bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ESG-Principles as a Tool for Integrated Sustainable Development of Rural Areas
Authors:   Volgograd State University, Kurchenkov Vladimir , Koneva Daria ,   Volgograd State University, Fetisova Olga ,   Volgograd State University
Published: December 2022

The article discusses the possibility of applying ESG principles, popular in the commercial sphere, as a tool for the integrated development of rural areas of the state. The current federal legislation, which regulates the development of rural areas, has been studied. The authors group measures supporting villages, which are currently being provided by all levels of government in the Russian Federation. On the basis of current regulations, modern content of the ESG-principles is disclosed in detail, taking into account the existing theoretical and methodological approaches to their use. The article considers theoretical problems in the field of elaboration of the conceptual apparatus for such ideas as: rural areas, sustainable development of rural areas. As a part of the study, a comprehensive assessment of the current status of rural areas of the state in general and individual regions in particular, was carried out. The possibility of applying ESG principles in the development of rural areas is substantiated, and a model for managing the integrated development of rural areas is proposed, which is a system of interrelated elements of the ESG model and components of sustainable development. The article describes the components of the proposed model of ESGEHprinciples, the advantages of its use. The results of the study can be applied in the development of documents for shortterm, medium-term and long-term planning in the development of rural areas of the Russian Federation, in regions and municipalities. It can be also introduced into the activities of commercial organizations in villages.
On the Development of Planning Methodology During Turbulence
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Molchanov Igor , Molchanova Natalia ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University
Published: December 2022

The purpose of the article is to study the accumulated domestic experience of macroeconomic planning in retrospect, the specifics of its application in the post–Soviet period, to identify advantages and disadvantages, to determine possible vectors of development of the methodology of national planning: its principles, methods, techniques, technologies, logic and options for the implementation of existing scientific and applied developments in the practice of management. The positive aspects are established and the imperfections of the centralized and indicative planning systems used in the Soviet Union and a number of foreign socialist countries are revealed. Conclusions are drawn about the need to preserve the experience of national economic planning accumulated in the Soviet period, in-depth study of its state in the transition to a market economy period, substantiation of probable options (scenarios) of development applied to the current conditions of macroeconomic uncertainty. Based on the study of the evolution of the scientific basis of planning, the problems of drawing up and executing national plans and programs of socio-economic development in modern Russia are analyzed. The accumulated experience of the program-target planning, limitations and prospects of its use are considered in the historical context. The potential opportunities and features of the use of the available strategic planning tools are presented. The necessity of creating a coherent national planning system focused on the implementation of the tasks of ensuring sustainable economic growth is substantiated. Recommendations are formulated aimed at activating the activities of economic agents on the use of principles and methods of planning adapted to market conditions of management and their application in the conditions of transformation of economic relations during the transition to Industry 4.0. Possible directions for further research may be the search for ways to link the strategic plans being developed with the provision of public investments, the systematization of various instruments of economic and financial regulation and the identification of opportunities for their development in accordance with the peculiarities of the organization of the emerging ecosystems of the digitalization period.
Inclusion of the Russian Regions in the National Project “Labor Productivity”. Part 2
Authors:   Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mitrofanova Inna , Yurchenko Karine ,   Volgograd State University
Published: December 2022

The article provides a detailed analysis of the national project “Labor Productivity”, shows its role in achieving the national development goals of the Russian Federation and the target indicators that characterize them. The general provisions of the project are presented, its structure is analyzed, a retrospective analysis of changes over the period of its implementation is carried out. The tasks and socially significant results planned to be achieved through the implementation of the project are considered, the amount of funding is disclosed by years of implementation and in the context of its constituent federal projects, and the role of the federal budget in matters of its financial support is shown. Indicators of cash execution of expenses are studied. The indicators of the socioeconomic development of the Russian Federation used to monitor the achievement of indicators of national and federal projects as part of the implementation of the Federal Plan of Statistical Works are presented. The actual data on the level of their achievement are analyzed on the basis of the Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System data. In addition, the federal projects included in the structure of the project are shown, the implemented activities and the support measures provided are considered in detail; the main activities carried out by the Federal Competence Center are considered. Information is provided on the best practices that contributed to increasing labor productivity and efficiency of enterprises participating in the national project, reducing costs; selected enterprises of the Southern Federal District participating in the project. The authors disclosed the measures provided under the project to support employment, including in connection with the risk of releasing employees due to increased productivity of enterprises, as well as to meet the needs of enterprises for new personnel and retrain workers in relevant areas. Measures aimed at modernizing employment services in order to introduce innovative solutions and improve the efficiency of their work were considered; a brief description of the project management tools used by public authorities in order to achieve the national development goals of the Russian Federation is given. A number of indicators and results were assessed in the context of the regions of the Southern Federal District.
GEOTHERMALCLOUD: MACHINE LEARNING FOR GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE EXPLORATION
Authors: Mudunuru Maruti K. , Vesselinov Velimir V. , Ahmmed Bulbul
Published: December 2022

