Organisational and methodological aspects of development, implementation and evaluation of the Defence Industry Complex enterprises᾿diversification programmes in digital transformation

The article analyses the directionsʼ specifics of human resources managementʼs in the Defence Industry Complex in the diversification of defence enterprises. The purpose of the study is to improve the management quality of the development, implementation and evaluation of diversification programmes based on the improvement of methods and mechanisms for managing the human resources of enterprises in the digital transformation of business models of organisations of the country’s Defence Industry Complex. The methodological basis of the research paper is the analysis of theoretical materials and practical developments in the field of organisational and methodological support for the development and implementation of diversification programmes abroad and in the Russian Federation, and a generalisation of their results. The authors proposed the directions of adaptation and updating of the organisational and methodological support of the diversification process through the use of digital technologies, which are aimed at evaluating the training and retraining of personnel, at assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of management personnel that ensure the implementation of these programmes, to reduce the time required for the implementation of the diversification programmes themselves. The results of the study can be useful for implementation in the practice of developing diversification programmes, for creating systems for monitoring and controlling the implementation of program activities, for evaluating the intermediate and final results of its implementation, and for building contractual relations between defence industry complex enterprises

Non-Equilibrium Evolution Thermodynamics Theory

Alternative approach for description of the non-equilibrium phenomena arising in solids at a severe external loading is analyzed. The approach is based on the new form of kinetic equations in terms of the internal and modified free energy. It is illustrated by a model example of a solid with vacancies, for which there is a complete statistical ground. The approach is applied to the description of important practical problem - the formation of fine-grained structure of metals during their treatment by methods of severe plastic deformation. In the framework of two-level two-mode effective internal energy potential model the strengthening curves unified for the whole of deformation range and containing the Hall-Petch and linear strengthening sections are calculated.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur

Melatonin the "light of night" in human biology and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Melatonin "the light of night" is secreted from the pineal gland principally at night. The hormone is involved in sleep regulation, as well as in a number of other cyclical bodily activities and circadian rhythm in humans. Melatonin is exclusively involved in signalling the 'time of day' and 'time of year' (hence considered to help both clock and calendar functions) to all tissues and is thus considered to be the body's chronological pacemaker or 'Zeitgeber'. The last decades melatonin has been used as a therapeutic chemical in a large spectrum of diseases, mainly in sleep disturbances and tumours and may play a role in the biologic regulation of mood, affective disorders, cardiovascular system, reproduction and aging. There are few papers regarding melatonin and its role in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Melatonin may play a role in the pathogenesis of scoliosis (neuroendocrine hypothesis) but at present, the data available cannot clearly support this hypothesis. Uncertainties and doubts still surround the role of melatonin in human physiology and pathophysiology and future research is needed