background: gastrointestinal tract cancer (gi.c) is one of the common cancers in world‑wide. the incidence rate of it is different in various geographical regions. this study was performed to assess spatial clusters of the occurrence of gi.c in fars province. methods: in this cross‑sectional study, the new cases were 4569 cases from 2001 to 2009. the crude incidence rates were standardized base...

To understand the nature and etiology of biases in geographical judgments, the authors asked people to estimate latitudes (Experiments 1 and 2) and longitudes (Experiments 3 and 4) of cities throughout the Old and New Worlds. They also examined how people's biased geographical judgments change after they receive accurate information ("seeds") about actual locations. Location profiles constructe...

Assigning geographical coordinates to shared content has become a popular activity on the Web, but nevertheless there are still huge amounts of media data without any geographical tags. Our approach enables these media data to be geotagged with the help of recently tagged media and knowledge-based collaborative systems. It includes three different methods–querying collaborative systems, documen...

In a recent past, the incidence of syphilis has increased in various geographical regions. The authors describe a case of secondary syphilis mimicking palmoplantar psoriasis.

Divergence and speciation may occur by various means, depending on the particular history, selective environments, and genetic composition of populations. In Drosophila mojavensis, a good model of incipient speciation, understanding the population genetic structure within this group facilitates our ability to understand the context in which reproductive isolation among populations is developing...

The exploration industry of Ukraine is experiencing a protracted crisis. It confirmed by the curtailment funding for development country mineral resources 60% last year which causes closure companies. range problems traditionally solved geography significantly reduced. These reasons encouraged us to consider main methodological approaches study potential specific regions. studied such as natura...