Narrator and Epic Tradition: Uligers of Bura Barnakov

The article is devoted to the study of the heroic tales of the Buryat-Uligers, performed by B. Barnakov. Particular attention is paid to the repertory of this storyteller. The question of the preservation of the plot structure of works and storytelling memory in the conditions of the extinction of the epic tradition, when the epic environment and regular performance have already disappeared, is considered. The results of a comparative analysis of the plots of legends and their poetics are presented in the article. The relevance and novelty of the study is due to the fact that B. Barnakov’s legends have not yet entered the research field and have not become the subject of special study. In addition, the inclusion of one of the texts for publication in the series “Monuments of Folklore of the Peoples of Siberia and the Far East” makes a comprehensive study of the creative heritage of the uligersha relevant. The author pays special attention to stereotypes in these legends, highlighting intertextual and situational “common places”. The conclusion is made that the preservation of the narrative memory and the fullness of the repertory of the uligersha in the absence of a natural epic environment indicates the inertial stability of the epic tradition, due to the sacred nature of the heroic epos

Discourse as the basis of pragmatic analysis

The article deals with the problems of discourse definition and its types. The authors analyse different views which concern the including of the term “dialogue” into “discourse” along with “monologue”. Special attention is paid to the description of a literary dialogue having its own features and special interest for pragmatic analysis as almost all utterances are performativeyesBelgorod State Universit

Reflection of the status and role of social structure in agentive impersonal sentences in german

The article is devoted to the implicit representation of status and role groups in society on the material of impersonal sentences in the german language. The focus is set on the types of the implicit semantic subject, characterized by varying degrees of determination in context: indefinite-personal, generalizedpersonal and definite-personal semantic subject. The authors propose a tripartite paradigm of types of the implicit semantic subject on the basis of its social and role affiliatio

Current Problems of Administering Public Property in Airports

The article considers the issues of improving the legal regulation of the airports’ state property management. The authors estimate the causes of problems arising in airport management as well as government schemes aiming to develop this branch

Integral assessment of the social and economic development of megacities in Russia

The relevance of the analyzed issue is due to the existing need for more attention to the problems of large cities, which are the social and economic centers that perform important functions and realize the interests of the population, business and local government. The purpose of this article is to disclose the sources of the urban growth and development, the integrated assessment of the size and spatial distribution of the economic activity, regional planning and the government activity. The leading approaches to the study of this issue are systemic and reproduction, which, along with the use of econometric modeling and statistical analysis, allowed revealing significant shortcomings of the institutional urban management mechanism and proposing a number of measures to correct these shortcomings. The article illustrates the theoretical basis of modeling of large cities as spatial economic systems, determines their sources of growth, gives the characteristic features of the urban development in modern conditions, and proposes a conceptual model of a modern city. The contents of the article may be useful for the development of social and economic development strategies both the urban district, and the region as a whole, since large cities act as a locomotive, and they move the regional economy in the direction of the social and economic well-being. © 2016 Malikh et al

A model for the education of a student of a vocational pedagogical educational institution through the gaming simulation

The relevance of the problem subject to the research is conditioned by the discrepancy between (a) the orientation of the modern vocational-pedagogical education on the result of the future teacher training that is based on the subject matter and contents, and (b) the need to develop pedagogical skills. The application of the gaming simulation within the process of pedagogical skills development takes such skills to a completely new level. A study of the process of pedagogical skills development at students of a vocational-pedagogical education by way of the gaming simulation is the purpose of the article. Experiment and research activities were carried out during four years. A pedagogical experiment using the specially developed programme allowing discovering the level of pedagogical skills development at the trainees is the leading method for the research of this problem. Research results: The article provides for a model for the education of a student of a vocational-pedagogical educational institution through the gaming simulation; a scheme for this model implementation has been developed. Article contents may be useful for lecturers and students of pedagogical higher education institutions at the monitoring of the education quality. © 2016 Fominykh et al

Analysis of hidden field equations cryptosystem over odd-characteristic fields

Some results on cryptanalysis of Hidden Field Equations (HFE) cryptosystem over odd-characteristic fields are presented. Using of odd-char HFE schemes reduces key generation, encryption and decryption time. Possible attacks are analyzed. HFE parameters, for which cryptosystem is resistant to a given set of attacks, are revealed. Recommendations for HFE parameters choice are provided

Familial Mediterranean fever in Russia: Experience of the Federal Rheumatology Center

The paper gives the experience of the V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology in identifying and managing patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Objective: to describe the features of the disease in patients with FMF in Russia and to compare them with the data obtained in the study of Turkish and Armenian populations with a high incidence of this disease. Patients and methods. The investigation enrolled 23 patients with a documented diagnosis of FMF who met the Turkish pediatric criteria (F. Yalcinkaya et al.) and/or the criteria described by A. Livnech et al. and had two identical mutations (homozygosity) or two different mutations (compound heterozygosity) in the MEFV gene. Among the patients there were 9 men and 14 women. The age of the patients at the time of treatment was 4.5 to 36 years. Their age at onset of FMF was 2 months to 15 years (mean age, 3.2±2.3 years). Results. The examination established that 18 (78.3%) patients were Armenians, 3 were representatives of the North Caucasus peoples (a Darghin woman, an Avar man, and an Ingush/Kabardian man), a man from mixed (Greek/Georgian) marriage, and a Russian woman whose ancestors were Armenian and Jewish. The most common manifestation of FMF were recurrent episodes of fever (22; 95.7%); abdominal pain with fever ranked second (19; 82.6%), followed by chest pain (11; 47.8%), locomotor apparatus lesion (16; 69.6%), and skin lesions (7; 30.4%). The episodes were accompanied by increased levels of acutephase markers in 100% of the patients. There were a high proportion of patients, in whom FMF was concurrent with other rheumatic and autoinflammatory diseases (juvenile chronic arthritis, chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, and acute rheumatic fever) (7; 30.4%). Twenty-two (95.6%) patients received colchicine; the tumor necrosis factor inhibitor etanercept was prescribed in 2 (8.7%) patients with comorbidity; there was a pronounced therapeutic effect. Conclusion. Although the majority of our patients were Armenians, the disease was also identified in those belonging to the peoples of the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia and in one Russian female patient. There has generally been a fairly typical picture of the disease. The considerable frequency of joint damage and the high proportion of patients with comorbid rheumatic diseases have engaged our attention. From a diagnostic point of view, of importance is the elevated level of acutephase markers during a disease attack, which in combination with the clinical and ethnic characteristics of patients allows the diagnosis of FMF to be suspected