abstract consistent decreasing and increasing of temperature in the short-term period that is called freezing and thaw cycles is one of the important factors of damage to crop productions. in this research as to determine freezing and thaw cycles in the khorasan razavi province, the data of daily minimum and maximum temperatures of 9 synoptic stations was used over 20 statistic years (1989-2008...

BACKGROUND During the last decades, the number of dentistry units increased significantly across the country. The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency of dental units of Iran provinces regarding dental health inputs and outputs using Data Envelopment Analysis approach. METHODS In this applied descriptive-analytical study, the study population included all of Iran 31 provinces. The o...

Background This cross-sectional investigation aimed to evaluate the prevalence of IgM and IgG anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies and the associated risk factors among healthy blood donors in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast of Iran from Nov 2014 to May 2015. Methods Overall, 491 serum samples from apparently healthy blood donors referred the six biggest blood centers in Razavi Khorasan, Ira...

This paper investigates the commonly overlooked “sensitivity” of sensitivity analysis (SA) to what we refer to as parameter “perturbation scale”, which can be defined as a prescribed size of the sensitivityrelated neighbourhood around any point in the parameter space (analogous to step size Dx for numerical estimation of derivatives). We discuss that perturbation scale is inherent to any (local...

BACKGROUND Pediculosis (head lice) is considered as one of the most common health problems of the students in primary schools. The purpose of this study was to survey the prevalence rate of the infestation in the schools of Gonabad City (south of Khorasan-e-Razavi Province) to prevent its outbreak by on-time planning. METHODS In this retrospective-descriptive study, data were collected from t...

Alireza Poorebrahimi Department of Information Technology Management, Islamic Azad University, Science & Research Branch of Tehran, Iran Email: [email protected] Firouzeh Razavi Department of Information Technology Management, Islamic Azad University, Science & Research Branch of Tehran, Iran Email: [email protected] Fatemeh SoleimaniRoozbahani Razavi Department of Information Techno...

The purpose of this study is that, whether inputs and insurance protection policy can effect on income inequality or not? The data which was needed for this study was gained by stratified simple random sampling from 573 wheat insured and uninsured farmers in North, Razavi and South Khorasan provinces in 1383. Result of this study showed that wheat farmer’s income tends to inequality as among th...

Environmental pollution is regarded as a major environmental crime in most countries; Iran no exception. This study examines water and soil polluting behavior among villagers Jimabad, Mashhad County—a rural area the Razavi Khorasan province northeastern region of Iran. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from random sample 315 respondents population Jimabad. article reports on level...