bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Different substrate compositions in the development of Brazilian berry in pots
Authors: Meira Bezerra Jéssica Cristina , Rezende Brian Turati , Agustini Jose Antonio , Ferreira dos Santos Patrick Luan , Kawahata Pagliarini Maximiliano , Monteiro de Castilho Regina Maria
Published: December 2021

The Brazilian berry (Pliniacauliflora, sin: Myrciariacauliflora Berg), a native tree of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, called by native people as “Jabuticaba” and cultivated throughout the national territory, is a species produced for consumption in natura, manufacturing liqueurs, ice cream, fermented drinks and juices, jellies, in addition to be used in the pharmaceutical industry for essential oil production. Despite being a tree species, it has been cultivated in pots by those who have little space. Thus, this study aimed to verify substrate compositions with soil in the development of Brazilian berry in full sun and potted. The experimental design was completely randomized, with 3 treatments and 9 replications, being: T1 – Soil + organic compost (1:1); T2 – Soil + sand (1:1); T3 – Soil + sand + organic compost (1:1:1). Chemical and physical properties of substrate mixtures, chlorophyll index and fresh and dry matter of leaves and analysis of leaf macro and micronutrients content were evaluated. Among the evaluated treatments, soil + sand + organic compost (1:1:1) showed favourable results for the evaluated characteristics, while soil + sand (1:1) showed unfavourable results, probably due to the presence of sand in its mixture.
Three generations of Ukrainians in stratification hierarchies: a comparative perspective
Authors: Malysh Lina
Published: December 2021

The article analyzes the differences in positions in the stratification hierarchies of different generations. Based on the data of the sociological survey “Ukrainian Society”, conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine in 1995–1997 and 2018–2020, four subsamples which represented three age cohorts (grandparents, parents (measured at two points) and children) were formed. Comparison of their characteristics made by combining three types of research designs (cross-sectional, cohort, and trend). The measurement of positions in the space of inequalities carried out with three groups of indicators (objective parameters, subjective perception and recognition of the legitimacy of stratification orders). On their basis, three typologies were constructed (objective, integral and economic position), consisting of an agreed high, medium and low status, as well as an inconsistent status. The study indicated many positive generational changes in the distributions of individuals along the main stratification hierarchies. The most dramatic changes fixed in the people’s perception of their social position and recognition of the legitimacy of the inequality system. There weren’t generational differences in status crystallization, although the links between status characteristics differed somewhat. In modern Ukrainian society, a large proportion of people belonged to the higher levels of hierarchies and smaller ones at the lower.
Specific of believers’ perception of the situation with Covid-19 epidemic: public opinion research data
Authors: Parashchevin Maksym
Published: December 2021

Quarantine restrictions associated with the COVID-19 epidemic, except for other spheres, tightly touched upon the sphere of religious life, in particular the implementation of religious practices in a well-established way. The state tried to introduce restrictions on these practices, which, given their connection with the sphere of sacred, may have consequences in the strengthening social tensions or open resistance from believers. The situation with discontent and criticism by religious organizations took place, but the reaction from the wide masses of believers is more important. Accordingly, there is a need for fixation and tracking of such a reaction. The data obtained in the survey of the Ukrainian population indicate a greater, compared with non-religious people, the concerns of believers with the situation with the epidemic of COVID-19. This may be a consequence of both the influence of information and interpretations that believers receive in their religious organizations and the specifics of the personality and the worldview of believers associated with their religious beliefs. At the same time, the more concern with epidemic by religious persons is not connected with a more critical attitude to the actions of authorities and with the desire to full abolition of the existing restrictions.
A Survey of X2 Isohaline Empirical Models for the San Francisco Estuary
Authors:   Tetra Tech, Inc., Rath John , Hutton Paul ,   Tetra Tech, Inc., Ateljevich Eli ,   California Department of Water Resources, Roy Sujoy ,   Tetra Tech, Inc.
Published: December 2021

This work surveys the performance of several empirical models, all recalibrated to a common data set, that were developed over the past 25 years to relate freshwater flow and salinity in the San Francisco Estuary (estuary). The estuary’s salinity regime—broadly regulated to meet urban, agricultural, and ecosystem beneficial uses—is managed in spring and certain fall months to meet ecosystem objectives by controlling the 2 parts per thousand bottom salinity isohaline position (referred to as X2). We tested five empirical models for accuracy, mean, and transient behavior. We included a sixth model, employing a machine learning framework and variables other than outflow, in this survey to compare fitting skill, but did not subject it to the full suite of tests applied to the other five empirical models. Model performance was observed to vary with hydrology, year, and season, and in some cases exhibited unique limitations as a result of mathematical formulation. However, no single model formulation was found to be consistently superior across a wide range of tests and applications. One test revealed that the models performed equally well when recalibrated to a uniformly perturbed input time-series. Thus, while the models may be used to identify anomalies or seasonal biases (the latter being the subject of a companion paper), their use as inverse models to infer freshwater outflow to the estuary from salinity observations is not expected to improve upon the absolute accuracy of existing outflow estimates. This survey suggests that, for analyses that span a long hydrologic record, an ensemble approach—rather than the use of any individual model on its own—may be preferable to exploit the strengths of individual models.
De Queer as Folk a Pose, 20 anos depois
Authors: Rodrigues André Iribure
Published: December 2021

