the collapse of the soviet :union: had unpredicted effects on its neighboring regions such as central asia. these conditions provided a situation for the powers such as united states and russia to have a greater influence on central asia, and also to fill the absence of the power found by the collapse of soviet :union:. after september 11, 2001, united states of america, following the strategy ...

AWIS President Susan M. Fitzpatrick can be contacted at [email protected] In 1923 a young woman named Susan Gill left her home in Ireland for New York City. Like many of the “greenhorn” girls making a similar transition to the new country from the old, she first found work as a housekeeper, and eventually transitioned to a position working the night shift at the Tetley tea bag factory. Her husband...

Forty two Paleocene benthic foraminiferal species of the Midway Formation in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas, USA were firstly investigated by Plummer (1927), and its paleogeographic distribution in some other countries in the Tethyan province were recorded: North America (USA, Mexico), South America (Argentina), Europe (North Sea Basin, Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Bulgaria), North Af...

Nineteen stocks of Trypanosoma cruzi originating from several endemic countries for Chagas’ disease in Central and South America were subjected to two-dimensional protein electrophoresis analysis. The presence or absence of a total of 492 polypeptide spots among 19 gel profiles was determined. The stocks were classified into three major distinctive groups derived from (I) Central America and th...

human trafficking is one form of organized crime with 7 to 10 billion dollars profit next to drug and weapon trades. former soviet republics and eastern europe have become the newest sources of human trafficking, for europe and north america for the purpose of sexual exploitation .this article is a result in causes of human trafficking in central asian republic of the former soviet :union:.

BACKGROUND Jatropha curcas L. (Jatropha) is believed to have originated from Mexico and Central America. So far, characterization efforts have focused on Asia, Africa and Mexico. Non-toxic, low phorbol ester (PE) varieties have been found only in Mexico. Differences in PE content in seeds and its structural components, crude oil and cake from Jatropha provenances cultivated in Central and South...

*Region estimates do not sum to the worldwide estimate due to calculation method. Source: GLOBOCAN 2012. 1 Eastern Africa (287,300) 2 Middle Africa (74,100) 3 Northern Africa (220,600) 4 Southern Africa (82,900) 5 Western Africa (182,100) 6 Caribbean (90,800) 7 Central America (197,600) 8 South America (807,700) 9 Northern America (1,786,400) 10 Eastern Asia (4,145,000) 11 South-Eastern Asia (7...

This bibliography provides selected references to the current English language literature on the ethnology of the Indians of Mexico, Central America, and South America. Leads for further research will be found in Section 1. Publications listed are not available from the Smithsonian Institution. Copies may be seen in larger libraries or obtained through interlibrary loan. Publications on the his...

OBJECTIVES To identify potential impacts of the Central America-Dominican Republic-Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) on food consumption patterns associated with the nutrition transition, obesity, and diet-related chronic diseases. METHODS Examination of CAFTA-DR agreement to identify measures that have the potential to affect food availability and retail prices. RESULTS CAFTA-DR includes agr...