Фигура противоречия как конструктивно-семантический прием (на материале поэзии Игоря Северянина)

Contradiction is a dominating idea in the poet’s creative work and may be qualified as a special figure of speech that is the most important constructive and semantic means on the language level as well as on the level of the composition.Противоречие — особая тропофигура, являющаяся важнейшим конструктивно-семантическим средством собственно языкового уровня, а также уровня композиции целого стихотворения

The Earth: Plasma Sources, Losses, and Transport Processes

This paper reviews the state of knowledge concerning the source of magnetospheric plasma at Earth. Source of plasma, its acceleration and transport throughout the system, its consequences on system dynamics, and its loss are all discussed. Both observational and modeling advances since the last time this subject was covered in detail (Hultqvist et al., Magnetospheric Plasma Sources and Losses, 1999) are addressed

Personal peculiarities in patients with middle cerebral artery infarction

The purpose of the work is to reveal personal peculiarities in patients who have suffered middle cerebral artery infarction. Material and Methods. 39 patients with middle cerebral artery infarction have been under the study. All patients have received clinical instrumental inspection (neurologic survey, duplex ultrasound investigation of vessels of neck, head and brain, the research CT or MRT). Personal peculiarities have been studied by "The standard multiple-factor method of research of the personality" (PITCHES). Results. Psychological reactions for the disease have been determined. They include hypochondria, depression, psychasthenia and anxiety. Conclusion. Personal peculiarities in patients suffered from middle cerebral artery infarction may be characterized by the appearance of psychological response to the psychotraumatic situation. Therefore it is necessary to give psychotherapeutic aid

The prevalence of drug use among university students in St. Petersburg, Russia

Over the last decade, the problem of young people's health has been among the most important and complicated ones for Russian society; these problems affect not only young children but also students in higher education institutions. The low level of physical and psychological health of young people has become an alarming characteristic of the demographic situation in modern Russia.This study was carried out at the State University of St. Petersburg, which is one of the largest higher education institutions in Russia. The university consists of many academic departments, and thus it is possible to study the health-related behavior of students with different professional backgrounds.The results show that drug use among students in Russia still remains relatively rare and episodic; in most cases, students use "light" drugs and thus have both slow rates of developing an addiction and an alternative but successful socialization in modern youth subculture. Such drugs are also not generally associated with significant health risks

Modern Pamir house and calendar and astronomical views of the Pamiris

This paper presents the evolution of the Pamir house over the past 100 years since the explorations of the Russian ethnographer Mikhail S. Andreev took place. Despite the availability of the studies of the 1920s–1950s on the Tajik traditional dwelling (Pisarchik, 1958a; Voronina, 1951, 1975; review studies: Mamadnazarov, 1978; Muradov, 2021), the classical Andreev’s work (1958), conducted in the valley of the Khuf River (Pamir), remains topical. The Gorno-Badakhshan variant of the house construction (Pamir and Pamir region), distinguished on the basis of its ingenuity, stands apart amongst the other four geographical types. The paper concerns the comparison of the main elements of the contemporary dwelling of the population of the Western Pamir with the traditional ones. A special attention is given to the calendar and astronomical matters that relate the design of the Pamiri house to timekeeping. Our research is based upon the results of the study of 26 residential houses in the village of Midensharv (located 20 km southeast of Khorog in Roshtkala District of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Okrug) and several buildings in the villages of Parzudzh, Barodzh, and Tusen. Most of the houses were built in the 1960s–1980s. Modern Pamiris know the places in the house where the sunbeam falls on one or another special day, but in modern buildings there are no marks for the days of Nowruz, and summer and winter chillas, which were reported by Andreev. The methods of mathematical modeling show that in some cases the informants are accurate with the dates, but sometimes they confuse the holidays. Over the last hundred years, the Pamir house has undergone certain changes associated with the natural development. The changes of the traditional society, the beginning of which was noted by M. Andreev, have led to the widespread use of the Gregorian calendar, whilst the functions of individual timekeeping have lost their value. Nowadays, amongst local residents few people would remember the timekeeping by the human body ‘mard’, whilst the modern Pamir house has not preserved the marks of certain days of the year that were present earlier. Nevertheless, it can be argued that the Pamir inhabitants have retained quite a lot of knowledge and traditions. Although there are already no signs in the modern Pamir house, people continue to navigate in time using sunlight marks, which give an accuracy of about 20 minutes, which is enough for a rural lifestyle. All new houses are built according to the Pamir canon, and not by the projects of modern designers

