Investigating the Role of Power Distance Moderation in the Effect of Psychological Entitlement on Cyber loafing with Emphasis on the Mediating Role of Perceived Justice by Mahdieh Vishlaghi, Alireza Moghaddam, Seyyed Abbas Ebrahimi

“…The statistical population of the study is the employees of government organizations in West Azerbaijan province. Based on simple random sampling, 368 correct questionnaires were returned and the research data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. …”
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Effects of environmental factors on growth traits in Makuie sheep by Rahimi S.M., Rafat S.A., Jafari S.

“…The Makuie sheep is a fat-tailed sheep breed which can be found in the Azerbaijan province of Iran. non- genetic parameters obtained from data collected from 1993 to 2012 Makuie sheep research station of West Azerbaijan province in Iran were evaluated in the present study. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance profile and prevalence of tetracycline resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolates from broiler chickens, northwestern Iran by V.Mohammadi, A.Ghaniei, P. Sepehrnia

“…Frequencies of tetracycline resistance genes (tetA, and tetB), and antimicrobial resistance profile of Escherichia coli isolated from broilers of West Azerbaijan province were investigated. Concerns have been raised regarding the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic organisms and therapy failure in veterinary and human medicine. …”
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Identification and Genetic Variation of Fasciola Species from Tabriz, North- Western Iran by N Jalali, S Izadi, A Ghazanchaii, M Akbarimoghaddam, A Bazmani, A Shahbazi

“…In this study, we identified Fasciola species using ITS-1 marker and described genetic variation of each species of the parasite in isolates from Tabriz slaughterhouse in West Azerbaijan Province, north- western Iran.Methods: Overall, 100 samples (50 from sheep and 50 from cattle) morphologically detected as Fasciola worms were studied for identification of Fasciola species by PCR-RFLP method and intra-species variation of the parasite using RAPD-PCR technique.Results: A region of approximately 460bp in all samples was successfully amplified. …”
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Perceived Overqualification and its outcomes: The Mediation Role of job boredom, job Alienation and Emotional Exhaustion by Reza Sephahvand, Mahdieh Vishlaghi, Fatemeh Alaviematin

“…The statistical population of this study was the employees of the Gas Company of West Azerbaijan Province. Based on simple random sampling method, 225 people were selected for the sample. …”
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Effect of air pollution on leaf morphology in narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus rotundifolia Mill.), oriental plane (Platanus orientalis L.) and box elder (Acer negundo L.) (Case study:... by Zahra Babapour Alyiar, Abbas Banj Shafiei, Nasrin Seyedi

“…In order to study those effects, 5 areas ranging from least to most polluted areas were initially selected in Urmia, the capital of West Azerbaijan province, using fixed and mobile air pollution recording stations of the Environment Office in August 2013. …”
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Investigation of germ caused by Guillain-Barré syndrome in poultry meat products in North West of Iran by Vadood Razavilar, Davoud Nassiri

“…To conduct the study, a total of 552 chicken samples including meat (samples), liver (138 samples), gizzard (138 samples) and hearts (138 samples) were randomly collected from poultry slaughterhouses at West Azerbaijan province from April 2014 to September 2014. …”
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Agroclimatic Zoning of Sunflower in North of Urmia Lake by Mirkamel Hosseini, Majid Zahedi, Mohammad Hossein Fathi, Khalil Valizadeh Kamran

“…This research aims at studying and understanding the full capabilities of West Azerbaijan province for sunflower cultivation. Geographic information system (GIS) was used to carry out the research. …”
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Identification of symbiotic bacteria in the midgut of the medically important mosquito, Culiseta longiareolata (Diptera: Culicidae) by Fereshteh Ghahvechi Khaligh, Mozaffar Vahedi, Ali Reza Chavshin

“…Given the role of this species in the transmission of some important diseases and its widespread presence in different parts of the world, including northwestern parts and the West Azerbaijan Province in Iran, a knowledge about the symbiotic bacteria of this species may provide a valuable tool for the biological control of this mosquito. …”
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Causes of road accidents in northwestern iran in the period 2010–2018 by Hamid Reza Mehryar, Narges Alizadeh, Fatemeh Rostampour, Sahar Paryab, Sattar Bab, Omid Garkaz

