COVID-19 pandemic as a socio-psychological influence on transformations in religion

This article aims to establish COVID-19’s sociopsychological influence on religion. This interdisciplinary study’s theoretical framework embraces the socialecological systems framework, the concept of deprivation, the theory of religious myth-making, religious individualism and bricolage, as well as the concept of quality of life. A sociological survey was conducted of 4,700 residents of Moscow and the Moscow region. The results revealed that the social sphere of society was relatively stable duringthe pandemic. Exploring COVID-19’s socio-psychological influence, this study examines transformations in religion that resulted from tactile deprivation.&nbsp

Chronic Cerebral Ischaemia Forms New Cholinergic Mechanisms of Learning and Memory

The purpose of this research was a comparative analysis of cholinergic synaptic organization following learning and memory in normal and chronic cerebral ischaemic rats in the Morris water maze model. Choline acetyltransferase and protein content were determined in subpopulations of presynapses of “light” and “heavy” synaptosomal fractions of the cortex and the hippocampus, and the cholinergic projective and intrinsic systems of the brain structures were taken into consideration. We found a strong involvement of cholinergic systems, both projective and intrinsic, in all forms of cognition. Each form of cognition had an individual cholinergic molecular profile and the cholinergic synaptic compositions in the ischaemic rat brains differed significantly from normal ones. Our data demonstrated that under ischaemic conditions, instead of damaged connections new key synaptic relationships, which were stable against pathological influences and able to restore damaged cognitive functions, arose. The plasticity of neurochemical links in the individual organization of certain types of cognition gave a new input into brain pathology and can be used in the future for alternative corrections of vascular and other degenerative dementias

"Books of Reflections" by I. F. Annensky in the Mirror of Journalism

В статье рассматривается пример того, как разнородные очерки, написанные и опубликованные на страницах газет и журналов в разное время, благодаря воле автора обретают вторую жизнь под одной обложкой, получая статус структурно-семантического единства.Researchers of the specificity of the literary-critical path of I. F. Annensky have revealed the common features of his articles and critical essays, and have outlined his commitment to art criticism of O. Wilde. However, there is no comprehensive view of the poetics and semantics of the texts, of the “Book of Reflections” in particular, as the only and most complete collection of critical texts in order to identify the tradition that is consistent with modern literary criticism. The first and the second books are examples of how disconnected essays, written and published on the pages of newspapers and magazines at different times, thanks to the author's will, gain a second life under one cover, getting the status of structural and semantic unity. A review of the key ideas in each of the two-volume collection of texts will give an idea of the unity of motives or semantic fields. They, in turn, provide integrity on the level of content. The article discusses the definitions of the genre and method of the book voiced in journalism and literary criticism of the early 20th century.

EXPERIENCE OF TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE OF INDIVIDUALS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND ITS APPLICATION IN RUSSIA

Approaches to the formation of the value of objects of taxation of real estate of individuals in foreign countries and the establishment of tax rates have been examined. An analysis of tax revenues on real estate of individuals in highly developed countries has been carried out. General trends in property taxation of individuals have been identified. Basic provisions, on which modern systems of real estate taxation of individuals are based, have been formulated. Problems of real property taxation in Russia have been identified. Ways of determining the tax base taking into account the world experience and Russian reality have been proposed. Proposals for the application of tax rates and the implementation of the principle of justice have been elaborated

Coherence resonance in a network of FitzHugh-Nagumo systems: interplay of noise, time-delay and topology

We systematically investigate the phenomena of coherence resonance in time-delay coupled networks of FitzHugh-Nagumo elements in the excitable regime. Using numerical simulations, we examine the interplay of noise, time-delayed coupling and network topology in the generation of coherence resonance. In the deterministic case, we show that the delay-induced dynamics is independent of the number of nearest neighbors and the system size. In the presence of noise, we demonstrate the possibility of controlling coherence resonance by varying the time-delay and the number of nearest neighbors. For a locally coupled ring, we show that the time-delay weakens coherence resonance. For nonlocal coupling with appropriate time-delays, both enhancement and weakening of coherence resonance are possible

Sudden cold temperature delays plant carbon transport and shifts allocation from growth to respiratory demand

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IMPROVING THE TAXATION OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY OF PHYSICAL PERSONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The relevant issues of real estate taxation of individuals in Russia have been considered and proposals has been formulated aimed at developing a land plot taxation and residential real estate of individuals from the standpoint of optimal mix of fiscal and social-regulatory functions of taxes. The purpose of the presented paper is to substantiate the key directions of development of taxation of immovable property of individuals in the Russian Federation, taking into account foreign experience, as well as to develop practical proposals for their implementation. The methods of system approach, analysis and synthesis, as well as abstraction and generalization have been applied. Conclusions have been made about the need to implement the fundamental principles of taxation by establishing a fair assessment of the value of real estate and the uniformity of the distribution of the tax burden of individuals in the taxation of property owned by them