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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53740#.VNHFACzQrzE Author(s)   Olga A. Kapitonova , Guzel R. Platunova , Vladimir I. Kapitonov Affiliation(s) Udmurt State University, Izhevsk, Russia . ABSTRACT Typha shuttleworthii is the semi-aquatic plant in the modern areal which embraces mainly the ocean districts of Europe. The eastern border of the area of this species is located in Eastern Europe on the territory of Vyatka-Kama Cis-Urals (VKCU). Almost everywhere species is considered rare and is included in the Red Data Books in many European countries. However, on the territory of Russia, T. shuttleworthii is not protected. The rarity of this species makes it necessary to study its natural populations for their protection. In the paper, we present the materials on some biological and ecological features of the Typha shuttleworthii, growing on the territory of Vyatka-Kama Cis-Urals, where th...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53322#.VL3BWizQrzE Author(s)   Reginald R. Muskett 1 , Vladimir E. Romanovsky 1,2 , William L. Cable 1 , Alexander L. Kholodov 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA . 2 Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Tyumen, Russia . ABSTRACT Soil moisture is a vital physical parameter of the active-layer in permafrost environments, and associated biological and geophysical processes operative at the microscopic to hemispheric spatial scales and at hourly to multi-decadal time scales. While   in-situ   measurements can give the highest quality of information on a site-specific basis, the vast permafrost terrains of North America and Eurasia require space-based techniques for assessments of cause and effect and long-term changes and impacts from the changes of permafrost and the active-layer. Satellite-...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50866#.VE7_QVfHRK0 Author(s)   Leela Dhar Mangi Affiliation(s) Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India . ABSTRACT Research is essential for expansion and diversification of any subject field. The scope of any sub-ject will be determined by the quality of research it produces. Not only this, research is also vital to be undertaken for survival and sustenance of the existing subject. Usually the research activities are undertaken for the welfare and betterment of living especially for humans. Library and Information research has always been the ultimate vision of ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50566#.VESoO1fHRK0 Author(s) Frank Fuller 1,2,3,4 , Donald Bradt 2 , Howard C. Smith 5 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Political Science, Villanova University, Villanova, USA . 2 Department of Political Science, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Chester County, USA . 3 Department of Political Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, USA . 4 Department of Political Science, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, USA . 5 Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, USA . ABSTRACT This article discusses the major implications for Russia’s future immediately after the Cold War and primarily the period up into the late 1990s and beyond, when Russia...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50566#.VECpb1fHRK0 Author(s) Frank Fuller 1,2,3,4 , Donald Bradt 2 , Howard C. Smith 5 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Political Science, Villanova University, Villanova, USA . 2 Department of Political Science, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Chester County, USA . 3 Department of Political Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, USA . 4 Department of Political Science, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, USA . 5 Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, USA . ABSTRACT This article discusses the major implications for Russia’s future immediately after the Cold War and primarily the period up into the late 1990s and beyond, when Russia...