the members of anopheles maculipennis subgroup (diptera: culicidae) are the most important vectors of malaria in the north, west, and central plateau of iran. this study was carried out to differentiate the species composition of this subgroup based on morphometric variation seta 2-iv and v (antepalmate hair) among 149 larval specimens that were deposited at the medical arthropods museum, the s...

background: in today's world, survival of any organization depends on its competitiveness and suitable decisions against environmental changes.  one of the effective methods in organizations is to use performance evaluation systems to determine weak points to be improved and strengths to be reinforced. performance evaluation and management not only help organizations to increase competitiveness...

objective: health and medicare issue plays a vital role in socio-economic life of the people in any society. that is why most of the economic planners expect much more from public health sector, including creating jobs, revenues and healthy social opportunities in addition to basic health necessities. the main objective of the present study is to measure the level of development of different pr...

due to increasing importance of desertification challenges and its consequences the necessity of sustainabledevelopment achievement in arid and semi-arid regions is essential in order to avoid limited sources asting, increase the efficiency of controlling, reclamation and restoration projects of natural areas. based on the iterature review, it has been recognized that combating desertification ...

malaria has reemerged in northern borderline of iran after the collapse of former soviet :union:. there have been several reports of malaria epidemics in azerbaijan and ardebil provinces of iran. the anopheles maculipennis complex is assumed to play an important role in malaria transmission in these regions. for the first time in iran, a diagnostic character in 4th instar larvae, i.e. seta 2 (a...