Previous studies on type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Islamic Republic of Iran were mainly performed in provinces with large populations. This study determined the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus in an adult population (40-80 years old) from Yazd district. Multistage, systematic cluster random sampling was used in a crosssectional, population-based survey. Demographic, clinical a...

To assess the daily salt intake of people aged 20-74 years based on the 24-hour urinary sodium excretion in urban population of Yazd, a population-based cross-sectional study was conducted. This is a substudy of Yazd Healthy Heart Project in Iran. From 2004 to 2005, two thousand people of the urban population of Yazd city, aged 20-74 years, were enrolled in the main study. Overall, 219 voluntee...

Correspondence: Dr. Steven Grant, Division of Hematology/Oncology, MCV Station Box 230, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, Phone: 804-828-5211, Fax: 804828-8079, Email: [email protected], or Dr. Mohamed Rahmani, Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center, 401 college street, P.O. Box 980035, Richmond VA 23298. Phone: 804-628-1976, Fax: 804-225-3788, E-mail: mrah...

BACKGROUND Social changes due to urbanism, acculturation, and fading of values have led to some challenges in family relationships, including domestic elder abuse. This study was conducted to determine elder abuse status in Yazd, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 elderly people over 60 years in Yazd in 2014-2015. Clustered random sampling was used to recruit the pa...

In this research, monthly rainfall of Shiraz synoptic station from March 1971 to February 2016 was studied using different time series models by ITSM Software. Results showed that the ARMA (1,12) model based on Hannan-Rissanen method was the best model which fitted to the data. Then, to assess the verification and accuracy of the model, the monthly rainfall for 60 months (from March 2011 to Feb...

In April 1976 the most disastrous peace-time accident in Finland took place in the town of Lapua, where a cartridge-filling station in an ammunition factory exploded and 40 people were killed. I was in charge of the local health centre activities, and describe what happened.

Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) eggs were fertilized and fry were incubated at 10°C in the presence and absence of suspended iron. Suspended ferric hydroxide at a concentration of 3 ppm had no apparent effect on the hatchability, embryonic development, or survival and maturation of newly hatched coho salmon still attached to the yolk mass (alevins). OHIO J. SCI. 78(1): 34, 1978 The depositio...

1- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Infectious Diseases Research Center, School Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 2- Yazd Health 3- General Courses Department, 4- Hematology Blood Banking, Paramedical School, Gerash Gerash, 5- Biostatics Epidemiology Health, 6- Faculty Shiraz Shiraz, , [email protected]

To evaluate the effect of climate change on peanut production in Northern Iran on the basis of 2oC rise in temperature, a study was conducted using the SSM-Peanut. The simulation was done based on the long-term data obtained from synoptic stations in Guilan including Anzali, Astara, Kiashahr (Astaneh Ashrafieh), Lahijan, Rasht (Agriculture station), Rasht (Airport station), Roudsar and Talesh. ...