Russian Orthodox Church in the Structure of State Administration in the XIX- Beginning XX Centuries

The article outlines the key areas of the charitable and educational activities of the Orthodox Church, which are analyzed during religious reforms in the 19th and early 20th centuries. in Russia. It is shown that at that time the scale of charity aid and the responsibilities of charitable organizations increased; the control over the distribution of aid has improved, the role of the Church in the social protection of the population has increased. The conclusions made in the article allow us to look at a holistic picture of the Church's activities in providing the educational process in Russian church schools during the period under study. It turned out that the concrete activity of the clergy, which was impossible without the proper level of education, placed the clergy in the most literate category of the population. It is the priests, in the absence of a developed education system in Russia, began to introduce primary public education. This article helps to understand and systematize the position of the Church as a spiritual and moral institution that preserves Russia's cultural heritage. Of particular importance is the regional nature of the topic under study, which makes it possible to understand the general and specific relations between the Church and the state. For the international community, the article will be useful as an archival exhibition, which is a rare publication that reveals the relationship between the Orthodox Church and the state in Russia in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Quantitative application of 4D seismic data for updating thin-reservoir models

A range of methods which allow quantitative integration of 4D seismic and reservoir simulation are developed. These methods are designed to work with thin reservoirs, where the seismic response is normally treated in a map-based sense due to the limited vertical resolution of seismic. The first group of methods are fast-track procedures for prediction of future saturation fronts, and reservoir permeability estimation. The input to these methods is pressure and saturation maps which are intended to be derived from time-lapse seismic attributes. The procedures employ a streamline representation of the fluid flow, and finite difference discretisation of the flow equations. The underlying ideas are drawn from the literature and merged with some innovative new ideas, particularly for the implementation and use. However my conclusions on the applicability of the methods are different from their literature counterparts, and are more conservative. The fast-track procedures are advantageous in terms of speed compared to history matching techniques, but are lacking coupling between the quantities which describe the reservoir fluid flow: permeabilities, pressures, and saturations. For this reason, these methods are very sensitive to the input noise, and currently cannot be applied to the real dataset with a robust outcome. Seismic history matching is the second major method considered here for integrating 4D seismic data with the reservoir simulation model. Although more computationally demanding, history matching is capable of tolerating high levels of the input noise, and is more readily applicable to the real datasets. The proposed implementation for seismic modelling within the history matching loop is based on a linear regression between the time-lapse seismic attribute maps and the reservoir dynamic parameter maps, thus avoiding the petro-elastic and seismic trace modelling. The idea for such regression is developed from a pressure/saturation inversion approach found in the literature. Testing of the seismic history matching workflow with the associated uncertainty estimation is performed for a synthetic model. A reduction of the forecast uncertainties is observed after addition of the 4D seismic information to the history matching process. It is found that a proper formulation of the covariance matrices for the seismic errors is essential to obtain favourable forecasts which have small levels of bias. Finally, the procedure is applied to a North Sea field dataset where a marginal reduction in the prediction uncertainties is observed for the wells located close to the major seismic anomalies. Overall, it is demonstrated that the proposed seismic history matching technique is capable of integrating 4D seismic data with the simulation model and increasing confidence in the latter

ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES TO ENTER WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

Introduction. Leading ranking positions of the Russian higher education institutions in the world university rankings is designated as one of the priorities of the Russian universities in the concept of modernization of the Russian higher professional education. The aim of the present investigation is to examine the questions about the possibility of medical universities to enter world university rankings. Methodology and research methods. The methods involve comparative analysis of indicators of publication academic activity of higher education institutions realizing programs of training of students for medical specialties. The methods of synthesis and generalization are applied. Results and scientific novelty. A set of indicators determined by the characteristics of global rankings of universities THE, QS, ARWU helped to find out the potential and recourses of the leading Moscow medical universities to enter these rankings in terms of the volume of scientific publications in Scopus and WoS. Practical significance. The article may have practical value for the management of universities, specialists and researchers in the field of scientometrics, and students and teachers having been interested in academic mobility.Введение. В концепции модернизации высшего профессионального образования в качестве одного из приоритетных направлений обозначен выход российских вузов на передовые позиции в международных рейтингах. Цель изложенного в статье исследования - выяснить возможности вхождения в международные рейтинги престижных вузов ведущих российских медицинских университетов. Методы и методики исследования. В работе использовались методы сравнительного анализа показателей публикационной активности вузов, реализующих программы подготовки студентов по медицинским специальностям. Применялись также методы синтеза и обобщения. Результаты и научная новизна. С помощью набора индикаторов глобальных рейтингов университетов THE, QS, ARWU выявлены потенциал и ресурсы лучших московских медицинских вузов для вхождения в эти рейтинги по показателю объема научных публикаций в WoS и Scopus. Практическая значимость. Материалы исследования могут представлять практическую ценность для менеджеров высшей школы, специалистов в области наукометриии, студентов и преподавателей, интересующихся вопросами академической мобильности

