AIM To correct the misclassification in registered gastric cancer incidence across Iranian provinces in cancer registry data. METHODS Gastric cancer data is extracted from Iranian annual of national cancer registration report 2008. A Bayesian method with beta prior is implemented to estimate the rate of misclassification in registering patient's permanent residence in neighboring province. Ea...

The conventional wisdom is that the concept of information is closely related to the concept of probability. In Shannon's information theory, information is equated to a reduction in entropy—a probabilistic concept. In this paper, a different view of information is put on the table. Information is equated to restriction. More concretely, a restriction is a limitation on the values which a varia...

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease of livestock that can cause cutaneous and internal lesions, affecting milk production, hide quality and in some cases death of the infected animal. After an outbreak in neighboring Iran, a working group from the Azerbaijan State Veterinary Control Service was sent to the border rayons (administrative districts) to determine if any cattle in southern A...

Nosemosis is one of the most dangerous infectious diseases honeybees in Azerbaijan and World. Nosema ceranae dominant species detected Azerbaijan, this study aimed to detect prevalence infection country. For purpose, an average 100 honeybee samples were collected from 64 hives, 24 three regions north 40 five areas south. In lab, abdomens 50 bees each group dissected crushed a container, adding ...

The article analyzes the content, literary features, and historical context of theme Azerbaijan Karabakh in literature Ahiska Turks. It reviews Turks’ participation cultural, economic, public spheres after their immigration to country starting from 1958 (the Turks were exiled homelands 1944). Information is given about works writers living Azerbaijan, including activities Union Turkish Writers ...

According to the fear module theory, humans are evolutionarily predisposed to perceive snakes as prioritized stimuli and exhibit a fast emotional and behavioral response toward them. In Europe, highly dangerous snake species are distributed almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Caspian areas. While the risk of a snakebite is relatively low in Central Europe, Azerbaijan, on the other hand,...

INTRODUCTION Malnutrition is one of the most important morbidity and mortality causes in children. In comparison with healthy children malnourished children are at higher risk of illness and death as 60 percent of more than 7 million deaths in children aged less than five years are attributed to the malnutrition. The present study is intended to determine the prevalence of malnutrition in West ...