Geothermal is a renewable energy source that can provide reliable and flexible electricity generation for the world. In the past decade, play fairway analysis (PFA) studies identified that geothermal resources without surface expression (e.g., blind/hidden hydrothermal systems) have vast potential. However, a comprehensive search for these blind systems can be time-consuming, expensive, and resource-intensive, with a low probability of success. Accelerated discovery of these blind resources is needed with growing energy needs and higher chances of exploration success. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) have shown promise in shortening the timeline for this discovery. This paper presents a novel ML-based methodology for geothermal exploration towards PFA applications. Our methodology is provided through our open-source ML framework, GeoThermalCloud https://github.com/SmartTensors/GeoThermalCloud.jl. The GeoThermalCloud uses a series of un-supervised, supervised, and physics-informed ML methods available in SmartTensors AI platform https://github.com/SmartTensors. Through GeoThermalCloud, we can identify hidden patterns in the geothermal field data needed to discover blind systems efficiently. Crucial geothermal signatures often overlooked in traditional PFA are extracted using the GeoThermalCloud and analyzed by the subject matter experts to provide ML-enhanced PFA (ePFA), which is informative for efficient exploration. We applied our ML methodology to various open-source geothermal datasets within the U.S. (some of these are collected by past PFA work). The results provide valuable insights into resource types within those regions. This ML-enhanced workflow makes the GeoThermalCloud attractive for the geothermal community to improve existing datasets and extract valuable information often unnoticed during geothermal exploration.
Mechanical properties of high-ductility concrete at different temperatures
Authors: Li Lingling , Shi Junping , Kou Jialiang , Yan Zijian
Published: December 2022

In this study, the uniaxial compression and splitting tensile properties of high-ductility concrete (HDC) at different temperatures were investigated. The uniaxial compression strength and splitting tensile strength of HDC under standard curing (20 ± 2°C; ≥95% humidity), water curing (15 ± 2°C; 100% humidity) and −20°C curing (−20 ± 2°C, 75–85% humidity) conditions were investigated. The variation of stress–strain response, elastic modulus and peak stress of HDC under uniaxial compression at different temperatures and the evolution of splitting tensile strength and energy were analysed. The results revealed the strength variation mechanism of HDC under different curing conditions. From the test data, the relationships between the uniaxial compressive strength, splitting tensile strength of HDC and splitting tensile energy and the curing temperature were obtained. A constitutive model of the uniaxial compression of HDC under environments of different temperatures was established. With increasing curing temperature, the compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, elastic modulus and energy of HDC specimens increased gradually, while the peak strain decreased gradually. The effect of curing temperature on compressive strength was significantly more pronounced than that on splitting tensile strength.
On word order and non-conservative percentage quantification in Slavic and German
Authors: Gehrke Berit , Wągiel Marcin
Published: December 2022

This paper discusses conservative and non-conservative construals of percentage quantifiers (%Qs), e.g., 50% of the women vs. 50% women, in Slavic and German. Based on data from corpora and cross-linguistic questionnaires, we make the novel empirical generalization that word order plays a crucial role in distinguishing between these two readings, irrespective of whether there is an additional difference between definite vs. bare nominals (German, Bulgarian, Macedonian) or not (the other Slavic languages). Specifically, non-conservative %Qs appear low in the structure, inside the VP, whereas conservative %Qs either appear in their canonical position, depending on their syntactic role as subject or object (German, Bulgarian), or high/VP-externally (the other Slavic languages). We propose that non-conservative %Qs are always interpreted low and combine with the predicate on a par with semantically incorporated nominals and, with intransitves, existential constructions. We argue against previous accounts that ascribe a crucial role to focus for the non-conservative reading to arise, in taking focus to merely be derivative from the requirement of non-conservative %Qs to appear low, paired with a general rule for sentential stress placement.
Book Review: Maria Flood, Moonlight: Screening Black Queer Youth (London and New York: Routledge, 2022)
Authors: Freijo Luis
Published: December 2022

Maria Flood, Moonlight:Screening Black Queer Youth (London and New York: Routledge, 2022), pp.124, ISBN: 9780367151393 (hb), £36.00; ISBN: 9780429055294 (ebook), £13.59.
Book Review: Katherine Whitehurst, Precious: Identity, Adaptation and the African-American Youth Film (London and New York: Routledge, 2022)
Authors: Olson Debbie
Published: December 2022

