The present study represents a detailed systematic of obtained ostracods in sixty three samples from an outcrop section the Shiranish Formation (Campanian – Maastrichtian), Dukan area, Kurdistan, northern Iraq. Thirty ostracod species belonging to twenty one genera are found, whereas nineteen previously recorded. Eleven new described detected, which represented Bairdia dukanensis sp. nov., Bair...

In the current investigation, evaporation and transpiration potential were also estimated by means of FAO Penman- Monteith evapotranspiration estimation method and Deviation from Optimum Percentage (DOP) technique by climatic elements (min-max temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and radiation) during at least 10 years statistical period regarding sunflower phenological conditions in Kurd...

BACKGROUND Many adult cigarette smokers initiated the habit as adolescents. Adolescent tobacco use may be a marker of other unhealthy behaviours. There are limited data on the prevalence and correlates of cigarette smoking among in-school adolescents in Iraq. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of, and assess the socio-demographic correlates of current cigarette smoking among in-school adolesce...

buprestid beetles are one of the important components of the biodiversity of forest ecosystem in kurdistan province. different characteristics of biodiversity of buprestid beetles were studied by use of window trap, colored pan and colored sticky trap in these forests during 2009 and 2010. a total of 1205 specimens of 44 species were caught by use of considered traps during appearance of adults...

â  process of development in developed countries shows that rural development is a basic requirement for national development and it should be considered at first priorities in development programs. rural population in kurdistan, live in an unstable environment and geographically, villages are extremely diverse and about 40.51 percent of population live in villages more than68 percent of popula...

Received: 23 December 2012 First Revision: 22 January 2013 Accepted: 17 February 2013 Shamseddin Ahmadi 1*, Shahin Amiri 1, Fatemeh Rafieenia1, Jalal Rostamzadeh1 1. Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.