BACKGROUND The prevalence of cesarean sections is increasing globally; however, it can lead to significant increases in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to determine the rates and trends of cesarean sections in Iraq. METHODS The cesarean section rates of all births and public and private hospital-based births were calculated from the data on births provided by the...

This research has been done during two years and with studying and consistent referring to almost thirty villages of region called” Mukerian” located in south of west Azarbaijan Iran. Data’s of this research considering socio-cultural peculiarities of studied rural by using qualitative methods and grounded theory and applying techniques like; deep interviews, oral history and field participatio...

i introduction convective systems are atmospheric events that are associated with hazardous consequences, such as strong wind drafts, lightning, heavy rainfall, hail, or even tornado. they are manifested in the atmosphere within a broad range of spatial and temporal scales. a convection cell is composed of two distinct regions: the actual convective part which consists of the coldest intense ve...

Mishrif Formation is the main reservoir in oil-fields (North Rumaila, South Majnoon, Zubair and West Qurna) which located at Basrah southern Iraq. The Inductively coupled plasma-Mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) was used for water chemistry analysis Scanning Electron Microprobe (SEM) purpose of mineralogy diagnosis. A weak acidic salinity six-time greater than seawater plays a role generating formatio...

the areas of the world that have mediterranean style climate are found at about 35 degrees north and south of the equator, on the western sides of continents. the distinctive feature of this climate is the small amount of rain in the summer. overall, the climate has a moderate amount of rainfall and warm winters and hot summers and. the climate of the mediterranean region is conditioned by its ...

BACKGROUND This article presents the results of the authors' own studies concerning the evacuation of Polish soldiers serving in the Centre South Zone in Iraq during the Iraqi Freedom Operation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Analysis was based on the medical and personnel documents of 4800 soldiers of the Multinational Division Centre South in the period August 2003-July 2004. RESULTS Medical evacua...