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INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN THE FRENCH FINANCIAL JUDICIARY
Authors: Mariański Michał
Published: January 2025

This publication is a part of the study of the French Code des juridictions financières in the field of the institutional aspects of the control of public finances. The main purpose of this publication is not only to describe the specificity of the French legal system in this field but also to focus on the recent changes that were introduced in 2023 by the French legislator. The general control is still exercised by the Court of Auditors (Cour des comptes) and Regional and territorial chambers of audit (Chambres régionales et territoriales des comptes). What is important is the fact that the new financial jurisdiction (Cour d’appel financière) appeared and took his first judgement in January 2024. This new Financial Appeals Court has not yet been analyzed in the doctrine. The methodology used by the author is related to the functional approach of the comparative method, the historical-descriptive and dogmatic method, with particular emphasis on the regulations of French law. This study analyzes the provisions of the French Code des juridictions financières related to the above mentioned new financial jurisdiction (Cour d’appel financière) and presents its place in the whole system – especially in relation to the Court of Auditors (Cour des comptes) and highest Administrative Court (Conseil d’Etat). The analysis of the very important role of the latter court is carried out in relation to its counterparts in Polish law, where the author’s use of a functional approach to the comparative method plays a key role.The present article may also be considered as the first step towards a further in- depth analysis and research, and thus the verification of the thesis on possible application of structures and solutions that were introduced in France by the Polish legislator or any other European country.
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF ARTICLE 54A OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE ACT SIX YEARS AFTER ITS ENTRY INTO FORCE (MEDIATOR’S PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MEDIATION WITH PARTICIPATION OF PUBLIC FINANCE SECTOR UNITS IN DISPUTED CASES OF CIVIL LAW RECEIVABLES)
Authors: Kuklo Marta J.
Published: January 2025

The six-year period of validity of the amended provisions of the Public Finance Act (hereinafter PFA) and the Act on Liability for Violation of Public Finance Discipline (hereinafter ALVPDF), in which the legislator explicitly provided for the possibility of concluding settlements in disputed civil law receivables by public finance sector entities; the constant increase in the number of mediation proceedings in disputes involving public finance sector entities carried by the author; as well as conducted scientific research related to the issue of participation of indicated entities in mediation proceedings in disputes over civil law liabilities, prompted the author to analyze the effectiveness of the above-mentioned provisions. Therefore, the aim of this article is to present a fragment of the conducted research and provide a preliminary assessment of the functioning of article 54a of PFA by presenting the reasons and intentions of the statutory regulation, providing an analysis of its functioning as well as conclusions drawn therefrom.
COMMENTARY TO THE JUDGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF 23 NOVEMBER 2023 IN THE CASE OF WAŁĘSA V POLAND (APPLICATION NO 50849/21)
Authors: Szydzik Aleksandra
Published: January 2025

In the commented judgment of 23 November 2023, issued in the case of "Wałęsa v Poland" (application no. 50849/21), the European Court of Human Rights stated that the extraordinary complaint, which has been functioning in the Polish legal system since 2018, is incompatible with the standards of a fair trial and the principle of legal certainty under Article 6(1) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The author, sharing reservations about the extraordinary complaint brought by the European Court of Human Rights, discusses the fundamental defects of this institution with regard to the broader domestic context and formulates de lege ferenda conclusions. The commentary also indicates that the defectiveness of the extraordinary complaint also manifests itself in other aspects that were overlooked in the commented judgement. For this reason, it is necessary to undertake a deeper, systemic reflection on this legal institution before its possible reform.
FEATURES OF VENTURE FINANCING AND TENDENCIES IN THE VENTURE CAPITAL MARKET
Authors:   Odessa National Maritime University, Hrebennyk Natalia , Terzі Lyudmila ,   Odessa National Maritime University, Kotovenko Iryna ,   Odessa National Maritime University
Published: January 2025

The global market of venture financing has been constantly changing in recent years: record high figures in 2021, and in 2022 they were constantly decreasing. Investment volumes and conditions are changing, new requirements for startups are being put forward, and many new venture funds are appearing.Article purposeis the analysis of trends in the venture capital market, the study of the features of venture financing and the development of proposals for the development of the Ukrainian market taking into account the best international practices.A venture investor is looking for startups or fast-growing innovative companies with a predetermined high level of profitability. The process of venture financing differs from traditional investing. It can be divided into the following stages: startup selection, financing of the selected startup on the basis of participation in the authorized capital; additional mentoring and expert advisory assistance.By October 2022, there will already be more than 1,000 unicorn startups in the world.According to the results of all three quarters of 2022, we expect to see a reduction in the volume of venture financing. At the same time, funding at the angel stage suffered less. The average transaction size on the global venture capital market at the angel stage grew by 17% to 1.8 million US dollars.The functioning of venture capital funds is impossible without the participation of an asset management company. According to official statistics, by the end of 2021, 313 asset management companies were registered in Ukraine, and the volume of their assets has doubled. Over the past 6 years, the number of joint investment institutions has increased to 1,624 units, and the size of their assets amounted to almost UAH 500 billion.
Thyroid Biopsy Specialist Sonographer Program
Authors: Maan Kulsoom
Published: January 2025