Este trabalho visa apresentar um panorama diacrônico das abordagens de dois seriados veiculados em períodos distintos, num intervalo de duas décadas. O primeiro, intitulado Queer as Folk, de 2000, na TV por assinatura, aborda as vivências não normatizadas da sexualidade gay e lésbica, enquanto o segundo, Pose, mais recente, por streaming, avança nas representações de minorias transexuais e transgêneros, com cortes de raça e de classe social. Evidencia-se, a partir de um olhar sobre os estudos de gênero e da sexualidade, com aporte das representações sociais da psicologia social e dos estudos culturais, pela análise de conteúdo, como se dão as visibilidades das tensões e das negociações do que escapa da heteronormatividade nos limites da ficção seriada televisiva. Da visibilidade de uma hegemonia gay, branca, classe média com o mote da homofobia, duas décadas após, percebe-se as representações de pessoas negras e vulneráveis social e economicamente ao enfrentarem a transfobia.
The PropTech Revolution: The Imperatives for Nigeria’s Estate Surveying and Valuation Professionals to Catch Up or Get Left Behind
Authors: Aihie Vincent Uwaifiokun
Published: December 2021

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become the bedrock of modern societies with activities being streamlined to technologically meet the needs of individuals willing to adopt it in their day-to-day lives. The emergence of ICT has influenced the activities of real estate practitioners all over the world. Despite sectoral shifts and the introduction of innovative technologies, real estate professionals have been quite conservative towards industry modernisation (whether it is information provision, transaction or management), which threatens to limit their influence in society. PropTech, or property technology, has commanded this movement by promising more efficient portfolio management, faster ways of renting accommodation and more accurate techniques of carrying out property appraisals. It has provided innovative solutions for an industry yearning for change. This paper, therefore, describes the emerging property technology industry known as PropTech. It illustrates how its development has brought changes to global perceptions of real estate. The paper also critically examines the challenges that Nigerian estate surveyors and valuers face in the advent of fast-paced information technology. It strongly proposes that professionals must learn to utilise this emerging trend or face becoming redundant in the real estate industry.
Basketball, Books, and Brotherhood: Dewitt Clinton High School as Scholastic Model of Postwar Racial Progression and African American Leadership
Authors: Banton Arthur
Published: December 2021

In 1950, the City College of New York (CCNY) became the first racially-integrated team to win the national championship of college basketball. Three of the players on that team attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York. At the time Clinton high school was one of the most academically-rigorous public schools in the city and the United States. During this postwar period Clinton annually sent nearly a third of its graduates to college, this at a time when the national average of high school completion stood at twenty percent. The unofficial school motto etched in yearbooks and the student paper was “college or bust.” Needless to say, DeWitt Clinton strongly encouraged its student body to attend college and for those who did not, they were pushed to excel beyond the limits of their chosen professions. This intellectually competitive academic environment was integrated and more than twenty-percent black. Like their contemporaries, black students were encouraged to pursue opportunities that seemed unthinkable in an era of racial stratification. As a result, Clinton produced a number of black students armed with the skills to navigate the terrain of prejudice and circumvent a number of social barriers. DeWitt Clinton high school was a model for interracial brotherhood while also fostering black leadership. Like Jackie Robinson, whom integrated Major League Baseball in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the three black athletes who competed on the CCNY team were prepared for the transition of competing on a racially integrated college team, can be partially attributed to their secondary schooling at DeWitt Clinton. This article examines the racial climate of DeWitt Clinton during the postwar years when the three young men were in attendance and how it fostered a culture of Basketball, Books, and Brotherhood.
A Qualitative Analysis of the Intersectional Socialization of NCAA Division I Student-Athletes Across Diverse Identities
Authors: Archer Martha Serena , Weaver Tony
Published: December 2021

