ESTIMATING THE RECREATIONAL VALUES OF FOREST PARK USING THE CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD (CASE STUDY: KABUDVAL FOREST PARK, GOLESTAN PROVINCE OF IRAN)

Forest parks are the main tourism sources in Iran.Growing population, traditional patterns changing, urban environmental contamination and emergent need of leisure times highlighted the importance of this issue.This study aimed to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) and non-market values of Kabudval Forest Park of Golestan province.For this purpo

Methanol and diethyl ether extracts of Harmal, Rhazya stricta Decne.; neem seed kernels, Azadirachta indica A.Juss; cloves, Syzygeum aromarticum (L.); citrus peel and Ramram, Heliotropium bacciferum (Forssk-) were evaluated for their deterrence to oviposition by Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) on chickpeas in choice tests.Both extracts of all materia

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular death worldwide.AMI with cardiomyopathy is accompanied by a poor long-term prognosis.However, limited studies have focused on the mechanism of cardiomyopathy associated with AMI.Pericytes are important to the microvascular function in the heart, yet little attention ha

The plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) surface modification process is able to improve the surface characteristics of titanium and titanium alloys by forming TiO2 coatings.Implementing the PEO process enhances corrosion and wear protection, tunes optical properties, and more importantly, modifies the biological activities of titanium here and also

Background: Biomedical knowledge graphs (KG) have become crucial for describing biological findings in a structured manner.To keep up with the constantly changing flow of knowledge, their embedded information must be regularly updated with the latest findings.Natural language processing (NLP) has created new possibilities for automating this upkeep