Images of Food and Drinks as Part of Mythopoetic Image of City in Vladivostok Text (by Example of Novel by I. Lagutenko, V. Avchenko “Vladivostok-3000”)

The article is devoted to the analysis of “food and drinks” symbols used by the authors of urban literary texts in reconstruction of the mythopoetic image of Vladivostok. The novel “Vladivostok-3000” is investigated. The authors consider it as one of the works about Vladivostok, for which the concept of “Vladivostok text” is used, based in turn on the concept of “local text” accepted in the scientific literature. The basic thesis is that one of the characteristics of local (regional, provincial) texts is their myth-generating function - the creation of mythological space, which reflects the features of the region. The novelty of the research is that the images of food and drinks has not been considered before as an element of the Vladivostok text, involved in the formation of the mythopoetic image of the city. On the basis of the novel “Vladivostok-3000,” all language units denoting food and drinks were singled out. The role of the corresponding images in the text is defined: products, dishes and drinks are a marker of the own and others; they act as a means of transformation of the hero; give him strength; symbolically fasten relations between characters; they are part of etiquette; become a bright marker of the fantastic space created by the authors. It is concluded that the images of food and drinks play an important role in the artistic transfer of the specificity of the city (real Vladivostok and fictional Vladivostok-3000), being a necessary element of the Vladivostok text

The use of modern ICT as tools for development of learning communication in the contemporary university

The article presents a problem-projective study, which is aimed at pedagogical modeling of the introduction modern ICT in the university educational process. The authors explore the idea that the use of modern ICT at the university should ensure the development of a variety of learning communications. This type of complex communications are a cumulative set of methods, channels, techniques, modes and formats for transportation of knowledge that form the information environment of students trainin

Perspectives on retro-tram in tourism

Actualization of cultural heritage based on the nostalgic feeling of the good old days is one of the prospective trends in tourism development in times of crisis. Slowing down the pace of life and time perception are in strong demand due to the overall informatization, growing constraints and risk of uncertainty in the world. The study reveals the factors to manage time perception, describes the concept of the retro style and gives assessment to retro-tram in tourism basing on local and international practices. As a result of the research, the study suggests the concept of the sightseeing retro-tram from the perspectives of the human physiological perception and cultural studies while the results of the cross-case study analysis are summarized as a matrix of managerial recommendations so that to involve it in the tourism industry activities

Pedagogical functions and potential of volunteering activities in social upbringing of student youth

This study aims to reveal the pedagogical resource of volunteering activities as an efficient form of students’ full-fledged socialization. It is based on the methodology of the activity and sociocultural approaches to psychological development of personalit

Features of shear transformation texture in seamless pipes

Microstructure and texture in seamless 0.08C-Cr-Mo-V, 0.25C-Cr-Mo-V-Nb, 0.08-13Cr-3Ni-Mo-V-Nb, and 18Cr-9Ni steel pipes are studied in the as-rolled and heat-treated states using orientation EBSD microscopy. It has been found that all types of microstructure (ferrite, martensite, and bainite) in products, both after hot rolling and after heat treatment, have well-defined axial crystallographic texture, where the direction is predominately perpendicular to the pipe surface. It is demonstrated that texture formation in heat-treated states is inherited due to the following factors important for the rules of orientation selection during the γ→α phase transformation: 1) occurrence of stable orientation of austenite grains resulted from straining; 2) special misorientation (boundaries) of austenite grains where transformation starts; 3) orientation relationships known for phase transformation; 4) thermal stresses in a product, formed during cooling. The latter can be considered as factor determining special texture in seamless steel pipes. © 2018 Author(s)

Combined myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and computed tomography: diagnostic and prognostic value in coronary artery disease

Modern imaging techniques occupy an important place in the diagnosis, selection of treatment and prognosis of patients with coronary artery disease. Hybrid imaging is a combination of two sets of diagnostic data that complement and enhance each other by comparing anatomical and functional characteristics. As a rule, hybrid imaging is synergistic, that is, more powerful, since the addition of new information leads to an increase in the sensitivity and specificity of each of the modalities separately.The review provides brief information on the diagnostic efficacy of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS), computerized tomography (CT) coronary angiography in comparison with invasive coronary angiography with fractional flow reserve. The diagnostic and prognostic significance of assessing calcium index with MPS, as well as CT coronary angiography combined with MPS in the diagnosis, risk stratification and prognosis of patients with coronary artery disease, is characterized in detail. A separate section is devoted to the importance of hybrid imaging in making decisions about myocardial revascularization

Struggling to a monumental triumph : Re-assessing the final stages of the smallpox eradication program in India, 1960-1980

