INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS – ACADEMIC LEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

  Commitment to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is a segment of students’ positive or negative behavior in the academic community. We define the negative behavior as students’ commitment to plagiarism and copyright violation. The overall objective of this paper is to give a recommendation to the non-IPR institutions that potentially show similar results in the level of awareness of students and their behavior regarding their academic program and teaching activities. This follows an empirical testing and analysis of the relationship between knowledge and the level of IPR awareness, and their influence over students’ behavior at a non-IPR committed Faculty. In this regard, the paper tests if students that have higher level of awareness and knowledge tend to demonstrate a positive behavior towards IPR more frequently. We use an online survey to collect data and construct scales to measure the level of awareness, knowledge and the type of behavior. Treating the constructed scales as categorical data, we apply log-linear analysis. Results showed that the higher the awareness level, the more frequent the positive behavior. On the other hand, the analysis of the knowledge of students does not provide clear findings; however, it is associated with the level of awareness. The negative behavior, as concluded from the sample, arises from the high cost of acquiring the basic studying material. Nevertheless, understanding students’ knowledge, awareness and behavior towards IPR could assist Faculties to implement policies for decreasing students’ negative behavior, promoting academic integrity and improving students’ ethics

Phenol-formaldehyde oligomers application for coatings production применение фенолоформальдегидных олигомеров для производства покровныХ материалов

The description developed by the authors of structures and technologies production safety coatings based on glass fiber and paper, modified phenol-formaldehyde oligomers, which are possessed high physicochemical properties, durability and chemical durability, is presented.<br>Приведено описание разработанных авторами составов и технологий получения защитно-покровных материалов на основе модифицированных фенолформальдегидными олигомерами стеклотканей и бумаги, обладающих высокими физико-химическими свойствами, долговечностью и химической стойкостью

THE PECULIARITIES OF LEGAL REGULATION OF THE REFUGEE INTEGRATION SYSTEM IN LITHUANIA

In recent years the European Union has experienced an unprecedented influx of refugees and asylum seekers that has continued up until now. This issue is relevant to Lithuania as well, since the country has committed to host 1105 asylum seekers from Greece and Turkey, and their successful integration to large extent depends on legislation adopted by the Government. The present article analyses the concept of the international asylum law and the peculiarities of legal regulation of the refugee integration system in Lithuania. Both the analysis of legislative documents and experience in working with refugees has disclosed a gap between the existing theoretical system and its implementation in practice. The author discloses the problems of the refugee integration, when regulation of the social relationships is required; however there is no relevant legal norm that could be applicable in a particular case. The article also discusses the priorities and regulatory documents of the Lithuanian policy on integration; however the main focus is made on the theoretical analysis of the Description of the Procedure for Providing State Support for the Refugee Integration and – referring to the practical experience – on insights into its implementation measures. The analysis has disclosed that implementation of the refugee integration measures is hindered due to lack of a long-term policy on the refugee integration in Lithuania, lack of collaboration between the state and private sector and prevalent negative attitudes in the society; the above factors result in loss of interrelation between the legal norms and the social relationships that are to be regulated.KEY WORDS: refugee integration, law regulation, description, asylum law.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/tbb.v79i2.178

Особенности финалов в повествовательной прозе Н.В.Гоголя

The article deals with the particular features of the finals in NV Gogol narrative prose, it is presented the typology of finals, it is noted common for the dramatic and epic genres principles of the finals, and are analyzed the specific features of finals in narrative prose: changes in the space-time frame of the narrative, the transition from the objective perspective to the subjective one, the contrast of finals in relation to the plot, and others.В статье рассматриваются конструктивные особенности финалов в повествовательной прозе Н.В. Гоголя; предлагается типология финалов, отмечаются общие для драматических и эпических жанров принципы построения финалов, а также анализируются специфические особенности финалов повествовательной прозы: изменение пространственно-временных рамок повествования, переход от объективированного ракурса изложения к субъективированному, контрастность финала по отношению к сюжету и другие

