1- Introduction The sediment cores BAG, AZD and AM in the Babolsar, Jouybar and Zaghmarz areas are located at the southern Iranian part of the coastal plain of the Caspian Sea. These areas are contained by major mountain ridge, the Alborz in the south (Central Alborz Structural Zone). The Alborz Mountain represent the main source of terrigenous materials in the South basin of the Caspian Sea. ...

Introduction: Radiation therapy is using the ionizing radiation to eliminate or minimize cancerous tissues. This method has been very much considered in recent years. Because of the high energy of the photons produced by the accelerator, it is necessary to protect the walls, roof and the floor of the treatment rooms using the concrete and leaden materials. One of these harmful ...

     This special issue is a collection of refereed articles selected from the 13th International Industrial Engineering Conference (IIEC 2017). The initial selection was made by Dr. Hamed Fazlollahtabar who also wrote the following description. The accepted articles were reviewed going through the usual reviewing process of IJOR. Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri Editor-in-Chief &nbs...

Introduction: Rectal cancer is a heterozygous disease in which cancerous cells grow in the rectum and lower parts of the colon. The primary cause of this cancer is not yet known, but factors such as over age 50, smoking, family history, improper diet or having a history of polyps and inflammatory bowel disease are the major risk factors for developing the rectum cancer. The rec...

extended abstract introduction rainfall prediction at regional and global scales is mostly as principle component of hydro-meteorological studies in un-gauged regions. ground-based measurements of precipitation are available with high accuracy in synoptic stations. spatial distribution of operational stations is now as one of the biggest problems in the developing countries such as iran, which ...

introduction: drought is a recurrent feature of climate that caused by deficiency of precipitation over time. due to the rise in water demand and alarming climate change, recent year’s observer much focus on drought and drought conditions. a multiple types of deficits and relevant temporal scales can be achieved through the construction of a joint indicator that draws on information from multip...