Book review: Gibshman G.E. History of Astrakhan bazaars and their characteristics (Astrakhan, 2024)
This review evaluates the book by Astrakhan local historian and "collector of antiquities" G.E. Gibshman, which presents the history of the famous Astrakhan bazaars, as well as their historical characteristics at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries ...
Marina Maratovna Imasheva
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A Monoclonal Antibody ELISA-Based Assay for Measuring the Potency of Candidate H5 Clade 2.3.4.4b Pandemic Influenza Vaccines. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background The single radial immunodiffusion (SRID) assay is used to determine the potency of inactivated influenza vaccines. Nevertheless, development of alternative influenza vaccine potency assays with greater sensitivity and less reliance on large quantities of reference reagents is needed.
Odin M, Schmeisser F, Soto J, Weir JP.
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A Rapid Virus-Free Method for Producing Influenza HA Immunogen Needed for Preparation of Influenza Vaccine Potency Antisera Reagents. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background The potency of inactivated and recombinant influenza vaccines is measured using the single‐radial immunodiffusion (SRID) assay. The strain‐specific antigen and antibody potency reagents required for the assay are prepared and distributed by regulatory agencies to ensure vaccine standardization, but timely reagent production is ...
Odin M, Schmeisser F, Soto J, Weir JP.
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Migratory Bird and Marine Mammal Surveillance Fails to Find Evidence for an HPAI H5N1 2.3.4.4b Incursion Into Australia in 2025. [PDF]
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.
Wille M +18 more
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Nazareno Strampelli and the first Green Revolution
Abstract This article describes the wheat‐breeding work of the Italian agronomist Nazareno Strampelli, who was the first agronomist to cross Japanese and western wheat varieties to develop high‐yielding semidwarf wheat. The article describes the environmental and agricultural conditions that motivated Strampelli's breeding, the evolution of his ...
Mark B. Tauger
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Decentralized response as a pandemic second‐best: The case of Russia
Abstract Centralized state response is almost universally considered as the first best option for managing pandemics. This paper argues that in reality, states fall short of this ideal. Knowledge problems hinder the government's disease acknowledgement, resource allocation and feedback, while compulsion, political predation, and corruption exacerbate ...
Vladimir V. Maltsev
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The identity of Lithospermum rochelii, so far known only from its type locality (Bulgaria, hills in Plovdiv town), remained hitherto uncertain. Our examination of its original material and re‐collection of the species from its locus classicus in Plovdiv town revealed its identity with Lithospermum glandulosum (syn.
Stoyan S. Stoyanov +2 more
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Abstract Current influenza vaccines need to be updated annually owing to constant antigenic drift in the globular head of the viral surface hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein. The immunogenic subdominant stem domain of HA is highly conserved and can be recognized by antibodies capable of binding multiple HA subtypes.
Yulei Li +5 more
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Distribution of the temperature in friction stir welding of aluminum and copper alloys [PDF]
Friction stir welded are studied joints of pure copper M1 and aluminum alloy AD1. A technique for measuring the temperature was developed at the points of the weld.
Rzaev Radmir +4 more
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The Many Nationalities of Tamara Khanum: Friendship of the Peoples at Home, Abroad, and Within
Abstract Inspired by scholarship on empire and historical biography, this article examines the life of Soviet entertainer Tamara Khanum (1906–91) and her formation as a socialist intermediary. First, it considers how an ethnic Armenian born in the Uzbek SSR came to represent an image of liberated Eastern femininity to domestic audiences.
Charles D. Shaw
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