The main purpose of this program was to train sonographers to perform ultrasound-guided thyroid biopsies independently under the supervision of a radiologist. This program, designed and led by our lead biopsy radiologist, aimed to reduce wait times and improve the quality of patient care. Four experienced sonographers were selected to proceed with the rigorous thyroid biopsy training under the guidance and supervision of a radiologist. The program was successfully launched in August 2011, with the wait times and adequacy rates recorded until 2016. The program revealed positive outcomes and has been a huge success at our institution.
A Rare Case Study of Microphthalmia with Anophthalmia
Authors: Quin Natasha
Published: January 2025

Ocular malformations represent a wide spectrum of disease, ranging from reduced size or hypoplasia (microphthalmia) to complete ocular absence (anophthalmia). The incidence rate varies between 0.18 and 0.33 per 10,000 live births, with both conditions having complex etiologies, including genetic and environmental factors. Early diagnosis is crucial to provide counselling and intervention and is best achieved with pre-natal ultrasound. Multidisciplinary care, involving geneticists, obstetricians and ophthalmologists, will aim to address visual impairment, developmental delays, and associated syndromes, enhancing patient outcomes.
COMPREHENSIVE PROCESSING OF MINERAL RAW MATERIALS FROM COAL MINE WASTE DUMPS: PROPERTIES, VALUABLE PRODUCTS, AND RESOURCE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Authors: Petlovanyi Mykhailo , Sai Kateryna , Dreshpak Oleksandr , Demydov Maksym
Published: January 2025

Objective. Experimental studies on the chemical and mineralogical composition of coal mine spoil heaps and the potential for processing them to obtain valuable mineral-raw materials. Development of an analytical tool for accounting and forecasting the resource potential of coal mine spoil heaps.

Methods. To achieve the objective, X-ray fluorescence analysis, X-ray phase analysis, granulometric analysis, laboratory studies of mineral raw material enrichment using sieve fractionation and gravity separation, as well as analytical studies of spoil heap resource accounting were employed.

Results. The chemical, mineralogical, and granulometric composition of spoil heaps from a coal mine in the Western Donbas region was investigated, enabling the identification of a processing strategy to obtain a range of products: coal concentrate, crushed stone mixture, sand fraction, and clay fraction. It was established that gravity separation of coarse fractions in a heavy medium created with clay slurry demonstrated high separation efficiency, yielding a significant low-ash coal fraction and a high-ash rock fraction. In contrast, spiral separator processing demonstrated significantly lower low-ash coal recovery. A technological processing scheme for spoil heaps to obtain a complex of valuable products was developed, and forecast indicators were evaluated. A methodological system for accounting the resource potential of a coal mine waste dump has been proposed in the form of an informational database. This system allows for tracking changes in the dumps structure, identifying zones of attractive resource accumulation for economic efficiency of processing operations in the long term.

Scientific novelty. The use of clay suspension from washed spoil heaps to create a heavy medium for the beneficiation of coarse fractions allows for the recovery of up to 95% coal concentrate with 11% ash content, contributing to resource conservation.

Practical significance. A technological scheme for obtaining a range of valuable products for the energy and construction industries has been developed. An analytical tool for resource potential accounting and calendar planning for spoil heap formation has been created, enabling operational identification of resource concentration zones within spoil heaps and their sections.

Keywords: coal mine, spoil heap, valuable resource, chemical composition, mineralogical composition, granulometric composition, gravity separation, resource accounting.
ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE DYNAMICS OF VENTILATION FLOW ON DUST FORMATION DURING THE DESTRUCTION OF MINING ROCKS WITH A HARVESTER
Authors: Cheberiachko Yurii , Khorolskyi Andrii , Lisovytska Iryna , Mamaikin Oleksandr , Bedniuk Oleksandr
Published: January 2025

Purpose. To evaluate the influence of the dynamic characteristics of the ventilation flow on the intensity of dust formation during the destruction of mining rocks by the executive body of the combine, which makes it possible to predict the dustiness of the mine atmosphere in the near-excavation space of the dead-end mine and to develop effective means and measures for dust control.

Methods. Analytical methods are used in the work – to develop a method for calculating the intensity of dust formation, taking into account the peculiarities of the work of combine harvesters with an arrow-shaped working body and the dynamic characteristics of the ventilation flow.

