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Congenital Amusia: Understanding of the musical mind and brain
Authors: Lee Harin
Published: November 2018

Congenital amusia, commonly known as tone-deaf, is a developmental disorder that affects small population. The current paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of some of the recent researches on congenital amusia, demonstrating how the behavioural, brain-imaging, and genetic studies have extended our understanding of the musical mind and brain; additionally, identifies gaps in the literature and suggests future research directions. Previous behavioural experiments and neurological studies argued that the deficit is congenital and arise from perceptual impairment in hearing fine-grained pitch, while genetic evidence lacked to pin point specific genes that are involved. Nevertheless, new studies show that the deficit may be improved through training, suggesting amusia may not be congenital after all.
Allocating police resources while limiting racial inequality
Authors: Wheeler Andrew Palmer
Published: November 2018

Police targeting hot spots of crime tends to disproportionately burden minorities via stops and arrests. This work attempts to reduce disproportionate minority contact by formulating a crime hot spots spatial allocation strategy for police that prioritizes areas of high crime, but constrains the targeted hot spots given different levels of acceptable racial inequality. This racial inequality constraint is measured as the proportion of minorities likely to be stopped in those areas prioritized by police. Using data on stops and crime in New York City, I show that police stops can be more equitably distributed according to race, but there are fundamental trade-offs. One cannot gain a racial distribution of stops proportionately equal to the residential population without large decreases in the efficiency of targeting high crime areas. More modest gains can be had though in reducing the proportion of minorities stopped while still targeting high crime locations. Data and code to replicate the analysis can be downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vlw0zrmxfulbn3/Anon_AllocatingInequality.zip?dl=0.
The Civil War in the American Ruling Class
Authors: Timcke Scott
Published: November 2018

American politics is at a decisive historical conjuncture, one that resembles Gramsci’s description of a Caesarian response to an organic crisis. The courts, as a lagging indicator, reveal this longstanding catastrophic equilibrium. Following an examination of class struggle ‘from above’, in this paper I trace how digital media instruments are used by different factions within the capitalist ruling class to capture and maintain the commanding heights of the American social structure. Using this hegemony, I argue that one can see the prospect of American Caesarism being institutionally entrenched via judicial appointments at the Supreme Court of the United States and other circuit courts.
Enchanted Community
Authors: Eden Alice Anne
Published: November 2018

This article is a scholarly reflection on a recent collaborative art project entitled Enchanted Community, which took place in Coventry and Leamington, 1 May - 31 July 2017. The project sought to communicate art historical scholarship to the wider community through innovative methods: using art and craft activities combined with education, inter-disciplinary framing and collaborative working. Experiences of communicating art historical research and engaging the public with regard to the themes of art and enchantment were both rewarding and surprising. The article summarises the key aspects of the project: its events, outcomes, challenges and successes including outputs and feedback statements from attendees. The article is framed by a number of scholarly perspectives. I survey historical ideas of art and enchantment which inspired the project. I also consider academic debates concerning outreach, public engagement, community art activities and impact through the arts and humanities. The project provided the opportunity to reflect on these areas of historical scholarship alongside methodological issues while developing pathways and contacts for further activities.
Researching Terrorism and Political Violence
Authors: Eggert Jennifer Philippa
Published: November 2018

Professor Louise Richardson is a political scientist focusing on terrorism and political violence. She became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in January 2016, having previously served at the Universities of St. Andrews and Harvard. She has written widely on international terrorism, British foreign and defence policy, security, and international relations. Professor Richardson holds a BA in History from Trinity College Dublin, an MA in Political Science from UCLA as well as an MA and PhD in Government from Harvard University. She visited the University of Warwick in November 2017 to deliver a talk on her career and being a female leader, as part of the University’s ‘Inspiring Women’ series. In this interview, she speaks about research on terrorism and political violence; how approaches to terrorism studies differ between the US and Europe; how the discipline has changed since the 1970s; the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of terrorism and political violence; whether terrorism studies are a distinct discipline; differences between terrorism and conflict studies; and what makes a good university teacher.

Photograph credit: OUImages/John Cairns
AN IDEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE FORMING THE MARKET LOGISTICS THEORY
Authors: LISYUK V.M. , TOPALOVA I.A. , HUNJET ANICA
Published: November 2018

Topicality. In the conditions of a developed market economy and the deepening of the specialization of business entities, the theory of logistics is more oriented towards enterprises, and not to markets, and needs some market reorientation. Under the pressure of market processes, scientists are trying to generalize the market logistics processes of goods through the introduction of such concepts as: "logistics system", transport, marketing logistics. Further analysis of the theory of logistics requires attention to the main element of the market - the product, given that all economic actors in a market economy operate in a market environment, that is within the relevant commodity markets. That is, any business entity belongs to a certain commodity market ie it operates within a defined commodity market. Note that the product is precisely the element that determines the market - the commodity market. Consequently, the realization of the functions of the commodity movement combines the respective economic entities among themselves into the logistic chain of the commodity market. The logistic chain is a clearly defined route of a commodity wheel with logistic transitions, in which there are changes in the nature of the flow of goods, as well as changes in ownership.