This research explores the socialization of NCAA Division I student-athletes through case study research methods to understand the influence of collegiate sport on interactions across intersectional identities. Grounded in academic theories relation to student-athlete socialization and intersectionality, this study addresses the following overarching question: What is the influence of athletic participation on the socialization of student-athletes? Interviews lasting 30-45 minutes were conducted with student-athletes (n=21) and athletic staff (n=4) associated with an NCAA Division I football program at a predominantly White institution (PWI) in the southern United States. Results suggested that the socialization of student athletes is complicated by their diverse, intersectional identities and oftentimes requires them to fall into perceived situational identities depending on the social setting.
Looking Beyond the Toxic Triangle: Connecting Sexual Abuse to Failed Governance
Authors: Grummert Sara , Rall Raquel
Published: December 2021

The authors aim to further theoretical conceptualizations of sexual abuse in college sport by providing a wider framework to better identify and combat abuse within organizations. Building on the Toxic Triangle of Destructive Leadership, the authors offer an analysis of destructive leadership from an organizational perspective that reconceptualizes destructive leadership as a group and organizational phenomena by centering governing board actions in previous cases of abuse. Through analysis of the NCAA governance structure and the governance structure of higher education at large, the authors provide rationale for advancing governing boards as a sport governing body and demonstrate how governing boards are inseparable from the governance structure of the NCAA. In analyzing the literature on organizational responses to sexual abuse in intercollegiate athletics, the authors posit a new framework to better identify, prevent, and combat abuse in sport and call for enhanced proactivity from institutional leadership to address sexual abuse.
COVID-19 E TUTELA DE DIREITOS NA JUSTIÇA FEDERAL: ATORES, INTERESSES E TEMAS DA JUDICIALIZAÇÃO DA PANDEMIA
Authors: Ribeiro Ricardo
Published: December 2021

Este artigo estima um modelo estatístico explicativo dos fatores que determinaram a tutela judicial de direitos em casos relacionados com o tema “COVID-19” na Justiça Federal do Brasil. Por meio do uso de um método de análise estatística multinível, os resultados revelaram que as probabilidades de obtenção da tutela judicial dependeram de uma complexa interação entre características processuais que identificam os perfis de autores, seus interesses subjacentes e o tema envolvido na discussão. Análises dos diferentes perfis de ações judiciais também evidenciaram que estados, Distrito Federal e municípios foram os autores de maior sucesso na obtenção de decisões judiciais favoráveis em demandas associadas com o tema da flexibilização da aplicação de regras jurídicas. Evidências ainda sugerem que a Justiça Federal não se deixou contaminar com a “polarização”, preferindo, por razões jurídicas, a manutenção do status quo a alocar direitos em favor de autores de qualquer dos extremos do momento político atual.
Effect of Nudge-Based Intervention on Adherence to Physician Visit Recommendations and Early Health Outcomes among Individuals Identified with Chronic Kidney Disease in Screens
Authors: Fukuma Shingo , Sasaki Shusaku , Taguri Masataka , Goto Rei , Misumi Toshihiro , Saigusa Yusuke , Tsugawa Yusuke
Published: December 2021

Significance Statement

Many individuals with CKD are not receiving appropriate medical treatments. Behavioral economics interventions, such as nudging strategies, are reported to improve health-related behaviors. However, little is known about whether the nudge intervention increases the likelihood of individuals with identified CKD adhering to a recommended physician visit. In this randomized clinical trial, 4011 participants in CKD screens were randomly assigned to two interventions or the control: (1) the nudge-based letter, (2) the clinical information letter, and (3) the control. The probability of visiting the recommended physician was higher among participants who received the nudge-based letter or the clinical letter compared with the control group. We found no evidence for interventions associated with improved early health outcomes.

Background

Although CKD screening programs have been provided in many settings, little is known as to how we can effectively translate those screening programs into improved health.

Methods

We conducted a randomized clinical trial on national health screening for CKD in Japan between April 2018 and March 2019. A total of 4011 participants in CKD screening programs aged 40–63 years were randomly assigned to two interventions or the control, with a ratio of 2:2:1, respectively: (1) the nudge-based letter that contained a message on the basis of behavioral economics, (2) the clinical letter including general information about CKD risks, and (3) the control (informed only of the screening results). The main outcome was adherence to a recommended physician visit within 6 months of the intervention. The secondary outcomes were eGFR, proteinuria, and BP 1 year after the intervention.

Results

Compared with the control group, the probability of undergoing a recommended physician visit was higher among participants who received the nudge-based letter (19.7% for the intervention group versus 15.8% for the control; difference, +3.9 percentage points [pp]; 95% CI, +0.8 to +7.0; P=0.02) and the clinical letter (19.7% versus 15.8%; difference, +3.9 pp; 95% CI, +0.8 to +7.0; P=0.02). We found no evidence that interventions were associated with improved early health outcomes.