Наукові підходи як методологічне підґрунтя формування культури управління персоналом майбутніх менеджерів

In the article the scientific approaches have been analyzed, and the methodological basis for the formation of culture of personnel management in the process of professional training of future managers has been developed. It is proved that effectiveness of forming culture of managing the personnel of future managers is achieved through the introduction of the complex of pedagogical conditions in the professional training: enrichment of the content of training on personnel management with additional cultural-oriented topics; diversification of the process of professional training of future managers by active and interactive forms and methods of educational activities; promotion of the development of professionalism of the teaching staff in order to ensure the effectiveness of the process of forming culture of managing the personnel of future managers. It is established that the methodological foundations of the first pedagogical condition create cultural and competence approaches. For the second pedagogical condition, the methodological background is provided by the personality-activity approach. For the third pedagogical condition, the acmeological approach is methodologically grounded. It is proved that the scientific approaches form a unified methodological basis for the holistic process of forming culture of the personnel management through the implementation in the professional training of future managers of the complex of pedagogical conditionsДосліджено питання створення методологічного підґрунтя формування культури управління персоналом у процесі фахової підготовки майбутніх менеджерів. Методологічні засади дослідження розроблено за допомогою основних положень культурологічного, компетентнісного, особистісно-діяльнісного, акмеологічного наукових підходів. Результатом наукового пошуку стало єдине методологічне підґрунтя цілісного процесу формування культури управління персоналом у фаховій підготовці майбутніх менеджері

OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Implementation of digital economy tools in the new information environment is a catalyst for innovative development of the economic environment of the state as a whole. It is obvious that not all the available opportunities and resources for the development of the digital economy have found their vectors of implementation, many of them have not been studied sufficiently and haphazardly, the existing potential and prospects have not been disclosed.Understanding of the need to develop elements of the digital economy has come to a head in the Russian economic and legal environment, as evidenced by the development and implementation of priority areas of the strategy of scientific and technological development of Russia. The mentioned problems determine the relevance of the research study of the possibilities of applying the positive foreign experience of digitalization of the economy in domestic practice. The paper provides an overview of the main categories of the digital economy, examines the features of its widespread distribution in the countries of the world, assesses the opportunities and prospects for the development of digitalization in Russia. New technologies, criteria and approaches to assessing the level of the digital economy, its institutionalization require effective regulation and management.

CO Sense and Release Flavonols: Progress toward the Development of an Analyte Replacement PhotoCORM for Use in Living Cells

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a signaling molecule in humans. Prior research suggests that therapeutic levels of CO can have beneficial effects in treating a variety of physiological and pathological conditions. To facilitate understanding of the role of CO in biology, molecules that enable fluorescence detection of CO in living systems have emerged as an important class of chemical tools. A key unmet challenge in this field is the development of fluorescent analyte replacement probes that replenish the CO that is consumed during detection. Herein, we report the first examples of CO sense and release molecules that involve combining a common CO-sensing motif with a light-triggered CO-releasing flavonol scaffold. A notable advantage of the flavonol-based CO sense and release motif is that it is trackable via fluorescence in both its pre- and postsensing (pre-CO release) forms. In vitro studies revealed that the PdCl2 and Ru(II)-containing CORM-2 used in the CO sensing step can result in metal coordination to the flavonol, which minimizes the subsequent CO release reactivity. However, CO detection followed by CO release is demonstrated in living cells, indicating that a cellular environment mitigates the flavonol/metal interactions

Properties of Flavonol-based PhotoCORM in Aqueous Buffered Solutions: Influence of Metal Ions, Surfactants and Proteins on Visible Light-induced CO Release

