The type section of the Middle and Upper Jurassic Chaman Bid Formation is in the western Koppeh Dagh Basin (Northeast Iran). It is unusually thick and contains a rather rich ammonite fauna, ranging from Bathonian to Tithonian. The ammonites described here come from a 134-m-thick interval in the upper part of member (D) in the middle part of the formation, consisting of an alternation of grey li...

The Berriasian-Valanginian Fahliyan Formation forms one of the giant reservoirs in the subsurface of the Abadan plain, onshore Iran. A detailed petrographical analysis of the available cores and thin sections revealed that the different diagenetic parameters influenced the reservoir quality of the Fahliyan Formation in this field. The Fahliyan Formation has been influenced by three diagenetic e...

background : scientific journals are the most credible and updated information resources for valid information in the various fields of science and technology. the present study investigates the status of iranian scientific journals in disseminating medical information to the world of science. methods : total 163 iranian medical journals accredited by national medical journals commission of ira...

The association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII®), the glycemic index (GI), and the glycemic load (GL) is not known, although it is known that carbohydrates are pro-inflammatory. We aimed to measure the association between the DII and both GI and GL among college students. In this cross-sectional study, 110 college students completed a 3-day food diary, which was used to calculate t...

Article history: Received 19 March 2009 Received in revised form 8 October 2010 Accepted 8 October 2010 Available online 30 October 2010 In decision-making problems under uncertainty, a decision table consists of a set of attributes indicating what is the optimal decision (response) within the different scenarios defined by the attributes. We recently introduced a method to give explanations of...

ilam province in southwest iran possesses varied climatic and geographical conditions leading to rich biodiversity. an investigating of the status of snakes in the province was carried out from june 2005 to march 2010. a total of 103 specimens were collected and identified. six families, 20 genera, and 26 species are represented, including boidae: eryx (eryx) jaculus turcicus; colubridae: colub...

Background: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasing with an alarming rate world wide. Since diet components' studies that focus on MetS have produced largely inconsistent results, assessing the whole diet than single nutrients on health can be more practical. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between diet quality and MetS components. Methods: This cross-sectional st...

We explain how floating-point numbers are represented and stored in modern digital computers. Directory • Table of