Conclusions

The behavioral economics intervention tested in this large RCT had limited effect on changing behavior or improving health outcomes. Although the approach has promise, this study demonstrates the challenge of developing behavioral interventions that improve the effectiveness of CKD screening programs.

Clinical Trial registry name and registration number: University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trial Registry, UMIN000035230
The history, basic institutions and theoretical hubs of Hungarian communications market regulation
Authors: Lapsánszky András
Published: December 2021

This study systematises and analyses one of the most important instruments of communications competition management in Hungary, “market regulation”, on the basis of public administration theory. In this context, it discusses in detail the basic theoretical issues of communications market regulation and market competition, the conceptual elements of ex ante asymmetric competition management, including the connections between general competition management and special communications competition management. The study systematises the tools of Hungarian communications market regulation, procedure types and the concept of significant market power in communications management on a scientific basis, and discusses the relevant enforcement practice in detail.
National park as a legal form of nature protection – analysis of selected issues taking into account the example of the Ojcow National Park
Authors: du Vall Paweł
Published: December 2021

For many years – equally on a global scale, at the European level as well as in Poland – necessary actions have been taken aimed at creating an effective legal framework for nature protection. Nature is protected under international law, European Union law and Polish law. The acts of European law which should be pointed out from the perspective of this article (besides the EU Treaties) are the so-called Birds Directive and Habitats Directive. The Polish Constitution of 2 April 1997 stipulates that the Republic of Poland shall protect the national heritage and ensure environmental protection guided by the principle of sustainable development. In the domestic Polish law, the Act of 16 April 2004 on nature protection constitutes the basic legal act of a statutory rank defining objectives, principles and forms of protection of living and inanimate nature and landscape. The aim of this analysis of selected legal provisions regulating the functioning of national parks in Poland is an attempt to assess whether the existing law effectively protects nature, or whether it is rather a set of demands that are difficult or impossible to implement. This matter is crucial for the existence of such unique areas as the Ojcow National Park. The answer to the question whether the national park – as a form of nature protection – is protected in Poland in an effective way is ambiguous, which is illustrated by numerous examples, several of which are indicated in this article.
Senses as a frame. Smell and post-sightedness introduction
Authors: Sokołowska Zuzanna
Published: December 2021

This article is an attempt to reflect on the issue of how the senses can constitute a kind of frame for the interpretation of reality, as well as an introduction to the concept of post-sightedness, related to the redirection of vision to other senses.
The Philosophical Lineage of Mr. Cogito (part 3)
Authors: Kozdęba-Murray Halina
Published: December 2021

The third part of the article is focused on the interpretation of a well-known poem by Zbigniew Herbert, “The Message of Mr. Cogito”. The rhetorical figure, the golden fleece of nothingness, has been interpreted in the context of Meister Eckhart’s apophatic theology, as well as the phenomenology of Bertrand Welte. Since nothingness has been described by the predicate of the golden fleece, it paradoxically comes across as something that is. The golden fleece, in turn, alludes to the ancient Greek poem by Apollonius of Rhodes, in which it became a reward for the Argonauts’ virtue of courage in their fight against evil. In the ancient myths of Hellas, the golden fleece is also a symbol of divine providence and protection. Therefore nothingness, described in the poem by the predicate of the golden fleece, does not have to mean non-existence, or mere nothing, but it can point to reality which transcends the limits of human language and as such, it can be described merely in the terms of apophatic theology. For B. Welte, on the other hand, nothingness exists in the consciousness of Dasein as the inevitability of death and its ontological status is ambiguous. This is because nothingness exists as something that is. Since Dasein intends to endow his/her being-here with meaning by following the rules of ethics, the only guarantee of their rightfulness is nothingness understood as the mystery of transcendence.
Assessment of Associated Factors of Tuberculosis among HIV/AIDS Patients in Misha District, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Authors: T Ermeko , F Lire , A Lette , Y Lamore , D Wordofa
Published: December 2021

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a non-degenerative disease, which has a high negative health impact on both developed as well as developing countries. HIV, AIDS has increased the chance of TB occurrence.
Effect of the evaporation action on the stability of a thin liquid layer in the Landau–Levich problem
Authors:   Perm State Humanitarian-Pedagogical University, Lyushnin A. V.
Published: December 2021

