Assessment of GEP and ANN for Predicting Suspended Sediment Load: A Case Study of Ghatoor and Aland Rivers, West Azerbaijan, Iran by Emad Fardoost, Majid Dastgahi, Reyhane Nourali, Elham Ayati

“…Unfortunately, the appropriate data from 2017 to the present is not available from authorities of the West Azerbaijan province, so inevitably, we used the hydrologic records till the end of the year 2017 in this article. …”
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Social network analysis of active organizations in the lake Urmia restoration by Seyed Reza Es'haghi, Yosef Hejazi, Seyed Mahmuod Hosseini, Abdolmotaleb Rezaie

“…Urmia Lake Restoration Program, West Azarbaijan Province, Urmia Lake Restoration Program and Agriculture Organization of West Azerbaijan Province are powerful organizations with more communication and better positioning in the network. …”
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Sulfur Mustard-induced Changes in Blood Urea Nitrogen, Uric Acid and Creatinine Levels of Civilian Victims, and Their Correlation with Spirometric Values by Ensieh Sadat MIRSHARIF, Fatemeh HEIDARY, Mohammad Reza VAEZ MAHDAVI, Reza GHAREBAGHI, Shahriar POURFARZAM, Tooba GHAZANFARI

“…Methods: In this cohort study, 355 SM-exposed subjects from Sardasht, and 123 controls from Rabat, both from West Azerbaijan Province, Iran were included. The spirometric evaluation and the global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) classification were applied for all. …”
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The Influence of the Media and Effective Factors on the Participation of Users of Watershed Management Projects in Tekab and Shahindej Cities of West Azarbaijan Province by Aliashraf Hamedi Ogholbeyk, Mohammad Reza Galenoei, Fatemeh Azizabadi Farahani

“…The infrastructural limitations of villages and their limited access to education and communication facilities make educational and promotion media one of the most important means of transferring information, knowledge, and skills to rural people.Materials and MethodsThis research, using the survey and documentation method, try to investigate the participation of residents of watersheds in West Azerbaijan province (Takab, and Shahindej) in watershed management projects and identify the most important influencing factors. …”
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Serum Concentration of Thyroid Hormones Long-Term after Sulfur Mustard Exposure by Sakine MOAIEDMOHSENI, Tooba GHAZANFARI, Ensie Sadat MIRSHARIF, Nayere ASKARI, Zuhair MOHAMMAD HASSAN, Mohammad Mehdi NAGHIZADEH, Soghrat FAGHIHZADEH, Fereidoun AZIZI

“…We (SICS) comprised an SM–exposed group from Sardasht City, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (n=169 as hospitalized group and n=203 as non-hospitalized exposed group); and control participants were selected from Rabat, a town near Sardasht (n=126). …”
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Estimation of canopy ecohydrological parameters of oriental beech and chestnut-leaved oak stands in Hyrcanian vegetation region by T. Panahandeh, P. Attarod, M. Namiranian, V. Bayramzadeh, S.M.M. Sadeghi

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Analysis of Environmental Impacts on Rural Physical Development (Case Study: Shahkooh sofla) by mehdi hesam, mehdi cheraghi, hadiseh ashor

“…The sample includes the households of the villages in Marhamat Abad Myani rural district of Myandoab county which is located in West Azerbaijan province. According to the 2012 census, this rural area has 1616 households and a population of 7040. …”
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Predictors of Dengue Preventive Practices Based on Precaution Adoption Process Model among Health Care Professionals in Northwest of Iran by Samira Firooziyan, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Maryam Sabouri, Azar Tol, Roya Sadeghi, Ehsan Rikhtrgar, Behrouz Fathi

“…This study aimed to assess predictors of dengue preventive practices based on Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) factors in West Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted on 405 health professionals of communicable disease sector who were interested in study participation. …”
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Status of Linguatula serrata infection in livestock: A systematic review with meta-analysis in Iran by Rabeeh Tabaripour, Azar Shokri, Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi, Mahdi Fakhar, Masoud Keighobadi

“…The highest infection rate was recorded in West Azerbaijan Province (68%) and the lowest rate was in Khuzestan Province (0.23%) (P < 0.05). …”
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An Analysis of the Influential Factors on the Social Security feeling in Rural Areas with an Emphasis on Social Capital (Case Study: Marhamat Abad Myani Rural District of Myandoab...

