Key Factors for Tourist and Recreational Use of Quarry Ponds of Belarus and Poland

The paper discusses the potential use of quarry ponds in Belarus for tourist and recreational use. As a result of complex limnologic research the key factors for the sustainable function of recreational use of quarry ponds has been determined. These man-made quarry ponds bare a principal resemblance to the natural lakes of the region through macrophytes production, functional organization, and low trophic status. Among the ten quarry ponds that were investigated, Belarus’ water and industrial restoration of former chalk pits revealed that there are two trophic types of quarry ponds. The first type are those with macrophytes orientation, which are ecologically sustainable and would thrive under the impacts of recreational use. The second type are those where phytoplankton can be found, which are less sustainable for recreational use. By examining the morphometry of the base of quarry ponds one is able to determine the type of quarry pond. Sustainable function of artificial water systems for tourist and recreational purposes shall be secured by balancing tourist and recreational use dependent upon the type of quarry pond and level of trophic status

Methodological approaches to phytomediation of productive processes in chalk quarry reservoirs of Belarus

As concerns field work, bathymetric measurements as well as measurements of physical and chemical parameters of water were conducted, and samples were collected for laboratory tests, which included quantitative and qualitative hydrobiological analyses concerning e.g. the abundance, biomass and species composition of phytoplankton, seston and chlorophyll. Six water bodies (situated in flooded chalk pits) with different morphometric parameters (areas ranging from 2.22 to 37.67 ha, depths ranging from 5.1 to 23.0 m and near-shore shallow areas ranging from 0.39 to 2.64 ha) and with different bioproductive characteristics of water mass (eg. transparency – 1.2–6.8 m, phosphates – 0.002–0.110 mg/dm3, nitrates – 0.040–0.600 mg NO-3/dm3, biomass of phytoplankton – 0.075–1.801 mg/dm3, seston – 0.73–5.56 mg/dm3) were selected for the study of the phytomediation mechanism. The specificity of structural and functional relationships between the abiotic and biotic components of productive-macrophyte and productive-phytoplankton reservoirs is determined. It was established that macrophyte water bodies in flooded chalk pits are able to maintain their basic production and trophic characteristics in the long term under anthropogenic influence conditions. An algorithm is proposed for calculating the level (E – 89.58–115.13), productivity index (K – 11.16–54.15) and gradient (E – 2.1–9.8) of eutrophication of chalk (limestone) quarry reservoirs using the morphometric specificity indicator of the trophogenic epilimnial layer (Sτ – 0.05–0.270). The revealed dependence of the productive and functional or-ganization and trophic status of a quarry reservoir on the morphometric features of a technogenic basin is proposed to be used in the design of sustainably functioning macrophyte-type aquatic systems at the stage of mining and engineering reclamation. The possibility of creating ecologically sustainable lake-type aquatic sys-tems on the site of resource depleted chalk quarries in the process of phytomediation of productive processes is substantiated. Research on innovative methods of reclamation of flooded chalk pits is in line with several sus-tainable development goals

CMS Monte Carlo production in the WLCG computing Grid

Monte Carlo production in CMS has received a major boost in performance and scale since the past CHEP06 conference. The production system has been re-engineered in order to incorporate the experience gained in running the previous system and to integrate production with the new CMS event data model, data management system and data processing framework. The system is interfaced to the two major computing Grids used by CMS, the LHC Computing Grid (LCG) and the Open Science Grid (OSG). Operational experience and integration aspects of the new CMS Monte Carlo production system is presented together with an analysis of production statistics. The new system automatically handles job submission, resource monitoring, job queuing, job distribution according to the available resources, data merging, registration of data into the data bookkeeping, data location, data transfer and placement systems. Compared to the previous production system automation, reliability and performance have been considerably improved. A more efficient use of computing resources and a better handling of the inherent Grid unreliability have resulted in an increase of production scale by about an order of magnitude, capable of running in parallel at the order of ten thousand jobs and yielding more than two million events per day

A potential of the wellness concept on occupational stress management in contemporary SHRM

Секция «Современные тенденции развития международного туризма»This article sheds light on the problem of occupational stress at work. The latter is discussed in the context of the culturally diverse working environment, which results from distinctions in ethnic and social mind-sets of culturally different employees, who encounter daily communications and participate in knowledge transfers. The relevance of the topic is high, considering the scarcity of the relevant knowledge on the interconnection between occupational stress and coping strategies, able to mitigate the negative implications of work-related stress, such as reduced health condition and overall organisational efficiency. To research the agenda, the article draws attention to strategic management and strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) works of literature and the wellness concept as critical components of the healthy working environment. The paper starts with the outline of the current state of research in the area of work-related stress and explanations of major limitations of the existing studies. It continues with a proposition of the new model of occupational stress. It finishes with specifications of research directions, necessary for testing the model and verifying its applicability to various research settings