Aim and tasks. The purpose of this article is to develop approaches to the formation of the theory of market logistics on the reproductive principle.

Research results. Development of proposals for the formation of the theory of market logistics on the reproductive principle. The definition of the category "market logistics" is given, the principles on which effective logistic chains of commodity markets should be organized and their reproductive processes must be formed.

Conclusions. Construction of an effective reproduction market logistics is also provided by the minimum costs associated with the flow of material flow from the supplier to the consumer at the minimum possible date.

However, the real process of movement of goods in the market is associated with the appearance on its way of some obstacles (barriers), or points of logistical gaps, which, on the one hand, leads to increased opium and increased costs for overcoming it, and on the other hand, to forced warehousing (delay) when there is a lack of bandwidth of the market chain links. Therefore, the task of the next research of market logistics is to determine ways to overcome these obstacles or gap, which impair the ideal conditions for the movement of material flows, channels of commodity movement as a deviation from a single straight line.
Association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and cardiovascular disease in a population of Cameroonian women at two hospitals of yaounde : a case control study
Authors: Taa Nguimbis Esseme Benedict , Ebongué Mbondji
Published: November 2018

AbstractBackground: Positive associations have been found between Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and cardiovascular diseases within non-black African populations, but no data exist from sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to assess this association in Cameroonian mothers.Methods: We used a case-control design. Cases were women diagnosed with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease between 2012 and 2017 at the General and the Gyneco-obstetric hospital of Yaoundé. Controls were mothers of children who seeked pediatric care at the Gyneco-obstetric hospital of Yaoundé, with no diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. We abstracted data from patient files to assess cardiovascular disease, and used phone-based questionnaires to assess prior history of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. We used logistic regression and propensity scores for adjustment. Results: Out of 1228 individuals selected, 173 cases and 339 controls participated in the study. We found no increased risk of cardiovascular diseases for women with a history of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (OR = 0.83, 95% CI, 0.51 to 1.34). Women with gestational hypertension had 2.33 (95% CI, 0.99 to 5.50) times the risk of women with no history of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, an inverse association was observed between preeclampsia and cardiovascular diseases (OR = 0.28, 95% CI, 0.10 to 0.72). Conclusions: Cameroonian women with a history of gestational hypertension may have an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, population-based studies with more accurate data on the exposure are needed.
Entwicklung der Schwermetall- und Stickstoffkonzentrationen in Moosen in Deutschland
Authors: Nickel Stefan , Schröder Winfried , Drehwald Uwe , Dreyer Annekatrin , Preußing Markus , Stapper Norbert J. , Struve Stefan , Teuber Dietmar , Völksen Barbara
Published: November 2018

Development of heavy metals and nitrogen concentrations in moss throughout Germany

Under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, moss samples have been collected in Europe every five years since 1990 and evaluated for the concentration of heavy metals (since 1990) and nitrogen (since 2005). This article uses the data of this European Moss Survey to geostatistically evaluate and map the spatial distribution and temporal development of the heavy metals cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) as well as nitrogen (N) for Germany. Since the year of first sampling in Germany (Cd, Pb: 1990, Hg: 1995), heavy metal concentrations in moss tissue have decreased, while nitrogen concentrations have been remaining at almost the same level since 2005. Since 1990, Cd and Pb have shown a consistent hotspot of bioaccumulation within a broad band from North Rhine-Westphalia to Saxony, while for the other regions and with regard to Hg for most regions of Germany the geostatistical analyses corroborate that the spatial patterns of element concentrations in moss are changing across time. With regard to N, North Rhine-Westphalia and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (2005–2015), as well as northwestern Germany (2015), proved to be a hotspot of nitrogen accumulation in moss. By contrast, the N concentration in mosses has decreased significantly in the southern German states, especially in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Registration of Soybean Germplasm Line DB0638‐70 with High Yield Potential and Diverse Genetic Background
Authors: Gillen Anne M. , Mengistu Alemu , Arelli Prakash R. , Stetina Salliana R. , Bellaloui Nacer
Published: November 2018

