Traditions vs. Innovations: the Need for the Possible - the Possibility of the Necessary: Following the Results of the Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Discussion Club

The results of the meeting of the interdisciplinary scientific discussion club at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow) are presented. It is reported that the meeting discussed the problem of the correlation of traditions and innovations, their significance and role in the life of modern society. The main issues that were discussed during the scientific meeting are discussed

“Language is the Сonfession of the Nation...” (Following the Meeting of Interdisciplinary Discussion Club)

The results of the meeting of the interdisciplinary scientific discussion club at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow) are presented. It is reported that the meeting discussed the problem of the current state of language as a phenomenon of culture and intercultural communication. The main issues that were discussed in the framework of the scientific meeting are highlighted

Coercion, violation of privacy and everyday difficulties as the cause of patient refusal treatment in psychiatric hospitals in Russia

Treatment in a psychiatric hospital is accompanied by a restriction of independence, violation of privacy, coercion, which causes displeasure of patients. The aim of the study was to verify the scale of everyday problems, violations of privacy and coercion in a psychiatric hospital to develop recommendations for the organization of a therapeutic environment. The study included 191 patients in a psychiatric hospital. Anonymous questionnaire was used. Statistical processing of the database was carried out by nonparametric method

Analysis of the Results of Cholera Vibrios Monitoring in Environmental Objects in the Administrative Territories of the Russian Federation Using GIS “CHOLERA 1989–2014”

Objective of the work was to compare the results of monitoring of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in the territories of federal districts, their constituent entities and from certain water bodies between 2006–2016. Based on the methodology, using updated geoinformation system “Cholera 1989–2014”, a comparative study of the dynamics of isolation and biological properties of 586 Vibrio cholerae O1, O139 strains and R-variants, collected from the surface water bodies in the administrative territories of Russia, was carried out. Eventually it is established that Vibrio cholerae strains of various serogroups are found in the territory of all federal districts, but not in all the entities included in them. It is shown that the greatest number of isolated strains was registered in the Southern Federal District. The overwhelming number of Vibrio cholerae strains, isolated in the country, were non-toxigenic. It was noted that against the background of epidemiological welfare, the detection of single epidemiologically significant strains continued (Rostov Region).ctxA–tcpA+ strains were found in the Southern, Far Eastern and North-Western Federal Districts. It is established that until 2013 in five constituent entities strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in water bodies were not detected. Non-toxigenic strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Ogawa serovar prevailed in the territories of the Southern and Ural, and Inaba serovar – in the remaining Federal Districts.The most frequently isolated were non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 strains with phagotype 15, while isolates with phagotypes 4, 5, 10, 14 and 17 were traced only in the Southern Federal District. The data obtained formed the basis of the approach that contributes to a comprehensive assessment of the epidemiological situation on cholera in the territory of Russia and highlighted the prospects for using GIS to improve the effectiveness of cholera vibrio monitoring in surface water bodies

Epidemiological Situation on Cholera throughout the World in 2013, Forecasting for 2014

V. cholerae O1 El Tor cultures, serovars Ogawa and Inaba, from surface waters of the reservoirs, which are different in epidemic manifestations of the disease

Prevalence and dynamics of depression and anxiety in local and foreign medical students for a 6-year training period

The academic load in medical institutes is 2 times higher than in other universities, and the training itself is emotionally stressful, which affects the students' health. A continuous sample of 1045 medical students from 1 to 6 year of education was examine

Prevalence and dynamics of depression and anxiety in local and foreign medical students for a 6-year training period

The academic load in medical institutes is 2 times higher than in other universities, and the training itself is emotionally stressful, which affects the students’ health. A continuous sample of 1045 medical students from 1 to 6 year of education was examined: 724 local (Russian) and 321 foreign students (India). Depression was more common among Russian (28.7%) than foreign students (17.8%

Benchmark data and model independent event classification for the large hadron collider

We describe the outcome of a data challenge conducted as part of the Dark Machines (https://www.darkmachines.org) initiative and the Les Houches 2019 workshop on Physics at TeV colliders. The challenged aims to detect signals of new physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using unsupervised machine learning algorithms. First, we propose how an anomaly score could be implemented to define model-independent signal regions in LHC searches. We define and describe a large benchmark dataset, consisting of > 1 billion simulated LHC events corresponding to 10 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. We then review a wide range of anomaly detection and density estimation algorithms, developed in the context of the data challenge, and we measure their performance in a set of realistic analysis environments. We draw a number of useful conclusions that will aid the development of unsupervised new physics searches during the third run of the LHC, and provide our benchmark dataset for future studies at https://www.phenoMLdata.org. Code to reproduce the analysis is provided at https://github.com/bostdiek/DarkMachines-UnsupervisedChallenge

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION ON CHOLERA ACROSS THE GLOBE AND IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN 2007–2016. FORECAST FOR 2017

Analysis of epidemiological situation on cholera around the world has demonstrated downward trend in morbidity rates in 2016; annual average decline being 3.907 % (by reference to 2007). Comparative assessment of monthly incidence in 2015 and 2016 shows perennial registration of cholera cases in a number of African countries and in the Caribbean with up-rises in different seasons. Establishment of epidemic foci is on-going. Between 2007 and 2016, 1733 imported cases of cholera took place across the globe. Interstate import dominated in Asia. For forecast development, for the first time ever, risk assessment of epidemic process activation has been performed, taking into consideration emergency situations of varying origin, social and natural environments, using expert evaluation scores. Epidemic manifestations of cholera in the Russian Federation were characterized by import of the infection in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014; isolation of V. cholerae O1 biovar El Tor ctxA– tcpA–, ctxA+ and V. cholerae O139 ctxA– and tcpA– from surface water bodies, as well as individual V. cholerae O1 biovar El Tor сtхA+ tсра+. Worked out has been the algorithm for epidemiological investigation of causes and conditions of surface water body contamination with cholera vibrios. Cholera forecast worldwide and in Russia for the year 2017 remains unfavorable

Characteristics of the Epidemiological Situation on Cholera the World Over

Within the last decade increase in cholera morbidity rate in the world has been revealed (with due consideration to linear trend). For 2013 maintenance of the tendency is forecasted. Epidemics, outbreaks and importations of the infection have occurred in 109 countries around Asia, Africa, America, Europe, Australia and Oceania. Nosoarea has been expanding owing to inclusion of new administrative territories and countries into the epidemic process, some cases being registered for the first time during the seventh pandemic. Apart from the endemic territories in India and Bangladesh, formation of endemic foci in twelve African countries has been exposed, as well as continued dissemination of epidemic cholera, consecutive in time and spatially stepwise. These facts testify of the follow-up of the seventh pandemic. Moreover, V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains with classical ctx-B allele have been spreading worldwide, which coupled with factors mentioned above predetermines unfavorable cholera forecast on the global level