The incidence of esophageal cancer in Kazakhstan was analysed for the period of 1989-2010 years, with a focus on trends by age, gender and region. The highest rates of incidence were evident in the Western regions. The dynamics for cancer of the esophagus in the Republic demonstrated decrease, except in the Karaganda region, where a tendency for increase was noted. Considerable variation betwee...

BACKGROUND Understanding principles of evidence-based medicine is of vital importance for improving quality of care, promoting public health and health system development. Understanding principles of evidence-based medicine allows using the most powerful information source, which have ever existed in medicine. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of teaching Evidence-Based Medicine, includ...

BACKGROUND Issues of mass screening for prostate cancer rather controversial since 2013 in 11 regions of Kazakhstan introduced a population-based screening for prostate cancer, so we need to evaluate its results. METHODS In different regions of Kazakhstan during 2013-2015, a total of 321548 prostate-specific antigens (PSA) were determined in men aged 50-66 yr, under the Prostate Health Index ...

Reliable estimates are lacking of key epizootiologic parameters for plague caused by Yersinia pestis infection in its natural reservoirs. We report results of a 3-year longitudinal study of plague dynamics in populations of a maintenance host, the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), in 2 populations in Kazakhstan. Serologic results suggest a mid-summer peak in the abundance of infectious hosts and...

the carabid beetle pterostichus (phonias) strenuus (panzer) is newly recorded from iran. it was collected by hand from ghaleroudkhan forests in the caspian province of guilan. this carabid beetle is widely distributed throughout the palaearctic region including europe, uzbekistan, kazakhstan and russian far east.

Russians experience higher adult mortality than Central Asians despite higher socioeconomic status. This study exploits Kazakhstan's relatively heterogeneous population and geographic diversity to study ethnic differences in cause-specific mortality. In multivariate regression, all-cause mortality rates for Russian men is 27% higher than for Kazakh men, and alcohol-related death rates among Rus...

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are two independent countries that share a common history, traditions, cultural ties. After independence, both have achieved significant political economic successes. The amicable relations between the were strengthened with "Amicable strategic partnership declaration Republic of Kazakhstan" signed in Nur-Sultan on 1 March 2004. With "Agreement alliance Baku May 24, 20...

The ESA INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophyisics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is composed of two main instruments (IBIS and SPI) for the γ−ray astrophysics (20 keV – 10 MeV), plus two monitors (JEM-X and OMC) for X-ray and optical counterparts. It was launched on October 17 th , 2002, from the Baikonur cosmod-rome (Kazakhstan) and it will be active at least up to 2008. A selection of its main scientific ...

Sinoeuthemis daohugouensis gen. et sp. n. is the first record of the isophlebiopteran family Euthemistidae from Middle Jurassic of northeast China, while previously this family was restricted to the early Late Jurassic Kazakhstan. This new finding allows us to emend the family diagnosis with hindwing characters. This new species shows a mixture of characters alternatively present in different g...