bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Development of a secure video chat based on the WebRTC standard for video conferencing
Authors: Revyakina Elena
Published: May 2023

The article describes the process of developing a secure video chat based on the WebRTC standard for establishing a connection and exchanging information between end users during a video conference. The analysis of a variety of technologies when creating a video chat was performed, theoretical information on the WebRTC standard was studied. As a result of the analytical review, the shortcomings of the WebRTC technology were revealed - disclosure of the private IP address of the system user. Therefore, an application architecture was proposed that solves this problem. Conventionally, the architecture consists of a number of entities - sending a message to the signal and STUN servers to obtain the necessary information for making a video call and a loop that, using an open socket connection, listens, transmits and reproduces audio and media streams between system participants. A software product was also written as part of this work, which allows you to use video chat without the risk of revealing a private IP address. This product was also compared with existing analogues and a number of features were identified. The developed product can be used for online conferences. To organize a broadcast, you only need to create a room and share a link with its participants. The advantage of this development is security because data transmission occurs only over HTTPS, media streams are encrypted (DTLS and SRTP), the technology does not require the installation of plug-ins. In addition, there is no need to install additional software, the service is cross-platform, supported by most browsers.
Аgile as a wave of digital transformation
Authors: Krasavina Vera , Platonovskiy Nikolay , Ibiev Gani
Published: May 2023

New technologies are transforming modern production, it is becoming more technological. New products and services have spoiled the consumer with a breadth of offerings, which puts manufacturers in the difficult position of constantly improving their offer by analyzing sales performance and striving to match the overall demand for the product. With the globalization of the economy, competition is growing, and companies that can use new methods of flexible management will ensure the creation of a production management system focused on reducing costs, minimizing risks and increasing efficiency in today's market. Manufacturing has historically been slowly moving away from traditional methods. The industry is based on processes that date back to the first and second industrial revolutions, but today manufacturing companies are using modern technologies to transform their business processes in an agile way. In such an environment, manufacturers can easily innovate. Customer feedback improves this process. Changes can be made in the middle of a process and operations can be reconfigured to meet new requirements. Dividing processes into iterations creates a low-volume manufacturing approach, which means less risk and more flexibility. Agile manufacturing often accompanies digital transformation, as digital workflows break down silos, unify systems, and enable greater flexibility. In other words, agile operations are moving from “adapting to change” to “change to be adaptive”.
Linguistic means of reflecting gender-related changes in modern society (exemplified by English-language newspapers advertisements)
Authors: Monakhova Elena , Yurieva Elena , Amanzholova Jemma
Published: May 2023

Language means play a crucial role in the shaping stereotypes within cultural groups. The present study addresses the issues of gender neutralization in English-language advertising and newspaper texts. The paper investigates linguistic means involved in the creation of genderneutral advertising texts. The analysis of gender-unmarked advertising texts was conducted on the material of English-language newspaper texts from the rubrics "Lifestyle", "Health", "Sports", "Culture" of The Guardian edition. As a result of the study, the authors conclude that the main features of gender-neutral advertising texts are the absence of lexical units that would refer advertising to male or female; the use of scientific terms, numbers in the description of the goods; the use of imperative sentences. Gender neutralization in advertising occurs due to the use of impersonal sentences, defining pronouns and euphemisms. Gender neutralization is a relatively new trend in advertising and has a huge impact on the use of language in modern advertising texts.
Paragraph construction in scientific and technical research for Bachelor of Sciences students
Authors: Dubikova Kristina , Avedova Renata , Shapovalova Yulia , Volkova Tatyana
Published: May 2023

The research objective is the study of paragraph construction structural peculiarities in scientific and technical text in teaching students of various fields. The article analyses and reveals distinctive features of paragraph construction in scientific research. The study proves that analyses of paragraph structural features conduce to fuller distinction of stylistic originality of scientific text, its architectonics and composition. The article clarifies that in contrast to literary text, paragraph in scientific and technical text is distinguished by far greater concise and accurate structure formatting. The research proves that in the paragraph of scientific and technical text every following utterance, having close semantic relations with a preceding utterance, functions as its continuation. Having analyzed paragraph construction structural peculiarities the authors single out its main distinctive features: standardized size, unilinearity, clarity of hierarchic relations between utterances, logically strict consecutive order of its sequence, tight connection between preceding and following utterances. The study proves that in scientific and technical texts paragraphs are monolithic speech units from which bigger segments of the text are «built» (sections, chapters, etc). By building such units, clear, evident logical division of the text is achieved (speech product), necessary for more precise and objective scientific statements and facts, eloquent evidence of the propositions put forward, theories, hypotheses, etc.
Evolution of costume and its role in shaping process a child's social status and image
Authors: Suravtsova Yulia
Published: May 2023

