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Global Security Watch—Syria
Authors: Lawson Fred H. 
Published: October 2023

This timely study examines the forces at play in one of the world’s most explosive nations, helping readers understand why Syria’s popular uprising has been the most violent and hard-fought in the Middle East.
In this insightful work, a noted expert goes behind the headlines to examine the complexities of Syrian politics and their impact on the modern world. Beginning with an overview of political and economic change after 1963 when the Ba’th Party came to power, the book focuses on developments in Syria since Bashar al-Assad assumed the presidency in 2000. It probes the evolution of the Islamist opposition and the course of the popular uprising that broke out in 2011 and explores Syria’s multilayered relations with Israel, Turkey, Iran, Russia, and the United States.
Readers will learn why rebellion in Syria has taken a much different path than movements that overturned autocratic regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen. They will also come away with a more nuanced understanding of the pivotal role Syria plays in both the Arab-Israeli conflict and inter-Arab relations, as well as the confluence of domestic challenges and foreign threats that make Syria the most vulnerable state in the contemporary Middle East.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Authors: Greene Meg 
Published: October 2023

This full-length biography explores the multifaceted—and altogether fascinating—life, opinions, and accomplishments of African American scholar and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: A Biography is the first comprehensive volume about a man hailed as one of America's most influential scholars. Tracing Gates's life from his West Virginia birth, the book follows him through his undergraduate education at Yale and then to Cambridge, where he became the first African American to receive a doctorate. His current activities as a Harvard University professor, director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, and editor-in-chief of TheRoot.com, a daily, online magazine focusing on issues of interest to the African American community, are explored as well.
The biography also provides insights into Gates's groundbreaking work as a critic, scholar, and author, probing his wide-ranging interests, his many accomplishments, and his invaluable revelations about the contributions of African Americans to the nation's literature and history. Most important, the book provides readers with a fuller understanding of African American history and literature—and of the nature of today's racial politics.
The History of Bulgaria
Authors: Chary Frederick B. 
Published: October 2023

This comprehensive overview of the history of Bulgaria covers events in this important Balkan nation from its 9th-century origins in the first Bulgarian Empire through the present day.
Now an Eastern European leader in the fields of science and technology, a nation with impressive renewable energy production capabilities and an extensive communication infrastructure, as well as a top exporter of minerals and metals, Bulgaria has grown both economically and politically over the past two decades.
The History of Bulgaria examines the country's development, describing its cultural, political, and social history and development over 13 centuries. The modern era is particularly emphasized, including Bulgaria's role in World War II, the long tenure of Communist leader Todor Zhivkov, the role of Aleksandur Stamboliiski and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, and the myriad changes in Bulgaria's post-Communist period. The author also highlights significant individuals in Bulgarian history, such as Dimitur Peshev, the Deputy Speaker whose actions saved 50,000 Jews from the Holocaust.
The History of Myanmar
Authors: Topich William J. , Leitich Keith A. 
Published: October 2023

This text provides a thorough examination of the history of Myanmar from Neolithic times to the present.
Myanmar has experienced a seemingly endless series of conquerors, dating from prehistoric times through the reign of Kublai Khan's Mongol forces beginning in the late 1200s, all the way through the modern era, when it was subject to both British colonial control and invasion by the Japanese during World War II.
The History of Myanmar provides a detailed, historical overview of the key people, places, and events in this often-overlooked country's past and present. It examines the history of Myanmar, from Neolithic times to all of its ruling dynasties to the modern era in a chronological manner, providing a contextual framework for the further exploration of its complex history. This text pays special attention to the unique circumstances that led to the formation of the modern nation of Myanmar.
Homelessness
Authors: Shumsky Neil Larry 
Published: October 2023

