Russian-speakers, one of the largest groups of new immigrants in New York, are characterized by high proportions of refugees, and elderly and urban residents. To understand the extent of diabetes and its risks in this population, client data from a large state-wide diabetes prevention program were used. The prevalence of diabetes among Russian-speaking immigrants aged 40 years and older (N=1,00...

It is generally agreed that subjects of infinitival clauses in Russian are marked with dative case, based on evidence from two areas of Russian grammar: (i) apparent dative subjects of main-clause infinitivals and (ii) the case marking phenomenon known as the “second dative.” Here I argue that the first type of evidence has been misanalyzed in much of the syntactic literature, and that only the...

The analysis of the language legislation of all 85 subjects of the Russian Federation shows complete heterogeneity and diversity. Common legal guidelines in Federal law do not exist, because Federal legislation is obsolete and is largely whitespace and conflict. The subjects of the Russian Federation, on whose territory different ethnic groups, both large and indigenous, historically live, solv...

Despite the advances in modern antimicrobial treatment, paranasal sinus disease remains relatively common. A case of chronic inflammatory frontal sinus disease presented with unilateral recurrent eyelid swelling. Clinical features and management in conjunction with ENT are discussed. An extensive literature search has shown only one other similar case reported in Russian language whose manageme...