Violation of Labour Rights in the Context of Compulsory Vaccination Against Covid-19

The aim of the article is to conduct research on the issue of whether compulsory vaccination, enshrined in international and national legal acts, violates labour rights. The main research method was a comparison method, which helped to compare the experience of different countries in restricting labour rights in the context of compulsory vaccination against COVID-19. Moreover, the main characteristics of restrictions on labour rights during the COVID-19 period were highlighted using the method of system analysis. The evolution of compulsory vaccination was analysed using a historical-logical method. A formal legal method was applied to generalise, classify, and systematize research results, as well as to present these results. The current outbreak of COVID-19 has provoked trends in discriminatory behaviour in the workplace. Therefore, the restrictions on labour rights must comply with international human rights standards, which, however, largely reflect a position that does not support compulsory vaccination

Ruthenium Oxidation in High Temperature Air and Release of Gaseous Ruthenium KFKI-3/2008

The RUSET experimental programme was launched in order to study Ru oxidation and release from fuel in high temperature air. More than forty small scale tests have been performed with mixed powder components of inactive materials and with short fuel rods. The influence of temperature, air flow rate and the presence of other fission products on the gaseous Ru release and the retention role of fuel pellets and cladding have been investigated. The test series indicated that if an air ingress type severe accident occurs most of the initial Ru mass can be released from the reactor core to the containment or environment. Some part of the released gaseous Ru undergoes precipitation and deposits on the cold surfaces, another part is released in gaseous form. The deposited Ru oxides can serve as a secondary source for further gaseous Ru releas

CODEX-B4C Experiment: Cored Degradation Test With Boron Carbide Control Rod KFKI-2003-01/G (2003)

The CODEX-B4C bundle test has been successfully performed on 25th May 2001 in the framework of the COLOSS project of the EU 5th FWP. The high temperature degradation of a VVER-1000 type bundle with B4C control rod was investigated with electrically heated fuel rods. The experiment was carried out according to a scenario selected in favour of methane formation. Degradation of control rod and fuel bundle took place at temperatures ~2000 oC, cooling down of the bundle was performed in steam atmosphere. The gas composition measurement indicated no methane production during the experiment. High release of aerosols was detected in the high temperature oxidation phase. The on-line measured data are collected into a database and are available for code validation and development

Analysis of Morbidity Dynamics and Factors Influencing the Development of Pneumococcal Infections among the Adult Population of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

The pneumococcal infection is an important issue due to its prevalence, numerous severe complications, high mortality rate and disability. However modern vaccination allows preventing of the pneumococcal infection and reduces the severity of clinical complications. This article presents the analysis of the morbidity and mortality indicators from community-acquired pneumonia and the effect of pneumococcal vaccination on its dynamic in the at-risk groups within the adult population of the Aldan area and the city of Aldan of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). In the Aldan area pneumonia morbidity persistently exceeds the national Russian average: in 2015 – 1.5 times (499.3 per 100,000 population) and in 2016 – 1.2 times (500.8 per 100,000 population). The morbidity indicators in Aldan are comparable to the national values. The community-acquired pneumonia mortality rates in the Aldan area were 20.55 per 100,000 population in 2015, and 18.5 per 100,000 population in 2016; these values are, respectively, 4.3 and 3.8 times higher than the national average. In the city of Aldan the community-acquired pneumonia mortality rates were 9.87 per 100,000 population in 2015 and 15.8 per 100,000 population in 2016, which is more than double the national average in the Russian Federation. Pneumococcal vaccinations of the adult population using the conjugate vaccine Prevenar 13 have been observed to lower the pneumonia morbidity and respiratory infections; the vaccinations also reduced the number of hospitalizations due to condition exacerbations or decompensations among adult patients with chronic lung disorders, cardiac insufficiency, and diabetes

U/Pb dating of detrital zircons from late Palaeozoic deposits of Bel’kovsky Island (New Siberian Islands): critical testing of Arctic tectonic models

<div><p>Detrital zircon U/Pb ages provide new insights into the provenance of Upper Devonian–Permian clastic rocks of Bel’kovsky Island, within the New Siberian Islands archipelago. Based on these new data, we demonstrate that Upper Devonian–Carboniferous turbidites of Bel’kovsky Island were derived from Grenvillian, Sveconorwegian, and Timanian sources similar to those that fed Devonian–Carboniferous deposits of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago and Wrangel Island and were probably located within Laurentia–Baltica. Detrital zircon ages from the lower Permian deposits of Bel’kovsky Island suggest a drastic change in provenance and show a strong affinity with the Uralian Orogen. Two possible models to interpret this shift in provenance are proposed. The first involves movement of these continental blocks from the continental margin of Laurentia–Baltica towards the Uralian Orogen during the late Carboniferous to Permian, while the second argues for long sediment transport across the Barents shelf.</p></div

New data on the basement of Franz Josef Land, Arctic region

We have studied pebbles of igneous rocks from the Lower Jurassic sedimentary succession of Hall Island, Franz Josef Land. Pebbles are represented by felsic intrusive and extrusive rocks, often cataclased and greisenized. The U–Pb age of crystallization for zircons of the studied samples yielded the Latest Devonian–Early Carboniferous and Early–Middle Permian ages. In addition, the studied zircons demonstrate a broad scatter of ages, from Middle Paleozoic to Mesozoic, suggesting repeated thermal reworking and metamorphism of granites. It is shown that coeval Late Paleozoic magmatism indicates the similarity of the geological evolution of the northern Barents Sea and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago.</p