BACKGROUND Previous research has shown exposure to air pollution increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes, although the effects of residential proximity to significant industrial point sources are less defined. The objective of the current study was to determine whether yearly reported releases from major industrial point sources are associated with adverse birth outcomes. METHODS Materna...

Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is now applied with confidence in industrial facilities such as large wind tunnels, yielding data not possible before. Despite the difficulties that arise in such environments, the conventional PIV methods can provide high quality data, especially when dealing with spatial and temporal slowly varying values of the flow magnitudes. Obtaining highly spatially reso...

backgrounds and objectives:today, one of the most important environmental issues is solid waste produced in dentistry that because of the presence of hazardous, toxic and pathogen agents has special importance. in this survey, solid waste produced in hamadan dentistry laboratories and practical dentist offices is studied.materials and methods: in this descriptive study, from 24 dentistry labora...

the current study aims to investigate the factors affecting  development of the services brand identity in insurance industrial. therefore, considering the importance of brand identity, and in order to succeed in today's competitive market, in this paper, the relevant literature in the field of brand identity development is reviewed to investigate the effect of its dimension on development...