we collected silver bream blicca bjoerkna from march to july 2013 from aras dam lake (north-west of iran) and investigated its age, size, and some biological characteristics. the maximum age was 5 + years. the total length and weight of specimens ranged 137-278 mm and 26-247 g for male and 134-282 mm and 26-289 g for female, respectively. length-weight relationship was estimated as w = 1e-06tl ...

abstract background and purpose: eutrophication is one of the major environmental problems in waterways causing substantial adverse impact on domestic, livestock and recreational use of water resources. aras dam, iran which provides arasful city with drinking water, has chronic algal blooms since 1990. levels of up to 900,000 cells/ml of toxic cyanobacteria (mainly anabaena and microcystis) hav...

The combination of habitat loss, climate change, direct persecution, introduced species and other components of the global environmental crisis has resulted in a rapid loss of biodiversity, including species, population and genetic diversity. Birds, which inhabit a wide spectrum of different habitat types, are particularly sensitive to and indicative of environmental changes. The Caucasus endem...

the freshwater crayfish of the aras reservoir is an important economic fisheries resource of west azarbaijan, iran. this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of parasitic infestation of crayfish seasonally in this area in 2010. among 390 different sizes of astacus leptodactylus which were examined,  a range of ectocommensals or ectosymbionts from a number of different phyla including ...

BACKGROUND Previous risk score is not simple for predicting existence of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS). Our study aims to develop a simple score to predict ARAS in eastern people with ischemic heart disease. METHODS There were two data sources involved in this study. From the data source of patients with acute myocardial infarction, we developed a clinical score for predicting ...

this study was conducted in order to investigate genetic diversity and population structure of pike-perch in the northern part of iran. for this purpose, 207 adult pike-perches from four regions of the caspian sea watershed (talesh coasts, anzali wetland, chaboksar coasts and aras dam) were collected. dna was extracted and by using 15 pairs of microsatellite primers, polymerase chain reaction (...

The ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) mediates arousal, an essential component of human consciousness. Lesions of the ARAS cause coma, the most severe disorder of consciousness. Because of current methodological limitations, including of postmortem tissue analysis, the neuroanatomic connectivity of the human ARAS is poorly understood. We applied the advanced imaging technique of high...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) is a progressive but potentially reversible chronic kidney disease. Although the high sensitivity and specificity of renal Doppler scanning (RDS) for ARAS has been reported in western countries, ARAS has not been detected by RDS. This study used magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of RDS for det...

This study was conducted in order to investigate genetic diversity and population structure of pike-perch in the Northern part of Iran. For this purpose, 207 adult pike-perches from four regions of the Caspian Sea watershed (Talesh Coasts, Anzali Wetland, Chaboksar Coasts and Aras Dam) were collected. DNA was extracted and by using 15 pairs of microsatellite primers, Polymerase Chain Reaction (...

Current management of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) remains controversial. A major issue is the condition’s functional significance; specifically, what is the contribution of ARAS to a specified patient’s heart failure, hypertension, or progressive renal disease? Clinicians will often consider whether revascularization of ARAS is likely to alter a patient’s symptoms or prognosis....