Findings. Calculation schemes for the study of the process of dust generation in the cleaning pit have been developed: a scheme of aerodynamic zones during the movement of the dust-gas-air mixture from the pit space, taking into account its clutter with mining equipment; scheme of aerodynamic zones during the movement of the dust-gas-air mixture from the inflow space of the dead-end production during the stationary process of dust generation and in compliance with the requirements established by the “Safety Rules” regarding the distance of the end of the air duct from the plane of the excavation. The study revealed a significant influence of the dynamic characteristics of the ventilation flow on the transition of dust into a suspended state during the destruction of a rock massif. Based on the analysis of the mechanism of dust generation, an empirical dependence is proposed for the quantitative assessment of the intensity of dust generation, which allows to predict dust generation in dead-end mining and to develop effective measures to combat it.

Originality. A method of calculating the intensity of dust formation during the destruction of a massif of rock by the executive body of the combine has been developed and theoretically substantiated, which differs from existing methods by accounting for the interaction of directed air currents with the flow of reflected mining mass.

Practical implication. The practical significance of the obtained results is that the recommended formula makes it possible to predict the intensity of dust generation for the further development of effective means and measures to combat dust in the near-excavation space of dead-end workings. Proposed means and measures aim to minimize the negative impact of coal dust on the health of mine workers. Such means can be dust extraction units that remove dust directly at the places of its formation, and with its further processing in various dust settling systems (coagulators, inertial chambers, etc.). In addition, you can use systems that bind dust in the centers of its formation (foam dust suppression systems).

Keywords: intensity of dust formation, dynamic characteristics of air flow, reflected mining mass, dust impurities.
ON THE INFLUENCE OF FILTRATION AND MICROPORES ON THE GAS-DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF COAL SEAMS
Authors: Rudniev Yevhen , Popovych Vitalii , Filatieva Elvira , Antoshchenko Mykola
Published: January 2025

Purpose: to establish the closeness of the correlation between the volume of filtration pores of fossil coals for coal seams of the Donetsk and Lviv-Volyn basins with the degree of their metamorphic transformations.

Methodology: the research methodology involves statistical processing by the least squares method of the values of total porosity, micropores and filtration pore volume, and establishing their empirical dependencies on the yield of volatile substances. Comparing indicators of the closeness of correlations between empirical curves and experimentally determined values of pore volumes allows us to establish the stages of formation of different types of pores.

Results: Based on statistical processing, empirical dependences of the indicators of the volume of total porosity, micropores and filtration pores on the degree of metamorphic transformation of coal seams were obtained. Filtration pores, with volumes similar to or equivalent to micropores, were formed at earlier stages of coalification compared to metamorphism. As a result, there are no close correlations between the volume of filtration pores and the output of volatile substances. Approximately equal ratios were established between the average values of the volumes of filtration pores and micropores for the entire set of 776 coal seams. At the same time, the ranges of changes in micropores are significantly narrower than filtration ones, which indicates a purely individual relationship between the volumes of filtration pores and micropores, regardless of the degree of metamorphic transformations of a particular coal seam.

Micropores determine the possibility of methane being in the main sorbed state, while filtration pores determine the possibility of methane being in a free state. The ratio of these forms of methane in coal, to a greater extent, in comparison with the metamorphic transformations of coal seams, is obviously characterized by their tendency to manifest gas-dynamic phenomena.

Scientific novelty: for the first time, based on statistical processing of experimental data, the formation of micropores has been proven, mainly at the stage of metamorphic transformations of coal seams. This is confirmed by the close correlation between the volume of micropores and the release of volatile substances for a set of 776 coal seams. The obtained dependence is characterized by high values of the coefficient of determination and a relatively low root mean square deviation.

Practical value: the research results make it possible to develop proposals for improving the regulatory framework for safe mining operations in terms of predicting the manifestation of hazardous properties of coal seams.

Keywords: pores, volume, coal seams, hazardous properties, metamorphism, forecast, improvement.
JUSTIFICATION OF THE METHOD OF DETERMINING THE DESTRUCTION TIME OF THE ROOF LAYERS OVER THE MANUFACTURED SPACE OF BENCHES TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CRACK RESISTANCE OF ROCKS
Authors: Serhiienko Оlexander , Serhiienko Liana
Published: January 2025

Purpose. Study of the process of destruction and collapse of rocks of the main roof during cleaning operations in difficult mining and geological conditions. Justification of the method of determining the time of roof destruction taking into account the crack resistance of rocks.

Method. The method of laboratory studies of rock fracture toughness; the method of physical modeling of rock mass collapse processes over the created space, analytical studies of the process of layering and destruction of rock mass.