Katherine Whitehurst, Precious:Identity, Adaptation and the African-American Youth Film (London and NewYork: Routledge, 2022), pp. 124, ISBN 978-1138681859 (hb), £40.69 (e-book),£15.29
DIFFERENTIATION OF PETROPHYSICAL RESERVOIR TYPES OF THE LOWER FAMENNIAN DEPOSIT OF THE TIMAN-PECHORA PROVINCE BY HYDRAULIC FLOW UNITS
Authors:   Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Krivoshchekov S. N. , Shirinkin D. O. ,   Perm National Research Polytechnic University
Published: December 2022

In oil and gas geology, the problem of uncertainty of the distribution of geological characteristics in the inter-well space of the deposit is relevant. In this paper, we propose a technique to clarify the permeability spatial distribution in the deposits of the Vostochno-Lambeyshorskoye field by classifying core material and allocation petrophysical dependences of permeability on porosity for each class separately. The identification of petrophysical types for complex carbonate reservoirs makes it possible to differentiate the void space and more accurately describe the filtration model, where the presence of cracks in the rock body plays an important role in the fluid moving to the bottom of the well. In the course of the work, the core material was classified according to the flow zone indicator parameter in several ways, the best of which was determined using a pairwise comparison of the Student's t-criteria and determination coefficients.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STUDY OF KARST PROCESSES IN URBANIZED AREAS AND GYPSUM PLASTER DEPOSITS
Authors:   Ergach LLC, Khudenkikh K. O. , Kataev V. N. ,   Perm State University
Published: December 2022

Natural and anthropogenic factors leading to the collapse zones formation and methods of studying karst processes for urbanized territories and deposits of gypsum plaster are characterized. Comparative analysis shows that the study of karst processes both in urbanized areas and in deposits of gypsum plaster are similar, but their essence is different for the assessment of the karst hazard. The possibility of applying the results of studying karst processes in urbanized territories to deposits of gypsum plaster and vice versa is considered. Recommended karstological studies at all ages and stages of geological exploration are given.
Kilise Hukukunda Kadınların Manastır Hayatını Düzenleyen Son Papalık Genelgesi ‘Vultum Dei Quarere’ ile Gelen Yenilikler
Authors: KARATOSUN Musa Osman
Published: December 2022

Öz: Bu çalışmanın amacı münzevi yaşamı seçen kadınların manastır hayatına dair kaide ve kuralları birçok açıdan yeniden düzenlemek için Papa Francis tarafından 29 Haziran 2016 tarihinde yayınlanan Vultum Dei Quarere (Vechullah’ı Aramak) isimli bir belge ile gelen yeni düzenlemeleri incelemektir. Bu belgeyle birlikte kadınların manastır hayatını düzenleyen eski genelgelerin hükmü kaldırılmış, bazı yasalar güncellenmiş, yeni yasalar tesis edilmiş ve modern problemlere çözümler getirilmiştir. Bu belgede manastır hayatı ile ilgili hususlar on iki açıdan ele alınarak yeni reformların zemini oluşturulmuştur. Bunlar; eğitim, ibadet, Tanrı’nın sözleri, Evharistiya ve Günah çıkarma, cemaatle birlikte kardeşçe yaşam, özerklik, federasyonlar, kapalı mekân türleri, çalışma, sessizlik, iletişim kanalları ve asketik yaşam başlıkları altında genel hatları belirtilmiş ve ileri yıllarda çıkartılacak bir yönetmelik ile detaylı yasaların geleceği ilan edilmiştir. İki yıl sonra 1 Nisan 2018 tarihinde Cor Orans (Dua Eden Bir Kalp) isimli bir yönetmelik hazırlanmıştır. Bu yönetmelik genel hükümler ve çerçeve yasalar içermesinin yanı sıra özel kanunlarla manastır hayatının birçok alanını düzenleyen oldukça geniş kapsamlı bir belgedir.. Araştırmamızda manastır hayatına intizam getiren diğer papalık dokümanları da mukayeseli bir biçimde incelenmiş ve rahibelerin manastır hayatıyla ilgili Kilise Hukukunun nihai hükümleri önemli başlıklar altında analiz edilmiştir.
EDUCAÇÃO CORPORATIVA A DISTÂNCIA NA ERA DA TRANSFORMAÇÃO DIGITAL
Authors: Maia Marta , Alvarado da Silva Gilmara
Published: December 2022

