Medicinal plants are a reservoir of biologically active compounds with therapeutic properties that over time have been discovered and used by diverse groups of people for treatment of various ailments. In this regard, Uzbekistan has an excellent historic research base of herbal medicines with about 70% of Uzbek households using medicinal plants to meet their health needs for several centuries. ...

CONTEXT Because individuals' and couples' needs vary, the availability of a variety of contraceptive choices is a key component of successful family planning programs. Most women in Uzbekistan rely on a single contraceptive method (the IUD), but it is unclear whether this reflects constraints on choice or simply a widespread preference. METHODS Nationally representative data from the 1996 Uzb...

Let M be a type I von Neumann algebra with the center Z and a faithful normal semi-finite trace τ. Let L(M, τ) be the algebra of all τ -measurable operators affiliated with M. We prove that any Z-linear derivation on L(M, τ) is inner and hence automatically continuous in the measure topology. If the lattice of projections from Z is atomic then any derivation on L(M, τ) is Z-linear. This implies...

This paper explores how public pressure affected the British government’s policies during the Great Game of the nineteenth century. By drawing upon depictions of Afghan leaders to explore how the public was informed of events that occurred in Central Asia, this paper explores whether popular outrage over the execution of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly at the hands of the Emir of Bukhara r...

The idea of healthcare quality improvement (QI) and disseminating evidence-based practice has been attractive for local health policy makers in Uzbekistan since the early 2000s. One aspect in need of discussion is the degree to which the country's healthcare system is open for the proposed QI activities. Funding of health care resulted in building and equipping rural primary care practices, tra...

After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan became the master of its own way of economic and social development and had the task to construct a democratic state and open civil society, a socially-oriented market economy. All this entailed a radical reform of the education system in Uzbekistan. Education had to be reoriented towards meeting the common national interest and ensuring competitiveness in...

Let M be a type I von Neumann algebra with the center Z, a faithful normal semi-finite trace τ. Let L(M, τ) be the algebra of all τ -measurable operators affiliated with M and let S0(M, τ) be the subalgebra in L(M, τ) consisting of all operators x such that given any ε > 0 there is a projection p ∈ P(M) with τ(p) < ∞, xp ∈ M and ‖xp‖ < ε. We prove that any Z-linear derivation of S0(M, τ) is spa...

v UZBEKISTAN: WELFARE IMPACT OF SLOW TRANSITION 1

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Uzbekistan has struggled with the burden of a growing tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. A changing healthcare system and the stagnant economy have hindered efforts to produce sustainable, long-term change in the state of the disease. In particular, the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and HIVassociated TB in prisons has worsened tr...