1 Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico, 2 Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 3 Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany, 4 Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Byurakan, Armenia, 5 Isaac Newton Institute of Chile in Estern Europe and Eurasia, Armenian Branch, Santiago, Chile, 6 Astronomical ...

A large mole vole from the early Middle Pleistocene of Armenia shows morphological features and hyposodonty intermediate between basal Early Pleistocene E. tarchancutensis and the late Middle Pleistocene to Recent southern mole vole E. lutescens. The occlusal morphology of the first lower molar is similar to Early Pleistocene forms but hypsodonty values do not overlap either with Early Pleistoc...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to focus on the performance of select facilities in Lori and Shirak provinces in Armenia in Spring 2008. This is in response to the deterioration of the primary healthcare sector in Armenia. Design/methodology/approach – The performance assessment focused on the status of several performance indicators, both current and as recalled for 2006. The interviewe...

The problem of psychologist training remains a key priority in Armenia. During the Soviet period, the notion of a psychologist was obscure not only in Armenia but also in other Soviet republics. The breakup of the Soviet Union triggered a gradual change in this area activating the cooperation with specialists from other countries. The need for recovery from the psychological trauma caused by th...

BACKGROUND Identification of modifier genes and characterization of their effects represent major challenges in human genetics. SAA1 is one of the few modifiers identified in humans: this gene influences the risk of renal amyloidosis (RA) in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), a Mendelian autoinflammatory disorder associated with mutations in MEFV. Indeed, the SAA1 alpha homozygou...

Heritage speakers – that is, speakers who have had exposure to a particular language as a child, but who have shifted to another language for the majority of their communication needs – have begun to draw attention in the field of phonological learning. Au, Jun, Knightly, and Oh have jointly explored the phonological competence of heritage speakers in both their subjects’ heritage language and ...