Discourse of Inclusion in the Complexity Era: In the BRICS Space

The relevance of the study is explained by the need to comprehend the expansion of the inclusion discourse in the situation of continuing complication of socio-cultural interaction in the BRICS countries. The modern society’s growing need to create an inclusive community, which professes the values of diversity, is associated with the complication of the socio-cultural landscape. The concept of inclusion complexity as a form of thinking that diagnoses and overcomes the devaluation of a person in all possible contexts are presented in the research by the example of the diverse experience of inclusive initiatives’ deployment in the BRICS countries. The authors emphasise that an adequate study of this phenomenon is impossible outside the study of each country’s socio-cultural experience. For optimal results, it was essential to analyse and describe the processes of inclusion formation in the BRICS format in the context of comparing existing approaches. It allowed both to identify the national specifics and to identify the universal mechanisms of inclusion formation as of a modern cultural phenomenon. The authors conceptualize the need to maintain dependencies between different types of social experience in South Africa, which reveals the importance of a comprehensive approach to overcoming existing problems connected with poverty, inequality, gender issues, and existing unemployment. The research describes the experience of implementing the inclusion policy in the sphere of culture and education in Brazil and India. Various aspects of inclusion formation in China are revealed: it is emphasized that the negative attitude towards people with health disorders is due to the socio-cultural context. The problems of financial inclusion are considered in the context of the experience of their solvation in China and India. The authors turn to the diverse experience of implementing inclusive initiatives in Russia, demonstrating the complexity of inclusion formation as a new form of humanistic thinking

Technology Platforms as an Efficient Tool to Modernize Russia's Economy

There is an urgent need to consider the dynamic development of the global economy from the point of view of its positive impact on competitiveness improvement in national manufacturing industries, and the best ways to modernize the country economy. The purpose of the paper is to provide with perspectives for development of instruments related to technology platforms within the framework of innovation management and adapted to the conditions of Russia's economic reality. The major method in studying this issue is mathematical economic modeling which has made it possible to facilitate expediency in determining a technology platform as an effective innovation control instrument.  The paper considers European and Russian experience in deploying technology platforms, and identifies national features characteristic to the performance of the innovation management instrument.  A mathematical economic model is used for justifying the efficiency of introducing technology platforms into Russian institutional innovation system. The practical significance of results and conclusions is in its ability to improve the mechanisms of developing and implementing federal and regional innovation development programs, development of the innovation infrastructure, stimulation of the innovation activity, use of a set of technology platform instruments by public authorities.  Keywords: technology platforms, innovative development, modernization, triple helix. JEL Classifications: C02, C18, O2

Toward personalization of asthma treatment according to trigger factors

Asthma is a severe and chronic disabling disease affecting more than 300 million people worldwide. Although in the past few drugs for the treatment of asthma were available, new treatment options are currently emerging, which appear to be highly effective in certain subgroups of patients. Accordingly, there is a need for biomarkers that allow selection of patients for refined and personalized treatment strategies. Recently, serological chip tests based on microarrayed allergen molecules and peptides derived from the most common rhinovirus strains have been developed, which may discriminate 2 of the most common forms of asthma, that is, allergen- and virus-triggered asthma. In this perspective, we argue that classification of patients with asthma according to these common trigger factors may open new possibilities for personalized management of asthma.Fil: Niespodziana, Katarzyna. Vienna University of Technology; AustriaFil: Borochova, Kristina. Vienna University of Technology; AustriaFil: Pazderova, Petra. Vienna University of Technology; AustriaFil: Schlederer, Thomas. Vienna University of Technology; AustriaFil: Astafyeva, Natalia. Saratov State Medical University; RusiaFil: Baranovskaya, Tatiana. Belarusian Medical Academy of Post Diploma Studies; BielorrusiaFil: Barbouche, Mohamed Ridha. Institut Pasteur de Tunis; TúnezFil: Beltyukov, Evgeny. Ural State Medical University; RusiaFil: Berger, Angelika. Vienna University of Technology; AustriaFil: Borzova, Elena. Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education; RusiaFil: Bousquet, Jean. MACVIA; Francia. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; AlemaniaFil: Bumbacea, Roxana S.. University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila"; RumaniaFil: Bychkovskaya, Snezhana. Krasnoyarsk Medical University; RusiaFil: Caraballo, Luis. Universidad de Cartagena; ColombiaFil: Chung, Kian Fan. Imperial College London; Reino Unido. MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma; Reino UnidoFil: Custovic, Adnan. Imperial College London; Reino Unido. MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma; Reino UnidoFil: Docena, Guillermo H.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Estudios Inmunológicos y Fisiopatológicos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Estudios Inmunológicos y Fisiopatológicos; ArgentinaFil: Eiwegger, Thomas. University Of Toronto. Hospital For Sick Children; CanadáFil: Evsegneeva, Irina. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; RusiaFil: Emelyanov, Alexander. North-Western Medical University; RusiaFil: Errhalt, Peter. University Hospital Krems and Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences; AustriaFil: Fassakhov, Rustem. Kazan Federal University; RusiaFil: Fayzullina, Rezeda. Bashkir State Medical University; RusiaFil: Fedenko, Elena. NRC Institute of Immunology FMBA of Russia; RusiaFil: Fomina, Daria. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; RusiaFil: Gao, Zhongshan. Zhejiang University; ChinaFil: Giavina Bianchi, Pedro. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Gotua, Maia. David Tvildiani Medical University; GeorgiaFil: Greber Platzer, Susanne. Vienna University of Technology; AustriaFil: Hedlin, Gunilla. Karolinska Huddinge Hospital. Karolinska Institutet; Sueci

