Some Issues of Formation of the Conceptual Apparatus of Social Security Law

The article analyzes some problems of the formation of the conceptual apparatus of social security law. The authors support the thesis previously expressed in scientific literature about the lack of consistency in the use of certain concepts and definitions in this area, which is one of the key factors that impede the effective implementation of social security regulations. Based on the analysis of the use of the concepts “family”, “family member” in the social security legislation, it is concluded that there are defects in the design of the sectoral terminological apparatus. The Authors agree with the previously formulated point of view on the intersectoral nature of these concepts. A comparative analysis of the legislation on social security and individual provisions of family, housing and civil legislation, as well as other regulatory legal acts using these intersectoral concepts, is given, clarifications of the highest courts on this issue are considered. Based on the results of the study, a number of conclusions and recommendations are formulated, which are aimed at improving the sectoral legislation. In particular, the authors come to the conclusion that it is impossible to develop uniform concepts of “family”, “family member” for all branches of law, since the goals of legal regulation are different for each of them. In addition, the article analyzes the latest normative legal acts that secure monthly payments to families with children, examines the defects in legislative technology in connection with the use of the concepts of “family”, “family member” in them. The emerging law enforcement and judicial practice in connection with the appointment of these monthly payments to citizens confirms the authors' conclusion about the need to improve sectoral legislation, to ensure the systemic unity of the used conceptual apparatus. In conclusion, the authors point out ways to solve the problems identified in the article, among which, first of all, one should include the codification of legislation on social security, which has been repeatedly indicated in the scientific literature

Cloning, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a putative pyridoxal kinase from Bacillus subtilis

A putative pyridoxal kinase from B. subtilis has been cloned, overexpressed, purified and crystallized and data have been collected to 2.8 Å resolution

About Some Problems of Interdepartmental Interaction when Appointing Socio-Security Payments

Violations of the current legislation on social payments, which have become widespread in recent years, lead to significant budget losses. In part, this is facilitated by the lack of operational interdepartmental interaction of the subject-law enforcement officer with other state bodies that have significant information. Its presence at the law enforcement officer would allow to prevent illegal payments, to prevent plunder of budgetary funds. The Authors propose methods of preventive orientation, in particular, the establishment of additional conditions for obtaining maternal (family) capital, the systematization of legislation on social payments, the acceleration of the creation of a Unified state information system of social security with filling it with new features and functions

Apollon Maykov’s Tales from Russian History: from Idea to Implementation

The article analyses the formation and development of the idea of the unfinished prose cycle Tales from Russian History by Apollon Maykov. The most important source of information about this part of the poet’s creative biography is considered his correspondence with Fyodor Dostoevsky, where the prerequisites for the origin of the cycle idea and the stages of its formation are revealed. One of the most expressive novelist’s letters to his friend is devoted to the discussion of the general idea of the cycle and its plots. It contains a conceptual reflection on the poem “as a precious stone, a diamond, in the poet’s soul” and highlights the most significant events in Russian history, according to the writer’s understanding. The plots of individual stories expressively described there by Dostoevsky originated the assumption that the writer was the author of the cycle concept and inspired Maykov to create it. However, a chronological analysis of the correspondence between Maykov and Dostoevsky in 1867–1869 allows us to gather and sequentially arrange facts reflecting the process of gradual development and final formation of the idea in the poet’s creative consciousness. It leads to the conclusion that the idea was formed in Maykov’s creative consciousness during an in-depth study of Russian history, prompted by his work on the translation of The Tale of Igor’s Campaign. Dostoevsky took some part in shaping the key features of the content and the principles of the artistic form of the tales. He was not directly involved as the ideological inspirer. He participated as a friend, an interlocutor, and like-minded person, with whom Maykov shared the details of his own creative search and thoughts on pressing issues of Russian social life at that time, among which questions about the originality and identity of Russian history, and the relations between Russia and Europe were some of the most important

The WIP6 transcription factor TOO MANY LATERALS specifies vein type in C4 and C3 grass leaves

Grass leaves are invariantly strap shaped with an elongated distal blade and a proximal sheath that wraps around the stem. Underpinning this shape is a scaffold of leaf veins, most of which extend in parallel along the proximo-distal leaf axis. Differences between species are apparent both in the vein types that develop and in the distance between veins across the medio-lateral leaf axis. A prominent engineering goal is to increase vein density in leaves of C3 photosynthesizing species to facilitate the introduction of the more efficient C4 pathway. Here, we discover that the WIP6 transcription factor TOO MANY LATERALS (TML) specifies vein rank in both maize (C4) and rice (C3). Loss-of-function tml mutations cause large lateral veins to develop in positions normally occupied by smaller intermediate veins, and TML transcript localization in wild-type leaves is consistent with a role in suppressing lateral vein development in procambial cells that form intermediate veins. Attempts to manipulate TML function in rice were unsuccessful because transgene expression was silenced, suggesting that precise TML expression is essential for shoot viability. This finding may reflect the need to prevent the inappropriate activation of downstream targets or, given that transcriptome analysis revealed altered cytokinin and auxin signaling profiles in maize tml mutants, the need to prevent local or general hormonal imbalances. Importantly, rice tml mutants display an increased occupancy of veins in the leaf, providing a step toward an anatomical chassis for C4 engineering. Collectively, a conserved mechanism of vein rank specification in grass leaves has been revealed

Intensification of copper leaching from heaps using biological oxidation

The article presents the results of experiments intended to leach copper from ore heaps of complex mineral composition biochemically. The processing of such heaps is complicated due to the presence of oxidized copper minerals among significant fragments of sulfide minerals and iron-calcium silicates. This factor does not allow to perform standard sulfuric acid leaching effectively without the use of additional oxidation catalysts, or to apply beneficiation methods for that kind of raw materials. Use of A. Ferrooxidans bacteria adapted to the composition of the copper dump, as a bio-catalytic agent, significantly accelerates the leaching process and increases the copper recovery degree into the productive solution

Intensification of copper leaching from heaps using biological oxidation

The article presents the results of experiments intended to leach copper from ore heaps of complex mineral composition biochemically. The processing of such heaps is complicated due to the presence of oxidized copper minerals among significant fragments of sulfide minerals and iron-calcium silicates. This factor does not allow to perform standard sulfuric acid leaching effectively without the use of additional oxidation catalysts, or to apply beneficiation methods for that kind of raw materials. Use of A. Ferrooxidans bacteria adapted to the composition of the copper dump, as a bio-catalytic agent, significantly accelerates the leaching process and increases the copper recovery degree into the productive solution