1. introduction droughts are long-term phenomena that can affect large areas and cause severe downturn in economic and social activities. recognizing this phenomenon, its features and properties, knowledge of facilities, capabilities and talents of areas and providing short and long term solutions leads to the effort of the surface water resource managers to prepare for drought mitigation. the ...

Bike sharing systems (BSSs) offer a mobility service whereby public bikes, located at different stations across an urban area, are available for shared use. An important point is that the distribution of rides between stations is not uniformly distributed and certain stations fill up or empty over time. These empty and full stations lead to demand for bikes and return boxes that cannot be fulfi...

in this investigation, using mann – kendall graphical-statistical test, which is one of the proposed methods of world meteorological organization (wmo) for time series analysis, the change trend of long – term mean of annual minimum and maximum temperatures in iran will be studied. to evaluate this trend and access a suitable pattern in this situation, average of annual minimum and maximum ...

1. introduction climate is a large system which is produced due to the relation and action between other large systems. if a change occurs in one of these systems, other systems will coordinate themselves with the change fast or slowly. the consequences of this coordination will impress the system that is starter of this change and an endless continuum of the links connects these systems togeth...

Background: Gas stations are one of the most well-known risky potentials in cities. Attitude and culture are underlying reasons for unsafe behaviors, which can lead to accidents. This study aimed to evaluate safety culture among workers of gas stations in the city of Zanjan. Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, a valid safety culture questionnaire consisting of five dimensions was us...