BACKGROUND Population-based studies for prevalence of metabolic syndrome (M.S) in children and adolescents are relatively rare. The aim of this study was to assess the Prevalence of M.S and correlated factors among children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Ahvaz. METHODS In this descriptive-analytical population- based study, 2246 children and adolescents, 10-19 years old (1113 male and...

the aim of this study was to rank the facilitators of participation of the elderly in physical activity. this research was descriptive-analytical and method of data collection was survey-field. statistical population consisted of all elderly of ahvaz city in 2014. the sample size was determined as 383 subjects. a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. its validity was assessed ...

1 Department of Mathematics, Lorestan University, P.O. Box 465, Khoramabad, Iran 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Shahid Chamran University, P.O. Box 135, Ahvaz, Iran 3 School of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, MC 8001, Australia 4 School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, ...

ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN IRAN'S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR USING DIFFERENT INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES M. A. Behrang a , E. Assareh a , M. R. Assari b & A. Ghanbarzadeh c a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Dezful Branch, Iran b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Jundi Shapour University, Dezful, Iran c Department of Mechanical Engi...

This study evaluated the concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in inlet and outlet treatment plant Ahvaz city. For this purpose, six OCPs, including chlordane, dieldrin, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, heptachlor, lindane, endrin were measured at three different sites during, 12 months. A gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) device was applied for analysis determination tar...

Saline municipal wastewater treatment is a challenging environmental issue in coastal cities, due to the discharge of saline water into the sewers. The present research article focuses on the phytoremediation of high saline municipal wastewater by Ruppia maritime, a widespread plant which can be found in saline medium such as traditional fish ponds, estuaries, tidal flats, salt pans, coastal pa...