bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Obesity on the State of Platelet-plasma Hemostasis in Patients with Essential Hypertension in Combination with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Authors: В. З. Нетяженко  , Н. М. Баженова
Published: December 2020

Obesity, being one of the main modified risk factors for the development of pathology of the cardiovascular system, determines its rapid progression, more severe course and a high incidence of complications. With the prevalence of obesity, the incidence of hypertension (HT), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and, as a result, cardiovascular events increases.The objective: To increase the efficiency of early diagnosis of thrombophilic changes in the blood in patients with essential hypertension and concomitant obesity, combined with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the clinical base of the Department of Propedeutics of Internal Medicine No. 1 of the Bogomolets National Medical University in Kiev Clinical Hospital on railway transport No. 2 Branch «Center for Health Protection» of PJSC «Ukrainian Railway». 152 patients were examined: 72 men and 80 women. The patients were divided into groups: Group I – patients with stage II hypertension without signs of liver damage (46 people); Group II – patients with NAFLD without HT (54 people); Group III – patients with stage II HD with NAFLD (52 people).Results. In the group of NAFLD patients without concomitant hypertension, the effect of obesity was observed both on the platelet count and on their mean volume. The platelet count was significantly higher in the presence of obesity – it was 16 % (<0.05) more, the MPV levels were also higher in NAFLD patients with a BMI ≥30 kg/m2 – by 2 % (p<0,05). The degree of adrenaline-induced aggregation was significantly increased only in obese patients –– by 40 % (p<0.001) compared with controls, and by 18 % with non-obese patients. During the exitox test in the NAFLD group in the obesity subgroup, a 9.5 % shortening of the clot formation time was revealed (p<0.05). In the group of combined course of NAFLD and HT II stage the division of patients by BMI made it possible to reveal the depression of anticoagulant activity of antithrombin III was less by 10.5 % (p<0.01), and protein C by 23.2 % (p<0.001) in obese patients.Conclusion. Addition of obesity to hypertension and to the comorbid course of hypertension with NAFLD increased the thrombogenic activity of the blood, affecting various stages of hemostasis. However, the indicators of platelet-plasma hemostasis in patients with independent NAFLD did not actually differ from patients with obesity and BM I<30 kg/m2, which indicates similar pathophysiological mechanisms of prothrombotic changes in obesity and NAFLD.
Mitral Valve Prolapse in Young and Middle-aged Patients with Hypertension
Authors: С. М. Коваль  , М. Ю. Пенькова  , О. І. Циганков  , О. М. Литвинова
Published: December 2020

One of the risk factors that plays an important role in the pathogenesis but is insufficiently studied in the development and progression of hypertension (AH) is the presence of connective tissue dysplasia (СTD). CTD are genetically determined conditions characterized by defects in fibrous structures and the main substance of connective tissue (CT), which lead to disruption of the formation of organs and systems, have a progressive course and determine the features of the associated pathology.The objective: study of the frequency and severity of mitral valve prolapse in patients with hypertension.Materials and methods. We examined 153 patients with primary hypertension I–II stage 1 – 3 degrees (90 men and 63 women) aged 22 to 45 years.Results. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) was detected in 32 % of patients with hypertension (grade 1 MVP – in 21 % of patients and grade 2 – in 11 %, respectively. The frequency of MVP in stage I hypertension was established than in stage II. MVP with mitral regurgitation of 1–2 degrees was higher in hypertension of stage II in comparison with AH of stage I. MVP of 1 degree was most often associated with increased variability of systolic blood pressure (SBP), and MVP of 2 degree – with increased SBP load and type of daily profile «non-dipper» BP was characterized by a higher incidence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and supraventricular arrhythmias than in patients without MVP, with an increase in the concentration of free oxyproline in the blood in patients with grade 1 hypertension and total oxyproline – in patients with hypertension with MVP 2 degree.Conclusions. It was found that 32 % of patients with hypertension of young and middle age have MVP 1–2 degrees. An increase in the frequency of MVP in general (1 and 2 degrees) in patients with stage I hypertension, compared with patients with stage II hypertension, as well as the frequency of stage 1 MVP in patients with stage I hypertension compared with patients with stage II hypertension. At the same time, the frequency of MVP 2 degree and MVP with MR 1–2 degree was higher in patients with stage II hypertension compared with stage I hypertension. Patients with hypertension with MVP were characterized by a higher frequency of LVH and the occurrence of supraventricular arrhythmias than for patients without MVP. There was a significant increase in blood levels of free oxyproline in the group of patients with hypertension with MVP 1 degree compared with patients with MVP 2 degree and a significant increase in blood levels of total oxyproline in patients with MVP 2 degree compared with patients with MVP 1 degree.
COOPERATION OF AGRIBUSINESS COMPANIES OF UKRAINE AND THE USA IN THE CONTEXT OF PROCESS MANAGEMENT
Authors: Yershova Olena O. , Goncharenko Iryna M.
Published: December 2020