This book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States―a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago.
The terms historically used to describe them include "bums," "hoboes," "migrants," "street people," "transients," "tramps," and "vagrants." Just as varied as the words we have used to describe them are the reasons many people have found themselves living in the land of opportunity without permanent residence.
The book considers homelessness and its distinctive character in three periods of American history: the era of tramps and hoboes in the late 1800s–early 1900s, the era of transients and migrants in the 1930s, and the era of homeless and "street" people in the last 40 years. It clarifies the multiple meanings of the word "homeless" today and demonstrates that homelessness is a symptom of more than one problem, leading to confusion about the issue of homelessness and hampering attempts to reduce its occurrence. Author Neil Larry Shumsky, PhD, also postulates that the treatment of homelessness in England before the colonization of North America laid the foundation of pervasive American attitudes and practices.
Influence Warfare
Authors: Forest James J. F. 
Published: October 2023

This important work, edited by an expert on terrorism, focuses on the 21st-century struggle for strategic influence and ways in which states can neutralize the role of new media in spreading terrorist propaganda.
In an era where anyone can have access to the Internet or other media forms that make widespread communication easy, terrorists and insurgents can spread their messages with complete freedom, creating challenges for national security. Influence Warfare: How Terrorists and Governments Fight to Shape Perceptions in a War of Ideas focuses on the core of the ongoing struggle for strategic influence and, particularly, how states can counter the role media and the Internet play in radicalizing new agents of terrorism.
As the book makes clear, governments need to find ways to effectively confront non-state adversaries at all levels of the information domain and create an understanding of strategic communications within a broad range of technologies. The essays from the international group of authors who contributed to this work offer a deeper understanding of the ongoing struggle. Influence Warfare also provides a set of case studies that illustrate how the means and methods of strategic influence can impact a nation's security.
The Inside Stories of Modern Political Scandals
Authors: Klein Woody 
Published: October 2023

This book examines ten major political scandals involving the White House in the past 50 years, revealing how the investigative reporters behind the stories uncovered the hidden truths.
On numerous occasions, the dogged efforts of investigative journalists have led to a dissemination of information that had a direct effect on the course of American history—the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Watergate scandal, "Monicagate" of the Clinton administration, and the Enron accounting scandal.
The Inside Stories of Modern Political Scandals: How Investigative Reporters Have Changed the Course of American History features in-depth interviews with all living journalists responsible for revealing major political scandals involving the White House, including Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the reporters responsible for bringing the Watergate scandal to the light of day. The author presents a fascinating view into the "story behind the story" regarding the ten most momentous, modern-day political scandals in America. Containing both anecdotes from the investigative reporters involved and specific examples from published articles, this text reveals the specific methods used by these award-winning journalists to successfully pursue their stories and earn their titles as watchdogs of our government, our military, and big business.
Krishna’s Other Song
Authors: Rosen Steven J. 
Published: October 2023

Students of religion and Eastern thought will welcome this readable translation and practical commentary on the Uddhava Gita, a Hindu text in which Krishna's teachings introduced in the Bhagavad Gita are extended and nuanced.
Krishna's Other Song: A New Look at the Uddhava Gita examines the entire Uddhava Gita in relation to other Hindu scriptures, especially the Bhagavad Gita, and shares its teachings in light of interreligious understanding and nonsectarian spirituality. This edition's elaborate commentary, written by a prominent American scholar of Hindu studies, who is also a practitioner, opens up the text's esoteric teaching to a Western audience for the first time, adding context and relevance that make the book accessible and its teachings practicable for a Western readership.
A foreword, written by prominent Hinduism scholar Charles S. J. White joins the author's own introduction to lay out the Uddhava Gita's background, philosophical dimensions, and religious significance. This edition does not include the original Sanskrit, nor does it labor to translate each word verbatim. Rather, it gives the reader all 1,030 verses in plain English, offering accessible commentary that allows the meaning and relevance of the Uddhava Gita to unfold to one and all.
Latino American Cinema
Authors: Baugh Scott L. 
Published: October 2023