Criteria approach to assessing the business stability of industrial and energy enterprises

The paper presents the results of the study in the field of ensuring the business stability of industrial and energy enterprises by determining the influence of external and internal factors. Identification of stability criteria was carried out by an expert survey using a simple but reliable mathematical apparatus. The final integral indicator of the economic stability of an industrial enterprise was obtained by a calculation and expert method using economic and mathematical modeling. The proposed method is quite universal and can be used to assess the stability of an enterprise over time, as well as to compare the stability of several enterprises with each other

Towards personalization of asthma treatment according to trigger factors

Asthma is a severe and chronic disabling disease affecting more than 300 million people world-wide. While in the past few drugs for treatment of asthma were available, new treatment options are currently emerging which appear to be highly effective in certain subgroups of patients. Accordingly there is a need for biomarkers which allow selection of patients for refined and personalized treatment strategies. Recently, serological chip tests based on micro-arrayed allergen molecules and peptides derived from the most common rhinovirus strains have been developed which may discriminate two of the most common forms of asthma, i.e., allergen- and virus-triggered asthma. In this perspective we argue that classification of asthma patients according to these common trigger factors may open new possibilities for personalized management of asthma

A review of GPS/GLONASS studies of the ionospheric response to natural and anthropogenic processes and phenomena

The article is a review of studies of ionospheric effects carried out in ISTP SB RAS. The main results of GPS/GLONASS radio sounding of ionospheric disturbances of natural and anthropogenic origin are presented. The article is devoted to ionospheric effects of solar eclipses, solar flares, solar terminator, earthquakes, tropical cyclones, large-scale ionospheric disturbances of auroral origin, rocket launches. Dynamics of global electron content analysis is also presented. The special attention is paid on the influence of solar flares and ionospheric irregularities on GPS and GLONASS performance. The work is a tribute to the leader of GNSS-monitoring workgroup Prof. E.L. Afraimovich (12 March 1940–8 November 2009)

A review of GPS/GLONASS studies of the ionospheric response to natural and anthropogenic processes and phenomena

The article is a review of studies of ionospheric effects carried out in ISTP SB RAS. The main results of GPS/GLONASS radio sounding of ionospheric disturbances of natural and anthropogenic origin are presented. The article is devoted to ionospheric effects of solar eclipses, solar flares, solar terminator, earthquakes, tropical cyclones, large-scale ionospheric disturbances of auroral origin, rocket launches. Dynamics of global electron content analysis is also presented. The special attention is paid on the influence of solar flares and ionospheric irregularities on GPS and GLONASS performance. The work is a tribute to the leader of GNSS-monitoring workgroup Prof. E.L. Afraimovich (12 March 1940–8 November 2009)