The article considers the methodology of image analysis using several methods of artwork analysis from the periods from the ancient world to the 16th century, where the image of a child and its clothing based on artwork are considered chronologically for the first time. The article also considers an algorithm for designing products for the children's segment.
Psychological well-being of students in digital educational environment
Authors: Babakhova L.G. , Khachaturyan N.N. , Lomova N.V.
Published: May 2023

Currently, the process of digitalization of society affects absolutely all spheres of human activity and forms a completely new information environment that opens up access for every person to any sources of information. The digital educational environment provides a number of advantages for all participants in the educational process and creates prospects for a personal growth. But, despite the readiness of modern students to use new information technologies, the rapid digitalization of the educational environment creates a number of threats and risks to psychological safety. In connection with the restrictive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, the abrupt transfer of the educational process to a distance format and, as a consequence, the weakening of personal contact, the problem of preserving and maintaining the psychological well-being of students has become even more urgent, since the effectiveness of training and positive personal development. The article presents the results of a study, the purpose of which was to study the characteristics of psychological well-being of students during the transition to distance learning. The empirical object of the research were students of 1-3 courses in the amount of 107 people aged from 18 to 22 years old, enrolled in bachelor's programs in technical and humanitarian areas of training. The data obtained in the course of the study on a number of parameters: the emotional component of subjective well-being, the level of socio-psychological adaptability, strategies of stress-coping behavior, such components of resilience as involvement, control, risk taking, made it possible to carry out a correlation analysis, draw interesting conclusions, outline the prospects for further studying the problem.
Conceptual frameworks and tools for advanced development
Authors: Batov Gumar , Boziev Alberd , Shogenov Timur
Published: May 2023

The general picture that is emerging in the world shows that the country's place in the future will depend on what kind of technological power it can acquire in the near future. All countries are intensively engaged in the technologization of their economies based on digital technologies, especially artificial intelligence. Russia has serious work to do in the development, use and implementation of new technologies, organizational forms, psychological attitudes and values into the economy and life of society.The purpose of the study is to propose a model for the development of an economy based on advanced development. The choice of such an approach is justified by the fact that the model used in Russia has built-in fundamental shortcomings and disadvantages that do not allow the economic system to develop in a balanced way. The development of a development strategy based on the proposed concept will make it possible to level and eliminate the shortcomings inherent in the existing model and ensure advanced development. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that the concept of advanced development is proposed, the implementation of which will provide an opportunity for a balanced and sustainable development of the economy and society through the interaction of economic, technological, institutional, network, digital, cultural and mental factors.
Classification of the elliptical sentences in the question-answer dialogue unity in modern English language communication
Authors: Kosonozhkina Ludmila , Treboukhina Natalya , Karagodskaya Yulia , Bogatskaya Elena
Published: May 2023

The article provides an arrangement of different points of view of Russian and foreign linguists on the versatile issue of ellipsis and elliptical sentences. It shows how these constructions are de-scribed within the formal-grammatical, textual, stylistic, logical, comparative and communicative approaches; and the correlation between ellipsis and syntactic anaphoric zero qualification is given. The second part of the article is devoted to the statistics of different types of elliptical sentences based on the established basic models of elliptical sentences in questionand-answer dialogue unities of the modern English language communication. The author identifies five structural models of elliptical sentences in the question-answer dialogical unity of the modern English language. They are: one-member elliptical interrogative and answer sentences with noun, pronoun, adjective and adverb as a key component; one-member elliptical sentences with functional parts of speech as a key component: an elliptical question presented by question words, conjunctions; and elliptical answers in the form of conjunctions, interjections, prepositions. Then come one-member elliptical answer yesand no-sentences; two-member elliptical general and special questions with direct word order; two-member elliptical answer sentences with the incomplete structure of the predicate and also two-member elliptical interrogative and answer sentences with represented members.
Comparison of the characteristics for naming geographical objects in Chinese and Western cultures
Authors: Liu Lu , Rybakov Mikhail
Published: May 2023