The release of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] germplasm line DB0638‐70 (Reg. No. GP‐416, PI 686969) is part of an effort to broaden the genetic base of soybean germplasm in North American soybean breeding programs. DB0638‐70 was developed and released by the USDA–ARS, Stoneville, MS, as a conventional determinate maturity group IV high‐yielding germplasm line. It is an F5–derived line from the cross of USDA–ARS germplasm release DT98‐9102 × Japanese cultivar Gogaku (PI 594172 A). DB0638‐70 was tested for 3 yr in the United Soybean Board Southern Diversity Yield Trial Project over 14 trials across six locations, where DB0638‐70 was not significantly different from commercial high‐yielding checks ‘AG 4632’, ‘AG 4703’, and ‘AG 4907’ for yield in five of six locations. Over 19 trials in the USDA Uniform Soybean Tests, Southern States (Uniform Tests), DB0638‐70 yielded 95 and 92% of the commercial high‐yielding checks AG 4632 and ‘AG 4933’, respectively. DB0638‐70 seed averaged 390 g kg−1 protein and 231 g kg−1 oil in the Uniform Tests. DB0638‐70 is susceptible to southern stem canker, soybean cyst nematode, and reniform nematode. DB0638‐70 was shown to be resistant to frogeye leaf spot. DB0638‐70 can be used as a parent to improve yield and enhance genetic diversity.
TRANSFORMATION OF INVESTIGATION ERRORS IN CRIMINAL LEGAL PRОCEEDINGS
Authors: Bululukov O. Yu.
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the notion of a judicial error which is referred to as an inconsistency between the verdict and the situation of the committed offense, the person of the offender and the eventual consequences. It also enumerates factors that may result in judicial errors and they include the following: peculiarities of the judge’s psychological traits; the judge’s perception of the public danger that the committed crime may have; obstructions from potential stakeholders’; the investigator S tactical errors that were made at the pre-trial investigation stage. The article suggests two classifications of judicial errors. It also describes the notion of the judge’s «inner conviction» and determines its role in the emergence of the transformation of errors. The article specifies that the formation of inner convictions is influenced by subjective and objective factors. Subjective factors include: the subject’s mental state; character and temperament; aptitude of solving intellectual tasks; life and professional experience; conformity level; emotional state. Objective factors include: the influence of the environment; the severity and danger of the committed crime; the criminal’s identity. The article is the first to describe the notion of the judge’s «gender» and its influence on making court decisions.
THE ROLE OF THE SITUATION IN THE STRUCTURE OF DRIVING TO SUICIDE MECHANISM
Authors: Kerik L. I.
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the role of the situation in the structure of driving to suicide mechanism. The situation of driving to suicide is differentiated into stages of its development, the article also determines temporal connections of this crime and distinguishes types of driving to suicide places with the focus on the role of these elements in criminalistic characteristics of crimes as well as and their interconnections. A place of driving to suicide is a place, where preparations prior to the crime have been carried out, the crime had been committed (threats, cruel treatment, systematic humiliation of human dignity, blackmail); a place with traces and evidence of a criminal trespass (place of suicide); place of concealment of traces and evidence of the crime, instruments andfacilities of its commission, the object of a criminal trespass (staging of suicide, murder). The time of driving to suicide allows establishing the sequence and development of different processes. The situation of driving to suicide consists of non-interference and omission by individuals (relatives, colleagues, friends and others) in whose presence a criminal mistreats or humiliates the personal dignity of the victim.
COMPROMISES IN THE PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION INTO TAX, DUTY (MANDATORY FEES) EVASION WITH THE USE OF MONEY LAUNDERING CONVERSION CENTERS
Authors: Bilous O. P.
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the problems of using compromises in the pre-trial investigation into tax, duty (mandatory fees) evasion with the use of money laundering conversion centers. Taking into account the existing public demand for reforms of bodies responsible for tax legislation implementation oversight and with regard to novelties in criminal procedure and tax legislation, the article suggests amending the system of compromises that can be achieved at the pre-trial investigation stage with a tax compromise for users of illegal services provided by conversion centers. The article concludes that a genuine human-oriented tactics of conducting specific investigation (search) actions must be based on the most inclusive use of tactical techniques in order to influence an individual. They include: 1) demonstration of potential outcome of the current situation; 2) explanation of the importance of honest testimony; 3) persuasion of the importance of providing assistance to investigation bodies. In order to implement these tactical techniques the article advises the investigator to provide the participants of the criminal proceedings with a timely and professional explanation of the provisions of the law in force in Ukraine regarding various types of compromises.
FEDERAL STATE EDUCATION STANDARDS OF THIRD GENERATION AND TRAINING FORENSIC EXPERTS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Rossinskaya E. R.
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the approach to training with the use of higher vocational education programs conducted in accordance with the Federal state educational standards of higher vocational education of the third generation under speciality «Forensic examination» with unified general vocational disciplines and differentiated specialization disciplines depending on classes and types of forensic examinations. The most common ofthem in legal proceedings include: criminalistic, engineer and technical, economic examinations, examinations of substances, materials and items, linguistic examinations. It is expected that the area of vocational activity of the graduates majoring in speciality «Forensic examination» has to include forensic expert activity, as well as the activity connected with the use of special knowledge in order to prevent and reveal offenses, solve and investigate crimes. Another potential variant for training qualified staff in the sphere of special knowledge application is a graduate law course. In order to consolidate and coordinate the activity of higher educational establishments that train staff in this speciality, provide assistance in ensuring the quality offorensic expert training O. E. Kutafin Moscow State Law University and the «Chamber of Forensic Experts Non-Profit Partnership» have established «Forensic Examination» Association of Educational Establishments.
PECULIARITIES OF IDENTIFICATION STUDIES INTO WHETHER A FIRED 7.62x39 CALIBER BULLET AND CASE BELONG TO THE SAME CARTIDGE
Authors: German A. N.
Published: November 2018

