The author contends that sex differentials in childhood mortality in Pakistan are a likely outcome of son preference behavior by parents. Consideration is given to the historical improvement in the female disadvantage in mortality, the neglect of female children, gender and class factors, and son preference and high fertility. Data are from the 1981 Pakistan census and other official surveys....

In this paper we introduce SCARE the Spatial Cultural Abductive Reasoning Engine which solves spatial abduction problems (Shakarian, Subrahmanian, and Sapino 2009). We review results of SCARE for activities by Iranian-sponsored “Special Groups” (Kagan, Kagan, and Pletka 2008) operating throughout the Baghdad urban area and compare these findings with new experiments where we predict IED cache s...

David C. Perlman, Wafaa M. El-Sadr, Eileen T. Nelson, From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Medical Center, and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Harlem Hospital Center, New John P. Matts, Edward E. Telzak, Nadim Salomon, York, New York; CPCRA Statistical Center, Coordinating Centers for Keith Chirgwin, and Richard Hafner, for the Terry Biometric Research, Division of Biostat...

Background: Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019, it has affected >200 countries, areas, or territories 6 continents. At present, whether COVID-19 an effect on thyroid function is unclear. The aim this study was to evaluate iraqi patients with COVID-19. Methods: Clinical features, laboratory resu...

Background:- One of the important steps in a woman's life is pregnancy, especially first pregnancy. most problems facing woman abortion, which has serious psychological impact on her. causes abortion germs etiology that was studying current study to know extent its spread. Method:- The included 192 women coming infertility unit Al-Sadr Medical City Najaf governorate, who are suffering from beca...

Sir,?Regarding the " Geographical distribution of the Prostatectomy operation " as mentioned in the reports of the eight c:ises of Prostatectomy by Capt. E. Owen Thurston, F.R.c.s., Civil Surgeon, Gaya, in your issue for February 191)9, I beg to inform you that, during my one year's service at the Dhubri Hospital (Assam) under Capt. H. Gidney, F.R.C.S.E., I.M.S., I had the good fortune to come ...

the safavid dynasty was the first iranian centralized administration, which chose shia’a branch of islam as the official religion and the judicial system for iran. in safavi period the state officially established two separate and distinct court system. first the state courts (the urf courts) under the supervision of the secular minister of justice (divan-begi) and the secondly the islamic cour...

Sin,?In Dr. Freyer's contribution to the last number of the Gazette, he remarks on the extreme frequency with which cat aract is met with amongst the natives of this country. In the districts of Oudh, with which I am acquainted, this is not the case : the Gonda Sadr Dispensary, at which the out-door attendance averages 10,000 yearly, has been under the charge of a well qualified Assistant Surge...