• COVID-19: THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE 

  Stitt, Nancy; Crape, Byron; Sarria-Santamera, Antonio (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-11)

  The last talk of our Fall 2020 speaker series will feature Nancy Stitt (RN, BSN, BC-RN; Nursing Professional Development Specialist; Program Director; Department of Nursing Education; Nazarbayev University School of ...
• Design of Aptamer-Functionalized Substrates: Towards Breast Cancer Stem Cell Isolation and Detection 

  Bekmurzayeva, Aliya (Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, 2020-09-25)

  Cancer relapse and metastasis remain one of the main problems in treatment of breast cancer (BC). A small subset from bulk tumor cells, called breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs), is found to be responsible for cancer initiation, ...
• Optimization of Kazakhstan Coals Gasification Process in the Circulating Fluidized Bed Gasification Process 

  Tokmurzin, Diyar (Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, 2020-09-25)

  Coal, coke, and semi-coke are critical feedstock for the production of iron and steel. For over a century coke and semi-coke has been produced from coal using the slow pyrolysis thermal treatment process in fixed bed coke ...
• Multiphase Flow Simulation using Lattice Boltzmann Model incorporating a Crossover Equation of State 

  Kabdenova, Bagdagul (Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, 2020-09-25)

  Multiphase flows are involved in many practical applications such as CO2 injection in porous media initially saturated with brine water, spray combustions, oil and gas, nuclear power plants and other industrial and ...
• Fabrication and Properties of Nickel Nanotubes Synthesized by Template-Assisted Electrochemical Deposition 

  Kalkabay, Gulnar (Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, 2020-09-20)

  One of the important topics today is the controlled synthesis of nanostructured materials, in particular nanotubes (NT) or nanowires, the interest in which is due to the great potential for their use as devices in ...
• Chitosan Composite Cryogel With Polyelectrolyte Complexes for Tissue Regeneration Application 

  Sultankulov, Bolat (Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, 2020-09-28)

  Chitosan has been a successful choice for tissue-engineering applications over the last few decades. Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide with excellent properties for tissue engineering applications, such as biodegradability, ...
• Fact or Fiction: What do People in Kazakhstan Believe About Covid-19? 

  Schenk, Caress (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-11)

  The next talk of our Fall 2020 speaker series will feature Dr. Caress Schenk, (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University), who will discuss “Fact or Fiction: ...
• COVID-19, the Media and Historical Memory 

  Elliott, Bowen (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-10)

  The next talk of our Fall 2020 speaker series will feature Dr. Elliott Bowen, (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Nazarbayev University), who will discuss “COVID-19, the Media, ...
• Decentralized Greedy-Based Algorithm for Smart Energy Management in Plug-in Electric Vehicle Energy Distribution Systems 

  Mehrabi, Abbas; Nunna, H.S.V.S. Kumar; Dadlani, Aresh; Moon, Seungpil; Kim, Kiseon (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-04-14)

  Variations in electricity tariffs arising due to stochastic demand loads on the power grids have stimulated research in finding optimal charging/discharging scheduling solutions for electric vehicles (EVs). Most of the ...
• Euler semigroup, Hardy–Sobolev and Gagliardo–Nirenberg type inequalities on homogeneous groups 

  Ruzhansky, Michael; Suragan, Durvudkhan; Yessirkegenov, Nurgissa (Springer, 2020-06-10)

  In this paper we describe the Euler semigroup {e−tE∗E}t>0 on homogeneous Lie groups, which allows us to obtain various types of the Hardy–Sobolev and Gagliardo–Nirenberg type inequalities for the Euler operator E. Moreover, ...
• Transmission of HIV and HCV within Former Soviet Union Countries 

  Aibekova, Lazzat; Bexeitova, Aizada; Aldabergenova, Arailym; Hortelano, Gonzalo; Ge, Zhangwen; Yi, Feng; Shao, Yiming; DeHovitz, Jack; Vermund, Sten H.; Ali, Syed (Hindawi, 2020-07-15)

  Background. Following the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) in 1991, trans-border mobility increased within the former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. In addition, drug-trafficking and injection drug ...
• Applicability of Hybrid Built-Up Wide Flange Steel Beams 

  Ju, Hyunjin; Lee, Se-Jung; Choi, Sung-Mo; Kim, Jong; Lee, Deuckhang (MDPI, 2020-04-27)

  To accommodate growing demands on either heavy steel structures or unique buildings with irregular configurations, built-up wide-flange steel (BWS) beams are being popularly used in modern steel construction. In current ...
• Augmented Reality for Robotics: A Review 

  Makhataeva, Zhanat; Varol, Huseyin Atakan (MDPI, 2020-04-02)

  Augmented reality (AR) is used to enhance the perception of the real world by integrating virtual objects to an image sequence acquired from various camera technologies. Numerous AR applications in robotics have been ...
• Investigation of High Lift Force Generation of Dragonfly Wing by a Novel Advanced Mode in Hover 

  Su, Xiaohui; Zhang, Kaixuan; Zheng, Juan; Zhao, Yong; Han, Ruiqi; Zhang, Jiantao (MDPI, 2020-04-24)

  In the paper, a novel flapping mode is presented that can generate high lift force by a dragonfly wing in hover. The new mode, named partial advanced mode (PAM), starts pitching earlier than symmetric rotation during the ...
• The Association between Private tutoring and Access to an Elite English-Medium University in Kazakhstan: Voices of Undergraduate Students 

  Abenova, Saule (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, 2020-08-21)

  The issue of equity for access to elite universities has been a major concern in many higher education systems worldwide. There are various admission practices in different countries, but most of them are based on university ...
• Food, Cannibalism, and Anti-Asian Racism in the Era of COVID-19 

  Griffin, Clare (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-09)

  The second talk of our Fall 2020 speaker series will feature Dr. Clare Griffin, (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Nazarbayev University), who will discuss “Food, Cannibalism, ...
• Qualitative Study of a Well-Stirred Isothermal Reaction Model 

  Arcet, Barbara; Dukarić, Maša; Kadyrsizova, Zhibek (MDPI, 2020-06-08)

  We consider a two-dimensional system which is a mathematical model for a temporal evolution of a well-stirred isothermal reaction system. We give sufficient conditions for the existence of purely imaginary eigenvalues of ...
• Impact of COVID-19 Event on the Air Quality in Iran 

  Broomandi, Parya; Karaca, Ferhat; Nikfal, Amirhossein; Jahanbakhshi, Ali; Tamjidi, Mahsa; Kim, Jong Ryeol (Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research, 2020-07-03)

  The first novel coronavirus case was confirmed in Iran in mid-February 2020. This followed by the enforcement of lockdown to tackle this contagious disease. This study aims to examine the potential effects of the COVID-19 ...
• The Role of Experts in the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Limits of Their Epistemic Authority in Democracy 

  Lavazza, Andrea; Farina, Mirko (Frontiers Media, 2020-07-14)

  In the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, medical experts (virologists, epidemiologists, public health scholars, and statisticians alike) have become instrumental in suggesting policies to counteract the spread of coronavirus. Given ...
• Comparative Analysis of Kazakhstani and European Approaches for the Design of Shallow Foundations 

  Shaldykova, Assel; Moon, Sung-Woo; Kim, Jong; Lee, Deuckhang; Ku, Taeseo; Zhussupbekov, Askar (MDPI, 2020-04-23)

  The design of shallow foundations is performed in accordance with different building regulations depending on geotechnical and geological conditions. This paper involves the design calculations applying Kazakhstani and ...

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