A new species of Faronus Aube, 1844, endemic to Malta (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

Faronus rica sp. nov. endemic to Malta is described and illustrated, and placed in the Faronus hispanus species group. Faronus rica sp. nov. is closely related to F. siculus Fiori, 1913, an endemic species to Sicily, and they can be distinguished based on morphological features highlighted in the present work.peer-reviewe

Collaborative Research: Antarctic Climate Reconstruction Utilizing the US ITASE Ice Core Array (2009- 2012)

This award supports a project to reconstruct the past physical and chemical climate of Antarctica, with an emphasis on the region surrounding the Ross Sea Embayment, using \u3e60 ice cores collected in this region by US ITASE and by Australian, Brazilian, Chilean, and New Zealand ITASE teams. The ice core records are annually resolved and exceptionally well dated, and will provide, through the analyses of stable isotopes, major soluble ions and for some trace elements, instrumentally calibrated proxies for past temperature, precipitation, atmospheric circulation, chemistry of the atmosphere, sea ice extent, and volcanic activity. These records will be used to understand the role of solar, volcanic, and human forcing on Antarctic climate and to investigate the character of recent abrupt climate change over Antarctica in the context of broader Southern Hemisphere and global climate variability. The intellectual merit of the project is that ITASE has resulted in an array of ice core records, increasing the spatial resolution of observations of recent Antarctic climate variability by more than an order of magnitude and provides the basis for assessment of past and current change and establishes a framework for monitoring of future climate change in the Southern Hemisphere. This comes at a critical time as global record warming and other impacts are noted in the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Peninsula, and on the Antarctic ice sheet. The broader impacts of the project are that Post-doctoral and graduate students involved in the project will benefit from exposure to observational and modeling approaches to climate change research and working meetings to be held at the two collaborating institutions plus other prominent climate change institutions. The results are of prime interest to the public and the media Websites hosted by the two collaborating institutions contain climate change position papers, scientific exchanges concerning current climate change issues, and scientific contribution series

Political Discourse in the Post-Truth Era: the Phenomena of Cognitive Censorship and Fake News in New Media

Today we are living in an era of new media, when there is no shortage of information, on the contrary, there is an obvious overabundance of information flows, and of these, the average person instinctively perceives first of all the information that corresponds to his ideas about the world. Such information is easier to fit into our consciousness and does not cause emotional irritation, while it also does not require an additional search for confirmation or refutation. On a phenomenon such as the oversaturation of information flows, primarily in Internet communication, a new form of political censorship is being built — cognitive censorship.Сегодня мы живем в эпоху новых медиа, когда не существует дефицита информации, наоборот, наблюдается очевидный переизбыток информационных потоков, и из них обыватель ежедневно инстинктивно воспринимает прежде всего т у информацию, которая соответствует его представлениям об окружающем мире. Такая информация легче укладывается у нас в сознании и не вызывает эмоционального раздражения, при этом она также не требует дополнительного поиска подтверждений или опровержений. На таком явлении как перенасыщенность информационных потоков, прежде всего в интернет-коммуникации, строится новая форма политической цензуры — когнитивная цензура

Predictive and migration trends of Russia in the context of Covid-19 pandemic and post-coronavirus world

This work discusses the trends of the world migration processes development in the context of global COVID-19 pandemic reflected in mass-media practices, network communication and scientific analyses. The methodology of this research is based on systematic methods of evaluating messages in the media and social networks, as well as network analysis techniques, mass media practices and migrant rhetoric in public materials by highlighting, comparing, evaluating and conceptualizing the trends in transformation of migration processes under the influence of global changes caused by the pandemic. The study proves that the global migration processes and migration in the Russian Federation are in crisis under the influence of the global COVID-19 pandemic

Observation of inverse diproton photodisintegration at intermediate energies

The reaction pp->{pp}_s\gamma, where {pp}_s is a proton pair with an excitation energy E_{pp}<3 MeV, has been observed with the ANKE spectrometer at COSY-Juelich for proton beam energies of T_p=0.353, 0.500, and 0.550 GeV. This is equivalent to photodisintegration of a free 1S_0 diproton for photon energies E\gamma ~ T_p/2. The differential cross sections measured for c.m. angles 0 deg.<\theta_{pp}<20 deg. exhibit a steep increase with angle that is compatible with E1 and E2 multipole contributions. The ratio of the measured cross sections to those of np->d\gamma is on the 10^{-3}-10^{-2} level. The increase of the pp->{pp}_s\gamma cross section with T_p might reflect the influence of the Delta(1232) excitation.Comment: 4 pages + 4 figure

Investigations of surface morphology and chemical composition of Ag/ZnS/glassceramic thin-film structure

The surface morphology and chemical composition of Ag/ZnS/glassceramic thin-film system obtained by close-spaced vacuum sublimation technique under different grow conditions were investigated. Examination of surface profile and morphology was performed by scanning electron and optical microscopy. Chemical composition was studied by Rutherford back scattering method. Results of morphology studies enabled to determine dependence of the growth mechanism, roughness Ra, grain size D of ZnS layers on the growth conditions. The researches of chemical composition allowed to determine the concentration of compound elements and impurities, deviation from stoichiometry and thickness distribution of chemical elements