Organization of Research Activities as a Factor in Increasing the Efficiency of Training International Students in Host Russian Universities

This article summarizes the practices of organizing research activities that can improve the training of international students in Russian universities. The authors analyzed and identified the correlation between the internal costs of research and development (R&D), the equipment in university research laboratories, and the number of foreigners studying at Russian universities. The authors used the methods of analysis and synthesis and a systematic approach to explore the experience of Russian universities in the training of international students. To identify the impact of internal R&D costs and the equipment of university research laboratories on the number of foreigners studying in Russian universities, the authors applied correlation and regression analysis, which included building a regression equation, calculating the correlation coefficient, the t-test, the coefficient of elasticity, and the coefficient of determination. This research paper revealed a strong correlation between the number of international students in the Russian Federation on the internal R&D costs and the cost of fixed assets and the equipment of Russian universities, which was proven by the calculated correlation coefficients, elasticity coefficients, and determination coefficients. The authors concluded that universities could influence the number of international students. This article proposes some methods for organizing the research activities of international students that increase their academic mobility and form the most relevant scientific and professional competencies. Higher educational institutions of any major can implement these recommendations for managing the research activities of international students. The novelty of this study lies in the fact that the authors performed the correlation and regression analysis and revealed the dependence of the number of international students in the Russian Federation on internal R&D costs, the cost of fixed assets, and the equipment of Russian universities. The authors illustrated the analysis results with the trend predictive values of factorial features and the value of the effective feature estimated according to the regression equations built. Using the calculated MAPE and Forecast Accuracy indicators for these predicted values, the authors concluded that the level of factorial features and the effective feature were predicted with high accuracy. Thus, host Russian universities can increase the number of international students through effective organization of research activities

Социальное партнерство — фактор успешного развития академической библиотеки

Social partnership is recognized as one of the strategic directions of the library activities. The article analyses the experience of professional cooperation of the Branch of the State public scientific-technological library of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) with the organizations of different levels. The conducted research allowed to identify the main aspects of joint activities of the academic library with various institutions for the solution of practical problems. Classification of types of social partnership is proposed. It includes the following direcions: technology, content, organizational-methodological and socio-cultural. Technological aspect of partnership includes cooperation in the development and implementation of new software and hardware, tools and services, and technological processes in the library activities. Implementation of the content-type of cooperation is realized by combining the efforts of several organizations in the formation of information resources, websites and portals. The activities of the academic library for conducting information and training events for a particular audience can be attributed to organizational-methodological interaction. Social and cultural partnership includes the development of memorial libraries, thematic clubs and organization and conducting excursions. Each area of library interaction with individual organizations and institutions is supported by specific examples. The experience of the Branch of SPSTL SB RAS shows that by combining various types of social partnership the library achieves high results in its work.Социальное партнерство признается одним из стратегических направлений деятельности библиотеки. В статье проанализирован опыт профессионального сотрудничества Отделения Государственной публичной научно-технической библиотеки Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук (ГПНТБ СО РАН) с организациями разного уровня. Проведенное исследование позволило выявить основные аспекты совместной деятельности академической библиотеки с различными учреждениями для решения практических задач. Предложена классификация видов социального партнерства, включающая технологическое, контентное, организационно-методическое и социально-культурное направления. К технологическому виду партнерства относится сотрудничество по вопросам разработки и внедрения новых программно-технических средств и сервисов, технологических процессов в деятельность библиотеки. Путем объединения усилий нескольких организаций при формировании информационных ресурсов, веб-сайтов, порталов происходит реализация контентного вида сотрудничества. Деятельность академической библиотеки по проведению информационных и обучающих мероприятий для определенной аудитории можно отнести к организационно-методическому взаимодействию. Социально-культурное партнерство включает создание мемориальных библиотек, проведение экскурсий, развитие тематических клубов. Каждое направление взаимодействия библиотеки с отдельными организациями и учреждениями подкреплено конкретными примерами. Опыт Отделения ГПНТБ СО РАН показывает, что при сочетании различных видов социального партнерства библиотека достигает в работе высоких результатов

Clinical and genetic characteristics of late-onset Huntington's disease

Background: The frequency of late-onset Huntington's disease (>59 years) is assumed to be low and the clinical course milder. However, previous literature on late-onset disease is scarce and inconclusive. Objective: Our aim is to study clinical characteristics of late-onset compared to common-onset HD patients in a large cohort of HD patients from the Registry database. Methods: Participants with late- and common-onset (30–50 years)were compared for first clinical symptoms, disease progression, CAG repeat size and family history. Participants with a missing CAG repeat size, a repeat size of ≤35 or a UHDRS motor score of ≤5 were excluded. Results: Of 6007 eligible participants, 687 had late-onset (11.4%) and 3216 (53.5%) common-onset HD. Late-onset (n = 577) had significantly more gait and balance problems as first symptom compared to common-onset (n = 2408) (P <.001). Overall motor and cognitive performance (P <.001) were worse, however only disease motor progression was slower (coefficient, −0.58; SE 0.16; P <.001) compared to the common-onset group. Repeat size was significantly lower in the late-onset (n = 40.8; SD 1.6) compared to common-onset (n = 44.4; SD 2.8) (P <.001). Fewer late-onset patients (n = 451) had a positive family history compared to common-onset (n = 2940) (P <.001). Conclusions: Late-onset patients present more frequently with gait and balance problems as first symptom, and disease progression is not milder compared to common-onset HD patients apart from motor progression. The family history is likely to be negative, which might make diagnosing HD more difficult in this population. However, the balance and gait problems might be helpful in diagnosing HD in elderly patients