BACKGROUND Road traffic deaths are a considerable public health problem and a major source of lost financial and human resources. Most mortality occurs in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to measure road traffic fatality rates and years of lost life, and also to depict a view of trends in road traffic deaths from 2004 to 2010 in Yazd city, a province in central Ir...

background advanced ambulance service (emergency medical services/ems) is considered to be an integral part of emergency medical care as the first assets responding to emergencies and disasters in the prehospital setting in most developed countries. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the current situation of shiraz’s ems by comparing data obtained during two different time periods...

1. A preparation of completely haemolysed erythrocytes from the blood ofdomestic fowls, which actively incorporates [Ox-14C]glycine into haem, is described. 2. The effects of time and of glycine concentration on the rate of synthesis were studied. 3. Stimulation of the synthesis up to sixfold was obtained with some preparations of boiled yeast extract. 2:4-Dinitrophenol inhibited the synthesis ...

background: there have been speculations about the effects of hormonal changes and socio-demographic factors on periodontal health during pregnancy.objective: according to the lack of sufficient epidemiologic information about the periodontal status of pregnant women in yazd, this study was accomplished to determine the changes of community periodontal index for treatment needs (cpitn) during p...

This study applied a non-parametric method to analyze the efficiency of farmers, discriminate efficient farmers from inefficient ones and to identify wasteful uses of energy in order to optimize the energy inputs for broiler production. Data were collected from 44 broiler farms in six villages in Yazd province (Iran) by using a face-to-face questionnaire performed in January– February 2010 peri...

A total number of 330 native Libyan chicken eggs were collected from smallholders over different areas of south Libya to determine and classify some quantitative and qualitative traits in Libyan native fowls. The quantitative traits studied in the current trial were fertility and hatchability percent, egg weight, eggshell characteristics (weight, thickness, area), chicks weight and body measure...