MARK MEEROVICH PRIZE: UNDERSTANDING THE TRUTH

Mark Meerovich Prize: Understanding the truth

The artificial award was established in honour of the famous Soviet and Russian architectural historian and architect, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Doctor of Architecture, Professor, Honoured Architect of Russia, Irkutsk resident, who loved and defended his hometown, Mark Grigorievich Meerovich (1956-2018).The award was presented in Irkutsk fo

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Isolation and expression of a cold-responsive gene PtCBF in Poncirus trifoliata and isolation of citrus CBF promoters

C-repeat/dehydration-responsive element binding factor (CBF) plays important roles in cold response network in plants.Here, one member of CBF coding gene family in trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata), designated as PtCBF, was isolated.Semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactions showed up-regulation of PtCBF not only under

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Water and Justice: Reading the Irony of Qoheleth 2:4-6 against the Selfish Distribution of Resources on the African Continent

The whole text of Qoheleth 2 notes the disappointing effect of the misuse of power to gather wealth for oneself to the detriment of many.In accord with the irony of Qoheleth 2:4-6, this article investigates Washer the appropriate role of governments in addressing problems related to the availability and issues surrounding distribution of resources,

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Isotherms describing physical adsorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution using various agricultural wastes as adsorbents

Various agricultural wastes such as peels of pea (Pisum sativum) pod, tea (Camellia sinensis), and ginger (Zingiber officinale) and banana (Musa lacatan) waste were used to adsorb Cr(VI) from the aqueous solutions.A comparative adsorption efficiency study for all these adsorbents was done in laboratory for various pH, adsorbent doses, initial chrom

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