Detection of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi using microscopic and molecular methods in horses in suburb of Urmia, Iran by Farnaz Malekifard, Mousa Tavassoli, Mohammad Yakhchali, Reza Darvishzadeh

“…The aim of this study was to identify equine piroplasmosis based on molecular and morphometrical features in horses in suburb of Urmia, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. From April to September 2011, a total number of 240 blood samples were collected randomly from horses of 25 villages. …”
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End-users’ perspectives on factors affecting implementation and utilization of the Iranian electronic health record system: a qualitative study in a developing country by Hajar Abbasi, Bahlol Rahimi, Mohamad Jebraeily, Aynaz Nourani

“…In this study, data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 70 non-clinical end-users in 22 public and six private hospitals of West Azerbaijan province in Iran. To analyze the data, the thematic analysis method was used. …”
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Evaluating Competitiveness of Heath Tourism Destinations based on “Core Resources and Attractions” Factor (Case Study: Spas of Ramsar) by faramarz barimani, Mehdi Ramezanzadeh, Nazanin Tabrizi, sahand nozarasl

“…Iran has over 1000 mineral springs and Mazandaran province with 40 hot and mineral springs has most resources after West Azerbaijan province. One of the influential and active hubs of the province in this regard is Ramsar.…”
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Ensemble of M5 Model Tree Based Modelling of Sodium Adsorption Ratio by M. T. Sattari, M. Pal, R. Mirabbasi, J. Abraham

“…The dataset, which consisted of 488 samples with nine input parameters were obtained from the Barandoozchay River in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Three evaluation criteria: correlation coefficient, root mean square error and mean absolute error were used to judge the accuracy of different ensemble models. …”
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Investigation of Chemical Composition, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity of Thymus daenensis and Thymus eriocalyx Essential Oils against Human Pathogenic Bacteria by mostafa alamholo

“…Methods: The aerial part of Thymus eriocalyx and Thymus daenensis in the full flowering stage were collected from West Azerbaijan Province (Urmia), Iran, in 2014. We obtained the essential oils using a Clevenger device. …”
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CDS as Participatory Approach in Future Visioning of City Development Process: Case Study of Mahabad by Keramatollah Ziyari, Saeed Gasemi, Masumeh Mahdian Behnammiri, Ali Mahdi

“…The present paper examines this approach in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, with the objective being preparing grounds for participation in future visioning of city development – which provides a justified framework of future planning. …”
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Application of satellite images and fuzzy set theory in landslide hazard mapping in Central Zab basin by Shahabi, H., Khezri, S., Ahmad, Baharin, Allahvirdias, H.

“…The aim of this research landslide hazard assessment in central zab basin in the southwest mountainsides of West-Azerbaijan province, Iran by using information layers and effective factors in landslide hazard such us: slope, aspect, litho logy, land use, distance to drainage, distance to road, distance to fault and precipitation using fuzzy set theory, images satellite from Landsat ETM + sensor in 2009 and PAN sensor with 5.6 meters in 2010 from IRS-1D satellite, SPOT 5 satellite images in 2008, and GIS. …”

Remote sensing and GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio, logistic regression, and fuzzy logic methods at the central Zab basin, Iran by Shahabi, Himan, Hashim, Mazlan, Ahmad, Baharin

“…A remote sensing and geographic information system-based study has been carried out to map areas susceptible to landslides using three statistical models, frequency ratio (FR), logistic regression (LR), and fuzzy logic at the central Zab basin in the mountainsides in the southwest West Azerbaijan province in Iran. Ten factors such as slope, aspect, elevation, lithology, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), land cover, precipitation, distance to fault, distance to drainage, and distance to road were considered. …”

Dietary and socio-economic predictors of obesity among 2–5-year old in Northwest Iran by Rasool Entezarmahdi, Anahita Houshiarrad, Shabnam Gheibi, Abdolmajid Hamisi, Fariba Babayi, Marjan Ajami, Mina Esmaeili, Arezoo Haghighian Roudsari, Leila Khakzad, Hamed Mojarrad, Morteza Abdollahi

“…Methods: The sample (n = 2432) was randomly selected among children aged 24–59 months living in West Azerbaijan Province whose information was recorded in SIB software. …”
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Calculating economic weights for growth, reproduction and wool traits in Makui sheep breed by Ecoweight software by Mohammad Rahimi S., Rafat S. A., Shoja J., Alijani S.