Results. As a result of laboratory experiments, the results of fracture viscosity, specific energy of crack formation for sandstone were obtained. As a result of physical modeling studies, analytical calculations, dependencies were established: the step of the collapse of the main roof, the height of delamination, for each scheme under different technological and geological working conditions, and the time of destruction of the roof layers, taking into account the crack resistance of the rocks. A justified expression for determining the height of delamination taking into account the crack resistance of rocks. A well-founded method of determining the rate and time of destruction of the roof layers above the created space, taking into account the crack resistance of rocks. Reasoned formulas for determining the parameters of primary and periodic collapse of roof layers over the created space, taking into account the crack resistance of rocks in complex mining and geological conditions.

Scientific novelty. For the first time, the dependencies of the main roof collapse step were established for each scheme, under different technological and geological working conditions, taking into account the crack resistance of the rocks. For the first time, the dependence of the height of delamination, taking into account the crack resistance of rocks, was established. For the first time, the dependence of the time of destruction of the roof layers, taking into account the crack resistance of the rocks, was established.

Practical significance. The practical significance lies in forecasting the processes of layering, destruction and collapse of the main roof rocks in the complex mining and geological conditions of working out coal seams. Establishing the time of destruction of the immediate and main roof will allow determining the nature of the destruction of the roof, and will allow adjusting the further management of the roof.

Key words: main roof, crack resistance, fracture toughness, specific energy of crack formation, delamination height, roof collapse step, time of destruction of rock layers of the roof
Peran Keputusan dalam Memediasi Pengaruh Content Marketing Terhadap Kepuasan Konsumen di Mall Roxy Square Jember
Authors: Sari Wulan Suci Kurnia Sari , Ulhaq Annassyafa Laeda , Misbah Agung Saiful , Rusdy Fawwaz Evan Andhika , Utama Hanif Hadinata
Published: January 2025

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh Content Marketing terhadap keputusan pembelian dan kepuasan konsumen di Mall Roxy Square Jember. Dengan memanfaatkan media sosial TikTok, Content Marketing menjadi strategi utama untuk meningkatkan daya tarik dan citra positif mall di kalangan konsumen usia 17–50 tahun. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif melalui wawancara mendalam, dan observasi terhadap konsumen yang telah berbelanja dalam enam bulan terakhir. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa strategi Content Marketing berbasis video di TikTok secara signifikan memengaruhi keputusan konsumen untuk berkunjung dan berbelanja di Mall Roxy Square Jember. Visual yang menarik dan informatif berhasil membangun ekspektasi positif yang kemudian berdampak langsung pada kepuasan konsumen. Respon cepat dan transparan dari pengelola mall terhadap komentar konsumen di media sosial juga memperkuat hubungan kepercayaan. Selain itu, kepuasan konsumen terbukti dipengaruhi oleh kesesuaian antara harapan yang dibangun melalui Content Marketing dan pengalaman nyata mereka saat berbelanja. Kepuasan yang tinggi mendorong keputusan pembelian berulang dan loyalitas pelanggan. Temuan ini menggarisbawahi pentingnya inovasi dan interaksi dalam Content Marketing untuk menciptakan pengalaman berbelanja yang memuaskan. Penelitian ini memberikan rekomendasi untuk terus mengembangkan strategi pemasaran digital sebagai upaya meningkatkan daya tarik dan kepuasan konsumen di Mall Roxy Square Jember.
Paratesticular Rhabdomyosarcoma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances Through a Case Report
Authors: TABOURI Sarah
Published: January 2025

Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma (PRMS), a rare and aggressive urogenital tumor, presents significant challenges. The embryonal subtype is the most frequently encountered. Treatment often requires a multimodality approach, combining surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, to improve patient outcomes. The treatment regimen is based on following principles: local control of the primary site with radical orchiectomy and assessment of local control and distant sites. Further treatment is directed according to disease stage, histology, and age of the patient. The goal of treatment is to achieve cure or maximum tumor control while minimizing toxicity. We report an observation of a paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma in a 16-year-old patient. We discuss diagnostic and therapeutic modalities based on data from the literature. With the changing landscape in the management of paratesticular rhabomyosarcoma, significant improvement is evident in the oncologic outcomes. With advancements in the management of PRMS, significant improvements in oncologic outcomes have been observed. Further progress in genomic testing will enable the personalization of treatment regimens based on individual patient risk factors, ultimately minimizing long-term side effects.
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Central Sterile Supply Technicians, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand
Authors: Chanchai Withaya , Nacglud Ratree , Bunnum Keatkongkrai​ , Promsorn Nureeya , Duangmusik Laddawan , Suwanrat Warunee , Chantasin Wichuda , Thonnan Kritsana
Published: January 2025

