We present a method of computing with matrices over very small finite fields of size larger than 2. Specifically, we show how the Method of Four Russians can be efficiently adapted to these larger fields, and introduce a row-wise matrix compression scheme that both reduces memory requirements and allows one to vectorize element operations. We also present timings which confirm the efficiency of...

AIM To explore differences between suicide victims among Russian immigrants in Estonia and native Estonians, according to socio-demographic background, substance use pattern, and recent life events to find out immigration-specific factors predicting suicide. METHODS The psychological autopsy study included 427 people who committed suicide in 1999 and 427 randomly selected controls matched by ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that during communism, tastes for discrimination were suppressed. In partial explanation for ethnic tensions observed following central planning, economic liberalization allows those tastes to be expressed. This paper explores the feasibility of monopsony as an economic structure supportive of discrimination during transition, using Latvia’s ethnic Russians as a cas...

BACKGROUND Global aging may increase the societal burden of providing more resources to augment elders' disabilities. The implications of functional disabilities can vary depending on the society in which they occur. OBJECTIVE To determine differences in US and Russian elder citizens' function. RESEARCH DESIGN Convenience sample of persons 60 years and older were surveyed and evaluated. S...

This report explores the Russian public demand for internet freedom. Produced by Erik Nisbet with the Center for Global Communication Studies and the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, the study seeks to uncover attitudes and opinions about internet regulation, censorship of online content, and the potential for citizen mobilization and protest. Key findings from the report include: • Almo...

Cultural stereotypes and considerable psychological research suggest that Russians are less happy and more stoic than Americans and Westerners. However, a second possibility is simply that cultural norms deter Russians from displaying happiness that they actually feel. To test this second possibility, three studies compared the emotional inhibition tendencies in U.S. and Russian student samples...

Design. Age-adjusted suicide rates were compared for Russians in Estonia, Estonians in Estonia and inhabitants of Russia in radically changed socio-political situations (before and after the dissolution of the USSR). Results. High, but still lower suicide rates for Russians in Estonia were observed in comparison with Estonians during the study period (1983–1990) when Estonia was a part of the S...

Although recent findings indicate that people can reflect either adaptively or maladaptively over negative experiences, extant research has not examined how culture influences this process. We compared the self-reflective practices of Russians (members of an interdependent culture characterized by a tendency to brood) and Americans (members of an independent culture in which self-reflection has...

It has been argued that linguistic color categories, despite their number can vary between languages, are themselves universal and based on physiologically conditioned distinctions. Recently it has been demonstrated that Russians, whose language has separate terms for light and dark blue, discriminate faster between objects of corresponding hues than Englishmen. In our study we tested if langua...