321 research outputs found
Spirit and language in Hegel's philosophy of absolute spirit
The article examines Hegel’s philosophy of language whose linguo-philosophical views were being formed in a general context of becoming of his philosophy of absolute spirit. The specificity of Hegel’s understanding of a deeply spiritual language nature, at the root of which lies the key issues of the philosopher about the consubstantiality of Language and Spirit, is revealed. Particular attention is paid to the explanation of the significance of Hegel’s “lessons” in current philosophical discourse and the need of their adoption for the development of human sciences in general
Pedagogical Capacity of the Regime as a Means of Correcting Convicts
Introduction: the article is devoted to identifying and characterizing
pedagogical capabilities of the regime as a means of correcting convicts. It
presents a scientific view of the essence and structure of pedagogical capacity
of the regime, as well as highlights its components, each of which is designed to
help employees of a correctional facility to apply a normatively defined model of
the order of the execution and serving a sentence and assist convicts in getting
used to regime requirements. Pedagogical capacity of the regime is considered
as a set of resources, which effectiveness is largely associated with by penal
system employees’ wiliness and skills for pedagogical activity, as well as the state
of the material and technical base for educational work in the correctional facility.
Purpose: to reveal the essence and content of pedagogical capacity of the regime
as a means of correcting convicts; to identify and characterize conditions of its
productive use in the light of modern penal legislation and taking into account
scientific achievements in this field of knowledge. Methods: comparative
historical analysis, document analysis, monographic method, structural analysis,
deduction method, logical generalization, etc. Results: the essence of the concept
“pedagogical capacity of the regime as a means of correcting convicts” is revealed
and its definition is proposed; key structural components of the phenomenon
under study are presented; and conditions for successful application of the
educational opportunities inherent in the regime are characterized. Prospects
for studying pedagogical capacity of the regime in terms of the importance of
applying individual and differentiated approaches in the correctional process are
determined
The effect of multiple paternity on genetic diversity during and after colonisation
In metapopulations, genetic variation of local populations is influenced by
the genetic content of the founders, and of migrants following establishment.
We analyse the effect of multiple paternity on genetic diversity using a model
in which the highly promiscuous marine snail Littorina saxatilis expands from a
mainland to colonise initially empty islands of an archipelago. Migrant females
carry a large number of eggs fertilised by 1 - 10 mates. We quantify the
genetic diversity of the population in terms of its heterozygosity: initially
during the transient colonisation process, and at long times when the
population has reached an equilibrium state with migration. During
colonisation, multiple paternity increases the heterozygosity by 10 - 300 % in
comparison with the case of single paternity. The equilibrium state, by
contrast, is less strongly affected: multiple paternity gives rise to 10 - 50 %
higher heterozygosity compared with single paternity. Further we find that far
from the mainland, new mutations spreading from the mainland cause bursts of
high genetic diversity separated by long periods of low diversity. This effect
is boosted by multiple paternity. We conclude that multiple paternity
facilitates colonisation and maintenance of small populations, whether or not
this is the main cause for the evolution of extreme promiscuity in Littorina
saxatilis.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, electronic supplementary materia
Dyck tilings, increasing trees, descents, and inversions
Cover-inclusive Dyck tilings are tilings of skew Young diagrams with ribbon
tiles shaped like Dyck paths, in which tiles are no larger than the tiles they
cover. These tilings arise in the study of certain statistical physics models
and also Kazhdan--Lusztig polynomials. We give two bijections between
cover-inclusive Dyck tilings and linear extensions of tree posets. The first
bijection maps the statistic (area + tiles)/2 to inversions of the linear
extension, and the second bijection maps the "discrepancy" between the upper
and lower boundary of the tiling to descents of the linear extension.Comment: 24 pages, 9 figure
Das problem der Übersetzung der Novelle "Der Tod in Venedig" von Th. Mann: antiker Zusammenhang des Werkes
