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it seems we might be allowed to trace a serious rivalry between two great oil companies of great britain, i.e. anglo-iranian oil company and royal dutch shell- at the eve of 20th century. this presumed rivalry itself seemed to be a result of two important developments in british industry: conversion of the fuel consumption of british navy from coal to petrol; a development which raised the comp...

It is widely believed that an oil weapon could impose scarcity upon the United States. Impending resource exhaustion is thought to exacerbate this threat. However, threat seems implausible when we consider strategic deficits of prospective weapon users and the improbability of impending resource exhaustion. Here, we explore a hypothesis relating oil to national security under a different assump...

BACKGROUND The Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire-50 (NOSACQ-50) was developed by a team of Nordic occupational safety researchers based on safety climate and psychological theories. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Persian version of NOSACQ-50 and assess the score of safety climate on a group of workers in a steel company in Iran. METHODS The Persian version of NOSACQ-5...

Composite edible coatings were formulated with candelilla wax alone, and candelilla wax blended with beeswax, white mineral oil and oleic acid (2:1 ratios) as the lipid phase, and mesquite gum as the structural material and their corrected water vapor permeability (WVPc) were determined. The coatings were applied to Persian limes and their effect upon physiological weight loss, color and chemic...

To optimize the capacity and positioning of the cleaning vessels, Genetic Algorithm is used for ports and coastal areas in the Persian Gulf due to economical and environmental damages. Local wind is recognized as the principal driving force to simulate the trajectory of oil spill events. In this regard, the wind field is determined by Weibull probability distribution to adjust the prevailing wi...

Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version NPQ Neck Pain Assessment Questionnaire among Iranian Housekeeping Company Workers

OBJECTIVE To determine the most effective and biodegradable dispersant of spilled oil in water surrounding two Persian Gulf provinces. METHODS This study compared the effects of three dispersants, Pars 1, Pars 2, and Gamlen OD4000 on removal of oil in two Persian Gulf provinces' water. Overall, 16 stations were selected. Using the Well method, the growth rate of isolated bacteria and fungi wa...

Methods: The study took place in Tehran and Esfahan oil refineries in Iran in 2010. An initial questionnaire was formed from two previous studies. This tool was translated to Persian based on back translation. The 61-item questionnaire was tested on operational staffs (N=324). Principle component analysis and Varimax with Kaiser Normalization was used to extract factors, in statistical software...