Unhealthy foods have a long become a challenging matter for many of us, making our shopping a little bit difficult. Seeking less dangerous food for our health we try to carefully read out the important note on the products. But to what extent should we trust on them? The increasing …
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Changing concept of beauty
Ideal beauty has been a heated issue for centuries, as each era and each nation has had its own conception of human beauty. People meticulously evaluated a man’s or women’s attractiveness. Their response reflected their expectation of this issue. In Egypt, for example, the ideal beauty was a slim and …
Read More »Azerbaijani alumina reaches Tajikistan
An alternative route for the supply of raw materials from Azerbaijan to Tajikistan for the needs of the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALKO) has been established, the Tajik embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend on October 5. This route implies deliveries from Azerbaijan through Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Tajikistan and thus …
Read More »Sheki – city of caravans and khans
At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, bordered by the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, it was an important thoroughfare on the Silk Road, the ancient web of trade routes linking East and West. By the 19th century, Sheki, on the Silk Road path through northwest Azerbaijan, was an …
Read More »Azerbaijan – vivid example of multicultural humanistic values and traditions in the Caucasus
he restoration of independence allowed the Azerbaijan Republic to confidently develop along the path of building a democratic, sovereign, law-governed and secular state. Both throughout its long history and at present, Azerbaijan has been striving to maintain good neighborly relations with all states and give a new impetus to intercultural …
Read More »BP presents 2016 year-end results in Azerbaijan
BP, the largest foreign investor in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector, revealed its 2016 year-end results. BP Azerbaijan, which is the operator of the block of Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli offshore oil and gas fields, as well as Shah Deniz gas and condensate field, reported that ACG continued to safely and reliably deliver …
Read More »25 years of independence in Azerbaijan: preliminary results
18 October is a significant date for the people of Azerbaijan. On this day in 1991, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan adopted the Constitutional Act on State Independence. This marked the restoration of Azerbaijan’s statehood after 71 years within the USSR. On 29 December 1991, a nationwide …
Read More »Azerbaijan Economy in the First Nine Months of 2016; Brief Overview
CESD concluded its macro-economic survey results for the first nine months in 2016. Both independent and official reports show that GDP continued declining in the reporting period. According to the State Statistic Committee of Azerbaijan, GDP decreased 3.9 % in the first nine months in 2016 since CESD calculations found …
Read More »Armenian- Azerbaijani conflict: Prague Process and Current Status of Negotiations
Background of Hostilities The conflict dates back to February 1988, while both republics were part of the Soviet Union, when Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous oblast (NK) and in Armenia started mass rallies for the incorporation of this part of Azerbaijan into Armenia,[i] appealing to central authorities in Moscow to meet …
Read More »Normal Anatomy of the Chest
Name and define the three zones of the airways. Define a secondary pulmonary lobule and its appearance on high-resolution computed tomography (CT). List the lobar and segmental bronchi of both lungs. Identify the following structures on the posteroanterior chest radiograph: Lungs-right and left; right upper, middle, and lower lobes; …
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