Este estudo tem o objetivo de verificar o quanto a transformação digital vem impactando o processo de educação corporativa a distância e impulsionando o processo de ensino e aprendizagem no ambiente de trabalho. Por meio de estudo de casos de quatro empresas, esse trabalho buscou verificar como o ambiente de aprendizagem digital e a distância está cada vez mais intrínseco no dia a dia de trabalho, transformando não somente o modelo em que as atividades são desenvolvidas, mas também como se aprende no ambiente corporativo. Uma das principais contribuições identificadas está na forma com que a área de educação corporativa ancora as suas estratégias educacionais tecnológicas alinhadas a estratégia da organização. Foi possível aferir o quanto a evolução tecnológica vem contribuindo para a evolução das ferramentas educacionais e provocando mudança nas metodologias e modelos educacionais que passa a contar com a participação mais ativa daquele que aprende.
LETRAMENTO DIGITAL E O ENSINO A DISTÂNCIA
Authors: Freitas Gomes Sheila , Roberto Cardoso Ferreira Carlos , Garcia Ribeiro Daniel , Guetti Suca Erika , Telles Martins Ramos Simone
Published: December 2022

A Educação a Distância (EaD) é uma modalidade de ensino que apresenta uma crescente participação no ensino superior brasileiro nos últimos anos. Com a ascensão desta modalidade, faz-se necessário pensar em uma formação discente atenta para o uso crítico, criativo e competente dos ambientes virtuais. Neste contexto, o presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar o perfil de letramento digital dos alunos ingressantes da Universidade Virtual de São Paulo. A pesquisa tem caráter qualitativo de cunho exploratório-descritivo. O instrumento de coleta utilizado foi um questionário adaptado do quadro europeu de referência para a competência digital – DIGCOMP. O DIGCOMP é estruturado em: (i) dimensões; (ii) áreas; (iii) competências e; (iv) níveis de proficiência. Estes fatores contribuem para compreender o nível de competência digital que os alunos ingressantes da UNIVESP possuem. Os resultados mostram que o perfil de letramento digital dos estudantes está aquém do ideal. Constatou-se que o perfil de alunos ingressantes não possui, de modo geral, um nível adequado das competências digitais necessárias para e na EaD. Caberá, portanto, à educação superior promover o acesso às tecnologias digitais e a inclusão de medidas que possibilitem o letramento digital de seus estudantes, para que, quiçá, haja alguma equidade nos níveis de competências digitais.
CPMU v1
Authors: Bartholdy Bjorn
Published: December 2022

Mineralising solution for the oral biofilm. From Sissons et al. 1991.
The Impact of Digitalization on Public Administration, Economic Development, and Well-Being in the EU Countries
Authors: Androniceanu Armenia , Georgescu Irina , Sabie Oana Matilda
Published: December 2022

