Various methods for the recovery and detection of HAV have been suggested, and molecular tests have recently provided an effective replacement for the traditional methods. Real-time RT-PCR technology offers many advantages over conventional RT-PCR in terms of rapidity and specificity. Most procedures are based on the TaqMan chemistry, but some researchers have used the SYBR Green I approach, wh...

Violent conflict in former Yugoslavia triggered unvoluntary migration as well as ethnic cleansing in war effected areas. All types of movements of people were accompanied by vari­ ous levels and intensity of war crimes and human rights abuse. Official state statistics did not follow these movements by reliable data. Therefore, concerned researchers and activists tried to grasp the picture by ap...

Socio-political context A detailed examination of the socio-political context of the development and expansion of forensic anthropology and archaeology is outside the aim of this paper. For a more detailed consideration of this subject see Cox [I]. That paper considers why so many UK-based anthropologists and archaeologists seek to extend the traditional parameters of their subject beyond the a...

In this paper we describe the use of QE, a framework that aims to obtain predictions on the quality of translations, to improve the performance of machine translation (MT) systems without changing their internal functioning. We apply QE to experiments with: i. multiple system translation ranking, where translations produced by different MT systems are ranked according to their estimated q...

Despite some ambiguous periods in Russia’s history, its record in affirming the foundations of humanism in international relations is unquestionable. The new democratic Russia, which is faithful to traditions of humanism and mercy, is making strong efforts to defend victims of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The experience of the international community in combating genocide,...