flour dust has been introduced as one of the effective factors in the prevalence of respiratory disorders among the workers of the flour production factories. the purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of this pollutant on the pulmonary functions and survey the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among workers of flour production factories in arak, iran.   exposure to flour dust ...

In this paper, a classification scheme has been proposed to classify crackles based on waveform features and frequency domain features. This purpose is very important in the analysis of respiratory disorders. In fact, morphological characters of crackles can be well represented by time amplitude distribution. Thus, they convey significant diagnostic information, for their precise timing in the ...

this manuscript is the result of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology survey on the hezar mountain in se of iran. traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this region. the plants were collected in and around hezar mountain from 2008-2010. the authors have conducted an interview of total 75 informants; the traditional uses of 92 species belongin...