“…The sample includes the households of the villages in Marhamat Abad Myani rural district of Myandoab county which is located in West Azerbaijan province. According to the 2012 census, this rural area has 1616 households and a population of 7040. …”
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Concurrent Occurrence of Infectious Bursal Disease and Multicausal Respiratory Infections Caused by Newcastle Disease and Avian Metapneumovirus in Broilers by A Sharifi, M Allymehr, A Talebi

“…In this study, 800 tissue samples (e.g., trachea, cecal tonsil, bursa of Fabricius, and spleen) and 400 sera samples were collected from broilers with confirmed respiratory signs selected from 20 broiler farms in west Azerbaijan province, Iran, from October 2018 to February 2019. …”
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The Status of Environmental Literacy and its Relationship with Environmental Ethics among Secondary Education Schools Students by Mohammad Aqanaghad, Robab Hamzehnezad, Ali Rezaii, Mohammad Amin Seyflou

“…This descriptive survey was conducted in Khoy, a city in the central district of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, in 2022. The sample size was determined using Cochran's statistic and comprised of 350 individuals selected in two stages from a pool of 14,000 students. …”
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Phytochemical Variation of the Essential Oils of Different Populations of Thyme (Thymus spp.) by Roghayeh Najafzadeh, Chnour Hosseini, Hossein Abdi

“…Also, the cluster analysis of the populations of West Azerbaijan province and Kurdistan province was divided into two separate groups. …”
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Designing and evaluating a web-based training program for medical record documentation: Insights from a developing country experience by Navisa Abbasi, Mohamad Jebraeily, Shahsanam Gheibi, Yousef Mohammadpoor

“…Whence, this study aimed to design and evaluate a web-based training program focused on medical record documentation, specifically for medical students in Iran (West Azerbaijan province, Urmia), but can be easily adapted to other pertinent cases. …”
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(Effects of water-level decline in Urmia Lake on rural areas (case study: Dole District, Urmia by Mehdi Amini, Hossein Kouhestani, Fatemeh Kazemiyeh

“…The statistical population of this study was the head of rural households in Urmia city of West Azerbaijan Province (2130 people) located in the southwest of Lake Urmia.  …”
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Epidemiology of animal bite in Iran during a 20-year period (1993–2013): a meta-analysis by Maliheh Abedi, Amin Doosti-Irani, Fatemeh Jahanbakhsh, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…In the retrieved studies, the highest incidence rate of animal bite was found in the West Azerbaijan Province (146.83/1000). Conclusion The current study is the first comprehensive analysis of the published animal bite studies in Iran. …”
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AZAR eye and vision cohort study by Mohammad Hossein Somi, Zeinab Nikniaz, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani, Amir Mohammad Nourizadeh, Mohammad Mirzaei, Fateme Alipour, Fatemeh Jafari, Elnaz Faramarzi

“…A recently emerging phenomenon is the drying of the ultra-salty lake of Urmia located in the West Azerbaijan province which is a direct neighbor of our studied population and has caused recurrent salt storms in the immediate near areas. …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of an occupational health and safety performance tool for manufacturing companies by Abolfazl Ghahramani, Mahboub Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hajaghazadeh

“…Test-retest reliability was examined through intraclass correlation coefficients. 850 questionnaires were distributed at 12 manufacturing companies in the West Azerbaijan province in Iran, 600 valid questionnaires were returned. …”
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New Data on Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790, the Medically Important Spider Species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Iran by M Mohammadi Bavani, S Shafaie, A. R Chavshin, F Dabiri, M Badakhshan, A Naghian, R Entezar Mahdi, S. J Seyyed-Zadeh, J Rafinejad, Sh Saeedi, P Rasegh

“…In the current study, five adult female spiders were collected from Germi and Ardabil cities (Ardabil Province), Ahar County (East Azerbaijan province), and Urmia city (West Azerbaijan province) of Iran.  These species were first observed in Ardabil province, Iran. …”
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Identifying and explaining the barriers to organic agriculture development from the viewpoint of Jihad agricultural experts in Urmia by Fatemeh Kazemiyeh, Asma Eidi

“…Due to its special geographical location and variety of agricultural products, West Azerbaijan Province has a high capacity in the production of organic products such as grapes, white berries, pomegranates and apples. …”
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