Republic of Armenia: Selected Issues

Mapping brucellosis risk in communities in the Republic of Armenia.

We describe the geographical patterns and identified factors associated with serological evidence of brucellosis in ruminants in Armenian communities during 2006 and 2007. The data comprised the two first complete years of the current national test-and-slaughter control programme for cattle, sheep and goats. Overall, 29% and 21% of the 858 communities involved in this study reported brucellosis...

Selected Issues of Software Engineering

The paper deals with some common problems present in knowledge and software engineering, related to the practical design, analysis, and implementation of systems. With different design methods used at subsequent design stages, the socalled semantic gaps appear, due to important differences in semantics between design methods. The paper discusses the semantic gaps present in software and knowled...

Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia

Selected Identity Issues of Adolescence

Reasons for Delay in Seeking Care for Tuberculosis, Republic of Armenia, 2006–2007

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Armenia, case reports of active TB increased from 590 to 1538 between 1990 and 2003. However, the TB case detection rate in Armenia in 2007 was only 51%, indicating that many cases go undetected or that suspected cases are not referred for confirmatory diagnosis. Understanding why Armenians do not seek or ...