Neural-net modeling for direct and inverse problems of shell theory

Effectiveness of the use of neural-net technology for the solving of shell theory problems is shown. Some results of neural-net interpolation and extrapolation for direct and inverse problems are discussed. Exact accuracy of neural-net solving opens wide latitude for shell constructions engineering design and optimization

COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

The article presents a general overview of the teaching and learning of foreign languages through multimedia and computer technology. Since its introduction, this practice has undergone significant changes in the content, approaches and methods of implementation on its development path. It has gone through several stages, which were determined by the level of computerization, the development of technologies in the field of communication and the emergence of new software products. This provision, in turn, has enabled the development of a significant number of types and kynds of tasks. The variety of these exercises and their functional capabilities is increasing along with the development of computer technology. At the present stage, practitioners working in the field of teaching foreign languages with the help of multimedia and computer technologies, are facing a number of tasks. They were developed as a result of a study commissioned by the educational unit of the European Union and formulated in a number of documents published in the early 2000s. As a result, task forces were established to develop recommendations and training programs at different regional levels and stages of teaching. The creation of relevant Internet sites has enabled specialists to become aware of the ongoing innovation processes. This experience should be studied and adopted by domestic specialists. The article presents a general overview of the teaching and learning of foreign languages through multimedia and computer technology. Since its introduction, this practice has undergone significant changes in the content, approaches and methods of implementation on its development path. It has gone through several stages, which were determined by the level of computerization, the development of technologies in the field of communication and the emergence of new software products. This provision, in turn, has enabled the development of a significant number of types and kynds of tasks. The variety of these exercises and their functional capabilities is increasing along with the development of computer technology. At the present stage, practitioners working in the field of teaching foreign languages with the help of multimedia and computer technologies, are facing a number of tasks. They were developed as a result of a study commissioned by the educational unit of the European Union and formulated in a number of documents published in the early 2000s. As a result, task forces were established to develop recommendations and training programs at different regional levels and stages of teaching. The creation of relevant Internet sites has enabled specialists to become aware of the ongoing innovation processes. This experience should be studied and adopted by domestic specialists

Formation of the bilingual personality of a child in the family: philosophical reflection

ABSTRACT The present paper discusses the formation of a bilingual environment that builds the child's personality in the family space. The authors substantiate the thesis that, in modern conditions of linguistic diversity and intensive mutual influence of various languages, the command of several languages is an essential condition for the development of thought and a guarantee for dialogue in the space of different ethnic groups. The criteria for conceiving a thought in a language is the ability to formulate sentences or texts directly in a given language, as opposed to a translation of a statement, previously constructed in another language. RESUMEN El presente documento discute la formación de un entorno bilingüe que construye la personalidad del niño en el espacio familiar. Los autores corroboran la tesis de que, en condiciones modernas de diversidad lingüística e influencia mutua intensiva de varios idiomas, el dominio de varios idiomas es una condición esencial para el desarrollo del pensamiento y una garantía para el diálogo en el espacio de diferentes grupos étnicos. Concebir un pensamiento en un idioma es la capacidad de formular oraciones o textos directamente en un idioma dado, en lugar de una traducción de un enunciado, previamente construido en otro idioma

Transformation of the system of bilingual education in the Republic of Tatarstan: Crossover ethnolinguistic controversies

© 2017, Association for Social Studies Educa. All rights reserved. The relevance of the problem range addressed in the study is conditioned by the system of education functioning under multiculturalism in modern polyethnic societies and their social stability much depending on the balanced use of languages of ethnoses that reside in the region as well as on the respectful attitude to their representatives in daily life. Thus, the system of education has to take into account the ethnic and religious, political, social and cultural requirements of the society offering high-quality education to the consumers according to their expectations. The objective of the paper consists in revealing the topical problems of regional educational reforms aimed at implementing the principle of bilingualism in polyethnic and polyreligious region of Russia – the Republic of Tatarstan. The representative mass survey of population of the Republic of Tatarstan and a series of in-depth narrative interviews with representatives of various generations of Tatarstan citizens as the main methods used in the research. Based on the sociological survey conducted within the research project “Dynamics of real and conventional generations in information polyethnic and polyreligious society (a case study of the Republic of Tatarstan)”, the following findings have been made. Scientific justification of the language policy being implemented in the republic and of the methodological support of bilingual educational programs are of poor level. A higher education system segregated according to the information carrier language prevails. There also remains a crossover controversy expressed in discontent in both Russian-speaking and to a significant extent Tatar-speaking urban population with the school educational policy of bilingualism. Results of the research cited in the paper can be used by the state authorities of the republic for elaborating the optimum bilingual language policy as well as in the practice of educational institutions implementing the bilingual education

