The political trajectories of the post-Soviet states are varied, with democracy being the outcome in only a minority of these countries. The different outcomes are striking, given the similarity of starting points. The key to understanding a democratic outcome lies in the different relationships between old regime elites and civil society-based opposition forces, and the ethnic balance in the c...

Sarp Beyazpınar D, Eren Günertem O, Şerefli Balla E, Gültekin B, Tankut Akay H, Sezgin A. What is the benefit of venous mapping in saphenous vein harvesting?. Turk J Vasc Surg 2022; 31(2): 086-090. http://dx.doi.org/10.9739/tjvs.2022.1178

Some colorectal cancers (CRC) display microsatellite instability (MSI) leading to mutations in genes such as MRE11. The aim of this study was to determine whether MSI or MRE11 mutational status correlates with sensitivity to the PARP inhibitor LT-626 and whether LT-626 synergizes with DNA-damaging chemotherapeutic agents. CRC cells harboring biallelic MRE11 mutations were more sensitive to LT-6...

Two high galactic latitude B-type stars, PG 1323−086 and PG 1704+222, are analysed from low and medium resolution optical spectra and Strömgren photometry. A differential abundance analysis for He, C, N, O, Mg, Al, and Si reveals that the He abundance is close to solar while metal underabundances relative to the solar value of typically 1.3 and 1.2 dex for PG 1323−086 and PG 1704+222, respectiv...

We present lightcurves of four binary subdwarf B stars, Ton 245, Feige 11, PG1432+159 and PG1017−086. We also present new spectroscopic data for PG1017−086 from which we derive its orbital period, P = 0.073d, and the mass function, fm = 0.0010±0.0002M⊙. This is the shortest period for an sdB binary measured to-date. The values of P and fm for the other sdB binaries have been published elsewhere...

Author details Department of Korean Medical Science, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 626-870, Republic of Korea. Department of Horticultural Bioscience, College of Natural Resource and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang 626-706, Republic of Korea. Division of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea. D...

1 protection against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and simultaneously elicits robust 2 humoral and cellular responses to HIV-1 3 Xiaoman Li, 1 Wei Xu, 1 and Sidong Xiong 1, 2 * 4 Institute for Immunobiology and Department of Immunology, Shanghai Medical College, 5 Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China, 1 and Jiangsu Key 6 Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of ...