Development of Small and Medium-Sized Regional Enterprises: Creation of Priority Areas (the Case of Sverdlovsk Region)

This article presents the results of the research which deals with the current level of development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Sverdlovsk region. The study analyses the statistics of entrepreneurship development as well as Russian and international experience in this sphere. It also includes a sociological survey of entrepreneurs’ satisfaction with the business climate in the region. The research was aimed at elaborating guidelines for the long-term development of a regional entrepreneurship support system. This system seeks to facilitate the implementation of the ‘Strategy for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Sverdlovsk Region before 2030’. As a result, an amalgam of strategic responses for the development of SMEs is presented. The completed response comprises measures intended to address the problems entrepreneurs face by developing SME support tools; to solve the endemic problems of the sector by improving the system of regional SME support; and to promote the realization of concrete priority areas for entrepreneurship development.The research work was carried out in collaboration with the Ural Federal University n.a. the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin and OOO “Analytical Centre Expert-Ural’” at the request of Sverdlovsk Regional Entrepreneurship Support Fund. The research was conducted in the period of September-November 2014. The state programme of Sverdlovsk region ‘Development of Industry and Science in Sverdlovsk Region Before 2020’ (approved by the Order of Sverdlovsk government of 24 October 2013 № 1293-ПП)

Development of regional strategies in Russia: the case of Sverdlovsk region

The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Economy of Sverdlovsk region and was realized by the analytical centre 'Expert' and the Graduate School of Economics and Management of the Ural Federal University.The article discusses the recent renewal of the 'Strategy for Socio-Economic Development of Sverdlovsk Region until 2030' and its 'Action Plan'. Both of these documents were brought into compliance with the Federal Law № 172-ФЗ 'On Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation'. 1 In the region’s strategic planning it was the first time that the communicative approach was applied. Drafting the strategic documents necessitated setting priorities in the long-term development of the region. The article describes the methodology for designing the region's strategic documentation and the drafting process and provides schemes of strategic planning realized in Sverdlovsk region. The article outlines the key provisions of the 'Strategy of Socio-Economic Development of Sverdlovsk Region for the Period Between 2016 and 2030' and the 'Action Plan for Implementation of the Strategy'. Drawing from the experience of Sverdlovsk region, recommendations are given on optimization of strategic planning on regional and municipal levels

Commodity and Financial Networks in Regional Economics

The article discusses the relationship between commodity-production and financial network structures in the regional economy as dual conjugate systems. Material flows (raw materials, goods and so on) circulate in the commodity network as shown by Leontiev’s input-output balance model. Nonmaterial flows of property rights, money, and so on circulate in the financial network and reflect the movement of material objects in commodity networks. A network structure comprises closed and open circuits, which have fundamentally different characteristics: locally closed circuits meet local demand by supplying locally produced goods, thus ensuring self-reproduction of the local economy; open (or transit) circuits provide export-import flows. The article describes the mechanism of ‘internal’ money generation in closed circuits of commodity-production networks. The results of the theoretical study are illustrated by the calculations of closed and open circuit flows in the municipal economy model. Mutual settlements between the population and manufacturing enterprises are given in matrix form. It was found that the volume of the turnover in closed circuits of the municipal economic network model is about 28.5 % of the total turnover and can be provided by ‘internal’ non-inflationary money. The remaining 71.5 % of the total turnover correspond to the flows in the network’s open circuits providing export and import. The conclusion is made that in the innovation-driven economy, main attention should be given to the projects oriented towards domestic consumption rather than export supplies. The economy is based on internal production cycles in closed circuits. Thus, it is necessary to find the chains in the inter-industrial and inter-production relations which could become the basis of the production cycle. Money investments will complete such commodity chains and ‘launch’ the production cycle.The work has been prepared with the supprot of the Ural Federal University within the UrFU Program for the winners of the competition “Young Scientists of UrFU” No. 2.1.1.1-14/43

Implementation of the Smart City Technology for Environmental Protection Management of Cities: The Experience of Russia and Kazakhstan

