Professional health at a late stage of career development (case study: School teachers)

Pedagogical activity in Russia is an area with traditionally high professional livability and a large number of working old teachers. In this regard, the issue of the teacher's professional health becomes relevant. А teacher's professional health is defined as a complex of psychological characteristics that meets the requirements and conditions of professional activity and ensures the optimal level of working capacity, personality development at all stages of professionalization and professional longevity. The purpose of the empirical research is to study characteristics of professional health at a late stage of career development. The study involved 198 school teachers, including 98 working teachers with a professional experience of over 35-years (main group), 50 young teachers with less than a 3-year experience (first comparison group), and 50 teachers who finished their professional career (second comparison group). The research methodology was selected in accordance with the identified components of professional health: motivational, emotional and reflexive. It was established that at a late stage of career development, the teacher's professional health is characterized by high motivation for success (42%), for avoiding failures (58%), high anxiety (47%) and rigidity (42%), high empathy (57%) and systemic reflection (72,8%). It was found that working teachers have higher satisfaction with life (U = 291, p = 0.00007), but they are less willing to adapt to age-related changes than the teachers who already finished their professional career (U = 344, p = 0.001). Changes affect all the components of professional health, but their modality is different. Whereas the increased motivation for achievement and reflexivity can be considered a generally positive trend, the changes in the emotional component of health (high anxiety and rigidity) are negative. A higher level of life satisfaction among working pensioners indicates a positive role of labour activity in the socio-emotional well-being of an elderly person. The results obtained clarify ideas about the professional health of a teacher who is at a late stage of career development. The results form the informational basis of psychological support programs for teachers of pre-retirement age. © 2020 LLC Ecological Help. All rights reserved

Microelectromechanical Sensors and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications

The solutions in the sphere of MEMS technologies in space are overviewed in this article. The main emphasis is on micro-thrusters, which have the potential to enable missions that require micro-propulsive maneuvers for formation flying and precision pointing of micro-, nano-, or pico-sized satellites. The possible use of MEMS sensors and technologies of production are shown

Numerical modeling of rogue waves in coastal waters

Spatio-temporal evolution of rogue waves measured in Taiwanese coastal waters is reconstructed by means of numerical simulations. Their lifetimes are up to 100 s. The time series used for reconstructions were measured at dimensionless depths within the range of <i>kh</i> = 1.3&ndash;4.0, where <i>k</i> is the wave number and <i>h</i> is the depth. All identified rogue waves are surprisingly weakly nonlinear. The variable-coefficient approximate evolution equations, which take into account the shoaling effect, allow us to analyze the abnormal wave evolution over non-uniform real coastal bathymetry. The shallowest simulated point is characterized by <i>kh</i> &approx; 0.7. The reconstruction reveals an interesting peculiarity of the coastal rogue events: though the mean wave amplitudes increase as waves travel onshore, rogue waves are likely to occur at deeper locations, but not closer to the coast

Catalytic molecularly imprinted polymer membranes: Development of the biomimetic sensor for phenols detection

Portable biomimetic sensor devices for the express control of phenols content in water were developed. The synthetic binding sites mimicking active site of the enzyme tyrosinase were formed in the structure of free-standing molecularly imprinted polymer membranes. Molecularly imprinted polymer membranes with the catalytic activity were obtained by co-polymerization of the complex Cu (II)–catechol–urocanic acid ethyl ester with (tri)ethyleneglycoldimethacrylate, and oligourethaneacrylate. Addition of the elastic component oligourethaneacrylate provided formation of the highly cross-linked polymer with the catalytic activity in a form of thin, flexible, and mechanically stable membrane. High accessibility of the artificial catalytic sites for the interaction with the analyzed phenol molecules was achieved due to addition of linear polymer (polyethyleneglycol Mw 20,000) to the initial monomer mixture before the polymerization. As a result, typical semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (semi-IPNs) were formed. The cross-linked component of the semi-IPN was represented by the highly cross-linked catalytic molecularly imprinted polymer, while the linear one was represented by polyethyleneglycol Mw 20,000. Extraction of the linear polymer from the fully formed semi-IPN resulted in formation of large pores in the membranes’ structure. Concentration of phenols in the analyzed samples was detected using universal portable device oxymeter with the oxygen electrode in a close contact with the catalytic molecularly imprinted polymer membrane as a transducer. The detection limit of phenols detection using the developed sensor system based on polymers–biomimics with the optimized composition comprised 0.063 mM, while the linear range of the sensor comprised 0.063–1 mM. The working characteristics of the portable sensor devices were investigated. Storage stability of sensor systems at room temperature comprised 12 months (87%). As compared to traditional methods of phenols detection the developed sensor system is characterized by simplicity of operation, compactness, an

THE PROBLEM OF THE IMAGE OF PUBLIC SERVANTS IN RUSSIA

The formation of a favorable image is an integral part of the professional growth of public servants. Modern society imposes special demands on the image of public service employees. In this regard, their image should consist of a set of certain characteristics that emphasize the effectiveness and professionalism of their activities. To effectively create the image of public servants, it is necessary to pay attention to their personal characteristics, as well as to properly organize a PR company. A positive image is one of the main tools for the formation of communication between the state and society with the placement of significant priorities. The formation and development of a positive image is a multi-level, complex and responsible process, which requires hard work so that a public servant can inspire confidence and meet the expectations of citizens. Despite the fact that today the image is one of the most important tools of influence and management, its essence should be exclusively in the pursuit of good goals. It should be aimed at identifying and subsequently solving the main problems of citizens, as well as an active dialogue with society

TECHNOLOGIES OF IMAGE FORMATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF CIVIL SERVANTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS AND TYPES

The process of forming the image of a civil servant should be carried out in two directions: influencing the external environment – public opinion, using the media, and the internal environment – the formation of a personal image. The rationale for the need to form a stable positive image of a civil servant has been presented in the article. The most popular image formation technologies, their concepts, characteristics and goals, as well as their application methods have been considered. The use of image formation technologies has been studied on the example of Russian civil servants at the Federal and regional levels, as well as civil service and military service. The features of the direction in forming the image of each of these types have been analysed

Semantic context of professional identity crisis experience by teachers

The topicality of the problem under research is predetermined by the need of psychology and pedagogy for the study of the phenomenology of professional identity crisis, the process of its experience by school teachers as well as for the development of the system of psychological and pedagogical support of teachers' professional development in the situation of permanent changes in the education system. The objective of the study is to reveal the content of the professional identity crisis, to describe its main features and analyze the semantic context of its experience by teachers. The principal methods of study of this problem are the phenomenological method, tests to identify the semantic context of the process of the professional identity crisis experience by teachers. The results of the study broaden the understanding of the phenomenon of professional identity crisis and its experience, the content of professional crisis and the phenomenology of professional development of teachers. The materials of the article may be useful for psychologists when designing programs of psychological support of teachers´ professional development. © 2017, Slovenska Vzdelavacia Obstaravacia. All rights reserved.Russian Humanitarian Foundation: No.16-36-01031The research is performed thanks to the support of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation within the framework of scientific and research project "Psychological mechanisms of professional identity crisis experience by teachers", project No.16-36-01031