Toponym is rich in cultural connotations, which can help human beings understand the economy, culture, geography, religion of a certain region and a certain stage. With the increasing intercultural communication, cultural exchange has been extended to people's work and life and the significance and influence of toponym in cross-cultural communication has been gradually highlighted. This paper compares the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western place name from three aspects. Due to the unity of human thought, there are similarities between Chinese and Western place names. But because of the great cultural differences between China and the West, there are also great differences in the place names. Chinese place name is more deliberate and rigorous while western people treat place name only as an accusative symbol and the naming of it is more casual and flexible. Therefore, the study of place name can provide insight into the characteristics of Chinese and Western cultures which is important for the promotion of cultural exchange. The article also considers the prospect of using information computer technologies for processing wide layers of toponymic material.
Information technologies for resocialization of minors convicted of drug crimes
Authors: Tretyakov Ivan
Published: May 2023

The serious concern of many specialists, who deal with the problems of drug addiction, regarding counteracting the spread of drug addiction among juvenile population and establishing the efficient targeted informational influences on underaged drug users and drug criminals for their social (psychological and pedagogical support) prompted the Author to write this Article. The article deals with both traditional, worldwide known rehabilitation approaches to drug addicted teenagers, and fundamentally new methods that take advantages of the digital environment. The Author paid particular attention to the analysis of the positive changes that (thanks to IT technologies) contributed to the formation of anti-drug attitudes, constructive motivation, and legal behavior skills of deviant minors who participated in the experiment. The Author also presented the data on psychological testing, that demonstrated the dynamics of empirical response of the adolescent in course of restoring their self-control and self-regulation, awakening their willingness to gaining new knowledge, to becoming successful and creative members of the information society. The Author comes to the conclusion that the digital environment can either destroy a child or form his/her positive attitudes, constructive motivation, readiness to give up drugs, to reintegrate, as well as serve as a tool that gives advice and signals to the appropriate specialists about the successful recovery of a client or (on the contrary) about a sudden deterioration of his/her condition (crisis, breakdowns, etc.).
New in training a foreign language teacher in the context of global education
Authors: Osipova Nadezhda , Puzatykh Alexander
Published: May 2023

The article describes theoretical foundations of global education and possibilities of their application in the process of training future foreign language teachers. It shows some productive ways to increase the level of the formation of professional competence of graduates. Mainly, during the research work on forming the professional competence of a foreign language teacher in the context of global education, the results were obtained through interviewing, observing, and analyzing professional (during teaching practice) and educational (during lessons of the optional course “Teaching a foreign language in the context of global education”) activities of foreign language students. The results showed a positive dynamics and legitimacy of the proposed approaches to enhancing the development of students’ professional competence in the context of global education. The scientific originality of the study is as follows: - the theoretical foundations for implementing the ideas of global education into the teaching of foreign languages are presented; - the role of a foreign language as an effective educational tool in implementing global education is shown; - the peculiarities of a foreign language teacher’s pedagogical activity in implementing global education ideas are presented. Thus, the article reflects the need to identify the significance and role of global research in science and to develop a common concept of global education.
Algorithms for extracting lines, paragraphs with their properties in PDF documents
Authors: Martsinkevich Viacheslav , Berezhkov Andrei , Tereshchenko Vladislav , Gorlushkina Natalia , Tretjakova Violetta
Published: May 2023

The article discusses the algorithms for detecting and extracting lines, paragraphs with their properties and attributes in PDF documents, analyses the structure of PDF-file and its objects. Due to special operators in objects the PDF documents content is saved as symbols or symbol groups. The position of such groups on the page also remains identical. The main challenge that we face, while extracting paragraphs from the PDF document is the complex format that is able to retain various types of information and can be created in several ways.
Resilience, styles of self-regulation of behavior as a personal resource in ensuring psychological security
Authors: Cerfus Diana , Kozlova Valeria
Published: May 2023