Approaches to the organization of management of environmental protection within the framework of introduction of Smart City technologies are reviewed in this article. For this purpose, a retrospective analysis of transformation of the Smart City notion has been carried out and basic characteristics of a modern smart city interpretation have been distinguished: the use of information technology in all functional areas of the city ecosystem, active involvement of residents in the processes of city management through organization of a system of user services, commitment to sustainable development of a city to the benefit of future generations. In the research process the key factors of the environment pollution in cities were reviewed having identified systemic challenges in the environmental field, which can be solved by introduction of the Smart City technology. For each environmental factor promising technologies of the Smart City system and effects that may be reached by means of their introduction are provided. Analysis of the existing technological solutions of the Smart City made it possible to identify the complex nature of environmental problems of cities, the solution of which requires introduction of smart technologies in all the spheres of functioning of the city. In the practical part of the article smart city's technology development and implementation experience is presented, aimed at environmental protection in the cities of Russia and Kazakhstan. The empirical basis of the analysis is constituted by the results of the studies carried out within the framework of the research work "Enhancement of the State Regulation Policy of Accelerated Clustering of the Industrial Regions" implemented on the grounds of the grant funding of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. © 2019 Irina Turgel et al., published by Sciendo 2019

Analysis of population concentration and economic activity in the largest regional capitals of Russia

This article investigates the changing concentrations of population and economic activity in the largest regional capitals during the socio-economic transformations at the turn of the millennium. The study focuses on million-plus administrative centers of Russian regions (federal subjects). In post-socialist and developing countries, population and economic activities tend to be increasingly concentrated in the regional capitals, which now occupy the leading positions among other second-tier cities in the national settlement system. The authors explore the reasons behind this trend and propose a methodological approach to assess the population concentration and economic activity in the largest regional capitals and compare these figures with those of the national capitals. In the empirical part of the study, the cities’ performance is assessed by applying a set of indicators, such as population size, production output, retail turnover, investment, and construction output, and compared with corresponding figures from Moscow and St. Petersburg. As a result, large regional capitals are classified according to their role in the country’s socio-economic performance and according to the disparities between these cities and Moscow and St. Petersburg. It was found that none of the largest regional capitals are able to compete with the country’s current and former capitals. Moreover, this gap has been widening over the last decade as the role of regional capitals in national economic development has been steadily declining. However, there are some positive dynamics, as some regional capitals have been outperforming the national average in certain spheres of socio-economic development. © 2019, Geographical Institute "Jovan Cviji" of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. All rights reserved

MODERN HEATING SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY PASSIVE HOUSES

Изложены общие рекомендации по проектированию и конструированию современных энергетически пассивных домов. Рассмотрены преимущества и недостатки типовых для рассмотренных зданий систем отопления, воздушного и водяного с использованием в качестве отопительных приборов систем «тёплый пол» и «тёплый плинтус». Приведены схемы данных систем.The paper provides general recommendations on the design and construction of modern energy-passive houses. The advantages and disadvantages of the heating systems typical for the buildings under consideration are considered, air and water using “warm floor” and “warm plinth” systems as heating devices. The schemes of these systems are given

Balnase, a New Dimer-Forming Ribonuclease from Bacillus altitudinis

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Current cancer treatments still remain ineffective and cause side effects which ruinously affect healthy cells. Among new promising anticancer drugs, special attention is paid to the ribonucleases (RNases) which possess selective cytotoxicity against malignant cells. It is found that besides enzymatic activity conformational state of RNase molecules plays a role in the anticancer activity. Balnase, a new RNase from Bacillus altitudinis, is a close homolog of Bacillus pumilus RNase (binase) which selectively kills malignant cells expressing oncogenes KIT, ras, AML1/ETO, and FLT3. Earlier, homogeneous sample of balnase was obtained. Here, we have characterized structural organization of balnase. It was shown that it is a natural dimer. The enzyme has the same conformational state as binase but balnase dimers are less stable

