An overview of environmental issues in Central Asia / Jiaguo Qi and Rashid Kulmatov -- Modern problems in using, protecting, and managing water and land resources of the Aral Sea basin / Rashid Kulmatov -- Using satellite remote sensing to study and monitor the Aral Sea and adjacent zone /...

This paper examines the role of the sociocultural background of students as measured by both religious denomination and political attitudes towards gender equality and science-related issues in their home environment for choosing STEM fields in university. Our empirical estimates are based on a...