To estimate the genetic diversity of chickpea germplasm from Iran, a total of 307 landraces from 4 regions including: northern areas (29 from Ardebil, 3 from Qazvin and 5 from Mazanderan provinces), temperate (16 from Kermanshah, 2 from Semnan, 54 from Khorasan and 20 from Kerman provinces), semi-arid (28 from Ghom and 56 from Isfahan provinces) and cold areas (15 from West Azarbayjan, 52 from ...

the purpose of this study was to survey of the physiologic and anthropometric profile of professional male gymnasts in kerman and guilan provinces and comparing them with the norm. subjects included 20 professional male gymnasts from kerman and guilan provinces with mean age 15.2±2.2 yrs, weight 51.35±13.24 kg and height 161.80±11.36 cm. data were analyzed by using descriptive and inference sta...

1 MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Department, Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran 2 MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Department, Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran 3 Ph.D, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran ...

between july and august 2009, a total of two hundred crossbreed dogs in three contiguous littoralprovinces of guilan, mazandaran and golestan were sampled. circulating antigens and/or microfilariae ofdirofilaria immitis were found in 25.5% of dogs in the whole studied area. the highest infection rate wasfound in guilan (51.42%), followed by golestan and mazandaran provinces (15.38% and 7.69%, r...

BACKGROUND To prevent and control the cancers in Iran, the Iranian Department of Health has released the cancer rates data of the country. As the report has suggested, the incidence rate of thyroid cancer would be the most rapidly increasing among all the cancers. The study has aimed to carry out a qualitative assessment of thyroid cancer in Iran, during the 2004 to 2009, in a cross-sectional s...

out of fifty-two iranian nonaflatoxigenic strains of aspergillus flavus, which were collected from various substrates (soil and kernel) and sources (peanut, corn and pistachio), fifteen representatives were selected according to their different geographical origins (six provinces: guilan and golestan, ardebil, fars, kerman and semnan) and vegetative compatibility groups (vcgs, ir1 to ir15) for ...

introduction guilan is one of the provinces in north of iran, with population of 2,480,874 and a total area of ​​14,042 square kilometers. this study assesses the outdoor natural gamma dose rates in the air of 49 cities in guilan and calculates corresponding average annual effective dose. materials and methods a total of 260 different sample points measurements were carried out. the results inc...

AIM To correct the misclassification in registered gastric cancer incidence across Iranian provinces in cancer registry data. METHODS Gastric cancer data is extracted from Iranian annual of national cancer registration report 2008. A Bayesian method with beta prior is implemented to estimate the rate of misclassification in registering patient's permanent residence in neighboring province. Ea...

Between July and August 2009, a total of two hundred crossbreed dogs in three contiguous littoralprovinces of Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan were sampled. Circulating antigens and/or microfilariae ofDirofilaria immitis were found in 25.5% of dogs in the whole studied area. The highest infection rate wasfound in Guilan (51.42%), followed by Golestan and Mazandaran provinces (15.38% and 7.69%, r...