Certain non-linear relations between the generators of the (qdeformed) Heisenberg algebra are found. Some of these relations are invariant under quantization and q-deformation. ⋆ Invited talk at International Conference on Complex and Hypercomplex Analysis, Mexico-city, Mexico (1994); to be published in Proceedings † On leave of absence from the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physic...

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Russian Culture and Civilization Class 1 What is Culture? Western vs. Russian Approaches to Culture: Observers and Participants Russia has inspired centuries of commentary and analysis by Western travelers and observers; the academic study of Russia began in the late 19th century. Russia was seen as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Western researchers are trying to "crack the c...

In its examination of American Medical Aid to Russia, this article shows how the best of intentions can have the potential to go horribly awry. It argues that the competing binary forces of international collaboration and goodwill versus political tensions and uncertainty combined to create an environment wherein actors and agents inhabited an ever changing and unpredictable international stage...

BACKGROUND There is little information on potential differences in animal exposure between Finland and Russia and particularly on the effects of animal exposure on asthma among Russian children. The aim of the study was to compare the pet and farm animal exposures and to assess the relations of pre- and postnatal animal exposures to the occurrence of allergic asthma in Finnish and Russian schoo...

Finland’s interest in the EU’s policies towards the East has been strongly dominated by the Northern Dimension (ND). The ND still continues to hold a central place in the Finnish debate, and Finland is determined to continue the ND in future, with a focus on north-west Russia and pragmatic cooperation in a variety of fields including the environment, transport and health and social issues. The ...

This article explores how today’s post-modern, interdependent European system of order interacts with a competing system led by a modern, realist Russian Federation. Russia’s great power identity is based on a long-standing statist tradition of foreign policy thinking combined with a legacy of conviction in the uniqueness of Eurasian civilization. Key to meeting the Russian challenge is systemi...