Shahram Jamali1, Neda Alipasandi2,*, and Bita Alipasandi3 1Computer Engineering Department, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran 2Sama technical and vocational training college, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran 3Young Researchers and Elite Club, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran *Corresponding Author’ Information: Tel.: +98-45-33361902, E-ma...

in this study, the spatial distribution of overwintered adults of sunn pest, eurygaster integriceps puton, was investigated by using dispersion parameters and indices, mathematical distribution, and regression techniques in rainfed wheat fields by sample size of 1 m2 in 2009 and 2010. the dispersion parameters including: mean-variance test and clumping parameter () showed that the overwintered ...

Introduction Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease. Its features are intermittent attacks of painful inflammation, abdominal pain, fever, and arthritis. Full identification of the disease has been possible in the last 50 years. It is seen in Turkish, Armenian, Jewish (Arabs, Ashkenazi) and Mediterranean region ethnics. Its attacks take from a few hours to a few days of symptoms ...

BACKGROUND Geographic variation and temporal trends in the epidemiology of esophageal and gastric cancers vary according to both tumor morphology and organ subsite. This study compares 1-year survival of gastric and esophageal cancers between two distinct populations: British Columbia (BC), Canada, and Ardabil, Iran. METHODS Data for invasive primary esophageal and gastric cancer patients wer...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of amblyopia screening in Ardabil Province in three examination levels by kindergarten teacher, optometrist, and ophthalmologist. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, the results of the national amblyopic prevention program in 2-6 years old children in Ardabil Province were investigated in 2012. The results pertained to the examinati...

BACKGROUND Northern Iran (Ardabil) is characterized by a high gastric cancer (GC) rate, whereas Southern Iran (Kerman and Yazd) has a low GC rate. The aim of this study is to verify the potential for pepsinogen I and II to detect atrophic gastritis (AG) in both high and low risk populations for GC. METHODS Sera of blood donors and patients with GC from Ardebil, Kerman and Yazd were used to me...

The provincial health authority reported a high mortality rate from upper GI cancer in the newly established Ardabil Province of northwest Iran. A comprehensive search was undertaken to survey and register all cases of cancer during a 4-year (1996-1999) period among the indigenous population of Ardabil Province, including subjects seeking care in the cities of Tabriz and Tehran. Diagnosis of ca...

AIM Both observational and experimental studies have shown that higher selenium status reduces the risk of upper gastrointestinal cancers in selenium deficient populations. Recent cancer registry data have shown very different rates of esophageal cancer (EC) and gastric cancer (GC) in four Provinces of Iran, namely Ardabil, Mazandaran, Golestan, and Kerman. The aim of this study was to have a p...

The leafhopper fauna of northwestern Iran: Azarbaijan-e-Sharghi, Azarbaijan-e-Gharbi and Ardabil provinces is listed from previously published records and from our current work. Sixty-nine species are included with four species (Mogangellastraminea Dlabola, 1957, Doraturastylata (Boheman, 1847), Macrostelessordidipennis (Stål, 1858) and Psammotettixseriphidii Emeljanov, 1962) listed as new for ...

Shervin Amiri , Nasser Ojaroudi , Mohammad Ojaroudi 3 1 Scientific Member of Electrical Engineering, Department of Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) Tehran, Iran, [email protected] 2 Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran Tehran, Iran, [email protected] 3 Young Research Club, Ardabil Branch, Islamic A...