Understanding the factors influencing recycling behaviour can lead to better and more effective recycling programs in a community. The goal of this study was to examine factors associated with household waste behaviours in the context of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) among a community sample of Iranians that included data collection at time 1 and at follow-up one year later at time 2. S...

The paper aims to investigate land use change at the county level in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region. Three land use patterns are identified by assessing the urban-rural linkages: urban, peri-urban and periphery areas. Empirical analysis shows that land use change in the urban areas is faster than that in the peri-urban and periphery areas. Economic conditions are significant to the l...

1 Department of Mathematics, Imam Khomeini International University, P.O. Box 34149-16818, Qazvin, Iran 2Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Cankaya University, 06530 Ankara, Turkey 3 Institute of Space Sciences, P.O. Box MG-23, 077125 Magurele-Bucharest, Romania 4Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Je...

This cross sectional descriptive study aimed to describe factors influencing contraceptive behavior among women aged 15-49 years, seeking induced abortion in the rural and the urban regions of Nepal. A total of 385 women (92.1% completion rate), 195 from the urban region and 190 from the rural region were analyzed. The results showed that the overall contraception use was 69.4% in the urban reg...

â â â  each of planning must be accomplish according to the principles of sustainable development to success urban planning. this article evaluates sustainable index in social, physical, economical and environmental biological dimensions of mashhad metropolis which is the second biggest city in iran using descriptive –analysis method and quantitative models and statistical software. in the fi...

cultivar of roses (rosa spp.) has been grown in greenhouses in qazvin region of iran for local markets. agrobacterium tumefaciens strains were isolated and identified from six different samples of roses plants imported from the netherland to iran. during august and september of 2012, nearly 2-5% of rose plants in two different greenhouses in the province of qazvin were observed with crown gall ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the rate and causes of wastage of blood and blood products (packed red cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate) in Qazvin hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted in all hospitals in Qazvin, including 5 teaching hospitals, 2 social welfare hospitals, 3 private hospitals, 1 charity hospital, and 1 military hospital. Thi...

OBJECTIVE Puberty is a critical time between childhood and adulthood. Many studies have reported that the mean age of breast development is decreasing. The aim of this study was to provide updated data on the pubertal development of girls and to evaluate precocious puberty in our population. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted in 6 to 16 year old school girls during 2009-2010 in ...

Casimir limit Christophe Blanc, Ali Rajabpour, Sebastian Volz, Thierry Fournier, and Olivier Bourgeois Institut N EEL, CNRS-UJF, 25 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin 34149-16818, Iran Laboratoire d’Energ etique Mol eculaire et Macroscopique, Ecole Centrale Paris, Grande Voie des Vignes, Chatena...