land use change of forest ecosystems in northern iran changes the soil quality of paresar (gilan province) and gorgan (gorgan province) regions. in order to study changes in some biological soil quality indices due to land use change from forest to cultivated lands, composite soil samples from two depths (0-20 and 20-40 cm) were taken from paresar and gorgan regions and urease, alkaline and aci...

conclusions this study showed that the collected soil from studied areas was rich of keratinophilic fungi and actinomycetes, therefore hygiene protocol should be taken to prevent the spread of pathogenic and saprophytes fungi in the environment of susceptible person. background keratinophilic fungi are a group of fungi that colonize in various keratinous substrates and degrade them to the compo...

Background and Purpose: We measured the psychometric properties i.e., validity, reliability, stability of Persian 10-item Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) among older adults in Iran. Materials Methods: recruited elderly (60+ years) subjects (20 per item questionnaire) from various sampling units general population Gorgan district, Golestan, After translation/back-translation process, ...

Background: Many women with breast cancer in the process of diagnosing, treating, and surviving show psychological distress such as hopelessness cancer-related stress. On other hand, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) a intervention provides good model for coping disease. Objectives: This study aimed at investigating effectiveness ACT on demoralization syndrome trauma patients survivors. Metho...

Knowledge of distribution and emission pattern natural artificial radioactive elements their radiation level in the environment is very important to assess its effects on human health living organisms. In this study, specific activity for 30 soil sediment samples collected from upstream outlet Qarasu River Gorgan Bay as well sediments eastern part were measured using High-Purity Germanium detec...