he 10 National Congress on Cardiovascular Update, organized by the Iranian Society of Atherosclerosis, was held in Tehran, Iran (June 11 – 14, 2008). A variety of issues related to advances in diagnostics and treatment in cardiovascular medicine were covered during the congress. Current problems of atherosclerosis, the role of platelets, and inflammatory biomarkers in its accelerated course wer...

E.O. Kiktenko, 2, 3 N.O. Pozhar, 3 A.V. Duplinskiy, 4 A.A. Kanapin, 5 A.S. Sokolov, S.S. Vorobey, A.V. Miller, V.E. Ustimchik, M.N. Anufriev, 3 A.S. Trushechkin, R.R. Yunusov, V.L. Kurochkin, Y.V. Kurochkin, and A.K. Fedorov ∗ Russian Quantum Center, Skolkovo, Moscow 143025, Russia Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia Bauman Moscow State Technical...

a Center of Gravitation and Fundamental Metrology, VNIIMS, Ozyornaya St. 46, Moscow 117361, Russia; Institute of Gravitation and Cosmology, PFUR, Miklukho-Maklaya St. 6, Moscow 117198, Russia b Department of Theoretical Physics, Ulyanovsk State University, Leo Tolstoy St. 42, 432000 Ulyanovsk, Russia; Department of General Physics, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Lenin’s 100 years Sq., ...

Informal Economy in Russia: A Brief Overview by Svetlana Barsukova and Vadim Radaev_4 How the Law Really Works: The New Sociology of Law in Russia by Aryna Dzmitryieva_13 Commercialization of Police and Shadow Economy: The Russian Case by Leonid Kosals and Anastasia Dubova_21 Informal Employment in Russia: Why is it so Sustainable? by Tatiana Karabchuk_29 Freelancers in Russia: Remote Work Patt...

Abstract Almost all minority ethnic groups in Kazakhstan are immigrants. This means that addition to their current place of residence, (their “Second Homeland”), they also have a origin “Historical Homeland”). The leadership the country has approached this situation, which offers opportunities as well dangers, by explicitly exhorting official representations minorities nurture contacts with His...

BCG vaccine (Mycobacterium bovis BCG-1 [Russia]) is the most important component of tuberculosis prophylaxis in Russia. This study represents the complete genome sequence and genetic characteristics of M. bovis BCG-1 (Russia), which has been used to manufacture BCG vaccine in Russia and in some other countries.

Paratellurite Crystal Acousto-Optic Filters Operation S.N. Mantsevich, O.I. Korablev, Yu.K. Kalinnikov, A.Yu. Ivanov and A.V. Kiselev Space Research Institute (IKI), 84/32, Profsoyuznaya, 117997, Moscow, Russia Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, GSP-2, Leninskiye Gory, 119992, Moscow, Russia Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), 9, Institutsky dr., 141700, Dolgoprudny, Mo...

S.K. Nechaev, A.N. Sobolevski, O.V. Valba LPTMS, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kharkevich Institute), 127994 Moscow, Russia National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000 Moscow, Russia M...

BACKGROUND The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Russia, driven by injection drug use, has seen a steady rise in the past two decades. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highly prevalent in people who inject drugs (PWID). The study aimed to describe the current frequency of HCV testing and treatment among HIV-infected PWID in St. Petersburg, Russia. METHODS This study examined ...

Iranian and Russian intellectual traditions reveal a similar discursive genealogy in relation to Western modernity. Differing social context, historical periodization, goals, methods scope of inquiry, political debate reflects fascinating parallels, some which prevail today. The over orientation contemporary Iran Russia’s deep-rooted ambivalence towards norms institutions. This study delves dee...