In this paper breastfeeding was studied among 10240 urban and 10794 rural mothers, whose children were 18 to 23 months of age. The sample size for rural and urban areas was equal, butin each province the cluster sampling method was used proportional to the population of each district. The results ofthe study show that between 17% to 28% of urban mothers in the provinces have deprived their...

background and aims: the study investigated mortality rates of children in west area of isfahan province in 2006-2012. methods: this cross- sectional study performed in a seven- years period by using information received from isfahan health center on neonatal mortality rate, infant mortality rate,under 5 years mortality rate in the west of isfahan province. results: the results showed that the ...

this article has been done having the objective of proposed principles regarding the role of urban decline areas and being impressionable in reducing crime. it was an investigation on urban crimes in decline areas, and finally the implementation of an approach that will lead to the creation of a healthy city. the result of this article is application of the urbanization principles aiming at hav...

The rapid growth in urban population is seen to create a need for the development of more urban infrastructures. In order to meet this need, natural surfaces such as vegetation are been replaced with non-vegetated surfaces such as asphalt and bricks which has the ability to absorb heat and release it later. This change in land cover is seen to increase the land surface temperature. Previous stu...

As a vital indicator for measuring urban development, urban areas are expected to be identified explicitly and conveniently with widely available dataset thereby benefiting the planning decisions and relevant urban studies. Existing approaches to identify urban areas normally based on midresolution sensing dataset, socioeconomic information (e.g. population density) generally associate with low...

in this paper breastfeeding was studied among 10240 urban and 10794 rural mothers, whose children were 18 to 23 months of age. the sample size for rural and urban areas was equal, butin each province the cluster sampling method was used proportional to the population of each district. the results ofthe study show that between 17% to 28% of urban mothers in the provinces have deprived their chil...

agricultural land conversion (alc) has been introduced as one of the most important factorsaffecting ecosystem. this type of conversion has led to several challenges in agricultural development andhuman life. monitoring alc plays a crucial role when dealing with such challenges. the main objective of thisstudywas to monitor the trend ofalc in theqazvin province located in northwest iran from 19...