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on all road traffic accidents recorded by traffic police of West Azerbaijan Province during 2010–2018. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square t-test, and time series by SPSS 16. …”
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Human Cystic Echinococcosis in West Azerbaijan, Northwest Iran: A Retrospective Hospital Based Survey from 2000 To 2009 by H Mohammadzadeh Hajipirloo, A Bozorgomid, T Alinia, KH Hazrati Tappeh, R Mahmodlou

“…Background: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hydatidosis in west Azerbaijan, Iran during a 10 year period (2000-2009).Methods: We surveyed medical records of infected patients with hydatid cyst who had been oper­ated in four hospitals in Urmia City, the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Several parame­ters were analyzed including age, sex, place of residency, hospitalization time, and the location of cysts.Results: Of 294 cases, 53.3% were female and 46.7% were male with the mean age of 39.4 years (5–93). …”
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A long-term study of the effects of wastewater on some chemical and physical properties of soil by Sara Habibi

“…These farms are located in the Ghahremanloo region at Urmia plain, West Azerbaijan province located in northwestern of Iran. There is no exact information regarding total amount of wastewater delivered to these lands, but flooding irrigation employing wastewater was applied during growing season. …”
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Toward co-management of Iran's rangelands: Combining stakeholder analysis and social networks analysis by Latif Haji, Dariush Hayati, Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam, Gholam Abbas Ghanbarian

“…The identified stakeholders in this study consisted of 48 governmental and non-governmental organizations in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Later, the characteristics of different stakeholders, including the amount of power, interests, knowledge, information sharing, and their satisfaction in the rangelands' exploitation and management were analyzed; afterwards, the structure of the social network (conflict and participation relations) among the stakeholders was examined. …”
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Application of grey GIS filtration to identify the potential area for cement plants in South Khorasan Province, Eastern Iran by Reza Lotfian, Ezzeddin Bakhtavar, Reza Mikaeil

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Investigation on the relationship between mental workload and musculoskeletal disorders among nursing staff by Yousef Mahmoudifar, Bayaneh Seyedamini

“…This study intends to recognize the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and mental workload in nursing personnel reside at southern part of West Azerbaijan province Iran in 2017. Materials and Methods: In this analytical-descriptive study, 100 nurses working in West Azerbaijan hospitals have been randomly selected. …”
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Investigating the Factors of Sustainability of Arabic Words in Kurmanji Kurdish: A Case Study of the Kurds of Urmia and North West Azerbaijan by Hasan Esmailzade Bavany, Golestan Tayyebzad

“…In the present study, the widely used Arabic words in the Kermanji dialect (spoken in Urmia and the northern cities of West Azerbaijan Province) are enumerated. Moreover, the factors contributing to the persistence of these words in the Kermanji dialect, as compared to their disappearance from Persian and other Kurdish dialects, are discussed. …”
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Toxocara Spp. Eggs in Public Parks of Urmia City, West Azer¬baijan Province Iran by M Tavassoli, M Hadian, S Charesaz, S Javadi

“…Among the risk factors involved in the occurrence of VLM, partic­ularly importance of these animal populations, an investigation was carried out for the presence of Toxocara spp. eggs in public parks in the city of Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Methods: Samples were collected from total 26 existing public parks in Urmia from December 2003 to March 2004. …”
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Contamination rate, antibiotic susceptibility profile, biofilm formation and presence of TSST-1 gene in Staphylococcus aureus isolates by K. Ebrahimzadeh, S. Hanifian

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in raw milk and traditional dairy products of West-Azerbaijan Province and also to evaluate the presence of TSST-1 virulence gene, antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation of the isolates. …”
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Evaluation of different geostatistical methods based on GIS for predicting and zoning salinity invasion of aquifers of West Azarbaijan by Tohid Aligholinia, Negar Rasouli Majd, Hossein Rezaie

“…Locating adjacent to the hypersaline lake and a sharp drop in groundwater in the region has exposed West Azerbaijan Province to salinity invasion. In this study, geostatistical methods with various models were used to evaluate the effects of the salinity invasion toward the groundwater aquifers in West Azerbaijan. …”
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Evaluation of vocational training curriculum of mental retardation students in Preschools in West Azerbaijan by marzieh dehghani, فریناز اصغری, نعیمه دهقانی

“…The study sample consisted of managers, professionals, teachers and students of West Azerbaijan province centers and due to low number of samples whole number was used and samples of students choose based on Morgan and multiple cluster sampling. …”
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