STRATEGIES OF CONTINUOUS FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING AT HIGHER SCHOOL IN PROFESSIONAL INTERACTION OF NON-LINGUISTIC SPECIALISTS

Purpose: The optimization of the educational process by teaching strategies for autonomous foreign language training at higher school during the professional interaction of non-linguistic specialists. Methodology: Among theoretical methods of this experimental and review study there is the analysis of psychological and pedagogical approaches to the solution of the problems of modern language education at Russia Universities, questionnaire of linguistic preference for statistical analysis among students of nonlinguistic departments. Main findings: 1) the questionnaires of nonlinguistic students were analyzed to identify possible fields of multicultural professional interaction and use of a foreign language for other purposes by future specialists; 2) the possibilities of autonomous learning for professional purposes were found out and the strategies for self-educational and cognitive activity were indicated; 3) the proposed strategies are believed to improve the continuous foreign language training. Novelty: Foreign language training for future professionals is considered as a multifaceted educational product with a clear and didactic-based orientation to a profession.Based on the research results, the main reasons for complex educational strategies of autonomous training are identified

Interdisciplinary studies of the Cis-Ural Neolithic (Upper Kama basin, Lake Chashkinskoe): Palaeoecological aspects

In this paper we present preliminary results of the first palaeoecological investigations in the Cis-Ural region. This was an area of intensive Neolithic occupation of fluvial landscapes within the basin of the Upper Kama River, the largest river in the area. We selected the area of Lake Chashkinskoe as a key region, where around 10 sites have been found on the remains of the fluvial terraces of the Kama River. We used palaeochannel analysis, radiocarbon dating, and palynology for past landscape reconstruction.V članku predstavljamo preliminarne rezultate prvih paleoekoloških preiskav na območju zahodnega dela Uralskega gorovja. Tukaj je potekala intenzivna neolitska poselitev rečne pokrajine znotraj bazena zgornjega dela reke Kama, ki je hkrati največja reka v regiji. Za ključno območje smo izbrali jezero Chashkinskoe, kjer je bilo na ostankih rečnih teras reke Kama odkritih 10 najdišč. Za rekonstrukcijo pretekle pokrajine smo uporabili analize paleostrug, radiokarbonsko datiranje in palinologijo

PREDICTING THE MAIN LEVEL OF THE RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR INDICATORS

В статье выделены структурные ограничения, сдерживающие развитие банковского сектора России. Определены прогнозные значения совокупных активов и собственных средств (капитала) коммерческих банков, определяющие тенденции развития банковского сектора России.The article highlights the structural limitations constraining the development of the Russian banking sector. Identified prognostic value of total assets and shareholders’ equity (capital) of commercial banks, which determine the trends of development of the Russian banking sector

Biodiversity of Floodplain Soils in the European North‐East of Russia

River floodplains are unique nature landscapes. In contrast to zonal communities on watersheds, soil biota of river floodplains is studied in less degree. The research was conducted in the floodplain forests in the European North‐East of Russia and showed high diversity of soil biota in alluvial forest soils. Floodplain forest soils are inhabited by 70 species of micromycetes, 53 genera of Nematoda, 60 species of Collembola, and 110 species of large invertebrates. Alluvial meadow soils with stable moisture and temperature conditions are characterised by high species diversity of micromycetes, nematodes and large invertebrates. Collembola prefer alluvial soddy soils. Soil microorganisms, meso‐ and macro‐fauna can essentially increase taxonomic diversity and number in alluvial meadow‐boggy soils at warming autumn

Biological activity of forest litters in Ukhta City’s Central Park soils (The Komi Republic)

