Religion of the Evenki: History and Modern Times

The article attempts to reveal the transformation of the role of religion in preserving the traditional way of life of the Evenki ethnos from 1930s to 2000s in the northern regions of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, as well as its reflection in the education system and in traditional culture (folklore, visual arts, decorative and applied art). The article notes that the analysis of domestic and foreign studies of the culture and religion of the Evenki confirms the validity of appealing to an interdisciplinary type of research. The subject of the research is the traditional and non-traditional religious movements embodied in the culture and life of the Evenki ethnos. Observation, analytical-descriptive method, including the analysis of individual elements of the development of the Evenk traditional culture, followed by generalization of the data, as well as comparative historical and dialectical methods are used to solve the research problems. Moreover, among the main research methods, philosophical and art history analysis of art works of the Evenki is actively used. The conclusion indicates general outputs and tendencies characterizing the current state of the embodiment of religious trends in culture, education and everyday life of the Evenki ethno

Taymyr Reindeer Herding as a Branch of the Economy and a Fundamental Social Identification Practice for Indigenous Peoples of the Siberian Arctic

There are two factors affecting the way that Nenets and Dolgan people of Taymyr define their regional identity: 1) their traditional trade (reindeer herding); 2) ethnic art-making where the reindeer acts as an image and a symbol of ethnic traditions, touchstones, and values found among the indigenous peoples of Taymyr. Field research was conducted in Taymyr settlements (such as Nosok, Karaul, and Khatanga) from 2010 to 2014. The researchers interviewed Nenets and Dolgan people who belong to non-governmental organizations representing Taymyr indigenous peoples, run businesses or work in government agencies, schools, and other organizations implementing cultural policies. Indigenous peoples have very low economic and social activity. The Dolgans also have a very poor standard of living due to lack of reindeer. The Post-Soviet era has seen an income gap growing between the Dolgans and the Nenets and unequal economic groups being formed. Reviving reindeer herding is essential. Nenets and Dolgan reindeer herding is an economically inefficient subsidized branch of agriculture, but its role is symbolic rather than economic. Nenets and Dolgan reindeer herding is an ethnicity-forming and ethnicity-sustaining factor. Today’s reindustrialization of Taymyr may end up exterminating its indigenous peoples’ unique economic, environmental, and cultural practices. Taymyr’s political establishment must pay due attention to the threat of ruining these unique practices. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s5p22

Long covid effluvium - reality of patients with post-covid conditions

COVID-19 infectionhas spread to at least200 countries. It’s the largest pandemic for a decade. Several vaccines and medications had been developedin a short time frame. This resulted in reduction the incidence. But medical communityis faced with the Long COVID-19. There are myocarditis or pericarditis, new-onset diabetes and thyroiditis, hepatitis, abnormal liver enzymes and telogen effluvium, which is characterized by diffuse hair shedding 2-3 months after astressor. COVID-19 infection is potentially one such stressor.СOVID-19 – это инфекционное заболевание, затронувшее более 200 стран, явившееся причиной самой масштабной по численности пандемией за последний десяток лет. За короткие сроки медицинское сообщество внедрило в практику препараты для этиотропного лечения, ввело в использование несколько вакцин – все это позволило снизить заболеваемость. Но на повестке дня новая задача – ведение пациентов с Постковидным синдромом. У пациентов перенесших Сovid-19 наблюдается перикардиты, вновь возникшие СД 2 типа и тиреоидиты, лекарственный гепатит и телогеновая алопеция, которая характеризуется диффузной потерей волос через 2-3 месяца после воздействия стрессового фактора. Одним из таких состояний является COVID-19

Silencing of Renal DNaseI in Murine Lupus Nephritis Imposes Exposure of Large Chromatin Fragments and Activation of Toll Like Receptors and the Clec4e

