This paper aims to reconstruct widely accepted concepts of the top-down authoritarian nature of Central Asian politics in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan through a comparative study of the pro-democratic movements that emerged in the late 1980s. By analysing data from interviews with the cultural elites of the late Soviet perestroika period and data on the indigenous nationalist movements such as Erk, Z

The Soviet canonisation of Abai, the nineteenth-century Kazakh poet and enlightener became a problematic theme for local intellectuals in the 2010s after the Occupy Abai movement in Moscow raised concerns over the heritage of Abai as a Sovietised canon and as an independent non-Soviet thinker. In 2012 oppositional leaders in Russia occupied Abai monument in Moscow and the leader of the opposition

Ett 20-tal korta råd till en doktorand om konsten att skriva en avhandling.Around 20 different short advice about the art of writing a doctoral thesis

SLF’s vårexkursion gick till trakterna av Kumla och Örebro med Mikael Hagström som arrangör. En god skara människor hade slutit upp och trotsade de initialt urusla vädret, men som tur var bättrade det sig. Med på exkursionen var Martin Westberg, Samantha Fernandez Brime, Ulf Arup, Emil Persson, Sten Svantesson, Stefan Ekman, Linnea Eide-Ekman, Måns Svensson, Lovisa Fogelberg, Ola Hammarström, JespSLF’s vårexkursion gick till trakterna av Kumla och Örebro med Mikael Hagström som arrangör. En god skara människor hade slutit upp och trotsade de initialt urusla vädret, men som tur var bättrade det sig. Med på exkursionen var Martin Westberg, Samantha Fernandez Brime, Ulf Arup, Emil Persson, Sten Svantesson, Stefan Ekman, Linnea Eide-Ekman, Måns Svensson, Lovisa Fogelberg, Ola Hammarström, Jesp

Many engineers and scientists prevalently use computational tools in electromagnetics, which is also the predominant case for antennas. The ever-increasing number of applications and technologies that employ antennas create a constant demand to improve and extend existing tools and develop new ones. This dissertation investigates computational tools for antenna analysis and design. Antenna current

This review summarizes the involvement of vitamin K and the extrahepatic Gla proteins matrix Gla protein (MGP), Os-teocalcin (OC) and growth arrest-specific gene 6 protein (Gas6) in the development and progression of diabetes: in particular, complications related to angiopathy and inflammation. High vitamin K intake has been associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, in typeThis review summarizes the involvement of vitamin K and the extrahepatic Gla proteins matrix Gla protein (MGP), Os-teocalcin (OC) and growth arrest-specific gene 6 protein (Gas6) in the development and progression of diabetes: in particular, complications related to angiopathy and inflammation. High vitamin K intake has been associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, in type

Rapporten presenterar en kartläggning av satsningar på elbuss i svenska och europeiska städer. Genomgången visar på stor bredd för elbussprojekten i Sverige och Europa. Det finns dock vissa gemensamma nämnare. Kommuner och regioner är den aktör som är mest aktiv och främst driver fram elbussprojekten. Ett stort antal busstillverkare är med och levererar elbussar, medan bussoperatörer inte är lika

Introduction: The synergism of infection with conventional cardiovascular risk factors in early life atherosclerosis is much debated. We hypothesized that coronary arterial injury correlates with infection recurrence and pathogen burden, and is further aggravated by hypercholesterolemia. Methods: Forty-two Go ̈ ttingen minipigs were assigned to repeated intra-tracheal inoculation of either saline,

Background: This prospective study focuses on factors associated with arterial damage in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Materials and Methods: Eighty children and adolescents with T1D (mean age 15, range: 8-20 yrs; mean diabetes duration 7, range: 0.5 to 19 years) were investigated twice, approximately 2 years apart, for carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) and compliance (CAC), flow

rposes: Dietary supplementation with N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (n-3 PUFAs) could have beneficial effects on cardiovascular system in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). Methods: In a double-blind placebo controlled crossover study, 33 children with DM1 duration of more than one year were randomly and equally assigned to either n-3 PUFAs (2 gm/day, Nycoplus® Omega-3, 1000 mg) or plaPurposes: Dietary supplementation with N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (n-3 PUFAs) could have beneficial effects on cardiovascular system in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). Methods: In a double-blind placebo controlled crossover study, 33 children with DM1 duration of more than one year were randomly and equally assigned to either n-3 PUFAs (2 gm/day, Nycoplus® Omega-3, 1000 mg) or

Purposes: It has earlier been suggested that dietary supplementation with N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (n-3 PUFAs) could have beneficial effects on cardio- vascular system patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). Whether the benefit also extends to coronary circulation has not been yet investigated.Methods: In a double-blind placebo controlled cross-over study, 33 children with DM1 duratio

Although thinking double thoughts and living dual lives are not specifically Iranian traits, Iranians have nevertheless become more susceptible to them for historical reasons, which may be traced back to when Persians became Muslims. The gradual normalization of double-thinking over the centuries has given rise to social and political patterns of behavior and institutional arrangements which oscilAlthough thinking double thoughts and living dual lives are not specifically Iranian traits, Iranians have, nevertheless, become more susceptible to them for historical reasons, which may be traced back to when Persians became Muslims. The gradual normalization of double‐thinking over the centuries has given rise to social and political patterns of behavior and institutional arrangements which osc