FEATURES OF THE STATE REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF MODERN UKRAINE

The main provisions of the state structure and policy of Ukraine are determined. The definition of the region is given according to the legislation of Ukraine. The basic Ukrainian normative legal acts, relating to the state regional management was analysed. Ethnic and socio-economic differences between regions of Ukraine are revealed. Areas of regional development of the modern government of Ukraine are highlighted. The relationship between the frequent change of government and the implementation of the principles of state regional administration is traced. The discrepancy between the proclamation of the policy of regional development and the insolvency of local authorities is highlighted

Features of Online Settlement of Consumer Disputes by e-commerce Platforms in the People’s Republic of China

Objective: to research the features of online dispute settlement by e-commerce platforms in the People’s Republic of China, to reveal positive features and drawbacks of ODS technologies applied by the platforms.Methods: empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation; theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic. Specific scientific methods were used: legal-dogmatic and the method of legal norms interpretation.Results: it was found that the internal ODS model on e-commerce Taobao ODS platforms is a direct, clear and effective means of online resolution of consumer disputes. However, being a non-independent “third party”, the internal ODS mechanism of e-commerce platforms will never be able to substitute other external systems of dispute resolution. ODS relies on the data and Internet processes much stronger than traditional dispute resolution. Among the many safety factors emerging as a result of online processes, ODS creates the risk of data leakage, lack of confidentiality and unsafe consumer protection. ODS also causes concerns due to traditional principles of justice such as objectivity, confidentiality and safety of data in the process of dispute settlement. Not only the People’s Republic of China but any country introducing the ODS technologies into the procedures of dispute resolution should take serious measures to ensure the ODS processes are just, unbiased and guarantee observance of procedural rights. Scientific novelty: consists in a complex research of online dispute settlement by e-commerce platforms in the People’s Republic of China, the practice of implementation thereof has its specific features stemming from the model of self-regulation of thee relations, further stipulated by normative legal acts of the People’s Republic of China and reflected in the activity of private ODS platforms.Practical significance: is due to the current absence of possibility to apply the legal norms and rules, taking into account the specific features of ODS technologies on private platforms, to the relations using such technologies. The main provisions and conclusions of the research can be used to improve the mechanisms of legal regulation of ODS technologies in the procedural legislation of the Russian Federation

Principles and experience of justification of ecological representativeness of Emerald network potential sites

The article presents the results of the multi-method research to provide justification of Emerald network potential site, which meets the requirements of environmental representativeness. Flora and vegetation of the core natural habitat, species composition and prevalence of the species of European importance and from the Red books of the country and region, as well as the habitats of European importance were systematized with the use of methods of botanical and geobotanical studie

Scientific rationale for inclusion of a new nature complex Belyj Kolodez (Russia, Belgorod Region) into the emerald network

The article shows that there are resources for extending the national list of potential Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI's) of the Emerald network in densely populated and old-developed regions. The representativeness of the Belyj Kolodez nature complex (Russia, Belgorod region) is substantiated. Based on the survey of the territory, the types of priority habitats were identified according to the EUNIR classificatio

The HVEDC Method for the Production of Tungsten Based Alloys

The purpose of this study is to investigate HVEDC method for the production of tungsten-based alloys. It is established that the method of high-voltage electro-discharge compaction, in addition to some economic and time benefits, contributes to a minimal change in the microstructure and does not lead to grain growth, therebyimproving mechanical characteristics. Keywords: powder metallurgy, tungsten heavy alloys, high-voltage electro-discharge consolidation

Dynamic intramolecular rearrangements with proton transfer in methanimine oxide

The structures of possible intermediates and transition states on the potential energy surface for the isomerization of methanimine oxide into formamide were determined by UHF/6-311G(3d) quantum-chemical calculations. Two possible reaction channels were revealed. The same processes were studied by the direct molecular mechanics method which also revealed two reaction channels. The time range of the examined dynamic processes was estimated at 90-300 fs

Rearrangements and proton transfer in nitrones by quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics

The structures of intermediates and transition states in rearrangement reactions of nitrone to amide via oxaziridine were calculated at the unrestricted B3LYP level of theory using the 6-31G(d,p) basis set. The same processes were studied by the method of direct molecular dynamics. Both methods reveal two reaction channels from cyclic oxaziridine to amide. One is via the acyclic structure C(O)H2-NH with eclipsed N-H and C-O and then through the intermediate HC(OH)=NH to amide. The other channel, from oxaziridine, is via the structure C(O)H2-NH and then directly to the amide product. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved