Drought was a severe recurring phenomenon in Iraq over the past two decades due to climate change despite fact that has been one of most water-rich countries Middle East past. The Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) is located north Iraq, which also suffered from extreme drought. In this study, drought severity status Sulaimaniyah Province, four provinces IKR, investigated for years 1998 2017. Thus, L...

BACKGROUNDS Even though the incidence and mortality from stomach cancer declined dramatically, it remains the third most frequent cancer worldwide. This study analysed the incidence and resulting mortality, and possible reasons for any differences identified between the Slovak Republic and other countries. MATERIAL AND METHODS Analysis of national data covering the period from 1968 to 2006. T...

This study reports on the properties of a standardized measure that is used to index the spectrum of sexual behaviors typical of adolescents. Prior work has shown sexual behaviors to be ordered and progressive. Using pre-coitus sexual behaviors that did not refer to sex organs and self-reports of sexual intercourse, a 13-item index was developed. The index was standardized with values ranging f...

Hydrological drought analysis using SDI index in Halilrud basin of Iran Abstract Nowadays, drought is considered as damaging environmental phenomenon which affects natural resources and social communities. Therefore it will be an important issues that magnitude and effects of these phenomena to be considered. To do this we used L-moment method for regional homogeneity testing. The Streamflow Dr...

Kabupaten Solok merupakan salah satu kabupaten yang ada di Sumatera Barat memiliki jumlah kecelakaan terbilang tinggi, yakni sebanyak 497 kejadian selama tahun 2015-2018, hal ini disebabkan oleh kendaraan kian meningkat, perkembangan transportasi sangat mempengaruhi resiko akan terjadinya dan memerlukan penanganan serius karena dapat menyebabkan kerugian besar. Pada unit (Laka) Polres Solok, da...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of intervention programs using nutritional education, physical activity or both on the reduction of body mass index in school-age students. METHODS The systematic review with meta-analysis included randomized controlled studies available from the following electronic databases for the years 1998 to 2010: PubMed, Lilacs, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and Cochr...

The Tragsa Group is part of the group of companies administered by the Spanish state-owned holding company Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI). Its 37 years of experience have placed this business group at the forefront of different sectors ranging from agricultural, forestry, livestock, and rural development services, to conservation and protection of the environment in Spa...

The first reaction is the conversion of GTP to dihydroneopterin triphos­ phate (NH2TP) catalyzed by a single enzyme, GTP cyclohydrolase (GTPCH) (7). The nature of the next step, a critical one since it is prob­ ably rate-limiting in man, has long remained unclear due to the high insta­ bility of the product and the resulting problems of structure elucidation. This key intermediate is 6-pyruvoyl...

Survivin, a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family, affects tumorigenesis. Recently, survivin is reported to be a target of the canonical Wnt pathway, which activates the transcription of various tumor-associated target genes. One hundred and twenty-two non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) were investigated to evaluate survivin gene expression in relation to the expression of Wnt1 ...