Based on experimental research, the article determines the peculiarities of the impact trace formation mechanism on the external surfaces of the bullet and on the internal surfaces of the case mouths in 7.62*39 caliber intermediate cartridges. The article determines the influence of the case mouth crimp on the properties of the abovementioned traces, it also provides peculiarities of undertaking identification studies to establish whether the bullet and case belong to the same cartridge of the given caliber. It suggests using a special shell to reproduce experimental interaction traces and the way of its application, it allowed to obtain a solid identifiable microrelief on the surfaces of experimental samples. The article suggests the most suitable material for this type of a shell capable of reproducing traces. This kind of studies do not require special equipment and involvement of highly qualified specialists, experiments are prepared and conducted only with the use of available resources and common equipment. The suggested method can be applied for relevant traceological studies of material objects with curved contact surfaces that interacted with each other.
RELATIVE APPROACH TO IDENTIFICATION OF PARAFFIN WAX ADMIXTURES IN BEE WAX
Authors: Rudnev V. A. , Klimchuk A. F. , Nardid L. V.
Published: November 2018

The article deals with modern methods of identifying paraffin wax admixtures in bee wax. It proves the efficiency of the approach which uses a k coefficient as a criteria to show wax content changes in the mixture with paraffin, k coefficient is a ratio of n-alkanes with even and odd number of carbon atoms. The identification of paraffin was conducted with the use of gas chromatography method without the use of an internal standard. The article considers the capacity of using this method to study paraffin - wax mixtures in a wide contents range of components. The difference in k coefficient values for the paraffin content varying from 0 to 10 % (of the mass) amounted to over 10 units. For the studied sample of pure wax the coefficient was 13.0, and for a 10 %o-admixture ofparaffin it was 2.8. The further increase in paraffin content resulted in a less intensive change of the coefficient value - up to the value of 1.5 with the paraffin content of 43 %. The identification margin in this approach can be estimated at less than 3 % of the mass.
PECULIARITIES OF CONCLUDING LAND SERVITUDES
Authors: Yurets E. I.
Published: November 2018

The article focuses on the issue ofpotential conclusion of land servitudes with land plots being their objects, land plots that are owned or leased and constitute separate objects with the established borders, area, purpose and cadastral number. The article lists the documents to be studied while conducting forensic land and technical examinations to identify possible variants for conclusion of a land servitude. It also specifies that a land servitude is concluded in the way that is the least cumbersome for the owner of the land plot. The article provides the main types of servitudes and the list of documents to be taken into account while preparing technical documentation on land management with regard to charting borders of the land plot, the one with the right of sublease, servitude. It provides examples of instances when land servitude may be terminated and indicates the case when land servitude in the name of one of the co-owners of the land plot cannot be concluded under the shared ownership over the land plot in question. The article enumerates normative and legal acts that regulate the questions of land servitude.
PROMBLEATIC ASPECTS OF SOLVING QUESTIONS WHILE CONDUCTING ECONOMIC EXAMINATIONS OF DOCUMENTS ON FINANCIAL AND CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
Authors: Ivakhnenko P O.
Published: November 2018

Based on expert practice, the article analyzes main questions that experts are asked to solve when forensic economic examinations are commissioned in order to study documents on financial and credit transactions. The article provides a detailed consideration of problems that are connected with determining the total cost of the credit and calculation of the real interest rate for the use of credit resources, as well as the methods to calculate and use the floating interest rate when the credit agreement is concluded. It analyzes the most important tasks that experts solve in the course of the studies on the abovementioned questions. The article provides normative acts that regulate the order for disclosing information on the total cost of credit resources when credit agreements are concluded, the order for the formation of the floating interest rate. It considers problematic aspects of conducting examinations of documents on financial and credit transactions and offers proposals on amending and updating the array of methods in this area of research.
ON THE ECONOMIC STUDIES CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MONEY IN UKRAINE
Authors: Moroz T. V.
Published: November 2018