The national agricultural potential is driven by its current state and agricultural structure development. To date, Ukraine is a leader among the major suppliers of agri-food products to the European Union. However, domestic agriculture sector is still facing a critical need for effective reforms, including its organizational structure, where the key element is the creation of transparent procurement and distribution infrastructure through implementation of the cooperatives paradigm and their further integration with trade as well as processing and food industry enterprises. So far globally, the idea of cooperation has long been translated in a clear economic and legal framework which effectively operates as association of small and medium-sized producers through the creation of individual affluent agricultural business entities – the cooperatives. The United States of America demonstrates best practices in their successful creation and functioning. Given the particularly strong large scale international partnership relations between Ukraine and the US in a number of  economic and social areas, including assistance in boosting cooperative movement, an emphasis is put towards the need to provide insights and suggest a rationale for further development of cooperatives in Ukraine along with enhancing the process management effectiveness based on successful good practice and advancements in the US agribusiness that underpinned the research agenda of this article.  The research findings have revealed that the cooperation of the Ukrainian agriculture enterprises leaves much room for improvement. The number of newly created cooperatives demonstrates slow dynamics; the legislative framework lacks consistency and is inadequate to address the burning issues. The study has identified the key barriers that hamper further development of domestic agricultural cooperation along with discussing the benefits, best practices of implementation, types and specific features of the cooperative form of doing business in the USA. Major challenges in the domestic agricultural cooperation development at macro- and microlevels have been observed and evaluated together with suggesting actions to tackle them. In particular, pathways to enhance the performance of agricultural cooperatives through the transition to more effective process management are proposed.
ДЕТЕРМІНАНТИ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ МОТИВАЦІЙНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ ЕКОНОМІЧНОЮ БЕЗПЕКОЮ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ В УМОВАХ СТІЙКОГО РОЗВИТКУ
Authors: Ковальчук Альона Миколаївна
Published: December 2020

It is argued that sustainable enterprise development implies a high degree of security assurance. Conventionally, economic security management is a core subsystem in the overall enterprise management framework. However, in a dynamic environment, such a system needs to be improved and updated to meet the current realia. Thus, the relevance to shape the determinants of enterprise economic security management arises from the awareness that the system needs to be improved. From this perspective, motivational management can become a driver in ensuring economic security. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive research on the key determinants that affect motivational management issues of enterprise economic security in the context of sustainable development. The research has employed the following scientific methods: analysis and generalization of theoretical approaches to interpreting the content of ‘enterprise economic security’ and ‘economic security management’ concepts; a graphical method to present the economic phenomena development factors as well as grouping and identifying the key determinants of  motivational management in ensuring enterprise economic security. The study discusses the basic approaches to understanding the nature of enterprise economic security and building the economic security management framework. The findings reveal the principles, rationale and factors behind the paradigm of enterprise economic security motivational management along with presenting the fundamental determinants of business development in the context of motivational management of enterprise economic security. The in-depth analysis of the internal and external environment, underlying causes and factors as determinants of motivational management of economic security bears evidence of their interrelationship.  As implications for further research, implementation of selected determinants will contribute to providing insights into basic enterprise economic security management processes.
Dual career (profession and sport) in academic system - a premise for the existence a regular university football championship in Romania
Authors:   University of Oradea, 1 University st., 410087 Oradea, Bihor, Romania, ILIEȘ Alexandru , BUHAȘ Sorin Dacian ,   University of Oradea, 1 University st., 410087 Oradea, Bihor, Romania
Published: December 2020

University football has tradition in the Romanian political context. The first teams that made history in amateur and later professional football were founded in the early twentieth century by students who returned to the country after completing their studies abroad. Through this study, based on the experience in already traditional championships such as the British one, we propose a strategy for implementing such a dual system based on professional development and sports in the Romanian academic environment. The existence of 93 public and private universities (in 2020)2 with own specific infrastructure, 22 university centers and about 0.4 million students provide a "fertile ground" for such approach, for competitions with male and female teams. Through specific methods in the field of territorial planning and geography this study presents: the competitive design, the implementation strategy, human resources, infrastructure, spatial models with systemic functionality, etc. Sport in general and football in particular have proven to be the most effective ambassadors of a community, nation or institution etc.
Shipwreck Cargoes in the Balearic Islands: the Hellenistic Reliefware as Indicator of Maritime Trades in the Western Mediterranean.
Authors: Puppo Paola
Published: December 2020

