the fauna of the braconid genera atanycolus foerster, glyptomorpha holmgren, pseudovipio szepligeti and vipio latreille belonging to the subfamily braconinae were studied in some parts of northern (alborz, qazvin, gilan and tehran) and southern provinces of iran (hormozgan). specimens were collected using malaise traps during 2010–2012. eightspecies were identified of which two species, namely ...

Approximately 3000 birds, mainly passerines, caught in mist nets in the northern provinces of South Africa, were examined for ticks. A total of 178 ticks, belonging to 14 species, were recovered from 83 birds of 43 different species. Hyalomma rufipes was the most numerous tick, with 26 larvae and 109 nymphs collected, followed by Amblyomma marmoreum, with 13 larvae and two nymphs. Despite the s...

Distribution, biodiversity and biotechnology of Sambucus ebulus L. are not investigated yet (Caprifoliaceae family).There are 20-25 species of the genus of Sambucus L. are known in the world but in Iran, it is etermined only one species, Sambucus ebulus, that distributed in three Northern Provinces next to Caspian Sea (Golestan, Mazandaran and Gillan province). In this short paper, Distribution...

Species of Nannirhynchia Buckman, 1918 are particularly abundant in the stratigraphic record of Early Jurassic age outcropping in the Lusitanian Basin, where they represent important biostratigraphic tools, especially where ammonites are missing or are not well preserved. An attempt of a correlation scheme of ammonite and brachiopod zones from the Mediterranean and the northern European provinc...

Background: The aim of this study was to model the geographical variation in incidence and risk factors of seven prevalent cancers in Iran. Methods: The data for cancers of esophagus, stomach, bladder, colorectal, lung, prostate, and female breast along with their risk factors in all 30 provinces of Iran for the year 2007 were included into study. Smoking, overweight, inadequate consumption of ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to model the geographical variation in incidence and risk factors of seven prevalent cancers in Iran. METHODS The data for cancers of esophagus, stomach, bladder, colorectal, lung, prostate, and female breast along with their risk factors in all 30 provinces of Iran for the year 2007 were included into study. Smoking, overweight, inadequate consumption of ...

OBJECTIVE Geographic patterns in total mortality and in mortality by cause of death are widely known to exist in many countries. However, the geographic pattern of inequalities in mortality within these countries is unknown. This study shows mathematically and graphically the geographic pattern of mortality inequalities by education in Spain. METHODS Data are from a nation-wide prospective st...

in the last decades, pesticides have been used extensively, in order to control pests and plant diseases, but negative impacts of pesticides caused several environmental problems and put human health in danger. in order to decrease environmental hazards of pesticide, risk of pesticide application should be measured briefly and precisely. in this study environmental impacts of registered insecti...

persian gulf and its coastal areas are the world's largest source of crude oil and related industries govern the region. one of the contaminants in this area is heavy metals associated with oil spill. more importantly, vanadium, nickel and zinc can be named in this regard. in this study, the contamination of northern coasts of persian gulf is selected to investigate for trace metals of v, ni, c...

abstract background: to get intersectoral collaborations is one of the strategies considered for the goal of health for all by the year 2000 which has been emphasized in the 21th century again. if the members of local organizations are more satisfied, they will collaborate in the improvement of health programs more. this study was performed to assess the satisfaction rate of the members of loca...