Recent studies demonstrate that transformation of mild lupus nephritis into end-stage disease is imposed by silencing of renal DNaseI gene expression in (NZBxNZW)F1 mice. Down-regulation of DNaseI results in reduced chromatin fragmentation, and in deposition of extracellular chromatin-IgG complexes in glomerular basement membranes in individuals that produce IgG anti-chromatin antibodies. The main focus of the present study is to describe the biological consequences of renal DNaseI shut-down and reduced chromatin fragmentation with a particular focus on whether exposed large chromatin fragments activate Toll like receptors and the necrosis-related Clec4e receptor in murine and human lupus nephritis. Furthermore, analyses where performed to determine if matrix metalloproteases are up-regulated as a consequence of chromatin-mediated Toll like receptors/Clec4e stimulation. Mouse and human mRNA expression levels of DNaseI, Toll like receptors 7–9, Clec4e, pro-inflammatory cytokines and MMP2/MMP9 were determined and compared with in situ protein expression profiles and clinical data. We demonstrate that exposure of chromatin significantly up-regulate Toll like receptors and Clec4e in mice, and also but less pronounced in patients with lupus nephritis treated with immunosuppresants. In conclusion, silencing of renal DNaseI gene expression initiates a cascade of inflammatory signals leading to progression of both murine and human lupus nephritis. Principal component analyses biplot of data from murine and human lupus nephrits demonstrate the importance of DNaseI gene shut down for progression of the organ disease

ГЕОДИНАМИЧЕСКАЯ АКТИВНОСТЬ НОВЕЙШИХ СТРУКТУР И ПОЛЯ ТЕКТОНИЧЕСКИХ НАПРЯЖЕНИЙ СЕВЕРО-ВОСТОКА АЗИИ

Based on the analysis of changes in the stress-strain state of the crust at the boundary of the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, we develop a dynamic model of the main seismogenerating structures inNortheast Asia. We have established a regularity in changes of geodynamic regimes within the interplate boundary between the Kolyma-Chukotka crustal plate and the Eurasian, North American and Pacific tectonic plates: spreading in the Gakkel Ridge area; rifting in the Laptev Sea shelf; a mixture of tectonic stress types in the Kharaulakh segment; transpression in the Chersky seismotectonic zone, in the segment from the Komandor to the Aleutian Islands, and in the Koryak segment; and crustal stretching in the Chukotka segment.Анализ изменений напряженно-деформированного состояния земной коры, проведенный вдоль границы Евразийской и Североамериканской литосферных плит, позволил обосновать динамическую модель главных сейсмогенерирующих структур территории северо-востока Азии. В пределах единой межплитной границы, отделяющей Колымо-Чукотскую коровую плиту от Евразийской, Североамериканской и Тихоокеанской литосферных плит, наблюдается закономерная смена геодинамических режимов: спрединг хребта Гаккеля; рифтогенез на шельфе моря Лаптевых; смешанное поле тектонических напряжений в Хараулахском сегменте; транспрессия в сейсмотектонической зоне Черского, на участке от Командорских до Алеутских островов и в Корякском сегменте; растяжение в Чукотском сегменте

Genome-Wide Expression Profiling of Five Mouse Models Identifies Similarities and Differences with Human Psoriasis

Development of a suitable mouse model would facilitate the investigation of pathomechanisms underlying human psoriasis and would also assist in development of therapeutic treatments

What is damaging the kidney in lupus nephritis?

Despite marked improvements in the survival of patients with severe lupus nephritis over the past 50 years, the rate of complete clinical remission after immune suppression therapy i

Innovative qualities of today's young students (as exemplified by the Siberian Federal University)