Attitudes towards Biobank Donation Among University Community

Worldwide significant efforts are invested in building biobanks—specialized facilities for storing biological materials for research and medical purposes. The successful functioning of biobanks depends directly on people’s willingness to donate their biological materials. Fragmentary empirical studies of people’s attitudes toward donations to biobanks have been undertaken in Russia. The goal of this study was to measure at titudes toward biobank donation among Russians population and to evaluate potential sociopsychological factors that play a role in a person’s readiness to become a donor. Data from 542 students and 254 scientific staff at St. Petersburg State University were collected from group-administered paper-and-pencil and online surveys respectively. Both students (74%) and scientific staff (52%) indicated a relatively high level of readiness to become biobank donors. Regression analysis showed that refusal to be a biobahk donor was correlated significantly with being university scientific staff vs. students, no previous awareness about biobank, need for relative’s or friend’s opinion before decision making, presence of payment for donation and type of requested biological material

The method of using Russian feature films at studying Russian as a foreign language

The article suggests a method for using Russian feature films to form the communicative competence of foreign students studying Russian. The authors aim to show how the emotionally rich material of feature films, included in the educational process, creates positive motivation for students in mastering a foreign language, and Russian as a foreign language as well. Motivational activity contributes to the achievement of a high level of mastering the language studied. The results of the experimental study confirm the effectiveness of the proposed model of teaching. Complex work with the material of feature films contributes to the sociocultural and linguoculturological adaptation of foreigners in the Russian-speaking environment in various spheres of communication. The originality of the concept of teaching Russian as a foreign language, presented in the article, consists in the fact that it is proposed to use modern Russian films, including topics that are attractive in subject matter and general content for the youth student audience. The novelty of the linguo-didactic concept is that attention is focused on the development of the Russian phonetic culture of speech of an inophone on the basis of songs, creating moral, ethical and artistic potential of the film along with other factors. © Serials Publications

Methods of data compression in computer systems . Methods of element-by-element compression

Abstract: Extended introduction in data compression problems is given in the paper. It is noted that compression and redundance of data is expedient to consider with the point of view of syntax, semantics and pragmatic of language space. Two classes of compression methods are outlined: element-by-element compression and data group compression. A systematization of element-by-element methods is given. The class of basic compression methods by optimal coding and modifications is described in detail.Note: Research direction:Programming, parallel computing, multimedi

The method of using Russian feature films at studying Russian as a foreign language

The article suggests a method for using Russian feature films to form the communicative competence of foreign students studying Russian. The authors aim to show how the emotionally rich material of feature films, included in the educational process, creates positive motivation for students in mastering a foreign language, and Russian as a foreign language as well. Motivational activity contributes to the achievement of a high level of mastering the language studied. The results of the experimental study confirm the effectiveness of the proposed model of teaching. Complex work with the material of feature films contributes to the sociocultural and linguoculturological adaptation of foreigners in the Russian-speaking environment in various spheres of communication. The originality of the concept of teaching Russian as a foreign language, presented in the article, consists in the fact that it is proposed to use modern Russian films, including topics that are attractive in subject matter and general content for the youth student audience. The novelty of the linguo-didactic concept is that attention is focused on the development of the Russian phonetic culture of speech of an inophone on the basis of songs, creating moral, ethical and artistic potential of the film along with other factors. © Serials Publications