In order to investigate the resilience, and styles of self-regulation of behavior as a personal resource in ensuring the psychological safety of future specialists in the transport industry, a pilot study was conducted with the participation of 60 people. The survey included: 1–the methodology of "Diagnostics of S. Muddy's resilience"; 2–the test of "Life orientations" by D. Krambo and L. Makholik in the adaptation of D. A. Leontiev; 3–the questionnaire "Style of self-regulation of behavior" by V. I. Morosanova. The study found that resilience is a basic component of the psychological security of the personality of future specialists in the transport industry and ensures their psychological well-being. The analysis of the results revealed significant differences in resilience, value-semantic sphere, and styles of self-regulation of behavior among students of departmental and civil universities. According to the results of correlation analysis in the studied samples of students and cadets, significant connections between the studied phenomena were established. Based on the conducted research, it can be argued that situations of adverse effects of various factors of the external and internal environment on a person contribute to the formation and development of resilience, which directly affects the regulatory processes of the body. Resilience, life-meaning orientations, and styles of self-regulation of behavior determine social behavior and are the basic components of the level of psychological security of future specialists in the transport industry.
Application of a method for student academic performance control
Authors: Kudarov R. , Mikulik I. , Blagoveshchenskaya E.
Published: May 2023

A method for monitoring the results of academic performance of students in a mathematical discipline is considered. As part of the monitoring method, a mathematics testing system was developed, implemented on the basis of the Moodle distance learning system platform. A bank of questions was compiled, including more than 600 tasks in elementary Mathematics and more than 900 tasks in Further Mathematics, on the basis of which tests were created to check the progress of students. To analyze the results of intermediate testing in mathematics, the rank correlation coefficients of Spearman and Kendall were calculated. A comparison of the results of tests conducted in the classroom and remotely.
Motivational features of teachers as a condition for the integration of social and digital systems
Authors: Astapenko Evgenia
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this work is to study the motivational characteristics of preschool teachers with different levels of digital literacy. The study involved60 people (30 teachers of kindergartens with a higher level of digital literacy and 30 teachers with a lower level of digital literacy).To study the motivational characteristics of teachers, we used: a questionnaire for determining digital literacy (Google Forms); A. Mehrabian's test questionnaire aimed at measuring achievement motivation (modification by M. Sh. Magamed-Eminov); N.P. Fetiskina "Diagnostics of the level of partial readiness for professional-pedagogical selfdevelopment", methodology "Scale of readiness for creative and innovative activity" by S.Yu. Stepanov. The study shows that teachers with higher and lower levels of digital literacy have differences in cognitive and motivational readiness for professional and pedagogical self-development, differ in the degree of readiness for creative and innovative activities. Motivational differences are identified among teachers with different levels of digital literacy.
Mechanisms of knowledge translation in the conditions of modern culture digitalization
Authors: Belova Ekaterina , Makarova Alexandra , Svadbina Tatiana , Nemova Olga , Sulima Igor
Published: May 2023

This article deals with the problem of digitalization of cultural mechanisms of knowledge translation. The study clarifies the terms digitization and digitalization, considers their comparison, as well as differences from digital technologies. In addition, the positive and negative consequences of these processes on society as a whole are considered. Since a modern person prefers to receive information in a finished form, therefore, digitalization is of great importance. The history of the emergence of digitalization as a separate process is also considered. Now most areas of our lives increase technological involvement, that has led to a large-scale convergence of various areas and processes. The article examines the influence of convergence on the processes of social and political integration at the level of interaction between groups, associations of individuals in the implementation of civil initiatives, as well as at the level of states and peoples. Digitalization processes have significantly changed the world and human interaction.
Using digital ecosystems in public-private partnership
Authors: Yekimov Sergey , Alloh Karel , Turdibekov Khasan , Alimova Mashhura
Published: May 2023

Public-private partnership can be considered one of the most priority areas for the development of social and transport infrastructure, improving education and healthcare systems, and attracting private capital to the economy. Effective implementation of infrastructure and investment projects within the framework of public–private partnership allows the state and private investors to benefit, and ultimately all citizens. State administrative levers should be focused on the formation of the legal framework necessary for effective cooperation between private business and government agencies. Public-private partnership can play an important role in the implementation of state targeted programs. The participation of private capital in these programs will make it possible to save the expenditure of public funds, as well as increase the return on investment activities. The use of the digital ecosystem within the framework of public-private partnership makes it possible to simplify the interaction of the private sector of the economy with public institutions. Thanks to the use of the digital ecosystem, the state will be able to more effectively select partners for the implementation of joint projects. The use of the digital ecosystem will save time on the examination of promising investment projects. The use of digital economic systems allows to reduce the time costs necessary for making effective management decisions, as well as to increase labor productivity. Digital ecosystems are able to bring public-private partnership to a qualitatively higher level of relations between business and the state.
Oral and written speech interpretation in sustainable development of ecological education
Authors: Moysova Olga , Boyko Anna , Marchenko Svetlana
Published: May 2023

