PURPOSE To evaluate the health status of Gulf War veterans who reported receipt of anthrax vaccination and a small group of Gulf War veterans for whom documentation of anthrax vaccination exists. METHODS Among the 11,441 Gulf War veterans who completed a health survey, 4601 reported receiving the anthrax vaccine during the war; 2979 veterans reported not receiving it; 3861 were uncertain. Als...

Abstract The Sumerian culture flourished within the Tigris and Euphrates rivers floodplains along their deltaic systems, which ca. 6000 yr were located ~250–260 km inland from present Persian Gulf. Here, large marshes crossed by an intricate network of channels where several human settlements developed. In this paper, we describe in detail paleoenvironmental context site Abu Tbeirah (third mill...

background: brownbanded bamboo sharks (chiloscyllium punctatum) is one of the cartilaginous fish that lives in the persian gulf. objectves: the purpose of the present study is to study the effects of thyroid hormone on reproductive system of this specious. methods: in this investigation, 36 individual of brownbanded bamboo sharks (chiloscyllium punctatum) in both autumn (before reproduction) an...

during the fifth and sixth centuries a.h, the persian gulf faced a recession in its commerce; instead, the centrality of the international maritime trade was transferred to the red sea and mediterranean region at the time. emergence of the kish island, as a significant trade area in the persian gulf region goes back to the mid-sixth century a.h. efforts made by a local tribe known as bani qaysa...

the adaptation of sociological theories to historical subjects, despite the problems it encounters, is something that new historiography should start to do for dynamism and to avoid pure quotation of historical events and it should enjoy the results of other fields studies, especially sociology. in this case, system theory has an important position in appropriate analysis and explanation of his...

This paper presents a detailed structural reliability procedure in order to achieve an acceptable safety margin for template type offshore platforms located in the Persian Gulf. Probability of failure in this study is calculated by considering the cumulative effects of all levels of wave loading during the lifetime of the structure and uncertainties associated with soil, material properties, co...

T he BP Deepwater Horizon event released approximately 206 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. 1 BP's primary strategy for handing this large spill was to use the dispersant COREXIT to disperse and mix this enormous volume of oil over a larger volume of seawater. This is the time-honored strategy of dilution as the solution to pollution. While this strategy appears to have bee...