China in the World Economy: Dynamic Correlation Analysis of Business Cycles

We analyse the business cycles in China and in selected OECD countries between 1992 and 2006. We show that, although negative correlation dominates for nearly all countries, we can also see large differences for various frequencies of cyclical developments. On the one hand, nearly all OECD countries show positive correlations of the very short-run developments that may correspond to intensive supplier linkages. On the other hand, business cycle frequencies (cycles with periods between 1.5 and 8 years) are typically negative. Nevertheless, countries facing a comparably longer history of intensive trading links tend to show also slightly higher correlations of business cycles with China.business cycles, synchronisation, trade, FDI, dynamic correlation

Changes in speed and efficiency in the front crawl swimming technique at 100m track

The aim of our research is to show how the speed of competitive swimmers at a 100m track (4 x 25m) develops and to find out if there are any considerable changes in swimming efficiency. As for the speed, we expect its gradual decrease caused by fatigue. Efficiency of swimming is directly determined by mastering of swimming techniques. However the question is whether it is also influenced by fatigue. It expands our earlier publications and includes measurements conducted not only at the 50m swimming track (two sections /25m legs) but also those taken at the 100m track (four sections/25m legs). Thanks to our measuring device called Tachograph, we have been able to record and subsequently analyse the results of 10 male and seven female swimmers, all being between the ages of 18 and 23 / 26. Research shows that the average mean speed in male categories declines from 1.65 m*s -1 reached in the first section down to1.50m*s -1in the fourth section. The decrease seems to be linear during the first three sections while it is not so significant in the fourth swimming legs. Efficiency of swimming slightly decreases from 0.949 to 0.936. As for the female swimmers, their average mean speed decreases from 1.46m*s -1(measured in the first section) to1.34m*s -1in the fourth section. The decline is more or less linear, with a slight reduction in value. Efficiency has a subtle declining tendency (from 0.967to0.961). In both male and female categories, the speed of swimming slightly declines, whereas changes in the efficiency of swimming are not substantial

Jewellery Headdress Finials as Signs of the Rank Hierarchy of the Trans-Baikal Buryats in the Second Half of the 19th — Еarly 20th Century

In the 17th century, the first fragmentary information about the clothing of the Buryats appeared in the reports of service men and pioneer Cossacks; in the 18th-19th centuries, more detailed descriptions of clothing were found in the diaries of travellers, diplomats, and scientists. The social and property differentiation of Buryat society in the traditional clothing of the people was established with the introduction by the tsarist authorities of the provisions “On official insignia and clothing of commanding and honourable people” recorded in the “Rules established by the Selenga and Khorin main and honorary spiritual secular authorities in 1841”. The design of the headdress and its denze finial with a jinchi ball was one of the most important distinguishing marks of the table of ranks for civil and military ranks. The purpose of the study is to analyse the specifics of the decor of headdress finials as signs of the rank hierarchy of the Trans-Baikal Buryats in the second half of the 19th — early 20th century. Jinchi finials were made of coral, lazurite, shells, and turquoise; the use of materials and techniques for denze finials also varied. The author’s research tasks also include identifying the symbolism of the denze form and ornamental motifs, male and female decor options. With regard to the origins of the regulated Buryat costume, the author considers the Qing official headdresses with a ding top and round zhu beads, which differed depending on the official’s status. It is important to mention the Mongolian analogues of headdresses during the period of Manchurian rule, to note their similarity and difference from the Buryat ones. Pictorial sources from the collections of Russian museums presented the material for this research

Женские украшения монгольских народов в собрании Кяхтинского краеведческого музея им. В. А. Обручева