In dem vorliegenden Beitrag wird das Problem der Übersetzung der Novelle „Der Tod in Venedig“ vom Standpunkt der Verbindung des Sujets mit der antiken Kultur betrachtet. Es werden die Fragmente vorgestellt, deren Übersetzung die Schwierigkeiten bereiten kann. Die Wichtigkeit des Verstehens der Epoche wird betont
Lithologic-facies and paleogeographic features of Mid-Upper Jurassic oil-gas bearing sediments in Nurolsk depression (Western Siberia)
Bathonian-Callovian-Oxfordian sedimentation environment reconstruction in SE Nurolsk depression, Western Siberia has been described. Paleogeographic and litho-geochemical features of sediments, numerous plant remains and ichnofossils indicated the fact that this territory during the Naunaksk suite formation was the transition in-situ sedimentogenesis. Based on the integrated research data, the potential litho-facies were identified in the Mid-Upper sediments within Nurolsk depression, Western Siberia
Frequency of Cytokine Gene Polymorphism in Full-Term Newborns with Hypoxic Events
Background. An infant brain damage is an extremely urgent problem, this pathology is difficult to prevent, and subsequently it manifests itself with a variety of neurological consequences. Various mechanisms are involved in neurodamage; cytokines, as well as genes that control their activity, are under a great concern today. However, there is little data about their role as predictors of the brain damage among children after hypoxia. Aim of the research. To identify the frequency of cytokine gene polymorphism: interleukin (IL)-1β(C-511T), IL-1β(C3953T), IL-4(C589T), IL-6(C174G), IL-10(C819T), IL-10(G1082A) among newborns with hypoxic events. Materials and methods. The study involved 128 full-term newborn patients with hypoxic events: the first group (n = 48) included newborns who experienced chronic intrauterine hypoxia (CVH), the second group (n = 80) included newborns born in asphyxiation. Control group (52) included babies born without asphyxia and not suffering from CVH. A retrospective analysis of case-records was carried out. The material for molecular genetic analysis was DNA samples isolated from umbilical cord blood leukocytes using DNA Express Blood reagents (Scientific and Production Company LITECH, Moscow). Results. Compared to the control group (p = 0.03) children born in asphyxia had their T allele IL-1β (C-511T) prevailed. The group of newborn who had CVH had their TT genotype (p = 0.04) and the T IL-1β allele (C-511T) (p = 0.01) prevailed compared to the control group. In the same study group while studying the polymorphism of the IL-1β gene, the T allele (p = 0.03) at the point C3953T prevailed, in contrast to the control group. Conclusion. Due to the fact that cytokines are part of a reaction cascade leading to the secondary brain damage, under the action of hypoxia, it was found that among newborns undergoing asphyxia and chronic intrauterine hypoxia the increased frequencies of carriage of IL-1β-511TT and IL-1β-3953TT genotypes, and IL-1β-511T and IL-1β-3953T alleles increase the risk of neurodamage
Dyck tilings, linear extensions, descents, and inversions
Dyck tilings were introduced by Kenyon and Wilson in their study of double-dimer pairings. They are certain kinds of tilings of skew Young diagrams with ribbon tiles shaped like Dyck paths. We give two bijections between "cover-inclusive'' Dyck tilings and linear extensions of tree posets. The first bijection maps the statistic (area + tiles)/2 to inversions of the linear extension, and the second bijection maps the "discrepancy'' between the upper and lower boundary of the tiling to descents of the linear extension
An association of mitochondrial haplotype with shell shape in the intertidal gastropod Littorina saxatilis
The high rates of substitution in mitochondrial genes and assumed neutrality of their polymorphisms encourage the use of mtDNA in phylogenetic and evolutionary studies. However, the true nature of the mitochondrial genome and its influence upon processes of adaptation and speciation are not fully understood, particularly where associations appear to exist between ‘neutral’ mitochondrial haplotypes and characteristics that are under direct selection. In snails, one such characteristic is shell shape. In this study a mitochondrial haplogroup is found to be confined towards one end of the spectrum of shell variation in an ecotype of the rough periwinkle Littorina saxatilis on a shore in the British Isles. We speculate that this may signal hitherto unexpected selection, and perhaps even some reproductive isolation between this group and the rest of the population, and we propose intergenomic coadaptation as a possible mechanism through which this occurs
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