Balnase, a New Dimer-Forming Ribonuclease from Bacillus altitudinis

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Current cancer treatments still remain ineffective and cause side effects which ruinously affect healthy cells. Among new promising anticancer drugs, special attention is paid to the ribonucleases (RNases) which possess selective cytotoxicity against malignant cells. It is found that besides enzymatic activity conformational state of RNase molecules plays a role in the anticancer activity. Balnase, a new RNase from Bacillus altitudinis, is a close homolog of Bacillus pumilus RNase (binase) which selectively kills malignant cells expressing oncogenes KIT, ras, AML1/ETO, and FLT3. Earlier, homogeneous sample of balnase was obtained. Here, we have characterized structural organization of balnase. It was shown that it is a natural dimer. The enzyme has the same conformational state as binase but balnase dimers are less stable

FATORES DE FORMAÇÃO DE COMPORTAMENTO DESVIANTE ENTRE OS ALUNOS: COMPORTAMENTO AGRESSIVO E RISCOS NA INTERNET

A importância do problema apresentado no artigo é determinada pelo fato de que a manifestação de agressão entre crianças e adolescentes em instituições de ensino da sociedade contemporânea representa um novo desafio para a escola russa, o sistema de aplicação da lei e o sistema de apoio social no país. Federação Russa. O artigo contém os resultados da análise do comportamento agressivo entre menores como fator na formação de comportamentos desviantes de crianças e adolescentes. O autor fundamentou a necessidade de incluir os seguintes componentes no sistema de prevenção do impacto negativo da atividade da Internet na socialização de crianças em idade escolar: o desenvolvimento de uma cultura da informação, o desenvolvimento de qualidades pessoais que contribuam para o enfrentamento de riscos.The importance of the problem presented in the paper is determined by the fact that the manifestation of aggression among children and teenagers in educational institutions in contemporary society represents a new challenge for the Russian school, the law enforcement system and the system of social support in the Russian Federation. The paper contains the results of the analysis of aggressive behavior among minors as a factor in the formation of deviant behavior of children and teenagers. The author has substantiated the necessity to include the following components in the system of prevention of the negative impact of Internet activity on socialization of schoolchildren: the development of an information culture, the development of personal qualities that contribute to confronting risks.La importancia del problema presentado en el documento está determinada por el hecho de que la manifestación de agresión entre niños y adolescentes en las instituciones educativas de la sociedad contemporánea representa un nuevo desafío para la escuela rusa, el sistema de aplicación de la ley y el sistema de apoyo social en el país. Federación Rusa. El documento contiene los resultados del análisis del comportamiento agresivo entre menores como un factor en la formación del comportamiento desviado de niños y adolescentes. El autor ha corroborado la necesidad de incluir los siguientes componentes en el sistema de prevención del impacto negativo de la actividad de Internet en la socialización de los escolares: el desarrollo de una cultura de la información, el desarrollo de cualidades personales que contribuyen a enfrentar los riesgos

Ethno-Specific Codes: Metaphor and Everyday Symbolization of Objectified Space in Anna Nerkagy’s Story “The White Moss”

The features of decoding ethnospecific codes of metaphorization in the literature of the peoples of the North are considered on the material of A. Nerkagy’s story “The White Moss”. This article is intended to reveal certain “algorithms of speech behavior” embedded in the language, the principles of mythologization and metaphorical objectification of the real world, to reveal more deeply the structure of understanding a literary text. The relevance of the study is due to the need to search for new tools to identify ethnospecific cultural models that determine the vision of the world of representatives of a particular national community, structuring the field of expressiveness of a literary text. Attention is paid to the formation mechanisms of figurative meanings, when the dynamics of the narrative, which is not bright at first glance, is compensated by a careful detailing of the description of a northerner life, which is achieved through the actualization of the sacred elements of the symbolic picture of the world. So, for A. Nerkagy’s creativity, mythological codes of imagery become ethnospecific: bird, wolf, stone, fire, time, water, man. The personification of objects of nature and the perception of the world through the prism of one’s own body are traced. Each of the listed semantic elements is an element of metaphor, metonymy. The symbolic image is indivisible; it is based not just on an associative component, but on a ritual, a myth