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Boreas, EarlyView.This study investigates the species composition and distribution of gallinaceous birds (Galliformes) in the south of eastern Europe, specifically within the territory of present‐day Ukraine, during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. The research is based on the comprehensive revision of skeletal remains found at archaeological sites.
Leonid Gorobets +3 more
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Understanding Fathers Engagement: Contextual Insights From Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on parental engagement often portrays fathers as less involved in their children's lives compared to mothers. This paper challenges such a perspective by examining fathers' engagement within the socio‐cultural contexts of Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.
Zarina Muminova +2 more
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Russia’s ‘Middle East’: the escalation of religious conflicts in the Northern Caucasus. OSW Commentary Number 207/04.04.2016 [PDF]
, 2016 The eastern part of the Northern Caucasus (Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia) is becoming an increasingly distinct region in cultural, civilisational and social terms when compared to the rest of the Russian Federation. The situation on the ground there
Falkowski, Maciej
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The Welfare and Public Health of the Population of Russia: Adaptation To Economic Volatility [PDF]
, 2015 In the article, the results of the research of correlation of welfare and public health of the population of Russia in the conditions of economic instability are presented.
Kuklin, A. A., Vasilyeva, E. V.
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Representation of obligate groundwater‐dwelling copepod diversity in European protected areas
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Groundwaters sustain diverse surface ecosystems and are populated by metazoan species, mostly invertebrates, that provide fundamental ecological functions and are often of prominent conservation value due to narrow endemism and high phylogenetic rarity.
Francesco Cerasoli +7 more
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Participation of Russia and Turkey in the Political Processes of the South Caucasus (1918)
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2018 The article studies the influence of Russia and Turkey on the political development of the South Caucasus in 1918. The choice of 1918 year is conditioned by its transitivity in the relations of two countries with regard to the Caucasus region: peace ...
Karine R. Ambartsumyan
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The developmental stages of some blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Russian South [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2009 The authors studied the developmental stages of eight species of blue butterflies (Lycaenidae) that inhibit the south of European part of Russia (Rostov-onDon Region and the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range): Callophrys chalybeitincta (Sovinsky, 1905),
B.V. Stradomsky, E.A. Fomina
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Bribery and Its Effect on Innovation: When Bank Finance Matters
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we examine the effect of bribery on innovation performance and whether bank finance serves as an effective channel of the impact. In doing so, we compute an innovation performance index for Vietnamese small and medium enterprises. We then conduct mediation analysis on the triad of bribery, bank finance and innovation performance
Thanh Le +3 more
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Why the EU is failing in its neighbourhood: the case of Armenia [PDF]
, 2012 As the Arab Spring has made clear, the EU’s strategic aim of being surrounded by a ring of secure, democratic, and prosperous friends has not yet materialized. While most previous analyses have found fault with inconsistent application of conditionality,
Van Hoof, Lieve
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Geopolitics and Aspirations for Sustainability: Turkey's Emergence as an Energy Hub
Middle East Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Turkey is pursuing three main objectives in the energy sector: enhancing its geopolitical position, expanding its domestic production and renewable energy capacity, and becoming a natural gas hub linking producers from the Middle East, the Caspian region, and Russia to European markets.
Umud Shokri
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