Methodological Approach to Measure the Quality of Life of the Region’s Population

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of the regional development, i.e. to the development of methodological tools to evaluate the quality of life of the population in the region. The article considers the concept of “quality of life”, and the terms related thereto; and substantiate the author’s position with respect to the concept. The existing domestic and foreign approaches to evaluate the quality of life of the population were analyzed, and the application of the comprehensive approach was reasoned within this study. The criteria for evaluation of the quality of life of the population were distinguished. The authors proposed the methodological approach that considers not only objective indicators of the quality of life presented in the statistical reports of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, but also employs subjective evaluations of the local population enabling more appropriate evaluation of the quality of life in the region. The methodological tools of the research include mathematical methods of statistical data processing and online survey of the population about the level of satisfaction with various aspects of their life. The methodological tools were tested using the example of the Sverdlovsk Region that is characterized both by the steady improvement of statistical indicators of the quality of life and by low satisfaction of population with certain aspects of the quality of life, which generally decreases the integrated indicator of the quality of life despite positive dynamics of social and economic development of the region and vigorous social policy of the regional authorities. The proposed methodology was used in the evaluation of the quality of life of the Sverdlovsk Region population as part of the development of the Concept of comprehensive regional program “New quality of life of Ural residents” (Decree of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region No. 45-UG dated January 29, 2014 “On the Concept of the life quality improvement for the Sverdlovsk Region population before 2030 year — “New quality of life of Ural residents”).The article has been prepared with the support of the grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) No. 15-06-09169 “Development of methodical measurement tools and evaluation of the impact of social, economic, medical and demographic factors on mortality rates of working-age population”

Information technologies in teaching humanitarian disciplines

The use of information technology in teaching humanitarian disciplines contributes to the formation of highly qualified, competitive specialists who can adapt to rapidly changing conditions, possessing a high level of development of critical and creative thinking, ready for professional self-development and self-improvement, for the implementation of reflection, capable of setting goals and systematically achieving them. The work actualizes the importance of information technology in the training of highly qualified competitive specialists capable of implementing professional activities at a high level. The purpose of the article is to analyze the experience of implementing information technologies in teaching humanitarian disciplines. Smart boards, multimedia installations, document cameras, electronic textbooks, electronic educational platforms and others were used as information technologies used in the teaching of the humanities. The study made it possible to reveal the influence of information technologies on the level of formation of students' competencies

Desenvolvimento de competências comunicativas dos alunos no contexto da aprendizagem combinada

This article explores students’ communicative competencies development in the context of blended learning. The relevance of the work is the need of new conditions for students' communicative competencies development. The goal of the work is to prove the effectiveness of blended learning for the development of communicative competences. The article offers recommendations for teachers on competencies development in the implementation of blended learning, and also presents the levels of communicative competences development. In the process, the essence of the application of e-learning in higher educational institutions is revealed.Este artículo explora el desarrollo de las competencias comunicativas de los estudiantes en el contexto del aprendizaje combinado. La relevancia del trabajo es la necesidad de nuevas condiciones para el desarrollo de las competencias comunicativas de los estudiantes. El objetivo del trabajo es demostrar la efectividad del aprendizaje combinado para el desarrollo de competencias comunicativas. El artículo ofrece recomendaciones para maestros sobre el desarrollo de competencias en la implementación del aprendizaje combinado y también presenta los niveles de desarrollo de competencias comunicativas. En el proceso, se revela la esencia de la aplicación del e-learning en las instituciones de educación superior.Este artigo explora o desenvolvimento das habilidades de comunicação dos alunos no contexto da aprendizagem combinada. A relevância do trabalho é a necessidade de novas condições para o desenvolvimento das competências comunicativas dos alunos. O objetivo do trabalho é demonstrar a eficácia da aprendizagem combinada para o desenvolvimento de competências comunicativas. O artigo oferece recomendações para professores sobre o desenvolvimento de competências na implementação da aprendizagem combinada e também apresenta os níveis de desenvolvimento de competências comunicativas. No processo, a essência da aplicação do e-learning em instituições de ensino superior é revelada

Methodological Approach to Measure the Quality of Life of The Region’s Population

