National Debt Management and the Lengthening of Debt Maturities in the 1970s of the U.S.A. (I)

© MCSER-Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research. The current economic growth rate in the Republic of Tatarstan cannot serve as the only progress and welfare index of the region. This can be due to the fact that the continual economic growth of public welfare caused a number of adverse effects, such as environmental disorder, social strain intensification, etc. that is why it is necessary to reinforce another measure of our further well-being. This article specificates a particular criterion, forming part of the integral “life quality” rate, i.e. the expected life expectancy at birth. To complete this task a profound scientific research at a regional level is required. This article presents results of an analysis of life expectancy rate at birth as a way to evaluate life quality in the Republic of Tatarstan. The research results show that there is a territorial and gender disparity. The authors make this fact conditional on job distinctive features, unhealthy lifestyle, carelessness which leads to disregard one’s own health. So, they suggest including this rate as an indicative one while assessing the heads of the Republic of Tatarstan municipal units. This research aims to assess life quality from the perspective of life expectancy at birth. This work presents a monitoring of expected lifespan for the Republic of Tatarstan population as compared to other regions of the Volga Region Federal District. It also considers the situation within the republic at a municipal level. Practical implementation of the recommendations drawn up in the course of the research will promote development of a reasonable regional programme to maintain and improve public welfare. This research is based on traditional methods: cartographical (methodologically founded on subject and complex mapping and advances in geoinformation technologies), comparative and descriptive, spatial analysis method and the statistical one. Processing and analysis of fact sheets was carried out with the help of special geoinformation, cartographic and statistic software

Attenuated maladaptive emotion processing as a potential mediator of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and mental health

The emotion processing and regulation mechanisms by which dispositional (personality trait) mindfulness exerts its positive effects on mental health remain unclear. Here, we tested, using structural equation modeling, whether the relationship between higher dispositional mindfulness and better mental health is mediated by reduced maladaptive processing of emotional information (e.g., expressive suppression, impoverished emotional experiences, unprocessed emotions, avoidance, externalizing strategies) and associated lower negative affect, enhanced adaptive processing of emotional information (e.g., cognitive reappraisal) and associated higher positive affect, or a combination of these two emotion processing styles. Dispositional mindfulness, mental health, diverse emotional constructs with adaptive and maladaptive dimensions (including range and differentiation of emotional experiences, use of specific emotion regulation strategies, emotion processing deficits, negative affect repair strategies, negative mood regulation expectancies), and positive and negative affect were assessed using self-report measures in a non-clinical sample of 256 adults. The relationship between higher dispositional mindfulness and better mental health was found to be best explained by reduced maladaptive emotion processing styles and associated lower negative affect, rather than by enhanced adaptive emotion processing and higher positive affect. Further research should investigate whether the same mechanisms explain psychological benefits of cultivated mindfulness in people with low dispositional mindfulness and/or with mental health disorders following mindfulness skills training.Bial Foundation (92/18; awarded to VK and RP) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (3/1/3-ICMR-JRF/2011/HRD/12/81003; awarded to SPM)

КІБЕРАКМЕОЛОГІЧНІ ЗАСОБИ ЕКСПРЕС-АНАЛІЗУ І МОНІТОРИНГУ БІОЛОГІЧНИХ ОБ’ЄКТІВ НА ОСНОВІ ПРОЕКТУВАННЯ МЕДИКО-БІОЛОГІЧНИХ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНИХ СИСТЕМ

The article is devoted to the development of theory and practice of cyberacmeologic and cyberbehaviour approach to control high- rate cognitology (knowledge) Automated Work Place (AWP) on the basis of wide use of computer information technologies in the process to control decisions by the ways of synergetic, acmeologic and creative control. There wereworked out the conception, principles and requirements for construction (building) AWP in order to project on the bas's of corresponding technology. It was defined t h e classification of AWP.Статья посвящена рассмотрению вопросов теории и практики киберакмеологичного и кибербихевиористичного подхода к управлению высокопроизводительными когнитологическими автоматизированными рабочими местами (АРМ), который основан на широком использовании компьютерных информационных технологий в процессе принятия управленческих решений на принципах синергетического, акмеологического и креативного управления. Разработана концепция, принципы и требования к построению АРМ с целью их проектирования на основе соответствующей технологии. Разработана классификация АРМ.Розглянуто питання теорії і практики кіберакмеологічного та кібербіхевіористичного підходів до управління високопродуктивними когнітологічними автоматизованими робочими місцями (АРМ), що полягає у широкому використанні комп’ютерних інформаційних технологій в процесі прийняття управлінських рішень на принципах синергетичного, акмеологічного й креативного управління. Розроблена концепція, принципи та вимоги до побудови АРМ з метою їх проектування на основі відповідної технології. Визначена класифікація АРМ

Evaluation of the elastic properties and topography of leukocytes’ surface in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using atomic force microscope

The aim of study was to examine some morphometrical parameters (height, diameter) of the leukocytes (white blood cells - WBCs), their specific surface morphology (globular prominences and depression in WBCs) as well as their local elastic properties (Young’s modulus) in healthy persons and in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by means of the atomic force microscopy (AFM). Morphological and morphometrical parameters of human leukocytes were evaluated by AFM in tapped mod

Influence of ripening in mother solution on characteristics of magnesium-substituted calcium phosphate powders

Effect of ripening in the mother liquor on the degree of crystallinity and dispersity of mixed powders of calcium and magnesium phosphates is studied as a function of magnesium content with the elemental composition such that (Ca + Mg)/P = 2. Ripening is found to have a positive effect on crystallinity of the apatite phase of powders. Nanocrystals with lowered tendency to aggregation are formed during the ripening period, which affords the powders with specific surface area as high as 80 m2/g. The morphology of the constituent particles depends on the magnesium content. Crystallization processes are essentially completed by the 21st day of ripenin

Literature review of minimum wages

This document summarizes findings about minimum wages from many aspects in economics literature and may provide a starting point for researchers who are interested in further studying minimum wage in China

The paternalism as the ideology of the interaction of a physician and a patient in the system of the rural health care

В работе рассмотрены особенности взаимодействия врачей и пациентов в системе сельского здравоохранения. Опираясь на результаты опроса пациентов и медицинского персонала в статье указывается, что взаимодействие строится на идеологических основах патернализма, который воспроизводится медицинским персоналом, а пациенты стремятся к коллегиальной модели взаимодействия.The paper discusses the features of the interaction of a physician and patient in the system of the rural public health. Based on the results of the research of patients and the medical staff in the article indicates that the interaction is founded on the paternalistic ideology that is reproduced by the medical personnel but patients tend to the Collegial model of the interaction

Scientific approach to the study of the digitalization impact on the regional economy

The authors of the article test the hypothesis about the impact of digitalisation processes on the level of territories’ economic development. This hypothesis is based on the fact that in the Russian Federation digital transformation is considered as a conceptual model for improving the activities of intraregional economic units and the development of modern society, as well as a factor of economic and social breakthrough. The purpose of the study is to develop scientific and methodological support for the territories’ transformations management based on digital transformation. Systematization and generalization of methodological approaches to the assessment of digital transformation in the region have been carried out. For this purpose, a scientific approach to the design of indicators system characterizing the processes of digitalisation is proposed. To test the approach, a correlation analysis of the current state of digital development impact on the territories’ economic results was carried out. The analysis of the statistical dependence between the development and welfare level of Russian regions and the parameters of their digitalization showed a low (moderate) relationship. This means that with the current volume of funding for digital transformation and the use of information technologies, devices and special software, it is impossible to ensure the breakthrough development of regional economic systems and their production complexes