The wreck of St. Jordi (near the island of Majorca in the Balearic Islands) documents in the hold the presence of a bowl signed by the potter Lapius, active in central Italy in the II century BC. The wreck of St Jordi, left from a port of the Ionian (Pergamo, Rhodes?), can have stopped in the port of Ostia, depositing rhodian wine amphorae and loading black gloss ware, and other materials, in addition to Italo - Megarian ware, directed to the Iberian Peninsula. In his cabotage, the ship should have coasted the Balearic Islands, and then from Ebusus (Ibiza) to the port of Cartagena in which to download the content of the cargo hold. But the journey of the ship has been arrested in front of Majorca after a terrible storm that has wrecked the ship with its cargo before being able to arrive in the harbor. Another maritime itinerary could have been from the emporion of Delos with a stop in a port of Apulian, through the strait of Messina, and then to reach the port of Ostia, from where to leave again crossing the channel north Sardinian near the Spargi island and then to head towards the Balearic Islands, transporting, among other goods, Hellenistic relief ware of Ephesian production (from the Monogram workshop), as prove the megarian ware found in the Cales Coves in Menorca and the four bowls in the graves of the necropolis of Puig des Molins in Ibiza.
About Earthly, Water and Underwater Meetings of The Phoenicians and the Greeks. Mythological and Religious Ways of Transmission in The Eastern Mediterranean
Authors: Ulanowski Krzysztof
Published: December 2020

The meeting of people and cultures in the Mediterranean is as old as the art of shipping. Especially the Minoans (let me call them pre-Greeks), their successors the Greeks themselves, the Phoenicians but also the Egyptians and the Assyrians have traveled, traded, and fought frequently for centuries. Especially the Cypro-Minoan and the Cypro-Mycenaean relations are well documented and the area around the Greek Islands and Cyprus is full of traces of the old glory that now is represented in the shape of shipwrecks and their lost cargo.
In my article, I focus on the artistic representation of ships and navigation in the Near Eastern and Greek material sources. However, of great interest to mine is not only strictly artistic representation but also their hidden meanings like the apotropaic function of these vessels.
The second part, even more important, is about the transmission of mythological and religious motives. I decided to present only two motives; fight and conquest which were very popular in the art and mythologies of the Geometric and Archaic Periods. A good example is a fragment of a Greek pot found on the site of the Pointe Lequin 1A wreck which (probably) represents the fight between Theseus and the Minotaur. I found its Eastern counterparts or rather forerunners and explain the meaning of these motives and symbols. I focused also on the representation of the mythological depiction of Gorgon and lion which surprisingly caught the attention of the Greek audience.
Comparative Analysis on Deep Learning based Pan-sharpening of Very High-Resolution Satellite Images
Authors: Wang Peijuan , Alganci Ugur , Sertel Elif
Published: December 2020

Pan-sharpening is a fundamental task of remote sensing, aiming to produce a synthetic image having high spatial and spectral resolution of original panchromatic and multispectral images. In recent years, as in other tasks of the remote sensing field, deep learning based approaches have been developed for this task. In this research, a detailed comparative analysis was conducted to evaluate the performance and visual quality of pan-sharpening results from traditional algorithms and deep learning-based models. For this purpose, the deep learning based methods that are CNN based pan-sharpening (PNN), Multiscale and multi-depth convolutional neural networks (MSDCNN) and Pan-sharpened Generative Adversarial Networks (PSGAN) and traditional methods that are Brovey, PCA, HIS, Indusion and PRACS were applied. Analysis were performed on regions with different land cover characteristics to evaluate the stability of the methods. In addition, effects of the filter size, spectral indices, activation and loss functions on the pan-sharpening were investigated. For the accuracy assessment, commonly used with-reference and without-reference quality metrics were computed in addition to visual quality evaluations. According to results, the deep learning-based methods provided promising results in both the reduced resolution and full resolution experiments, while PRACS method outperformed other traditional algorithms in most of the experimental configurations.
Experimental constraints on volcanic ash generation and clast morphometrics in pyroclastic density currents and granular flows
Authors: Hornby Adrian , Kueppers Ulrich , Maurer Benedikt , Poetsch Carina , Dingwell Donald
Published: December 2020

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are a prominent hazard of volcanic activity; however, fully quantitative observations are lacking and little direct evidence exists to constrain the parameters controlling ash production and runout. Here, we use rotary tumbling experiments to investigate ash generation efficiency and clast morphometrics in the dense basal flow of PDCs. We observe greater ash generation with periodic ash removal and with higher starting mass. By scaling to the bed height and clast diameter we obtain a general description for ash production in all experiments as a function of flow distance that we parameterise in dimensionless space. We also show that ash production correlates with clast shape changes and with the Inertial number for our experiments. This work introduces some of the first systematic and generalizable experimental parameterizations of ash production and clast evolution in PDCs and should advance the ability to understand flow mobility and associated hazards.
Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare undergraduates in Malaysia
Authors:   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Anbazhagan Deepa , Hui Mak Jia ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Aisyah Nurul ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Syazwani Arina ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Keong Teh Pei ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Shuen Lai Jie ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Sundram Manjulah Samugam ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Subramaniam Heymala ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia, Kumarasamy Vinoth ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Malaysia
Published: December 2020

