Abstract The manuscript draws on archives, memoirs, and other sources to show the impact of changes in Soviet state policy between 1917 1991 one type religious activity part country, namely: pilgrimages by Orthodox believers outdoor holy sites located around Moscow. It uses history a bronze statue Christ illustrate government’s methods policies toward pilgrimage.

The contribution of younger male and female siblings' conflict and involvement in deviant activities with their older brothers to younger siblings' adolescent adjustment problems was examined in the context of parenting. Ineffective parenting during younger siblings' childhood had no direct effects on adjustment but facilitated their exposure to older brothers' deviant peers and activities. The...

This book discusses about honeypot from history to present. The way authors added various case studies (including use of honeypot as savior) in chapters is admirable. The list of references for each chapter is also good way for the readers to easily locate the source of information. I suggest to add the further finding topic for each chapter in the future versions of books specially for researc...

Overwhelming evidence exists in the literature to support the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as intracellular signaling molecules. Several degenerative diseases including coronary heart disease, have been linked with the overproduction of ROS. Many coronary heart diseases including ischemic heart disease cause cardiomyocytes to face conditions that shift their redox status to undergo a d...

Friend or foe? This is often asked question when it comes to neutrophil extracellular traps studies. There is no simple answer to that. At the time of their discovery they were considered to be protectors of our well-being. Excellent pathogen fighting skills were described as purely beneficial. But it was not long before those guardians of immunity reveal their dark side. What seemed to be prof...

Relatively little research has considered the risk to siblings within maltreating families. The sample in the present study consisted of the 795 siblings from a cohort of 400 "index" children who had been referred to police child protection units in England for abuse and/or neglect. In 44% of families (valid cases), the index child was scapegoated, in 37% maltreatment was nonspecific to all sib...

Psychological and academic adjustments were assessed in a group of 130 adopted children (six to 12 years of age) living in five different family constellations: only children, children with younger adopted siblings only, children with younger biological siblings only, children with older adopted siblings only, and children with older biological siblings only. Few differences were found from one...

We study the residential choice of siblings who are altruistic towards their parents. If some sibling moves further away, he or she can shift some of the burden of taking care for the parents to his or her siblings. Thus, siblings have a strategic incentive to move away that only children do not have. Siblings locate further away from parents than only children, and, for some preferences, asymm...