Methods For Evaluation Of The Education Quality In Higher Education Institutions

The article aims to disclose the essence of the “education quality” concept, to study the international approaches and concepts of the higher education quality evaluation, to analyze specific methods and tools within one of the approaches. Establishing education quality assessment necessitates choosing the teaching personnel of higher educational institution, as well as a target group of students and independent experts in the field of organization of the educational process, on a distance basis particularly. Monitoring requires using such methods as interviews, surveys, questionnaires, and similar. The results were processed according to the authors’ algorithm allowing to calculate the quality of education. The authors’ interpretation of the concept of “education quality” is proposed. Given the insufficient study of the topic of distance education in the domestic scientific discourse, authors’ attention to this problem is an important contribution to study of the issue of distance education. The methods used to evaluate the education quality in higher education institutions at the international level are an integral element in the development of the educational space, although they cause certain controversy and criticism. The authors advise to select the methods for evaluating the educational process quality with account of the specific evaluation stage and purpose

N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) Gene Polymorphisms and the Effectiveness of Infertility Treatment in Patients with Peritoneal Endometriosis

Today, infertility has become a global issue. WHO ranks it the fifth among the major diseases of those below 60 years, after alcoholism, depression, injuries and eyesight disorders. Numerous studies conducted on the problems of infertility in endometriosis still do not offer clear answers regarding the pathogenesis and mechanisms of this disease and its influences on fertility. According to the survey results, point mutations of the NAT2 gene (NAT2*5 and NAT2*6) have been identified in 75.6% of the patients with infertility problems and the peritoneal form of endometriosis, that create “slow” allelic variants, which exceed the average index in the population. The peculiarities of the NAT2 gene polymorphisms have been proven to be associated with the effectiveness of the infertility treatment of female patients with peritoneal endometriosis. In the group of non-pregnant patients, the presence of с.341Т>C, c.481C>T, c.590G>A and c.803A>G heterozygous point mutations are 73.2, 73.2, 5.4, and 62.5%, respectively. The significant difference in the comparison of the allelic polymorphism during the various stages of the endometriosis was not identified. At stage III-IV endometriosis the frequency of three and more point substitutions was significantly higher. NAT2 gene polymorphisms can find use as an additional criterion for predicting the effectiveness of the infertility treatment of patients with peritoneal endometriosis

BAT According to Climatic Neutrality of Production of Steel Products

The purpose of this article is to estimate the best available technologies for values of the following technological numbers: fuel, ecological, depreciation, greenhouse and their sums. All these numbers have power dimension: t of conditional fuel/unit of production that allows to put them. The fuel technological number characterizes power consumption of production. The technological ecological number transfers a payment of the enterprise for environmental pollution to power units. The technological depreciation number transfers depreciation charges from rubles to power units. The technological greenhouse number translates a payment of the enterprise for emissions of greenhouse gases in power units. Technological numbers have through character – from extraction of raw materials before receiving finished goods. The best available technologies are characterized by the smallest sum of all technological numbers. Keywords: through power-ecological analysis, power ecological capacity of production of steel products, technological fuel ecological greenhouse number, best available technologies, climatic neutralit

A nonlinear population Monte Carlo scheme for the Bayesian estimation of parameters of alpha-stable distributions

The class of alpha-stable distributions enjoys multiple practical applications in signal processing, finance, biology and other areas because it allows to describe interesting and complex data patterns, such as asymmetry or heavy tails, in contrast with the simpler and widely used Gaussian distribution. The density associated with a general alpha-stable distribution cannot be obtained in closed form, which hinders the process of estimating its parameters. A nonlinear population Monte Carlo (NPMC) scheme is applied in order to approximate the posterior probability distribution of the parameters of an alpha-stable random variable given a set of random realizations of the latter. The approximate posterior distribution is computed by way of an iterative algorithm and it consists of a collection of samples in the parameter space with associated nonlinearly-transformed importance weights. A numerical comparison of the main existing methods to estimate the alpha-stable parameters is provided, including the traditional frequentist techniques as well as a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and a likelihood-free Bayesian approach. It is shown by means of computer simulations that the NPMC method outperforms the existing techniques in terms of parameter estimation error and failure rate for the whole range of values of a, including the smaller values for which most existing methods fail to work properly. Furthermore, it is shown that accurate parameter estimates can often be computed based on a low number of observations. Additionally, numerical results based on a set of real fish displacement data are providedE.K. acknowledges the support of Ministerio de Educación of Spain (Programa de Formación de Profesorado Universitario, Ref. AP2008-00469). J.M. acknowledges the partial support of Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain (program Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2008-00010 COMONSENS and project COMPREHENSION TEC2012-38883-C02-01) and the Office of Naval Research Global (award no. N62909-15-1-2011). At the time of the original submission of this paper, J.M. was with the Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). M.A acknowledges the financial support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (Discovery Grant 138680), the Coordenação de Apoioao Pessoal do Ensino Superior (grant No.1351/11-7) and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisado Estado do Rio de Janeiro (grant No.E-26/110.864/2012), and thanks J. Nolan for providing a free copy of the STABLE software. A.M.S. acknowledges the financial support from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(grant No. 308016/2014-9) and Coordenação de Apoio ao Pessoal do Ensino Superior, DGU Program (grant No. 257/12)

