Endogenous retrovirus-like sequences homologous to intracisternal type-A particle (IAP) genes, which are present in the inbred mouse (Mus musculus) genome, were cloned from a Syrian hamster gene library. A typical hamster IAP gene was 7 kb long and segments homologous to long terminal repeat (IAP) sequences present in Mus musculus IAP genes were located at both ends of the gene. Contrary to the...

BACKGROUND Ficolin-2 coded by FCN2 gene is a soluble serum protein that plays an important role in innate immunity. In this study, we analyzed five functional polymorphisms of the FCN2 gene for their possible association with cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS Initially we screened 40 Syrian Arabs for the entire FCN2 gene. We investigated the contribution of FCN2 functional variants in 226 pati...

Renal carcinoma in male Syrian hamsters, induced by chronic admin istration of estradici for 5-7 months, is known to arise in the cortex at the cortico-medullary junction. In this in vivo model for hormonal carcinogenesis, estrogen-induced covalent DNA adducts have previously been observed in whole kidney and have been postulated to be involved in tumor induction. In the present study, the intr...

Over the past few years, the Internet has become a powerful means for the masses to interact, coordinate activities, and gather and disseminate information. As such, it is increasingly relevant for many governments worldwide to surveil and censor it, and many censorship programs have been put in place in the last years. Due to lack of publicly available information, as well as the inherent risk...

This article focusses on Al-Nur, a community centre in Istanbul, Turkey, that caters to Syrian and Palestinian refugees. It is based five months of fieldwork conducted the winter spring 2017 Turkey included participant observation as volunteer English teacher at Al-Nur. A focus philosophy guides Al-Nur’s functioning well stories displacement some its managers volunteers sheds light importance b...

BACKGROUND There has been no dearth of scientific literature that genotoxic agents have a causative effect in the pathogenesis of carcinomas. 7,12 dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA), which is a potent organ specific carcinogen, has been found to produce mutagenic effects on cells. Annona squamosa has a long history in traditional Indian medicine for being used to treat several diseases including ...

SUMMARY Normal contact-inhibited and transformed cell cultures have been fixed and embedded in situ for an electron microscopic study of the cell surface and intercellular connections. In a number of experiments, ruthenium red was added to the fixa tives following Luft's technic for visualizing the mucopoly saccharide layer on the cell surface. Cultures of normal rat, Chinese and Syrian hamster...

As of March 2016, 4.8 million Syrian refugees were scattered in two dozen countries by the civil war. Refugee smuggling has been a major catalyst of human trafficking in the Middle East and Europe migrant crises. Data on the extent to which smuggling devolved into trafficking in this refugee wave is, however, scarce. This article investigates how Syrian refugees interact with smugglers, sheddin...

This paper attempts to describe the state of Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) techniques and the contributions of GIS and Remote Sensing (RS) technologies for RWH in The Syrian Desert (AL-Badia). Studies were conducted using physiographic factors of The Syrian Desert (the natural factors, the climatic factors, the pastoral cover, and animal wealth) for the applications of GIS and Remote sensing techn...