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ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Globally, geographic variation in lip and oral cavity cancer (LOCC) is significant, with high burdens in South Asia. We aimed to quantify the burden, trends, and risk factors of LOCC in the neighboring, yet epidemiologically distinct, Central Asian region.
Fakher Rahim, Ainur Bakdauletkyzy Qumar
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Large palynological collections have been built over decades and contain vital information. However, they are often difficult to access and use effectively. What is the point of having such collections if they are not fully utilizable? To solve this problem, we digitized the Smithsonian palynological collection using both light and confocal microscopy.
Carlos Jaramillo +37 more
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Why Migrants Settle in Small Towns: Polish ‘New Immigrant Destinations’
ABSTRACT The article contributes to literature on place attachment, migration transition and migrants' motives for settling in new immigrant destinations (NIDs). It focuses on small towns of under 20,000 population. Such towns are often claimed to be unattractive to migrants.
Anne White
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ABSTRACT The article examines post‐Stalinist Soviet expertise on girls’ education and upbringing, analysing texts for and about female adolescents created by specialists in pedagogical sciences, psychology, sociology, medicine as well as children's writers and journalists from different parts of the Union, including national republics. The text focuses
Ella Rossman
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Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war
Abstract War is often viewed as a bargaining problem. However, prior to bargaining, countries can vie for leverage by expending effort on diplomacy. This article presents a dynamic model of conflict where agenda‐setting power is endogenous to pre‐bargaining diplomatic competition.
Joseph J. Ruggiero
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Geopolitics on a Shoestring? Unpacking the EU'S Geopolitical External Assistance to Central Asia
ABSTRACT The paper examines how the European Union's (EU) increasingly emphasised geopolitical ambitions are reflected in the practice of its external assistance policy. An analysis of EU documents around various policy initiatives and funding instruments reveals that in the Commission's understanding, geopolitical external assistance increases EU ...
Balázs Szent‐Iványi, Dóra Piroska
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Macroeconomic Expectations in a War
ABSTRACT Using short‐ and long‐term macroeconomic forecasts, we estimate the projected cost of the Russian full‐scale invasion of Ukraine for countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Shortly after the invasion, the projected cumulative cost over 6 years stood at $2.44 trillion for the region.
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Vittal Vasudevan
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On some results of the expedition to the republic of Uzbekistan
In December 2016, employees of the Institute of History of Sh. Marjani of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan Gulnara Gabdrakhmanova and Elvina Sagdieva went on an expedition to the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Gulnara F. Gabdrakhmanova +1 more
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Development of E-commerce and Its Influence on Uzbekistan's People
Uzbekistan is no exception in the rapid rise of the global economy and the impact of e-commerce. With the expansion of digital technologies in the country, e-commerce has impacted the consumer behavior, business models and socio economic development of the country.
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