The Kurdistan Region in Iraq is located the extreme northeastern part of Arabian Plate which a collision since Late Cretaceous with Iranian Plate. Therefore, large ophiolite bodies have been thrust along margins Region; accordingly, different metallic mineral can be associated igneous and metamorphic rocks at Penjween, Qalat Diza Rawandouz vicinities, besides, radioactive minerals like uranium ...

Comparative analysis on five technopoleis shows that there has been a major change in terms of roles of the central government and the local governments. The recent technopoleis are initiated by the local governments while the earlier ones are initiated by the central government. Also operation by the 3 sector is getting popular. This shift is well accepted by the central government. The govern...

This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the obligatory betweenand withingroup components as well as an “overlapping” index for the different sup-populations. We apply this method together with a jackk...

Aim:This study was aimed to explore and describe the Kurdish women's perception of cervical cancer screening. Methods: A qualitative design based on a conventional content analysis approach. Purposive sampling was applied to 19 women chosen, who had a Pap smear or refused to have one. The study was performed in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Semi-structure din-depth individual interviews were carr...

E-Government can transform and improve the entire scope of administrative actions and political processes. Hence, EGovernment is both, vision of a future government and the reality we can experience today. E-Government is not an objective per se; it has rather to be seen as measures of organizing public governance for better serving citizens and enterprises. Conversely, E-Government services ar...

Author details Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Parvin Etesami Street, P.O. Box: 451578-6349, Zanjan, Iran. Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 15875-6951, Tehran, Iran. Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Institute for Healt...