Seventeen species are listed. Five new species: Arachnospila (Ammosphex) kasparyani sp. nov. (Tuva), A. (A.) maxim sp. nov. (Tuva, Khakassia), A. (A.) moczari sp. nov. (Tuva), A. (A.) scythia sp. nov. (Tuva), A. (A.) sibirica sp. nov. (Tuva, Republic of Altai) are described and illustrated. Arachnospila (Ammosphex) eoabnormis Lelej, 1995, A. (A.) orientausa Loktionov & Lelej, 2011, and A. (A.) ...

In late 2012, a novel coronavirus that had not previously been seen in humans was identified for the first time in a resident of the Middle East. The virus, now known as the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV), 1 has (as of 26 June 2015) caused more than 1350 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection. Thus far, all patients infected with MERS-CoV have had a direct or indi...

J. B. Stoker∗,1,2, P. F. Mantica1,2, D. Bazin2, A. Becerril2,3,4, J. S. Berryman1,2, H. L. Crawford1,2, A. Estrade2,3,4, C. J. Guess2,3,4, G. W. Hitt2,3,4, G. Lorusso2,3,4, M. Matos2,4, K. Minamisono2, F. Montes2,4, J. Pereira2, G. Perdikakis2, H. Schatz2,3,4, K. Smith2,3,4, R. G. T. Zegers2,3,4 (1) Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (2) National Su...

2 ABSTRACT The paper argues that the economies of East and South East Asia are a very diverse group, only some of which have grown rapidly over the past three decades. The fast growing economies of South East Asia, especially Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia are in a number of important respects different from the fast growing economies of North The different colonial legacies have had importan...

following the application of simple serological tests for the diagnosis of coeliac disease (cd) in the 1980s, it gradually became clear that the prevalence of cd in different countries in the middle east, north africa and india is almost the same as that in western countries. the prevalence of cd in at-risk populations in these regions is reported to range between 3 and 20% and the prevalence i...

conclusions the most important factor in childhood acute gastroenteritis in east anatolia is the rotavirus. rotavirus and adenovirus antigens should be routinely investigated as a factor in fresh stool samples for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of gastroenteritis in children in the winter and autumn months. patients and methods the records of stool sample analyses for 1154 patients admitt...

background:  this  study  aimed  to  prospectively  analyze  the  effect  of  a  major  earthquake on the prevalence of psychological disorders such as acute stress disorder (asd), anxiety, depression,  mixed  anxiety  depression  disorder  (madd),  phobia,  aggressive  behavior, insomnia, psychosomatic disorders and also sociodemographic aspects among residents of rural community sample in eas...

this manuscript is the result of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology survey on the hezar mountain in se of iran. traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this region. the plants were collected in and around hezar mountain from 2008-2010. the authors have conducted an interview of total 75 informants; the traditional uses of 92 species belongin...

conclusions our study showed minority of cases had zinc deficiency, which is different from previous reported results, because the most subjects in this study had normal level of zinc. we recommend further studies on diet in our population. it seems the only reason for the obtained result in this part of iran with low socioeconomic status may be related to the diets containing high levels of zi...