A comprehensive study is underway now to determine the predicting factors of rice blast and its loss assessment in Guilan province. In a preliminary study, the effect of climatic factors on spores population and forecasting the disease were considered. So, during cultivation season of 2006 and 2007, some fields were chosen five kilometers away from weather stations in three regions of Guilan, i...

Introduction: The rapid growth of the elderly population and the sedentary and mechanical lifestyle of the present age, on the other hand, double the physical, psychological, social and economic problems in old age and affect the quality of life of individuals. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and various dimensions of quality of life in the ...

Background & aim: Aging is the gradual erosion of vital organs and is an important issue in all societies. Sedentary lifestyle doubles the problems of old age and affects people's quality of life. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between motivational factors of sports participation with the level of general health and quality of life of inactive elderly. Metho...

Tea was planted in Lahijan by Kashefalsataneh in 1930. The main concern about important commercial plants such as tea is the formation of ice crystals in low temperatures. This can damage the live cells leading to lowering the quality of the plant and eventually its death. Formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress is the result of various environmental stresses leading to ...

Background & Aims: Klebsiella Pneumonia is a common cause of nosocomial infections including urinary tract, respiratory and wound infections. Several fluoroquinolones resistance mechanisms have been proposed, such as mutations in the topoisomerase IV subunits (ParC and ParE). The aim of this study was to investigate parC mutations in ciprofloxacin resistant isolates of Klebsiella Pneumonia from...

Do lomites and limestones o f simmilar age as Soltanieh and paleozoic forma tio ns have been tr ansformed to coa rse grained granoblas tic marbles due to in tru sion of granitic masses, located 4 km southeast of Lahijan, Iran, and barite mine ralization have also occurred. Ore mine ra ls are mos tly co ncentr a ted along th e rracture zones in do lo mites and mining activeities in the past...