Biotesting of modeled drilling mud as an indicator of environmental risk

In the system of environmental monitoring, biomonitoring plays an important and independent role. The essence of the method determining the toxicants' effect consists in the specially selected organisms under standard conditions and recording different behavioral, physiological and biochemical factors. The paper studies the biological influence of modeled drilling mud components. The research results have shown the toxic effect of investigated muds. The obtained data confirm that biotesting can be applied for drilling fluids certification by the complex assessment of hazardous substances

Scanning Electron Microscopy Study of Drilling Cuttings in Tomsk Oblast Sites

The research is focused on determining mineralogical composition of drilling cuttings by scanning electron microscope as well as imaging the sample surface of high resolution that allows studying the structural characteristics of the site. In addition, a number of other techniques permit obtaining information on chemical composition of sample in near-surface layers. The study in drilling cuttings by means of scanning microscopy has revealed the presence of titanium, iron, zirconium oxides, iron sulphide, barium sulphate. The former is a mineral that concentrates rare-earth elements, presumably monocyte, as well as uranium silicate, etc. The results obtained confirm the data of previous X-ray structural analysis, i.e. the study samples consist of alumosilicate matrix. Apart from silicon and aluminium oxides, the matrix includes such elements as Na, K, Mg. Such a composition corresponds to rock-forming minerals: quartz, albite, microcline, clinochlore, muscovite, anorthoclase

Development prospects of the brand of Tomsk

The importance of territory branding is connected with the necessity of elaboration of new strategic approaches to brand creation of a country, a region, a city, along with the restatement of existent types of territory positioning in a view of harden competition between the cities for attracting of investments, opportunities and tourists. Creation of a strong, sustainable brand which can represent the city not only in Russia, but also abroad becomes topical. The modern reality is such that economic and demographic crisis reduces the amount of available financial and human capital assets. Under such conditions, the territories compete severely for any available resources. The winner of the competition is the one which can adapt to the changing situation and apply maximum tools for it. The territory branding is the main instrument for visitors’ attraction and most significantly for investors’ attraction as well as it is an important way of people’s loyalty forming. An increasing number of countries, regions and cities use territory branding. This way of attractiveness forming is especially developed abroad, but Russian cities and regions are mastering actively the territory branding. They don’t always succeed. The efficiency of this marketing instrument depends on many factors. The main issue the brand developers face is that they are mistaken in the understanding of territory brand as a beautiful image for tourist attraction. Tomsk is one of those cities which have enough peculiarities to be distinguished from others by means of creation of a strong and sustainable brand for representing the city outside it

Влияние ролевой гендерной идентичности на представления о насилии у девушек-студенток

The paper discusses the empirical results of the study of the inuence of gender role identity on representations of violence in young female students at the age from 17 to 19. Attitudes towards violence, as well as the use of violence in interpersonal relations appear long before their realization in interpersonal interaction. Theauthors proceeded on the assumption that traditional ideas about gender dichotomy offeatures of violent behaviour were inadequate for the gender system of modernsociety. The study sample consisted of 100 respondents. The authors used thefollowing research methods: writing an essay, semantic dierential, and the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI).The obtained empirical data indicated that the girls with undierentiated(neutral) gender role identity had a wider range of representations of violence, if to compare with the respondents who were guided by dichotomous models of gender behaviour (with “masculine” and “feminine” patterns). The girls with undierentiated(not polarized) gender role identity are able to recognize a large variety of forms ofviolence; they can exibly use and combine various forms of violence for achieving their own goals in corresponding circumstances. In this sample the girls with typically feminine gender role identity were less able to notice unobviousforms of violence (especially in interpersonal relations); violence usually had polar forms in their representations: either physical, or psychological. Moreover, the girls with typically feminine gender role identity perceived violence in such behavioural patterns which could not be assessed as violent in the given context. The ndings ofthe study could be useful for improving the practices of prevention, correction and rehabilitation offemale violent convicts, as well as for reducing manifestations of extreme forms of female violence in society.В статье приводятся результаты эмпирического исследования, направленного на выявление функции ролевой гендерной идентичности в формировании представления о насилии у девушек в возрасте 17–19 лет. Установки в отношении насилия и его применения в межличностном взаимодействии формируются задолго до того, как они реализуются в межличностном взаимодействии. Авторы исходят из предположения, что привычные представления о гендерной дихотомии характеристик насильственного поведения являются неадекватными для современной гендерной системы общества. Эмпирические данные получены в ходе опроса 100 респондентов в форме свободного сочинения, заполнения семантического дифференциала и опросника гендерной ролевой идентичности С. Бем. Получены данные о том, что девушки с недифференцированным (нейтральным) типом ролевой гендерной идентичности имеют более разнообразный спектр субъективных представлений о насилии по сравнению с респондентами, ориентированными на проявление в межличностном взаимодействии дихотомических моделей гендерного поведения, относящихся к «мужскому» или «женскому» нормативному образцу. Девушки с нейтральным типом ролевой гендерной идентичности способны к распознаванию большего разнообразия форм проявления насилия, склонны к гибкому использованию и сочетанию различных форм насилия в качестве средства достижения собственных целей с учетом складывающейся ситуации. Девушки с нормативной фемининной ролевой гендерной идентичностью в меньшей степени способны обращать внимание на неявные и скрытые формы насилия, особенно такого, которое проявляется на уровне межличностных отношений. В их представлениях насилие чаще имеет полярные формы проявления: либо как только физическое, либо исключительно психологическое. Также они чаще воспринимают в качестве насилия такие формы поведения, которые не являются таковыми в контексте взаимодействия. С учетом этого обстоятельства можно улучшить практики профилактики, коррекции и реабилитации женщин, совершивших насильственные преступления, а также снизить уровень выраженности в обществе крайних форм проявления женского насилия

