Transformation of mechanisms of the university first-year students’ social adaptation: mathematical analysis tools

The article describes modern approaches to the transformation of the mechanisms of the first-year students’ social adaptation to study at the university, taking into account the requests of students. The theoretical prerequisites of the research are formulated on the basis of the analysis of modern publications of the knowledge-intensive Scopus database of Russian and foreign scientific articles. The theoretical model of transformation of adaptation mechanisms has become the basis of empirical research. The analysis of the process of social adaptation to the training of the modern generation of first-year students was carried out by the survey method using the electronic educational environment of the University of the North Caucasus (Stavropol Krai, Russia). A total of 1,278 people took part in the survey. The results of the study allow us to identify key areas for improving the educational process at the university: the development of alignment programs within the educational program of the level of knowledge in the most significant subject areas (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Social Studies, etc.), entering into the educational rhythm of the university training format, a deeper understanding of the nature of professional activity and the organization of professional socialization. The obtained theoretical conclusions and empirical research data provide an understanding of the transformation of the mechanisms of social adaptation to university education

Scientific concept of intelligent cyber-physical technopolis

Theoretical concepts for the formation of an intelligent cyber-physical technopolis, an innovation-active cluster, and the provision of economic security for a depressed area are being studied. The evolution of the technopolis paradigm has been systematized over more than forty years. Three stages of the technopolis paradigm development have been identified: the first stage from 1983 to 1990, the second stage from 1990 to 2000, and the modern, third stage from 2000 to the present. Characteristics of the evolution of the technopolis paradigm are provided from the perspective of the conditions for development and the strategies for the implementation of technopolises. Key terminological constructs of the considered concept, such as technopolis and innovation-active cluster, are examined. A conceptual scheme of the "technopolis wheel" is presented, which broadly includes three key segments: networks and connectivity, investment capital, and innovation and R&D. It is shown that the key segments of the technopolis wheel are revealed based on seven components, connected by influencing agents. Four factors of technopolis development are identified. The concept of the technopolis wheel has important implications for the formation of a system-forming innovation-active cluster to enhance the economic security of the region. The main directions for further development of the technopolis paradigm are considered to be the need to create technological sovereignty under conditions of global competitiveness, distributed collaborative forms of cooperation based on networks, platforms, and ecosystems, the establishment of intensive partnerships based on the fivefold innovation spiral, and the creation of "smart" megacities in the intelligent economy

Strategy of designing additional educational programs in the field of teachers’ digital competencies of the higher agricultural education

The article presents a strategy for designing additional educational programs in the field of teachers’ digital competencies of higher agricultural education. The relevance of the research topic is substantiated (based on a brief review of modern publications of Scopus knowledge-intensive database), we developed theoretical approaches to the empirical part of designing additional educational programs to improve teachers’ digital literacy. As part of an expert survey (347 people – representatives of the pedagogical community of higher agricultural education in the South of Russia) we identified the most relevant areas of improving the digital competencies of scientific and pedagogical workers of a modern agricultural university: the ability to develop their own means of digital communication; the ability to create virtual platforms for study groups; improving the skills of developing interactive tasks in Web-2 services.0; ability to create visually interesting interactive materials; development of goal-setting skills in the process of choosing, changing, combining and creating digital learning resources, taking into account the educational context, educational goals and target audience. The results of the study allow us to identify important information sections for the development of a professional development program in the field of digital competence of teachers of agricultural education

Factors and models of economic security of industrial enterprises in a depressed region in the context of digital transformation

The problem of digital transformation of enterprises is explained by the need to ensure long-term sustainable economic security for domestic industrial producers in the context of digitization. The transition to digital rails creates an opportunity to reorganize the production process and form effective interaction among all participants in the digital ecosystem. This necessitates the study of the process and possible directions of digital transformation to ensure an increase in the level of economic security of enterprises. The aim of the article is to present the results of the study of the process and directions of digital transformation of enterprises as a condition for sustainable economic security. The research methodology is based on the analysis and idealization of the process of digital transformation, the logical substantiation of the essence of this phenomenon, and the identification of the main directions of digital transformation. Generalization of data from consulting companies allowed for the formation of the main trends in digital transformation. A structural model of digital transformation of a depressed region enterprise has been proposed, which includes three components: basic spheres of activity, digitization processes, and conditions for ensuring economic security. The obtained conclusions contribute to the development of ideas about the processes of digital transformation of enterprises as a condition for ensuring their economic security. They allow for an assessment of the overall state and identification of vulnerable areas that reduce the level of economic security of a depressed region enterprise. The results of the study will help enterprises in depressed regions make targeted decisions regarding methods of ensuring economic security, taking into account differences in the level of digitization

Institutional Basics of Tariffs in Housing and Communal Services: Cross-Country Analysis