The article deals with peculiarities that must be taken into account while conducting forensic economic examinations connected with studying financial and credit transactions with the use of electronic money. Electronic money is a monetary obligation of the issuer in an electronic form that is stored on an electronic medium in the user’spossession. This medium can be a microprocessor card, the user’s computer, a server of the electronic money clearance system where the user’s electronic money is stored, etc. In the electronic money clearance systems bank accounts are used only when the money is debited or withdrawn from the system. At the same time these bank accounts are the issuer’s and not the user’s accounts. When electronic money is issued the user’s traditional money is debited to the issuer’s bank account. When the electronic money is used in payment, traditional money is written off the issuer S bank account and is paid to the bearer. The article provides a list of normative and legislative acts regulating the main aspects of conducting the studies.
CARTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF COPYRIGHTABLE OBJECTS
Authors: Zanina T. A. , Kopytko A. P.
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the notions of cartographic items, their varieties, subjects of the copyright thereon. Cartographic items include items of any material form with a cartographic image. The copyright covers cartographic images regardless of their purposes, topics, content, merits, volume as well as the way of reproduction: in a graphic, digital or any other form. Copyright protection covers both primary, original cartographic items, and items that were received as the result of a creative modification that led to significant changes in the content or form. The most common infringements of copyright in cartography include: illegal, without the permission of the author use of a cartographic base; conversion of the original cartographic item into a digital form without the permission of the author and its introduction in commercial circulation; the use of a cartopgraphic base as an advertising element; the use and illegal uploading of cartopgraphic products on the Internet.
THE DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF TEMPORAL PULSATING CAVITY WITH GUNSHOTS FIRED FROM FORT-12 GUN
Authors: Shcherbak V. V.
Published: November 2018

The article presents the analysis of morphological peculiarities of temporal pulsating cavity under the experiment conditions using ballistic gel. In the course of the experiment there was used Fort-12 gun and standard ammunition of 9*18 mm caliber. A 250 Bloom ballistic gel (recommended by the leading researchers) was chosen as a simulator. The preparation of gel blocks was conducted using a classical methods suggested by Fackler and Malinowski, the concentration is 10 %, cooled down to the temperature of 4 °C (the exposition time is 48 hours). The visualization of a wound tract and cracks in gel left by the gunshot projectile and liquidation of the temporary pulsating cavity was conducted with the use of a contrasting water-soluble dye. After that the blocks were photographed and cut across the wound tract into plates of 1 cm width. Each section was scanned individually with the use of a flatbed scanner. In order to evaluate the damaging effect of the wounding projectile there are used standard calculation methods: Fackler’s wound profile (WP), the total crack length method (TCL), the polygonprocedure (PP).
ACUTE ISSUES OF ALGORITHMIZATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIMES INVESTIGATION
Authors: Maliarova V. O.
Published: November 2018

The issue discusses the problems of criminalistic algorithm of investigation as a flexible system of scientifically developed and formalized instructions of sequential execution in a definite order of optimal variants of investigative (search) activities, covert investigative (search) activities, operative-search measures and other actions, integrated by the intent of effective solutions of intermediate targets of crime investigation with regard to the relevant typical investigative situations. There is provided author's vision of the search algorithm of the unknown offender as a consistent solution of specific problems of the investigation.
CLASSIFICATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR CRIMINALISTIC PRACTICE
Authors: Bilous V. V.
Published: November 2018

The paper clarifies the notion and develops generalized classification of unmanned aerial vehicles. There is substantiated the need to consider the proposed classification in the formulation of criminalistic requirements for tactical and technical data of unmanned aerial vehicles and systems, unmanned aviation complexes and characteristics of their targeted equipment, compliance with which will be most of all correspond to the satisfaction of urgent needs of the Field Criminalistics.
FEATURES OF INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES, COMMITTED BY OFFICIALS OR OTHER PERSONS BY MEANS OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH JUDICIAL BODIES DECISIONS
Authors: Knyzhenko S. O.
Published: November 2018

The main features of investigation of crimes, committed by public officials or other persons by means of nonfulfilment of judicial bodies decisions, are defined. Typical investigative situations of the initial stage of investigation of such crimes are disclosed, investigator actions algorithms are given. Tactical features of carrying out of certain investigative (search) actions and the interaction issues of the investigator with the law enforcement bodies are considered.
CIRCUMSTANCES SUBJECTED TO PROOF IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES CONNECTED WITH FIRES
Authors: Kolesnikov V. V.
Published: November 2018

The paper investigates the circumstances which should be proven in the criminal proceedings when investigating crimes related with fires. It is stated that in addition to general circumstances which characterize the fire event as a crime (place, time and soon), such information should contain: the situation which preceded the fire; circumstances of the fire emergence and growth; situation that has been formed after the fire.
INVESTIGATION ON DRIVING TO SUICIDE: ISSUES OF ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING
Authors: Keryk L. I.
Published: November 2018

