The problems of distressed urban areas are getting worse year after year. Due to limited resources and Amenities of municipal organizations for solving every problem concerning urban distressed textures, it is essential to determine the priorities of each area based on identified factors and criteria. In distressed areas, there are different circumstances and distinctive citizens with their nee...

BACKGROUND It is clear that tobacco smoking and substance abuse have negative consequences on adolescent and youth's health. Tobacco smoking especially hookah smoking has increased worldwide especially among university students. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of risk-taking behaviors such as cigarette smoking, hookah smoking, alcohol use, and drug abuse and its predictors in stude...

Hossein EBRAHIMI*, Shaban RAHIMI, Pejvak KHAKI, Jesse L. GRIMES, Sophia KATHARIOU Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Department of Microbiology and Leptospira Reference Laboratory, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran Prestage Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina Sta...

Recently, the issue of machine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis as a part of maintenance system became global due to the potential advantages to be gained from reduced maintenance costs, improved productivity and increased machine availability. The aim of this work is to investigate the effectiveness of a new fault diagnosis method based on power spectral density (PSD) of vibration sign...

Elham AHMADI*, Seyed Ali POURBAKHSH, Malahat AHMADI, Alireza TALEBI Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran Department of Poultry Diseases, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicin...

Examining the willingness to pay (WTP) in implementation of walkability policies can indicate needs and preferences individuals. Consequently, better defined individual lead successful sustainable transportation plans. While there is an extensive literature discussing WTP transportation, they mostly focus on developed countries, this issue has not been adequately studied for developing especial...

1. introduction flood is one of natural hazard which ranks the most one just like earthquake and drought according to the report of the natural hazard program of the united nations. besides physical factors, and lack proper management will increase the flood potential. therefore, in order to prevent flood damage it seems to be necessary to provide essential requirements before physical expansio...

INTRODUCTION Orgasmic dysfunction in women is characterized by persistent or recurrent delay in or absence of orgasm following a normal sexual excitement phase. Research has shown that almost two thirds of women have concerns about their sexual relationship. Sexual dysfunction has many problems for couples; some researchers found that up to 67% of divorces related to sexual disorders. OBJECTI...