the fauna of the superfamily bombylioidea was studied in alborz province, iran during 2012. two families (bombyliidae and mythicomyiidae), eight genera and ten species were identified, of which two species, exoprospora dispar loew, 1869; parageron lutescens (bezzi, 1925), are new records for the iranian fauna. an identification key for the species of the family mythicomyiidae known from iran is...

Background: Coping with body image alteration is one of the most challenging breast cancer treatments. Identifying facilitators and barriers essential for integrative care planning to improve coping in women cancer. Objectives: This study aimed explore facilitating factors altered Methods: was done a qualitative approach from March 2016 October 2017. Participants (36 cancer) were selected using...

Introduction: Health literacy is defined as the ability of an individual to acquire, interpret, and understand the basic information about health services and to use them. Health literacy is a strong predictor of health. Its low level is germane to health problems of people and society as well as economic costs. This study was designed to determine the level of health literacy considering socio...

drought is the one of the repeating phenomenon in all areas with high rainfall and low rainfall climates and is known as a natural disaster. iran is one of the countries those involved with this phenomenon in different parts of it especially in river basins. tehran province due to its importance in terms of social and political faced with growing population that it would contributes to the redu...

The Alborz mountain range in northern Iran is part of the active and seismic Alpide belt, where assessing hazards crucial due to region’s history large instrumental earthquakes destructive background. Moment rate estimation, which quantifies tectonic activity, offers a novel approach understanding energy potential regions. In this study, regional perspective employed investigate maximum horizon...

Microbiological water quality monitoring in Niassa province, Northern Mozambique, shows groundwater is not, in general, grossly contaminated though contamination levels are strongly linked to season and to risks observable at the wellhead, especially risks dealing with wellhead hygiene and maintenance. Diarrhea incidence, in general, is greatest in the rainy season suggesting poor wellhead prot...