The properties of the extended flavonol 3-hydroxy-2-phenyl-benzo[g]chromen-4-one (2a) in DMSO : aqueous buffer solutions at pH = 7.4, including in the presence of metal ions, surfactants and serum albumin proteins, have been examined. Absorption and emission spectral studies of 2a in 1 : 1 DMSO : PBS buffer (pH = 7.4) indicate that a mixture of neutral and anionic forms of the flavonol are present. Notably, in 1 : 1 DMSO : TRIS buffer (pH = 7.4) only the neutral form of the flavonol is present. These results indicate that the nature of the buffer influences the acid/base equilibrium properties of 2a. Introduction of a Zn(II) complex of 2a− to a 1 : 1 DMSO : aqueous buffer (TRIS or PBS, pH = 7.4) solution produces absorption and emission spectral features consistent with the presence of a mixture of neutral 2a along with Zn(II)-coordinated or free 2a−. The nature of the anionic species present depends on the buffer composition. PBS buffered solutions (pH = 7.4) containing the surfactants CTAB or SDS enable 2a to be solubilized at a much lower percentage of DMSO (3.3–4.0%). Solutions containing the cationic surfactant CTAB include a mixture of 2a and 2a− whereas only the neutral flavonol is present in SDS-containing buffered solution. Compound 2a is also solubilized in TRIS buffer solutions at low cocentrations of DMSO (3.3%, pH = 7.4) in the presence of serum albumin proteins. Stern–Volmer analysis of the quenching of the inherent protein fluorescence indicates static binding of 2a to the proteins. The binding constant for this interaction is lower than that found for naturally-occurring flavonols (quercetin or morin) or 3-hydroxyflavone. Compound 2a binds to Site I of bovine and human serum albumin proteins as indicated by competition studies with warfarin and ibuprofen, as well as by docking investigations. The quantum yield for CO release from 2a (λirr = 419 nm) under aqueous conditions ranges from 0.0006(3) when the compound is bound to bovine serum albumin to 0.017(1) when present as a zinc complex in a 1 : 1 DMSO : H2O solution. Overall, the results of these studies demonstrate that 2a is a predictable visible light-induced CO release compound under a variety of aqueous conditions, including in the presence of proteins

A bipyridine-ligated zinc(II) complex with bridging flavonolate ligation: synthesis, characterization, and visible-light-induced CO release reactivity

Metal-flavonolate compounds are of significant current interest as synthetic models for quercetinase enzymes and as bioactive compounds of importance to human health. Zinc-3-hydroxyflavonolate compounds, including those of quercetin, kampferol, and morin, generally exhibit bidentate coordination to a single ZnII center. The bipyridine-ligated zinc-flavonolate compound reported herein, namely bis(μ-4-oxo-2-phenyl-4H-chromen-3-olato)-κ3O3:O3,O4;κ3O3,O4:O3-bis[(2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)zinc(II)] bis(perchlorate), {[Zn2(C15H9O3)2(C10H8N2)2](ClO4)2}n, (1), provides an unusual example of bridging 3-hydroxyflavonolate ligation in a dinuclear metal complex. The symmetry-related ZnII centers of (1) exhibit a distorted octahedral geometry, with weak coordination of a perchlorate anion trans to the bridging deprotonated O atom of the flavonolate ligand. Variable-concentration conductivity measurements provide evidence that, when (1) is dissolved in CH3CN, the complex dissociates into monomers. 1H NMR resonances for (1) dissolved in d6-DMSO were assigned via HMQC to the H atoms of the flavonolate and bipyridine ligands. In CH3CN, (1) undergoes quantitative visible-light-induced CO release with a quantum yield [0.004 (1)] similar to that exhibited by other mononuclear zinc-3-hydroxyflavonolate complexes. Mass spectroscopic identification of the [(bpy)2Zn(O-benzoylsalicylate)]+ ion provides evidence of CO release from the flavonol and of ligand exchange at the ZnII center.A bipyridine-ligated zinc-flavonolate complex exhibiting bridging flavonolate coordination has been characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. In acetonitrile, this compound dissociates into monomers and undergoes visible-light-induced CO release. © International Union of Crystallography, 2017