Calculation of power consumption and issue of CO2 at various processes by the production of steel

Проведены сравнительные расчеты эмиссии диоксида углерода – парникового газа – при различных сочетаниях коксовых (доменная печь + конвертер, доменная печь + электродуговая печь или ЭДП) и бескоксовых (HyL-3 + ЭДП, MIDREX + ЭДП, ROMELT + ЭДП, COREX + ЭДП, ЭДП на ломе) процессов производства стали. Для сравнительной оценки технологических процессов приведено ранжирование по значению сквозной интегральной эмиссии парникового газа CO2. При производстве стали выявлены преимущества по значению эмиссии CO2 для процессов HyL-3 + ЭДП, Midrex + ЭДП.Comparative calculations of carbon dioxide emission - greenhouse gas at various combinations coke oven (a blast furnace – the converter, a blast furnace - the electric arc furnace or EAF) and the coke-free (HyL-3-EAF, MIDREX-EAF, ROMELT-EAF, COREX-EAF, EAF on scrap) processes for the production of steel are carried out. For comparative assessment of technological processes in the framework of the power-ecological analysis it is considered parameter of emission of CO2 greenhouse gas. Steel production advantages CO2 emissions when using processes of HyL-3 + EAF, Midrex + EAF are revealed

Thermochemistry of heteroatomic compounds. Part 6. Enthalpy of solvation and complex formation of some halides of three-coordinated phosphorus compounds in pyridine

Using previously published values of the enthalpies of solvation of some derivatives of three-coordinated phosphorus compounds, the contributions of the non-specific solvation enthalpies in the general solvation effect in benzene, p-xylene, methanol and pyridine have been calculated. Taking into account the known possibility of intramolecular complex formation between halogenated derivatives of PIII and pyridine, the magnitudes of specific interaction enthalpies for PCl3, PBr3, (EtO)2PCl, {A figure is presented} PCl and {A figure is presented} PBr were determinated. Thermodynamic parameters of complex formation between cyclic chlorophosphites and 1-dimethylamino-3,3-dimethyl-propan-2-one have been obtained and are discussed. © 1995

Corrosion Resistance of Al–CNT Metal Matrix Composites

The design of aluminium–graphite metal matrix composites (MMCs) with advanced mechanical properties and high corrosion resistance is in demand for aerospace, transportation, and industrial applications. Breakthroughs in this field are limited due to the tendency of aluminium– graphite MMCs to corrode. In the present research, aluminium‐based MMCs were produced by a relatively novel combined two‐staged method. Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were added into molten Al1070 and processed by high‐pressure die casting followed by cyclic extrusion. For the composites produced by this method, it was previously demonstrated that mechanical properties are improved in comparison with pure aluminium alloys. In the current study, the manufactured Al–MWCNT composites were investigated by electrochemical tests (such as open circuit potential), potentiodynamic tests, linear polarization tests, and electrochemical impedance spectra to understand the corrosion resistance of the obtained composite material. The experimental testing of the corrosion resistance of Al–MWCNT MMCs showed that due to the advantages of the fabrication method, the addition of CNTs to aluminium does not cause a radical decrease of corrosion resistance. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Acknowledgments: This article is based upon work from COST Action CA15102 “CRM‐EX‐ TREME—Solutions for Critical Raw Materials under Extreme Conditions” and COST Innovators’ Grant IG15102 “ITHACA—Innovative and sustainable TecHnologies for reducing critical raw mA‐ terials dependence for Cleaner transportation Applications” supported by COST (European Coop‐ eration in Science and Technology) www.cost.eu

Graph model for carbon dioxide emissions from metallurgical plants

Mathematical models are presented for estimating carbon dioxide emissions from metallurgical processes. The article also presents a new mathematical model in graph form to calculate transit and net emissions of carbon dioxide based on the estimates obtained for the individual processes. The graph model is used to compare the blast-furnace-converter process with the blast-furnace-EAF process. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About interdisciplinary connections teaching technical disciplines by selecting the tracks of learning

В статье рассматриваются вопросы преподавания студентам младших курсов следующих дисциплин: сопротивление материалов, физика, гидравлика. Обращение к рассматриваемой теме вызвано присоединением России к Болонской декларации по высшему образованию. С этого начались реформы в отечественной системе образовании. Реформирование происходит как в содержательном, так и в организационном направлениях. В результате введено трехуровневое образование: бакалавр, магистр, аспирант. Были разработаны и утверждены Федеральные государственные стандарты образования нового поколения. Нововведения анализируются на примере преподавания дисциплинстудентам Строительного и Механико-машиностроительного институтов Уральского федерального университета имени первого Президента России Б.Н.Ельцина (УрФУ).This article deals with the teaching of the most important disciplines for undergraduates: strength of materials, physics, hydraulics. Appeal to the topic due to Russia's accession to the Bologna Declaration on Higher Education. This started a reform of our education system. Reforming occurs both in substance and in organizational directions. As a result, introduced a three-level education: Bachelor, Master and PhD student. Federal State Educational Standards of a new generation were developed and approved. Innovations are analyzed as an example of teaching disciplines for students of Institute of Civil Engineering and of Institute of Mechanics and Machine Building of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin (UrFU)