Purpose: Digitalization has been the driving change in creating jobs and increasing economic growth in recent years. However, the digitalization of countries and sectors is uneven. The paper focuses on various factors that have an impact on the economic development and well-being in EU countries. Its purpose is to show the evolution of EU countries in terms of digital transformation and how other indicators, such as e-government, human development index, labour productivity, and economic growth influenced the well-being in EU countries in 2019–2021.Design/methodology/approach: The dataset consists of 15 numerical indicators extracted from Eurostat and World Bank databases. We apply principal component analysis and cluster analysis.Findings and Practical Implications: The main research results show that the first dimension – named the impact of innovation on well-being – is dominated by e-government, the percentage of ICT specialists in total, internet use by individuals, the Human Development Index, the Digitalization Index, the Happiness Indicator, human capital, and the integration of digital technology. The second dimension is characterized by government expenses and productivity. Finally, the third dimension is dominated by the GDP growth rate. 77.67% of the total variance is explained by the first three principal components.Originality: Four clusters have been identified by means of the K-Means clustering algorithm. All four clusters are well determined, with cluster 1 including the three Nordic countries ranking first, followed by cluster 3 of well-developed countries and cluster 4 containing mainly emerging economies.
The Centrality of Prosocial Values in Work Motivation among Public and Private Sector Employees
Authors: Vaidelytė Egle , Morkevičius Vaidas , Butkevičienė Egle , Vries Michiel de
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The paper proposes an alternative measure of the importance of prosocial values in the work motivation of public and private sector employees. Hitherto research measures the importance of values by taking them as autonomous entities or using a factorial design, asking employees whether they adhere to a certain value or not. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a psychological theory on values and motivation, the paper argues that it might be preferred to measure the centrality of prosocial values amidst other job motivators in the value system as a whole to assess the degree of prosocial values’ dominance.Findings: The application of such a measure in a longitudinal and international comparative analysis shows that differences in the centrality of prosocial values make the difference between employees in the public and private sectors much more pronounced than usually found in the relevant literature. This finding does not disappear when the research model includes the nature of the job, individual characteristics, and societal features, such as the GDP per capita and the dominance of individualism over collectivism in society.Significance: This research also shows that differences between employees adhering to intrinsic, extrinsic, and prosocial motivations are relative, as almost all employees – irrespective of where they work – assess values of job security and having an interesting job to be the most important work motivators.
A Literature Review of the Factors Affecting the Compliance Costs of Environmental Regulation and Companies’ Productivity
Authors: Lah Lenart Milan , Kotnik Žiga
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to identify potential factors that influence the relative size of environmental compliance costs through a literature review and propose a conceptual holistic model of the indirect impact of these factors on companies’ productivity levels. In the literature, the connection between costs associated with environmental regulation and companies’ productivity has been thoroughly tested within what is known as the Porter hypothesis, or simply PH.Design/methodology/approach: The paper applies the methods of integrative review of scientific literature and qualitative research with a document study.Findings: The results point to several key findings. First, the identified potential factors can be divided into two main categories, namely internal factors (size, sector, age, environmental awareness, etc.) and external factors (relevance of environmental regulation for businesses, environmental stimulus measures, quality of institutions, etc.). Second, the wide use of compliance costs within the indicators of stringency of environmental regulation suggests that the relative size of environmental compliance costs is likely to affect companies’ productivity.Practical Implications: The identification of factors affecting the size of compliance costs provides valuable insights to policy makers for the implementation of environmental regulation and making it more effective while not being discriminatory in terms of presenting an excessive burden to certain types of companies.Originality/significance: There has been a gap in the literature on environmental regulation compliance costs, as so far no study has comprehensively addressed all the potential factors influencing the relative size of environmental compliance costs for companies.
Improving Budget Transparency to Achieve Effective and Sustainable Governance
Authors: Stanimirović Tatjana
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The sustainable development concept implies the involvement of citizens in the budgetary process. Since the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences have confirmed the importance of citizens’ involvement also in the future, the purpose of the paper is to assess the level of interest in budgetary issues as well as the reasons for budget transparency stagnation as reported for Slovenia by the Open Budget Index (OBI).Design/methodology/approach: The study relies on a combination of desk research and survey carried out among employees directly or indirectly connected to public finance issues in public sector organisations. The statistical analysis is based on 251 fully completed surveys.Findings: The results confirm the lack of political will as the main obstacle to budget transparency and the stagnation reported by the Open Budget Index for the past years, suggesting that the stronger the interest in budget transparency expressed by the respondents, the more likely they see political will as an important barrier.Academic contribution to the field: The findings of the paper contribute to the isolation and potential further development of the factors that influence the transparency of the central budget.Originality: The paper is a pioneer attempt to study central budget transparency in Slovenia, offering results that can be compared to other EU countries
Amalgamation and Local Finance: A Case Study of Ukraine
Authors: Wright Glendal , Slukhai Sergii , Yakymchuk Bohdan
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The article aims to measure the impact of the voluntary amalgamation approach applied in Ukraine in the course of the decentralization reforms undertaken over a period of five years, and assess how much these reforms have been successful in improving the local government fiscal situation. Ukraine began a long-delayed decentralization process in 2015 through amalgamation based on a voluntary approach, with an emphasis on improving the fiscal resources of the amalgamated units. The decentralization reform was based on three pillars: (1) voluntary amalgamation of the territorial units, (2) enhanced financial resources through own source revenues and infrastructure grants, and (3) utilization of inter-municipal cooperation to support improved service delivery.Methodology: A time series of fiscal data from amalgamated territorial communities in selected regions of Ukraine have been analysed to measure the impact of the amalgamation policy on the amalgamated territorial units.Findings: The fiscal improvements anticipated by the amalgamated territorial units have not been demonstrated by the statistical data analysis and no significant improvement in local government finances appears to have been realized through the application of a voluntary merging approach. There have been significant regional and urban/rural variations based on the population segments and access to financial resources.Academic contribution to the field: While there has been considerable research on the impact of merging or amalgamating local governments, there has been very little, if any, on the voluntary approach to amalgamation.The study seeks to address this problem and present evidence of the advantage of utilizing a voluntary over a mandatory approach to amalgamation.Significance: The study provides a unique opportunity to measure the impact of amalgamation process in Ukraine over a five-year period based on the voluntary approach to amalgamation and determine how much this approach and the accompanying policies have been successful in improving the local government fiscal situation.
Enhanced Ductility of High-Strength Ultrafine-Grained Aluminum Alloys at Ambient Temperature (Review)
Authors:   ITMO University, Russia, Sadykov D.I. ,   Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Mavlyutov A.M. ,   Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Orlova T.S. ,   ITMO University, Russia,   Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Published: December 2022

Bulk nanostructured, or ultrafine-grained metals and alloys structured by severe plastic deformation (SPD) methods usually demonstrate high strength and reduced ductility. The poor ductility is a critical issue which limits their practical applications. Significant efforts were made to improve tensile ductility of the SPD-processed metallic materials while keeping sufficiently high strength. In this paper we present a short overview of the developed approaches for simultaneous improvement of the strength and ductility of Al-based alloys with an emphasis on the recent finding and physical reasons of the plasticity enhancement. The main attention is paid to achieving increased ductility of high strength aluminum alloy at room temperature.
METHODOLOGY OF GEOSPATIC RESEARCH MILITARY TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS IN UKRAINE
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Сui Zhibo
Published: December 2022

