Patriotism in the Context of the Russian De-Ideologized Society

В статье анализируются основные сложности формирования патриотизма в современном российском обществе. Осуществляется характеристика понятий «идеология» и «патриотизм», рассматриваются взаимосвязь данных феноменов, а также их политико-психологическое восприятие в условиях установления демократической политической системы. Автор сформулировал основные причины возникновения нравственно-ценностных размежеваний граждан современной России, разработав ряд рекомендаций по их преодолению.The article analyzes the main difficulties of the formation of patriotism in modern Russian society. The author characterizes the concepts of “ideology” and “patriotism”, examines the relationship of these phenomena, as well as their political and psychological perception in the conditions of the establishment of a democratic political system. The author has formulated the main reasons for the emergence of moral and value divisions of citizens modern Russia, having developed a number of recommendations for overcoming them

Observation of subkelvin superconductivity in Cd₃As₂ thin films

We report an experimental observation of superconductivity in Cd3As2 thin films without application of external pressure. The films under study were synthesized by magnetron sputtering. Surface studies suggest that the observed transport characteristics are related to the polycrystalline continuous part of the investigated films with a homogeneous distribution of elements and the Cd-to-As ratio close to stoichiometric Cd3As

Joule Heating and Current-Induced Instabilities in Magnetic Nanocontacts

We consider the electrical current through a magnetic point contact in the limit of a strong inelastic scattering of electrons. In this limit local Joule heating of the contact region plays a decisive role in determining the transport properties of the point contact. We show that if an applied constant bias voltage exceeds a critical value, the stationary state of the system is unstable, and that periodic, non-harmonic oscillations in time of both the electrical current through the contact and the local temperature in the contact region develop spontaneously. Our estimations show that the necessary experimental conditions for observing such oscillations with characteristic frequencies in the range $10^8 \div 10^9$ Hz can easily be met. We also show a possibility to manipulate upon the magnetization direction of a magnetic grain coupled through a point contact to a bulk ferromagnetic by exciting the above-mentioned thermal-electric oscillations.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Physical Review

Superconductivity in thin films of RuN

Superconductivity has been found in RuN films obtained by reactive magnetron sputtering. This is a novel member of the metal nitride superconductors family. The critical temperature of the superconducting transition varies depending on the substrate and ranges from 0.77 K to 1.29 K. The parameters of the crystal lattice of superconducting films have been determined: the lattice is distorted cubic with parameters $a = b = c = 4.5586$ \AA , $\alpha =\beta =\gamma =87.96^\circ$. A zero temperature upper critical magnetic field $H_{c2}(0)$ and the coherence length were found from the experimental data using WHH model. $H_{c2}(0) = 2.3$ T- 4.1 T for different substrates and exceeds the upper paramagnetic limit, as well as $\xi = 12$ nm. An s-wave single band energy gap $\Delta(0) = 0.19$ meV was revealed by self-field critical current experiment at temperatures down to 10 mK, $2\Delta /kT_c =5.5$ exceeding the BCS ratio 3.5.Comment: 10 pages, 16 figure

Targeting dsRNA-specific single-chain Fv antibody fragments to different cellular locations in Nicotiana tabacum L.

Expression of antibodies or antibody fragments in plants is a useful tool for producing active antibody derivatives for diagnostic or pharmaceutical purposes as well as for immunomodulation. We investigated the effect of cellular expression site on the stability and yield of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-specific single-chain Fv-fragments (scFv) in transgenic tobacco. Two antibodies (J2 and P6) belonging to the V23(J558) heavy chain variable gene family but differing in the light chain variable domain were used. scFvs were targeted to the cytoplasm – with or without anchoring them in the plasma membrane –, into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and to the apoplast. Although high mRNA concentrations were detected in all cases, scFv proteins accumulated only when scFvs were made ER-resident by appropriate signal sequences. When the ER retention signal was removed to allow scFv-secretion to the apoplast, no scFv-proteins were detected. Despite the strong homology of the VH-sequences of J2 and P6 antibodies, only P6 provided a stable scFv scaffold for intracytoplasmic expression. J2-scFv could not be stabilised neither by adding a C-terminal stabilisation signal nor by anchoring the protein at the cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane (PM). It was found that dsRNA-specific J2-scFvs are active in vivo and enhance Potato Virus Y induced symptoms in infected tobacco. This is the first report describing the expression and biological effect of RNA-specific antibodies in plants

The Strategic Perspectives of Using GIS-Technologies for Creating of Integrative Antarctic Geo-base of Scientific Data

Strategic prospects use GIS technologies are presented in report for making integrated geodatabase of scientific data, designed on base of the lifelengths operating in the field of automations of the information handling in National antarctic scientific centre MES of Ukraine (NASC). It is shown, that given decision effectively, in good time, corresponds to the world standard of the collection, processing and presentation of scientific data.У доповіді подано стратегічні перспективи використання ГІС технології для створення інтегрованої геобази наукових даних, яка проектується на основі багаторічних напрацювань в галузі автоматизації обробки інформації в Національному антарктичному науковому центрі МОН України (НАНЦ). Показано, що дане рішення є ефективним та своєчасним, відповідає світовим стандартам збирання, обробки та презентації наукових даних.Ключові слова: ГІС-технологія, Геобаза, ArcGIS, Серверні технології.В докладе представлены стратегические перспективы использования ГИС технологии для создания интегрированной геобазы научных данных, проектируемой на основе многолетних наработок в области автоматизации обработки информации в Национальном антарктическом научном центре МОН Украины (НАНЦ). Показано, что данное решение эффективно, своевременно, соответствует мировым стандартам сбора, обработки и презентации научных данных

Coarse Woody Debris in Primary and Secondary Middle Taiga Spruce Forests

Restoration of the pool of coarse woody debris after disturbances is one of the mechanisms for maintaining the stability of forest biogeocenoses. The studies of coarse woody debris have been carried out in the “Vepssky Forest” Reserve in the Leningrad Region on 8 sample plots established in primary forests (4 sample plots) and in secondary forests of the 1st generation after logging in 1973–1974 (4 sample plots), where the composition and structure of the stand, as well as the site conditions have been identical to those in primary forests. The coarse woody debris has been inventoried on transects. The stocks of coarse woody debris in primary stands have ranged from 104 to 233 m3 ha–1. Windfall and leaning trees have prevailed. The proportion of deadwood in both primary and secondary forests has been low. Clear cutting has significantly changed not only the stock of coarse woody debris, but also its distribution by decay classes and substrate categories. The stocks of coarse woody debris in secondary forests have ranged from 8 to 40 m3 ha–1, and have been mainly represented by stumps. The coarse woody debris of the 4th and 5th decay classes has almost been absent in primary forests, while in secondary forests the proportion of highly decomposed wood remaining after cutting has been about 50 %. The ratio of coarse woody debris and growing stocks has been on average 1:1 and 1:5 in the biogeocenoses of primary and secondary forests, respectively. The annual carbon balance of coarse woody debris (the difference in fluxes due to the loss of growing forest and the decay of coarse woody debris) has ranged from 0,40 to 2,80 t C ha–1 year–1, averaging 1,75 and 0,63 t C ha–1 year–1 in secondary and primary forests, respectively. The positive annual carbon balance in the coarse woody debris is due to the predominance of the rate of the loss of growing forest over the rate of the decay of coarse woody debris in primary forests as a result of wind disturbances and as a result of self-thinning of the stand in secondary forests