New records on 32 species of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Caucasus region are presented. alievi Dathe & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. is described Azerbaijan. Eight newly recorded Caucasus: araxanus (Warncke, 1981), H. excelsus (Alfken, 1936), intermedius Förster, 1871, iranicus Dathe, 1980, kotschisus oblitus 1972), soror (Pérez, 1903), and trifidus 1936)....

today regional integration has become the main source of concern for governments. in the era of globalization different parts of the world have formed regional groupings. realizing their geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic status, these regions have regional structures with various degrees of regionalism. geopolitical region of the caucasus is considered as one of the geopolitical regio...

BACKGROUND There is a close relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-specific factors and different gastroduodenal diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of vacA d1, d2 genotypes in the H pylori isolates from patients with gastric adenocarcinoma, peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastritis in East Azerbaijan region, where the incidence of gastric cancer (GC) is ...

INTRODUCTION ABO blood group system is the most important blood group in transfusion and has been widely used in population studies. Several molecular techniques for ABO allele's detection are widely used for distinguishing various alleles of glycosyl transferase locus on chromosome 9. METHODS 744 randomly selected samples from Azari donors of East Azerbaijan province (Iran) were examined usi...

CONTEXT Official data on sex ratios at birth suggest a rise in sex-selective abortions in some post-Soviet states following the introduction of ultrasonography. However, questions remain about the validity of official data in these nations as well as whether the high sex ratios at birth are a statistical artifact. METHODS Trends in sex ratios at birth from 1985 to 2009 for 12 post-Soviet stat...

The article estimates the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) by type and severity in population-based samples from three countries of the former Soviet Union (fSU). The article utilized nationally representative data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Azerbaijan (2006), Moldova (2005), and Ukraine (2007). Respondents were select...

a Department of Nuclear Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Faculty of Medicine, Rize, Turkey b Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey c Department of Nuclear Medicine, Azerbaijan National Institute of Oncology, Baku, Azerbaijan d Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey e Department of Nuclea...

Today wine production in Azerbaijan totals to about two million decalitres a year. Yet, the yearly wine consumption is only one million decalitres resulting in a total surplus of about one million decalitres of wine. In consequence, export is gaining in importance resulting in an increase of importance to produce high quality wine. In this context the production of high quality grapes is very i...

Transcaucasia is a politically complicated region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have different foreign policy vectors, strategies, relations with the United States. This paper provides detailed analysis of main political processes in during presidency Donald Trump. The research focused primarily on development bilateral States countries three directions: military cooperation, economic relat...