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Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2013 The article presents the results of examination of 156 women from infertile couples (88 Russians, 68 Buryats). The uterine factor of infertility was observed more often in Buryats due to higher rate of uterine fibroids in Buryat women with secondary ...
T. B. Tsyrenov +6 more
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“Intuitive districts”: Agentive images in a post‐socialist city
City &Society, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 78-90, August 2024.Abstract Anyone who has lived in a city knows that, separately from the administrative or electoral districts, there are districts that exist in the imagination. Areas of the city seem to have a distinctive character and ethos. The article suggests that such notional place‐forming occurs spontaneously through everyday sensations, life activities, and ...
Caroline Humphrey
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Millenarian Representations of the Contemporary Buryats
, 1999 The Buryats of Tory speak of an original homeland in Mongolia, from which they were driven northwards some centuries ago, and signs and prophesies indicate that they are destined to return there soon.
Elena Stroganova
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Earth's Future, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2024.Abstract Wildfires emit atmospheric aerosols, affecting climate and air quality. Siberia is a known source region of wildfires. However, comprehensive knowledge regarding the impact associated with particulate matter pollution due to Siberian wildfires on climate and air quality and their effects on mortality and the economy under present and near ...
Teppei J. Yasunari +4 more
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 3, March 2024.Abstract The field of human biology has long explored how human populations have adapted to extreme environmental circumstances. Yet, it has become increasingly clear that conditions of social stress, poverty, and lifestyle change play equally important roles in shaping human biological variation and health.
William R. Leonard
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Buryatia of the 1920s in the Travel Journal of German Physician Karl Wilmanns
Oriental Studies, 2020 Introduction. The article is based on the travel diary of German doctor Karl Wilmanns reflecting his impressions of the trip to Buryat-Mongolia. K. Wilmanns, a psychiatrist from Heidelberg, and A.
Vsevolod Yu. Bashkuev
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Chinggis Khan in the Identity Practices of Modern Buryats
, 2006 In the identity discourse of Post Soviet Buryatia the modelling of ethnic boundaries has priority, and the ethnic marker ‘Buryat’ is increasingly replaced by the wider marker ‘Buryat- Mongol.’ In this way a revitalised historical memory allows the ...
Tatyana D. Skrynnikova +1 more
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Exemplary differences: ethnicity, mythic histories, and essentialism in Khovd, Mongolia
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 97-114, March 2024.Abstract This article provides an ethnographic account of understandings of ‘ethnic’ difference in Khovd province, Mongolia. It attempts to use said material to challenge the terms of debate within the current concern with ‘essentialism’ in social theory.
Joe Ellis
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Quantifying basic colors' salience from cross‐linguistic corpora
Color Research &Application, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 34-50, January/February 2024.From the Basic Color Terms Hierarchy of Berlin and Kay to our proposal based on corpus data from 57 Languages. Abstract A corpus‐based quantitative assessment of Berlin and Kay's proposal is presented. We refine the Basic Color Terms hierarchy proposed by Berlin and Kay, through the concept of salience.
Antoni Brosa‐Rodríguez +1 more
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Alterations in mindset of modern Buryats: the evidence from psychosemantic studies
, 2017 The article examines the changes in the mindset of Buryats from the standpoint of the psychosemantic approach. This qualitative methodology is especially relevant for cross-cultural studies.
Yuri N. Filippovich +3 more
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