In the context of studying tourist resources and building an attractive tourist image of the country, such a type of tourism as military will play an important role. Military tourism is tourism at the sites of battles and historical battles for all interested parties, as well as for veterans and relatives of fallen soldiers, visits to existing and historical military facilities and training grounds, combat naval ships, submarines on training grounds and shooting ranges, participation in military exercises and maneuvers, staying at training grounds as spectators – a military tour, these can also include tours to visit military concentration camps and prisons. At the same time, military tourism in Ukraine is not sufficiently developed. As one of the belligerent states in the Second World War and the birthplace of Eastern European culture, Ukraine not only has deep historical and cultural traditions, but also has an atmosphere of modernization as well as its own culture. Ukraine has preserved a large number of Soviet military facilities, weapons and equipment, including extremely unique nuclear facilities, military factories, military sites. to serve not only as a thematic subject of tourism development, but also as an appropriate addition to Ukrainian tourism as a whole. The article examines the concept of “military tourism”, defines the factors affecting the development of military tourism, formulates the goals and principles of the development of military tourism, presents the theoretical foundations of the study of the geospatial organization of military tourism in Ukraine, identifies the directions and problems of the development of military tourism, and gives an assessment of the current level the development of military tourism in Ukraine, the assessment of the impact of tourism on the socio-economic development of the country as a whole, the prospective directions of the development of military tourism were determined, the algorithm for the integration of the regional tourist space into various forms of national tourism was analyzed, and the geographical prerequisites for the distribution of tourist resources for the effective organization of military tourism were also identified. The author substantiates the necessity of developing and applying the concept of military tourism in Ukraine in the region. The purpose of the article is to analyze the problems and prospects for the development of military tourism in Ukraine using the example of monuments of the Second World War. The article uses such general scientific methods of research as analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, and the systematic method, which are based on reliable facts, the collection and analysis of which was carried out using methods based on the observation and study of military tourism activities.
INTRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS IN THE FIELD OF RURAL TOURISM IN UKRAINE
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Kiptenko V. , Okolovych I. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: December 2022

Features of rural tourism are considered within the concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism development. Possibilities of assessing the degree of implementation of aspects of sustainability at the level of the tourism process participants are highlighted. The monitoring of the state of achievement of the goals of sustainable tourism development is platformed by the survey of owners of rural hospitable estates in Ukraine – members of the NGO “Union for Promotion of Rural Green Tourism Development in Ukraine”, providing for the initial assessment of the implementation of aspects of sustainable development in the field of rural tourism in Ukraine. The latter allowed us to identify the main sociodemographic indicators of the owners of rural hospitable estates in Ukraine and their farmsteads. The analysis of the level of estate owners’ acknowledgment of the concept and goals of sustainable development, the study of the nature of the use of hired labor by the owners of rural hospitable estates, the level of implementation of aspects of environmental friendliness and responsible consumption serve to reveal the state, opportunities, and prospects of cooperation of rural hospitable estates with other participants of the tourist process. It was found that the owners of estates not only have a common understanding of the concept of sustainability and its relevance but also actively endeavor to implement certain aspects of sustainability in the provision of rural tourism services. Highlighted criteria for sustainability of rural hospitality services – economic (profitability, demand, stable tourist flows, expansion of activities, etc.), sociocultural (cooperation and partnership, cluster interaction, preservation of local traditions, opportunities for learning and personal development, etc.) and environmental (waste management, responsible consumption of resources, etc.). The current needs and mechanisms of further acquaintance of the owners of rural hospitable estates with the issues of sustainable development are determined. Identified ways to ensure more sustainable activities for the provision of rural tourism services at different levels – the level of rural hospitable estate, community level and state level as elements of a complex, continuous and multifaceted process.
CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN-GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE COMPLEX OF CHILDREN’S TOURISM (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE СECT CLUSTER OF UKRAINE)
Authors:   National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Dolhova K.
Published: December 2022