Staphylococcus aureus is a common component of skin flora of healthy adults. However, it can cause serious infections such as bloodstream infections, pneumonia, or bone and joint infections. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is known to cause hospital- (HA-MRSA) and community-acquired (CA-MRSA) infections worldwide. Asia is reported to have highest prevalence rates of HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA. As there were very less number of epidemiological studies being done in Malaysia, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of MRSA infection among the healthcare undergraduates who will be engaging with patients soon. We analyzed nasal swabs of students from a private medical institution in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Methicillin-resistance was accessed by sensitivity to the Oxacillin and Cefoxitin disks. In a total of 151 healthcare undergraduates, 117 of them were found positive for Staphylococcus aureus. Among the latter, 21 samples (13.9%) were resistant to Oxacillin and Cefoxitin. Our data shows significant high percentage of MRSA infection and therefore prevention strategies for MRSA need to be developed for the healthcare students before they engage with patients in clinic setting. Keywords: MRSA, nasal swab, healthcare undergraduates, Oxacillin.
Comparative biochemical studies of aqueous extract of Egyptian black and raw garlic (Allium sativum) on hypercholesterolemia in rats fed a high-fat diet
Authors:   Food Irradiation Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt, Safaa Abd El Wahab A. E. , Abdul Azeem A. M. ,   Food Irradiation Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt, Amal Mansour A. ,   Food Irradiation Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt, Eida Al Shammari M. ,   Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Hail University, K.S.A.
Published: December 2020

Black garlic is a type of garlic that is processed for a specific period, with precisely controlled degrees of moisture and heat until the color of raw garlic turns black. Black garlic plays a strong role in preventing diseases such as hyperlipidemia. This study aims to compare the effect of Egyptian black garlic extract (EBG) and Egyptian raw garlic extract (ERG) at different concentrations on serum biochemical parameters in hyperlipidemia rats’ model. Fifty albino rats were divided randomly into 10 groups with five animals. Rats were fed a normal diet (control) G1, high-fat diet (HFD) 40% lard w/w were (G2- G10) for four weeks to promoting hypercholesterolemia for all rats except G1 (control). After that, HFD groups were treated with 1ml oral administration three times a week of 100% (G3), 75% (G4), 50% (G5), and 25% (G6) EBG extract for 6 weeks. G2 (HFD) was a high-fat diet alone without any extract. ERG extract feed group were treated in the same manner described above, and G7 (HFD+100% ERG extract), G8 (HFD+75% ERG extract), G9 (HFD+50% ERG extract), and G10 (HFD+25% ERG extract) as written here. EBG extract-treated group showed significantly increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in serum (p < 0.05), decreased both level of total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides (TG) in serum. EBG extract with high concentration (G3) causes down regulation of lipid and cholesterol (p < 0.05) comparing with ERG extract indicating usefulness for treating hypercholesterolemia. Body weights on rats decrease by feeding of EBG extract, along with liver enzymes decrease in EBG fed rats. This indicates the efficiency of black garlic extract in reducing the level of hypercholesterolemia and avoiding heart disease and atherosclerosis. Keywords: Allium sativum, garlic, black garlic, hypercholesterolemia, biochemical parameters.
Insights acerca do uso de finos de carvão vegetal para geração de bioenergia
Authors: Delatorre Fabíola Martins , Cupertino Gabriela Fontes Mayrinck , Junior Alfredo José dos Santos , Silva Álison Moreira da , Júnior Ananias Francisco Dias , Silveira Maria Paula Reggiane
Published: December 2020

O carvão vegetal é um material altamente friável quando submetido ao impacto, parte se transforma em finos, fato considerado um problema para a maioria dos sistemas produtivos. Assim, este estudo teve como objetivo investigar a utilização de finos de carvão vegetal para fins energéticos, analisando a sua produção em três temperaturas finais de pirólise (400, 600 e 800°C), a fim de gerar subsídios para uma melhor aplicabilidade do material. O material que foi homogeneizado em peneiras de 270 mesh, teve determinada a sua densidade aparente, densidade verdadeira, teores de materiais voláteis, de cinzas e de carbono fixo, poder calorífico superior, inferior e útil, densidade à granel e densidade energética. Constatou-se que os finos obtidos da pirólise a 800°C apresentou melhor potencial energético, uma vez que a elevação de temperatura contribuiu para maiores percentuais de carbono fixo e densidade energética. Esses resultados demostraram que os finos de carvão vegetal possuem potencial para utilização energética.
El impacto de la cognición social sobre el comportamiento vocacional del personal de atención a personas con discapacidad
Authors: Benavent Estrada José María
Published: December 2020

