Partial 1D gene characterization was used to study phylogenetic relationships between 17 serotype O foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) viruses in Ethiopia as well as with other O-type isolates from Eritrea, Kenya, South and West Africa, the Middle East, Asia and South America. A homologous region of 495 bp corresponding to the C-terminus end of the 1D gene was used for phylogenetic analysis. This stu...

Most poor people presently reside in rural areas. The are exposed to many risks while often lacking instruments manage them adequately, and so highly vulnerable. Nowadays sustainable development is a pillar focal point most discussions for betterment of conditions especially developing countries such as Iran. After Islamic revolution 1978, has been gotten very more attention comparison previous...

BACKGROUND The best-known dangerous spiders belong to the six genera. The genus Loxosceles or violin spiders are well known for their ability to cause skin necrosis or loxoscelism. All Loxosceles species have medical importance due to their necrotizing venom. The present article reports the occurrence of L. rufescens in Charkhab Cave, south of Iran (Larestan). METHODS The specimens were colle...

SUMMARY The Main Köpetdag Fault (MKDF) is a predominantly right-lateral strike-slip fault that dissects the northern edge of mountains Turkmenistan and Iran. represents northernmost expression deformation from Arabia-Eurasia collision to east Caspian Sea, plays an important role facilitating motion South Basin (SCB). Despite kinematic significance MKDF, previous geodetic measurements slip-rate ...

291 ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.12.38 © 2012 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2012) 2(4), 291–300 Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA Department of Pediactrics, University of South Florida, 880 6th Street South, Suite 460, Box 7523, St Petersburg, FL 33701, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of South Florida, 880 6th Stre...

This paper examines convergence of real GDP per capita in the selected East Asian countries and this relationship with selected Middle East countries during the period 1950-2009. The reason behind this refers to the fact that East Asia countries (including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea) have been involved in achieving success arising from regi...

BACKGROUND Mortality refers to the death that occurs within a population. It is linked to many factors such as age, sex, race, occupation and social class. The incidence and prevalence of mortality could affect the population's standard of living and health care. The aim of this study was to explore the pattern of mortality trends in Iran, south-south west Asia and the world in 1970-2010. MET...

BACKGROUND This study represents scientific production of Iran in medical sciences field at recent years, and the correlation between scientific productions with the number of indexed journals. METHODS Data extracted from SCOPUS database between years 2000 and 2011, and Iran's performance measured in terms of different Scientometrics indexes including self-citations, percent of cited articles...

OBJECTIVES Earlier studies and statistics have shown that merchant seafarers from the South East Asia had considerable lower accident rates when compared with seafarers from Western Europe. The purposes of the study were to investigate whether the earlier observations were sustained if further sources on occurrence of accidents were used and to identify specific causes of excess accident rates ...

Genotype A is common in Brazil, North America, Northwest Europe, South Asia, Central Africa, Tunisia and Benin [2,4,5]. Genotype B is common in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and United States of America. Genotype C is prevalent in Australia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India,...