This paper looks into young people’s attitudes to innovation. It goes without saying that being innovative is more than just an adaptation tool in a modern society; it is also a personal characteristic allowing one to be an active participant in innovation processes. This is an attempt to study innovative qualities found in today’s young students of the humanities and technology. The study was conducted using the Self-Assessment Innovation Scale (a method designed by N. M. Lebedeva and A. N. Tatarko). The key idea of this method is to gauge a person’s propensity towards innovation by self-assessing their innovative qualities. The study revealed that most students have a medium level of innovativeness; just under a third, a high level; and 1–5%, a low level. Regardless of their level of innovativeness, humanities students showed a dominating presence of creativity: not only are medium innovativeness humanities students creative, they are also more future-oriented. At the same time, they prefer to avoid risk-taking. When it comes to technology students of any kind, creativity is not their dominant feature. Yet high innovativeness technology students are almost as prone to risk-taking as they are likely to be creative. Tech students with a medium level of innovativeness are more future-oriented than any other group of respondents, but they are no strangers to creativity either. The overall level of innovativeness appears to have little to do with a student’s area of training. This may suggest that innovativeness on the whole has more to do with a student’s college rather than their line of study. But to confirm or debunk this theory, one would have to run similar studies among students of other Krasnoyarsk colleges

Возрождение эвенкийского языка: традиционные и современные форматы

The process of linguistic assimilation, which began as far as in the 1990s, had a strong influence on the decreasing number of the Evenks who speak their native language. At the present stage of language development, the issue of its revival is especially topical and timely. In this article, the authors consider the strategies for revitalizing the Evenki language, connected, on the one hand, with the ongoing traditional practices of preserving the language, and, on the other hand, with the emergence of new modern forms that allow the Evenki language and culture to be used more and to reach a larger audience. Priority directions for the revival of the Evenki language are presented in the article. They include the sustentation of policy aimed at preserving and developing the traditional way of life of the Evenks; language immersion programs; supporting the practice of creating literature in the Evenki language; attraction of a larger audience to the Evenki language through modern Internet technologiesПроцесс языковой ассимиляции, начавшийся еще в 90-е гг. XX в., оказал сильное влияние на сокращение численности эвенков, владеющих родным языком. На современном этапе развития языка актуальным и своевременным становится вопрос его возрождения. В данной статье предлагается рассмотреть стратегии ревитализации эвенкийского языка, связанные, с одной стороны, с продолжением традиционных практик сохранения языка, с другой– с появлением новых современных форматов, позволяющих расширить возможности приобщения к эвенкийвозрождения эвенкийского языка. Среди них поддержание политики, направленной на сохранение и развитие традиционного образа жизни эвенков; осуществление практики языкового погружения; продолжение практики создания литературы на эвенкийском языке; приобщение большей аудитории к эвенкийскому языку посредством современных интернет-технологий

Возрождение эвенкийского языка: традиционные и современные форматы

The process of linguistic assimilation, which began as far as in the 1990s, had a strong influence on the decreasing number of the Evenks who speak their native language. At the present stage of language development, the issue of its revival is especially topical and timely. In this article, the authors consider the strategies for revitalizing the Evenki language, connected, on the one hand, with the ongoing traditional practices of preserving the language, and, on the other hand, with the emergence of new modern forms that allow the Evenki language and culture to be used more and to reach a larger audience. Priority directions for the revival of the Evenki language are presented in the article. They include the sustentation of policy aimed at preserving and developing the traditional way of life of the Evenks; language immersion programs; supporting the practice of creating literature in the Evenki language; attraction of a larger audience to the Evenki language through modern Internet technologiesПроцесс языковой ассимиляции, начавшийся еще в 90-е гг. XX в., оказал сильное влияние на сокращение численности эвенков, владеющих родным языком. На современном этапе развития языка актуальным и своевременным становится вопрос его возрождения. В данной статье предлагается рассмотреть стратегии ревитализации эвенкийского языка, связанные, с одной стороны, с продолжением традиционных практик сохранения языка, с другой– с появлением новых современных форматов, позволяющих расширить возможности приобщения к эвенкийвозрождения эвенкийского языка. Среди них поддержание политики, направленной на сохранение и развитие традиционного образа жизни эвенков; осуществление практики языкового погружения; продолжение практики создания литературы на эвенкийском языке; приобщение большей аудитории к эвенкийскому языку посредством современных интернет-технологий