The stability of the liquid layer in the Landau–Levich problem is theoretically investigated in the presence of the evaporation effect from the free surface. The free energy of a thin layer of an incompressible fluid is the sum of the dispersion (van der Waals) interaction and the specific electrical interaction caused by the presence of double electric layers at both interphase boundaries. The stability of such a system with respect to perturbations is studied in the framework of the long – wave approximation in the system of Navier-Stokes equations. A stability map is provided for different values of the evaporation parameter. It is established that the stability of the system increases with an increase in the dimensionless number of evaporation.
To estimate the curing time of epoxy oligomer during nonisothermal polymerization process
Authors:   Perm State University, Rusakov S. V. , Gilev V. G. ,   Perm State University
Published: December 2021

The results of an experimental study and numerical modeling of the curing process of an epoxy binder under conditions of non-isothermal polymerization are presented. Object of research: twocomponent composition of "cold curing": epoxy resin L and hardener EPH 161, certified as a binder for aerospace composite materials. The measurements were performed on a Physica MCR 501 rotary rheometer in the oscillation mode under conditions of a programmable temperature change. The Cauchy problem for an ordinary differential equation describing the behavior of an oligomer during the curing process was used as the main model. The values of the material parameters necessary for performing the calculation operations were obtained by the rheological method, analyzing the dependence of the binder viscosity on the polymerization time and the rate of temperature change. Estimates of the model parameters obtained as a result of processing full-scale experiments aregiven. The effective values of the kinetic parameters are determined, at which the calculated yield loss time is in good agreement with the experimental one.
Identification of the parameters of transport through porous media with clogging
Authors:   Perm State University, Khabin M. R. ,   Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics UB RAS, Maryshev B. S. ,   Perm State University,   Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics UB RAS
Published: December 2021

The article is devoted to the determination of the parameters of impurity transport in a porous medium, the hydrodynamic resistance of which changes due to the settling of impurity particles on the pore walls (blockages). In most cases, experimental measurement of the parameters of such transport is not possible. When finding such parameters for the transport model under study, the inverse problem can be solved. The inverse problem is solved, for a certain set of experimental data, which can be correlated with the results obtained in modeling, using the BFGS method in combination with the adjoint function method. This paper simulates the pumping of a fixed volume of impurities through a working area filled with a porous medium at a constant pressure drop at its ends. As an "experimental" data set, the flow rate and concentration of impurities at the exit from the working area, obtained for the investigated model with the given parameters, are taken. The main approach for describing such transport is the MIM (mobile / immobile media) approach, which consists in dividing the total concentration of an impurity into a concentration of mobile and nonmobile. For small impurity concentrations, a nonlinear MIM model can be applied, the kinetic equation of which contains the saturation concentration of the immobile component, upon reaching which the adsorption of particles stops. Blockage in the model is taken into account by a change in the permeability of a porous medium due to a change in its porosity, which in turn decreases linearly with an increase in the concentration of the immobile component. For the model under consideration, the inverse problem of finding a given set of parameters was solved. The results of the test operation of the algorithm for solving the inverse problem are presented. It is shown that the algorithm converges to the specified parameters in a small number of iterations. It is assumed that this algorithm will be used to process the experimental data with a cylindrical working area filled with glass granulate as a porous medium.
Species composition and distribution features of the ichthyofauna of the Kama reservoir
Authors:   Perm Branch «VNIRO», Kazarinov S. N. , Merzlyakov I. N. ,   Perm Branch «VNIRO», Ponosov S. V. ,   Perm Branch «VNIRO», Komarova L. V. ,   Perm Branch «VNIRO»
Published: December 2021

Рresents information about the current composition of the ichthyofauna of the Kama reservoir, based on long-term research of the Perm branch of the Federal state budgetary scientific institution "all-Russian re-search Institute of fisheries and Oceanography" (FSBSE «VNIRO») (until 2019 Perm branch of FSBSE "GosNIORKh") for the period 2000–2020. The regularity of increasing the species diversity of ichthy-ofauna in the North-South directions is confirmed by the example of a number of reservoirs of the Volga-Kama cascade. Data on the relative abundance of species in the context of the accepted hydrological scheme of zoning of the Kama reservoir are presented. The species composition of the ichthyofauna of the Kama reservoir, including 31 species of fish from 11 families belonging to 7 orders, is established. The features of the distribution of the species composition of the ichthyofauna and the relative number of fish in the areas of the Kama and Chusovsky ples of the reservoir are considered, both at the present stage of the reservoir's existence and in comparison with retrospective data.
REVISION OF NEO-MARXISM: THE CONCEPT OF CAPITALIST STABILITY AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE "OCCUPY WALL STREET" MOVEMENT
Authors:   Belarusian State University, Mihailovskiy V. S.
Published: December 2021

