Strategic analysis of sustainable socioeconomic situation of rural areas in the Samara Region of the Russian Federation

On the one hand, the relevance of this problem is primarily determined by growing gap of rural territorial entities in socioeconomic development, and on the other hand, due to their significance in such prominent aspects for the country as food security, maintaining the existing land, industrial, ecological, demographic and human potential. The purpose of the article is comprehensive assessment of socioeconomic, institutional and ecological situation of rural areas in order to justify managerial decisions and effective policy making at the regional and local levels. The leading method for studying this problem is stratigic analysis of processes of developing rural areas, as well as factors, affecting development. The results of the study: In this article the authors assessed the situation in socioeconomic sphere of munitipalities in the Samara Region of the Russian Federation, accordingly, based on this, the authors concluded about a predominance of degradation processes, which form instability in the development of rural areas. The results of this study can be used by the regional authorities in their practice for making and implementation both regional policy, as well as strategy of socioeconomic development of rural area. © 2016 Belyaeva et al

Modern technologies of teaching philological disciplines in higher education institutions

The purpose of the study is the justification and development of technologies of the disciplinary and local levels for studying courses in the literary cycle in the conditions of a modular ballroom-learning system. General scientific methods, empirical, praximetric, prognostic methods were used. The practical significance of the article includes the development and determination of the effectiveness of the methods of applying modern technologies for teaching literature in universities. As a result, the essence of multimedia (electronic) technology, several varieties of interactive and design technologies for teaching literary disciplines are determined, their choice is justified. It is proved that these pedagogical technologies provide high-quality learning outcomes. Key words: pedagogical technology, disciplinary level technologies, local level technologies, multimedia technology, electronic teaching aids, conceptualization technology for the training course and block material presentation, interactive technology, project technology

Modified "Allele-Specific qPCR" Method for SNP Genotyping Based on FRET

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Development of a Technique for the Analysis of a Fuel Composition Based on Lithium and Beryllium Fluorides by the Atomic Emission Method with Inductiv

Method for determining the main and impurity elements in LiF-BeF2 fuel composition by the ICP-AE method are developed. The optimal conditions were selected. Methods for acid digestion of samples were chosen. Using interelement correction to take into account the influence of uranium is considered

Acute skin toxicity associated with a 1-week schedule of whole breast radiotherapy compared with a standard 3-week regimen delivered in the UK FAST-Forward Trial

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: FAST-Forward is a phase 3 clinical trial testing a 1-week course of whole breast radiotherapy against the UK standard 3-week regimen after primary surgery for early breast cancer. Two acute skin toxicity substudies were undertaken to test the safety of the test schedules with respect to early skin reactions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients were randomly allocated to 40Gy/15 fractions (F)/3-weeks, 27Gy/5F/1-week or 26Gy/5F/1-week. Acute breast skin reactions were graded using RTOG (first substudy) and CTCAE criteria v4.03 (second substudy) weekly during treatment and for 4weeks after treatment ended. Primary endpoint was the proportion of patients within each treatment group with grade ⩾3 toxicity (RTOG and CTCAE, respectively) at any time from the start of radiotherapy to 4weeks after completion. RESULTS: 190 and 162 patients were recruited. In the first substudy, evaluable patients with grade 3 RTOG toxicity were: 40Gy/15F 6/44 (13.6%); 27Gy/5F 5/51 (9.8%); 26Gy/5F 3/52 (5.8%). In the second substudy, evaluable patients with grade 3 CTCAE toxicity were: 40Gy/15F 0/43; 27Gy/5F 1/41 (2.4%); 26Gy/5F 0/53. CONCLUSIONS: Acute breast skin reactions with two 1-week schedules of whole breast radiotherapy under test in FAST-Forward were mild

Economic, social and environmental aspects of the impact of the universiade - 2013 on development of Kazan city and Tatarstan Republic

