Neo-industrial base for sustainable development of raw-materials cluster

Today the issues of overcoming the environmental consequences of the negative structural shift of the Russian economy, accelerating the rate of economic growth, reducing the technological and social-and-economic separation from developed countries are becoming strategically in demand for extractive clusters. The need for methodological and theoretical support of the neo-industrialization of the Russian economy raises the urgency of analyzing ways to solve environmental problems, relying on reducing the share of raw materials production in the gross regional product. The emergence of an innovative paradigm raises environmental requirements for industry, raises the priority of interaction institutions between the state, science and business in the process of reducing environmental damage. The leading role is played by the analysis of innovative nature protection activities in extractive clusters and structuring the competitive advantages of the economy, not related to the export of raw materials

It Environment Model Of The Senior Citizens’ Network Wellbeing

Scientific and technological progress as well as information revolution has a significant impact on all aspects of modern society modernization. The social consequences of information and technological development represent a complex set of shifts including changes in the society structure, major changes in the age structure of wellbeing, in the professional and general educational level, and in the public consciousness of the senior citizens. During last decades there has been an increase in the impact of technological modernization on the social processes, the development of which is constantly improving. This is natural because nowadays the society has changed significantly: the role of science in social life is changing; forms and methods which help to change interrelations between different generations are being formed. Rapid revolutionary shifts in the information environment of social life made it possible to lay the ground for a special form of social wellbeing - network. This form of wellbeing is most relevant for the senior citizens for whom the problem of breaking up of many habitual social ties, the loss of sources for positive emotions, health deterioration becomes urgent with age. Therefore, the integration of elderly people into the information environment of network wellbeing is necessary. This, in turn, requires the formation of IT environment model of the senior citizens' network wellbeing

It Environment Model Of The Senior Citizens’ Network Wellbeing

Scientific and technological progress as well as information revolution has a significant impact on all aspects of modern society modernization. The social consequences of information and technological development represent a complex set of shifts including changes in the society structure, major changes in the age structure of wellbeing, in the professional and general educational level, and in the public consciousness of the senior citizens. During last decades there has been an increase in the impact of technological modernization on the social processes, the development of which is constantly improving. This is natural because nowadays the society has changed significantly: the role of science in social life is changing; forms and methods which help to change interrelations between different generations are being formed. Rapid revolutionary shifts in the information environment of social life made it possible to lay the ground for a special form of social wellbeing - network. This form of wellbeing is most relevant for the senior citizens for whom the problem of breaking up of many habitual social ties, the loss of sources for positive emotions, health deterioration becomes urgent with age. Therefore, the integration of elderly people into the information environment of network wellbeing is necessary. This, in turn, requires the formation of IT environment model of the senior citizens' network wellbeing

Solid state synthesis of carbon-encapsulated iron carbide nanoparticles and their interaction with living cells †

Superparamagnetic carbon-encapsulated iron carbide nanoparticles (NPs), Fe 7 C 3 @C, with unique properties, were produced from pure ferrocene by high pressure-high temperature synthesis. These NPs combine the merits of nanodiamonds and SPIONs but lack their shortcomings which limit their use for biomedical applications. Investigation of these NPs by X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy techniques, X-ray spectroscopic and magnetic measurement methods has demonstrated that this method of synthesis yields NPs with perfectly controllable physical properties. Using magnetic and subsequent fractional separation of magnetic NPs from residual carbon, the aqueous suspensions of Fe 7 C 3 @C NPs with an average particle size of $25 nm were prepared. The suspensions were used for in vitro studies of the interaction of Fe 7 C 3 @C NPs with cultured mammalian cells. The dynamics of interaction of the living cells with Fe 7 C 3 @C was studied by optical microscopy using time-lapse video recording and also by transmission electron microscopy. Using novel highly sensitive cytotoxicity tests based on the cell proliferation assay and long-term live cell observations it was shown that the internalization of Fe 7 C 3 @C NPs has no cytotoxic effect on cultured cells and does not interfere with the process of their mitotic division, a fundamental property that ensures the existence of living organisms. The influence of NPs on the proliferative activity of cultured cells was not detected as well. These results indicate that the carbon capsules of Fe 7 C 3 @C NPs are air-tight which could offer great opportunities for future use of these superparamagnetic NPs in biology and medicine