En los últimos años; numerosos modelos teóricos basados en la teoría de la empatía y autoeficacia fundamentaron la explicación del comportamiento vocacional. El hallazgo de un perfil particular de la función cognición social en el personal que atiende personas con discapacidad obliga a evaluar la dimensión de su influencia; para su inclusión en la evaluación del comportamiento vocacional. El presente trabajo es un estudio de tipo cuantitativo correlacional de diseño transversal para el cual se seleccionó un grupo de estudio de 115 sujetos de ambos sexos y un grupo de control de 30 sujetos con actividades similares; pero sin atención de personas con discapacidad. Se evaluó con cuestionario sociodemográfico; cociente de empatía; cociente de sistematización; test de la mirada; test faux pas; escala de estrategias de coping modificado; inventario de temperamento y carácter revisado de Cloninger y escala de autoeficacia general. Se encontró un perfil particular de la función cognitivo social en la población que se desempeña en el ámbito de la atención de personas con discapacidad; con diferencias significativas definidas por muy altos niveles de empatía cognitiva y emocional; altos niveles de sistematización y con elevados resultados en la variable cooperación y una relación directa en la disminución en la capacidad de reconocimiento de miradas hostiles en el test de las miradas. Estas características especiales no son explicadas o alcanzadas solo por los conceptos de autoeficacia o empatía; por lo cual; el estudio de función cognición social debería incluirse en todo estudio de comportamiento vocacional y desarrollo profesional.
“La formación para el trabajo en una escuela técnica nocturna de la localidad de Machagai, provincia del Chaco. La perspectiva de los jóvenes, de la institución educativa y del sector laboral”.
Authors: Florez Melisa Anabel
Published: December 2020

En la presente reseña se intenta exponer brevemente la investigación realizada en el marco del trabajo de tesis de Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Educación de la Facultad de Humanidades (UNNE). La temática se enmarcó dentro de los estudios que abordan la compleja trama de la relación entre educación y trabajo y, dentro de ello, como las trayectorias socioeducativas y laborales de los jóvenes estudiantes adquieren ciertas características particulares; a la vez que asumen su transición a la vida adulta.
Digital Earth: from ideas to recreating a virtual replica of the planet
Authors: Dergacheva Elena
Published: December 2020

The article considers the conceptual foundations of the Digital Earth in the context of the socio-technogenic development of the world, the transfer of various social and natural processes to the virtual space for the purpose of subsequent modeling of scenarios of safe sustainable development.
The Relationship of Type D Personality to Herbal Product Use and Asthma Control in Asthma Patients
Authors: ERDOĞAN Zeynep , KURÇER Mehmet , ALTINSOY Bülent
Published: December 2020

Aim: The aim of this descriptive study was to determine the correlation of type D personality with Herbal Product (HP) use and asthma control in asthma patients.Method: The target population of the study comprised all patients (n=408) who applied to the chest diseases clinic in a university hospital between 11/01/2019-11/03/2019 and were diagnosed with asthma, while the sample comprised patients above 18 years old who applied to the clinic between the afore mentioned dates, had no communication problems, were not diagnosed with any psychiatric disorders, and agreed to take part in the study (n=216). The study data was collected using a 17-item survey form questioning the patients’ sociodemographic and HP use characteristics, the Type D-14 Personality Scale (DS-14) and Asthma Control Test. Findings: Of the asthma patients, 74.1% has been using HP for the past year and nearly half of them (58.3%) had type D personality. The HP use ratio was higher in the patients with better income (p=0.000), an additional chronic illness (p=0.001), type D personality (p=0.000) and a poor asthma control (p=0.000). The presence of an additional chronic illness and type D personality predicted 0.063% of the HP use (R2=0.063, p=0.000). The patients with type D personality were mostly housewives, had smoking habit, used 2-3 inhalers and had a poor asthma control (p<0.05). Conclusion: Most of the asthma patients (74.1%) used HP and nearly half of them (58.3%) had type D personality. The patients who used herbal product and had type D personality had a poor asthma control.
New delimitation of two series within Alchemilla subsection Calycanthum and new subdivision within Alchemilla series Calycinae (Rosaceae)
Authors: Chkalov A. V.
Published: December 2020

The distinctions between Alchemilla ser. Calycinae and A. ser. Elatae are emended, treating the latter group as relict, connected to the Tertiary broadleaved forests of the eastern Mediterranean Basin. Alchemilla ser. Calycinae (in renewed circumscription) is subdivided into seven provisional aggregates according to the specially developed coordinate system (with two axes — a ratio of central zone width to leaf length vs. number of leaf teeth in total). The original key included all the species of the series occurring in the Caucasus and Asia Minor was compiled.
PUBLIC RELATION AS AN ESSENTIAL MARKETING TOOL IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING MEMBERSHIP IN NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Authors: Okereke Chukwuemeka
Published: December 2020

Data on Sex, Age, Academic
Qualification, Marital Status, Level of Income and Profession satisfy our need
here. Questions 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 address these

Biographic Data. From the Master Table
below, these data are jointly presented for comparativeness.