This article examines the Mongolian female jewelry collection of the Kyakhta Local Museum amounting to almost a hundred and fifty items. The collection started with expeditions of the Russian Geographical Society in the early twentieth century and continued throughout the Soviet period when it was significantly enlarged with items from various regions of Buryatia. According to the museum’s documents, and most of the items are still unidentified, the collection consists of scattered items or their individual elements which need proper research and technical expertise. During their examination of the said items, the authors solve several problems, i.e. they analyse and describe the art piece, the semantics of the ornamentation, identify the scrambled elements and pieces of jewelry used in the traditional costume of the Buryat regions. The authors use the iconographic, iconological, and comparative methods. The full set of female jewelry for the Mongolian people adorns the head, the neck, the chest, the shoulders, the waist and both arms. The article only focuses on headpieces and items worn hanging from the temples all the way down to the chest. It includes the description of silver decorations used for the top of male and female hats, and techniques for their differentiation. The study attempts to attribute the jewelry to define its affiliation with a specific Buryat ethnic group, as different areas of Buryatia and Mongolia have their own variations and artistic identities expressed in the traditional costume of their tribes and families. The article describes three items of Mongolian female jewelry. The authors aim to continue the research by focusing on each group of female jewelry attire with reference to comparable material from different museums.Статья посвящена изучению коллекции женских украшений в Кяхтинском краеведческом музее, насчитывающей около ста пятидесяти предметов. Первоначальный период комплектования был связан с деятельностью Русского географического общества в начале XX в. и продолжен в советское время, когда фонд существенно пополнился предметами из различных районов Бурятии. Согласно музейным документам, большая часть вещей не атрибутирована, состоит из разрозненных предметов или их отдельных элементов, нуждается в проведении научно-исследовательских работ и технической экспертизы. Для введения музейных предметов в научный оборот поставлены следующие задачи: описание и анализ произведения искусства, семантика орнаментации, идентификация разрозненных частей и предметов украшений, входящих в традиционный костюмный комплекс районов Бурятии. В исследовании были применены следующие методы: иконографический, иконологический, сравнительно-сопоставительный. Полный комплект женских украшений монгольских народов включает головные, шейные, нагрудные, наплечные, поясные и наручные изделия. В рамках статьи исследуются только головные и височно-нагрудные украшения. Рассматриваются женские и мужские серебряные навершия головных уборов и принципы их дифференциации. В статье проводится атрибуция украшений для выявления их принадлежности к определенной этногруппе бурят, так как в различных районах Бурятии и Монголии ансамблевое решение традиционного костюма отличалось вариативностью и художественным своеобразием разных племен и родов (цонголы, хори-буряты, сартулы и т. д.). Исследуются три монгольских образца женских украшений. Ставится вопрос дальнейших работ по каждой группе атрибутов женского многосоставного украшения с привлечением сопоставительного материала из разных музеев

Collection of 19th–20th-Centuries Tinderboxes from the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia

This article studies the collection of tinderboxes from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries from the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia, more particularly, the funds of the M. N. Khangalov Museum of Buryatia History and Ts. S. Sampilov Art Museum. The Buryat flint has not been a subject of specialized research previously. It was studied in the context of research on the history of traditional culture and national costume in several works on history, ethnography, cultural studies of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries by B. E. Petri, P. P. Khoroshikh, N. V. Kocheshkov, A. A. Badmaev, R. D. Badmaeva, and V. A. Banaeva. In art criticism, separate descriptions were given in the works of I. I. Soktoeva and A. V. Tumakhani. The authors employ the iconographic, iconological, and comparative methods and aim to consider the art objects in terms of form, technology, decoration with certain motifs within the framework of the pre-Soviet, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. The attribution of the objects from the Pre-Baikal and Transbaikal Buryats, as well as those of some local ethnic groups, follows the typology of the Turkic-Mongolian tinderboxes. The analysis reveals the artistic features of the craftsmen’s work. The conclusion of the article contains the results of the study. The variative uniqueness of the collection of tinderboxes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from the M. N. Khangalov Museum of Buryatia History is undeniable. The unique products from the funds of the Ts. S. Sampilov Art Museum created by hereditary jewelers of the twentiethcentury demonstrate the preservation of traditions and the introduction of innovations. The item is presented as an integral part of a series of magnificent sets intended for festive national costumes and museum display

Colle ction of 19th–20th-Centuries Tinderboxes from the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia

Поступила в редакцию: 27.02.2023. Принята к печати: 06.04.2023.Submitted: 27.02.2023. Accepted: 06.04.2023.Статья посвящена изучению коллекции огнив XIX–XX вв. из Национального музея Республики Бурятия, в частности, из фондов Музея истории Бурятии им. М. Н. Хангалова и Бурятского художественного музея им. Ц. С. Сампилова. Бурятское огниво не являлось предметом специального изучения, исследовалось в контексте изысканий по истории традиционной культуры и национального костюма в ряде трудов по истории, этнографии, культурологии XX — начала XXI в.: Б. Э. Петри, П. П. Хороших, Н. В. Кочешкова, А. А. Бадмаева, Р. Д. Бадмаевой, В. А. Банаевой. В искусствоведении фрагментарные описания были даны в работах И. И. Соктоевой, А. В. Тумахани. В задачи данной статьи входит рассмотрение предметов по форме, технологии, декорированию определенными мотивами в рамках досоветского, советского и постсоветского периодов. В исследовании были применены следующие методы: иконографический, иконологический, сравнительно-сопоставительный. Согласно типологии тюрко-монгольских огнив была проведена атрибуция предметов предбайкальских и забайкальских бурят, также некоторых локальных этногрупп, выявлены художественные особенности творчества мастеров. В заключении подведены итоги исследования. Бесспорна вариативная уникальность коллекции огнив конца XIX — начала XX в. из Музея истории Бурятии. Авторские изделия, созданные потомственными ювелирами XX в., из фондов Бурятского художественного музея им. Ц. С. Сампилова демонстрируют сохранение традиций и внедрение новаций. Предмет представлен как неотъемлемая часть ряда великолепных гарнитуров, предназначенных для праздничных национальных костюмов и музейного экспонирования.This article studies the collection of tinderboxes from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries from the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia, more particularly, the funds of the M. N. Khangalov Museum of Buryatia History and Ts. S. Sampilov Art Museum. The Buryat flint has not been a subject of specialized research previously. It was studied in the context of research on the history of traditional culture and national costume in several works on history, ethnography, cultural studies of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries by B. E. Petri, P. P. Khoroshikh, N. V. Kocheshkov, A. A. Badmaev, R. D. Badmaeva, and V. A. Banaeva. In art criticism, separate descriptions were given in the works of I. I. Soktoeva and A. V. Tumakhani. The authors employ the iconographic, iconological, and comparative methods and aim to consider the art objects in terms of form, technology, decoration with certain motifs within the framework of the pre-Soviet, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. The attribution of the objects from the Pre-Baikal and Transbaikal Buryats, as well as those of some local ethnic groups, follows the typology of the Turkic-Mongolian tinderboxes. The analysis reveals the artistic features of the craftsmen’s work. The conclusion of the article contains the results of the study. The variative uniqueness of the collection of tinderboxes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from the M. N. Khangalov Museum of Buryatia History is undeniable. The unique products from the funds of the Ts. S. Sampilov Art Museum created by hereditary jewelers of the twentieth century demonstrate the preservation of traditions and the introduction of innovations. The item is presented as an integral part of a series of magnificent sets intended for festive national costumes and museum display

