dust storm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. iran and particularly its west and south-west parts, periodically faces with the dust phenomenon and its problems. in this investigation two dust samples has been selected and studied that they has sustained over three days with visibility less than 1000m in west of iran. the first one occurred during 18 - 21 april ...

Abstract
 This study intends to shed some light on why Iraq has been in the news
 quite a bit, and it come play role world affairs of
 late twentieth early twenty-first centuries. It concerns Iraq
 yesterday today.
 Introduction
 The paper makes one simple assumption: notion that all human life on
 this planet – Muslim non-Muslim, female male, civilian and&#x0...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is reported to be caused by traumatic events that are outside the range of usual human experience including (but not limited to) military combat, violent personal assault, being kidnapped or taken hostage and terrorist attacks. Initial data suggests that at least 1 out of 5 Iraq War veterans are exhibiting symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD. Virtual R...

Anecdotal reports in the press and epidemiological studies suggest that deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan may be associated with respiratory diseases and symptoms in U.S. military personnel and veterans. Exposures during military operations were complex, but virtually all service members were exposed to high levels of respirable, geogenic dust. Inhalation of other dusts has been shown to be as...

20 | P a g e www.iiste.org Study the Rheological and Mechanical Properties of PVA/NH4Cl by Ultrasonic Prof. Dr. Abdul-Kareem Jawad Rashid Rawaa Mizher Obiad Burak Yahya Kadem 1. University of Babylon, College of Science, Physics Department, Babylon, Hilla -Najif Street, Iraq 2. University of Babylon, College of Science, Physics Department, Babylon, Hilla -Najif Street, Iraq 3. University of Bab...

OBJECTIVE Intermittent explosive disorder is common, begins early in life, and is associated with considerable impairment in the United States. The epidemiology of IED outside the United States is unknown. We examined the prevalence and correlates of IED in Iraq, where exposure to violence has been widespread during the last three decades. METHOD Data were drawn from a national survey of the ...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is reported to be caused by traumatic events that are outside the range of usual human experience including (but not limited to) military combat, violent personal assault, being kidnapped or taken hostage and terrorist attacks. Initial data suggests that at least 1 out of 5 Iraq War veterans are exhibiting symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD. Virtual R...

How can the West continue to shape international order without over-committing itself to ruinous and ambiguous operations on the scale of Iraq and Afghanistan? This article addresses this question by examining the failures of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, and by outlining three alternatives for future engagements: the Libya model, the indirect approach, and contingency operations in support...

AIMS The aim of the survey was to establish whether PTSD is present among Polish soldiers returning from a one-year deployment to Iraq and an analysis of its individual symptoms. METHODS Sixty soldiers were examined, including 30 who returned from the Iraqi mission and 30 who remained in Poland. Five analysing devices were used: (IPSA), (STAI), (BDI), a PTSD questionnaire and a socio-demograp...

Salman Rawaf discusses the implications of the most recent estimate of excess deaths associated with the Iraq war and subsequent occupation in the context of the current situation in Iraq. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.