the lut block in eastern iran is a micro-continental block within the convergent orogen between the arabian, eurasian and indian plates. large areas of the north-central, eastern, and western lut block are covered by volcanic rocks of paleogene, neogene and quaternary age.  peak volcanic activity took place in the north-central part of the lut block during the eocene, and then dramatically decr...

We report a method for fabricating solution-processed quaternary In-Ga-Zn-O (IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) at low annealing temperatures using a vertical diffusion technique (VDT). The VDT is a deposition process for spin-coating binary and ternary oxide layers consecutively and annealing at once. With the VDT, uniform and dense quaternary oxide layers were fabricated at lower temperatures...

This paper integrates recent efforts to map the distribution of biomes for the late Quaternary with the detailed evidence that plant species have responded individualistically to climate change at millennial timescales. Using a fossil-pollen data set of over 700 sites, we review late-Quaternary vegetation history in northern and eastern North America across levels of ecological organization fro...

Coral reefs and their associated fauna are largely impacted by ongoing climate change. Unravelling species responses to past climatic variations might provide clues on the consequence of ongoing changes. Here, we tested the relationship between changes in sea surface temperature and sea levels during the Quaternary and present-day distributions of coral reef fish species. We investigated whethe...

background & aim : neonatal period is one of the most high-risk stages of human life affected by some factors associated to pre- and post-delivery stages, such as invasive procedures. anxiety is found to be one of the most common psychological disorders during prenatal period, especially the third trimester. until now, significant negative consequences of anxiety on newborn’s health are reporte...

The late Quaternary period saw the rapid extinction of the majority of the world's terrestrial megafauna. The cause of these dramatic losses, especially the relative importance of climatic change and the impacts of newly arrived people, remains highly controversial, with geographically restricted analyses generating conflicting conclusions. By analyzing the distribution and timing of all megafa...

during the time, land cover and as a result land use patterns go through fundamental changes and human factors can have the most important role in this process. knowing these changes could be of great help to the future management of this region. according to this, the main purpose of this study is to monitor the land use-cover changes in the hamedan province area during the three recent decade...

As FAR BACK as the days of Pliny in the first century, and probably long before, horses, cows, sheep, goats, dogs, and chickens were known to be infested with fleas, bots, and lice. Until the white man arrived in America not one of these animals had been present on this continent for a long time, with the possible exception of the dog. It is natural to assume therefore that all of the specific ...