33 Algorithmic Analysis of Clinical and Neuropsychological Data in Localization-Related Epilepsy Masoud Latifi-Navid, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Kost V. Elisevich, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Control and Int...

Stelleropsis genus belongs to Thymelaeaceae and has two species in Iran of which S. iranica Pobed. subsp. Iranica Bonge (aerial parts) were collected from the North-East of Iran and extracted with AcOEt and MeOH, consequently. The main phenolic compounds were isolated by different chromatography methods and the structures identified by spectroscopic methods (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, HMBC, HMQC, H-H COS...

In attempting to attain some perspective on Iran in history, I begin, as I think one must, with the Arab-Islamic conquests in the seventh century—that series of epoch-making events following the advent of Islam, the mission of the Prophet Muhammad and the carrying of his message to vast areas east and west from Arabia, and the incorporation of many lands, from the Atlantic and the Pyrenees to t...

The article presents the results of scientific research devoted to study tourism in countries Far East, obtained at one its stages. purpose is characterize state rural Iran. shows how attitude has changed this country, uncovering main reasons for growth domestic and international tourist flows recent years. There are several areas Iran, which include visits historical villages free trade zones,...

The importance of subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. in epidemiological investigations of human cryptosporidiosis in Iran and other Mideast countries Ehsan Nazemalhosseini-Mojarad, Yaoyu Feng, Lihua Xiao 1 Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, East China U...

This paper explores why Iran was a particularly fertile ground for repeated visitation of cholera in the 19th century. Along with certain unique Iranian cultural and religious factors, the author demonstrates how Iranian urban ecology, particularly the qanat system, contributed to the fatal spread of the epidemic. These multi-faceted conditions, the author concludes, resulted in distinct modes ...

In the Asia region, foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks are predominantly caused by FMD virus (FMDV) serotype O. The two main topotypes involved are ‘South-East Asia’ (SEA) and ‘Middle East – South Asia’ (ME-SA). FMDV of the SEA topotype (Mya-98 lineage) is widespread in South-East Asia and East Asia. FMD outbreaks due to serotype A have been sporadically observed in recent years. Serotype A...

ONE EAST ASIAN country after another has taken off from a stagnant state to achieve an annual economic growth rate of 10 percent or more. The fact that such high economic growth rates are being sustained, along with observation based on growth convergence regressions that prior economic and social conditions do not seem to have warranted such rapid growth, has led many to call the East Asian gr...