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European Energy Security: What Should It Mean? What to Do? ESF Working Paper, No. 23, 30 October 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
[From the Introduction]. • Is energy a strategic good? If it is, to what extent does it make sense to deny the extraction of political leverage from energy policy? In criticising Russian energy policy, are we not protesting too much against the fact that
Egenhofer, Christian,   +4 more
core  

The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley   +1 more source

Craniology and archeology of the east manych catacomb culture - perspectives of the analysis of the consistency of signs

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2018
This thesis demonstrates results of a comparison of new published craniological data of the East Manych catacomb culture population (Middle Bronze Age, North-Western Caspian region), of the funeral rites and the artifacts assortments in the burials of ...
Alexey Aleksandrovich Kazarnizki   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic Optimization of Medical Oxygen Supply Chains for Healthcare Response in Concurrent Multi‐Disaster Scenarios

open access: yesConcurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Volume 38, Issue 8, April 2026.
ABSTRACT We propose a dynamic optimization framework for Medical Oxygen Supply Chains (MOSCs) operating under concurrent disasters. The framework aims to minimize both the total response and transportation time, as well as the total operational cost. These goals are subject to constraints involving evacuation, capacity, maintenance, and inventory.
Saptadeep Biswas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowing fish: a cultural case study and portrait of resource understandings in Caspian Eurasia

open access: yes, 2022
This research seeks to establish the deductive premises of the contemporary sustainability concept by building a cultural case study. Beginning with mainstream resource definitions formulated under the sustainability concept which emphasize market evaluations, this case study explored the limitations of such resource interpretations in Caspian Eurasia.
openaire   +1 more source

Monitoring Brown Bears in Kazakhstan: A Pilot Study from the Altai Mountain Region

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
Here, we present results from the first camera trapping operation designed to detect brown bears in the Altai Mountain Region of Kazahstan and highlight some lessons learned from the pilot study. Our study was conducted at a relatively local scale but represents a first step towards understanding the presence of brown bears and other mammals in a ...
Sanzhar Kantarbayev   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Central Asian integration as a way of guaranteeing regional security, economic growth, feasibility and prospects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Nowadays, CA countries are facing serious challenges. Their industries are slowly recovering from the disruption of “supplier-producer” ties among former Soviet republics and East European states.
Najmitdinov, Ahadhon
core   +1 more source

Mycochemical Diversity and Therapeutic Potential of Hymenochaetoid Fungi from Central Asia: Regional and Global Perspectives

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2026.
Central Asia harbors a rich yet understudied assemblage of wood‐inhabiting Hymenochaetoid fungi. This review delivers the first comprehensive synthesis of 43 poroid species representing 18 genera documented across montane forests, steppes, and xeric habitats.
Yusufjon Gafforov   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mesolithic and Neolithic Northern Cis-Caspian and Volga Steppe: Geometric Microliths

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. The article examines segments with Helwan retouch discovered during various excavations in the Lower Volga. Those are a key marker of the Seroglazovka culture (Mesolithic — Early Neolithic) distinguished by A.
Alexander A. Vybornov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: The Role of Financial Inclusion, FinTech, Eco‐Innovation, and Economic Complexity

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue S2, Page 1233-1258, March 2026.
ABSTRACT The study examines the nonlinear relationships between sustainable and financial development metrics, including eco‐innovation, process eco‐innovation, financial development, financial inclusion, FinTech, economic complexity, and economic growth, across eight developing countries from 2000 to 2023.
Xing Zhao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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