Land degradation usually leads to the loss of ecosystem services, which may threaten social well-being. There is no approach identify and manage all services based on their importance in processes systems. This study aimed link well-being order assess rangeland degradation. Eleven (forage production, water yield, edible plants, fuel, medicinal pollination, gas regulation, soil resistivity erosi...

Soil moisture content (SMC) plays a critical role in soil science via its influences on agriculture, water resources management, and climate conditions. There is broad interest finding relationships between groundwater recharge, characteristics, plant properties for the quantification of SMC. The objective this study was to assess potential optical satellite imagery estimating SMC over cropland...

Analysis of Barriers and Challenges Rangeland Management (Case Study: Rangelands Kermanshah province)

Comparing Actual and Potential Productions of Rangeland Ecosystems Kohgiluyeh Boyer-Ahmad Province in Different Conditions

This study describes the components of available forage in Vahregan watershed, Central Iran and highlight issues relating to forage endowment and environmental dynamics. In this study, proper use factor and palatability models and their components use to develop the model of available forage and measure it. The components climatic, topography, land systems, vegetation, land use and grass and sh...

BACKGROUND Adolescent and young adults are at increased risk of psychiatric distress and serious disability. We estimated the prevalence and associated risk factors of psychiatric distress among the college students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. METHODS We performed this cross-sectional study, from Jan to May 2016 at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. St...

Objective: To estimate the relationship between saccular dysfunction and low frequency age-related sensorineural hearing loss (a-SNHL). Methods: In this case-control study, sixty old men volunteers evaluated met inclusion criteria. They presented to the audiology department of Hamadan University of medical sciences (Hamadan, Iran). After history taking, all of audiological tests done on same. R...