Methodological and pedagogical potential of reflection in development of contemporary didactics

Applicability of the issue under research is preconditioned by the need of practical pedagogics to expand methodological and methodical tools of contemporary didactics. The purpose of the article is to detect the methodological core of reflection as a form of thinking and to provide insight thereinto on the basis of systematic attributes of the didactic method. The leading approach to research into this issue is a conceptual genetic approach which enables comprehensive examination of reflection as a form of thinking that provides for generation of new ideas, knowledge and transformation of activity. The main deliverables of the work are that the main interpretations of reflection, its ontological attributes are provided, the core of the method as a way of research into the object and management of activity is described, the didactic method is defined, and the attributes thereof which enable substantiating the reflexive method as a didactic one and describing reflexive techniques are detected, thus allowing introduction of reflection into the categorical framework of the pedagogics. The contents of the article may be of use for theoretic research and are of practical value for pedagogues as they enable developing techniques on the basis of the reflexive method and introducing them into the pedagogical practice. © 2016 Chupina, Pleshakova and Konovalova

Time management and professional identity of students of pedagogical universities

Topicality of the problem under research is stipulated by the necessity of personal characteristics consideration in the process of organization of educational and vocational activities of the future teachers in the conditions of educational medium, which sets high requirements to the students' time competence. The aim of the article is to study the influence of time management peculiarities on the components of students' professional identity. The primary research method applied was psychodiagnostic testing with further statistical data processing, enabling quantitative assessment of formedness of time competence and professional identity in students of a pedagogical university, as well as establishing the interaction character of the phenomena of interest. Research results: in the article peculiarities of students time management within different stages of professional identity are presented, and the interconnection between time competence and professional identity components is considered. Based on empirical data, there can be drawn a conclusion that time competence development will facilitate formation of professional identity for the future professionals. Received results can find practical implementation in development of programs for psychological follow-up of professional formation of student's identity in the system of university education. © 2016 Lebedeva et al

Integral assessment of the social and economic development of megacities in Russia

The relevance of the analyzed issue is due to the existing need for more attention to the problems of large cities, which are the social and economic centers that perform important functions and realize the interests of the population, business and local government. The purpose of this article is to disclose the sources of the urban growth and development, the integrated assessment of the size and spatial distribution of the economic activity, regional planning and the government activity. The leading approaches to the study of this issue are systemic and reproduction, which, along with the use of econometric modeling and statistical analysis, allowed revealing significant shortcomings of the institutional urban management mechanism and proposing a number of measures to correct these shortcomings. The article illustrates the theoretical basis of modeling of large cities as spatial economic systems, determines their sources of growth, gives the characteristic features of the urban development in modern conditions, and proposes a conceptual model of a modern city. The contents of the article may be useful for the development of social and economic development strategies both the urban district, and the region as a whole, since large cities act as a locomotive, and they move the regional economy in the direction of the social and economic well-being. © 2016 Malikh et al

Receptor properties of calix[4]resorcinarenes toward tetramethylammonium and choline cations in micellar solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate

Concentration range of solubilization of calix[4]resorcinarene (H 8L) in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles was found. The interaction of the deprotonated form of H8L (tetraanions [H4L] 4-) with tetramethylammonium (TMA) and choline cations in micellar solutions of SDS was studied by pH-metry and NMR spectroscopy. The concentration dependences of the change in the cloud point in a multicomponent system TMA (choline)-[H4L]4-SDS-tetrabutylammonium bromide were determined. A correlation of these dependences with host-guest binding processes was found. The sharp change in the cloud points of the corresponding micellar solutions in concentration regions of TMA (0-5.10-4 mol L -1) and choline (0-1.1.10-3 mol L-1) is caused by the formation of inclusion complexes TMA (choline)-[H4L] 4- at the interface of the aqueous and micellar pseudophases. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc

DIAGNOSTICS OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION BY ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY IN PATIENTS WITH CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS

In recentyears, the interest in the significance of Helicobacter pylori in various pathological processes is growing. The most studied is the role of Helicobacter pylori in gastroduodenal pathology. Gallstone disease is one of the most common diseases of the digestive system. Inflammatory changes in the biliary tract aggravate the clinical course of gallstone disease both in the preoperative and in the postoperative period and cause strictures, deformations of the extra hepatic bile ducts in the long term. One of the most threatening complications of gallstone disease is acute cholecystitis. Determination of IgG to Helicobacter pylori in complex diagnosis is important in patients with calculous cholecystitis. We conducted a prospective study of patients (n = 105) aged 30 to 50 years, suffering from different variants of calculous cholecystitis, in the preoperative and postoperative period by enzyme immunoassay. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is reliable, affordable, least invasive method for diagnosing H. pylori infection. In patients with calculous cholecystitis, we marked a significant increase in IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori before surgical intervention and a subsequent reduction 10 days after it. Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection of the gallbladder increases therapeutic efficiency and helps to develop preventive measures for complications of gallstone disease