Prevalence of obesity in Kazakhstan

BackgroundObesity is a growing problem throughout the world, including Kazakhstan. However, the obesity rate in interconnection with diabetes and geographical features of the Kazakhstan, has not been investigated yet.AimsTo scrutinize the spatial rates of obesity in various regions of Kazakhstan. Methods Investigations are epidemiological, continuous (covering the entire territory of the state). They are carried out by means of mass medical examination. In addition, the studies are descriptive (descriptive-evaluative) and analytical. Statistic data have been selected in accordance with the following criteria: the diagnosed cases of obesity, diabetes, the demographic survey in the country during the last 5 years; the morbidity rate per 100,000 population.Results The population increase over 5 years of the research turned out to be over 1.3 million people or 7.97 per cent. The annual growth rate, on average, amounted to 1.59 per cent. The total morbidity for all classes of diseases listed in “ICD-10” over the five-year period increased only by 1 per cent. However, morbidity related to endocrinological disorders, malnutrition and metabolic disorders (E00-E89) increased significantly by 19.7 per cent. ConclusionThe investigation revealed a stable growth in obesity, diabetes, metabolic and nutritional disorders. The annual increase in obesity rates during the study period amounted to 3.9 per cent. The highest correlation (Pearson) of obesity value and diabetes is (r, 0.96). South-Kazakhstan, Astana city and Almaty city were identified as the regions with the highest obesity rates.The identified regional features of obesity should help the healthcare system of Kazakhstan organize targeted arrangements to reduce the growth of this pathology

Discovery of Four Species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae), New for the Fauna of England

Four species of Trichogramma Westw. are recorded at the first time for the fauna of England – T. danubiense Birova et Kazimirova (known only from Slovakia), T. talitzkii Djuritsh (known from Moldova), T. lacustre Sorokina (known from Russia), T. daumalae Dugast et Voegele (known from France and Bulgaria). Descriptions of species and diagnoses are given.Впервые указаны для фауны Англии 4 вида рода Trichogramma Westw. T. danubiense Birova et Kazimirova (известен только из Словакии), T. talitzkii Djuritsh (известен из Молдовы), T. lacustre Sorokina (известен из России), T. daumalae Dugast et Voegele (известен из Франции и Болгарии). Дано описание видов и дан их дифференциальный диагноз

Design of interconnections and program modules for robotic cell control for parts creation

Tato diplomová práce se zabývá návrhem propojení programových modulů, pro řízení robotické buňky pro zakládání dílů. Vypracována rešerše se zabývá komunikačními protokoly používanými v průmyslu. Dále je proveden rozbor jednotlivých častí buňky dle možnosti komunikace. Jsou navrhnuty struktury řízení buňky. Po zhodnocení jednotlivých struktur je vybrána struktura s využitím SCADA systému. Projekt pro propojení jednotlivých zařízení je vytvořen v systému Wonderware System Platform. Dále je popsán postup propojení jednotlivých částí buňky mezi sebou. Je navrhnuta vizualizace pro ovládaní robotické buňky a znázornění jejího stavu. Vizualizace je vytvořena v programu Wonderware InTouch. Na závěr je práce zhodnocena.This diploma thesis describes design of interconnections and program modules for robotic cell control for parts creation. Research of this work is focused on industrial comunication protocols. The next part analyzes separate parts of the cell and their ways of connection. Futhermore, control structures of the cell are proposed and after comparison of them SCADA system structure was chosen. Project of connecting separate devices is done in Wonderware Systém Platform. The next step describes procedure of interconection of parts of the cell with each other. Then was designed visualization to operate robotic cell and to illustrate its state. Whole visualization was created using Wonderware InTouch program. In conclusion thesis is reviewed.

Obesity and covid-19 — signs of convergence of two pandemiсs. Guidelines to fight obesity based on the principles of «ROOTS»

The COVID-19 pandemic is a challenging problem of the present. Another essential problem causing serious health consequences is the global obesity epidemy. Our article notes the importance of studying the combinations and correlations of mentioned pandemic processes. We analyzed scientific reports of co-presence of obesity, diabetes and coronavirus infection. According to the analyzed data combination of COVID-19 with obesity and diabetes leads to the higher rate of the hospitalisation. These patients more often required the transfer to the intensive care unit and artificial lung ventilation. Our review contains scientific observations of the first reported cases of higher mortality rate of obese and diabetic patients during the period of previous influenza pandemics (including H1N1). The results of the 2020 year shows that the outcomes of coronavirus infection with underlying obesity much more threatening and harmfull. In our article, we present the correlation of the average body mass and mortality rate index in different countries (according to the WHO and the World Obesity Federation). Comparative results in the Central Asia countries are given as well. The paper analyzes the suggestions for obesity policy and advocacy provided by World Obesity Federation in “ROOTS: A framework for action”. The conclusions marks the importance of implementing the proposed measures against obesity during a pandemic and in the post-COVID era

Reversible and non-reversible Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms for reservoir simulation problems

We compare numerically the performance of reversible and non-reversible Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms for high dimensional oil reservoir problems; because of the nature of the problem at hand, the target measures from which we sample are supported on bounded domains. We compare two strategies to deal with bounded domains, namely reflecting proposals off the boundary and rejecting them when they fall outside of the domain. We observe that for complex high dimensional problems reflection mechanisms outperform rejection approaches and that the advantage of introducing non-reversibility in the Markov Chain employed for sampling is more and more visible as the dimension of the parameter space increases