A survey of diverse aspects the reception, attitudes toward, and activities foreigners in major cuneiform cultures third through first millennia B.C.E. While outsiders could play important roles their new environments, they were generally soon assimilated into host societies without effecting significant changes them. Only toward close this period did arrival large groups invaders convinced sup...

This study presents the results of an examination of 3 blood-group systems (ABO, Rhesus, and P1) and erythrocyte enzymes (ADA, AK, ALADH, PGD, SAHH, PGM1, PGM3, GPT, GOT, ACP, UMPK, ESD and GLO) in populations that reside in R. Macedonia. Four population samples from the Republic of Macedonia (129 Macedonians from Skopje, 98 Albanians from Skopje, 95 Aromanians from Krusevo, 102 Aromanians from...

While lack of control is one plausible explanation for conspiracy beliefs, the experimental evidence mixed. We present two naturalistic studies that offer some limited support hypothesis. In first, Macedonians living in (North) Macedonia (N = 116) completed a ideation scale immediately after national referendum on country?s name change from ?Macedonia? to ?North Macedonia,? and year after. The ...

BACKGROUND Ethnobotany in South-Eastern Europe is gaining the interest of several scholars and stakeholders, since it is increasingly considered a key point for the re-evaluation of local bio-cultural heritage. The region of Gollobordo, located in Eastern Albania and bordering the Republic of Macedonia, is of particular interest for conducting ethnobiological studies, since it remained relative...

the aim of this study was to examine the association of 22 cytokine gene polymorphism in macedonians with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). the sample of the population comprised of 301 normal respondents and 62 patients with copd. cytokine genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific priming (pcr-ssp). positive (susceptible) association was found bet...

The aim of this article is to analyse the dynamics religion-ethnicity relation in Republic North Macedonia. Special emphasis placed on current ethno-political tensions between Albanians and Macedonians use religion religious symbols collision, which reflected both political discourse everyday life relationships, influencing perceptions collective notions people about ethnicity. findings show th...