OBJECTIVES Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic inborn error of phenylalanine (Phe) metabolism resulting from insufficiency in the hepatic enzyme, phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), which leads to elevated levels of Phe in the blood. The present study was carried out for mutation analysis of the PAH gene in West Azerbaijan province of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 218 alleles from 40 PKU...

It is the duty of Central Bank Azerbaijan Republic to apply monetary policy for development banking system in Azerbaijan. The responsible balanced and efficient use banks' resources growth economy throughout country. In this study, measurement efficiency all 25 banks operating between 2015 - 2019 was investigated with CCR, BCC Super models an input-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis. According ...

This paper discusses the importance of tax ethics, as well impact education on it. The tax-oriented ethics was determined in case Azerbaijan. For this purpose, it applied a questionnaire survey to 250 students studied at Academy Public Administration under President Republic Azerbaijan between 2017 and 2019 years. collected data were analyzed descriptively, hypothesis tested using Paired Sample...

With the end of Cold War, a global competition began for exploration, extraction and transportation Caspian energy resources. It is suggested that cooperation two energ-rich countries, Azerbaijan Turkmenistan, will not only increase influence these countries in international arena, but also contribute to security. Turkmenistan’s active foreign policy with Berdimuhamedov increased impact Turkmen...

BACKGROUND To prevent and control the cancers in Iran, the Iranian Department of Health has released the cancer rates data of the country. As the report has suggested, the incidence rate of thyroid cancer would be the most rapidly increasing among all the cancers. The study has aimed to carry out a qualitative assessment of thyroid cancer in Iran, during the 2004 to 2009, in a cross-sectional s...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Prevention is the key factor in acquiring dental and oral health. Community health workers, as a part of health care networks in Iran, play an important role in delivering primary care and their knowledge and attitude directly affect the population whom they interact with in their service scope. PURPOSE The aim of this research was to evaluate the knowledge and attitu...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to determine subsites of gastric cancer in East Azerbaijan, Iran-a high incidence region for gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS Data were collected from 2002 through 2007 from patients who sought treatment for gastrointestinal symptoms or signs at a university clinic and subsequently underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy....

OBJECTIVE To assess how the frequency of low fruit and vegetable consumption has changed in countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) between 2001 and 2010 and to identify factors associated with low consumption. DESIGN Cross-sectional surveys. A standard questionnaire was administered at both time points to examine fruit and vegetable consumption frequency. Logistic regression analysis was ...

OBJECTIVES To document the existence of drug resistance in a tuberculosis treatment programme that adheres strictly to the DOTS principles (directly observed treatment, short course) and to determine the extent of drug resistance in a prison setting in one of the republics of the former Soviet Union. DESIGN Case study. SETTING Central Penitentiary Hospital in Baku, the referral centre for t...

BACKGROUND There is a close relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-specific factors and different gastroduodenal diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of vacA d1, d2 genotypes in the H pylori isolates from patients with gastric adenocarcinoma, peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastritis in East Azerbaijan region, where the incidence of gastric cancer (GC) is ...