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Deadly Anchor: Gender Bias under Russian Colonization of Kazakhstan, 1898-1908 [PDF]

We study the impact of a large-scale economic crisis on gender equality, using historical data from Kazakhstan in the late 19th – early 20th century. We focus on sex ratios (number of women per man) in Kazakh nomadic population between 1898 and 1908, in ...
Catherine Guirkinger, Gani Aldashev
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Islamic Public Administration in Practice: The Taliban's “Gender Apartheid” Governance in Afghanistan

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim, Jean‐Patrick Villeneuve   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Death of Eagles on Overhead Power-lines in Kazakhstan: Review of the Actual State of the Issue

Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2018
A particular study of death ratio caused by electrocution among raptors in Kazakhstan has begun in early 90th. During the past 25 years, a good amount of data was collected from Western Kazakhstan, and from some areas of Central and Eastern Kazakhstan.
Henrietta I. Pulikova, Vera V. Voronova
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Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock, Van Thi Hai Nguyen, Margaret Awuor Owuor, Anna Samwel Manyanza, Ole Seehausen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploiting Energy and Mineral Resources in Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Mongolia [PDF]

Recent literature has focussed on institutional degradation and revenue volatility as major sources of a resource curse. Formerly centrally planned countries may be especially vulnerable due to their mutating institutions and macropolicy inexperience ...
Richard Pomfret
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Integrating habitat suitability, socioeconomics, and infrastructure to assess global biological invasion risk under climate change: A case study of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
We developed an invasion risk index framework that integrates socioeconomic and environmental data using an entropy‐weighting method. The case study highlights the need for region‐specific biosecurity measures for Chilo suppressalis. Abstract BACKGROUND Biological invasion risk is a multifaceted concept that, according to the Food and Agriculture ...
Jinsol Hong, Minyoung Lee, Yongeun Kim, Yun‐Sik Lee, June Wee, Jaejun Song, Taewoo Kim, Jung‐Joon Park, Florian Kraxner, Woo‐Kyun Lee, Youngil Song, Kijong Cho   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and VDR Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Leukemia Patients and Healthy Subjects in Central Kazakhstan. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2020
Zhumina AG, Li K, Konovalova AA, Li YA, Ishmuratova MY, Pogossyan GP, Danilenko M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Changing Competitiveness of the Wheat Sector of Kazakhstan and Sources of Future Productivity Growth

Economic incentives in Kazakhstan have been radically reshaped since the Soviet era ended in 1991. In the first phase of transition, the economy and agricultural sectors declined by 40-50%.
Moldashev, Altynbeck, Longmire, James L.
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Advancing Sustainable Industrialization Under SDG 9: The Role of Financial Globalization and Income Inequality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how income inequality and financial globalization shape sustainable industrialization across 87 countries over 2000–2022, using the SDG 9 composite index as the outcome and the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) to capture heterogeneous effects.
Özge Kozal, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente
wiley   +1 more source

Outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Kyzylorda region, Kazakhstan, March–July 2022

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundCrimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonotic disease characterized by a high case fatality rate of ~30%. CCHF is endemic in Kyzylorda Oblast, Kazakhstan, which has a population of 800,000, with approximately 10 cases reported
Saya Gazezova, Saya Gazezova, Malika Gabdullina, Gulzhan Ayapova, Dilyara Nabirova, Dilyara Nabirova, Michelle Waltenburg, Manar Smagul, Manar Smagul, Lena Kasabekova, Lena Kasabekova, Umirbek Ussenov, Roberta Horth, Roberta Horth   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source