Ajowan (Carum copticum L.) is one of the native medicinal plants that has many applications in the pharmaceutical industry and traditional medicine. Salicylic acid is a simple phenolic compound that play regulate role in many developmental processes of plants. This study has done to investigate salicylic acid effect on some of the morphological and physiological traits of three C. copticum mass...

Background & objectives: Increasing the rate of cesarean in recent decades is a noticeable sign which has been interested to look at some possible medical, psychological and social determinants. The aim of this study was to determine trend of cesarean during 1998-2007 and evaluation of some social factors in Damghan, Iran. Methods: We used a case-control study by direct interview with mother...

Objectives: The increase of life expectancy, in spite of its satisfactory and hopeful impressions, has resulted to some problems and difficulties, in the last years of life, particularly with regard to the health, illness, and costs of services of elderly populations. In literature focused on epidemiologic transition, the change on patterns of disease widely discussed. But there is a lack for a...

Basaltic lavas have been reported at the base of the Shemshak Formation in some areas of the Alborz zone. However, detail observations of geological outcrops in different areas in eastern Alborz show that these rocks in most aereas around Shahrood (e.g. Gheshlagh in Khosh Yeilagh area) and Damghan (e.g. Tazare, Talo and Kalate Rodbar) are intrusive as sill, dike and small stocks and in few area...

Identification of vegetation and study of geographical distribution of plants in each region is the basis of ecological studies and researches in that area. The purpose of this study was to introduce the flora, life form and geographical distribution of plants in the desert area in the southern of Damghan desert. At first, plant species of this region were collected and identified using availab...