (university of kentucky, usa) confirmed the identification of the species.

specimens of the subfamily milesiinae (diptera: syrphidae) were collected using sweeping net from saqqez region, kordestan province located in the northwestern iran during 2012-2013. in total 25 species in 12 genera were identified. of which eumerus transcaspicus (stackelberg, 1952) is reported for first time from iran. diagnostic characters besides supplementary photos of the new record are pr...

Social resilience is an essential need for societies faced with adverse events such as pandemics. The recent COVID-19 outbreak has affected many communities around the globe. In fact, in addition to unprecedented mortality and infection rates, it also caused major anxieties social problems. Iran been one of hardest-hit countries among those that have experienced multiple waves outbreak. this st...

To investigate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in horses, a total of 221 faecal specimenswere collected from 18 villages of Urmia, northwestern Iran. The samples were studied microscopically bymodified Ziehl-Neelsen staining. The cryptosporidial infection was found in the collected samples from 11 of18 villages. Although the prevalence of the infection was 15.8%, none of the infecte...