Physicochemical properties and parameters of biological activity of forest litter horizons of illuvial-ferruginous podzols, formed the main part of soil cover of the largest recreational zone of Ukhta city, the G. A. Karchevsky Central Park, have been determined for the first time ever. In the park soils, a change in the basic agrochemical parameters (alkalinization and an increase in the content of available forms of the most important biogens with the exception of organic compounds carbon), the accumulation of heavy metals (up to moderately toxic level according to value of total pollution index) and petroleum hydrocarbons were indicated in comparison with background soils. An increase in soil enzymes (catalase, invertase) activity and a metabolic activity of soil microbial community was established. Based on the spectra of organic substrate consumption (multisubstrate testing method), a higher activity of all microbial functional (trophic) groups, with the exception of bacteria that consume alcohols, hexoses, and amino acids as an energy source, was revealed

Taphonomic phenomenon of ancient hair from Glacial Beringia:perspectives for palaeoecological reconstructions

An accumulation of mammoth hair, discovered in the Bol'shaya Chukochya River valley (northeast Yakutia, Russia), was found to contain remains of terrestrial and aquatic organisms, including plants, insects, crustaceans, birds and mammals. Radiocarbon dating indicated that this post-mortem taphocoenosis represented multiple time periods. The mammoth hair was dated to older than 45 ka BP, the plants were dated to 12 750 +/- 50 a BP (which corresponds to a shift in the environmental conditions and landscapes during the formation of thermokarst in northeastern Russia) and the bird feathers were dated to 4115 +/- 40 a BP. A scenario of the formation of this fossil assemblage is proposed, covering the MIS 3-1 time range. The hair also yielded various Arctic branchiopod crustaceans, which inhabit shallow temporary water bodies and therefore are important for reconstruction of palaeoenvironments. The cladoceran subgenus Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia), currently absent from the Asian part of Beringia, is reported from this region for the first time. The study demonstrates that the discovered permafrostpreserved hair is a unique repository of Ice Age organisms.</p

The diacylglycerol kinase α/Atypical PKC/β1 integrin pathway in SDF-1α mammary carcinoma invasiveness

Diacylglycerol kinase α (DGKα), by phosphorylating diacylglycerol into phosphatidic acid, provides a key signal driving cell migration and matrix invasion. We previously demonstrated that in epithelial cells activation of DGKα activity promotes cytoskeletal remodeling and matrix invasion by recruiting atypical PKC at ruffling sites and by promoting RCP-mediated recycling of α5β1 integrin to the tip of pseudopods. In here we investigate the signaling pathway by which DGKα mediates SDF-1α-induced matrix invasion of MDA-MB-231 invasive breast carcinoma cells. Indeed we showed that, following SDF-1α stimulation, DGKα is activated and localized at cell protrusion, thus promoting their elongation and mediating SDF-1α induced MMP-9 metalloproteinase secretion and matrix invasion. Phosphatidic acid generated by DGKα promotes localization at cell protrusions of atypical PKCs which play an essential role downstream of DGKα by promoting Rac-mediated protrusion elongation and localized recruitment of β1 integrin and MMP-9. We finally demonstrate that activation of DGKα, atypical PKCs signaling and β1 integrin are all essential for MDA-MB-231 invasiveness. These data indicates the existence of a SDF-1α induced DGKα - atypical PKC - β1 integrin signaling pathway, which is essential for matrix invasion of carcinoma cells

Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Association with Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Disease Activity and Chronic Damage

Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by frequent neuropsychiatric involvement, which includes cognitive impairment (CI). We aimed at assessing CI in a cohort of Italian SLE patients by using a wide range of neurocognitive tests specifically designed to evaluate the fronto-subcortical dysfunction. Furthermore, we aimed at testing whether CI in SLE is associated with serum autoantibodies, disease activity and chronic damage. Methods: Fifty-eight consecutive patients were enrolled. Study protocol included data collection, evaluation of serum level

The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60 % from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated map-based viewer at https://empd2.github.io and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019)Swiss National Science Foundation | Ref. 200021_16959

The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

The Eurasian (nee European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60% from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated map-based viewer at https://empd2.github.io and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019).Peer reviewe