ENHANCING E-COMMERCE CUSTOM REGULATION FOR SEAMLESS TRADE IN EAEU: A POLICY PAPER

This policy paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the e-commerce sector within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), highlighting its challenges, opportunities, and potential for driving economic growth. It sets forth a series of well-crafted policy recommendations aimed at establishing a conducive environment for e-commerce development. By implementing these measures, policymakers can fully unleash the potential of e-commerce, fostering economic growth, and advancing digital inclusion. As the e-commerce sector flourishes, it necessitates the establishment of a fair and efficient regulatory framework to facilitate smooth cross-border transactions. Addressing the custom regulation and taxation of e-commerce transactions requires collaborative efforts. Policymakers must strive to develop transparent and equitable customs and taxation systems that prevent tax evasion while easing the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. One essential consideration is the implementation of destination-based taxation, ensuring that taxes are paid in the countries where products and services are consumed. This approach fosters fairness and discourages tax avoidance strategies. The policy paper aims to propose specific measures to enhance e-commerce custom regulation, effectively tackling the unique challenges presented by online trade. Leveraging technology and fostering international cooperation are pivotal in designing streamlined customs processes, creating an enabling environment for e-commerce growth. Such endeavors will ensure compliance, minimize illicit activities, and foster a flourishing e-commerce landscape within the EAEU

THE NECESSITY OF INTRODUCTION THE DRUG INSURANCE SYSTEM IN ARMENIA

The increase in the cost of the medicinal component of the treatment, the spread of chronic diseases, and the maintenance of socio-economic inequality in access to health services require the provision of adequate access to medicines. These issues create prerequisites for the improvement of the state health policy and, first, the drug supply system, which is an integral part of the treatment process. The financing of healthcare in Armenia is mainly formed from budget allocations and out of pocket expenditures of the population. Reducing the financial burden on the state and ensuring the rational use of drugs contributes to improving the health of the population. The implementation of a drug insurance scheme, which partially or fully cover the cost of drugs in RA, is one of the solutions for resolving the issue of access to medicines. This article studies the problems of financing healthcare system in Armenia and highlights the need of introduction a drug insurance system in Armeni

Challenges and Experiences in Designing Interpretable KPI-diagnostics for Cloud Applications

Automated root cause analysis of performance problems in modern cloud computing infrastructures is of a high technology value in the self-driving context. Those systems are evolved into large scale and complex solutions which are core for running most of today’s business applications. Hence, cloud management providers realize their mission through a “total” monitoring of data center flows thus enabling a full visibility into the cloud. Appropriate machine learning methods and software products rely on such observation data for real-time identification and remediation of potential sources of performance degradations in cloud operations to minimize their impacts. We describe the existing technology challenges and our experiences while working on designing problem root cause analysis mechanisms which are automatic, application agnostic, and, at the same time, interpretable for human operators to gain their trust. The paper focuses on diagnosis of cloud ecosystems through their Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Those indicators are utilized to build automatically labeled data sets and train explainable AI models for identifying conditions and processes “responsible” for misbehaviors. Our experiments on a large time series data set from a cloud application demonstrate that those approaches are effective in obtaining models that explain unacceptable KPI behaviors and localize sources of issues

Выбор метода измерения внутриглазного давления для оценки гипотензивной эффективности антиглаукомных операций

Purpose of this study — to compare the results of different tonometry methods before surgical treatment of glaucoma and in the early postoperative period.The study was conducted on a group of 50 patients (50 eyes) aged 55 to 80 years with uncompensated primary open-angle glaucoma, who were admitted to in-patient department for glaucoma surgery. Patients were examined using bidirectional applanation tonometry of the cornea performed on Ocular Response Analyzer, pneumotonometry on Canon TX-20P device, and with Icare tonometer. These studies were carried out on the day before the surgery, the next day, and 2 weeks after the operation.Significant differences in tonometry readings were revealed between all tested devices at high intraocular pressure (IOP) levels (before glaucoma surgery). Significant differences were also found in IOP values obtained with Icare tonometer in the central zone of the cornea and in the middle periphery in the nasal and temporal sectors. A significant difference between the indicators remained on the next day after surgery, except for the Icare readings. After two weeks, the tonometric parameters did not differ significantly from each other.Corneal compensated IOP (IOPcc) is the most important tonometric indicator in clinical practice because it takes into account the individual biomechanical characteristics of the patient’s cornea. When examining patients with glaucoma, the IOPcc indicator significantly differed in uncompensated IOP, which is important for determining the correct treatment tactics. When assessing the level of IOP after surgery this trend persisted, indicating a systematic underestimation of IOP level (overestimation of the effect of glaucoma surgery). The reliability of the study is confirmed by the results of measurements on unoperated fellow eyes (control).Цель — сравнить показатели разных методов тонометрии до хирургического лечения глаукомы и в раннем послеоперационном периоде. Исследование проведено в группе из 50 пациентов (50 глаз) в возрасте от 55 до 80 лет с некомпенсированной первичной открытоугольной глаукомой, которые поступали в стационар для проведения антиглаукомной операции. Выполняли исследование с помощью двунаправленной пневмоапланации роговицы на биомеханическом анализаторе Ocular Response Analyzer, бесконтактную тонометрию прибором Canon TX-20P и измерение тоно- метром Icare. Эти исследования проводили за день до проведения антиглаукомного вмешательства, на следующий день и также через 2 недели после операции. При высоких значениях внутриглазного давления (ВГД) (до проведения антиглаукомной операции) были выявлены достоверные различия тонометрических показателей между всеми используемыми приборами. Также были выявлены достоверные различия в показателях ВГД при тонометрии Icare в центральной зоне роговицы и на средней периферии в носовом и височном секторах. На следующий день после операции достоверная разница между показателями сохранялась, за исключением показателей Icare. Через 2 недели после операции тонометрические показатели между собой достоверно не различались. Роговично-компенсированное ВГД является наиболее важным в клиническом плане тонометрическим показателем, поскольку учитывает индивидуальные особенности фиброзной оболочки глаза пациентов. При обследовании пациентов с глаукомой этот показатель достоверно отличается при некомпенсированном ВГД, что важно для определения правильной тактики лечения. При оценке ВГД после операции данная тенденция сохранялась, что указывает на систематическую недооценку офтальмотонуса (переоценку эффекта операции). Достоверность исследования подтверждается результатами исследова- ния на парных неоперированных глазах