The notion and the attributes of the category "organization of investigation", the interrelation of the notions "organization" and "planning ofpre-trial investigation" are analyzed. On the basis of the provisions of the law, subordinate normative-legal acts and scientific positions of scientists-criminalists, the structure of the organization of the investigation of driving to suicide and its planning, as well as the form of a plan for such investigation, were proposed.
MODELING CRIME EVENT DURING INTERROGATION OF WITNESSES
Authors: Kolesnikova I. A.
Published: November 2018

The process of modeling crime event during interrogation of witnesses is studied. The features of crime event reproduction by a witnesses and perception of it by an investigator during interrogation are considered. It is substantiated that the result of modeling crime composition is dependent on each participant of the investigative (search) action.
ENGAGEMENT OF EXPERTS AND SCHEDULING FORENSIC EXAMINATION UNDER INVESTIGATION SAFETY RULES VIOLATIONS WHEN PERFORMING WORKS WITH HEIGHTENED DANGER
Authors: Spasenko К. О.
Published: November 2018

The peculiarities of the use of special knowledge in the process of investigation of the specified category of crimes are considered, they consists in narrow directed specifics of violations of safety rules during execution of works with in-creased danger. A range of issues to be clarified during carrying out certain examination is outlined. Their variability is noted depending on the work performed, the type of negative consequences and other elements of the criminalistic characteristics of crime. Scheduling forensic medical and forensic engineering-technical examination on labor protection, mining-technical, construction-technical and technical examination of documents in the aspect of the raised problematics is examined.
THE ESSENCE OF THE EXPERT PROVISION IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Authors: Tkachenko N. M.
Published: November 2018

Attention is focused on the lack of an agreed opinion on the terminology used for the denotation of the activities on expert provision of justice in Ukraine. The content of the terms "provision", "expert provision of justice", "forensic-expert activity", etc. are disclosed. The state of the normative-legal regulation of the notion "forensic-expert activity" is analyzed. It is proposed to consider the expert provision of the criminal proceedings as a structural element of the expert provision of the judicial power. The author’s interpretation of the notion "expert provision of criminal proceedings" is given.
INTEGRATION PROCESSES IN FORENSIC EXAMINATION: ESSENCE AND PROBLEM ISSUES OF COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCHES
Authors: Simakova-Yefremian E. B.
Published: November 2018

Modern science considers the complexity of researches as one of the regularities of the process of cognition. Forensic examination, which is aimed at the use of knowledge accumulated in various fields of science with the purpose of resolving problems of legal proceedings, in the process of scientific and technological progress, is constantly subjected to the influence integration processes taking place in these areas. Scientific publications indicate that the integration of knowledge in forensic examination is an obligate process of its development, one of the main levers of influence on the formation of the foundations of comprehensive forensic expert studies; and now it is gaining more and more in depth and spread. Studying the forms of complexation in forensic examination, it is necessary to start from the analysis of the subject, tasks, objects, parties and techniques of comprehensive studies, since integration processes are realized in the development of forensic examination on the subject of knowledge integration, tasks of forensic, objects, subjects of knowledge integration and methods.
ADMINISTRATION MODELS IN THE SYSTEM OF FORENSIC EXAMINATION INSTITUTIONS FROM THE POSITION OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
Authors: Kudryashova S. V.
Published: November 2018

The individual forensic activity in comparison with the activity of forensic experts of specialized state institutions is considered, the main advantages and disadvantages are determined. The directions of development of specialized state and non-state forensic institutions are presented in accordance with R. Quinn's competing values model.
DETERMINATION OF THE PERFORMANCE STROKES SEQUENCE IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR MUTUAL INTERSECTION AREAS
Authors: Naranovich О. V
Published: November 2018

Consideration is given to the possibility of determining the chronological sequence of strokes made with ballpoint pen paste and strokes made by the electrophotographic method if there are no any sectors of their intersection. In addition to the methods existing abroad, it was suggested to carry out a study on determining the average density of the toner "background" on the sections, where strokes of records and signatures are executed as well as on the blank sections of document sheets.
FEATURES OF CRIMINALISTIC RESEARCH OF BALLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS AND STRIKING PROPERTIES OF ELASTIC BUCKSHOT OF TRAUMATIC EFFECT CARTRIDGES “TEREN-12K”
Authors: Kolomiytsev O. V. , Sapelkin V. V.
Published: November 2018

