Identification of cancer clusters may have an important value to the study of disease etiology in cancer surveillance. We aimed to determine the spatial pattern of childhood cancer cases (CCCs) from 2007 to 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Records of 176 childhood cancer counts (children younger than 15 years old) for 2007-2009 were obtained from Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Thereafter...

A new species of Phrixosoma from Tanzania is described and illustrated. This is a unique species for the genus in having a strongly concave female frons. Several characters are described for the first time for this genus, including male and female genitalia, mouthparts, thoracic sutures, and several overlooked features of the mesoand metatibiae and sternal processes.

Beginning with the Pronto4TM Strap-on Autonomy System — a retrofit kit that makes any existing vehicle with a steering wheel a drive-by-wire system — and including a flexible, shared variable software base running on an open architecture system, DesignJug is enhancing its technology by creating a new sensor platform with supporting software that provides input to the team’s Actively Refined Rea...

the present analytical study was designed to determine the factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in primary health centers of kermanshah in 2007. 168 mothers with infants aged 6-12 months, with or without exclusive breastfeeding were studied. data analysis was carried out using descriptive and analytic statistics. in exclusive breastfeeding group the respiratory and gastrointestinal d...

Background & Aims: Accurate knowledge about gestational age is very important in taking decision for pregnancy management and termination. According to Naegele’s rule the length of pregnancy is 280 days after LMP and according to studies performed in Harvard University, duration of pregnancy in nullipare and multipare women has been respectively 288 and 283 days and according to a study perform...