Today, there are many concepts such as a sense of place and attachment to place presented in architecture and urban literature in the field of environmental studies. Meanwhile, relationship between the two is not much explained. This study defines the concept of sense of place and attachment to place and the factors influencing them followed by providing a four- dimensional model derived from s...

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Kidney donation and transplantation in Iran has passed a long history from the first kidney transplant in 1967, starting living related transplant in 1988 to 1989, adopting state-regulated livingunrelated donor kidney transplant program in 1988, religious approval from the Supreme Religious Leader for brain death in 1989, legislation law for cadaveric transplant in 2000, and increased number of...

rose flower (rosa hybrida) is appreciated for its beauty, fragrance and long period of flowering. to study the response of cut rose flower to bio-fertilizers, a factorial experiment was performed, with completely randomized design and four replications, in hydroponic greenhouse of alandasht, astane ghods garden, mashhad, iran, during 2009-2010. the first factor was six cultivars of rose flower ...

to evaluate the effect of crop rotation on spatial dynamic of fumaria vaillantti and polygonum aviculare a study was conducted at the three farms with different rotation in the astan ghods razavi filed that located at 10 kilometers southeast of mashhad, iran. the rotations were alfalfa- fallow- wheat, canola- fallow- wheat, and wheat- fallow- wheat. at the crosses of 7×7 m quadrangular grids ne...

in order to compare the agronomic characteristics of developed iranian spring wheat genotypes (selective cultivars from: endemic landraces of wheat, interal hybrid wheat and international centers) and also the identifying traits affecting grain production under different concentration of iron in the soil solution, a randomized complete block design with a split-plot arrangement with 30 wheat ge...

sareshtedari m 1 (md) , shahamat h 1 (md) , sadeghi t 2 * (msc)       1 department of pediatrics, school of medicine, qazvin university of medical sciences, qazvin, iran   2 department of pediatrics, school of nursing and midwifery, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran     received: 22 jan 2011, accepted: 23 jun 2011       abstract     introduction: regarding the importance of me...

This paper develops a new approach for constructing causal maps called the Collective Causal Mapping Methodology (CCMM). This methodology collects information asynchronously from a group of dispersed and diverse subject-matter experts via web technologies. Through three rounds of data collection, analysis, mapping, and interpretation, CCMM constructs a parsimonious collective causal map. The pa...

sulfur utilizing autotrophic denitrification synthetic wastewater in up flow packed --bed reactor was evaluated under different concentrations of alkalinity and organic matter. the reactor was filled with granular elemental sulfur particles with diameters of 2.8-5.6 mm and porosity of 40%. the initial culture was prepared from sludge of shahrak ghods wastewater treatment plant. first, the stoic...

foreign body aspiration of airways is very dangerous and sometimes fatal. early diagnosis and rapid management is vital. the goal of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics, radiologic findings and the results of bronchoscopic treatment of children due to foreign body aspiration of airways. medical records of 101 bronchoscopic proven foreign body inhalators were reviewed in gho...