when muslim arabs conquered transoxiana, the eastern turkistan and semirchie remained unoccupied for two centuries by qarluqs resistance. but islamic teachings were gradually propagated in their area and in the second half of  the fourth century a.h islam became the dominant religion among them. on the basis of  a descriptive-analytic method, this article is to clarify the process of propagatio...

The potential of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) effect for cluster studies has long been appreciated, although not yet fully exploited. Recent technological advances and improvements in observing strategies have changed this, to the point where it is now possible to speak of this subject at a meeting devoted to surveys in Cosmology. We will discuss SZ surveys by distinguishing what may be called p...

Based on the study of theoretical and methodological provisions region renewal, quality development use resources, as well peculiarities regional production process, a approach to analysis potential fixed assets municipalities is proposed. The author's based spatial unevenness distribution, inter-territorial comparison, identification causes changes caused by natural-geographical, socio-economi...

We compared productivity and nesting success of 2 adjacent populations of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leztcocephalus) near the northern limits of their range in interior Alaska during 1989-94. Productivity (f 2 SE young fledgedloccupied territory) and nesting success differed between populations; pairs in the Gulkana River basin had higher productivity (0.86 2 0.05, n = 274) and nesting success (59...

The spatial organization of chromosomes in the nuclear space is an extensively studied field that relies on measurements of structural features and 3D positions of chromosomes with high precision and robustness. However, no tools are currently available to image and analyze chromosome territories in a high-throughput format. Here, we have developed High-throughput Chromosome Territory Mapping (...

Graduate attributes (GAs) have become a necessary framework of reference for the 21 century competency-based model of higher education. However, the issue of evaluating and assessing GAs still remains unchartered territory. In this article, we present a criteria-based method of assessment that allows for an institution-wide comparison of the various acquisition levels of different GAs. In order...

Marine tourism in Arctic Canada has grown substantially since 2005. Though there are social, economic and cultural opportunities associated with industry growth, climate change and a range of environmental risks and other problems present significant management challenges. This paper describes the growth in cruise tourism and pleasure craft travel in Canada’s Nunavut Territory and then outlines...