background: metabolic syndrome (mets) is a complex clustering cardiovascular risk factors such as abdominal obesity, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia. it has been a growing health problem in iranian adults in recent decade. the objective of this article was to review the prevalence of mets and the corresponding risk factors among iranian adults.methods: we conducted a systematic review t...

in order to determine the effects of zinc foliar application on the vegetative characteristics, yield and fruit quality in strawberry (fragaria × ananassa duch) cv kordestan under salinity stress conditions, an experiment was carried out hydroponically in glasshouse as a controlled environment during 2009 through 2010. three levels of nacl (0, 15, 30 mm) and three levels of zn (0, 1.5, 3 g/l) w...

background: the distribution and preferences of ticks of animals in central of iran were studied four times a year. methods: one thousand seven tick specimens were collected from different localities including isfahan, chaharmahalbak­htiary, eastazarbaijan, west azerbaijan, kordestan, kermanshah, lorestan and fars. results: most of sampled animals in this area were infested. we also encountered...

wood mice of the genus apodemus are widespread in temperate areas of the palaearctic region. four species a. hyrcanicus, a. flavicollis, a. witherbyi, a. avicennicus and a. uralensis were reported for iran. the shape variation among three species of the genus apodemus (a. witherbyi, a. hyrcanicus, a. uralensis) and a subfossil specimens from kordestan (kani mikaiil cave) dated to 6000-4800 cal....

environmental stress especially drought is one of the most important factors to reduce and disturbance in different stages of floral growth especially sprouting in dry and semi-dry lands of iran. for this purpose a factorial essay executed in accidentally manner with four iterations in vitro condition. four genotypes of bromus tomentellus pasture types were used (92 tehran, 630 kordestan, 3414 ...

the strategic planning of marketing and the application of marketing strategies for achieving sustainable competitive advantages are of the factors that help the survival of producers of agricultural organic products. although, there are evidences of the growth of organic farming in iran but, there are no useful information and proposals for making marketing strategies in organic production hol...

the present study was conducted to investigate qualitative and quantitative aspects of irrigated wheat production in three major farming systems i.e. peasant, commercial and cooperative systems in kordestan province. accordingly, seven basic hypotheses were tested. the data were drawn from individual interviews with 360 farmers who planted wheat in 2004-2005. the sample was selected using multi...

trifolium species and cultivars are considered important forage crops iran , growing throughout the country. the present article considered the karyotypic details of trvulim taxa using multivariate statistical analysis. taxa studied included: trifolim restylinatum (six populations: shazand, soriyan, kordestan, harati, enaj and lordegan), t. repense, t, fragverm, t. prateme and t, alexandrinm. s...

autosomal recessive and sporadic non-syndromic hearing loss (arsnshl) is the major form of hereditary deafness.mutations in the gjb2 gene encoding the gap-junction protein connexin 26 have been identified to be highly associated with arsnshl. in this study we have analyzed 196 deaf subjects from 179 families having one or more deaf children in 3 proviences of iran, including kordestan, khuzesta...