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Filip Konowal, VC: The Rebirth of a Canadian Hero [PDF]
More than most people’s, Filip Konowa’s life was a complex mixture of hope, frustration, disappointment, and glory. On an August day in 1917, this corporal from Ottawa proved to be one of the world’s bravest men.
Sorobey, Ron
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The European Union-Russia- China energy triangle. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue #16 December 2019 [PDF]
Concern is growing in the European Union that a rapprochement between Russia and China could have negative implications for the EU. We argue that energy relations between the EU and Russia and between China and Russia influence each other.
Zachmann, Georg.
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Loess Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand
Loess in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) has been studied since its first documented recognition (on Banks Peninsula) in 1878 by Julius von Haast. A decade later, John Hardcastle revealed that southern ANZ loess was both glacial in origin and contained signals of past climates.
Brent V. Alloway +4 more
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Dehnel's Phenomenon in Mammals
Some small mammals, which remain active year‐round, undergo reversible reductions in body size, braincase height, and the mass of internal organs, including the brain, from summer to winter. It is called Dehnel's phenomenon. In this review, we summarise knowledge of the mechanisms, adaptive value, and genetic basis of the phenomenon, and show how new ...
Jan R. E. Taylor +2 more
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Regional/national forecast of prices of different fuels [PDF]
Calculation of spacely- divided national fuel-power model stimulated an investigation the rules of formation of marginalal costs. Such notions as marginal fiel of the country, marginal consumer of particular fuel and etc.
Murat Albegov
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Assessment of contemporary Arctic river runoff based on observational discharge records [PDF]
We describe the contemporary hydrography of the pan‐Arctic land area draining into the Arctic Ocean, northern Bering Sea, and Hudson Bay on the basis of observational records of river discharge and computed runoff.
Fekete, Balazs M. +4 more
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Abstract The warm phase of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV) induces winter cooling in central Eurasia and widespread warming elsewhere during the instrumental period. To overcome the limitation imposed by short length of instrumental records in studying multidecadal climate variability, in this study, we examine changes in AMV teleconnections ...
Jiapeng Miao, Tao Wang, Huijun Wang
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The strategy of specific prophylaxis of plague for epidemic indications accepted in the Russian Federation, while having positive experience, needs to be improved. The solution to one of the problems is the use of vaccines together with adjuvants.
A. B. Pyatidesyatnikova +4 more
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Anomalous high pressure over northeastern Siberia in August, concurrent with frequent heat waves, is typically followed by colder autumn sea surface temperatures in the western North Pacific. The ocean cooling is modulated by a low‐pressure system over the western North Pacific, which reduces insolation through increased cloud cover and enhances ...
Xiling Zhou +3 more
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Body Weight and Labour Market Outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia [PDF]
This paper estimates the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), on employment, wages, and missed work due to illness for Russian adults by gender, in order to better understand the mechanisms through which obesity affects employment, wages,
Huffman, Sonya K., Rizov, Marian
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