“…Production, reproduction, management and economical parameters obtained from data collected from 1993 to 2012 Makui sheep research station of West Azerbaijan province in Iran were evaluated in the present study. …”
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Polynomial Automorphisms, Deformation Quantization and Some Applications on Noncommutative Algebras by Wenchao Zhang, Roman Yavich, Alexei Belov-Kanel, Farrokh Razavinia, Andrey Elishev, Jietai Yu

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Determination of environmental impact and energy recovery from municipal solid wastes in the Northwest of Iran by Sepideh Nemati-Mansour, Fateme Tayebi, Amir Zahedi

“…This study aimed to analyze the quantitative and qualitative properties of MSW for energy recovery in the city of Mahabad, located in the West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Materials & Methods: Sampling from MSW was taken during the four seasons in 2014. …”
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Body mass index in children and its relation with socio-economic factors in West-Azerbaijan, Iran by Seyedeh Fereshteh Hosseini, Mohammad Arab

“…Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between children’s BMI and household socioeconomic status in West-Azerbaijan province, Iran, in 2015. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1024 children aged 6-7 years who were assessed in Sanjesh Plan conducted by Organization of Exceptional Education and Training. …”
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Evaluating the Quality of Work Life in Urban Taxi Drivers: A Case Study in Northwest Iran by Ramin Rahmani, Shakiba Babakhani, Maryam Ashouri, Edris Soltani, Mamand Mamand Baboli Niya

“…Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed with 176 urban taxi drivers working in one of the southern cities of West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Using the census method, individuals entered into the study considering the inclusion criteria and answered a two-part questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics and Walton’s QWL questions. …”
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Estimating the Outdoor Recreation Value of Marakan Protected Area Churches (Case Study: Saint Stephanus Church) by Mohammad Khodaverdizadeh, sadegh Khalilian, Babollah Hayati

“…According to change global approach of protected areas management plan in relation to tourist attraction in order to fund this areas, the aim of this study was to determine the  Outdoor Recreation value of Saint Stephanus church one of the famous churches of Marakan Protected Area  thatlocated in boarder between East and West Azerbaijan Province.­ Estimating  the outdoor recreation value of this church can be effective in foresighting the needs, eliminating the shortages, and developing of tourism. …”
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Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction in Relationship between Personality Factors and Death Anxiety in the Elderly by خالد خیاط, بیوک تاجری, سارا پاشنگ, سعید ملیحی‌ الذاکرینی

“…The statistical population included all the elderly (over the age of 60) living in cities of West Azerbaijan province, Iran, of which 234 (150 men and 84 women) were randomly selected. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Mentally Disabled Children and Adults of Urmia, Iran by Kh Hazrati Tappeh, H Mohammadzadeh, R Nejad Rahim, A Barazesh, Sh Khashaveh, H Taherkhani

“…Background: The prevalence of intestinal parasites infection in institutions for mental retarda­tion of Ur­mia City, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran was investigated.Methods: This descriptive - cross sectional study was carried out in of Urmia city in 2007-2008. …”
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The relationship between self-esteem and achievement motivation among successful and unsuccessful athletes in east Azarbaijan province by Behnam Maleki, Hassan Mohammadzadeh, MirHassan SeyedAmeri, SeyedHojjat Zamani Sani

“…Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and achievement motivation among successful and unsuccessful athletes in West Azerbaijan Province. Methods: Two-hundred athletes were divided into two groups of successful athletes (n=100, 50 males and 50 females) and unsuccessful athletes (n=100, 50 males and 50 females) while the term «successful» means that the subject has win medals at national and international official competitions and «unsuccessful» means he/she has not been able to do so. …”
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Multiple decrement life table of spurge leaf defoliator moth, Simyra dentinosa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in natural conditions of Urmia by Y. Fathipour, Y. Karimpour, A. A. Talebi, S. Moharramipour

“…To detect the main mortality factors acting on the immature stages of Simyra dentinosa Freyer, a biocontrol agent of weedy spurges Euphorbia spp. in West Azerbaijan Province, multiple decrement life table was constructed. …”
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Designing a model for Employee Engagement in Iranian Employee public sector by رسول رنجبریان, نسرین جزنی, غلامرضا معمارزاده طهران, علی محتشمی

“…Then, in order to making the model applicable and measuring engaged employees' characteristics in governmental agencies, 281 questionnaires were distributed among the staff of Tax Affairs Head Office, The Office of Court Administration and Property and General Directorate of Real Estate in West Azerbaijan province who were selected through random sampling and the needed analysis was performed by confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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