Academic Articles & Research Papers

Masculinities and Social Contexts of HIV Risk Practices Among Central Asian Male Migrant Workers.

Global and regional climate change impacted Paleogene mammal faunas in Central Asia.

Climate-Driven Shifts in Wind Energy Potential Across Central Asia Based on a Multi-Model Ensemble and Tier-Based Assessment.

Hidden Diversity in the Sands: Genomic Footprints of Pleistocene Refugia and Fragile Futures of the Turkestan Ground-Jay (Podoces panderi) in Central Asia.

Knowledge hegemony and epistemic reclamation in Central Asian higher education: a community case study of Eastern scholastic heritage integration, sociological field dynamics, and the conditions for decolonizing economic reasoning across STEM and social science disciplines in Uzbekistan.

Effects of Plant Phylogeny and Traits on the Composition of Phyllosphere Microbial Communities in a Typical Temperate Desert in Central Asia.

Whole-Genome Sequencing Pilot of the Central Asian Genomic Diversity Project Reveals Distinct Histories, Adaptation, and Introgression.

Bony labyrinth taxonomic identification and long-term evolution of livestock in the Southwest and Central Asia.

Climate change-driven compound dust storm and heatwave extremes in Central Asia under future CMIP6 scenarios.

Geographies of Knowing, Geographies of Ignorance: Jumping Scale in Southeast Asia

‘Area studies' use a geographical metaphor to visualise and naturalise particular social spaces as well as a particular scale of analysis. They produce specific geographies of knowing but also create geographies of ignorance. Taking Southea...

The Beginning of a Wilson Cycle in an Accretionary Orogen: The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean Opened Assisted by a Devonian Mantle Plume

Abstract The opening of oceans within accretionary orogens is important for understanding the Wilson cycle. The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean (MOO) began opening within the early Paleozoic accretionary collage of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAO...

GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF THE EASTERN SAYAN OPHIOLITES, TUVA-MONGOLIAN MICROCONTINENT (SOUTHERN SIBERIA)

The Eastern Sayan ophiolites (1020 Ma) of the Tuva-Mongolian microcontinent are believed to be the most ancient ophiolite of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt [Khain et al., 2002]....

The Sacred Landscape of Central Asia in the Achaemenid Period

The sacred landscape of Central Asia consisted of various religions and ritual practices that grew out of local traditions. The latest archaeological excavations of the Iron Age cultic structures in Central Asia reveal a diverse array of ri...

RESULTS OF THE INVENTORY OF RED DATA BOOK ENDEMIC SPECIES OF THE GENUS SCUTELLARIA L. PRESERVED IN THE UZBEKISTAN NATIONAL HERBARIUM (TASH), A UNIQUE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION

This study presents an inventory and scientific assessment of herbarium specimens of the genus Scutellaria L. preserved in the collections of the National Herbarium of Uzbekistan (TASH), Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Repub...

Risks of snow drought and impacts on streamflow in Tajikistan

Tajikistan, a mountainous country and a vital water tower for Central Asia, is becoming increasingly vulnerable to snow drought under climate change, threatening its snow- and glacier-fed streamflow. Yet, the impacts of snow drought on the ...

Intra-seasonal Variation of Rainfall and Climate Characteristics in Kabul River Basin

In Afghanistan, spring and summertime flash floods result in 54.3% of all natural disasters with an average annual economic loss of US$92.17 million between 1990 and 2014. Knowledge of climate and rainfall periodicity are urgently needed fo...

Critical review of leachate pathways, groundwater contamination, and health risks in tropical urban aquifers

Abstract Rapid, under-serviced urbanization across the tropical belt has left many cities dependent on open dumps. These dumps and poorly engineered landfills often sit above shallow, heavily used aquifers. This review uses the Doddabidarak...

GPS network observation of traveling ionospheric disturbances following the Chelyabinsk meteorite blast

We use the Global Positioning System (GPS) network in northwest China and central Asia to monitor traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs), which were possibly excited by the large meteorite blast over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 15 Februar...

Lipid profile in elderly and centenarian subjects in Kazakhstan: a case-control study

Introduction. The health of centenarians is a major focus in global studies. Dyslipidemia is directly linked to the risk of cardiovascular diseases, which pose a growing burden on healthcare due to the increasing elderly population. Studyin...

Population dataset for 23 Y-STR in the Merkit clan form Kazakh population

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of 23 Y-STR data for the Merkit clan, a subgroup within the Kerey tribe of the Kazakh people. A total of 64 complete haplotypes were generated using the PowerPlex Y23 System. The data obtained us...