Ecologist in today’s world should know the terminology in related to ecology areas. Thus, modern ecological education should be accompanied with the development of some nature interpretation skills within the language. In many languages, there is a special category of words – onomatopoeia (onomatopes), which conditionally reproduce various sounds that exist in nature: bam, bom, bang, bul, boom, cap, ding, chik, smack, upchi, etc. Onomatopoeia (onomatopoeia) occupies a prominent place among the "peripheral", marginal phenomena of language, and the interest of linguists in onomatopoeia is by no means accidental. Onomatopoeic words, due to their figurativeness, high stylistic expressiveness and phonetic instability, are of great interest to researchers. The present study is a comprehensive study of the structure, semantics, and stylistics of onomatopoeia in modern Russian and English. The result of the study is a comprehensive description of the structure of onomatopoeia, as well as a comprehensive examination of their semantic and stylistic aspects of the modern Russian language in comparison with English, as well as the definition of patterns in their translation.
Applications of the digital economics tools in the spatial industry
Authors: Dolzhikov Dmitry , Romero Sol Alejandra Rodriguez , Terano Angel Francisco Martinez , Ramos by Andrea Alexandra Sandoval , Xiaopeng Zhou
Published: May 2023

The subject of the research is the digital economics tools applied in spatial industry and enterprises in the context of integration into the digital economy. The process of digitalization of economy and society, the increase of information volumes, data complexity and diversity of data sources with the parallel increase in the value of information create the need for essentially new methods, and tools of managing the spatial industry. The aim of the research was to study the tools of the digital economy in terms of their contribution to the efficient functioning of the space industry in the Russian Federation. The research is supported by the need to introduce new economic tools that ensure the digitization process in the space industry. The introduction of digital technologies and tools of the digital economy in companies generates the need to take into account the specific characteristics of production processes, the existing technical infrastructure, the composition and structure of production facilities, as well as the training of personnel. The paper concludes that the introduction of digital economy tools in the space industry is essential for the optimization of production processes and adaptation to the new digital era in this industry, as well as the development of it.
Multidimensional modeling of regions by employment and socio-economic development
Authors: Salimova Guzel , Sagadeeva Elsa
Published: May 2023

Employment is essential for development. Employment can increase income of people and household, reduce inequality. Employment promote economic growth and promote stability of country. We carried out a comprehensive analysis, which reflected the situation and the connection with the market of labour force (particularly population employment), the population's standard of living (particularly its income). Scientists today make efforts to study the lasting aspects, facts of employment and the state of the labour in general. An empirical distribution of the studied regions into 3 clusters was made. It is possible to obtain sufficiently high production results and, consequently, increase the population's standard of living. Cluster 1 regions are encouraged to more actively introduce new technologies and scientific developments into the production process. The regions of cluster 3 are recommended to adopt the experience of organizing the management of production processes, technological changes. How the population will live today depends on production and management, including the labour market. The research defines the directions for future research.
Determination of the capitalization rate based on generalization of the trading segment market information
Authors: Pirogova Oksana , Plotnikov Vladimir , Tsekhomsky Nikolay
Published: May 2023

The commercial real estate market has been hit hard by the coronavirus. Many segments of commercial real estate in 2020 found themselves in a situation of complete cessation of activity due to the lockdown. Each segment is experiencing crises in the economy in its own way, however, it should be noted that even in the current circumstances, the commercial real estate market is mobile, supply and demand is present, real estate transactions are being made. The purpose of the study is to determine the capitalization rates for the trading segment using the direct capitalization method. Tasks: determining the state of the commercial real estate market, in particular the retail segment, determining which objects of the considered segments can be applied to the direct capitalization method, determining the calculation of the capitalization ratio, using regression analysis to refine the results of the capitalization ratios, analyzing the obtained values. The work used the method of direct capitalization, the method of direct comparison, regression analysis, data analysis. As a result of this study, capitalization rates for the trading segment were determined using the direct capitalization method. The objects of the considered segments are determined, to which it is possible to apply the direct capitalization method.
Reasons for CSR engagement in SMES and MNCS: a qualitative perspective
Authors: Tan Athirah binti Mohd , Ann Ho Jo
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this paper was to explore the reasons for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) engagement among Small Medium Enterprise (SMEs) and Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Malaysia. The research is situated within an interpretive approach. The interview technique was employed to explore the issue. Interviews were conducted with 8 firms including 4 SMEs and 4 MNCs. The firms were selected based on the firms that are actively engaging in CSR and the detail of CSR activities have been identified via their companies websites. Five themes emerged as the reasons for CSR engagement in SMEs and MNCs: leadership styles, competitiveness, alignment with company mission, vision, and objectives, and resource availability. From the results, this study helps researchers to understand in depth the CSR terminologies, the differences in CSR activities between MNCs and SMEs, and the factors that would influence firms to engage in CSR activities. Other than that, this study will help in initiating programs workshops, seminars, and training to educate managers and SME owners on the benefits of CSR.
Entrepreneurship in Liberia: challenges and opportunities of SMEs
Authors: Diallo Abdullahi , Lim Li-Chen , Wong Ling-Chai , Lee Leong-Weng
Published: May 2023

