Background Incidence of HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) co-infection is increasing in Krasnoyarsk region as well as in RF. Total number of registered TB/HIV new cases has increased from 7 in 2000 to 170 in 2009. Mortality rate of patients with HIV/TB co-infection has increased: 2004-7 cases, 2008-40, 2009-48. On January 1st, 2010 we have 407 TB/HIV co-infected patients, which makes 6% from the...

Rising income inequality is taking a toll on people's subjective well-being (SWB), and many commentators have implicated the role of material possessions, thereby marketing, in this regard. Making more nuanced argument, research proposes that certain possessions—namely, favorite possessions—can mitigate detrimental psychological effect SWB. In support proposition, experimental data from nine co...

The Justice and Development Party's Syria policy has followed a volatile pragmatic line. Prior to 2011, when the Arab Spring began in Syria, strategic cooperation was established within framework of liberal zero-problem policies with neighbors. When Turkey's democratic reform proposals against opposition movements that emerged 2011 did not realize, Turkey changed its position Assad regime start...