Distribution of the Respondents on the
Basis of Sex, Age, Academic Qualification, Marital Status,

Level of Income and Profession
actual aspects of planning and development of training programs
Authors:   National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Shilkina A.T. , Filippova I.V. ,   National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University
Published: December 2020

The key aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the quality of education are identified, formulated in the framework of the UN Conference «2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development», which are the basis for ensuring an effective process of planning and development of educational programs; The importance of the design and development of curriculum oriented to students based on a problem-oriented approach is substantiated; The key advantages of the modular step-by-step structure of the curriculum are revealed, which allow you to select the appropriate level of complexity of tasks and not overload the classes.
Information and communication sociological experiment
Authors:   Institute for design-technological Informatics of RAS, Romanova E.Yu. , Zapol’skaya A.N. ,   Institute for design-technological Informatics of RAS, Karlova T.V. ,   Institute for design-technological Informatics of RAS
Published: December 2020

The social system can be treated as the nonlinear , open, complex, dynamic, self-organizing, informing system, in which both regular and stochastic processes are take place. The outside and internal actions are used to initiate the system transitions from one state to the other by way of the scientific information revolutions. The current state of the social systems is estimated on an global scale as crisis, required of a resolution. The global distribution of Covid-19 coronavirus is considered as the global, innovative, information-communication, social experiment, having the specific purposes and problems. The mathematical description of the possible evolution path of the discussed systems is suggested.
The test results of graduates transport universities for knowledge of regulatory requirements documents on the safety of movement of trains
Authors:   Russian University of transport (RUT (MIIT), Berestok N.O. , Kobzev V.A. ,   Russian University of transport (RUT (MIIT), Ovchinnikova E.A. ,   Russian University of transport (RUT (MIIT), Shumsky S.P. ,   Russian University of transport (RUT (MIIT)
Published: December 2020

Conducting a comparison of violations committed by employees of the movement economy and errors made during testing for knowledge of PTE.
System of automated expert analytical assessment of quality of competitive products. Theoretical part
Authors:   Moscow technical University of communication and Informatics, Skrypnikova M.K.
Published: December 2020

The paper offers an automated expert-analytical method for evaluating product quality. The theoretical basis of the method is considered. It is shown that when forming the defining quality parameters, it is necessary to first formulate the goals of functioning of competing products and their enlarged components, paying special attention to the issues of ensuring the reliability and safety of the systems in which the products are used. The expert method of quality assessment is used, based on the application of generalized experience and intuition of a group of expert specialists. The processing of the results of the questionnaire of experts included primarily a statistical analysis of the reliability and consistency of the estimates. Organizational measures have been developed to complete the task. In connection with the multivariance of this problem, the proposed method allows to increase the reliability and efficiency of obtaining assessments of the quality of competing products. The proposed methodology of expert-analytical assessment of quality indicators makes it possible to more in-depth analysis, in particular, on the basis of the data obtained, it is possible to trace by which indicators a particular product gained an advantage, or vice versa lost to competitors.The scope of this technique can be extended to any product in solving problems of assessing their quality and competitiveness.
Modern modal analysis methods of biomedical signals for biomedical-engineering data-measuring systems
Authors:   Federal State Autonomous Scientific Institution Institute of Design-Engineering Informatics of the RAS, Dosko S.I. , Sheptunov S.A. ,   Federal State Autonomous Scientific Institution Institute of Design-Engineering Informatics of the RAS, Utencov V.M. ,   Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Spasenov A.Yu. ,   Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Kucherov K.V. ,   Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Published: December 2020

This article considers a review and analysis of modern methods of modal analysis of biomedical signals using for biomedical-engineering data measuring systems. The results of the combined use of parametric and empirical methods to eliminate noise distortions arising from the registration of signals and to identify informative components of biomedical signals of various physical natures with the aim of analyzing their structure are presented. The results of visualization of the dynamics of changes in the modal parameters of the cardiocycles of the electrocardiogram and seismocardiogram are considered. The use of modal decomposition to evaluate regulatory processes in the analysis of heart rate variability is demonstrated.
Implementation of computer-aided design systems (CAD) in a machine-building enterprise: limitations and opportunities
Authors:   Institute for Design-Technological Informatics RAS, Krukhmalev E.V. , Panchuk V.V. ,   Institute for Design-Technological Informatics RAS
Published: December 2020