Objective: The study aimed to examine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among central sterile supply technicians (CSSTs) in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand, and investigate the risk factors associated with these disorders.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among CSSTs regarding work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Technicians were asked about the presence and severity of disorders throughout the whole body during the sterilization procedure. The survey was distributed to the CSSTs at the central sterilization supply departments (CSSDs) of 32 hospitals in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.Results: The prevalence rate of WMSDs in various bodily regions was assessed among technicians at the time of questioning (88.3%), after one week (65.4%), and after one year (59.2%). Various body parts were reported to have developed Musculoskeletal problems, with the lower back being the most frequently reported (88.8%), followed by the upper back (84.9%), and the ankles/feet (38.5%). These MSDs were influenced by age over 30 years (odds ratio [OR] 3.32, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.59-6.93), work schedule (OR 2.58, 95% CI 1.02-4.96) and the handling of heavy-load equipment (OR 2.56, 95% CI 1.47-10.37) or carts, which significantly increased the risk of developing such illnesses.Conclusion: Many CSSTs from the CSSDs reported WMSDs in various locations on their bodies. Lower back pain was the most common complaint.
Evaluation of the Epidemiological Effectiveness of a Quadrivalent Inactivated Split Influenza Vaccine in the 2023–2024 flu season
Authors: Polibin R. V. , Saltykova T. S. , Pozdnyakov А. А. , Korshunov V. A. , Saltykova A. G. , Briko N. I.
Published: January 2025

Relevance. A distinctive feature of the influenza is the risk of severe complications, including cardiovascular (myocarditis or pericarditis) and nervous (encephalitis, meningoencephalitis and arachnoiditis) systems. Vaccination against influenza can significantly reduce the risk of disease, including complications and deaths.The aim of our study was to evaluate the epidemiological effectiveness of a quadrivalent inactivated split influenza vaccine in the 2023 –2024 season.Materials and methods. The study investigated the effectiveness of the tetravalent inactivated split vaccine Ultrix Quadri®. Vaccination data were collected in the regions of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2024, in which a statistically significant amount of Ultrix Quadri® vaccine was used. The work was carried out using methods of variational statistics. The indicators of relative and attributive risks were evaluated, the Cochrane-Mantel-Hensel approach was applied, taking into account the assessment of heterogeneity of the results, and the effectiveness of the vaccine was evaluated.Results. The study showed that the risk of getting the flu among those vaccinated with Ultrix Quadri® vaccine was 122 (88-170) times lower than in those not vaccinated, which indicates the high epidemiological effectiveness of the vaccine. Cases of influenza among those vaccinated were observed in December 2023 - January 2024, that is, at the beginning of the epidemic season, during the period of the greatest rise in morbidity. At the same time, in absolute terms, their number was minimal. (414 cases out of 9.7 million vaccinated). From February to June 2024, the incidence of influenza among those vaccinated with the studied vaccine (with the exception of isolated cases) was not recorded.Conclusion. The conducted study demonstrated the high real epidemiological effectiveness of the Ultrix Quadri® vaccine during the epidemic season of influenza and ORI 2023/2024.
Peptide and m-RNA Vaccines: Peculiarities of Immunogenicity and Protective Effect
Authors: Stepanova T. F. , Trotsenko O. E. , Bakshtankvskaya I. V. , Bazykina E. A. , Stepanova K. B.
Published: January 2025

Relevance. Pandemic pathogen variants formation is a pressing issue of modern healthcare system thus classic approaches of preventive measures against infectious diseases require revision including implementation of effective, safe, universal and rapid methods of vaccine production.Aim. To conduct analysis of scientific literature concerning peculiarities of m-RNA and peptide vaccines. Search of publications was carried out in PubMed, Google Scholar and e-library databases.Conclusions. In addition to obvious advantages both vaccine platforms have disadvantages. m-RNA vaccines are thermally unstable and need to be stored and transported at temperature not exceeding minus 80 °C which significantly reduces their availability in countries with low income. m-RNA vaccine platform was chosen to manufacture vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in Western countries (USA and Germany) during the COVID-19 pandemic despite the mentioned disadvantage. Most perspective mRNA vaccine prototypes vaccine were designed to combat influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, rabies, malaria, HIV, Ebola virus, Zika virus and cytomegalovirus. Peptide vaccines are undemanding to external factors such as temperature of storage and transportation. On the other hand, they need to be more immunogenic which is achieved by adding various adjuvants. They are also challenging to manufacture due complexity of quaternary structure of protein epitopes of antigens. To date, foreign peptide vaccines against influenza, HIV infection, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, malaria, and leishmaniasis have passed the first and second stages of clinical trials. Both mRNA and peptide vaccines undergo rapid degradation in human body, which prompts scientists to develop new molecular methods for delivering the vaccine matrix to target cells
The Rational Regional Schedule of Preventive Vaccinations
Authors: Feldblum I. V. , Polibin R. V. , Semerikov V. V. , Voldshmidt N. B. , Luchinina S. V.
Published: January 2025

