Counteracting the practices of sham transactions: market manipulations and using insider trading

Objective: to consider approaches to countering the use of unfair transaction practices, in particular, market manipulations and insider trading within the functions and powers of the Bank of Russia.Methods: the work used a combination of methods of dialectical, empirical, comparative and logical research.Results: approaches to the definition of market manipulation are established, the main methods of market manipulation are considered. The activity of the Bank of Russia to identify unfair practices in the Russian financial market was studied; the amount of market manipulation cases was identified and analyzed. The approaches were shown, which exist within the framework of the financial market development strategy to counteract the use of unfair transactions practices, including the practices of market manipulation and the use of insider trading; promising areas of development in the specified areas were identified.Scientific novelty: the article consolidates the dynamics of the activities of the Bank of Russia, the probable problem areas and the potential in the field of countering the unfair transactions practices, including market manipulation and insider trading; the amount of identified cases of market manipulation is analyzed.Practical significance: the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in the further analysis of countering the use of unfair behavior practices in the financial market and in forming a glossary

SupTech and RegTech initiatives: analysis of the basic characteristics and model risks

Objective: to analyze the SupTech and RegTech initiatives of central banks in the context of their essential characteristics and model risks.Methods: the work used a combination of methods of dialectical, empirical, comparative and logical research.Results: SupTech and RegTech technologies are defined; problems in the legal field existing within the framework of their use and ways to solve them are shown; model risks are assessed, in particular, the risks of adverse consequences resulting from the use of inaccuracies, errors, false assumptions and incorrect settings in models.Scientific novelty: the article identifies the model risks and suggests ways to reduce them, in particular, the risks of adverse consequences resulting from the use of inaccuracies, errors, false assumptions and incorrect settings; the work shows the need for a regulatory legal acts system and offers options for interpreting the models results.Practical significance: the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used to develop a glossary, terms and definitions of SupTech and RegTech initiatives, the regulatory mechanisms and legal framework for their functioning, as well as to develop methods to reduce risks associated with the implementation and functioning of SupTech and RegTech initiatives

Effect of a primary aromatic amine on the chemical structure of polyethylene coatings

Changes in the chemical structure of polyethylene due to its modification with 4,4′-diamino-3,3′dichlorodiphenylmethane were studied by IR spectroscopy. © 1998 MAHK Hayka/Interperiodica Publishing

IMPROVEMENT OF WORKING CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS THROUGH THE FORMATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

Relevance of the study. The infrastructure of rural settlements has a significant impact on the quality of life of the rural population and, as a result, on the development of the infrastructure of the agro-industrial complex. Objective. The purpose of this study is to develop scientific and methodological provisions for improving the infrastructure of agricultural services. Materials and methods. The research methodology includes bibliographic analysis, as well as analysis of statistical data. To identify the most significant factors for ordinary agricultural workers, the method of expert assessments is used. Results. Studies have been conducted on the agro-industrial complex organizations of the Altai Territory. The main part of the article identifies external and internal factors that determine the quality of working conditions in agriculture. Using the method of expert assessments, the most significant factors for ordinary agricultural workers were identified. In order to introduce digitalization in the agro-industrial complex, software and hardware unmanned complexes designed to perform certain functions in crop production are considered. Digital solutions designed to perform the functions of interaction with suppliers, consumers and transportation of agricultural products are described. The issues of environmental safety of workplaces in the agro-industrial complex are considered. Conclusion. It is revealed that in order to effectively develop the infrastructure of rural settlements as a tool to improve the quality of life of the rural population, it is necessary to abandon the policy of maximum coverage in favor of a policy of concentrating efforts on a certain territory on the basis of a comprehensive plan covering all spheres of society and involving sectoral authorities in its implementation within a single project

Investigation of dynamic glass transitions and structure transformations in cryovacuum condensates of ethanol

IR spectrometric investigation of dynamic glass transition from the rotationally disordered crystal into orientationally disordered crystal of ethanol was carried out. The examples considered are thin films formed from the gas phase at a substrate temperature of T = 16 K. The measurements were performed using the experimental apparatus which has been described in detail in our recent work. The thickness of the sample was d = 2 μm, the typical rate of annealing was approximately 10 K/min. The obtained results are compared with the phase diagram of solid ethanol proposed by M.A. Ramos et al. We observe a good agreement between the temperature intervals of existence of amorphous and crystalline states. The low-temperature amorphous phase (12–70 K) is described by the present authors as amorphous solid ethanol by analogy with the amorphous solid water

The role of fluids in high-pressure polymorphism of drugs: Different behaviour of β-chlorpropamide in different inert gas and liquid media

Compression of β-chlorpropamide gives different phases depending on the choice of non-dissolving pressure-transmitting fluid (paraffin, neon and helium).</p

Boron phosphide under pressure: in situ study by Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction

Cubic boron phosphide BP has been studied in situ by X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering up to 55 GPa at 300 K in a diamond anvil cell. The bulk modulus of B0 = 174(2) GPa has been established, which is in excellent agreement with our ab initio calculations. The data on Raman shift as a function of pressure, combined with equation-of-state data, allowed us to estimate the Gr\"uneisen parameters of the TO and LO modes of zinc-blende structure, {\gamma}GTO = 1.16 and {\gamma}GLO = 1.04, just like in the case of other AIIIBV diamond-like phases, for which {\gamma}GTO > {\gamma}GLO = 1. We also established that the pressure dependence of the effective electro-optical constant {\alpha} is responsible for a strong change in relative intensities of the TO and LO modes from ITO/ILO ~0.25 at 0.1 MPa to ITO/ILO ~2.5 at 45 GPa, for which we also find excellent agreement between experiment and theory