OBJECTIVE To evaluate the pattern of use of opioid and other illegal drugs in patients seeking addiction treatment in Birjand, eastern Iran. METHODS The prospective study was conducted from March 21, 2009 to March 21,2010, and comprised all patients referred to the seven addiction treatment centres in Birjand. Data was obtained through pre-designed questionnaires and it was analysed using SPS...

Saffron is an important crop in social and economical aspects in Khorassan Province (Northeast of Iran). In this research we tried to evaluate trends of saffron yield in recent years and to study the relationship between saffron yield and the climate change. A regression analysis was used to predict saffron yield based on 20 years of yield data in Birjand, Ghaen and Ferdows cities. Climatologic...

J. DIJKSTRA , S. LOPEZ *, A. BANNINK , M. S. DHANOA , E. KEBREAB , N. E. ODONGO 6, M. H. FATHI NASRI 7, U. K. BEHERA 8, D. HERNANDEZ-FERRER 9 AND J. FRANCE 10# 1Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands 2 Instituto de Ganaderı́a de Montaña, Universidad de León – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas, Departamento de Producción Animal...

met with in Birjand during eighteen months of hospital experience amongst the garrison of troops stationed there. Six of these cases were admitted to hospital during May and the last few days of April, 1919. One case occurred in the middle of J une, and the other two during the first three days of July, 1919. Case 1.?The first admission, a young Indian clerk of the Works Department, was on Apri...

the present research aims to examine the relationship between diversity management and its effect on staffs’ affective commitment with study on mediation role of transformational leadership and perceived justice in qaen health network. in theoretical sector with integration of human resource management and performance theories and the theory of diversity and leadership, a theoretical model has ...