The article substantiates the author's concept of "nonlinear politics of capitalism" as a political-procedural disclosure of the neo-Marxist concept of "unstable stability of global capitalism". The method of justification is the verification of the concept of "nonlinear politics of capitalism" by the empirical material of the anti-globalist protest movement "Occupy Wall Street". The essence of the concept of the "nonlinear politics of capitalism" is that the modern political order of Western states not only opposes alternative ideologies and political practices, but also uses them as a way of its own legitimization and stabilization. The study reveals that in the modern Western capitalist order there is a mystification of capitalism in the multidimensional spectrum of social conflict, where the class contradiction appears as an archaism. There is a reinforcement of anti-capitalist resistance within a model in which all anti-capitalist slogans and demands fit into the ideology of "improving the conditions of exploitation", and anti-capitalist practices legitimize capitalism as an "inclu-sive" political regime. There is a nonlinear political reaction when capitalism shows the greatest strength in those situations that threaten its reproduction the least and vice versa. Such political tactics "channel" anti-capitalist protest, making it manageable and functional for the stable reproduction of capitalism.
STRATEGIC NARRATIVES AS A SOFT POWER POLITICAL RESOURCE: THE IMMORTAL REGIMENT ON GUARD OF THE INTERESTS OF RUSSIA
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Podshibyakinа T. A.
Published: December 2021

The article examines the question of Russia's use of "soft power" in its foreign policy in the context of a nar-rative scientific direction. The research goal is to describe strategic narratives as a communication technolo-gy of "soft power". The author evaluates the heuristic possibilities of the concept of strategic narratives as an analytical research tool. As the civil action "Immortal Regiment" is chosen as a political practice, it was nec-essary to clarify whether the photograph is a kind of narrative and to offer a triangulation of narrative and quantitative methods of analysis. The empirical part of the study is based on content analysis, allowing re-cording the dynamics of the global spread of the Immortal Regiment campaign. The outcome is an assess-ment of the effectiveness of using strategic narratives as a resource of Russia's soft power in foreign policy on the example of the "Immortal Regiment" campaign at the global level. The classification of media re-sources as communicative intermediaries in the spreading of strategic narratives is carried out. It is shown that the narrative that Russia is trying to convey is the history of the Great Patriotic War and the Second World War, reflecting the official discourse of historical policy and the policy of commemorating these events.
POLITICAL MEANING OF CRIMEA FOR UKRAINE IN 1991‒2014
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Kievec S. E.
Published: December 2021

The article considers Crimea’s political meaning within Ukraine in 1991-2014 and analyzes the main chal-lenges in Kyiv-Simferopol relations. Based on the extensive database, the conclusion concerning the illegal joining of the Republic of Crimea to Ukraine in 1990s is made. The article analyzes the destructive influence of the Russian and Russian-speaking population of the peninsula on the Ukrainian statehood formation. The role of the pro-Russian organizations and the Russian-speaking population in Crimea’s breakaway from Ukraine is defined. The author studies the role of the Black Sea Fleet for Ukraine used as a tool to impose pressure on Russia and to increase its power in the eyes of NATO. Crimea’s contribution to the Ukrainian economy is assessed and the key branches of industry and agriculture of the Autonomous Republic of Cri-mea are identified. The article concludes that the conflict between Kyiv and Simferopol and Crimea’s acces-sion to Russia was inevitable and was predetermined by the controversial policy of the Ukrainian authorities. Absence of importance of the Crimean Peninsula for Ukraine from the perspective of economic develop-ment, a single Ukrainian nation formation and security was also traced.
ORGANIZED ETHNICITY: TYPOLOGY OF ETHNIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD
Authors:   Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Isobchuk M. V.
Published: December 2021

Ethnic organizations are definitely the main actors in ethnopolitical processes in the modern world. It is they who act as the main agents of mobilization on ethnic grounds and as a result as the direct initiators and par-ticipants of ethnopolitical conflicts too. Of course, in this context, it becomes necessary to structure the eth-nic organizations' typology. However, the typologies existing at the moment reflect only the formal aspects of the status of ethnic organizations (parties, NGOs, etc.), ignoring the organizational aspects of their func-tioning. In the article, based on the author's database of ethnic organizations in Eastern Europe, a new typol-ogy of ethnic organizations is proposed. Based on empirical data on organizational characteristics of 203 ethnic organizations in Eastern Europe (strategies, representative ability, availability of resources, etc.), and using hierarchical clustering, three functional types of ethnic organizations are identified, depending on their manifestation in ethnopolitical conflict. Moreover, the study identifies an aggregate parameter of the signifi-cance of the organizational characteristics of the ethnic organizations in an ethnopolitical conflict. It is also found that the organizational characteristics of ethnic organizations may describe up to a quarter of the varia-tion in ethnic conflict.
IT IS HARD TO BE AN EXPERT: NARROWING “A REASONABLE RANGE OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS”
Authors:   Perm State University, Fadeeva L. А.
Published: December 2021

