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Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies: Recent submissions
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Cardiac dysfunction in the diabetic rat: quantitative evaluation using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging
(BioMed Central, 2006-04-04)Background: Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In particular, type 1 diabetes compromises the cardiac function of individuals at a relatively early age due to the protracted course of abnormal ... -
Autosomal short tandem repeat genetic variation of the Basques in Spain
(Croatian Medical Journal, 2011-06)Aim To examine population genetic structure and hypotheses of the origin of the modern Basque population in Spain using autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) data from individuals living in 27 mountain villages in the ... -
Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe
(2014-03)A level playing field is key for global participation in science and scholarship, particularly with regard to how scientific publications are financed and subsequently accessed. However, there are potential pitfalls of the ... -
DNA fingerprinting in anthropological genetics: past, present, future
(BioMed Central, 2013-11-18)In 1985, Sir Alec Jeffreys developed the variable-number tandem repeat method used to identify individuals and giving researchers the first DNA fingerprints. These initial methods were used in anthropological genetics, a ... -
The Science of Pronominal Usage: He and It in Co-Reference to Inanimate Objects in Late Middle English Texts on Alchemy
(SAGE Publications, 2011-12-01)This article explores the variation between he and it in coreference to inanimate entities (such as mercury, sulfur, and salt). Using alchemical texts from the fifteenth century as material, the article demonstrates that ... -
The Genetics of Self-Compatibility and Associated Floral Characters in Tolpis (Asteraceae) in the Canary Islands
(The University of Chicago Press, 2013-02)Members of the genus Tolpis (Asteraceae) endemic to the Canary Islands comprise a monophyletic group with the dispersal of one species to the Cape Verde Islands. Most species are self-incompatible or pseudo-self-compatible ... -
Timing and Tempo of Early and Successive Adaptive Radiations in Macaronesia
(Public Library of Science, 2008-05-14)Abstract The flora of Macaronesia, which encompasses five Atlantic archipelagos (Azores, Canaries, Madeira, Cape Verde, and Salvage), is exceptionally rich and diverse. Spectacular radiation of numerous endemic plant ... -
The Late Ming Rebellions: Peasants and Problems of Interpretation
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Investigating the Prehistory of Tungusic Peoples of Siberia and the Amur-Ussuri Region with Complete mtDNA Genome Sequences and Y-chromosomal Markers
(Public Library of Science, 2013-12-12)Evenks and Evens, Tungusic-speaking reindeer herders and hunter-gatherers, are spread over a wide area of northern Asia, whereas their linguistic relatives the Udegey, sedentary fishermen and hunter-gatherers, are settled ... -
The Transformations of Messianic Revolt and the Founding of the Ming Dynasty
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A Circum-Pannonian Word-Prosodic Parallel: Paroxytonic Accent in the South-West Bohemian Dialect
(Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, 2013)Slavists generally think of the Czecho-Slovak dialect area as having a wordprosody configuration of fixed word-initial stress with contrastive length possible in any syllable. A notable exception is the Silesian dialect ... -
Construction of a two-parameter empirical model of left ventricle wall motion using cardiac tagged magnetic resonance imaging data
(BioMed Central, 2012-10-24)Background A one-parameter model was previously proposed to characterize the short axis motion of the LV wall at the mid-ventricle level. The single parameter of this model was associated with the radial contraction of ... -
Thinking through Teacher Talk: Increasing Target Language Use in the Beginning Russian Classroom
(Russian Language Journal, 2013)In July 2012 the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) adopted a position statement calling for instructors and learners to use the target language (TL) for 90% plus of instructional time. Implementing ... -
Prozodične možnosti v slovenskem knjižnem jeziku in slovenskih narečjih
(Slavistično društvo Slovenije, 1987)Following a mathematical model devised by Pavle Ivić, the author provides an overview of functional load of suprasegmental contrasts in the strikingly variegated dialect systems of Slovene. -
Prekmurščina med slovanskimi jeziki
(Zora, 2013)The article highlights elements of the Prekmurje dialect of Slovene that both differ from neighboring dialects in Slovenia and Croatia and also connect it to West Slavic dialects (Czech, Slovak). -
Estranged and Degraded Worlds: The Grotesque Aesthetics of Tolstoy’s Resurrection.
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Authoring Jesus: Novelistic Echoes in Tolstoy’s Harmonization and Translation of the Four Gospels.
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The 'Curse' of Eastern Blood in Ismail Kadare’s Elegy for Kosovo.
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On the Vocalization of Jers in Slovak
(Verlag Otto Sagner, 1988)The article explains the heterogeneous reflexes of the Proto-Slavic jers in Slovak. In the West and East Slovak dialects, the merger with the front mid-vowel follows the general West Slavic pattern. The Central Slovak ...