This study analyzes the technical-economic feasibility study for construction of solar plants in 14 different locations of Khuzestan province in Iran. The HOMER software, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Balanced Scorecard (BSC), and Game Theory (GT) were used for ranking the areas in the province. The outputs of the HOMER software includes the kind of equipment to be used for building of each ...

background and aims: the main cause of many problems in developing countries is related to the provision of safe drinking water. since the health of drinking water is important in the busy centers such as hospitals, clinics and health centers, this study was done to investigate the role of water coolers connected to the municipal system in microbial quality of drinking water in behbahan city. m...

Two-component systems (TCS) are modular signal transduction pathways that allow cells to adapt to prevailing environmental conditions by modifying cellular physiology. Staphylococcus aureus has 16 TCSs to adapt to the diverse microenvironments encountered during its life cycle, including host tissues and implanted medical devices. S. aureus is particularly prone to cause infections associated t...

This pilot study examined whether giving stress reduction (SR) instructions to pregnant women would be effective in regulating stress, mood, and cortisol levels during pregnancy. Forty-one predominantly low-income Latina women, receiving prenatal services at a public county hospital, completed measures of stress and mood (depressive symptoms, positive and negative affect) and provided morning a...

BACKGROUND The new round of Healthcare Reform in China has implemented over 3 years since 2009, and promoted greatly the development of public county hospitals. The purpose of this study is to evaluate county hospitals efficiency before and after the healthcare reform, and further assess the reform effectiveness through the comparative analysis of the efficiency. METHODS Data envelopment anal...

conclusions the fluoride content of drinking water in reservoirs and at homes was below the optimal level in mariwan. no differences were observed from the standard levels in behbahan. there were no differences in fluoride content of water in reservoirs and in home pipelines, indicating no tangible changes in fluoride content from the reservoirs to the homes. in neither of the towns was severe ...

the kalāntarān dynasty of behbahan and kohgiluye, known as “mirzayan-e tabatabaie” was one of fars' local governments which ruled for seven centuries and had great roles in outstanding historical events of the region, although our information about this dynasty includes the period of the late safavids up to the late qajars. however, researchers have not yet researched effectively on this h...