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Diversity in Central Asia: Culture, transition & entrepreneurship [PDF]

, 2009
With the demise of the USSR in 1991, five new countries became independent in Central Asia. This study presents an overview about transition, emergence and nature of entrepreneurship in a world’s region that displays amongst the most important energy ...
Dana, Leo-Paul, Mueller, Jens, Lasch, Frank   +2 more
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Use of Blood Lipid Indicators as a Screening Tool of Insulin Resistance among Individuals in Low-Income Country Sides of China: A Multiethnic Region Study

Mediators of Inflammation, 2019
Objective. This study is aimed at evaluating the diagnostic value of blood lipid indicators (BLIs) for insulin resistance (IR) among major ethnic groups in Xinjiang, China, to identify the most valuable indicators and appropriate cut-off points for each ...
Yi-Zhong Yan, Jia-Ning Fan, Jia-Ming Liu, Yun-hua Hu, Jiao-Long Ma, Jia He, Heng Guo, Xiang-hui Zhang, Xin-ping Wang, Shu-gang Li, Shu-Xia Guo   +10 more
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The Long Trajectory of Rubber Physics: 3500+ Years and Counting

Journal of Polymer Science, EarlyView.
Natural rubber's trajectory is traced from Mesoamerican use of Castilla elastica through vulcanization and the pneumatic tire to macromolecular physics and modern solid‐state refrigeration. Illustrations of C. elastica and an H. brasiliensis plantation frame the historical progression from indigenous material, then industrial crop and on to advanced ...
Gregory B. McKenna
wiley   +1 more source

The History and Socio-Economic Development of Kazakhs emigrated from Eastern Turkistan to Turkey in1950 [PDF]

, 2019
Doğu Türkistan’daki Çin zulmünden kaçarak önce Keşmir sonra Hindistan ve Pakistan’a gelen Kazaklar daha sonra buradan Türkiye’ye göç etmişlerdir. Kazaklar, Doğu Türkistan’dan Türkiye’ye göç ettikten sonra Türkiye’de çeşitli illere yerleşmişlerdir ...
Akgün, Harun Mesut
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Enhance food plant diversity conservation and use through greater coordination between genebanks and botanic gardens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through collaboration between sectors, including genebanks and botanic gardens, which possess complementary
Colin K. Khoury, Sarah Gora, Hannes Dempewolf, Mauricio Diazgranados, Alex C. McAlvay, Vania Azevedo, Sam Brockington, Ángela Cano, Daniel Carver, Carly Cowell, Peter Crane, Cary Fowler, Peter Giovannini, Luigi Guarino, Robbie Hart, Geoff Hawtin, Sarada Krishnan, Charlotte Lusty, Patricia Malcolm, Nan McCarry, Abby Meyer, Allison Miller, Ray Mims, Tara Moreau, Arshiya Noorani, Susan K. Pell, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Erin C. Riordan, Stefan Schmitz, Paul Smith, Charles Spillane, Alvaro Toledo, Raakel Toppila, Maarten van Zonneveld, Emily Warschefsky, Peter Wenzl   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nomogram Based on Cytokines for Cardiovascular Diseases in Xinjiang Kazakhs

, 2019
Background. This study involved the development of a predictive 5-year morbidity nomogram for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Xinjiang Kazakhs based on cytokine levels. Methods.
Lei Mao, Xinping Wang, Jia He, Jingyu Zhang, Yizhong Yan, Lati Mu, Heng Guo, Kui Wang, Shuxia Guo, Jiaolong Ma, Rulin Ma, Yanpeng Song, Wenwen Yang, Yunhua Hu, Xianghui Zhang   +14 more
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Sustainable Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Markets: The Institutional Drivers of Firms' Climate Action

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how home‐ and host‐country institutions jointly shape the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on firms' climate action commitments (CAC) in emerging markets. Drawing on New Institutional Economics and Varieties of Capitalism, we conceptualize FDI as a mechanism of institutional transmission through which multinational
Jose Pla‐Barber, David Tobón‐Orozco
wiley   +1 more source

Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López, Samara López‐Ruiz, Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada   +2 more
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Carbon VIX, Climate Risk and Financial Stability New Evidence From Developing Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of the carbon VIX and climate risk on financial stability through the banking Z‐score in developing economies. Using the Dynamic Panel Threshold Model of 106 developing countries from 2012 to 2022, the results reveal that both carbon VIX and climate risk exert a significant negative influence on banking ...
Alanoud Al‐Maadid, Mohamed Sami Ben Ali, Kamal Si Mohammed, Omer Salih Mohammed Abker   +3 more
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Folk Song: Five Kazakhs

In this video, Hamtseren sings a song about the Kazakh plunderers. As depicted, one of the greatest challenges faced by the Oirats was the Kazakhs, who frequently raided their livestock and sometimes even threatened their lives.

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