A potential of the wellness concept on occupational stress management in contemporary SHRM

Секция «Современные тенденции развития международного туризма»This article sheds light on the problem of occupational stress at work. The latter is discussed in the context of the culturally diverse working environment, which results from distinctions in ethnic and social mind-sets of culturally different employees, who encounter daily communications and participate in knowledge transfers. The relevance of the topic is high, considering the scarcity of the relevant knowledge on the interconnection between occupational stress and coping strategies, able to mitigate the negative implications of work-related stress, such as reduced health condition and overall organisational efficiency. To research the agenda, the article draws attention to strategic management and strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) works of literature and the wellness concept as critical components of the healthy working environment. The paper starts with the outline of the current state of research in the area of work-related stress and explanations of major limitations of the existing studies. It continues with a proposition of the new model of occupational stress. It finishes with specifications of research directions, necessary for testing the model and verifying its applicability to various research settings

Применение международных стандартов к оценке конкурентоспособности туристского продукта Республики Беларусь / С. А. Хомич, О. С. Мозговая, В. С. Смолей, А. С. Мартинович

Секция 6. Формирование конкурентоспособного туристского комплекса Республики БеларусьIn the article the basic European and international standards of an assessment of a national tourism product are considered. The key components of the competitiveness index are analysed with a view to identifying specific factors which determine the competitive advantages of the country in the tourism market. In accordance with the World Economic Forum methodology, the assessment of the quantitative and qualitative indicators forming the competitiveness of the national tourism product of the Republic of Belarus is carried out. On the basis of the calculated sub indices the tourism product competitiveness index of the Republic of Belarus is estimated. The principal competitive advantages of the national tourism product are revealed.В статье рассмотрены основные европейские и международные стандарты оценки конкурентоспособности национального туристского продукта. Проанализированы ключевые составляющие индекса конкурентоспособности с целью выявления отдельных факторов, определяющих конкурентные преимущества страны на рынке туристских услуг. В соответствии с методикой Всемирного экономического форума проведена оценка количественных и качественных показателей, формирующих конкурентоспособность национального туристского продукта для Республики Беларусь. На основании рассчитанных субиндексов определен индекс конкурентоспособности туристского продукта Республики Беларусь. Выявлены основные конкурентные преимущества национального туристского продукта

Применение международных стандартов к оценке конкурентоспособности туристского продукта Республики Беларусь / С. А. Хомич, О. С. Мозговая, В. С. Смолей, А. С. Мартинович

Секция 6. Формирование конкурентоспособного туристского комплекса Республики БеларусьIn the article the basic European and international standards of an assessment of a national tourism product are considered. The key components of the competitiveness index are analysed with a view to identifying specific factors which determine the competitive advantages of the country in the tourism market. In accordance with the World Economic Forum methodology, the assessment of the quantitative and qualitative indicators forming the competitiveness of the national tourism product of the Republic of Belarus is carried out. On the basis of the calculated sub indices the tourism product competitiveness index of the Republic of Belarus is estimated. The principal competitive advantages of the national tourism product are revealed.В статье рассмотрены основные европейские и международные стандарты оценки конкурентоспособности национального туристского продукта. Проанализированы ключевые составляющие индекса конкурентоспособности с целью выявления отдельных факторов, определяющих конкурентные преимущества страны на рынке туристских услуг. В соответствии с методикой Всемирного экономического форума проведена оценка количественных и качественных показателей, формирующих конкурентоспособность национального туристского продукта для Республики Беларусь. На основании рассчитанных субиндексов определен индекс конкурентоспособности туристского продукта Республики Беларусь. Выявлены основные конкурентные преимущества национального туристского продукта

CMS Data and Workflow Management System

CMS expects to manage many tens of peta bytes of data to be distributed over several computing centers around the world. The CMS distributed computing and analysis model is designed to serve, process and archive the large number of events that will be generated when the CMS detector starts taking data. The underlying concepts and the overall architecture of the CMS data and workflow management system will be presented. In addition the experience in using the system for MC production, initial detector commissioning activities and data analysis will be summarized