The aim of the article is a review and summarizing methods of tariffs in housing and communal services in foreign countries, and also reasoning of opportunity to use of state marketing in the regulation of tariffs and the main directions of its usage, both in Russia and abroad. The result of this article is the formulation of conclusions and predictions for further development of tariff setting, as well as the social consequences of this policy in the sphere of housing and communal services. The institutional character of the social practices of HCS, according to the authors, is associated with the provision of living conditions for the population in the sphere of material practices and with the finding of ways to optimize the economy of the industrial and postindustrial societies. In the service social practices HCS special factor is the change of goal setting, re-orientation of social action for the client from the process that is not always connected with rational components of the social actions of individuals, and also with the operation of irrational components. Besides, there is a kind of "soft" technologization in the service social practices of HCS. Pricing policy in the sphere of housing and communal services detects a contradiction, on the one hand, between a wide range of services and agents that shows the democratization processes in the maintenance and strengthening of processes of self-administration, and on the other side of rising prices and low quality of services provided. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3p2

Design and baseline characteristics of the finerenone in reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in diabetic kidney disease trial

Background: Among people with diabetes, those with kidney disease have exceptionally high rates of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality and progression of their underlying kidney disease. Finerenone is a novel, nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that has shown to reduce albuminuria in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) while revealing only a low risk of hyperkalemia. However, the effect of finerenone on CV and renal outcomes has not yet been investigated in long-term trials. Patients and Methods: The Finerenone in Reducing CV Mortality and Morbidity in Diabetic Kidney Disease (FIGARO-DKD) trial aims to assess the efficacy and safety of finerenone compared to placebo at reducing clinically important CV and renal outcomes in T2D patients with CKD. FIGARO-DKD is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, event-driven trial running in 47 countries with an expected duration of approximately 6 years. FIGARO-DKD randomized 7,437 patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate >= 25 mL/min/1.73 m(2) and albuminuria (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio >= 30 to <= 5,000 mg/g). The study has at least 90% power to detect a 20% reduction in the risk of the primary outcome (overall two-sided significance level alpha = 0.05), the composite of time to first occurrence of CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure. Conclusions: FIGARO-DKD will determine whether an optimally treated cohort of T2D patients with CKD at high risk of CV and renal events will experience cardiorenal benefits with the addition of finerenone to their treatment regimen. Trial Registration: EudraCT number: 2015-000950-39; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02545049

Modificated applied theory of anisotropic planes and shells

The hydrogasodynamics and technology a of melt treatment out of furnace by high-implused jets of neutral gas were studied. The conception of a jet synthesis, blowing regimes and devices to solve problems of melt treatment in ladle was developed. The appropriatenesses of melt degassing and homogenizig in ladle at the blowing by trans- and ultrasonic jets of neutral gas were obtained experimentaly. The approptiatenesses of gas-powder jets outflow were studied and a new class of blowing regimes and devices for powder material injection was developed. The principles of construction and optimization of regime parameters of blowing devices, regimes and devices for melt degassing by trans- and ultrasonic jets of neutral gas to inject the powder materials in a melt, technological decisions, concerning the correction of the chemical composition and temperature of a melt in ladle were developed. The principles of a temperature melting regime optimization were developed. The results obtained were applied in the West-Siberian Metallurgical works. The increase of the metal quality allowed to decrease the reject by 20-30%. The yield of steel was increased by 0,1-0,3%, the steel temperature on tap was decreased by 10-25% the specific expense of cast iron was decreased by 2-4 kg/t, the ferroalloy expense was reduced by 3-8%. The results may be use in steelmakingAvailable from VNTIC / VNTIC - Scientific & Technical Information Centre of RussiaSIGLERURussian Federatio

High -Factor Wideband Resonators for Millimeter and Submillimeter Applications

Physical principles for designing a multipurpose set of high -factor quasioptical and corrugated resonators with automatic frequency tuning (>6×104, VSWR<1.6) that can operate in the frequency band from 37.5 to 400 GHz are presented. The electrodynamical calculation methods of resonators, the constructive particularities of resonators, the methods and results of the experimental researches are considered. This set of resonators can be used as a universal measuring resonator for measuring radio-signal fluctuations and parameters of different media, in particular, nanotube composites and high-temperature superconductors

Preserving the socio-cultural traditions of rural areas in the social practices of youth

The article presents the results of a study of the process of preserving the socio-cultural traditions of rural areas in the social practices of young people. The relevance of issues of social reproduction of traditional culture in the actions of the younger generation is important for the preservation of the identity of local and regional communities. It is a kind of counterbalance to blurring the boundaries of belonging to a social, national, and confessional group. Maintaining adherence to traditional values, lifestyle and the choice of rural settlements by young people for living, it ultimately opposes the processes of rural areas depopulation and ensures their sustainable development

Special Issue “Advances in Innovative Engineering Materials and Processes”

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