During experimental studies of ballistic characteristics and elastic buckshot killability of 12-caliber cartridges "Teren-12K" of traumatic action, the de nition was given to peculiarities of buckshot kinetic energy dispersion on the trajectory as well as to the nature of impact-contact interaction with biological object tissues at various ranges of shooting. Particular attention was paid to the examination of elastic buckshot killability at shooting ranges, for which the compact action of such a multiple kineticenergy projectile is typical. The complex of differential diagnostic features is determined for buckshot shooting at close ranges.
ROLE OF CHEMOMETRICAL METHODS IN FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, FUELS AND LUBRICANTS MATERIALS
Authors: Rudnev V. A. , Klimchuk A. F. , Nardid L. V. , Danshina K. M. , Karnozhitskiy P. V.
Published: November 2018

The paper shows the expediency and effectiveness of using the chemometric methods in solving the problems offorensic identification at the level of establishing the common group affiliation. The paper gives illustrations of using the principal components method and cluster analysis in a comparative study of 19 samples of gas condensate according to gas-liquid chromatography data. The method of principal components is more obvious in its visual estimation as well as in grouping the objects having similar indicators of their component composition. The cluster analysis allowed to distribute the examined objects into groups from the beginning. This was confi rmed during their subsequent pairwise comparison by using the method of "fingerprints".
EXPERT RESEARCH OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RELATED TO RUN DOWN ON PEDESTRIANS IN THE CASE OF INAPPROPRIATE TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
Authors: Olkhov V. S. , Olkhov V. S. , Stepko V. O. , Panasenko O. M.
Published: November 2018

Consideration is given to the questions raised by experts when conducting the forensic autotechnical examinations (expert research) in the event of run down on pedestrians who crossed the roadway on a ground unregulated pedestrian crossing.
PROBLEMATIC ISSUES OF LAND AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATION IN DETERMINING BOUNDARIES OF NEIGHBORING LAND PLOTS
Authors: Taranets T. A.
Published: November 2018

Consideration is given to the issues on determining the boundaries of neighboring land plots of various forms of ownership and their using by individuals and legal entities within bounds of populated areas in land and technical examinations and expert studies. The paper contains normative and legal acts regulating the issues on determining the boundaries of land plots and their using.
MODEL OF SHOCK WAVE PROPAGATION IN COMMUNICATION PREMISES
Authors: Vasilchenko A. V. , Ryabinin I. N. , Syrykh V. N.
Published: November 2018

The paper offers a physical model of the formation and propagation of a shock wave in the communication premise as in the channel with walls of different rigidity. The authors prove a need for the installation of blast relief panels in communication premises of buildings with increased explosion hazard.
HAZARD ANALYSIS FOR EXPLOSION OF THE METHANE CYLINDER
Authors: Syrykh V. N. , Vasilchenko A. V.
Published: November 2018

Consideration is given to specifics of the explosion of 50 and 80-liter methane cylinders at various operating temperatures. The authors calculated the following parameters of methane-air mixture: radius of the fireball, speed of its spread and amount of the released heat energy. The paper analyzes the fire hazard in the event of damage to methane cylinders of vehicles.
FEATURES OF APPOINTING AND CONDUCTING MERCHANDISING RESEARCHES TO DETERMINE VALUE OF GREEN PLANTATIONS
Authors: Dontsova O. S.
Published: November 2018

Consideration is given to methodical approaches for solving the problems that arise in expert practice in the appointment and execution of forensic merchandising examinations on determining the value of forestry green plantations, green plantations in cities and in other settlements.
DOCTRINE OF “FAIR USE” OF FINE ART WORKS IN THE ANALYTICAL PRACTICE OF NORTH AMERICAN FORENSIC EXPERTS
Authors: Kalinichenko M. M.
Published: November 2018

The paper presents some of the main provisions of North American methods for examining the works of fine art as objects of intellectual property in the context of the legal doctrine of "fair use" on the basis of the resonant case "Patrick Carey versus Richard Prince". The emphasis is placed on practical significance of the considered scientific and methodological approaches for modern Ukrainian forensic experts. The critical analysis is given for some specific features of the North American methods, which are controversial among lawyers and experts of the United States of America.
PERSONAGE AS AN INDEPENDENT COPYRIGHT OBJECT
Authors: Zanina T. A. , Kopytko A. P.
Published: November 2018

Consideration is given to problematic issues of granting legal protection to the personages. The paper gives the "personage” concept definition and the classification of personages. Specific conditions for granting legal protection to the personages are determined. Analysis is made for the international practice of detailing the personage's characteristics, according to which it is determined whether the controversial personage is endowed with traits that allow him to be included in the protected objects of copyright. Account is given of some main provisions for defining the criteria according to which the free reproduction of a personage for commercial purposes is not allowed.
GENERAL METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CARRY OUT EXPERT RESEARCHES WHOSE OBJECTS ARE VARIOUS MEANS OF INDIVIDUALIZATION
Authors: Kisil N. V.
Published: November 2018

