Criminal and legal protection of land resources in Ukraine and Latin America: comparative legal analysis

The purpose of the article is to conduct a comparative study of criminal law protection of land resources under the law of Ukraine and Latin America states. Based on the results of such study, positive experience will be identified, which should be taken into account in the process of further improvement of domestic criminal law, as well as negative practices aimed at avoiding its implementation in Ukraine. During the course of covering legal framework in selected countries, proving the hypotheses, substantiating conclusions a wide range of scientific methods has been used. Among them are the following: comparative law, formal logic, philosophical (dialectical) nethods, methods of systems analysis and modeling. Based on the analysis, it has been concluded that when improving the current Criminal Code of Ukraine primarily those provisions of criminal law of Latin American countries can be taken into account, according to which possession of not only a whole all but also a part of land (real estate) constitutes a crime. At the same time, it has been proved that applying approaches of some states is inexpedient, where parliamentarians: 1) refuse to use aggravating elements, when constructing the relevant corpus delicti, which does not allow to ensure the implementation of the principle of differentiation of criminal liability; 2) provide for criminal liability for land crimes of “environmental” nature in the provisions of special laws on the regulation of liability for environmental crimes

Real-time fire detection in camera stream using statistical analysis

The paper describes a new algorithm designed to be fast and efficient for detecting fire. It is based on finding and investigating suspicious regions in each frame of video stream. The investigation consists of tracking regions across frames and performing statistical analysis on their trajectory. If the trajectory has characteristic similar to fire, a test on persistence is performed. If the fire-like characteristics persists, the alarm is triggered. This criterion enables to eliminate a large proportion of false alarms. Given it’s simplicity, the algorithm can be used separately in some environments and can improve existing algorithms as well. © 2017, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0089, ERDF, European Regional Development Fund; MSMT-7778/2014, MŠMT, Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchov

Combining physiological with cognitive measures of online users to evaluate a physicians' review website

Patients' opinions is considered a new and promising way for evaluating the performance of medical practitioners. This paper presents a design science approach to the evaluation of a doctors' review website. Due to the importance of the decisions that patients might make using such websites, usability is considered as one of the critical parameter to their success. This paper reports on results from an experimental evaluation of a doctors' review website, using a combination of evaluation methods such as: Eye tracking, think aloud and surveys. Results from the evaluation process highlighted a number of issues related to the information architecture which have been address during the redesign of the website

Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Differentiated Approach to the Use in Cardiological Practice: Literature Review

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (novel oral anticoagulants, NOACs) are important pharmaceuticals for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients. Vitamin K antagonist warfarin usage is limited due to its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters. In modern conditions, NOACs are widely used. This literature review includes the most interesting clinical studies where anticoagulants were used. Main pharmacological properties of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants have been investigated in these clinical studies. The aim. To answer the question about which anticoagulant is preferable for use in particular clinical situation. Results. In order to prevent venous thrombosis, conservative and surgical treatment is used. It is the use of anticoagulants during conservative therapy that allows to extend the life expectancy of patients at high risk of thrombosis. Unlike warfarin, the use of NOACs helps to avoid high risk of bleeding. Drugs of this group have short half-life, standard dosage, and predicted pharmacological effect. Conclusions. New data about comparative efficacy and safety of treatment with NOACs (dabigatran, rivaroxaban, edoxaban, apixaban) in order to prevent thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation are presented. The peculiarities of anticoagulant therapy in elderly patients, patients with coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, patients in pre- and postoperative periods are discussed. Prolonged study of drugs of this group will enable doctors to use them without endangering the patients’ lives. NOACs, despite obtained data about their effectiveness and safety, in our opinion, deserve attention and require further study

Treatment of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome to pregnant woman: A case report

The research aimed to study and analyze the life-threatening complication of antiphospholipid syndrome by acute thrombotic microangiopathy, which can lead to multiorgan damage. The progression of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome during pregnancy creates a lot of problems in diagnostic due to its extended clinical manifestations and coincidence with additional obstetric intricacies and microangiopathic diseases. Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment (anticoagulants, glucocorticoids, and plasma metabolism (or intravenous immunoglobulins) remain key factors for favorable.  In cases of refractory CAPS, cyclophosphamide or monoclonal antibodies (rituximab, eculizumab) should be considered

DENITRATION OF WASTEWATER GENERATED BY NITROSATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Subject of the article was to study the method aimed at denitration of liquid wastes that appear during the nitrosation of organic compounds. Liquid waste represents an aqueous solution of sodium sulfate with sodium nitrate and nitrite as admixtures. The method involves addition of sulfuric acid to the wastes followed by drying and thermal treatment of a salt mixture at temperature above 150 °C. Experimental study revealed that sodium nitrite fully decomposes in the solution during the drying resulting in formation of sodium sulfate, nitrogen oxide, and nitrogen dioxide. Solid-phase interaction of sodium hydrogen sulfate and sodium nitrate was investigated by combined DSC-TG technique in the temperature range 100 - 270 °C. The mixture of salts was obtained by drying the aqueous solution. It was shown that the reaction rate is defined by the removal rate of vapors formed nitric acid