Introduction: Brain weight and cranial capacity are important parameters in the study of racial/ ethnic differences. This study was done to determine the effect of ethnicity on the female’s brain weight in Northern Iran. Methods: Brain weight was estimated using linear (Lee–Pearson’s) formula in 410 normal 17–20 year old (207 native Fars and 203 Turkman) females in northern Iran. Dimension...

The Book of Dede Qorqud and the independent narratives formed around name Qorqut Ata are among subjects that folklorists frequently emphasize. is a subject in Azerbaijan have seriously mastered. Studies on Qorqut, which started 1920s Azerbaijan, continued with continuous development until today. gained new dimension through story about Salur Kazan killing dragon narrations manuscript found Turk...

BACKGROUND Anencephaly is a neural tube defect incompatible with life. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the prevalence of anencephaly in Gorgan, northern Iran. METHODS During 1998 - 2005, 49,534 newborns at Dezyani hospital in Gorgan were screened for neural tube defects. Clinical and demographic data of the diagnosed cases were recorded in a pre-designed questionnaire for a...

An asymptotic expansion is developed for the joint density of the sum and maximum of an i.i.d. sequence when the parent distribution is in the domain of extreme value attraction of the Gumbel distribution. Previous results by Chow and Teugels, extended by Anderson and Turkman, show that in this situation, the normalized sum and normalized maximum of the sample converge to independent normal and...

The article shows how Saratov State University, being a participant of the government educational program “Priority-2030”, works to increase attractiveness and competitiveness Russian higher education in international market services. Using example foreign students – citizens Turkmenistan, difficulties encountered by -young Turkmen are studied. empirical basis presents interviews with 3rd year ...

in persian literature and persian painting, versifying and illustrating khamsa were common for centuries. after ferdowsi's “shahname”, khamsa of nizami is known to be the most popular poetry book in persian literature. the khamsa (quintet) is a collection of five narrative poems called:“makhzan al-asrar”, “khusraw and shirin”, “layla and majnun”, “haft peykar” and “iskandar nama” composed ...

• This study aims to analyze the methodologies that can be used to estimate the total number of unemployed, as well as the unemployment rates for 28 regions of Portugal, designated as NUTS III regions, using model based approaches as compared to the direct estimation methods currently employed by INE (National Statistical Institute of Portugal). Model based methods, often known as small area es...

BACKGROUND Under nutrition is a health problem in developing countries and the main aim of this study was determine of the nutritional status and some sociodemographic factors among rural under-5-year children in the North of Iran in 2013. METHODS This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, which carried out on 2530 children (637 = Fars-native, 1002 = Turkman and 891 = Sistani) from 21 vil...

Introduction. Monthly dynamics of sexual dimorphism, SD, main anthropometric dimensions in pairs groups different ethnicity, residing several capitals former USSR Republics, is under discussion. Materials and methods. 6 ethnic (1965-1981 years research) are analyzed — Kalmyk Russian Elista, Turkman Ashkhabad, Moldavian Kishinev, Latvian Riga, Tatar Kazan, rural Chuvash Cheboksary. region Data b...