Malassezia furfur, an opportunistic and lipophilic yeast, is etiologic agent of pityriasis versicolor and characterized by hypo or hyperpigmented scaly patches which appear principally in the trunk. Regarding the lipophilic characteristic of the yeast, this study was done to evaluate that dose hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia affect on incidence of pityriasis versicolor (P.V) or no...

Water resources are vital to the survival of living organisms and contribute substantially development various sectors. Climatic diversity, topographic conditions, uneven distribution surface water flows have made reservoirs one primary supply in Iran. This study used Landsat 5, 7, 8 data Google Earth Engine (GEE) for supervised monitoring dynamics reservoir eight Iranian dams (Karkheh, Karun-1...

Background: Obesity is considered as one of the most important nutrition and health issues among adolescents in the developing countries. In this respect, risks and problems associated with obesity can put a huge burden on the health care system of a society. Moreover, underweight and malnutrition are also prevalent in developing countries and impose enormous health care expenditures on individ...

nowadays, much attention has been paid on using geostatistical methods for estimation of spatial parameters, either using the variables of these parameters (kriging) or auxiliary variables (cokriging), in water and soil sciences. the quality of ground water for agriculture is very important; however, it is expensive and time consuming to measure parameters such as sar, na, ca, th, tds and ec. t...

Background & Aim: Black seed or black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) belongs the family Ranunculaceae. Black seed is one of these species, which is naturally distributed in different parts of the country. It is extensively cultivated in various regions of Iran.  Experimental: The experiment was achieved using randomized complete block desi...

The main objective of this study is to evaluate heavy metals contamination of highly consumed vegetables and hazardous effects of consuming these vegetables. The study was conducted in vegetable fields in three different regions according to the level of environmental pollutions, including "Isfahan", "Flavarjan" and "Faridan, Golpayegan and Natanz". Six types of vegetables in each field with th...