AIMS Adults who experienced the 1992 and 2008 armed conflicts in the Republic of Georgia were exposed to multiple traumatic events and stressors over many years. The aim was to investigate what coping strategies are used by conflict-affected persons in Georgia and their association with mental disorders. METHOD A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 3600 adults, representing internally d...

The Caucasus region is a meeting point for culture and nature, lying at the nexus of Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, identified as one 36 global biodiversity hotspots. Republic Georgia, center hotspot, encompasses geographically diverse landscape inhabited by remarkable, endemic, understudied flora fauna under increasing threat from human activities. A wave new proposed dams hydropow...

Alexander K. Rowe, Jeanne Bertolli,* Ali S. Khan, Epidemiology Program Office and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Rose Mukunu, J. J. Muyembe-Tamfum, David Bressler, Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, A. J. Williams, C. J. Peters, Luis Rodriguez, Georgia; Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Repu...

Indirect effects of parasites in invasions Alison M. Dunn*, Mark E. Torchin, Melanie J. Hatcher, Peter M. Kotanen, Dana M. Blumenthal, James E. Byers, Courtney A.C. Coon, Victor M. Frankel, Robert D. Holt, Ruth A. Hufbauer, Andrew R. Kanarek, Kristina A. Schierenbeck, Lorne M. Wolfe and Sarah E. Perkins Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK; Smithsonian Tropical...

BACKGROUND There is very little evidence globally on tobacco use and nicotine dependence among civilian populations affected by armed conflict, despite key vulnerability factors related to elevated mental disorders and socio-economic stressors. The study aim was to describe patterns of smoking and nicotine dependence among conflict-affected civilian men in the Republic of Georgia and associatio...

This article contributes to the International Study of Leadership Development Network initiative to identify high-need schools around the globe by focusing on a small minority ethnic school in the country of Georgia. It will be clear in this article that the challenges the Karajala School administrator faces in this former Soviet bloc school stand as an example of the educational disadvantages ...

With the collapse of Soviet Union (SU), South Caucasus region has been in interest world’s great powers. The a key to maintaining peace and stability on continent. Formation new states Central Asia after SU raised have relations with Turkic peoples first history Republic for Turkey. Foreign policy continues evolve its foreign strategy. Because terms security Anatolia, permanent special importan...

Since the beginning of 2000s, China has embarked on an unprecedented path economic development, as evidence which is largest project XXI century initiated by People's Republic China. The global Belt and Road Initiative announced first person country, Xi Jinping, a shortened name ‘Silk Economic Belt’ ‘XXI Century Maritime Silk Road’. It covers Asia-Pacific, Europe, Central Asia, Southeast West A...

D I T I A N , * , † Y U H A N G W A N G , ‡ M I C H E L L E B E R G I N , † , ⊥ Y O N G T A O H U , † Y O N G Q I A N G L I U , § A N D A R M I S T E A D G . R U S S E L L † School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, School of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, Environmental Protect...

A novel “Noah’s Grandchildren” by Julier Chevalier – an American writer of the first part XX century, has made outstanding contribution not only in field literature, but history as well. The novel, however, far surpasses many well-known facts taken from our country and focuses attention on legends historical value. Because having had translated hardly ever been accessible to people who have dee...