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Genetic HLA Study of Kurds in Iraq, Iran and Tbilisi (Caucasus, Georgia): Relatedness and Medical Implications.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Kurds from Iraq (Dohuk and Erbil Area, North Iraq) have been analyzed for HLA genes. Their HLA genetic profile has been compared with that of other Kurd groups from Iran and Tbilisi (Georgia, Caucasus) and also Worldwide populations. A total of 7,746 HLA
Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, Jose Palacio-Grüber, Ester Muñiz, Cristina Campos, Javier Alonso-Rubio, Eduardo Gomez-Casado, Shadallah Fareq Salih, Manuel Martin-Villa, Rawand Al-Qadi   +8 more
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Lung Region Segmentation Using Modified U-Net Architecture

Eurasian Journal of Science and Engineering, 2022
In order to combat the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, early infection diagnosis is essential. Lung infections can be detected using a screening technique called chest X-ray imaging (CXR).
Zhakaw Hamza Hamad, Taban Fouad Majeed
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Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London [PDF]

, 2020
This article offers a case study of the adaptation strategies of a section of second-generation young male Alevi Kurds in London and the social conditions which make some of them more prone to join gangs and to reject mainstream institutions in their ...
Cetin, U., Cetin, U.
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
wiley   +1 more source

Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

Middle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
wiley   +1 more source

How do Perceptions of Outgroups Indicate Barriers to Civil Society in Iraq? [PDF]

, 2005
At the Iraq "liberation" in 2003, many of us asked, "Is there really hope for civil society to emerge from the chaos?" We guessed about how Sunni, Shi'a and Kurdish factions could be brought together, and if it was likely that ethnic conflicts would ...
Gresham, Dr. JN
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A systematic review of the evidence for single stage and two stage revision of infected knee replacement [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic infection about the knee is a devastating complication that may affect between 1% and 5% of knee replacement. With over 79 000 knee replacements being implanted each year in the UK, periprosthetic infection (PJI) is set to ...
A Beswick, A Ocguder, A Trampuz, AA Haleem, AA Hofmann, AG Rosenberg, AH Wilde, AJ Johnson, Andrew P Sprowson, AT Rasul Jr, BD Springer, CJ Wang, CL Romano, CM Jhao, CR Gooding, DJ Jaekel, DT Tsukayama, E Jamsen, FF Buechel, FS Haddad, G Von Foerster, GA Macheras, GC Babis, GH Westrich, GS Van Thiel, H Husted, H Lu, H Segawa, H-R Choi, H-T Huang, Health Protection Agency, Helen Parsons, I Byren, IS Vanhegan, J Cordero-Ampuero, J Gardner, J Lopez-Contreras, J Parvizi, J Parvizi, J Singer, J Tanner, JA Anderson, JABR Rand, James PM Masters, JH Lonner, JK Lee, JM Cuckler, JN Insall, K Hirakawa, KO Oduwole, LA Whiteside, LS Borden, M Silva, M Villanueva-Martinez, MA Mont, MAR Freeman, MC MacAvoy, MF Kurd, MG Freeman, MG Wilson, MH Henderson Jr, Mike Reed, Nicholas A Smith, NV Kalore, P Baker, P Dixon, Pedro Foguet, R Ferrari, RH Walker, RL Barrack, RMD Meek, RP Evans, RP Pitto, RT Goldman, RW Parkinson, S Bengtson, S Gulhane, S Kohl, S-J Park, SB Goksan, SJ Volin, SM Durbhakula, SM Kurtz, SMJ Mortazavi, T Bauer, T Mahmud, TK Fehring, TWB Kim, V Pascale, WJ Bose, WJ Hart, WO Jackson, Y-P Su, YC Hsu, Z Wan   +94 more
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Iran's Forward Defense in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Middle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines Iran's security and defense initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2024 and how they reflect the extraterritorial application of the regime's forward defense doctrine. In response to the long‐term erosion of its homeland defense capabilities since the Iran‐Iraq War of the 1980s—driven by infrastructure ...
Ariel Limanya Limbu, Ronen A. Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Variation in Support for Ethnic Group Rights: The Role of Forced Displacement and Conflict Proximity

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why do some members of an ethnic group support ethnic group rights while others do not? Drawing on social psychology, I argue that exposure to political violence shapes individual attitudes by deepening in‐group and out‐group distinctions and fostering expressive solidarity towards group rights. To test this argument, the study uses nationally
Oner Yigit
wiley   +1 more source

Meta-analysis of the Studies about the Association between Ethnic Identity and National Identity in Iran Focusing on the Role of Media [PDF]

مسائل اجتماعی ایران, 2018
Ethnic diversity in Iran on one hand, and attempts to create a coherent national identity since the first Pahlavi era on the other, raise the question of how ethnic and national identities are associated in Iran.
sSeyed Samad Beheshti, Mohammad Haghmoradi   +1 more
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