ИЗУЧЕНИЕ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ С ПОМОЩЬЮ КОМПЬЮТЕРНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ

The article presents a general overview of the teaching and learning of foreign languages through multimedia and computer technology. Since its introduction, this practice has undergone significant changes in the content, approaches and methods of implementation on its development path. It has gone through several stages, which were determined by the level of computerization, the development of technologies in the field of communication and the emergence of new software products. This provision, in turn, has enabled the development of a significant number of types and kynds of tasks. The variety of these exercises and their functional capabilities is increasing along with the development of computer technology. At the present stage, practitioners working in the field of teaching foreign languages with the help of multimedia and computer technologies, are facing a number of tasks. They were developed as a result of a study commissioned by the educational unit of the European Union and formulated in a number of documents published in the early 2000s. As a result, task forces were established to develop recommendations and training programs at different regional levels and stages of teaching. The creation of relevant Internet sites has enabled specialists to become aware of the ongoing innovation processes. This experience should be studied and adopted by domestic specialists. The article presents a general overview of the teaching and learning of foreign languages through multimedia and computer technology. Since its introduction, this practice has undergone significant changes in the content, approaches and methods of implementation on its development path. It has gone through several stages, which were determined by the level of computerization, the development of technologies in the field of communication and the emergence of new software products. This provision, in turn, has enabled the development of a significant number of types and kynds of tasks. The variety of these exercises and their functional capabilities is increasing along with the development of computer technology. At the present stage, practitioners working in the field of teaching foreign languages with the help of multimedia and computer technologies, are facing a number of tasks. They were developed as a result of a study commissioned by the educational unit of the European Union and formulated in a number of documents published in the early 2000s. As a result, task forces were established to develop recommendations and training programs at different regional levels and stages of teaching. The creation of relevant Internet sites has enabled specialists to become aware of the ongoing innovation processes. This experience should be studied and adopted by domestic specialists.Статья представляет собой общий обзор процесса преподавания и изучения иностранных языков с помощью мультимедийных средств и компьютерных технологий. С момента своего появления эта практика на пути своего развития претерпела значительные изменения в содержании, подходах и методах реализации. Она прошла несколько этапов, которые обусловливались уровнем компьютеризации, развитием технологий в сфере коммуникации и появлением новых программных продуктов. Это обеспечение, в свою очередь, дало возможность разработки значительного количества типов и видов заданий. Многообразие этих упражнений и их функциональные возможности увеличиваются по мере развития компьютерных технологий. На современном этапе перед специалистами-практиками, работающими в сфере преподавания иностранных языков с помощью мультимедийных средств и компьютерных технологий, стоит ряд задач. Они были разработаны в результате исследования, проведенного по заказу образовательного подразделения Евросоюза и сформулированные в ряде документов, опубликованных в начале 2000-х гг. В результате были созданы целевые группы для разработки рекомендаций и программ обучения на разных региональных уровнях и этапах преподавания. Создание соответствующих интернет-сайтов дало возможность специалистам быть в курсе происходящих инновационных процессов. Этот опыт должен быть изучен и использован отечественными специалистами

Generational features of ethnic personal identification in a MultiEthnic society

© 2018 Transilvanian Association for the Literarure and Culture of Romanian People (ASTRA). All rights reserved. The paper deals with the thesis about the generational factor's influence on personal identification in conditions of a multi-ethnic society. Based on input received through the representative survey held in the multi-ethnic and multi-confessional region of Russia - the Republic of Tatarstan, the authors recorded the enhanced relevance of ethnic identification in elder and younger generations and the absence of the sharp ethnic bias as well as religious intolerance in all generations. The study identified the following categories of intergenerational relationships: optimists, pessimists and fatalists. The analysis revealed the higher level of ethnic identity among the Tatar population of the region as compared with the Russian one. It was justified that in order to preserve inter-ethnic tolerance in a multi-ethnic society it is necessary to ensure social and cultural continuity of generations by promoting optimal combination of macro- and micro-social identifications of both traditional established forms and modernist, especially postmodernist types