The global smallpox program is generally presented as the brainchild of a handful of actors from the WHO headquarters in Geneva and at the agency's regional offices. This article attempts to present a more complex description of the drive to eradicate smallpox. Based on the example of India, a major focus of the campaign, it is argued that historians and public health officials should recognize the varying roles played by a much wider range of participants. Highlighting the significance of both Indian and international field officials, the author shows how bureaucrats and politicians at different levels of administration and society managed to strengthen—yet sometimes weaken—important program components. Centrally dictated strategies developed at WHO offices in Geneva and New Delhi, often in association with Indian federal authorities, were reinterpreted by many actors and sometimes changed beyond recognition

Multifaceted contributions : health workers and smallpox eradication in India

Smallpox eradication in South Asia was a result of the efforts of many grades of health-workers. Working from within the confines of international organisations and government structures, the role of the field officials, who were of various nationalities and also drawn from the cities and rural enclaves of the countries in these regions, was crucial to the development and deployment of policies. However, the role of these personnel is often downplayed in official histories and academic histories, which highlight instead the roles played by a handful of senior officials within the World Health Organization and the federal governments in the sub-continent. This article attempts to provide a more rounded assessment of the complex situation in the field. In this regard, an effort is made to underline the great usefulness of the operational flexibility displayed by field officers, wherein lessons learnt in the field were made an integral part of deploying local campaigns; careful engagement with the communities being targeted, as well as the employment of short term workers from amongst them, was an important feature of this work

Сложности диагностики поражения легких и других внутренних органов при компьютерной томографии у пацента с саркомой Капоши и генерализованным туберкулезом в период пандемии COVID-19: клинический случай

Kaposi’s sarcoma in association with generalized tuberculosis is a rare combination of two opportunistic HIV-associated diseases, and the difficulties of their detection are especially relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. To demonstrate a clinical case of multisystem involvement by Kaposi’s sarcoma and pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient admitted to an infectious diseases hospital with suspected viral pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus infection COVID-19. The patient complained of general weakness, shortness of breath with minimal physical exertion, heavy sweating, cough with yellow-green sputum, fever up to 37–39°С, lack of appetite and weight loss of 13 kg over the past six months. The analysis of clinical data, laboratory, instrumental and pathoanatomical studies performed in a St. Petersburg’s infectious diseases hospitals was carried out. CT findings of generalized lymphadenopathy combined with lung infiltrates in a patient with a positive PCR test for a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) led to the overdiagnosis of a lymphoproliferative disease and did not allow for Kaposi’s sarcoma to be detected in vivo due to the absence of typical CT findings of disseminated tuberculosis in the presence of bilateral pneumonia. Radiologists should be aware of the clinical picture and signs of Kaposi’s sarcoma, it must be included in the differential diagnosis if a patient has an atypical clinical presentation and course of the disease, in the presence of skin rashes, even with a positive PCR for COVID-19.Саркома Капоши в ассоциации с генерализованным туберкулезом представляет собой редкое сочетание двух оппортунистических ВИЧ-ассоциированных заболеваний, сложности выявления которых особенно актуальны в условиях пандемии новой коронавирусной инфекции COVID-19. Продемонстрировано клиническое наблюдение сочетанного поражения внутренних органов при саркоме Капоши и туберкулезе легких у пациента, поступившего в инфекционный стационар с подозрением на вирусную пневмонию, вызванную новой коронавирусной инфекцией COVID-19. Жалобы пациента: общая слабость, одышка при минимальной физической нагрузке, проливное потоотделение, кашель с мокротой желто-зеленого цвета, повышение температуры тела до 37–39°С, отсутствие аппетита и снижение массы тела на 13 кг за последние полгода. Проведен анализ клинических данных, результатов лабораторных, инструментальных и  патологоанатомического исследований, выполненных в инфекционных стационарах Санкт-Петербурга. Генерализованная лимфоаденопатия в сочетании с инфильтративными изменениями в легких у пациента с положительным ПЦР-тестом на новую коронавирусную инфекцию (СOVID-19) в связи с отсутствием типичных признаков диссеминированного туберкулеза при КТ на фоне двусторонней пневмонии привела к гипердиагностике лимфопролиферативного заболевания и не позволила прижизненно выявить саркому Капоши. Врачи лучевой диагностики должны быть осведомлены о клинической картине и признаках саркомы Капоши, которую необходимо включить в дифференциальный ряд при обнаружении у пациента нетипичной клинической картины и течения заболевания, кожных высыпаний, даже при положительном ПЦР-тесте на COVID-19