Nowadays it is extremely important to consider children’s tourism through its various types, including resort and health-improving, cognitive-event children’s tourism (CECT). The last one could be the basis for the knowledge development about the history of Ukraine, the popularization of our state traditions and customs, and nurturing of the values of the Ukrainian people among children. The important role of the interdisciplinary toolkit, in particular in the study of geospatial processes and relationships, ensures the effectiveness of research on the geospatial organization of children’s tourism and its various types in particular, the functioning, problems and prospects of children’s tourism at national, regional and local levels, which is especially important in the context of social transformation, including decentralization, as well as against the background of the current situation in Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to determine the conceptual foundations of the human-geographical study of the complex of children’s tourism, and the main tasks – to outline the typical functional-component and territorial-cluster structures of the CECT cluster based on the Ukrainian experience of organizing specialized tourist services for young tourists. The research methodology includes the use of methods of content-analysis of relevant foreign and Ukrainian publications, comparison, systematization, generalization, graphical and comparative-geographical methods, cluster approach and statistical analysis of factual information from open sources. The place of the CECT cluster in the complex of children’s tourism structure is substantiated. The conceptual provisions of the study of the complex of children’s tourism have been improved by defining the typical functional-component structure of the CECT cluster, which includes the interaction of customers (commissioners) of relevant tourism services, primary tourism enterprises and related secondary, tertiary, as well as management, educational, research establishments, organizations and institutions, based on direct and inverse, information, operational and management links, that is providing the formation of cognitive-event specialization tourist product for young tourists. The typical territorial-cluster structure of the functional children’s tourism cluster as substantiates territorial clusters on national (NTC), trans-regional (TRTC), regional (RTC) and local (L TC, LTSC) taxonomic levels is proposed, which are based on organizational and managerial links, similar natural and socio-geographical conditions of the relevant tourist and recreational areas, as well as on the basis of analysis of the intensity of vertical and horizontal human- geographical links that arise between the subjects of the functional cluster. Besides, examples of the functional CECT cluster of Ukraine are given.
RESTORATION OF DEGRADED URBAN WETLANDS (BY THE CASE OF SOVSKI PONDS IN KYIV)
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Shyshchenko P. , Havrylenko O. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Tsyhanok Ye. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Munich N. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: December 2022

The article is devoted to the problem of the preservation of urban wetlands as the most vulnerable valuable ecosystems in the conditions of rapid urbanization, which need to be protected. It researches the current state of the Sovky tract (and the lower cas­cade wetlands of the Sovski Ponds located within it) in the center of Kyiv. Despite the strong urban influence, the rich floristic and faunal diversity of the studied area has been revealed. The value of urban wetlands for Kyiv is determined by the vital ecosystem services provided to the local community. Such services include, first of all, regulation of the microclimate, moisture and nutrients distribution in the soil, habitats preservation for the rare species of animals and plants, regulation of the groundwater levels, pollution filtration, waste adsorption, oxygen produc­tion and carbon dioxide absorption, water quality improvement, mitigation of the climate change consequences, creation of the favourable conditions for recreation, etc. As a result of field surveys of the Sovky tract, the complete decline of the territory and the degradation of valuable wetlands have been indicated. We have investigated the main geoecological conflicts caused by littering of the territory with household and construction waste, persistent pollution of the water bodies caused by untreated sewage due to unauthorized intrusions of resi­dents into the household sewers, chemical and noise pollution from the road infrastructure, grass burning in spring, etc. The spatial localisation of all conflicts within the Sovky tract is shown on the relevant map. The negative consequences of the long-term unresolved conflicts for the functioning of the wetlands and the quality of the ecosystem services they provide have been identified. Given the perspective of development in the study area of the ecopark and a fairly general idea of the essence of this concept, we proposed to include wetlands of Sovky tract in the Nature Reserve Fund of Kyiv. According to the current legislation, this area meets all the criteria of the category “Regional Landscape Park” (RLP).The main purpose of preserving the unique urban wetlands is the protection of rare species of plants and animals and their natural habitats, which is possible only in the conditions provided for in the RLP reserved zone. In addition, granting the official status of a protected area will make it impossible to build and litter within unique urban wetlands in the future.
TFCGAN: Nonstationary Ground-Motion Simulation in the Time–Frequency Domain Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (CGAN) and Phase Retrieval Methods
Authors: Esfahani Reza D. D. , Cotton Fabrice , Ohrnberger Matthias , Scherbaum Frank
Published: December 2022

Despite the exponential growth of the amount of ground-motion data, ground-motion records are not always available for all distances, magnitudes, and site conditions cases. Given the importance of using time histories for earthquake engineering (e.g., nonlinear dynamic analysis), simulations of time histories are therefore required. In this study, we present a model for simulating nonstationary ground-motion recordings, which combines a conditional generative adversarial network to predict the amplitude part of the time–frequency representation (TFR) of ground-motion recordings and a phase retrieval method. This model simulates the amplitude and frequency contents of ground-motion data in the TFR as a function of earthquake moment magnitude, source to site distance, site average shear-wave velocity, and a random vector called a latent space. After generating the phaseless amplitude of the TFR, the phase of the TFR is estimated by minimizing all differences between the observed and reconstructed spectrograms. The simulated accelerograms produced by the proposed method show similar characteristics to conventional ground-motion models in terms of their mean values and standard deviations for peak ground accelerations and Fourier amplitude spectral values.
A Qualitative Case Study on Welfare Services for Vulnerable Classes in Public Hospitals: Focusing on the Seoul-type Citizen Empathy Emergency Room at Boramae Hospital
Authors:   Research Institute For Life And Culture Sogang University, Kang Sangjun , Yang Hyejeong , SHIN JONG HWAN
Published: December 2022

