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Genetic screening of an endemic mutation in the DYSF gene in an isolated, mountainous population in the Republic of Dagestan

open access: yesMolecular Genetics &Genomic Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 10, October 2023., 2023
Genetic screenings were conducted in a remote mountainous region characterized by a high level of consanguinity among its inhabitants. Results indicated a high prevalence of the c.200_201delinsAT, p. Val67Asp allele at 14% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 12–17; 138 out of 1518 alleles), while the allele in the homozygous state was detected in 29 cases—3.
Sergey N. Bardakov   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

“A hitherto unheard‐of and harmful thing”: Breastfeeding and Violence in Russian Literature

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 3, Page 486-507, July 2023., 2023
Abstract This article examines the construction of maternal subjectivity in the context of breastfeeding narratives in Russian literature, from the early 1800s to the 1920s. It draws on historical and contemporary socio‐economic contexts, in Russia and the West, to support its major contention that, in literature, breastfeeding and violence are ...
Muireann Maguire
wiley   +1 more source

‘The New Life’: Mozambican Art Students in the USSR, and the Aesthetic Epistemologies of Anti‐Colonial Solidarity

open access: yesArt History, Volume 45, Issue 5, Page 1078-1100, November 2022., 2022
This essay traces the histories and reverberations of the socialist scholarship programmes which brought art and graphic design students from Africa to the USSR during the 1980s. Drawing on the accounts and archives of art students and cultural workers who participated in or supported these programmes, it follows the path of one Mozambican cohort ...
Polly Savage
wiley   +1 more source

Learning outcomes of university chemistry teaching in laboratories: A systematic review of empirical literature

open access: yesReview of Education, Volume 10, Issue 2, August 2022., 2022
Abstract Laboratory work has been a common element of science courses at university level for around two centuries, but its practice has been criticised by scholars in the field and related stakeholders. Mainly on a rationale of financial justification and educational efficacy, more evidence for learning has been called for. The aims of this systematic
Hendra Y. Agustian   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

World‐class universities and the Soviet legacies of administration: Integrity dilemmas in Russian higher education

open access: yesHigher Education Quarterly, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 385-398, April 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper explores integrity dilemmas experienced by Russian academics in the context of building a world‐class university. Interviews with professors and managers of major research universities in Moscow provide critical insights into the organisational and attitudinal incongruities generated by a coercive state—a challenge that Russia has ...
Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko
wiley   +1 more source

Transnational literary exchange in the early modern Low Countries

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 8-26, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Dutch culture in the Golden Age has long attracted the attention of scholars working in early modern European history, and the centrality of the urban culture of the Dutch Republic, especially in Holland, in European and global affairs has been frequently noted.
Jan Bloemendal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of an Endophytic Antagonistic Bacterial Strain Bacillus halotolerans LBG‐1‐13 with Multiple Plant Growth‐Promoting Traits, Stress Tolerance, and Its Effects on Lily Growth

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Microbial inoculants are an important tool for increasing arable land productivity and decreasing mineral fertilizer application. This study was aimed at isolating and identifying endophytic antagonistic bacteria from lily (Lilium davidii var. unicolor) roots grown in Northwestern China and at evaluating their antifungal activity and plant growth ...
Jun-lian Gao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electrochemical Dehydrogenative C(sp2)−H Amination

open access: yesChemistry – A European Journal, Volume 27, Issue 30, Page 8008-8012, May 26, 2021., 2021
‘Power'ful Aminations. A simple transition‐metal‐free direct electrolytic amination strategy has been developed. The transformation takes place in the absence of any electrocatalyst by using cheap and easily available graphite electrodes. The reaction allows for the synthesis of carbazole derivatives via intramolecular C−H amination and also cross ...
Mahesh Puthanveedu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A tribute to the memory of professor Alexander K. Popov

open access: yes, 2022
Nanophotonics, Volume 11, Issue 21, Page 4603-4614, December 2022.
Gennady Tartakovsky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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