Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have many applications in various scientific areas such as identification, prediction and image processing. This research was done at the Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Rey Branch, during 2011 for classification of 5 main rice grain varieties grown in different environments in Iran. Classification was made in terms of 24 color features, 11 morphological featu...

Water quality and metal contents of sediments were measured in Zayandeh-Rood River. Zayandeh-Rood is one of the most important rivers of Iran. The river water is used for drinking, industrial and agricultural purposes. The anthropogenic impact on the river over the last three decade has proven to be extremely negative due to the quick development of industry. Physico-chemical parameters of wate...

BACKGROUND One of the main and basic pillars of health system promotion is the equitable distribution of health facilities in order to ensure fair access of people in the community to the health services. The goal of this study was to classify the health structural indicators in Golestan Province using Scalogram analysis model. METHOD A descriptive study was conducted in 2010. Data related to...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to detect the genotype of Fasciola spp. in Meshkin-Shahr, Ardabil Province, northwestern Iran in different hosts using PCR-RFLP. METHODS The parasite hosts included cattle, and sheep. Overall, 70 adult flukes from livers of slaughtered animals were collected from the abattoirs of aforementioned area. The included 35 samples from infected sheep and 35 sampl...

Although Toxoplasma gondii infection generally shows subclinical courses in adults, it may have severe pathologic effects on the fetus. For a survey of toxoplasmosis in Shahr-e-Rey area, south of Tehran, Iran, we conducted a serological study on 1,187 general populations using indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test. In this cross sectional study, cases were selected randomly by a local primar...

Background and aims: Given that computer games have positive and negative functions and mayaffect the mental health of individuals, the present research aimed to study the relationship betweenthe tendency to playing computer games and the mental health of junior high school students inShahr-e Kord.Methods: The current cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was cond...

Background: Changes in the nutritional behaviors from consumption of traditional nutriments to intakes of high energy, concerned in powering the increasing problem in adolescents and children's obesity. The current study intended to evaluate Proper consumption of sugary drinks and its association with adolescent girls’ knowledge and skill in Shahr-e-kord city, Iran.Materials and Methods: This w...