INTRODUCTION Today, despite scientific advances, many people spend more time and distance between home and their workplaces because of various economic and population reasons. The aim of this study was to identify features of an appropriate health education program during commutes for factory staff at Ardakan county (Yazd province, Iran). METHODS This qualitative study was conducted via the p...

many investigations have demonstrated that arid regions display ideal conditions for remote sensing applications such as, land cover/land use detection. the aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of thematic mapper (tm) thermal band in land cover/land use mapping in the ardakan region of yazd province, an area of desert with severe salinity conditions, and the mook region in the f...

The Yazd-Ardakan basin in Central Iran has two separated aquifers. The shallow unconfined aquifer is supplies 40 Qanats. The deep saturated confined aquifer is the main water storage. Due to over-withdrawal, water table has been decreasing during last 25 years. Recent study shows that the shortage of the aquifer is about 16 meters and land subsidence is 0.5 1.2 meters. Long deep cracks are foun...

Cumin, Cuminum cyminum L., is the king of spices with a plethora of natural compounds with pharmacological features. Drought stress is a well-known factor that influences the production of some metabolites. We studied the impact of drought stress on gene expression and metabolite content in flower and leaf tissue organs of two ecotypes, Taybad and Ardakan populations. Plants were imposed into t...

Abstract Groundwater (GW) plays a key role in water supply basins. As global warming and climate change affect groundwater level (GWL), it is important to predict for planning managing resources. This study investigates the GWL of Yazd-Ardakan Plain basin Iran base period 1979–2005 predicts periods 2020–2059 2060–2099. Lagged temperature rainfall are used as inputs hybrid standalone artificial ...

COVID-19 is affecting the development of global economy and threatening survival SMEs worldwide. In light current situation, this paper examines factors product process innovation in during crisis. We carried out a simple random sample 185 SME entrepreneurs Ardakan, Iran, using multivariate regression analysis. The results showed that experience one most important innovation. Organization size ...

Introduction: Due to water scarcity and increased water consumption during the past years, the importance of water in terms of transmission of diseases, as well as Iran's climate, groundwater aquifers are known as the most important resources of drinking water supply. Using the Water Quality Index (WQI) is considered as strong managerial tool for decision making in water resource management. Th...