Latino American cinema is a provocative, complex, and definitively American topic of study. This book examines key mainstream commercial films while also spotlighting often-underappreciated documentaries, avant-garde and experimental projects, independent productions, features and shorts, and more.
Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends serves as an essential primary reference for students of the topic as well as an accessible resource for general readers. The alphabetized entries in the volume cover the key topics of this provocative and complex genre—films, filmmakers, star performers, concepts, and historical and burgeoning trends—alongside frequently overlooked and crucially ignored items of interest in Latino cinema. This comprehensive treatment bridges gaps between traditional approaches to U.S.-Latino and Latin American cinemas, placing subjects of Chicana and Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban and diasporic Cuban, and Mexican origin in perspective with related Central and South American and Caribbean elements.
Many of the entries offer compact definitions, critical discussions, overviews, and analyses of star artists, media productions, and historical moments, while several foundational entries explicate concepts, making this single volume encyclopedia a critical guide as well.
Oprah Winfrey
Authors: Garson Helen S. 
Published: October 2023

This biography examines the life of a person raised in poverty and a single mother at 14, who is now one of the richest and most influential people in the world–Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah's life is a bonafide rags-to-riches story that is much more compelling because of her empathy, sense of humor, and ability to communicate and connect with people. Beyond the estimated 30 million American viewers who tune into her television show each week, there are devoted fans in 140 countries where Oprah's show is broadcast. Her life and businesses continue to expand, now encompassing a radio channel, two magazines, and the forthcoming OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network television channel.
This book documents the different aspects of Oprah's life, incorporating the details of her public, private, and philanthropic personas. The seven chapters of Oprah Winfrey: A Biography, Second Edition span the time period from her childhood in rural Mississippi to her present-day status as a global superstar and philanthropist.
Plural Marriage for Our Times
Authors: Kilbride Philip L. , Page Douglas R. 
Published: October 2023

This thoroughly revised second edition offers a child-centered, international perspective as it urges America to de-stigmatize alternate family forms.
In this book's first edition, Philip L. Kilbride showed polygamy as the preferred marriage pattern in most parts of the nonwestern world and explained how plural marriage is surfacing in western countries to address economic and spiritual crises. In Plural Marriage for Our Times: A Reinvented Option? Second Edition, Kilbride and his coauthor, Douglas R. Page, update and enhance this thesis in light of contemporary circumstances, new studies, and current legal debates.
This new edition examines plural marriage's benefits for children. It extends the discussion of polygamy and religion, especially the Muslim perspective on marriage and family; considers the illegal polygamy of immigrants; and looks at multiple marriage in African American communities, where "crisis polygamy" is a growing phenomenon. The authors suggest Americans consider plural marriage as a viable practice that can help reduce the divorce rate, better protect women and children, and serve as an alternative to the "fractured family" so prevalent in America today.
Reproductive system status in men after coronavirus infection and vaccination
Authors: Matar Kh. T.Dzh. , Esteves G. M.V. 
Published: October 2023

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious problem for the health care system in Russia and worldwide, as the pathogenic influence of the pathogen can cause a systematic range of complications in the body, especially in the reproductive system.The aim of the work was to determine the state of the reproductive system in men after coronavirus infection and vaccination based on the analysis of literature data.Materials and methods The search for papers on the state of the reproductive system in men after coronavirus infection and vaccination was conducted in PubMed, Medline, EMBASE and eLibrary.ru databases.Results The reproductive capacity of male patients who have undergone COVID-19 is affected by numerous factors: general health status, activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, development of systemic inflammatory response, activation of lipoperoxidation processes, etc. This changes cause inflammatory response in the tissues of the reproductive system, secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, imbalance of the antioxidant system, formation of oxidative stress, damage to Leydig and Sertoli cells, formation of reproductive insufficiency and infertility.Discussion The pathogenetic role of SARS-CoV-2 in the development of reproductive depression in men with coronavirus infection, which has a prolonged, negative and persistent effect on the state of testicular hemodynamics, the level of total testosterone in blood and ejaculate parameters, was confirmed.Conclusion The results of the study suggest a deterioration of the reproductive system in men following coronavirus infection.
Clinical features of osteoporosis among indigenous women of Russian and Buryat ethnicity in Trans-Baikal region
Authors: Verkhoturova S. V. , Gorbunov V. V. , Tsarenok S. Y. , Aksenova T. A. , Iljamakova N. A. 
Published: October 2023

