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Periostin in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) development and synergistic effects mediated via CCL5

Riethmacher, Eva; Vangelista, Luca; Mukanova, Saida; Riethmacher, Dieter (Nazarbayev University, 2018-10-18)

The incidence of IBD is rising all over the world and is affecting 1 in 4000 people in Europe and 1 in 16.000 in Asia. [1] Welldocumented, reliable numbers for Kazakhstan are currently not available but observations ...
Assessment of unmet needs and barriers to end-of-life care provision in Kazakhstan

Toleubekova, Lyazzat; Crape, Byron; Dauyey, Kaisar; Argandykov, Dias; Bekenova, Aigerim; Madikenova, Meruyert (Nazarbayev University, 2018-10-18)

Palliative care, a holistic multidisciplinary approach for those persons with terminal diseases, providing relief for physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual suffering of both the patients and their families and ...
Influence of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 gene variants on warfarin response in Kazakhstani patients with left ventricular assist devices

Akilzhanova, А.; Rakhimova, S.; Andosova, S.; Kalkamanova, Inkar; Tokanova, Aruzhan; Zhumadilov, Zh.; Bekbossynova, M. (Nazarbayev University, 2018-10-18)

Heart failure is a worldwide epidemic affecting approximately 23 million people globally and is a major burden for the healthcare system [1,2]. Despite advances in medical therapy, the disease is progressive and a significant ...
Whole genome sequencing of m. Tuberculosis strains in kazakhstan reveal genomic variants in genes coding pe/ppe protein family specific for mdr/xdr isolates

Kozhamkulov, U.; Kairov, U.; Molkenov, A.; Steins, M.; Akhmetova, А.; Akilzhanova, A (Nazarbayev University, 2018-10-18)

Worldwide in 2016, around 10.4 million people were diagnosed with TB among which 1.7 million died [1]. Despite the progress in decreasing the global incidence of drug-susceptible TB, multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively ...
De Novo Assembly And Bioinformatics Analysis Of M.Tuberculosis Mdr Strains Sequenced On Next-Generation Sequencing Platform

Daniyarov, A.; Kairov, U.; Molkenov, A.; Kozhamkulov, U.; Akhmetova, A.; Akilzhanova, A; Zhumadilov, Zh. (Nazarbayev University, 2018-10-18)

Tuberculosis remains one of the major problems in public health (1). During the last 10 years the tuberculosis incidence and mortality rate in Kazakhstan decreased by 2.4 times and 6 times, respectively. Despite the ...
Genotyping Of M. Tuberculosis Clinical Isolates From New Cases Of Tuberculosis In Kazakhstan

Akhmetova, А.; Akilzhanova, A.; Assatova, B.; Moldakhmetova, N.; Toksanbaeva, B.; Bismilda, V.; Chingissova, L.; Kozhamkulov, U. (Nazarbayev University, 2018-10-18)

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem in Kazakhstan. Despite of that the rates of TB disease and mortality decreased from 58,5/100000 and 4,1/100000 in 2015 to 52,7/100000 and 3,4/100000 in 2016 respectively, ...
Tracking the use of libguides: a content and usage study applying return on investment

Yap, Joseph M. (Nazarbayev University, 2018-10-18)

Introduction Library collections and information products are valuable assets that need to be assessed based on their usage and effectiveness. The services rendered of a library which can be expressed by acquiring numerous ...
The ternary subspace and symmetric part of an operator space

Kaneda, M. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

In 2003, V. I. Paulsen and I denned the ternary subspace of an operator space as the intersection of the space and the adjoint of its quasi-multiplier space. Recently, M. Neal and B. Russo defined the completely symmetric ...
Energy systems modeling of Kazakhstan on a country and regions level

Kerimray, A.; Kolyagin, I.; Suleimenov, B.; De Miglio, R.; Tosato, G.C. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

Climate change, energy safety, energy resources scarcity issues require policies and measures which are based quantitative and qualitative assessment of the whole chain of the energy system starting from extraction to ...
Students' perceptions of the role of their NIS experience in their academic performance at Nazarbayev University

Almukhambetova, A. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

Government support of gifted children in Kazakhstan is based in understanding human capital as a main component of the country's further successful economic development. In 2009, the government of Kazakhstan launched a ...
Intelligent voice system for kazakh

Yessenbayev, Zh.; Karabalayeva, M.; Sharipbayev, A.; Shamayeva, F.; Saparkhojayev, N.; Kalibekov, M.; Yapanel, U. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

The proposed project is dedicated to developing a prototype of an intelligent voice system with an interactive dialog mode in the Kazakh language for call-centers, information desks and dispatching services. Mathematical ...
Pharmacoeconomic analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus by vildagliptin medication in Kazakhstan

Yelekenova, A.; Bektur, C.; Nurgozhin, T. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

This study is aimed to determine cost-effectiveness of vildagliptin in comparison with sitagliptin for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) from the perspective of Ministry of Health of the ...
Development of a systems-level design language

Tyler, B. J. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

This project will result in design tools and technologies that will facilitate the creation of complex, heterogeneous systems that meet requirements. From a more pure-research perspective, this project will also lay the ...
Different strokes for different folks: emerging market MNE'S internationalization PATHS

Subramanian, V.; Celly, N. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

One of the more important trends in global business has been the rapid and widespread internationalization of firms from so-called Emerging Markets. In this paper, we seek to first describe and then theoretically explain ...
On cognitive readiness in construction decision making

Mgbere, C.; Pantouvakis, J. P.; Sadri, S. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

Cognitive readiness (CR) in construction is the mental, emotional and interpersonal skills that relate to the way project teams perceive, remember, think, speak and solve problems. CR compliments the necessary technical ...
Fun with formal methods is more than fun

Shilov, N. V. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

Almost half of a century has passed since Robert W. Floyd published the first research that explicitly discussed formally how to assign meaning to programs. But recently David L. Parnas have called Really Rethinking ...
ALIAS calculus for a simple imperative language

Shilov, N. V. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

This research has been supported by Nazarbayev University Seed Grant KF-14/16 "Research of Formal Models for analysis of programs with Dynamic Memory".
The politics of immigration control in Russia

Schenk, C. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

Despite a visa-free regime among all CIS countries, Russia has become increasingly restrictive in its policies regulating migrants" access to the labor market. In particular, Russia instituted a quota in 2007 that regulates ...
Development of strategic directions for education reforms in Kazakhstan for 2015-2020

Sagintayeva, A. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

This study presents a roadmap report of current developments in the academic system of Kazakhstan. The report puts forward comprehensive reforms for the way the Kazakhstan educational system is developed, organised and ...
Beginning teachers' attrition in secondary schools in Kazakhstan

Rysbekkyzy, G. (Nazarbayev University, 2014)

This study analyzed beginning teachers" drop-out in secondary schools in Kazakhstan. As Heller (2004) reported, 29 percent of beginning teachers leave schools within first three years, and 39 percent of them drop out by ...