The governments of Central Asia and the south Caucasus face a kaleidoscope of challenges as they each navigate the transition to modern, independent, and stable states. Most of these problems emanate from internal dynamics within each state that limit their ability to ensure stable and legitimate governments for the population. These are weak states characterized by repressive personalistic rul...

This study evaluates the outcomes of European Union’s Cohesion Policy on rural areas in Poland between 2007 and 2018. Stratified propensity score matching was used to examine whether policy impact depends type local territorial capital involved. Inputs individual municipalities with similar characteristics conditions socio-economic development were modelled compared. The results show that more ...

The article compares intraregional trends in demographic development of the old-developed territories Russian Near North: Arkhangelsk, Vologda, and Kostroma Oblasts. author identifies fertility, mortality, migration 2011—2019 basing on statistical indicators characterizing situation municipal entities urban districts areas these regions. A comparative analysis dynamic three regions confirmed we...

BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) originated in China in 2002, and it spread to 26 provinces in mainland China and 32 countries across five continents in a matter of months. This outbreak resulted in 774 deaths. However, the spatial features and potential determinants of SARS input-output flows remain unclear. METHODS We used an adjusted spatial interaction model to examine ...

the study of interactions of jet into cross flow at different longitudinal and transverse angles ofjet was studied. the following components were designed and constructed: a low velocity windtunnel to produce the uniform flow, a flat plate with a traverse injection system to simulate the jetinjection, and a spatial rake to measure the total pressure. the tests were carried out atlongitudinal (α...