The article highlights issues related to factors that affect the introduction of computer-aided design (CAD) systems in modern machine-building industries. The purpose of the work is to determine the main limitations and possibilities of using CAD in production and to consider the main trends in the development of system solutions for mechanical engineering problems. The theoretical basis of the work is data analysis and analytical study of the current state of proposals for CAD solutions. Electronic modeling systems allow not only to optimize the production process, reduce costs, but also are indispensable requirements for the competitiveness of modern engineering products on the world market. They allow you to carry out operational, remote interaction on the development and production of products, bringing it to the international market. Despite the variety of possibilities offered by CAD solutions from various companies and vendors, the request for its implementation by enterprises is very limited. The crisis state of the economy and industrial production is also not an incentive to implement such solutions. In this regard, it is necessary, on the one hand, to study in detail the evaluation of the effectiveness of implementing CAD technologies, and on the other hand - the most flexible software products that are adapted to the real capabilities and requirements of a particular enterprise, production process, and final product.
Creating an internet connection in places where telecommunications technologies are not available
Authors:   Far Eastern Federal University, Egorov D.M. , Zakal’sky D.V. ,   Far Eastern Federal University
Published: December 2020

The Object of the research is the problem of the lack of information and communication and network benefits outside the cities in Russia.The purpose of the work is to study the signal level at a certain object located in the Primorsky territory, Oktyabrsky district, the village of Sinelnikovo 2 for the installation of Smart home technology. If the signal level is insufficient, you need to offer a solution to improve communication.As a result of the work, a residential object was selected, on which the innovative «Smart home»technology was installed. A stable and fast Internet connection is required for the full operation of smart building technology. The appropriate option for accessing the Internet is to use high-speed mobile 4G Internet. Since the object is located far from a major city, there is a need to investigate the presence of communication systems. To do this, the software used for analyzing and demonstrating the signal level in the selected area is defined, and the features and characteristics of the selected utilities are described. Then the signal level was measured at the set area at eleven points for more accurate analysis. The obtained data are described, and the corresponding conclusions are made on them. In the course of the research, the problem arose of the lack of enough communication generation for the functioning of the «Smart home» system. Certain steps of a recommendatory nature are pros:posed to solve this problem. The equipment used, its characteristics and description are demonstrated. The results of this work are presented, and conclusions are drawn.
CHANGES IN BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF TREES BY AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS
Authors:   University Of North Bengal, Ghosh A. , Paul R.S. ,   Siliguri College, Roy S. ,   University Of North Bengal
Published: December 2020

Nowadays, air pollution is a very vital environmental issue. During rapid industrialization, anthropogenic activities result in a wide array of pollutants which are released to atmosphere and absorbed by the leaves of plants. Atmospheric pollutants have negative effects on woody plants. Airborne pollutants like oxides of sulphur (SOx), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), Ozone (O₃), particulate matter (PM), volatile organic compound (VOC), lead (Pb) can change the morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics which can be deleterious in nature. Air pollution can dis-balance various enzymatic activities which can reduce various types of physiological processes such as, photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration but plants can scavenge and detoxify significant amounts of air pollutants which are effective in cleaning air. In the present paper, effects of different airborne pollutants on plants have been reviewed.
ETHNOBOTANICAL APPROACH FOR IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL WOUND-HEALING PLANTS FROM THE FLORA OF WEST BENGAL
Authors:   Siliguri College, Paul R.S. , Saha S. ,   Paramount Hospital Pvt Ltd
Published: December 2020

The present review focuses on the wound-healing medicinal plants from the Flora of West Bengal. Literature with direct ethnobotanical studies, reviews and compilations were used to identify the most potential ones. Wound healing process is a complicated event involving several steps. Different properties are needed in each step. The present work reveals the important medicinal plants that need to be explored for the potential wound healing phytochemicals based on ethnobotanical studies.
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF APPLYING A NEW SET OF SINGLE-NUCLEIC POLYMORPHISMS LOCI TO THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE FOREST SEED AREA OF PEDUNCULATE OAK
Authors:   Institute of Forest Genetics, Degen B. , Yanbaev Y.A. ,   Bashkir State Agrarian University, Ianbaev R.Y. ,   Bashkir State Agrarian University, Bakhtina S.Y. ,   Bashkir State Agrarian University, Tagirova A.A. ,   Bashkir State Agrarian University,   Bashkir State University
Published: December 2020