Novel Insights in the Leadership in Business and Economics: A Post-Coronavirus Update

Our world is evolving at an incredibly enormous speed and what was impossible three years ago is now a reality. The concept of leadership and leaders has also undergone profound transformations. Moreover, the recent COVID-19 pandemic caused a digital surge in the ways economic life, business, or education are perceived or conducted. The pandemic proved that small and large businesses, industries, and the whole economies can be suddenly upended by massive technological shifts. Hence, there is a need for a theoretical research update in leadership in business and economics that would bring new insights into this topic and define its place within the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our paper presents the novel insights for the leaders and the leadership concept in business and economics from various approaches and angles of view in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on sustainable leadership and organizational resilience. It aims at outlying the theoretical background of leadership in business and economics after the pandemic and bringing up interesting and recent leadership case studies from all around of the world. Moreover, this paper aims as sharing the valuable insights into what it means to be a sustainable leader in business and economics, why leaders are needed, and how to become one. The main criteria of this research and its instrumentation include both the theoretical discussion based on the literature review and analysis and the empirical analysis that supports these theoretical provisions. The paper features an empirical model that assesses how business and economic leaders are searching for new ways of work and personal development during and after the COVID-19 pandemic using the own data from the 400 respondents collected in the Czech Republic and Russia. We found that the pandemic enhanced the emotional creativity of business and economic leaders and made them to invest and engage more into using new digital technologies and fundamentally altering the old ways of managing and governing their respective companies and institutions. Our results might provide valuable food for thought both for academics working on various angles of leadership, as well as for entrepreneurs and businesspeople who want to receive recent updates on the topic of leadership to use them in their daily work

Novel Insights in the Leadership in Business and Economics: A Post-Coronavirus Update

Our world is evolving at an incredibly enormous speed and what was impossible three years ago is now a reality. The concept of leadership and leaders has also undergone profound transformations. Moreover, the recent COVID-19 pandemic caused a digital surge in the ways economic life, business, or education are perceived or conducted. The pandemic proved that small and large businesses, industries, and the whole economies can be suddenly upended by massive technological shifts. Hence, there is a need for a theoretical research update in leadership in business and economics that would bring new insights into this topic and define its place within the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our paper presents the novel insights for the leaders and the leadership concept in business and economics from various approaches and angles of view in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on sustainable leadership and organizational resilience. It aims at outlying the theoretical background of leadership in business and economics after the pandemic and bringing up interesting and recent leadership case studies from all around of the world. Moreover, this paper aims as sharing the valuable insights into what it means to be a sustainable leader in business and economics, why leaders are needed, and how to become one. The main criteria of this research and its instrumentation include both the theoretical discussion based on the literature review and analysis and the empirical analysis that supports these theoretical provisions. The paper features an empirical model that assesses how business and economic leaders are searching for new ways of work and personal development during and after the COVID-19 pandemic using the own data from the 400 respondents collected in the Czech Republic and Russia. We found that the pandemic enhanced the emotional creativity of business and economic leaders and made them to invest and engage more into using new digital technologies and fundamentally altering the old ways of managing and governing their respective companies and institutions. Our results might provide valuable food for thought both for academics working on various angles of leadership, as well as for entrepreneurs and businesspeople who want to receive recent updates on the topic of leadership to use them in their daily work

Comparative characteristics of export transactions of a chemical industry enterprise

In the work, the economic justification of the efficiency of export operations of LLC “Industrial Group “Phosphorite” was carried out. The enterprise under study is a part of EuroChem Group AG and sells products on the Russian market and also exports mineral fertilizers to foreign markets. The organization and features of export operations are investigated. The basic principles and methods of state regulation of foreign trade activity in the Russian Federation are considered. When considering the world and domestic market of mineral fertilizers, the analysis of volume indicators of chemical industry production was carried out, the main importing countries of Russian fertilizers and the main competitors of EuroChem Group AG were identified. The paper analyzes the foreign economic activity of EuroChem Group AG and its subsidiary LLC “Industrial Group “Phosphorite”. The main markets for products were identified and a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of two export transactions was carried out. Based on the effectiveness assessment, recommendations were made to increase the profitability of export transactions. The implementation of measures to increase the efficiency of export transactions will lead to an increase in the company’s profitability

Development prospects of the brand of Tomsk

The importance of territory branding is connected with the necessity of elaboration of new strategic approaches to brand creation of a country, a region, a city, along with the restatement of existent types of territory positioning in a view of harden competition between the cities for attracting of investments, opportunities and tourists. Creation of a strong, sustainable brand which can represent the city not only in Russia, but also abroad becomes topical. The modern reality is such that economic and demographic crisis reduces the amount of available financial and human capital assets. Under such conditions, the territories compete severely for any available resources. The winner of the competition is the one which can adapt to the changing situation and apply maximum tools for it. The territory branding is the main instrument for visitors’ attraction and most significantly for investors’ attraction as well as it is an important way of people’s loyalty forming. An increasing number of countries, regions and cities use territory branding. This way of attractiveness forming is especially developed abroad, but Russian cities and regions are mastering actively the territory branding. They don’t always succeed. The efficiency of this marketing instrument depends on many factors. The main issue the brand developers face is that they are mistaken in the understanding of territory brand as a beautiful image for tourist attraction. Tomsk is one of those cities which have enough peculiarities to be distinguished from others by means of creation of a strong and sustainable brand for representing the city outside it