background : rodents with a population greater than the entire population of other mammals on earth are the source of economic losses and health conflicts. one of the major health problems with the rodents is their role as reservoir hosts of zoonotic diseases. the aim of this study was to assess the infestation of commensal rodents with ectoparasites in hamedan city, western iran. methods : the...

Introduction: Hospitals may have an adverse effect on the environment. The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced concept of Green Hospital to reduce these complications while also improving purpose this study was assess how many hospitals in Qazvin met standards.Methods: This descriptive-observational carried out all that were included via census sampling method. standard green hospital qu...

various human pressures are affecting the aquatic biocoenosis in running waters of iran - similar to many other areas of the world. overall 190 sites, 88 at salmonid (44 reference/impacted respectively) and 102 at cyprinid (50 reference/52 impacted) streams of the southern caspian sea basin were investigated in terms of human pressures present and the related impact on fish assemblages. in tota...

depth of frost penetration is one of the main indices in agriculture, civil and transportation engineering. soil temperature is a function of several factors including: topography, solar radiation, air temperature, moisture content and other physical properties of soil such as thermal capacity, coefficient of heat conductivity, and specific heat. the main objective of the present paper is to de...

Raw milk is a valuable food which its quality is important regarding both milk consumption itself and manufacturing of other dairy products. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different seasons on the variations of raw milk composition. To do so different samples of raw milk were taken during summer and winter from Qazvin province and their physicochemical properties includi...

BACKGROUND Worker safety education using models that identify and reinforce factors affecting behavior is essential. The present study aimed to determine the effect of safety education based on motivational interviewing on awareness of, attitudes toward, and engagement in worker safety in the glass production industry in Hamedan, Iran, in 2014. METHODS This was a quasi-experimental interventi...

the main objective of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of bovine herpes virus type 1 and parainfluenza type 3 in a non-vaccinated population cattle in the livestock region of qazvin province. totally 504 sera were randomly collected and tested from 8 industrial dairy farms in qazvin province during march 2010-march 2011. the result of one way analysis of variance was used for th...