The methodological approaches to the execution of expert researches related to various means of individualization are formulated on the basis of generalizing the publications on theoretical, common methodological issues as well as on the basis of the analysis of forensic expert practice in the field of intellectual property, where the objects of research are the means of individualizing the goods, services and participants in civil circulation.
CLASSIFICATION OF FORENSIC ART EXAMINATION OBJECTS
Authors: Doluda A. O. , Puklich O. S.
Published: November 2018

The paper gives the classification of forensic art examination objects. Consideration is given to the features of conducting the forensic art examination and to the main directions of objects research on the issues of belonging to those that have a cultural value. Determination is made for the authenticity and cost of objects, as well as for the availability of pornographic signs and propaganda of violence and cruelty cults.
DETERMINATION OF TYPE AND MARK OF PROJECTILES BY METHOD OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IN THE STUDY OF PNEUMATICALLY SHOT INJURIOUS TO SOME CLOTHING MATERIALS
Authors: Kozachenko I. M.
Published: November 2018

The X-ray fluorescence spectral qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed for the elemental composition of 4 marks of bullets for pneumatic weapon of home and foreign production, and also for imitators of common clothing materials camouflage fabric and cotton knitwear. It is determined that lead bullets for pneumatic weapons are capable to introduce some elements of their composition, which are inherent in one or another mark of bullets, to the area of damage on certain clothing materials, in particular, camouflage fabric and cotton knitwear. This expands the possibilities of forensic medical examination when dealing with a problem of determining the type and mark of a bullet or of a small group of bullets similar in their elemental composition, due to which the pneumatical shot injuries of examined objects took place.
TRACES OF EXPLOSION AS A CONSTITUENT OF CRIMINALISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A TYPICAL PICTURE OF TERRORIST DIRECTEDNESS CRIMES
Authors: Chornyi G. O.
Published: November 2018

There are viewed the main issues of the general criminalistic classification of traces in the commission of a terrorist directedness crimes, in which the traces are divided into ideal and material. The philosophical basis for the research and study of traces in the broad understanding is the imaging theory. At that a necessary condition for mapping is similarity with the represented object and similarity to it. Material traces by their nature cover changes in the situation of the place of incidence, traces of the object reflection, which are physical evidence and document. The most common traces that remain after the commission of terrorist directedness crimes are the traces of the use of explosives, explosive devices. The author gives the notion of an explosion, from the point of view of its criminalistic meaning, explores the main elements of an explosive device. Particular attention is paid to the classification of explosion traces, depending on conditions and time of trace formation, there are: 1) traces, the formation of which is associated with the illegal manufacture, acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of explosives or explosive devices; 2) preparation traces of the explosive device for the direct explosion; 3) traces of the use of an explosive device in the commission of crimes (traces of an explosion). For each classification group the author indicates the types of traces that are characteristic to it. In the traces, the nature of the actions of criminals, the traits of their personality and the circumstances of committing crimes of a terrorist directedness are objectively reflected. The study of traces makes it possible to reconstruct the mechanism and circumstances of the commission of a crime, the method of preparing it, committing and concealing it, the motives andpur- poses of the crime.
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE SPHERE OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE: MEANS OF INFORMATION PROVISION FOR CRIMES INVESTIGATION
Authors: Pavliuk N. V.
Published: November 2018

The paper considers the questions of applying scientific and technical means of information provision for corruption crimes investigation, researches on corruption directions of activity and corresponding risks of corruption manifestation in the sphere of public health of Ukraine, as well as the possibility to use these data for filling of a database of the automated information system «Сorruption сounteraction» are considered. The offered system is a means of information provision for the formation of proofs in the investigation of a corruption oriented crimes and will give the chance to the subjects authorized on carrying out pre-trial inquiry, to get uninterrupted access to the systematized information, to take potentially useful data, to receive offers of optimal decisions, sequences of actions and result in the convenient form for the decision of tactical problems. On the basis of studying of activity directions in public health care sphere of Ukraine there are presented the proposals concerning the list of corruption risks, the main from them are: imperfect mechanism of the organization and carrying out of the state purchases ofmedical preparations and equipment; impossibility of the automated control over procedure ofpurchases; avoidance of officials responsibility for decision-making; possibility of the companiesintermediaries to take part in purchases; imperfect systems of declaring on cost of medicines; absence of control over factual receipt of the goods and services, their quality, quantity, suitability terms; inconsistence of the treaty provisions to the offer of the auction winner; laying down discrimination conditions for the participation in the public sale; refusal of the customer to conclude the contract with auction winners; possibility ofpurchase conditions infringement; absence of a single register ofpatients which need treatment; absence of open competition choice of the heads ofpublic health care institutions.