Introduction Osteoporosis (OP) is a major social and medical problem for society.The aim of research was to identify risk factors for OP and the incidence of low-energy fractures in women with OP of Russian and Buryat ethnicity in Trans-Baikal region.Materials and methods We examined 98 women with OP (50 of Russian and 48 of Buryat nationality) and 100 women without objective signs of OP, comparable by age and nationality with the main group. All women underwent a questionnaire to identify risk factors for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures, determination of bone mineral density (BMD) using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and determination of the absolute 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fractures using the online FRAX® calculator.Results The mean age of women with OP of Russian ethnicity was 65.5 [57.0;71.0] years, of Buryat nationality – 65.3 [56.0;69.0] years. Among risk factors in female members of Russian nationality, age older than 65 years, tendency to fall and decreased creatinine clearance were found more frequently. There was an inverse association between proximal femoral BMD and risk of falls (R = -0.31, p = 0.04) and a direct correlation between family history of ОP and spinal BMD (R = 0.65, p = 0.02).Discussion Age over 65 is a significant risk factor for osteoporosis and is included in the FRAX (Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) model. Reduces creatinine clearance and a tendency to fall have been associated with the development of OP and fractures in some studies. Our findings are consistent with previous studies.Conclusion Russian women were more likely than Buryat women to have risk factors for OP, such as falls and decreased creatinine clearance. Associations were found between proximal femoral BMD and falls, spinal BMD with a family history of OP and smoking among Russian women.
Positive experience of introducing telemedicine technologies in the Ekaterinburg Clinical Perinatal Centre
Authors: Blagodareva M. S. , Brynza N. S. , Belomestnov S. R. , Ksenofontova O. L. 
Published: October 2023

Introduction A clinical and statistical analysis of the medical records of the first obstetric hospital of the Ekaterinburg Clinical Perinatal Centre (ECPC) was performed to assess the medical effectiveness of the integration of telemedicine technology (TMT) into the system of medical care in the case of threatened and preterm birth (PB).The aim of the work was to assess the medical effectiveness of integrating a range of telemedicine technologies into the system of medical care in the case of threatened and preterm birth as exemplified by the ECPC (First Obstetric Hospital).Materials and methods Preterm births between 22 and 36 weeks and 6 days of gestation were selected for the study. The number of PBs was 2,468 before the introduction of telemedicine technology and 2,112 after the introduction of telemedicine technology. The incidence of extremely low birth weight was analyzed to assess the impact of TMT implementation on neonatal outcomes. Criterion of Kolmogorov – Smirnov was applied to assess the normality of the distribution; to analyse the difference between groups – criterion of Kruskal – Wallis for K-independent samples. The arithmetic mean, standard error and standard deviation were calculated. Significance of differences between the averages was assessed using Student’s t-test.Results Before the introduction of TMT, no significant difference was found in the proportion of PB groups between different years and the structure of PP did not change according to gestational age. After the introduction of TMT there was also no significant difference in the pattern of PB. The proportion of extremely early PB before TMT implementation was significantly higher than after implementation. There was a significant decrease in the number of preterm infants with extremely low birth weight after implementation compared with the period before TMT.Discussion The use of automated systems implemented in the Sverdlovsk region, which are applications for mobile phones or personal computers, does not require the financial investment associated with the purchase of additional expensive equipment by pregnant women. Like the authors of earlier studies, we note a prolongation of gestational age and a reduction in the frequency of extremely low birth weight babies.Conclusion The incidence of extremely early PB decreased from 10.81 % to 7.13 % (p = 0.012) during 2016–2021, the incidence of late PB increased from 54.6 % to 60.1 % (p = 0.027) due to increasing gestational age. The number of babies born with extremely low birth weight decreased from 13.69 % to 8.36 % (p ≤ 0.001).
Activation of intravascular blood coagulation in the early postoperative period in reconstructive abdominoplasty
Authors: Golubkov N. A. , Kuzmin V. V. , Chernyadyev S. A. , Solodushkin S. I. 
Published: October 2023