This study explored the practical experience of the integrated health and medical welfare service program for the underprivileged in a public hospital called the Seoul-type Citizen Empathy Emergency Room. The Seoul-type Citizen Empathy Emergency Room project is meaningful in that it legally, institutionally, and practically prepared the discovery of the medically vulnerable and the establishment of a support system. Topics derived from specific research results include establishing a health and medical welfare cooperative system to expand the social safety net, discovering socially vulnerable groups and diversifying support routes, and strengthening medical publicity for stabilization and expansion of the Citizen Empathy Emergency Room project. The policy recommendations presented based on the research results require the expansion of the Citizen Empathy Emergency Room project, which is operated on a pilot basis in only five hospitals in Seoul, and it is necessary to provide sufficient human resources and build infrastructure. In addition, cooperation, linkage, and policy efforts are needed to establish an integrated social safety net for continuous health and medical welfare and to secure the public nature of medical care.
A Simulation Study to Suggest an Emergency Exits in Mosul’s Mosques in Case of Emergency
Authors: Alfakhry Ahmed A. , Yahya Luma Mohammad
Published: December 2022

Nearly every mosque in Mosul has one or two gates that are essentially arranged on one wall opposing the Qibla wall. The worshipers would be unable to flee if an explosion or arson at the wall of those gates causes the gates to close, either from the inside or the outside. As a result, evacuation would be challenging or impossible. International architectural codes do not contain any specific requirements for fire safety precautions in mosques. However, the mosque prayer hall is essentially an assembly hall that frequently hosts huge crowds of attendees during prayer times. International building regulations stipulate that these assembly buildings must have multiple emergency exits. This study clarifies the issue and offers solutions by designing alterative emergency exits on the side walls or the Qibla wall, which would allow worshipers to leave the mosque prayer hall in an emergency while still meeting the time requirements established by well-known international codes, as well as the standards for fire safety precautions and means of escape. The simulation was realized on the software tool called Pathfinder.
Modeling of the Assessment System of the Main Risks of Investing in Engineering Enterprises in the Conditions of the Development of the Knowledge Economy
Authors: Panchenko Vladimir , Rushchyshyn Mariia , Nemchenko Tetiana , Shtets Tetiana , Kalinin Andrii
Published: December 2022

The main purpose of the study is to form a theoretical and methodological model for assessing the risks of investing in engineering enterprises in the context of the development of the knowledge economy. To achieve this purpose, it was necessary to apply the modeling methodology through the use of elements of functional processes that are aimed at achieving the goals and objectives. The relevance of the research topic is given by the fact that today engineering enterprises are extremely sensitive to changes in the operating environment and require a high level of investment. According to the results of the study, we have formed a theoretical and methodological decomposition of a two-variant type of modeling of both external (those that do not directly relate to the enterprise but come from outside) and internal risks (those that arise within the enterprise). The study has limitations and, first of all, they relate to the narrow level of the practical application of the model. Its current state implies a theoretical presentation of the possibilities of informing investors about the state of external and internal risks in the activities of engineering enterprises. Further research will include expanding the modeling process and tasks.
GUI Implementation of Modified and Secure Image Steganography Using Least Significant Bit Substitution
Authors: Yalla Surya Prakash , Uriti Archana , Sethy Abhisek
Published: December 2022

Due to swift improvement of information innovation in recent times, providing security to data has become major concern and threat to Information Privacy has become inevitable. Data Hiding technology is an efficient way to solve the problems of data leakage and loss of information. Data hiding called steganography is a security method to provide security to secret data which is transferred from sender to receiver from harmful attacks. Steganography is an interaction of concealing a mysterious message inside a cover object which is not secret. There are many cover media like images, audio, video, text files etc. There are many ways to approach steganography like spatial domain, transformation domain, masking and filtering. This technique is helpful because the human eye is quite insensitive to the minute changes that help the embedded data stay safe and secure. The main motive of steganography is to get high stego image quality, low computational complexity, more embedding capability, visually unnoticeable, invisibility, and improved security. A capable steganographic technique must be resistant to any steganalysis approach the secret data is prone to. In this proposed system, implement the GUI implementation image steganography in spatial domain using Least Significant Bit (LSB) where the modified high capacity cover image undergoes the Discrete Wavelet Transformation (DWT) and propose an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) secret key stego system such that the data is secure. The distortion between the two images in identified with the help of MSE and Histogram analysis.