This delightful book is a descriptive presentation of all aspects of Armenian word phonology.* Although the author assumes a particular theoretical stance, this does not in any way detract from the descriptive value of the book (more on this point below, where it is suggested that the strong theoretical commitment of the author in fact adds to the book’s strength, even for a reader who does not...

-I examined three factors that may limit the clutch size of the Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus gluucescens) to three or fewer eggs: the energetic cost of egg formation, the shelf-life of eggs, and the incubation capacity of adults. Incubation capacity was found to have a significant effect on the success of large clutches but it cannot explain the absence of 4-egg clutches. Energetic limitation fo...

The aim of this study is the investigation of one mutation carriers of MEFV gene among Armenian population. We designed and established the genetic register for proper collection of patients’ data including their ethnicity, clinical and laboratory data, as well as family cases. According to the results the frequency of FMF inheritance with only one mutation of MEFV gene among Armenian populatio...

Armenia is one of the areas witnessing the successive attacks from different ethnic groups due to its appropriate geographic location. The frequent attacks by the Ottoman in this territory caused the Armenians to migrate from the Julfa region to Iran during Shah Abbas I, thus the construction of distinct churches with Armenian churches in Esfahan was fulfilled. The aim of the present study was ...

Introduction No other European gull has shown such a dramatic and rapid change of distribution in the last decades as the Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus. Whereas in the 1940s breeding locations were restricted to coastal areas of the Black Sea in the Ukraine, Mediterranean Gulls can now be found nesting in many places scattered over Europe, in locations as near to Scotland as the Nethe...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether or not the use of colchicine decreases the risk of amyloidosis among Armenian patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study included 99 Armenian patients from the Center of Medical Genetics database with genetically ascertained FMF; 33 had renal amyloidosis and 66 were randomly selected control patients without renal amyloidosi...

The widespread distribution of contaminants in marine environments is of global concern, particularly for those compounds that do not readily degrade and are relatively volatile, such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (Jones & De Voogt 1999, Tanabe 2004). POPs are a group of lipophilic compounds that accumulate in fatty tissues of organisms, leading to their bioaccumulation and biomagnifi...

Using the notion of a ‘‘triggering mechanism’’ as a guidepost, this article details the sequence of events precipitated by the accidental explosion of a bomb a young Armenian was tinkering with in anticipation of a new round of massacres he hoped to obviate. The ensuing massive and indiscriminate arrests throughout the length and breadth of the district, the attendant use of a variety of method...

This study investigates the notion of perceptual distance among the Afro-Asiatic family. It is based on a “same/different” task involving French subjects and items from 10 languages or dialects (8 Afro-Asiatic: Amharic, Moroccan Arabic, Jordanian Arabic, Tarifit Berber, Touareg Berber, Hausa, Hebrew, Somali and 2 intruders: Armenian and Turkish). The task was judged very difficult by the subjec...