Expert and analytical activity act as an object of research in various fields and scientific directions. Different dimensions matter: institutional parameters, personal and subjective ones. The author characterizes contem-porary scientific approaches in respect to analysis and evaluation of think tanks and academic centers. Publi-cations of 2019-2020 were selected as examples of scientific research based on the criteria of the complexity of the analysis and the high level of their authors' experience in expert activity. Despite significant differ-ences in the focus of the study, description of the algorithm and components of analytical activity, scientists identify key problems of a scientific, political, administrative nature that create obstacles for experts to be able to follow the principles of honesty and objectivity. Experts have to make great efforts to fulfill their main mission - narrowing “a reasonable range of possible solutions”.
“Stakeholders of Russian regional environmental policy”
Authors:   Perm State University, Turtseva Christina P.
Published: December 2021

Abstract Introduction: it is considered that the stakeholders participation in the decision- making process increases their efficiency and effectiveness; however, in the context of studying Russian regional environmental policy, the issue of identification, interests and main directions of interaction between key actors and stakeholders remains under-examined. Objectives: identifying directions and possible forms of cooperation between stakeholders and subjects of Russian regional environmental policy. Methods: classification method. Results: the key stakeholders of Russian regional environmental policy are revealed; the powers of regional authorities in the field of environmental protection are established; the main directions and possible forms of cooperation between stakeholders and subjects of Russian regional environmental policy are specified. Conclusions: there are four key groups of stakeholders that influence the decision-making process in the framework of regional environmental policy (federal government and local authorities, civil society, small, medium and large businesses and universities). Based on the analysis of the regional authorities’ powers, six directionsof cooperation between stakeholders and subjects of Russian regional environmental policy are identified. The most relevant direction for all stakeholders is to ensure environmentally safe waste management; it allows attracting the maximum number of participants and doesn’t require serious financial investments, but mainly only initiative. Possible forms of cooperation between stakeholders and subjects of Russian regional environmental policy are presented for each direction.
From lobbyist to extras: Main groups of municipal deputies in Russian municipalities
Authors:   Perm Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vitkovskaya Tatyana B.
Published: December 2021

Introduction: most studies on authority and governing in Russian municipalities is focused on the executive branch while the representative power issues get lessexpert attention. Objectives: to identify the main groups of deputies of municipal representative bodies. Methods: the article presents some results of an empirical study of local authorities conducted in 66 municipalities of three Russian regions: Sverdlovsk Oblast, Perm Krai and Kirov Oblast. An in-depth study of the public administration system at the local level was carried out in seven municipalities. These are Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Kushva, Sredneuralsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Kungur, Chusovoy, Ocher in Perm Krai and Kirovo-Chepetsk in Kirov Oblast. The main method of collecting information is expert interviews (N=10). Results: the following groups of deputies of municipal representative bodies were identified: “lobbyists”, “resource-holders”, “experts”, and “extras”. Conclusions: groups of municipal deputies differ by a number of parameters, but the most important being the differences in their degree of independence, their affiliation and the view of their own role in the municipal representative body. Municipal administrations and heads of municipalities personally have a high level of control over the extras − the deputies who are the agents of their policy in municipal representative bodies.
Public associations in the process of Russian-Belarusian integration
Authors:   National Research Mordovia State University, Bakhlova Olga V. , Bakhlov Igor V. ,   National Research Mordovia State University
Published: December 2021

Introduction: to strengthen the Union State of Belarus and Russia, it is necessary to use a complex of effective and multi-level pro-integration mechanisms. An important place among them belongs to public associations focused on formation and promotion of a positive integration agenda significant not only for the political elites, but also for citizens of the both countries. Objectives: to check the hypothesis about the agency function of public associations in the process of Russian-Belarusian integration. Methods: traditional and formalized study of documents and Internet resources, as well as binary analysis. Timeline of content analysis is 2019 − first half of 2021. Results: the program documents of four public associations were analyzed: in the Russian Federation − the All-Russian Public Movement “People’s Front” for Russia”, the All- Russian public organization “Russian Union of Youth”; in the Republic of Belarus − the Republican Public Association “Belaya Rus” (“White Rus”) and the Belarusian Republican Youth Union. The level of interest of these public associations in covering integration issues was determined by analyzing the content of their Internet resources (official sites and groups on VKontakte social network), and the users’ interest in posts on this topic was studied. The authors provide practical recommendations for national and union government bodies. Conclusions: the integration component is clearly expressed in the program documents of two public associations: the All-Russian Public Movement “People’s Front” for Russia” and the Republican Public Association “Belaya Rus” (“White Rus”). An analysis of the content of the public associations’ Internet resources allows interpreting their positions as pro-integration, but with a large degree of convention. There is a steady interest of users in posts on the issues of Russian-Belarusian integration, as well as in posts related to other vectors of integration, including the European one. On the whole, the considered public associations cannot be recognized as successful integration agents. The current situation can be corrected by securing the special status of public associations under the bodies of the Union State of Belarus and Russia developing and implementing new joint projects, expanding information support for creating the Union State and promoting the advantages of Russian-Belarusian integration.
Assessment of Stability of the Area Near Sinkholes in the Village of Berezniki, Gaginskiy District
Authors:   Perm State Uпiversity, Kovaleva T.G. , Kivileva Z.V. ,   Perm State Uпiversity, Balakhnin D.A. ,   Perm State Uпiversity, Yurkina A.R. ,   Perm State Uпiversity
Published: December 2021

