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Nazareno Strampelli and the first Green Revolution
Journal of International Development, Volume 35, Issue 8, Page 2485-2512, November 2023., 2023 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
Southern Economic Journal, Volume 90, Issue 2, Page 291-316, October 2023., 2023 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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Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2023, Issue 10, October 2023., 2023 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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mLife, Volume 2, Issue 3, Page 308-316, September 2023., 2023 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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The Many Nationalities of Tamara Khanum: Friendship of the Peoples at Home, Abroad, and Within
The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 3, Page 433-452, July 2023., 2023 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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Вестник урологии, 2018 Rationale. Implementation of vesicoscopic (transvesical, pneumovesicoscopic) approach (VA) in the treatment of abnormalities and diseases of vesico-ureteral junction and a urinary bladder as alternative to the open surgery makes it relevant to study ...
A. V. Pirogov, V. V. Sizonov
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Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2018 The paper provides a new locality for the rare and little known species Microbiston lanaria Eversmann, 1852 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) – Akhtubinsk city (Astrakhan Province, Russia).
S. Rybalkin, R. Yakovlev
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The System of Muslim Education in Astrakhan Province (Guberniya) Before 1917
Islam in the modern world, 2022 Astrakhan province (guberniya) within the Russian Empire was a region with a significant Muslim population. In the pre-revolutionary period, a third of the region’s population were Muslims who were part of the OMDS structure. The system of Muslim education in the region has passed a long way, and since the second half of the XIX century it began to play
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Nomadic Civilization: Historical Research, 2023 The relevance of this study is explained by its lack of knowledge The relevance of this study is explained by the lack of knowledge on the stated problems: there are no special works on the topic, in most works the problem is considered fragmentarily ...
E. A. Komandzhaev, A. N. Komandzhaev
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Report in Documentary Communication in Southern Region of Russia during First Half of 18th Century
Научный диалог, 2023 This article examines the report as a new type of document in the business writing system of the first half of the 18th century. The aim is to identify common and distinctive features of reports from various institutions in the southern region of Russia.
O. A. Gorban
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