Abstract Rodent biogeographic studies are disproportionately scarce in Iran, however, they an ideal system to understand drivers of biodiversity distributions the country. The aims present research determine (i) pattern rodent richness across country, (ii) quantify their elevational distribution patterns, and (iii) explore underlying mechanisms. To reach these goals, updated species list was co...

Due to its hostile behavior in the Middle East, Iran has been sanctioned severely by international community. Despite isolation attempts community, is nevertheless regarded as a powerhouse regional power constellation, owing actions Middle-Eastern proxy wars. Acknowledging anomaly of Iran’s capabilities spite heavy sanctions, this research arguably shows how Sino-Iranian relations paves way for...

33 Algorithmic Analysis of Clinical and Neuropsychological Data in Localization-Related Epilepsy Masoud Latifi-Navid, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Kost V. Elisevich, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Control and Int...

Stelleropsis genus belongs to Thymelaeaceae and has two species in Iran of which S. iranica Pobed. subsp. Iranica Bonge (aerial parts) were collected from the North-East of Iran and extracted with AcOEt and MeOH, consequently. The main phenolic compounds were isolated by different chromatography methods and the structures identified by spectroscopic methods (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, HMBC, HMQC, H-H COS...

In attempting to attain some perspective on Iran in history, I begin, as I think one must, with the Arab-Islamic conquests in the seventh century—that series of epoch-making events following the advent of Islam, the mission of the Prophet Muhammad and the carrying of his message to vast areas east and west from Arabia, and the incorporation of many lands, from the Atlantic and the Pyrenees to t...

This paper explores why Iran was a particularly fertile ground for repeated visitation of cholera in the 19th century. Along with certain unique Iranian cultural and religious factors, the author demonstrates how Iranian urban ecology, particularly the qanat system, contributed to the fatal spread of the epidemic. These multi-faceted conditions, the author concludes, resulted in distinct modes ...

The importance of subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. in epidemiological investigations of human cryptosporidiosis in Iran and other Mideast countries Ehsan Nazemalhosseini-Mojarad, Yaoyu Feng, Lihua Xiao 1 Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, East China U...

In the Asia region, foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks are predominantly caused by FMD virus (FMDV) serotype O. The two main topotypes involved are ‘South-East Asia’ (SEA) and ‘Middle East – South Asia’ (ME-SA). FMDV of the SEA topotype (Mya-98 lineage) is widespread in South-East Asia and East Asia. FMD outbreaks due to serotype A have been sporadically observed in recent years. Serotype A...