Entrepreneurship has been considered one of the major universal drivers of economic development, and sustainable development while also contributing to the growth of a country’s economy. This study explored the perspectives of business entrepreneurs on the contributions of entrepreneurship to economic development in Liberia. A qualitative research approach while an in-depth interview guided by a semi-structured interview was conducted among Liberian entrepreneurs to explore whether entrepreneurship contributes to a country’s economic development based on their views, opinions, and experiences. The findings of the study show that the lack of proper incentives, government support, infrastructure, cost of utilities, entrepreneurship awareness, and lack of entrepreneurship education in schools and universities curriculum is considered to be one of the core factors that is hindering the promotion of entrepreneurship in Liberia. As a result, the study recommends the Liberian government's need to implement policies that will enhance the development of entrepreneurship, provide basic infrastructure, and introduce entrepreneurship education in secondary and tertiary institutions as a core module. This study contributed to the entrepreneurship literature and confirmed that entrepreneurship has played a key role in providing solutions for Liberia’s economy while generating a greater number of employment and enhancing society's living standards.
Anti-fraud measures and corporate policies to combat financial fraud in the financial institutes of Malaysia
Authors: Mohammed Dawood , Asokan Kannan , Arunasalam Kavitha
Published: May 2023

The rising concern about fraud in the financial sector and its impact on the economy requires massive changes and efforts that provide an avenue to fight against fraud. The primary goal of this study is to examine the effectiveness of Anti-fraud measures and corporate policies to combat financial fraud in financial institutes in Malaysia. In this study, three variables that affect combatting financial fraud have been identified to be evaluated, including digital forensic tools, regulations, and corporate policies. This study used questionnaires to obtain data from workers of financial institutions as a primary data source. The findings indicated that all variables have a significant relationship with combating financial fraud. Thus, this study raises awareness about the need for anti-fraud measures in financial institutions to combat fraud.
Mitigating money laundering through technological and regulatory strategies
Authors: Ujoodha Yukta Shaivi , Suppiah Kahyahthri
Published: May 2023

The main purpose of this research is to examine the technological and regulatory strategies to mitigate money laundering worldwide. Due to money laundering being a serious financial crime affecting several institutions, economies and countries globally, the researcher intends to gather the technological and regulatory strategies in order to limit and combat money laundering. A mixed research method is used by the researcher to collect both quantitative data through questionnaires and qualitative data through secondary research case studies. Eventually, the data is merged and mutually supported to obtain a suitable interpretation of the overall findings. In this study, there are five different variables which impact the mitigation of money laundering significantly, namely, improve anti-money laundering policy, structured employee training, data analytics, suspicious transaction reporting, and customer due diligence. The quantitative data was collected from registered professional accountants in Mauritius and the qualitative data was collected from five different case studies relating to each of the independent variables mentioned. The relationship between the five independent variables and their influence on the mitigation of money laundering is assessed through the Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The findings revealed that all the variables have a significant relationship with the mitigation of money laundering. The conclusion discussed in this study expresses that it is the responsibility of every country to continuously adopt and develop better technological and regulatory strategies in mitigating money laundering.
Impact evaluation of microfinance: a HEPM perspective
Authors: Kumar Senthil , Aslam Mohammad , Nawanir Gusman , Moshood Taofeeq Durojaye
Published: May 2023