Relevance. The National vaccination schedule (NVS) of the Russian Federation includes 12 infections against 17–18 indicated in the Vaccination Schedules of most EU countries, and requires improvement in terms of expanding the number of infections and contingents subject to immunization, which is reflected in the «Strategy for the development of vaccine prevention of infectious diseases for the period up to 2035» and the roadmap for its implementation. Since the process of entry of new infections and new vaccines into NVS is quite «difficult» and economically costly (development of domestic vaccines, modernization of domestic enterprises, localization of production of foreign vaccines at Russian enterprises, formation of commitment of medical workers and public confidence in new immunobiological medicines), part of the tasks is to ensure public accessibility to vaccine prevention of infections not indicated in the The NVS can be successfully solved within the framework of regional vaccination schedules (RVS).Aims. To propose and interpret the concept of rational regional vaccination schedules, and also to outline the principles of its formation and assessment of the immediate and long-term prospects for the development of regional foundations of vaccination prevention.Results and discussion. RVS is an expanded version of NVS by including additional vaccine-controlled infections, taking into account the epidemic situation and the presence of high-risk groups of infection in the region. In modern conditions, RVS have been developed and are effectively used in a number of subjects of the Russian Federation, such as Moscow, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen Regions, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, etc. The implementation of vaccine prophylaxis in the regions using this tool provides conditions for equal access of children and adults to modern highly effective vaccines, increases public awareness of the benefits and risks of vaccination and the level of population immunity, contributes to improving mechanisms for providing citizens with immunobiological drugs and the formation of epidemic well-being in the region based on a risk-based approach.Conclusions. In accordance with this paradigm, the authors introduce and interpret the concept of an «Rational regional vaccination schedules», define the basic principles of its formation and assess the short- and long-term prospects for the development of the regional foundations of vaccination.
Activation of Minilateral Alliances with the Participation of European Countries and Ukraine in the Context of Russia’s Armed Aggression: Security Dimension
Authors: Astramowicz-Leyk Teresa , Turchyn Yaryna , Ivasechko Olha , Tsebenko Oleh
Published: January 2025

The article is devoted to the analysis of the activities of minilateral alliances, the member states of which are Ukraine and European countries seen through the prism of the security dimension. The definition of minilateralism, the origins of the concept, its strengths and weaknesses are presented. The authors focused on the importance and priorities of mini-alliance cooperation, in particular, the security dimension of Ukraine's cooperation within such alliances as: "The Lublin Triangle", "Associated Trio", "Quadriga", Tripartite Alliance, The Romania-Republic of Moldova-Ukraine Alliance, the Great Britain-Poland-Ukraine Alliance. The criteria of political, economic, military, and sanctions support of Ukraine by the countries-participants of minilateral alliances during the war are presented. The key challenges to the functioning of alliances and promising areas for further cooperation are highlighted. The authors used systemic, institutional, comparative and statistical methods, as well as method of document analysis and case study, to characterize the process of current activation of minilateral alliances within the Ukraine-European countries framework. The research paper summarizes the positive consequences of Ukraine’s minilateral cooperation with European countries, which contribute to overcoming modern security challenges.
Religijne i filozoficzne znaczenie godności człowieka w refleksji Dietricha von Hildebranda
Authors: Barbaszyński Dariusz
Published: January 2025

W artykule autor analizuje problem godności człowieka w myśli Dietricha von Hildebranda – niemieckiego filozofa i teologa. Przede wszystkim zwraca uwagę na religijność Hildebranda, która miała istotny wpływ na jego interpretację wielu zagadnień filozoficznych. Dlatego fenomen ludzkiej godności filozof przedstawia także w kontekście religijnym, pisząc o niej podczas analizy sytuacji metafizycznej, w której człowiek może doświadczyć wymiaru głębi fundamentalnego sensu swojego życia. Hildebrand akcentuje zwłaszcza znaczenie duchowego wymiaru bożej natury, który człowiek odkrywa również w swojej ludzkiej duchowości jako obraz Boga – imago Dei. Znaczenie ludzkiej godności wynika z faktu, że człowiek posiada w swojej istocie warstwę duchową i jest osobą. Tak rozumianą godność nazywa Hildebrand wartością ontologiczną, która, mówiąc ściśle, nie jest wartością moralną, ale dobrem mającym znaczenie etyczne. Myśliciel pisze także o filozoficznym znaczeniu ludzkiej godności. Można powiedzieć, że jest ona konkretyzacją religijnego rozumienia godności. Filozoficzny wymiar godności człowieka realizuje się przede wszystkim w jego zdolności do odkrywania i posiadania wartości moralnych. Ten potencjał, powie Hildebrand, urzeczywistnia się w aktach ludzkiej wolności, która ma znaczenie moralne, gdyż odkrywa przed człowiekiem metafizyczny, transcendentny aspekt jego istoty.
Ecological Restoration, Genetics, Genomics, and Environmental Governance
Authors: Biermann Christine , Havlick David
Published: January 2025

