BACKGROUND Individual characteristics and socioeconomic strata (SES) are important determinants of health differences. We examine health inequalities in Russia and estimate the association of demography (gender and age) and SES (working status, income, geography of residence, living standard, wealth possession, and durable asset-holding) with perceived health over the period 1994-2012. METHOD...

BACKGROUND Research has demonstrated a bidirectional relationship between physical function and depression, but studies on their association in migrant populations are scarce. We examined the association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation in Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland. METHODS We used data from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study (Maamu). Th...

EVERYONE with some familiarity with the history of World War II is aware that relationships between the Soviet Union and her Western Allies were tenuous at best. On major issues, such as Russian aid requests and the launching of a second front, major disputes arose. Not as well known is the fact that that same discord also marked the lesser wartime relations. A case in point were the efforts of...

The article analyzes a number of visual representations «Little Russians» / «Malorusy» (Ukrainians) and Belarusians («Belorussians» «White Russians»), which were addressed to wide range Russian society in the 1860s – 1900s formed under influence literature, scientific popular ethnographies descriptions text-books. These texts creating stereotypical images peoples nations (so as people) mass con...

The goal of the present research is to achieve a basic understanding of corrosion of steels by Lead Bismuth Eutectic (LBE). Liquid LBE is under consideration in the transmuter as both a coolant and a target material. There have been studies of LBE, especially by the Russians, but a fundamental understanding and verification of its role in the corrosion of steels is still very

This paper introduces and analyzes an algorithm to compile a series of exclusive-or operations. The compiled series is quite efficient, almost always beating the so-called “Four Russians” approach, and uses no temporary storage beyond its outputs. The algorithm is reasonably fast and surprisingly simple.