Dasht-e Lut (Lut Desert) is archaeologically well-known in Near East thanks to the presence, on its western edge, of the Bronze Age urban centre of Shahdad. In 2012, the author launched a three-season field project in the area of Shahdad, with an agenda articulated around three main research points: an extensive archaeological survey along the western edge of the Lut Desert, the stratigraphic e...

The Balkano-Anatolian genus Parapholidoptera comprises 21 species and the westernmost one, Parapholidoptera castaneoviridis, previously recognized to occur in western Turkey, north-eastern Greece and south-eastern Bulgaria is recorded for the first time from south-eastern Romania, almost 300 km away from the closest known locality. Illustrations and measurements of morphological characters are ...

Soybean is still a minor crop in Kazakhstan despite an increase in planting area from 4,500 to 11,400 km2 between 2006 and 2014. However, the Government's recently accepted crop diversification policy projects the expansion of soybean cultivation area to more than 40,000 km2 by 2020. The policy is targeting significant expansion of soybean production in South-eastern, Eastern, and Northern regi...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND In Tuscany, lung cancer mortality in men has shown a decreasing geographical trend over the last 3 decades from the most industrialized north-western coastal areas (Massa-Carrara, Viareggio) to the south-eastern areas (Arezzo, Siena), following the path of the development of industrial activities. The aim of the study was to evaluate lung cancer mortality in males by birth c...

Chinwe Juliana Iwu, Ishmael Festus Jaja, Benson Chuks Iweriebor, Larry Chikwelu Obi, Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, Eastern Cape, South Africa Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, Eastern Cape,...

twenty-seven species of odonata were collected in the present survey in the freshwaters of south-eastern iran, kerman province, in contrast to 11 species that were recorded previously from this region. in this study, 528 specimens were collected from more than 30 sites in kerman province during 2006-2008. it seems that in this region due to its special biogeographic conditions, species diversit...

Reconnaissance geologic mapping of south-central Oregon is being done by the U. S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, as part of a larger program to prepare a geologic map of the eastern half of the state. Current work in south-central Oregon is limited geographically to the eastern half

BACKGROUND This study was designed to determine the Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and its distribution of genotypes in various regions of Yunnan Province, China. METHOD In this study, participants were recruited during routine gynecologic examination between Oct 2013 and Feb 2015. A total of 17,898 women were recruited. Polymerase chain reaction was used for detecting the HPV positive...