kazakhstan was the last soviet republic to declare independence. but after the soviet collapse, the country seeks to rebuild its national identity and make economic reforms. changing political and economic structures in these countries due to its high dependence on moscow was not easy. in the early years of independence due to the asian financial crisis the country was faced with severe economi...

Soybean is still a minor crop in Kazakhstan despite an increase in planting area from 4,500 to 11,400 km2 between 2006 and 2014. However, the Government's recently accepted crop diversification policy projects the expansion of soybean cultivation area to more than 40,000 km2 by 2020. The policy is targeting significant expansion of soybean production in South-eastern, Eastern, and Northern regi...

The external shock of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has profound impacts around world for this generation and following. Although accounting most drastic societal shift in modern history, Coronavirus pandemic also holds potential a Great Reset. This paper addresses three trends that have become prevalent wake pandemic: (1) A rising inequality experienced led to demands Corporate Social Justi...

the experienced curriculum” is one of the curriculums performed in the educational systems on which several different studies have been done. “the experienced curriculum” is of different levels whose first one is the hidden curriculum. this curriculum can be affected by different factors which have been categorized into four categories namely, educational, social, and geographical in this study...

having proper house and shelter is one of the basic human rights this because of various roles and functions of housing.housing satisfaction is a multidimensional and complex variable which includes social, economic and managerial dimensions of houseand their surrounding environment’s. for this reason, evaluation of housing, from points residentsviews is very important.satisfaction in this case...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate health literacy levels of patients in Almaty City, Kazakhstan and to identify socio-demographics and socio-economic factors related to their health literacy. METHODS An international survey instrument HLS-EU-Q developed by the European Health Literacy Consortium was used in a cross-sectional study with 1000 citizens in the Almaty City at the age of 18 a...

A new multi-decade national-wide coarse-resolution data set of leaf area index (LAI) over the Republic of Kazakhstan has been developed based on data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and in situ measurements of vegetation structure. The Kazakhstan-wide LAI product has been retrieved using an algorithm based on a physical radiative transfer model establishing a relations...