Background: More than 90% of goods movement in Iran is done by road transport. A significant part these materials dangerous goods. Considering that chlorine gas considered a toxic and oxidizing substance, predicting the way release mortality due to accidental leakage can be crucial tool adopting preventive strategies. This study aims evaluate safety transportation analyze consequences its relea...

BACKGROUND Prenatal diagnosis for beta thalassaemia has proved to be very effective in preventing the birth of an affected child and hence in controlling the disease. The success of prenatal diagnosis depends on the delineation of the underlying mutations in the population at risk. Each population carries a limited number of frequent defects (89-91%) and a variable number of rare alleles (4-5%)...

The objective of this study is to carry out a parametric sensitivity analysis of PHAST atmospheric dispersion modelling for an accidental toxic gas release scenario. A methodology is developed and is applied to a nitric oxide gas dispersion scenario. We study the relative influence of uncertainty in independent input parameters (storage conditions, atmospheric variables, release parameters and ...

Because of the ongoing climate change, frequency extreme rainfall events at global scale is expected to increase, resulting in higher social and economic impacts. Thus, improving forecast accuracy risk communication a fundamental goal limit damages. Both Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) radar-based nowcasting systems still have open issues, mainly terms precipitation correct time/space locali...

Little is known about the prevalence, functionality and ecological roles of temperate phages for members of the mycolic acid producing bacteria, the Mycolata. While many lytic phages infective for these organisms have been isolated, and assessed for their suitability for use as biological control agents of activated sludge foaming, no studies have investigated how temperate phages might be indu...