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Medium to severe iodine deficiency still exists in Abkhazia

Клиническая и экспериментальная тиреоидология, 2016
Background.Due to historical reasons, Abkhazia is one of the few regions of the formerSoviet Unionwhere status of iodine nutrition of the population is still unknown and activities for the prevention of iodine deficiency are not carried out.
Gregory A. Gerasimov, Andrei V. Tulisov, Alla I. Belyaeva, Andrei V. Tuzhba, Sergei V. Petrenko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycobacterium tuberculosisDrug Resistance, Abkhazia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
To the Editor: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has been identified as a major problem in the former Soviet Union, and was recently surveyed in the Aral Sea regions of Dashoguz (Turkmenistan) and Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) (1). However, few data are available for the Caucasian region and published reports have focused mainly on prisons (2,3).
Pardini M., Iona E., Varaine F., Karakozian H., Arzumanian H., Brunori L., Orefici G., Fattorini L., Oggioni M. R., Meacci F., Trappetti C., Checchi F., Bonnet M., Andrew P. W., Barer M., Yesilkaya H., Rinder H., Rusch-Gerdes S., Niemann S., Orru G., Jarosz T.   +20 more
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Merchandise trade of the unrecognized entities in West Asia. The gravity model of trade, including Abkhazia and South Ossetia

International Journal of Management and Economics, 2023
The study aims at presenting the specificity of the economy and merchandise trade of unrecognized entities in the Caucasus region, with a particular focus on Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Suska Magdalena
doaj   +1 more source

The tree‐parasitic fungus Cryphonectria carpinicola discovered on European chestnut and European hornbeam in Azerbaijan

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 370-375, August 2026.
Abstract The ascomycetous fungus Cryphonectria carpinicola is typically found in its asexual form on the European hornbeam, and its sexual state has only recently been discovered in deadwood of different Carpinus species in Japan. Recently, this fungus has been added to the EPPO Alert List due to its increasing incidence in the EPPO region and a ...
Carolina Cornejo, Dilzara Aghayeva, Ludwig Beenken   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nation‐Building in the Wake of Empire: Identifying Patterns of Minority Policies in the Aftermath of Soviet Collapse

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 386-401, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The collapse of the USSR forced newly independent states to forge national identities while grappling with imperial legacies. This study investigates nation‐building strategies in post‐Soviet states during 1990–1999, using the Nation‐Building Policies (NBP) dataset from the ETHNICGOODS project, which includes all socially and politically ...
Emre Amasyalı, Andrei Tarasov
wiley   +1 more source

Safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy of the intranasal live pertussis vaccine GamLPV in an infant monkey model (Papio hamadryas)

Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение
INTRODUCTION. The current progressive increase in pertussis incidence and infant mortality rates is due to the insufficient effectiveness of existing vaccines, both in Russia and worldwide.
D. T. Kubrava, A. Yu. Medkova, A. Z. Matua, I. G. Kondzariya, A. A. Amichba, Kh. Z. Trapsh, L. V. Gamgiya, S. G. Kulikov, L. N. Sinyashina, Z. Ya. Mikvabiya, G. I. Karataev   +10 more
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The Security Issues in the 2008 Russian-Georgian War [PDF]

Eastern European Journal of Regional Studies, 2020
The article aims to establish the security issues present in the 2008 Georgian conflict, and explore the securitization process by the Russian Federation, Georgia, and other involved parties.
Nicoleta MIRZA
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The Chronicity of Crisis: The Complex Entanglement of Prolonged Internal Displacement in Georgia

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Thirty years after the Georgian–Abkhaz War of 1992–1993, internal displacement remains an unresolved and open‐ended crisis in the Republic of Georgia. Drawing on long‐term ethnographic research conducted between 2016 and 2023, this article examines how prolonged forced displacement becomes normalised and experienced as a condition of chronic ...
Mikel Venhovens, Nargiza Arjevanidze
wiley   +1 more source

Seed fossil record of Solanaceae revisited

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract The fossil record for Solanaceae has a complex taxonomic history, with many species originally described in the family being subsequently shown to belong in other plant families. In this work, we present an in‐depth analysis of the nightshade seed fossil record, which corresponds to the largest amount of fossil material for the family.
Rocío Deanna, Aleksej Vladimirovič Hvalj, Edoardo Martinetto, Sandra Knapp, Eva‐Maria Sadowski, Steven Manchester, Abel Campos, Vincent Fernandez, Gloria E. Barboza, Hervé Sauquet, Ellen Dean, Tiina Särkinen, Franco Chiarini, Gabriel Bernardello, Stacey D. Smith   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Privilege That Can Be Withdrawn: Regulation of Exit in Russia and Other Post‐Soviet Republics

International Migration, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The former Soviet Union's restrictions on citizens' foreign travel or emigration were notoriously draconian. Yet what replaced them in the fifteen independent states of the post‐Soviet region has not been well analysed. Outside the Baltic republics, the monolithic and prohibitive policies of the Soviet past have given way to a patchwork of ...
Matthew Light, Leonid Kosals
wiley   +1 more source