This study examines parameters, causes, and spatio-temporal patterns of handaxe shape variation from Tabun cave in the Levant, Khall Amayshan 4B Khabb Musayyib northern Arabia. These assemblages span range most pointy to rounded handaxes found anywhere during Acheulean. The AGMT3D program is used conduct high resolution geometric morphometric analysis form 3D models. Shape tested against blank ...

background: dirofilariasis is a common helminthic parasitic disease in both domestic and wild animals around the world, with canines as the principal reservoir host and mosquitoes as the vector.  human dirofilariasis has been reported from many parts of the world, including africa, australia, the americas, europe, and asia. case report: a 40 year old woman from abadan city southwest of iran ref...

Given that the natural birth ratio is 106 males to 100 females, and that females tend to have longer life expectancies, it is shocking to learn that “more than 100 million girls and women are missing” (Sen, 1990, p. 61). Birth ratios of males and females would predict that there should be more women living today, particularly in Asia (Bunch, 1995). But in some parts of the world, men outnumber ...

The Asia-Pacific region generates over half of global economic activity (54.2%) and about 43.7% of global trade, and is the most dynamic region in the global economy. At the core of this is an increasingly dynamic, vibrant and entrepreneurial small-medium sized enterprise sector. Advances in information and communications technology, market liberalisation and moves towards closer regional econo...