Microfinance services were primarily conceived for poverty alleviation and millions of borrowers have benefited across various countries. This study measures microfinance impact on borrowers from the following dimensions viz. enterprise, household, individual and security. The impact was measured by comparing the borrowers’ poverty level before and after microfinance (within impact), and then with and without microfinance (between impact) using Household Economic Portfolio Model (HEPM). In general, it was observed that microfinance has had a favorable impact on borrowers. The income level of borrowers has increased after they availed the loan indicating that participant borrowers’ financial position is better than that of the non-participant borrowers. The results confirm that both industry survival and growth are achievable thereby advocating that microfinance is a sustainable development tool in the current scenario. Hence, policymakers should continue framing strategies that are in favour of extending microfinance to micro-enterprises that are deprived of mainstream finance.
Decarbonisation prospects for the Russian economy
Authors: Pletnev Dmitri , Murashkin Sergei , Popova Alyona
Published: May 2023

The problems of reducing the emission of gases harmful to nature into the Earth's atmosphere remain relevant. One of the important areas of environmental activity is the decarbonisation of the economy, the consistent regulation of carbon dioxide emissions. At the same time, the process goes beyond the scope of ecological and economic activity, acquiring a geo-economic and geopolitical character. The article considers the sectoral features of carbon regulation in Russia, assesses the vectors of the impact of decarbonisation on individual industries, and determines the scale of influence. An assessment of the dynamics of selected industries was carried out. The case of one of the regions shows the potential impact of the European carbon regulation in the horizon until 2023.
Reputational risks of manufacturing companies arising from a decrease in the value of human capital
Authors: Shageeva G.R.
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this article is to consider the features of reputational risks of manufacturing companies arising from a decrease in the value of human capital. As noted in the paper, the reputational risks of modern companies have a direct connection with its personnel technologies, as well as with the attitude towards employees and organizational culture. Today, it is impossible to simply manage employees, requiring them only to perform professional duties and not giving them the opportunity to improve their professional level or show creative professional skills. It is necessary to systematically develop human resources, responding in a timely manner to the needs of the staff, creating an atmosphere of creativity in the team, thereby contributing to the growth of business reputation and improving the efficiency of the company as a whole.
Organizational processes in Russian perfume and cosmetics companies in unstable economic environment
Authors: Volkodavova E.V. , Pavlova O.P. , Tomazova O.V.
Published: May 2023

The economic prosperity of any enterprise largely depends on its sustainable development, which is difficult to achieve in today's uncertain economic environment. The sustainable development of any enterprise in a crisis situation is largely dependent on the ability of management to adapt business processes to the changing conditions of the economic environment. And for this purpose, it is necessary to develop and implement organizational changes. The article deals with the introduction of organizational changes in order to achieve sustainable development of Russian enterprises engaged in the wholesale trade in perfumes and cosmetics. The study reveals structural problems characteristic of the activities of these enterprises in a complex geoeconomic environment. The authors of the article refer to such problems as: errors in order formation, problems of payment for orders by customers from other countries using foreign payment systems, downtime for order assembly, lack of an order accounting system. To solve each of the identified problems, a different solution method is proposed. The proposed solution methods are implemented on the basis of the algorithms developed. It is concluded that the application of the proposed change management algorithms will increase the adaptation of Russian enterprises engaged in wholesale trade in perfumes and cosmetics to the conditions of an uncertain economic environment.
Modified differential evolution method for parametric synthesis of fuzzy control system
Authors: Luneva Ann , Luneva Svetlana
Published: May 2023

A modification for differential evolution method is developed to solve the problem of synthesizing a fuzzy system with optimal parameters. This modification allows you to handle both integer and continuous variables, making it possible to solve any mixed integer-continuous problems, including parametric synthesis of fuzzy control system, as it contains both types of parameters. The main idea of the modification is to change the procedure for generating the initial population, as well as the introduction of additional restrictions that ensure the correct operation of the fuzzy system. The key idea of the modification is to change the procedure for the formation of the initial population, as well as the introduction of additional restrictions that ensure the correct operation of the fuzzy system. The problem of optimizing the parameters of a fuzzy system was formalized: a fuzzy system is represented by a vector of parameters characterizing it, and a control quality criterion is considered as an object function. To illustrate the operation of the algorithm, a fuzzy system was compiled that allows solving the problem of optimal speed performance.
Retraction Note: Social marketing: imperatives for rural entrepreneurship
Authors: Tarasovych Liudmyla , Yaremova Maryna , Usiuk Tetiana , Lavrynenko Svitlana , Slobodianyk Anna , Abuselidze George
Published: May 2023