Interdisciplinary project-based learning: technology for improving student cognition

The article studies a way of enhancing student cognition by using interdisciplinary project-based learning (IPBL) in a higher education institution. IPBL is a creative pedagogic approach allowing students of one area of specialisation to develop projects for students with different academic profiles. The application of this approach in the Ural State University of Economics resulted in a computer-assisted learning system (CALS) designed by IT students. The CALS was used in an analytical chemistry course with students majoring in Commodities Management and Expertise (‘expert’ students). To test how effective the technology was, the control and experimental groups were formed. In the control group, learning was done with traditional methods. In the experimental group, it was reinforced by IPBL. A statistical analysis of the results, with an application of Pearson χ 2 test, showed that the cognitive levels in both IT and ‘expert’ experimental groups improved as compared with the control groups. The findings demonstrated that IPBL can significantly enhance learning. It can be implemented in any institution of higher or secondary education that promotes learning, including the CALS development and its use for solving problems in different subject areas

Data Resource Profile: The World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)

Population ageing is rapidly becoming a global issue and will have a major impact on health policies and programmes. The World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) aims to address the gap in reliable data and scientific knowledge on ageing and health in low- and middle-income countries. SAGE is a longitudinal study with nationally representative samples of persons aged 50+ years in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa, with a smaller sample of adults aged 18-49 years in each country for comparisons. Instruments are compatible with other large high-income country longitudinal ageing studies. Wave 1 was conducted during 2007-2010 and included a total of 34 124 respondents aged 50+ and 8340 aged 18-49. In four countries, a subsample consisting of 8160 respondents participated in Wave 1 and the 2002/04 World Health Survey (referred to as SAGE Wave 0). Wave 2 data collection will start in 2012/13, following up all Wave 1 respondents. Wave 3 is planned for 2014/15. SAGE is committed to the public release of study instruments, protocols and meta- and micro-data: access is provided upon completion of a Users Agreement available through WHO's SAGE website (www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/sage) and WHO's archive using the National Data Archive application (http://apps.who.int/healthinfo/systems/surveydata

Russian education in the context of the third generation universities` discourse: Employers’ evaluation

© 2016 Maximova et al.Urgent problems of modernization of the Russian system of higher education in the context of the discourse of the third generation universities were revealed on the basis of the expert survey of employers (heads of personnel departments of large industrial enterprises of the city of Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan) within research project “Strategy development of socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan for the period till 2030”. These include: insufficient level of professional skills and competencies of graduates in recent decades; decrease in motivation of young specialists in employment and work in the industrial sector; formal activities aimed at enhancing interaction between universities and companies due to the lack of financial and material resources. To improve the quality of young specialists` training, experts offered recommendations such as improving the system of practical training of students, modernization of the educational process through the use of new educational technologies and active involvement of employers into the development of educational plans and programs, improvement of the quality of teaching university staff

Кримінологічна характеристика неповнолітніх осіб, що скоїли корисливі злочини

Романов, С. Ю. Кримінологічна характеристика неповнолітніх осіб, що скоїли корисливі злочини / С. Ю. Романов, О. О. Максимова // Вісник Національного університету внутрішніх справ.- 2004.- Вип. 26.- С. 61 - 64Розглянуто питання підвищення ефективності системи профілактики злочинних проявів неповнолітніх, які скоїли корисливі або корисливо-насильницькі злочини (крадіжки, розбої, пограбування та інші). Рассмотрены вопросы повышения эффективности системы профилактики преступных проявлений несовершеннолетних, совершивших корыстные или корыстно-насильственные преступления (кражи, разбои, грабежи и другие). The questions of increasing the effectiveness of the system of prevention of juvenile delinquency, which have committed selfish or self-serving violent crimes (theft, robbery, robbery, etc.) are considered