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of the regional development, i.e. to the development of methodological tools to evaluate the quality of life of the population in the region. The article considers the concept of “quality of life”, and the terms related thereto; and substantiate the author’s position with respect to the concept. The existing domestic and foreign approaches to evaluate the quality of life of the population were analyzed, and the application of the comprehensive approach was reasoned within this study. The criteria for evaluation of the quality of life of the population were distinguished. The authors proposed the methodological approach that considers not only objective indicators of the quality of life presented in the statistical reports of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, but also employs subjective evaluations of the local population enabling more appropriate evaluation of the quality of life in the region. The methodological tools of the research include mathematical methods of statistical data processing and online survey of the population about the level of satisfaction with various aspects of their life. The methodological tools were tested using the example of the Sverdlovsk Region that is characterized both by the steady improvement of statistical indicators of the quality of life and by low satisfaction of population with certain aspects of the quality of life, which generally decreases the integrated indicator of the quality of life despite positive dynamics of social and economic development of the region and vigorous social policy of the regional authorities. The proposed methodology was used in the evaluation of the quality of life of the Sverdlovsk Region population as part of the development of the Concept of comprehensive regional program “New quality of life of Ural residents” (Decree of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region No. 45-UG dated January 29, 2014 “On the Concept of the life quality improvement for the Sverdlovsk Region population before 2030 year — “New quality of life of Ural residents”)

THEORETICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

The article presents an analysis of the concept of "continuing education", its essential features and characteristics in modern society. The problem of organizing lifelong education in the conditions of informatization and digitalization of education is also consideredВ статье представлен анализ понятия «непрерывное образование», его сущностные признаки и особенности в современном обществе. Также рассматривается проблема организации непрерывного образования в условиях информатизации и цифровизации образования

The development of winter wheat lines with several genes for resistance to Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici for use in breeding programs in Russia

The aim of this research is to develop for the Russian Federation Non-Cher nozem Zone competitive prototypes of winter wheat cul tivars with several genes for resistance to stem rust (in clu ding race Ug99) based on new sources of resistance with the use of molecular markers. The individual plants and then lines of winter common wheat with several effective genes for resistance to race Ug99 of stem rust were selected by means of marker assistant selection out of hybrid combinations from the crossing of new donors of resistance to this dangerous disease. The development of initial material was based on the use of new sources of resistance to race Ug99 of stem rust from VIR and “Arsenal” collections. Three accessions of winter wheat (wheat-aegi lops-rye line 119/4-06rw, cv. Donskaya Polukarlikovaya, line GT 96|90 from Bulgaria) and one accession of spring wheat (line 113/00i-4 with genetic material from Aegilops triuncialis), which supplemented and contrasted each other in such economically valuable features as plant height, number of days before heading, resistance to powdery mildew and leaf rust, were selected for hybridization and backcrossing. To accelerate the breeding process, resistant genotypes with Sr genes were selected with the use of molecular markers. As a result the lines of winter common wheat with a set of economically valuable features and the presence of two-four genes for resistance to stem rust in homozygote state were created. The spectrum of the stem rust gene combinations in the created lines differs from the gene combinations in the parental accessions involved in the crossing and is associated with the direction of the selections conducted by the marker assisted selection method. We discovered more than 20 different combinations of the Sr2, Sr22, Sr31, Sr32, Sr36, Sr39, Sr40 and Sr47 genes in winter wheat lines. The combination of Sr22 and Sr32 in homozygote state was most often found. The genotypes with a set of economically valuable features approximating or surpassing the standard cultivar of winter wheat Moskov skaya 39 were selected for further testing in breeding nurseries of the Moscow region. The developed initial material is intended for use in selection of winter wheat cultivars resistant to stem rust in different grain-sowing regions of the Russian Federation. This will serve as a barrier for spread of new races of Puccinia graminis and will raise the resistance of selected cultivars to local populations of stem rust

The development of initial material of spring common wheat for breeding for resistance to stem rust (Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici), uncluding race Ug99, in Russia

