COMPUTER VISUALIZATION IN ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION

The idea to use computer visualization in ecological education is promoted. A fragment of the virtual ecological trip “Lake Pryazhinskoe” is demonstrated. The approach to create virtual trips is based on Web-design technologies. The virtual ecological trips will open new innovative and creative possibilities for ecological education both at the stage of their development and their application

Structural and Functional Organization of Photosynthetic Apparatus in Wild Halophites

The structural and molecular parameters of photosynthetic apparatus in plants with different strategies for the accumulation of salts were investigated. The objects of the study were euhalophytes (Salicornia perennans, Suaeda salsa, Halocnemum strobilaceum), a crynohalophyte (Limonium gmelinii) and a glycohalophyte (Artemisia santonica). The euhalophytes S. perennans and S. salsa belong to plants of the halosucculent type, while the other three species represent the xerophilic type. Larger cells with a great number of chloroplasts, a high content of membrane glycerolipids and unsaturated C18:3 fatty acid and smaller pigment and light-harvesting complexes characterize the features of euhalophytes with a succulent leaf type. Therefore, thefeatures of the halophyte photosynthetic apparatus structure are closely related to its functional indicators and are defined by a strategy in both the accumulation of salts and the method of water regime regulation. Keywords: chlorophyll, lipids and fatty acids, photosynthetic apparatus, ultrastructure of chloroplast

Search for the Radiative Capture d+d->^4He+\gamma Reaction from the dd\mu Muonic Molecule State

A search for the muon catalyzed fusion reaction dd --> ^4He +\gamma in the dd\mu muonic molecule was performed using the experimental \mu CF installation TRITON and NaI(Tl) detectors for \gamma-quanta. The high pressure target filled with deuterium at temperatures from 85 K to 800 K was exposed to the negative muon beam of the JINR phasotron to detect \gamma-quanta with energy 23.8 MeV. The first experimental estimation for the yield of the radiative deuteron capture from the dd\mu state J=1 was obtained at the level n_{\gamma}\leq 2\times 10^{-5} per one fusion.Comment: 9 pages, 3 Postscript figures, submitted to Phys. At. Nuc

Development of methods ensuring balanced budgets in the medium term

Purpose: The study aims to identify the prospects for the application of modern methods of balancing the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Design/Methodology/Approach: The formation of balanced budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is intended to provide funding for priority expenditures of the regions effectively, predetermining the need to identify the features of the implementation of scientific theories about the balance of budgets, to highlight the problems of the budget legislation of the Russian Federation and to determine the prospects for the use of traditional and new market methods of regulating the basic parameters of budgets. Findings: Authors grounded the need for complex application of methods of balancing budgets for the main parameters to increase tax and non-tax revenues, the formation of expenses regarding their optimization and efficiency, weighted debt policy, improving intergovernmental relations. The authors recommended the development of standards for applying methods of balancing budgets. Practical implications: The results of the study can be considered in the practice of forming the basic parameters of the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the context of limited budget funds to strengthen budget revenues. Originality/Value: The main contribution of this study is to justify the complexity of the application of methods of balancing budgets, as well as to shift the emphasis on the regulation of domestic debt relations in the context of economic uncertainty.peer-reviewe

The experience of the verification laboratory accreditation JSC «Ekaterinburg electric grid company»

Аккредитация лаборатории важна с той точки зрения, что эта процедура позволяет определить степень ее соответствия установленным требованиям. Особенно важным это становится для лабораторий, являющихся структурными подразделениями предпри-ятий и решающих конкретные задачи этого предприятияAccreditation of the laboratory are important from the point of view that this procedure allows to determine the degree of compliance with established requirements. It becomes especially important for laboratories which are structural subdivisions of the enterprises in solving specific tasks of this enterpris

Obscuring the routes: confused data cannot reveal phylogeography of pea crop wild relatives (refutation to ‘Genomic diversity and macroecology of the crop wild relatives of domesticated pea’ by Smýkal et al. 2017)

Profound data confusion is reported for the paper by Smýkal et al. (Genomic diversity and macroecology of the crop wild relatives of domesticated pea. Scientific Reports 7, 17384; 2017) which challenges the validity of its scientific conclusion and the data reported

The practice of applying safety data sheets of chemical products in the Russian Federation

Рассмотрены особенности применения в Российской Федерации документов, обеспечивающих безопасность химической продукции. В настоящее время одним из таких документов является Паспорт безопасности химической продукцииSpecific features of the application in the Russian Federation of documents to ensure the safety of chemical products are considered. At present one of such documents is the Safety Data Sheet of chemical product

Charm production nearby threshold in pA-interactions at 70 GeV

The results of the SERP-E-184 experiment at the U-70 accelerator (IHEP, Protvino) are presented. Interactions of the 70 GeV proton beam with C, Si and Pb targets were studied to detect decays of charmed $D^0$, $\overline D^0$, $D^+$, $D^-$ mesons and $\Lambda _c^+$ baryon near their production threshold. Measurements of lifetimes and masses are shown a good agreement with PDG data. The inclusive cross sections of charm production and their A-dependencies were obtained. The yields of these particles are compared with the theoretical predictions and the data of other experiments. The measured cross section of the total open charm production ($\sigma _{\mathrm {tot}}(c\overline c)$ = 7.1 $\pm$ 2.3(stat) $\pm$1.4(syst) $\mu$b/nucleon) at the collision c.m. energy $\sqrt {s}$ = 11.8 GeV is well above the QCD model predictions. The contributions of different species of charmed particles to the total cross section of the open charm production in proton-nucleus interactions vary with energy.Comment: 4 pages, 6 pages, 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics 3-10 August 2016, Chicago, US