Measuring Individual Material Well-Being Using Multidimensional Indices: An Application Using the Gender and Generation Survey for Russia

This paper suggests a new and comprehensive approach to the assessment of the material well-being at the individual level by constructing a multidimensional index. Using this approach, material well-being is understood as a generic notion that covers a number of different domains, whereas the concept of domain is used to distinguish between different aspects of people’s resources, including income security, basic needs, durables, housing and subjective material well-being. Each dimension is measured independently, using the best indicators available, to generate a score or domain index for each aspect of material well-being. The procedure of re-weighting the indicators within the separate domains enables us to account for the disparity in resources and consumer preferences across different population subgroups. The final domain scores, combined with explicit weighting, are then used to generate a summary material well-being index. The domain indices and the summary material well-being index are validated by exploring their relationships to key socio-economic attributes, which were previously shown to be strongly associated with individual material well-being. The results showed that the summary indices of material well-being are characterized by greater differentiation in relation to such measures, as occupational class and judgments of satisfaction with one’s life. This allows us to conclude that our summary indices capture the latent concept of material well-being better than any of our domain indices used separately. Although the index is constructed using the Russian Gender and Generation Survey data for 2007, the methodological approach that we applied can be easily replicated in other surveys which contain information on several aspects of material well-being

Problems of control of stormwater runoff pollution in Zhangjiakou City, Hebi Region

Refer to the technical means of water quality management at home and abroad; use the concept of maximum daily load (TMDL) to govern the river water environment in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province; use total phosphorus as a representative indicator of river eutrophication as a water quality evaluation factor; sort out the drainage network, Current status of discharge and non-point source pollution; use Zhangjiakou river environment model coupling calculation method; scientifically formulate total phosphorus emission control plan; simulation calculation; control the discharge flow of the discharge outlet; the total phosphorus pollution load to be discharged into the river Cut 2.33t/a; it can effectively achieve the water environment governance goal of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province

Venture capital: opportunities to use foreign investment experience in Russia

The foreign experience of venture investment in the context of the possibilities of its use in Russia is considered in the article. Separate interpretations of venture capital are shown; the role of venture capital funds in investment is indicated. The major stages of the global venture capital investment market development are briefly analysed. The major stages of the global venture capital investment market development are briefly analysed. Two organisational models of making risky investments used in world practice are allocated: limited partnership and evergreen funds. An assessment of the current state of the venture capital industry in the Russian Federation is given, key problems are identified. A number of measures to improve the state mechanism for supporting the venture capital market is proposed. Special attention is paid to legal regulation measures

Research Neural Network to Recognize Blood Cells

The work investigates a neural network classifier for the differential diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and lymphomas. Specialized software was developed for research. The accuracy characteristics of the recognition of red blood cells were obtained in studies, it allows to judge about the possibility of using neural networks for classification of blood cells. Keywords: neural network, digital image processing, blood cells detection, acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Urban air pollution in hebei, China

From the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, China has entered the process of large-scale urbanization and industrialization, accompanied by this process, environmental pollution problems also appeared, among which the air pollution problem in Hebei province is particularly serious. This paper analyzes the causes of urban air pollution in Hebei province, expounds the harm of air pollution, and Take measures to control air pollution in Hebei province based on the experience of other areas

Spousal body weight concordance and the impact of spouse overweight on death risk: data form a 27-year cohort prospective study

