The 2003 Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) survived a last-minute change in venue from Toronto to Las Vegas, attracting more than 2,400 registrants to a multidimensional program. This paper outlines the structure of the meeting and highlights presentations related to clinical and research applications of echocardiography. It is worth noting that the AS...

INTRODUCTION The Russian Revolution of October 1917 resulted in a transfer of power from the autocratic Tsar Nicholas II to the Bolshevik Party and the subsequent establishment of the world's first socialist state. The victorious revolutionaries inherited from the Tsarist regime a politically, culturally, and linguistically complex situation, with over 100 million citizens speaking no less than...

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BACKGROUND "Low dead space" syringes with permanently attached needles retain less fluid, blood, and HIV after use than standard "high dead space" syringes. This reduces the probability of HIV transmission if they are shared by people who inject drugs (PWID). The World Health Organization recently recommended that needle and syringe programs (NSP) offer clients low dead space syringes. The succ...

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Сравнительный анализ простых предложений таджикского и русского языков (на примере поэмы «Калила и Димна» Насруллоха Мунши) Рудсароби Джафар Аспирант Таджикского национального университета, Душанбе, Таджикистан. Ходжаев Давлатбек Профессор кафедры истории языка и типологии Таджикского национального университета, Душанбе, Таджикистан. (дата получения: февраль ...

Характеристика отглагольных субстантиватов в разноструктурных языках (на примере русского и таджикского языков) Ташпулатова Дилрабо Олимовна Аспирант Таджикского государственного педагогического университета им. Садриддина Айни, Душанбе, Таджикистан. Сайфуллаев Хайрулло Габдуллаевич рофессор Таджикского государственного педагогического университета им. Садриддина...