analysis. The object of the study was to identify factors influencing outcome. Special attention was paid to those children with medulloblastoma. The average age was 6,7 years for the whole series (range 6 weeks to 15 years). In comparison to national series astrocytomas are over-represented (46.2%) and ependymomas (8.5%) under-represented. However the American Surveillance Epidemiological Eval...

seismic refraction and downhole survey were employed to study dynamic characteristics of subsurface materials in bam city, southeast of iran. the data acquisition was performed at 160 p and s-wave refraction stations and 15 boreholes in the city. to derive velocity depth sections along these profiles as well as to perform downhole diagrams, seisimager software was used. based on the obtained va...

the upper cretaceous thick bedded succession in badamouyeh mountain in honooj area shows the late cenomanian-santonian stages. also, these deposits are well exposed in the south-west of bibihayat and south of cheshmah gaz village. in the studied section, lower and upper honooj green marls (informal) with intercalation of exogyroferous shaly limestone are overlain by thick bedded limestones and ...

Control of rabies requires a consistent supply of dependable resources, constructive cooperation between veterinary and public health authorities, and systematic surveillance. These are challenging in any circumstances, but particularly during conflict. Here we describe available human rabies surveillance data from Iraq, results of renewed sampling for rabies in animals, and the first genetic c...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer in the Middle-East occurs in relatively young women and frequently presents as advanced disease. A protective effect of multiparity is not apparent, and high familial risk is reported in some countries. This study investigates breast cancer rates and clinical stage related to age in the Kurdish region of Iraq and evaluates risk associated with parity and family history....