Ecological restoration increasingly relies on genetic tools and technologies to identify distinct populations, monitor populations, and even modify organisms to improve fitness. In this article, we review the role of genetic and genomic technologies in restoration and conservation, using the restoration of cutthroat trout in the Western United States as one example. Reducing restoration and conservation directives to the molecular scale often relies on a view of genes as discrete bits of information that produce controllable and predictable traits. This leads to life-and-death decisions about wildlife populations, even as measures of “pure” genes for organisms are constantly changing. We review the implications of a reductionistic approach centered on genetic composition of organisms and consider the broader relevance of these issues to the future of ecological restoration.
“Growing a Better Future”
Authors: Greenleaf Maron
Published: January 2025

Planting trees is a prominent strategy to address myriad environmental crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss. I approach this form of tree planting as a preeminent practice of environmental restoration in the Anthropocene. I focus on temporality, an approach that counters the dominant understanding of tree planting as something that occurs in a specific moment of time—the moment a tree is planted. Yet, I show through my review of diverse scholarship, tree planting is better understood as involving the many moments surrounding the moment in which a tree is planted. In particular, I focus on how past and future ecologies, humans, and nonhuman species—and how they are understood—influence the restorative tree planting that is reshaping many landscapes around the world. Among those landscapes is postindustrial northern England—a case I use to consider how attention to temporality might shape ethnographic research of restoration.
Discrimination and Biocultural Knowledge in Ecological Restoration
Authors: Boyer Cynthia , Fowler Henry H. , Tzoumis Kelly
Published: January 2025

Restoration ecology has often prioritized Western science, neglecting Indigenous expertise. This article examines the U.S. government's ecological restoration efforts on the Navajo Nation, addressing the impacts of uranium mining. Diné cultural values, grounded in hózhó (harmony and respect for the land), offer a perspective on environmental healing. Historical discrimination, like The Long Walk and boarding schools, illustrates the systemic displacement of the Diné from their ancestral lands, the dinétah. Contemporary restoration strategies, influenced by neocolonialist views, result in inadequate efforts termed ‘wastelanding,’ shaped by racial and poverty biases. Environmental justice issues arise from these insufficient approaches and the restrictive legal frameworks of trust lands, which hinder Indigenous land ownership. The article underscores the necessity of integrating Indigenous self-determination and cultural values into effective ecological restoration.
Response of garden strawberry cultivars to damage by the two-spotted spider mite
Authors: Sharapova I. E. , Smetanina K. T. , Krasilnikova E. V.
Published: January 2025

Garden strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is an important commercial berry crop. Its productivity depends on the adaptive potential of the cultivar and is limited by the degree of exposure to unfavorable abiotic and biotic factors characteristic of a particular climatic zone. The present work studies the resistance of garden strawberry cultivars with diff erent ripening periods to damage by the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch.) when grown under simulated conditions of a climatic chamber. Cultivars were observed to respond differently to simulated extreme growing conditions such as simulate d ground frost, waterlogged soil, or soil moisture defi cit combined with damage from mite spread and exposure. The cultivars Festivalnaya, Solovushka, Solnechnaya Polyanka were the least resistant to the impact of a complex of abiotic and biotic factors. For them, the extent of mite damage was up to 100 %. Moreover, a signifi cant number of dead plants were observed. The Bereginya, Nashe Podmoskovye, and Alpha cultivars are able to adapt to adverse environmental conditions. Also, they are more resistant to damage by the two-spotted spider mite.
Motivations Driving Self-Employment Among Women in Karachi
Authors: Shah Nasreen Aslam
Published: January 2025

The self-employment of women in Karachi is notable, showing their ability to deal with social norms and financial difficulties. Many women seek jobs for themselves, often working in unregulated markets. They use education, family support, and government programs to help them succeed. Government rules and protections are important in creating a supportive setting for women’s self-employment and business ventures. To help women’s economic power and equality, various kinds of support are needed, covering financial, social, and legal areas.
ПРОГНОЗУВАННЯ ПОКАЗНИКІВ РОЗВИТКУ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ МАЛОГО І СЕРЕДНЬОГО БІЗНЕСУ
Authors: ГРИГОРУК Павло , ЗАВГОРОДНЯ Тетяна , ТКАЧЕНКО Іван , КУЗЬ Аріна
Published: January 2025