The article provides with the results of a comprehensive assessment of the stability of the area near the karst sinkholes at Berezniki, Gaginsky district. The materials of geophysical surveys obtained by the method of vertical electric sounding were interpreted taking into account the karstological drilling data. Weakened zones are outlined along the apparent resistivity sections. Dependence of sounding results on the distance from the nearest sinkhole was analyzed. The intensity of sinkhole formation and the average diameter of the karst sinkhole were calculated
The Lode Gold Occurrence in the «Territory» of Oleg Kuvaev (North of the Chukotka Upland)
Authors:   Institute of Geology, Federal Research Center, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Silaev V.I. , Kokin A.V. ,   South-Russian Institute of Management, a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, Filippov V.N. ,   Institute of Geology, Federal Research Center, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Khazov A.F. ,   Institute of Geology, Federal Research Center, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kiseleva D.V. ,   Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Cherednichenko N.V. ,   Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vasiliev E.A. ,   National Mineral Resources University “Mining”,
Published: December 2021

A sample of a gold-bearing quartz vein from the Upper-Ichuveem ore occurrence, discovered in the Triassic terrigenous complex in the north of the Chukotka Upland, the Oleg Kuvaev's “Territory”, had been comprehensively studied. The gross gold grade was estimated at 3–4 g / t. The vein includes quartz, native gold, sulfide-goldsilver solid solutions, alumoseladonite, aluminium-sulfate-phosphates Fe-Pb-Mg-Ca compound, apatite, pyrite, iron-titanium oxides, litharge, native phases composed of Fe (Ni), Ag-Pb-Bi, Fe-Al-PS-As, multicomponent ocher of hypergene origin. Native gold ranges from medium to fine. The vein contains particles of non-crystalline organic matter, which is close in composition of organic groups to polysaccharides. It is possible that the carbon particles found in the gold-quartz vein are of an abiogenic nature and can be compared with abiogenic condensed organelles in the products of modern volcanism. The data obtained make it possible to attribute the Upper- Ichuveem gold ore occurrence to a low-sulfide gold-quartz formation, but with additional signs of gold-silver and polymetallic formations, which can be regarded as a favorable prerequisite for prospecting and exploration in Oleg Kuvaev's «Territory» not only of gold-placer deposits, but also of lode gold deposits.
Petroleum Potential of the Deep Ordovician- Lower Devonian Oil and Gas Complex in the South-East of the Timan-Pechora Petroleum Province
Authors:   Perm State University, Kuznetsovа E.A.
Published: December 2021

The article is devoted to the assessment of the oil and gas potential of the deep Ordovician-Lower Devonian oil and gas complex in the south-east of the Timan-Pechora oil and gas province. Within the Upper Pechora Basin of the Pre-Ural trough and in the south of the Pechora-Kolva aulacogen, several wells were drilled with a depth of more than 5 km, some of which entered the Lower Paleozoic deposits. These strata are difficult to access and poorly studied, and the prospects for their oil and gas potential are unclear. The article describes the composition of the complex, gives geochemical characteristics, describes reservoir properties, and presents the results of 1D and 2D basin modeling. Models of the zoning of catagenesis are presented. The oil and gas complex includes a variety of oil and gas source rocks. It is possible to allocate collectors, as well as the seals. In the Lower Paleozoic sediments, the processes of oil, gas and gas condensate generation took place, which could ensure the formation of deposits both in the deep strata of the Lower and Middle Paleozoic, and in the overlying horizons. The generation and accumulation of hydrocarbons in deep-buried sediments occurred at a favorable time for the formation of deposits. However, it is considered that the scale of hydrocarbon generation for the Lower Paleozoic deposits is not high.