Replacement therapy for bleeding episodes in factor VII deficiency: A prospective evaluation

Patients with inherited factor VII (FVII) deficiency display different clinical phenotypes requiring ad hoc management. This study evaluated treatments for spontaneous and traumatic bleeding using data from the Seven Treatment Evaluation Registry (STER). One-hundred one bleeds were analysed in 75 patients (41 females; FVII coagulant activity <1-20%). Bleeds were grouped as haemarthroses (n=30), muscle/subcutaneous haematomas (n=16), epistaxis (n=12), gum bleeding (n=13), menorrhagia (n=16), central nervous system (CNS; n=9), gastrointestinal (GI; n=2) and other (n=3). Of 93 evaluable episodes, 76 were treated with recombinant, activated FVII (rFVIIa), eight with fresh frozen plasma (FFP), seven with plasma-derived FVII (pdFVII) and two with prothrombin-complex concentrates. One-day replacement therapy resulted in very favourable outcomes in haemarthroses, and was successful in muscle/subcutaneous haematomas, epistaxis and gum bleeding. For menorrhagia, single- or multiple-dose schedules led to favourable outcomes. No thrombosis occurred; two inhibitors were detected in two repeatedly treated patients (one post-rFVIIa, one post-pdFVII). In FVII deficiency, most bleeds were successfully treated with single 'intermediate' doses (median 60 µg/kg) of rFVIIa. For the most severe bleeds (CNS, GI) short- or long-term prophylaxis may be optimalPatients with inherited factor VII (FVII) deficiency display different clinical phenotypes requiring ad hoc management. This study evaluated treatments for spontaneous and traumatic bleeding using data from the Seven Treatment Evaluation Registry (STER). One-hundred one bleeds were analysed in 75 patients (41 females; FVII coagulant activity <1-20%). Bleeds were grouped as haemarthroses (n=30), muscle/subcutaneous haematomas (n=16), epistaxis (n=12), gum bleeding (n=13), menorrhagia (n=16), central nervous system (CNS; n=9), gastrointestinal (GI; n=2) and other (n=3). Of 93 evaluable episodes, 76 were treated with recombinant, activated FVII (rFVIIa), eight with fresh frozen plasma (FFP), seven with plasma-derived FVII (pdFVII) and two with prothrombin-complex concentrates. One-day replacement therapy resulted in very favourable outcomes in haemarthroses, and was successful in muscle/subcutaneous haematomas, epistaxis and gum bleeding. For menorrhagia, single- or multiple-dose schedules led to favourable outcomes. No thrombosis occurred; two inhibitors were detected in two repeatedly treated patients (one postrFVIIa, one post-pdFVII). In FVII deficiency, most bleeds were successfully treated with single 'intermediate' doses (median 60 μg/kg) of rFVIIa. For the most severe bleeds (CNS, GI) short- or long-term prophylaxis may be optimal. © Schattauer 2013

Women with congenital factor VII deficiency: clinical phenotype and treatment options from two international studies

A paucity of data exists on the incidence, diagnosis and treatment of bleeding in women with inherited factor VII (FVII) deficiency

The hope and reality of long‐acting hemophilia products

Recombinant DNA technology and protein engineering are creating hope that we can address ongoing challenges in hemophilia care such as reducing the costs of therapy, increasing the availability to the developing world, and improving the functional properties of these proteins. Technological advances to improve the half‐life of recombinant clotting factors have brought long‐acting clotting factors for hemophilia replacement therapy closer to reality. Preclinical and clinical trial results are reviewed as well as the potential benefits and risks of these novel therapies. Am. J. Hematol. 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/91179/1/23146_ftp.pd