The article considers issues related to analyzing the activities of small and medium-sized businesses under martial law. It is established that under such conditions, small and medium-sized enterprises occupy a special place in ensuring the functioning of the domestic economy, acting as one of the primary forms of management and contributing to the processes of demonopolization and privatization. Such enterprises contribute to developing innovative activity, ensuring the market's saturation with goods and services, creating jobs, and forming competition in the market. They are one of the primary sources of income generation for the country. Predictive analytics for small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular, identifying trends in the number of such enterprises and the number of people employed in them, is essential in the strategic planning of their activities. It is established that trend extrapolation models are an effective tool for solving such problems. The article analyzes approaches to modeling the activities of small and medium-sized businesses. It showed various forecasting tools, particularly regression models, production functions, trend extrapolation models, etc. For practical application, the study used trend models that estimate the forecast values of indicators under the complex influence of all factors. The article contains an assessment of the development trends of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as the calculation of forecast values for 2024 for the indicators of the number of enterprises and the number of employees at enterprises, according to which their values are expected to increase. The results obtained during the study and the conclusions formed can be used by state administration bodies, particularly the Khmelnytskyi region, as an analytical basis when reviewing the program of socio-economic development.
A Framework for Innovation in Earth Observation Applications for Agriculture
Authors: Ivanovici M. , Marandskiy K. , Olteanu G. , Manea A. , Dogar L.
Published: January 2025

Agriculture is a top priority both for Romania and the European Union. Agriculture can largely benefit from the Earth Observation data freely available from the Sentinel 2 satellites within the context of the Copernicus program. The validation and correlation of satellite measurements with the in-situ measured data are extremely important for the correct exploitation of the remote sensing data. One way to foster satellite and in-situ data is to use Artificial Intelligence models and tools for extracting useful information for farmers and landowners. In this article, we identify the current needs in the agricultural domain as well as various aspects where innovation can occur in the data processing chain. We focus on convolutional neural networks as this type of deep learning model is perfectly suited for the analysis of images.
Warped product pointwise PR-semi-slant immersions in para-Kähler manifolds
Authors: Kumar A. , Sharma A.
Published: January 2025

This study investigates the geometry of warped product pointwise PR-semi- slant immersions M in para-Kahler manifolds M̄2m that naturally englobes the warped product PR and semi-slant immersions. We first derive the non-existence of warped product Mλ ×f MT, and then by presenting a numerical example examine the presence of warped product M such that M = MT ×fMλ in M̄2m. Finally, we derive some characterizations for pointwise PR-semi-slant submanifolds to be locally warped product MT ×f Mλ in terms of shape operator and endomorphisms. The mixed totally geodesic case is also discussed.
Exploiting cellular automata and linear regression to predict disease spread
Authors: Baicoianu A. , Ivan R. , Popa I.
Published: January 2025

The Covid-19 epidemic has significantly impacted the world, highlighting the urgent need to understand and anticipate its mechanisms of spread. This essential knowledge is necessary to plan and conduct an immediate and adequate public health response. This study presents an approach to modeling the spread of Covid-19 using non-uniform cellular automata. The paper extends the application of a previously developed model that uses cellular automata and the SIRD epidemiological model for predicting the evolution of Covid-19. Originally developed for a different context, the model is now adapted to assess the progression of the pandemic in Germany and Italy, considering the potential impact of neighboring countries on the spread of the epidemic. Additionally, this approach expands the prediction model to countries lacking infection data (Switzerland) by using estimated parameters from neighboring countries and randomly initialized parameters for the target country. The study demonstrates the model’s precision in tracking infection rates over time by employing reliable public data sources such as the World Health Organization and existing information from national health websites. The study not only furnishes valuable insights into the regional distribution of the epidemic’s impact but also makes a significant contribution by extending the model’s application beyond the borders of a single country. It introduces a strategy for extrapolating patterns of infection spread across borders, marking it as the first study of its kind with substantial importance in the field.
A new approach to construct basic probability assignment and its applications in data classification
Authors: Kaur M. , Srivastava A.
Published: January 2025

In the present work, we have proposed a classification algorithm that uses Dempster Shafer (D-S) evidence theory since it has emerged as an effective tool in handling data classification problems. As basic probability assignment (BPA) is a pre-requisite for applying D-S theory, how to generate it is a hot issue. This paper proposes a novel method for generating basic probability assignments (BPAs) from training data. Dempster Shafer’s (D-S) rule of Combination is utilized for the unification of these BPAs and finally, classify each data item using these unified BPAs. Testing is carried out using some popular benchmark data sets consisting of three classes. Evaluated results show that the classification accuracy is comparatively high.
Generalization of some inequalities using Lidstone interpolation via diamond integrals
Authors: Bilal M. , Khan K.A. , Nosheen A. , Pecaric J.
Published: January 2025

In present paper, several inequalities involving Csisz´ar divergence are established by utilizing diamond integrals and Lidstone interpolation polynomials. Consequently, new and generalized inequalities are yields. The functions involved in these inequalities are higher order convex functions. Inequalities involving Shannon entropy, Kullback-Leibler discrimination, triangle distance and Jeffrey’s distance, are studied as particular instances with the help of specially chosen convex functions. The main findings are also discussed for some special time scales (both discrete and continuous). Many existing results are also obtained which established the link with existing literature.