background: in order to verify the infectivity of rodents with endoparasites in germi (dashte-mogan, arda­bil province) the current study was undertaken. methods: using live traps, 177 rodents were trapped during 2005-2007. in field laboratory, all rodents were bled prior to autopsy, frozen at -20°c, and shipped to the school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, iran. in par...

the coastal areas of the caspian sea are geographically unique and provide habitats for different flora and fauna. one of the remarkable inhabitants of this area is the european pond turtle, emys orbicularis (linnaeus, 1758), about which very little is known. in our study thirty seven (37) adult males of e. orbicularis have been identified in the golestan, mazandaran, ardebil, and east azerbaij...

introduction: gully erosion is an important type of soil erosion in iran and ardebil province (moghimi and salami, 2011; khatibi, 2006). increasing the cross section of gullies is an indicator for gully developing (deng et al, 2015). topography and soil properties are two important factors in gully developing in various regions of worldwide (poesena et al, 2003). despite the importance of soil ...

BACKGROUND Leukemia is cancer of the blood or bone marrow, characterized by an unusual increase in white blood cells. It is the sixth most common malignancy in the country in both males and females. The aim of this study was to document some epidemiological features of leukemia in the Northwest of Iran. METHODS The study subjects (n=669, including 377 males and 292 females) comprised all leuk...

This article analyzes two comic incidents portrayed in Gadda’s That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana and its adaptation The Facts of Murder by Pietro Germi. We argue that inclusion what we term ‘stereotypical gags’ detective novel functions as a modernist device brings about distancing audience acts to distort boundaries genre. show how stereotypical gag both foregrounds backgrounds authorial hum...

The ornamental and medicinal saffron with high economic value encompasses a great share of non-oil exports in Iran. As a result, identification of suitable areas for saffron cultivation in Ardabil province located in northwestern part of Iran necessitate effective planning for expanding cultivation and production of this product. Given the effect of various environmental factors on growth and y...

Seed as a highly-valuable resource is preserved in collections for many years. Although the seed kept under optimal conditions, monitoring of germination and presence fungi during preservation great importance. Therefore aim this paper to examine health status 43 onion accessions timespan 15 years Institute Field Vegetable Crops collection. Germi?nation samples varied from 7-93%. The collection...