The 18th century is a turning point in the history of peoples Caucasus. progressive decline Iran and Ottoman Empire, active entry Peter’s Russia into international arena put question fate Caucasus among most important problems world politics at that time. Having become one main sources contradictions relations these countries, this region, due to its strategic positions, attracted attention Eur...

1 Background The problem of cubes that are sums of consecutive cubes goes back to Euler ([10] art. 249) who noted the remarkable relation 33 + 43 + 53 = 63. Similar problems were considered by several mathematicians during the nineteenth and early twentieth century as surveyed in Dickson’sHistory of the Theory of Numbers ([7] p. 582–588). These questions are still of interest today. For example...

one of the most important preparation steps of co-management projects implementation is recognizing key actors at local community level. these actors can assist managers and planners as local leaders and social powers. by applying social network analysis and centrality index at actors’ level of “goormomenin” common rangeland, kalateh region, daamghan city in this research, social powers and loc...

The diffusion least mean square (DLMS) and the normalized (DNLMS) algorithms are analyzed for a network having fusion center. This structure reduces dimensionality of resulting stochastic models while preserving important properties. analysis is done in system identification framework cyclostationary white nodal inputs. parameters vary according to random walk model. cyclostationarity modeled b...

The article analyzes trustworthy Siberian newspaper’s «The Eastern Review» point of view when covering the events Japanese-Chinese war 1894–1895. Problems in getting true information wartime did not prevent periodical from reflecting position all sides involved. Describing events, newspaper assumed that dynamic developing Japan would be future ally Russia, stagnant, frozen China being strictly ...

Abstract Scholars of international relations have long recognized the importance soft power in great powers’ hegemonic designs. In contrast, we know little middle employment noncoercive strategies attraction and, particular, how operates context middle-power antagonism. We suggest that, first, enhances coalition-building for powers. Contrary to expectations that states join forces against a sha...

Thirty five children with a primary complaint of chest pain were prospectively studied. The average age was 9.7 years for boys and 8. 9 years for girls 60% were male. The most frequently diagnosed cause was psychogenic (54.2%). Forty percent of the patients were classified as having idiopathic chest pain. Precordial pain was encountered in 2. 9%), along with costochondritis and mitral val...