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M Popov

Publications and source records attributed to M Popov.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources
PubMed1983

[Intensification and effectiveness of scientific research in hygiene (several problems of information supply)].

The nature of the concept "intensification" and the notions effect and effectiveness, associated with it are discussed. The nature of the separate kinds effect, obtained in hygienic science are determined - primary (health) and secondary (derivative). Effectiveness is determined on that base - as juxtaposition of the kinds of effects obtained with the resources spent in the field of hygienic science. Studies were carried out on the increased intensity of utilization of information resources as factor for the improvement of effectiveness in hygienic science. The place and role of information - retrieval systems are determined. Numerous concrete information systems are discussed as well as some of the factors in the evaluation of their effectiveness.

Bulgaria↗
PubMed1979

[New materials on the history of veterinary medicine in Bulgaria].

Several tens of ritual plates are preserved in Bulgaria on which elements of glorification are found of god Mithras who gained popularity particularly in the 1st-IIIrd century in the regions of Thrace and today's North Bulgaria, then provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire. Mithras seemed to be respected by slaves, soldiers, and merchants alike, but was also an exemplar to the Roman emperors, being considered by them as Sol invictus or Deo invicto. The central scene in all plates is that of Mithras tauroctonus (Mithras, the killer of bulls). This scene is likewise of interest to veterinarians as it shows that in such early epoch the people that lived within the territory of Bulgaria of today used a method for the felling of large animals, the elements of which--fixing the head and bending it backwards, fastening the thorax with a belt or another loop, loading the animal's back--are still existing and are used in a number of modern methods of felling (that of Hess, the Caucasian way of felling, the Chinese one of Dou-Chan-Than, etc.) Besides, the people of ancient time knew that ruminants have an incomplete upper dentition. They skilfully employed this to bring animals that had to be felled into an unusual nonphysiologic posture. Not sooner than 16 centuries prior to the preformists (the spermists) they supported the concept that the testes were the source of life.

Bulgaria↗
PubMed1976

[Félix Kánitz on animal husbandry in northern Bulgaria and the Stara Planina at the end of the Turkish occupation].

The Hungarian geographer, archaeologist, and ethnographer Kánitz Félix, great friend and admirer of the Bulgarian people has left valuable and comprehensive information about North Bulgaria and the Balkan Mountain by the end of the Ottoman oppression in his work La Bulgarie Danubienne et le Balkan (1882). The book contains also valuable references concerning the animal breeding activities within the 1860-1880 period in this part of the world. In the mountainous region in Bulgaria sheep- and goat-breeding were well developed, and this accounted to a large extent for the destruction of forests. Numerous and large flocks of sheep were raised in Dobrouja, a portion of which belonged to the famous shepherds of the town of Kotel. During the winter season a great number of flocks from Transylvania were also kept in this region. The breeding of sheep was the main source of meat supply both for North Bulgaria and the Balkan Mount region and for the markets of the Ottoman Empire. It also yielded a total of 120,000 okas of wool (78 okas = 100 kg) annually to meet the needs of the Empire manufacture as centered at that time in the town of Sliven for the production of textiles for the army. The raising of cattle was also prosperous during the same time. On the other hand, stock breeding was unfavourably influenced by heavy taxing in the form of both cash payment and remuneration in kind, by requisitioning (especially in war time) and the endless thefts and robberies done by tatars and cherkesses that had moved to this country from Caucasus. This exploitation concerned equally Bulgarian and Turkish animal breeders.

Animal Husbandry↗
PubMed1970

[Not Available].

Following a brief historical review of the populations inhabiting the Bulgarian lands, the archaeological documents, related to the rearing of children, are discussed. The various objects discovered date back mainly to the time of the slavesystem period. Some of the dishes for feeding children are also described (such as gutus, strainders, pots), clothing and ornaments, toys (ponny-carts, terracota-animals) and other objects found in children's tombs. Finally, a report is made on the special workshops, established throughout the country, for the manufacturing of toys for children.

Archaeology↗