We tested 95 new, geographically informative nuclear SNP loci of pedunculate oak in order to identify genetic differences of populations in the same seed zone. In a cluster analysis all individuals of the two studied stands are divided into two distinct groups. We observed statistically significant genetic differentiation of two populations (genetic distance d_0 = 0.170, parameter of differentiation 〖delta〗_T = 0.1696, genetic fixation F_ST = 0.0687) and higher genetic variability in the lowland stand (P = 91,58%, observed heterozygosity H_O = 0.364, expected heterozygosity H_E = 0.330, diversity of alleles υа = 1.58) in comparison to the oak stand in the Volga uplands (P = 77,89%, H_O = 0.327, H_E = 0.272, υа = 1.47). We concluded that these oak forests should be subdivided into different seed zones. Continuing the research by using the set of SNP loci and expanding the set of studied populations will supply Russian forestry by genetic information to optimize the forest seed zoning of the pedunculate oak.
EXPERIENCE IN RECULTIVATION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF DEGRADED LAND
Authors:   Ural State Forest Engineering University, Zaripov Ju.V. , Osipenko R.A. ,   Ural State Forest Engineering University, Zalesova E.S. ,   Ural State Forest Engineering University, Zalesov S.V. ,   Ural State Forest Engineering University
Published: December 2020

The paper touches upon the analysis of disturbed lands various methods of reclamation on linear and site objects that make possible to minimise spending for recultivation work carrying out to achieve a desirable effect. It is noted the inexpediency of plank roads and wooden covering dismantling followed by the former road recultivation. It is suggested to use these roads as antifire ones; it will play a positive role in forest antifire protection. It is underlined the necessity of the highest possible potential possibilities utilisation of some disturbed lands for self-healing. The latter refers, in particular to seismic profiles, sites for wastes of saw-mills and woodworking as well as sand and clay extracting pits when their area is rat her small and when there exists no reliable source of their seed producing. Sometimes for the process of grass vegetation formation speeding and fertile soil layer formation, it is recommended grass sowing, leguminous plants in particular. The surface of the disturbed lands covering with a layer of sewage deposit is an effective method of recultivation as well. The latter is not only promoted fertile layer formation on the surfaces of dumps and some other types of disturbed lands but improves conditions of plants water nutrition playing the role of mulch. As the primary trend of reclamation in the Ural region, it is recommended to consider forestry main during the biological stage of ordinary pine forest plantations.
MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY OF LEAVES AS AN INDICATOR OF BETULA PENDULA ROTH ADAPTABILITY TO EXTREME FOREST CONDITIONS
Authors:   M. Akmulla Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Tagirova O.V.
Published: December 2020

The results of research in 2019, which were performed on the territory of the Ufa industrial centre in contrasting forest conditions, are presented. On the same sample area, the same plant species may have a similar leaf shape, but different sizes (large-leaved trees and small-leaved trees). This paper presents the results of research on large-leaved trees. We determined the integral parameters of asymmetry of birch leaf plates and performed a dispersion analysis based on five characteristics. We determined that July is the most informative month. It was during this period that the Fisher test revealed differences in three features: the 1st feature (width of the leaf halves), the 3rd feature (distance between the bases of the first and second veins of the second order), and the 4th feature (distance between the ends of the first and second veins of the second-order). The obtained results indicate the seasonal dynamics of indicators of fluctuating asymmetry of leaves of hanging birch trees. This results should be taken into account when monitoring the state of the environment.
EFFECT OF LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT EXOMETABOLITES PRODUCED BY PHYTOPATHOGENIC AND SAPROPHYTE MICROMYCETES ON THE GROWTH, BIOFILM FORMATION AND ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY OF PGPR STRAINS OF BACILLUS AND PAENIBACILLUS
Authors:   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aktuganov G.E. , Galimzianova N.F. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kuzmina L.Yu. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gilvanova E.A. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Safina V.R. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ryabova A.S. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Boyko T.F. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Milman P.Yu. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Melentiev A.I. ,   Ufa Institute of Biology of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2020

By using of ultrafiltration procedure water-soluble peptide metabolites were isolated from the culture filtrates of several fungal strains including Bipolaris sorokiniana IB G-12, Fusarium oxysporum VKM F-137, Rhizoctonia solani VKM F-895 and Trichoderma harzianum IB G-58. Fractions of low molecular weight metabolites (Mw≥1 kDa) from all fungal strains were characterized with similar values of relative mobility (Rf ~ 0.37-0.39). Only extracellular metabolites of F. oxysporum and B. sorokiniana demonstrated bactericidal activity in agar-diffusion tests. Under tests of submerged liquid cultures, fungal metabolites selectively inhibited the growth of PGPR bacteria; the strain of Paenibacillus ehimensis IB-739 was most sensitive to their action. At the same time, fungal metabolites stimulated the growth of the B. subtilis IB-54 and nonspecific increase of its fungicidal activity, while enhancement in antifungal effect of the P. ehimensis IB-739 was species-specific. Most fungal metabolites suppressed under concentrations ≥ 0.25-0.5 mg/ml the development of fouling biofilms only in Bacillus strains that were characterized with high biofilm-forming ability in vitro. The synthesis of chitinolytic enzymes by the P ehimensis IB-739 strain was induced in presence of aqueous extracts from the some of micromycetes’ mycelia but not their extracellular metabolites.