Background: Forecasting of air pollutants has become a popular topic of environmental research today. For this purpose, the artificial neural network (AAN) technique is widely used as a reliable method for forecasting air pollutants in urban areas. On the other hand, the evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR) model has recently been used as a forecasting tool in some environmental issues. In ...

In the field of psychiatry the decline of recruitment and brain-drain are currently one of the most discussed topics among stakeholders on national and European level. Even though comprehensive data on psychiatric training in Europe have been already reported, no data are available on even the approximate number of early career psychiatrists (ECPs). With this objective in mind, the Early Career...

abstract background: suicide is a major problem world-wide. the aim of this study was to determine the incidence of suicide in east azerbaijan province, iran. methods: a cross-sectional study conducted from 2010 to 2011. we analysed some characteristics of the cases of suicide based on the health system database. variables such as demographics, outcomes (fatal/nonfatal), and methods used were r...

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, has medical and economic importance in the world. Molecular approaches comparing traditional methods using for identification and characterization of Fasciola spp. are precise and reliable. The aims of current study were molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and then comparative analys...

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Correspondence: Sina Zarrintan, MD Department of General Surgery Golgahst St. Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, 51664 Iran E-mails: [email protected], [email protected] The 2012 Iranian earthquakes took place in the cities of Ahar and Varzqan in East Azerbaijan province on August 11, 2012, at 4:53 PM Tehran time. Twin earthquakes (6.4 and 6.3 on the Richter scale) stuck northwest Iran 11 mi...

eight villages of east azerbaijan were surveyed in the summer of 1972 for the prevalence of hypertension. three hundred seventy five men and women aged 40-60 years were examined in this survey and it was found that 16.6% of women and 6.7% of men are hypertensive. the highest rate occurs in women 51-60 years of age who have a prevalence rate of 22.2%. the figures indicate that even now hypertens...