Ecological Consciousness in a Shift of Scientific Paradigms

The analysis of the relationship between environmental conscious and scientific paradigms in different Western civilization development periods is presented in the article. The peculiarities of the influence of classical, non-classical and post-non-classical science on the types of environmental conscious characteristic of modern and postmodern societies are studied. The provision on the existence of the connection between the logical and philosophical attitudes of the New European (classical) science and the formation of the principles of anthropocentric environmental conscious that have ensured the formation of the anthropogenic civilization is proved. It is determined that within the framework of the non-classical paradigm the theoretical and philosophical foundations of the eco-centric model of environmental conscious begin to take shape. In the post-non-classical era the model of eco-centrism and worldview orientations directed to the development of the strategy for the safe interaction of nature and man is being formed on the basis of the theories of postmodernism and under the influence of modern cognitive practices. The influence of ontological and epistemological attitudes dominating within the framework of scientific paradigms on the formation of principles of nature management in anthropocentric and eco-centric systems of ecological conscious is traced

Ecological Convergence in the System of Sustainable Development of the Russian Economy

Currently, studies of the problems of convergence of leading countries in terms of the lean use of natural resources, the reduction of harmful emissions and the transition to using new types of energy carriers are highly relevant, with regard to sustainable development mainstream. At the same time, the majority of authors consider convergent processes from an economic or socio-political point of view. In this regard, the article examines the issues of ecological convergence, as a special structural shift in the economy, leading to radical positive changes in the environmental management system and a decrease in anthropogenic impact on the environment

Convergence as a Structural Goal of Sustainable Economic Development: the Overview of Approaches

The processes of a green economy development, changes in approaches to the production and use of energy, the emergence of new sources of investment in the technological transition - all this is a consequence and, at the same time, the cause of structural shifts in the economies of advanced countries. In this light, the technological backwardness of the Russian economy, caused by a negative structural shift during the period of market reforms, impedes the transition to a green economy, rationalization of the use of natural resources and reduction of environmental pollution. Therefore, the development of theoretical provisions for the convergence of environmental and economic policies, the development of appropriate incentives for business are considered as an important step in the transition to sustainable development. For this purpose, the authors examine the original approaches to various paths of transition to sustainable development caused by structural shifts of a convergent nature in the economy

Technological convergence and innovative development of natural resource economy

An integral component of the innovative development of natural resource economy is the integration of technological solutions and investments in industrial production, the expansion of national manufacturing complex in the world market with the following change in the export structure. Implementation delay of convergent technologies may lead to the loss of Russian technological identity, strengthening raw vector of long-term social and economic development. In this regard, the relevance of the study of problems and obstacles to the implementation of convergent technologies in the economy of countries which specialize in production and export of mineral resources is increasing. To start the innovative development in Russian economy it is important to restore the dominance of modern industrial complex in it. This will lead to the decrease of pre-industrial economy and will contribute to the formation of post-industrial technological layer. Therefore, convergent and technological transformation of natural resource economy is imposed with the strategic task of improving profitability, investment attractiveness and international competitiveness of industrial production

Technological convergence and innovative development of natural resource economy

An integral component of the innovative development of natural resource economy is the integration of technological solutions and investments in industrial production, the expansion of national manufacturing complex in the world market with the following change in the export structure. Implementation delay of convergent technologies may lead to the loss of Russian technological identity, strengthening raw vector of long-term social and economic development. In this regard, the relevance of the study of problems and obstacles to the implementation of convergent technologies in the economy of countries which specialize in production and export of mineral resources is increasing. To start the innovative development in Russian economy it is important to restore the dominance of modern industrial complex in it. This will lead to the decrease of pre-industrial economy and will contribute to the formation of post-industrial technological layer. Therefore, convergent and technological transformation of natural resource economy is imposed with the strategic task of improving profitability, investment attractiveness and international competitiveness of industrial production

State Policy of Environmental Convergence in Economy Transition to Sustainable Development

Structural shifts caused by the expansion of "green" convergent technologies significantly enhance the ecological convergence of the economies in the countries in which they determine the exit to the trajectory of sustainable development. At the same time, in an economy where the commercialization and diffusion of green technologies is constrained by structural problems, the prerequisites for environmental divergence are formed, which can finally consolidate technological lag and a long-term trend of environmental degradation. The transition from environmental divergence to convergence should be carried out in a system of convergentoriented structural policy. It presents a three-level complex: targeted changes in the reproductive structure, the proportion of production factors (the first level); impact on the sectoral, technological, market-competitive, social structures of the economy (the second level), development of research, production and financial infrastructure for the commercialization and transfer of "green" technologies (the third level)