Objectives The potential risk factors of amyloidosis are known as ethnic origin (Jewish, Armenian, Turkish, and North African origin), non-usage of colchicines, and family history. Various investigators suggest that M694V mutation, especially homozygote pattern, is a risk factor for amyloidosis. In literatures reported from Turkey, it is stated that there is only a limited association. In this ...

The Caucasus, at the border of Europe and Asia, is important for migration and over-wintering of wild waterbirds. Three flyways, the Central Asian, East Africa-West Asia, and Mediterranean/Black Sea flyways, converge in the Caucasus region. Thus, the Caucasus region might act as a migratory bridge for influenza virus transmission when birds aggregate in high concentrations in the post-breeding,...

ABSTR•CT.--I assessed patterns of allozymic variation in Larus argentatus (Herring Gulls), L. cachinnans (Yellow-legged Herring Gulls), L. fuscus (Lesser Black-backed Gulls), L. glaucoides (Iceland Gull), L. hyperboreus (Glaucous Gulls), and L. marinus (Greater Black-backed Gull). I surveyed 34 presumed structural gene loci over 479 individuals. All birds were monomorphic and fixed for the same...

Edward K. Hall*, Gabriel A. Singer , Martin J. Kainz and Jay T. Lennon W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, 3700 East Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners, Michigan 49060, USA; Department of Limnology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Inter-University Center for Aquatic Ecosystems Research WasserCluster Lunz, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, A-32...

Repetitive element anchored PCR was used to evaluate the genetic profiles of Escherichia coli isolated from surface water contaminated with urban stormwater, sanitary sewage, and gull feces to determine if strains found in environmental samples reflect the strain composition of E. coli obtained from host sources. Overall, there was less diversity in isolates collected from river and beach sites...

The World Trade Center attack and collapse is the first time an aircraft has been used as a weapon of mass effect. The scale and magnitude of this manmade disaster can only be compared with a natural catastrophe such as the Armenian earthquake of December 1988. The importance of an incident command system and the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment, and the need for fixed Casualty Collection Poin...

During the summer of 1986, more than 400 California gulls (Larus californicus) and ring-billed gulls (Larvus delawarensis), primarily fledglings, died on an island in Lake Sakakawea near New Town, North Dakota (USA). Mortality was attributed largely to chlamydiosis. Necropsy findings in nine carcasses included splenomegaly (n = 9), hepatomegaly (n = 4), and pericarditis (n = 1). Livers from thr...

Data from gene sequences and morphological structures were collected for the gull feather lice, Saemundssonia lari, Quadraceps punctatus, and Q. ornatus, parasitizing Larus crassirostris and L. schistisagus. Saemundssonia lari was collected from both gull species, and no detectable morphological and genetic differences were found between lice collected from the two different hosts. In contrast,...

New Julfa is an area located in south of Zayanderud (life giving) River in Isfahan City; Central Iran. At first, it seems like any other areas in Iranian cities but a meticulous eye can find numerous differences. The domes and campaniles of thirteen Armenian Apostolic churches with their eclectic and unique combinations are visible for walkers and they form the visual difference. One can hear p...