Purpose of the study: to determine the activity of intravascular blood coagulation during the abdominoplasty and justify pharmacological thromboprophylaxis.Material and Methods. An open prospective study was conducted on a group of 100 patients undergoing abdominoplasty. The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) before the surgery was assessed using the Caprini risk assessment model in 2010. Prothrombin (PT) and fibrinogen (FG) levels, soluble fibrin-monomer complexes (SFMC), euglobulin clot lysis time (ECLT), antithrombin III (AT-III) level, and protein C (PC) level were determined before and after the surgery.Results. Using the Caprini risk assessment model, patients were categorized by VTE risk as follows: moderate risk – 64% and high risk – 36%. After the surgery, an increase in PT by 12.3% and 15.5% on days 3 and 5 was observed (p < 0.01); an increase in FG by 0.49; 2.34 and 2.04 g/L on days 1, 3, and 5 was observed (p < 0.01); an increase in SFMC at all postoperative stages by 4.7; 8.2; 10.8 and 10.0 times (p < 0.01); an increase in ECLT by 2.8; 9.7, and 6.3 minutes on days 1, 3, and 5 (p < 0.001); and a decrease in AT-III and PC levels immediately after the operation by 18.8% and 8.9%, on day 1 by 14.2% and 11.2%, and on day 3 by 8.8% and 6.3% (p < 0.01).Conclusion. All patients undergoing abdominoplasty require pharmacological thromboprophylaxis due to moderate and high risk of venous thromboembolic complications. Abdominoplasty in the early postoperative period is accompanied by activation of plasma coagulation, inhibition of fibrinolytic system activity, and reduced activity of natural anticoagulants, which justifies the need for pharmacological thromboprophylaxis for at least 5 days.
Anthropometric characteristics as prerequisites for the development of primary carpal tunnel syndrome
Authors: Baytinger A. V. , Magay Yu. V. 
Published: October 2023

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common compressive neuropathy of the upper limb. The etiology of this carpal tunnel syndrome is unknown. All previous studies of this issue were aimed at studying the external and internal risk factors, accompanied by narrowing of the carpal tunnel and compression of the median nerve. However, these studies were carried out without taking into account data regarding the anthropometric parameters of the hand.Material and methods. The study involved 48 participants of both sexes, divided into 2 groups. Group 1 – 28 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, group 2 – 20 people – healthy volunteers. Participants of both groups underwent the following measurements of both upper extremities: wrist perimeter – level of entry into the carpal canal (cm), perimeter of the hand - level of exit from the carpal canal along the Kaplan line (cm), length of the carpal canal (cm). BMI (body mass index) was calculated and interpreted taking into account age and gender. The obtained morphometric data were subjected to systematization and statistical analysis.Results. It has been proven that the likelihood of developing primary carpal tunnel syndrome increases after the age 57 years old and with BMI values of more than 30. Also, the risk of developing primary carpal tunnel syndrome is higher with a hand perimeter of more than 22 cm (exit from the carpal tunnel) and a carpal tunnel length of less than 3 cm.Conclusion. Age, body mass index, hand and carpal tunnel circumference significantly affect the occurrence of primary carpal tunnel syndrome, which allows us to consider them as predisposing risk factors.