Aim. To study the interdependence of spousal body mass and influence of spouse overweight on the death risk according to the 27-year cohort prospective study.Material and methods. We examined a random household sample (n=1546; married couples, 427). Overweight frequency among spouses was studied on the first stage of the study (1988-1991). In 2002-2005 (stage II), the examination was repeated and overweight dynamics were studied. In 2015 (stage III), we analyze mortality rates and significance of overweight and spousal overweight for the mortality risk formation. Overweight was detected in people with body mass index ≥25 kg/m2. Two hundred deaths were recorded during 27-year follow-up. Vital status was established for 97% of observed persons.Results. Overweight was detected in 61,1% of men who lived with overweight wife and in 45% of men whose wife had normal body mass (p<0,01). Overweight was diagnosed more often in women whose husband also had overweight comparing with women who lived with normal weight husband (76,2% vs 61,7%; p<0,001). The risk of overweight formation among individuals whose spouse’s body mass increased from norm to overweight was in 3,04 times higher than in persons whose spouse had a stable normal body mass and in 2,2 times higher than in participants whose spouse had overweight on study stages I and II. Relative risk of mortality in men who lived with overweight wife was 2,07.Conclusion. 1) We found the body mass concordance in spouses. 2) The average body mass index in men and women who lived with overweight spouse is higher than in men and women whose spouse had a normal body mass. 3) Interdependence of spousal body mass was revealed in dynamics. 4) Spousal overweight is an independent predictor of premature mortality in men

Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Predictors of the Unifed State Exam Performance of Students from Schools with Regular and Advanced Mathematical Curricula

Background. Exams such as the SAT, ACT, and GCSE are used to give an account of educational outcomes and provide a unified criterion for university admission. The Unified State Exam (USE) aims to fulfill these functions in Russia. All Russian students take two compulsory USE exams, mathematics and Russian, at the end of their school education. Objective. Variability in the mathematics and Russian USE scores is vast, both across and within schools. Our study investigated potential sources of this variability. Design. The sample included 196 students from regular schools (non-selected students) and 306 students from schools with advanced mathematical curriculum (selected students). The mathematical ability (numerical representation, mathematical fluency), intelligence, basic cognitive functions (working memory, reaction time), and mathematical self-efficacy of the students were assessed. We applied structural equation modeling to estimate the proportion of variability in the mathematics and Russian USE scores explained by cognitive predictors and mathematical self-efficacy. Results. In the whole sample, cognitive predictors and mathematical self-efficacy explained 54% of the variation in the mathematics USE scores and 30% of the variation in the Russian USE scores. These effects diminished after the data were analyzed in two groups separately, suggesting that the associations between predictors and exam scores were to a large extent accounted for by group differences (students from regular and specialized schools). Conclusion. The students from the schools with an advanced mathematical curriculum exhibited better cognitive performance, appraised their mathematical abilities higher, and achieved higher mathematics and Russian USE scores, compared to the students from regular schools. Within the groups, cognitive and non-cognitive predictors explained a small part of the variation of the mathematics and Russian USE scores

Search for squarks and gluinos in events with isolated leptons, jets and missing transverse momentum at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The results of a search for supersymmetry in final states containing at least one isolated lepton (electron or muon), jets and large missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider are reported. The search is based on proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy s√=8 TeV collected in 2012, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20 fb−1. No significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed. Limits are set on supersymmetric particle masses for various supersymmetric models. Depending on the model, the search excludes gluino masses up to 1.32 TeV and squark masses up to 840 GeV. Limits are also set on the parameters of a minimal universal extra dimension model, excluding a compactification radius of 1/R c = 950 GeV for a cut-off scale times radius (ΛR c) of approximately 30

Single hadron response measurement and calorimeter jet energy scale uncertainty with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

The uncertainty on the calorimeter energy response to jets of particles is derived for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). First, the calorimeter response to single isolated charged hadrons is measured and compared to the Monte Carlo simulation using proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of sqrt(s) = 900 GeV and 7 TeV collected during 2009 and 2010. Then, using the decay of K_s and Lambda particles, the calorimeter response to specific types of particles (positively and negatively charged pions, protons, and anti-protons) is measured and compared to the Monte Carlo predictions. Finally, the jet energy scale uncertainty is determined by propagating the response uncertainty for single charged and neutral particles to jets. The response uncertainty is 2-5% for central isolated hadrons and 1-3% for the final calorimeter jet energy scale.Comment: 24 pages plus author list (36 pages total), 23 figures, 1 table, submitted to European Physical Journal