North Caucasus: the Russian Gordian knot. The key problems and conflicts in the region and the effect thereof on the future of Russia; Putin after re-election: The Kremlin's policy in Vladimir Putin's second term. OSW Study 16/2004

North Caucasus: North Caucasus is the most instable part of the Russian Federation: since the early 90's, there has been going on the military conflict in Chechnya, which is gradually spilling over into the other republics of the region, terrorism seems to have occupied its regular position in the political life of Caucasus, organized crime is flourishing, the tension persists there and military incidents and attacks are breaking out every now and again. During the recent year, the destabilization of the region, which affects many fields of Russian political and social life, has grown to an alarming size. Putin after re-election: Vladimir Putin's first term as President was a period of submitting political, regional and economic lobbies to the Kremlin. The actions Putin has taken since being re-elected are aimed at consolidating the Kremlin's control over the political, economic and social spheres. Further liquidation of political and informational pluralism, an increase of the ruling group's control over state and private property, and an intensification of state propaganda aimed at generating social support for the Kremlin's initiatives have all proceeded apace. These processes reinforce authoritarian tendencies and strengthen the emerging monocentric political system, with the President's strong domination over political, economic and social life.

The Vladimir Jabotinsky story /

Includes bibliographical references.

Vladimir Jabotinsky's conception of a nation /

Includes bibliographical references.

KNIAZ', VLADIMIR ALEKSANDROVICH CHERKASKII

Mode of access: Internet.

A guide to the practice of international conferences, by Vladimir D. Pastuhov.

"A revised and enlarged edition of a monograph ... issued last year [1944] in mimeographed form by the Division of International Law of the Endowment under the title International conferences and their technique."--Pref.

Vladimir Janda, MD, DSc - Tribute to a master of rehabilitation

The purpose of this presentation is to pay tribute to the life's work of Professor Vladimir Janda, a key figure in the 20th Century rehabilitation movement. An accomplished neurologist, he founded the rehabilitation department at Charles University Hospital in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was one of the seminal members of the Prague school of manual medicine and rehabilitation that expanded its influence throughout Central and Eastern Europe. His observations regarding muscle imbalances, faulty posture and gait, and their association with chronic pain syndromes, etiologically, diagnostically, and therapeutically, influenced the rehabilitation world. The authors comprise a multinational, multiprofessional group representative of rehabilitation specialists around the world who would like to pay tribute and give a final word of thanks to this innovative educator, clinician, and author.

How Vladimir Putin’s Divorce Story Was Constructed and Received, or When the President Divorced His Wife and Married the Country Instead

When the Russian president divorced his wife in 2013, social media crowds coined plenty of the Internet memes to interpret the news. Anastasia Denisova, Doctoral Researcher at CAMRI, examined the framing of the story in traditional and new media and came to the surprising findings.

La grâce dans la philosophie de Vladimir Jankélévitch

Ce mémoire a pour objet de décrire l’opération de la grâce dans la pensée de Jankélévitch. Pour y parvenir, notre exposé prendra la forme d’un itinéraire éthique. Nous montrerons d’abord que l’homme peut vouloir de deux manières différentes. Il peut se préférer lui-même, se placer comme finalité de son action ou bien, à l’inverse, choisir l’autre comme point focal. Cette deuxième option ne va pas de soi et nécessite un effort de liberté. Dans un deuxième temps, nous expliquerons que ces deux manières de vouloir impliquent la conscience. Se préférer module la conscience tout comme préférer son prochain. Or, la conscience est animée d’une dynamique propre. L’éthique devra chercher à allier la manière de vouloir à celle-ci. Un bon vouloir en phase avec l’évolution de la conscience mène à l’innocence, le stade ultime de la conscience, aussi appelée l’état de grâce. Cet état de grâce est un point culminant, difficile à atteindre et qui commande un important effort de liberté. Il rend possible l’opération de la grâce, objet de notre troisième chapitre. L’opération de la grâce est un moment de conversion qui place l’homme au-dessus de sa nature biologique et le fait coïncider avec un mouvement métempirique. Lorsque cela se produit, l’agent touche au sommet de la vie morale jankélévitchienne, il devient créateur de valeur, générateur de la morale.

L'interprete e le metafore nella comunicazione politica: analisi di alcuni interventi di Vladimir Putin

Questa tesi è dedicata al ruolo della metafora nella comunicazione politica dal punto di vista di un interprete di conferenza. In essa si effettua un'analisi di un corpus di metafore utilizzate da Vladimir Putin e si inquadra la metafora nel contesto dell’interpretazione simultanea. La metafora, infatti, gioca un ruolo fondamentale nel trasmettere l’intenzione comunicativa dell’oratore. Dunque, è importante che l’interprete sia conscio dei modelli metaforici più frequenti nel discorso politico, nonché delle strategie migliori da adottare di fronte ai vari tipi di metafore. Il primo capitolo è dedicato ad alcune delle teorie sulla metafora. Si evidenzia il passaggio da una concezione “classica” di metafora come abbellimento del testo, all’idea più recente della metafora come fenomeno cognitivo. Si discute inoltre della traduzione della metafora, della sua categorizzazione, su una scala da metafora viva a metafora “morta”, e del concetto di metafora universale. Il secondo capitolo riguarda il ruolo della metafora nella comunicazione politica, le funzioni da essa svolte e il suo potere persuasivo. Si presentano le metafore più diffuse nei discorsi politici russi e il particolare stile comunicativo di Vladimir Putin. Il terzo capitolo analizza un corpus di metafore di Vladimir Putin. Le metafore estratte sono classificate su una scala, dalle più alle meno lessicalizzate; si evidenziano le metafore concettuali più frequenti e le potenziali difficoltà che possono emergere nella resa in interpretazione simultanea.

Use of chromosome microdissection in fish molecular cytogenetics

Chromosome microdissection is a technique in which whole chromosomes or chromosomal segments are dissected under an inverted microscope yielding chromosome-specific sequences. Several protocol modifications introduced during the past 15 years reduced the number of chromosomes required for most applications. This is of particular interest to fish molecular cytogenetics, since most species present highly uniform karyotypes which make impossible the collection of multiple copies of the same chromosome. Probes developed in this manner can be used to investigate chromosome homologies in closely related species. Here we describe a protocol recently used in the gymnotiform species group Eigenmannia and review the major steps involved in the generation of these markers focusing on protocol modifications aiming to reduce the number of required chromosomes.

Drug consumption among medical students in São Paulo, Brazil: influences of gender and academic year

OBJECTIVE: To analyze alcohol, tobacco and other drug use among medical students. METHOD: Over a five-year period (1996-2001), we evaluated 457 students at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine, located in São Paulo, Brazil. The students participated by filling out an anonymous questionnaire on drug use (lifetime, previous 12 months and previous 30 days). The influence that gender and academic year have on drug use was also analyzed. RESULTS: During the study period, there was an increase in the use of illicit drugs, especially inhalants and amphetamines, among the medical students evaluated. Drug use (except that of marijuana and inhalants) was comparable between the genders, and academic year was an important influencing factor. DISCUSSION: Increased inhalant use was observed among the medical students, especially among males and students in the early undergraduate years. This is suggestive of a specific behavioral pattern among medical students. Our findings corroborate those of previous studies. CONCLUSION: Inhalant use is on the rise among medical students at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine. Because of the negative health effects of illicit drug use, further studies are needed in order to deepen the understanding of this phenomenon and to facilitate the development of preventive measures.