The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops in late February 2022 brought the world to danger a new polarity: Russia vs. Western countries led NATO bloc (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Historical factors and geographical importance as opposed sense that nations see its territorial expansion towards Eastern Europe makes solution conflict increasingly complex. Faced with this complex situanti...

Regionalism is an integral part of the broader economic policy reforms that have occurred in the Western Hemisphere over the last decade. This chapter examines the dynamic effects of regional integration arrangements in the Western Hemisphere on the U.S. economy, including U.S. agriculture and agricultural trade, by taking into account changes in saving-investment and capital accumulation. Thro...

This article explores how Native American cultural practices were incorporated into the therapeutic activities of a community-controlled substance abuse treatment center on a "First Nations" reserve in the Canadian north. Analysis of open-ended interviews with nineteen staff and clients-as contextualized by participant observation, program records, and existing ethnographic resources-yielded in...

The global incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is one million per year with a high annual mortality of more than 500 000.1 It accounts for a substantial public health burden and is the leading cause of years of potential life lost.2 It is becoming more common in many western nations and there is evidence that it increasingly affects Asian populations, including that of Hong Kong.3 Locally, the...

Whilst the article will address the problems and reforms of civil procedure and the law relating thereto, its principle consideration focuses on issues surrounding reform problems among present and future ‘civil justice systems’ in Eastern and Western Europe as a whole. This consideration will not simply concentrate on mere single ‘tendencies,’ trends or shifts of civil procedural developments,...

Reproductive experiences for women in today's affluent Western nations differ from those of women in hunting and gathering societies, who continue the ancestral human pattern. These differences parallel commonly accepted reproductive risk factors for cancers of the breast, endometrium and ovary. Nutritional practices, exercise requirements, and body composition are nonreproductive influences th...

The sample nations are particularly relevant since they exhibit a wide range of growth rates, significant financial system features, and stock market development. Not in terms profits to investors (beyond the scope our study), but rather compared size these economies capital expenditure fund demands those nations, research examines expansion equities analyzes its international economic impact. ...