STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The concentration of fluoride in water is usually higher in areas around the coal mines. Zarand region in the south-east of Iran is known for its coal mines. Some studies have shown the high prevalence of fluorosis and some studies reported high levels of fluoride in the region. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to use Geographic Information System (GIS) to assess the relations...

Principal Investigators: Gerd Schön, Alexander Shnirman CFN financed scientists: Juha Leppäkangas (18 months), Jasmin Aghassi (3 months, PhD July 2007), Stefan Legel (3 months 0,75, PhD January 2008), Michael Marthaler (17 months 0,75, PhD June 2009), Anna Posazhennikova (18 months), Yasuhiro Utsumi (guest scientist + guest professor 5 months), Gergely Zarand (Bessel award 1 year + guest profes...

cambrian sedimentary facies are exposed throughout north part of kerman region. trilobites’ faunas are the most common invertebrate fossils within the cambrian strata. the section is made of 217 m of sandstone, shale, limestone and dolomite. in this study, 153 trilobite samples including seven species and genera were identified from the dahu section 12 km. east of zarand. this trilobite’s assem...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of water stress on the growth and mineral concentrations in the leaves and roots of four pistachio seedling rootstocks including pistacia vera ‘badami-riz-zarand’, ‘ghazvini’, ‘sarakhs’ and p. mutica. irrigation treatments were 100% etc (control), 65% etc (medium stress) and 30% etc (severe stress) applying for 75 days on four months old pistachio...

In order to evaluate the inter-specific hybrid of P. atlantica × P. vera cv. ‘Badami Zarand’ to salinity stress, an experiment was conducted as a factorial based in a completely randomized design with 0, 60, 120 mM salinity levels of NaCl2, CaCl2 and MgCl2 (3:2:1) on two rootstocks ‘Qhazvini’ and ‘Badami Zarand’ and an inter- specific hybrid of P. atlantica × P. vera cv. ‘Badami Zarand’. Minera...

Background: Chlorophenols are classified as priority toxic pollutants. These acidic organic compounds present a serious potential hazard for human health and aquatic life. Chlorophenols accumulate in water, soil and air due to high stability, and impart an unpleasant taste and odor to drinking water and can exert negative effects on different biological processes. Among the different methods of...

the impact of installing process control systems can be expected in terms of performance improvements through reduced operating costs.  since these installations impose considerable capital expenditure, the profitability of the new systems should be economically justified. controlled variable trend was reconstructed by a combination of simple waves, which provided a means to simulate the effect...

This paper presents the results of research carried out to improve emergency response activities in earthquake-prone areas of Iran. The research concentrated on emergency response operations, emergency medical care, emergency transportation, and evacuation-the most important issues after an earthquake with regard to saving the lives of victims. For each topic, some guidelines and criteria are p...