© 2015, Asian Social Science. All rights reserved. The article describes the methodological approaches used to study the influence of major international sporting events on the development of the city and region (on example of XXVII World Summer Universiade which held in the Russian Federation in the city of Kazan in 2013). This paper presents the results of economic, social and environmental consequences for the development of the city of Kazan and Tatarstan. Assessment of impacts is given in an integrated form, with the conclusions of the contradictory effects for the different areas of the city and the region

THE STUDY OF THE EXCITATION CONDITIONS DEPENDENCE ON THE ARC DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS

The methods of plasma diagnostics were studied. The concentrations of the "indicator" elements of zinc and manganese were selected. The dependences of the discharge temperature and the electron concentration in the plasma on the varying characteristics of the discharge are obtained

Основные положения определения экономической эффективности использования типовых и групповых технологических процессов в машиностроении

The paper considers an expediency of introduction of type- and group technological processes in machine-building. The methods have been proposed to determine optimal number of settings-up and operations prescribed for every machine and economically justified coefficient of equipment capacity and calculation of economic efficiency of machine part manufacturing when type- and group technological processes are used.Рассмотрена целесообразность внедрения типовых и групповых технологических процессов в машиностроении. Предложены методики определения оптимального количества наладок и деталь-операций, закрепленных за станком, и экономически оправданного коэффициента загрузки оборудования, а также расчета экономической эффективности изготовления деталей машин с использованием типовых и групповых технологических процессов

Genes encoding transcription factors TaDREB5 and TaNFYC-A7 are differentially expressed in leaves of bread wheat in response to drought, dehydration and ABA

Two groups of six spring bread wheat varieties with either high or low grain yield under the dry conditions of Central and Northern Kazakhstan were selected for analysis. Experiments were set up with the selected wheat varieties in controlled environments as follows: (1) slowly progressing drought imposed on plants in soil, (2) rapid dehydration of whole plants grown in hydroponics, (3) dehydration of detached leaves, and (4) ABA treatment of whole plants grown in hydroponics. Representatives of two different families of transcription factors (TFs), TaDREB5 and TaNFYC-A7, were found to be linked to yield-under-drought using polymorphic Amplifluor-like SNP marker assays. qRT-PCR revealed differing patterns of expression of these genes in the leaves of plants subjected to the above treatments. Under drought, TaDREB5 was significantly up-regulated in leaves of all high-yielding varieties tested and down-regulated in all low-yielding varieties, and the level of expression was independent of treatment type. In contrast, TaNFYC-A7 expression levels showed different responses in the high- and low-yield groups of wheat varieties. TaNFYC-A7 expression under dehydration (treatments 2 and 3) was higher than under drought (treatment 1) in all high-yielding varieties tested, while in all low-yielding varieties the opposite pattern was observed: the expression levels of this gene under drought were higher than under dehydration. Rapid dehydration of detached leaves and intact wheat plants grown in hydroponics produced similar changes in gene expression. ABA treatment of whole plants caused rapid stomatal closure and a rise in the transcript level of both genes during the first 30 min, which decreased 6 h after treatment. At this time-point, expression of TaNFYC-A7 was again significantly up-regulated compared to untreated controls, while TaDREB5 returned to its initial level of expression. These findings reveal significant differences in the transcriptional regulation of two drought-responsive and ABA-dependent TFs under slowly developing drought and rapid dehydration of wheat plants. The results obtained suggest that correlation between grain yield in dry conditions and TaNFYC-A7 expression levels in the examined wheat varieties is dependent on the length of drought development and/or strength of drought; while in the case of TaDREB5, no such dependence is observed.Lyudmila Zotova, Akhylbek Kurishbayev, Satyvaldy Jatayev, Gulmira Khassanova, Askar Zhubatkanov, Dauren Serikbay, Sergey Sereda, Tatiana Sereda, Vladimir Shvidchenko, Sergiy Lopato, Colin Jenkins, Kathleen Soole, Peter Langridge, and Yuri Shavruko