Donors of resistance of common wheat to stem rust race Ug99 (breeding lines GT 96/90, 113/00i-4 and 119/4-06rw) are involved in cross breeding with the use of the step crossing and backcrossing method. While developing hybrids with the spring mode of life, donor of resistance 113/00i-4 (Sr2, Sr36, Sr39, Sr40, Sr44, Sr47) and accession 145/05i, which is resistant to leaf rust under the conditions of the RF Central Region but susceptible to Ug99, were used for backcrossing, 137 individual plants with the homozygotic state of alleles of 2–5 genes of resistance to stem rust were selected from the obtained hybrid families F4–F5 and backcross progeny BC1F3-BC2F2-BC3F2 by means of molecular markers. The progeny of these individual plants was tested in the North Caucasian and West Siberian regions of the RF for natural populations of stem and leaf rust and for powder mildew in the Central Region. The lines resistant to these diseases were estimated as to the other economically valuable features: plant height, number of days before heading, ear productivity, weight of 1,000 grains, protein and gluten content in grain, 71 spring wheat line with multiple resistance to two or three diseases and the development of best agronomic characters were selected for the Central region and 20 lines were selected for West Siberia for further testing of their competitiveness with the best varieties and lines in the breeding nurseries. As a result of the work, original source material was developed with several spring wheat resistance genes to Ug99

ЭПИДЕМИОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ НИЗКОЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКИХ ПЕРЕЛОМОВ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ АРМЕНИЯ

Until present no data was available inArmeniain respect of incidence of low energy fractures that are typical of osteoporotic locations which consequently did not allow to evaluate the scope of this problem across the country.Purpose of the study – to identify the incidence of low energy fractures in proximal femur, in distal forearm, in proximal humerus and in distal tibia across population ofArmenia aged 50 years and older.Materials and methods. An observing population study was performed in two regions of Armenia during 2011-2013 where the frequency of selected locations in cases of moderate trauma was identified. During 2011-2012 the information was collected based on traumatology service records adding in 2013 other sources including primary level of healthcare due to observed infrequent applications for medical help in cases of trauma. Results. In 2013 the incidence of proximal femur fractures in men was reported as 136 cases per 100 000 of population aged 50 years and older, in women – 201 cases per 100 000. At the same time only 57.7% of patients with proximal femur fractures were admitted to hospital. Distal forearm fractures incidence in men and women was observed correspondingly 56/100 000 and 176/100 000 cases, proximal humerus fractures – 39/100 000 and 86/100 000 cases and distal tibia fractures – 39/100 000 and 86/100 000 cases. The predicted annual number of proximal femur fracture in Armenia amounts to 2067 cases, distal forearm fractures – 1205, proximal humerus fractures – 640.Conclusion. Epidemiological data that was collected for the first time on low energy fractures incidence confirmed the acute osteoporosis issue inArmenia and revealed the problems in organization of medical care for the group of senior patients with injuries.До настоящего времени в Армении отсутствовали данные о частоте низкоэнергетических переломов, что не позволяло оценить масштабы проблемы остеопороза.Целью исследования было определение инцидентности низкоэнергетических (остеопорозных) переломов проксимального отдела бедренной кости (ППОБК), переломов дистального отдела предплечья, плечевой кости, а также дистальных отделов голени у лиц 50 лет и старше. Методы. В 2011–2013 гг. в двух регионах страны было проведено обсервационное популяционное исследование количества переломов, произошедших при небольшой травме. В 2011–2012 гг. сбор информации проводился на основе данных травматологической службы, а в2013 г. к ним добавили другие источники, включая первичное звено здравоохранения.Результаты. Инцидентность ППОБК среди лиц 50 лет и старше составила 136 и 201 на 100 тыс. у мужчин и женщин соответственно. При этом было госпитализировано только 57,7% пациентов. Инцидентность переломов дистального отдела предплечья у мужчин и женщин составила соответственно 56 и 176 на 100 тыс., переломов проксимального отдела плечевой кости – 39 и 86 на 100 тыс., костей дистального отдела голени – 39 и 86 на 100 тыс. Прогнозируемое ежегодное число ППОБК составляет 2067 случаев, переломов дистального отдела предплечья – 1205, переломов проксимального отдела плечевой кости – 640.Выводы. Проведенное исследование выявило низкий уровень оказания специализированной травматологической помощи пожилым пациентам с низкоэнергетическими переломами. Республика Армения остро нуждается в программах, направленных на профилактику, раннее выявление и лечение остеопороза