Cultural practices and knee osteoarthritis in Central Asia: a case-control study on risk and protective factors. [PDF]
Akhmetov A +7 more
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ABSTRACT Scholarship on nationalism and nation‐building in Kazakhstan has been dominated by a social constructivist approach that privileges the civic–ethnic dichotomy. Even when critiques of this binary have emerged, they have often substituted proxy categories that reproduce the same dualism.
Rico Isaacs
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The Influence of Demographic Characteristics on Student Academic Performance in University Admission Tests. [PDF]
Abdrasilov B +4 more
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ABSTRACT The paper examines the macroeconomic effects of public investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To this end the analysis develops a new measure of public investment shocks based on cyclically adjusted government investment.
Amat Adarov +2 more
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Association between hypertensive patients of Kazakh nationality in Xinjiang and T lymphocytes microRNAs. [PDF]
Dong J, Jiao M, Chao Y, Gao B, Zhang Y.
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Zero‐Fluoroscopy Ablation Methods for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Central illustration. Schematic comparison of conventional fluoroscopy guided ablation (left) and zero fluoroscopy ablation (right), enabled by electroanatomical mapping and intracardiac echocardiography for catheter navigation without X ray. The study selection process is summarized (133 records identified; 12 studies included, total n = 1998 ...
Marwan Shawki +5 more
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A systematic review of inflammatory bowel disease in Kazakhstan: prevalence, risk factors, and genetic insights. [PDF]
Japparkulova A +5 more
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The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
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A Tale of Two Choices: Son Preference and Reproductive Outcomes in Uzbekistan
ABSTRACT In this study, we use data from the recent round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted between 2021 and 2022 to estimate the effect of son preference on reproductive behavior in Uzbekistan. We find strong evidence for differential stopping and spacing behavior among Uzbek women.
Khilola Dushamova +3 more
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Temporal Trends and Geographic Associations of Circulatory Disease Hospitalizations Among Young Adults in Almaty and the Turkestan Region, 2018-2024. [PDF]
Nakipov K +6 more
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