“Moscovites” - “Non-Moscovites”: from the dichotomy of opposition to the search for identity by Yuriy M. Pochta

“…The analysis of the results of student surveys in focus groups is given on who they can say “we” about, on the problem of resource allocation between Moscow and the regions, on obstacles to improving mutual understanding between Moscow and the regions, on what unites Moscovites and other Russians. It is shown that students give priority to the national civic identity and the value of the lifestyle associated with this identity. …”
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Issues concerning Landowner Management Plan Adoption Decisions: A Recursive Bivariate Probit Approach by Omkar Joshi, Donald L. Grebner, Ian A. Munn, Robert K. Grala

“…Despite the likely benefits of having a written forest management plan, a small number of landowners in the United States have the one. A recursive bivariate probit model was used to identify the possible relationship between landowners’ decision to obtain a management plan and their interest in future timber harvesting. …”
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The Global Burden of Road Injury: Its Relevance to the Emergency Physician by Sharon Chekijian, Melinda Paul, Vanessa P. Kohl, David M. Walker, Anthony J. Tomassoni, David C. Cone, Federico E. Vaca

“…Road traffic crash fatalities in the United States are at the lowest level since 1950. …”
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On the Difficulty of Refuting or Confirming the Arguments about the Caste System by Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan

“…It is not only the quest for more data, which is expected to save the ‘theories’ of the caste system, but also a struggle to match the thus collected field data with the claims about the caste system that unites the colonial and modern writers on the caste system. …”
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University Student-parents’ Experiences in the UAE during COVID-19: Future Implications for Higher Education by Martina Dickson, Rehab Al Hakmani, Melissa McMinn, Jessica Midraj, Deena Elsori, Prospera Tedam

“…This study investigated how university student-parents across the United Arab Emirates experienced the change, and their perceptions of the impact of COVID- 19 on their studies. …”
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Building Resilience in Rural STEM Teachers Through a Noyce Professional Learning Community by Sharon S. Vestal, Robert S. Burke, Larry M. Browning, Laura Hasselquist, Patrick D. Hales, Matthew L. Miller, Madhav P. Nepal, P. Troy White

“…Addressing the critical STEM teachers’ shortage in the rural United States requires not only recruiting new teachers but also improving retention and teacher resiliency. …”
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Diurnal Variation of Seasonal Precipitation over the CONUS: A Comparison of Gauge Observations with TRMM Data by Liming Zhu, Yu Zhao, Xiaoping Rui, Qingwei Wei

“…According to these maps, the diurnal variation of precipitation over the contiguous United States (CONUS) presents seasonal variability in both gauge observations and TRMM data. …”
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The War in the Historical Memory of Nations by N. V. Pavlov

“…There is no doubt that the most important event of the 20th century was a joint victory of the united front of peoples and states over German fascism. …”
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Role of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance by Pavankumar Patel, Nicola Abate

“…Burden of obesity has increased significantly in the United States over last few decades. Association of obesity with insulin resistance and related cardiometabolic problems is well established. …”
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Noncoding RNAs in sepsis-associated acute liver injury: Roles, mechanisms, and therapeutic applications by Jialian Wang, Xingyu Tao, Zhengyang Liu, Yuan Yan, Peifeng Cheng, Bin Liu, Huimin Du, Bailin Niu

“…Sepsis-associated acute liver injury (SA-ALI) is a frequent and serious complication of sepsis that considerably impacts both short-term and long-term survival outcomes. In intensive care units (ICUs), the mortality rate of patients with SA-ALI remains high, mostly due to the absence of effective early diagnostic markers and suitable therapeutic strategies. …”
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Encouraging, empowering, and educating: Informal educators, caregivers, and children as partners in computational thinking activities by Kathleen Campana, J. Elizabeth Mills, Jeeyeon Chun, Jessica Ickes

“…Previous research by Ohland et al. offers an initial framework of parental roles in CT experiences that serves as a foundation for this study's analysis of interviews with 18 libraries and museums from across the United States. The goal was to understand informal educators' goals for caregiver participation in CT activities with young children and their strategies for enabling caregivers to embody these different roles. …”
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Epigenetic Markers of Renal Function in African Americans by Samantha M. Bomotti, Jennifer A. Smith, Alicia L. Zagel, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Stephen T. Turner, Sharon L. R. Kardia

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing concern in the United States due to its rapidly rising prevalence, particularly among African Americans. …”
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Synergizing Green Transitions: Exploring EV Usage Risks in South India through the UTAUT2 Model by Sailatha Karpurapu, J. Naga Venkata Raghuram

“…The risk factor plays a significant role in behavioral intentions and usage of EVs in the South Indian context, as assessed through the reworked United Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT). 430 electric vehicle (EV) owners living in South India were surveyed and survey data was analyzed using a variance-based structural equation model (SEM). …”
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Theoretical Studies on the Design of Benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c’]bis[1,2,5]selenadiazole Acceptor-Based Organic Dyes by Taylor Dorlus, Jing Wang, Jerzy Leszczynski

“…In the present study, density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) approaches were executed to investigate the impact of benzobisselenadiazole (BBSD) based organic dyes with interchangeable donor and acceptor units on their optical properties. Two spacers were selected from 27 π-linker models due to their better performance on the absorption spectra. …”
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Social capital of women who have been subjected to domestic violence by R. M. Sadykov, N. L. Bolshakova

“…The number of family conflicts on domestic violence has increased all over the world. In 2020, the United Nations issued an appeal to the member countries to take enhanced measures to prevent domestic violence during quarantine. …”
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Thrips Management Program for Horticultural Crops by Vivek Kumar, Garima Kakkar, Cristi L. Palmer, Cindy L. McKenzie, Lance S. Osborne

“…This 7-page fact sheet presents a program to manage important thrips pests, including western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis), weeping fig thrips (Gynaikothrips uzeli), gladiolus thrips (Thrips simplex), and privet thrips (Dendrothrips ornatus) known to damage several horticultural crops of economic importance in the United States. The publication will help growers take appropriate measures to minimize economic damage. …”
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Evaluation of the pharmacological treatment of arterial hypertension associated to heart failure in Camarones town. by Pedro Miguel Milián Vázquez., Idalmis Pérez Alemán, Carlos Martín Álvarez, Maira Quirós Enríquez., Lidia Vázquez Montero

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> A descriptive-prospective study was carried out, this consisted in the use of prescription-indication drugs through a simple random sample study of 43 patients, representing the 35.2 % in six Family Clinical Units of the urban area of Camarones’ Communitarian Policlinic, Palmira, Cienfuegos, during the first semester of 2004. …”
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THE “SOFTPOWER” POLICY OF TURKEY TOWARDS GEORGIA by L. M. Aleksanyan

“…At present moment the interests of both regional (Turkey, Iran) and global actors (the United States, NATO, the EU, Russia and others.) intersect in the region. …”
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Tropical Medicine in China: Bibliometric Analysis Based on Web of Science (2010–2019) by Zhen Li, Jingbo Xue, Bin Zheng

“…The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) system, which published 549 articles on tropical medicine, may be considered as the flagship of tropical medicine in China. The United States ranked first in internationally collaborative articles with China. …”
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How close is autophagy-targeting therapy for Alzheimer's disease to clinical use? A summary of autophagy modulators in clinical studies by Sofia Miranda Fernandes, Johanna Mayer, Per Nilsson, Makoto Shimozawa

“…We accessed clinicaltrials.gov provided by the United States National Institutes of Health to identify completed and ongoing clinical trials. …”
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