The list of subfamily Catocalinae (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae)of Iran is updated.  Until now, 111 species belonging to 22 genera of this subfamily are recorded. Also, the Iranian records in different provinces are presented.

BACKGROUND Access to direct-to-consumer genetic testing services has increased in recent years. However, disparities in knowledge and awareness of these services are not well documented. We examined awareness of genetic testing services by rural/urban and racial/ethnic status. METHODS Analyses were conducted using pooled cross-sectional data from 4 waves (2011-2014) of the Health Information ...

The list of subfamily Catocalinae (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae)of Iran is updated.  Until now, 111 species belonging to 22 genera of this subfamily are recorded. Also, the Iranian records in different provinces are presented.

The study of human activities and movements in space and time has long been an important research area in social science. One of the earliest spatially integrated perspective for the analysis of human activities patterns and movement in space-time is time-geography. Despite the usefulness of time-geography, there are very few studies that actually implemented its constructs because of a lack of...

The issues of territorial disputes between the Russian Federation (RF) and states Baltic region (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland) that preceded signing interstate treaties on borders after collapse USSR are reviewed. historical, political, ethnic economic factors solving these formation region, starting from 1920, during Second World War, in first postwar years until now, analyzed. ...

It is clear that technology is a key driver of economic growth. Much less clear is where new technologies are produced and how the geography of U.S. invention has changed over the last two hundred years. Patent data report the geography, history, and technological characteristics of invention. However, those data have only recently become available in digital form and at the present time there ...

Medical anthropology is the study of human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation. The discipline draws upon the four fields of anthropology to analyse and compare the health of regional populations and of ethnic and cultural enclaves, both prehistoric and contemporary. Collaboration among paleopathologists, human biologists, ethnologists, and linguists has created ...

Abstract The Uppsala Internationalization Process Model falls short in its ability to explain how emerging market firms internationalize. In this respect, the model needs be enhanced through theoretical and empirical contributions. study, we aimed increase relationality of by employing ethnic networks approach. As a case study for companies, focused on internationalization processes Turkish foo...

The Galela ethnicity who live in Galogalo Village, South Morotai District, Island Regency, North Maluku Province until now still maintain and believe the tradition of local wisdom their ancestors, namely haogumi (knowledge belief catching fish). Haogumi is a traditional fishing technique that involves community as owner tradition. Maintaining preserving amidst onslaught modernization strategic ...

Composition of subgingival microbiotas has long been seen as being of primary importance in the etiology of periodontal diseases. Development of advanced molecular methods has improved our knowledge about the role of traditional periodontal pathogens as well as resulted in the recovery of novel pathogen candidates. Detection rates of these microorganisms vary considerably between geographical r...