The satisfaction of the residents of Sverdlovsk region the quality and availability of medical care

The article analyzes the results of a sociological survey of the population of the Sverdlovsk region in the context of the MIC ‘ASTROMED-MS (SLL) on satisfaction with the quality and availability of medical care, data handling complaints insured in MIC ‘ASTROMED-MS (SLL), the results of examinations.В статье анализируются результаты социологических опросов населения Свердловской области в разрезе СМК «АСТРАМЕД-МС» (ОАО) по вопросам удовлетворенности качеством и доступностью медицинской помощи, данные работы с жалобами застрахованных в СМК «АСТРАМЕД-МС» (ОАО), данные результатов экспертиз

Problems of studying of quality of care

The article analyzes the results of a sociological survey of the population of the Sverdlovsk region in the context of the MIC «ASTRAMED-MS» (JSC) on satisfaction with the quality and availability of medical care, data handling complaints insured in MIC «ASTRAMED-MS» (JSC), the results of examinations.В статье анализируются результаты социологических опросов населения Свердловской области в разрезе СМК «АСТРАМЕД-МС» (АО) по вопросам удовлетворенности качеством и доступностью медицинской помощи, данные работы с жалобами застрахованных в СМК «АСТРАМЕД-МС» (АО), данные результатов экспертиз

Research of the Regional Service Market in Terms of International Economic Activity's Customs Registration

The article states the economic essence of Ñustoms registration, its significance for the development of international economic activity in the present context. The customs' service development problem relevance is stipulated by the necessity to develop any state's international economic activity. Key trends of the service market development in the customs sphere have been revealed, the perspectives of subjective development of complex services in the customs sphere have been defined in terms of the carried out retrospective as well as the structural and functional analysis. The regional service market in terms of customs registration, its dynamics and structure, its interrelations and interdependencies have been examined using economic and mathematical methods. Keywords: International economic activity; Customs service; Customs representative; Services in the customs sphere. JEL Classifications: C01; F18; L1

The influenza epidemic in Russia during the 2014–2015 season

The goal of this study was to compare the data on the intensity of the influenza A(H3N2) and B epidemic (especially the death toll) in the 2014–2015 season with the previous epidemic of the 2013-2014 season. The data on weekly morbidity, hospitalization, deaths from influenza, and acute respiratory diseases in different age groups of inhabitants of 59 cities located in 7 Federal districts of the Russian Federation were collected using the database of the Research Institute of Influenza.Analysis of this data showed that the influenza epidemic in 2014-2015 began earlier (in December) compared to the epidemic of 2013-2014, and spread mainly from Europe through Russia to the East. The intensity of the epidemic of 2014-2015 was higher compared to the previous one. The epidemic was more prevalent by regions and cities and a wider engagement of different age groups (except children up to 2 years of age) was observed. At the peak of the epidemic, the morbidity level was higher, the average duration of the epidemic was longer, and the number of patients among cities’ inhabitants (especially among children 7-14 years of age and adults) was higher than in the previous season. The rates of hospitalization with influenza and acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) among patients older than 65 years were also higher (1.4 times) as well as the frequency of hospitalization with a diagnosis of “influenza” (2.7 times) and the number of deaths from laboratory confirmed influenza (1.8 times).Although the influenza pandemic virus strain A(H1N1)pdm09 was not the main causative agent of the 2015 epidemic and was distributed sporadically it still remained the leading cause of deaths from influenza in the course of this epidemic (45.5% of all cases). The deaths associated with this strain were recorded only in the European part of Russian Federation.The goal of this study was to compare the data on the intensity of the influenza A(H3N2) and B epidemic (especially the death toll) in the 2014–2015 season with the previous epidemic of the 2013-2014 season. The data on weekly morbidity, hospitalization, deaths from influenza, and acute respiratory diseases in different age groups of inhabitants of 59 cities located in 7 Federal districts of the Russian Federation were collected using the database of the Research Institute of Influenza. Analysis of this data showed that the influenza epidemic in 2014-2015 began earlier (in December) compared to the epidemic of 2013-2014, and spread mainly from Europe through Russia to the East. The intensity of the epidemic of 2014-2015 was higher compared to the previous one. The epidemic was more prevalent by regions and cities and a wider engagement of different age groups (except children up to 2 years of age) was observed. At the peak of the epidemic, the morbidity level was higher, the average duration of the epidemic was longer, and the number of patients among cities’ inhabitants (especially among children 7-14 years of age and adults) was higher than in the previous season. The rates of hospitalization with influenza and acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) among patients older than 65 years were also higher (1.4 times) as well as the frequency of hospitalization with a diagnosis of “influenza” (2.7 times) and the number of deaths from laboratory confirmed influenza (1.8 times). Although the influenza pandemic virus strain A(H1N1)pdm09 was not the main causative agent of the 2015 epidemic and was distributed sporadically it still remained the leading cause of deaths from influenza in the course of this epidemic (45.5% of all cases). The deaths associated with this strain were recorded only in the European part of Russian Federation