The Guest Editor(s) and the authors have retracted this article.
Actually, due to an unintentional oversight, the authors failed to disclose a conflict of interest that might have affected interpretations of the work and recommendations by peer reviewers.
The Publisher approved to the retraction.
Assessment of the digital transformation impact on the structural changes dynamics in the Russian economy
Authors: Petrova Elena , Buyanova Marina , Kalinina Vera
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study is a quantitative assessment of the structural changes dynamics; the authors propose to assess these shifts based on an analysis of changes occurring within the economy sectoral structure and the gross value added in recent years. Another purpose is to identify the relations between economic development and the digital technologies use in the Russian economy in general, which allow to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy implementation as part of the development of the Digital Economy in the country in general. The Gatev’s coefficient is the most effective tool for calculating the magnitude of structural changes, it allows to evaluate the dynamics of changes, as well as to identify structural changes based on the effectiveness. The empirical base of the study consists of statistical materials on the gross value added reflected in the industry structure, statistical publications on the use of various types of digital technologies and on digital technology expenses from 2005 to 2022. The study identified the trends of the Gatev’s structural changes coefficients dynamics and provided their quantitative assessment according to the selected indicators for Russia. An analysis of the comparability of economical structural changes both in terms of the use and the costs of digital technologies was carried out. The obtained results of the quantitative assessment served as the basis for substantiating the identified dynamics for the quantitative assessment of the structural changes taking place in the country's economy and the dynamics of the use of digital technologies.
The role of regional banking systems in promoting sustainable development: challenges and opportunities
Authors: Tashtamirov Magomed
Published: May 2023

Regional banking systems play an essential role in sustainable development by financing environmentally and socially responsible projects. This article provides a comprehensive literature review and case studies of successful regional banks from various countries, including Triodos Bank (Netherlands), New Resource Bank (USA), and Sberbank (Russia). The analysis reveals that regional banks can contribute significantly to sustainable development by providing financing for renewable energy, organic food and farming, and social housing. Moreover, the study shows that regional banks can help to alleviate poverty and improve the standard of living for marginalized communities. The findings have important implications for policymakers, as regional banks can play a critical role in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Furthermore, the study contributes to the literature on sustainable finance by providing empirical evidence on the role of regional banks in sustainable development.
Non-economic predictors of migration intentions of the youth of big industrial city with an unfavorable ecological status
Authors: Zabelina Ekaterina , Nikolaeva Ekaterina , Pletnev Dmitri , Pavlov Daniel
Published: May 2023

Despite the growing interest of researchers in the problem of youth migration from territories with an unfavorable ecological status, the non-economic factors of this process have not been studied enough. The present study fills this gap by identifying the relationship between non-economic variables and the migration intentions of students in an industrial city. The results of the study allow us to conclude that there are moderate links between the migration intentions of students in an industrial city and some non-economic (subjective) factors. In particular, the factors hindering the migration intentions of students are the presence of clear goals, a sense of happiness and satisfaction with life, motivation to interact with other people, trust in them, as well as the belief in family support (but not financial). On the contrary, the lack of clear goals, the feeling of loneliness and dissatisfaction in the present moment, the unwillingness to count on the support of family and relatives, distrust of people are factors that push people to move to another country.
Development trends in suburban real estate sector
Authors: Belanova Natalya , Lebedev Denis , Garshin Alexey
Published: May 2023

The authors of the research work, based on the analysis of market development trends and key success factors, form a SWOT matrix for out-of-town real estate objects under construction and calculate the evaluation of the matrix factors, which are used to determine the current and desired position of the object of construction in the positioning field. The main research methods are formal-logical, abstract, and empirical. Statistical methods (groupings, averages) and methods of expert evaluations were used to determine the most significant factors of SWOT matrix and to develop perspective directions of development projects' development. In order to improve market positions of out-of-town real estate objects under construction and to transfer their desirable position on the positioning field, the authors elaborate directions of development projects' development. These include the introduction of "green building" and energy-saving technologies, the use of modular construction, BIM technologies and the use of innovative materials. To increase the attractiveness of the objects under construction, development companies are recommended to carry out integrated development of the territories in the construction of cottage settlements. To increase the affordability of built objects, conversion of potential demand into real demand, the authors recommend the active use of mortgage lending system in the construction of residential housing, development and implementation of infill development of individual territories.