Evaluating the efficiency of the research sector in Russian regions: a dynamic data envelopment analysis
... publication and patent metrics serve as output indicators. The analysis covers a substantial time period, spanning from 2009 to 2020. Notably, the proposed evaluation method incorporates publication quality measures as a carry-over variable, in addition to accumulated R&D expenditure. The study employs dynamic data envelopment analysis to compare the obtained results with previous evaluations of the research and technology sector in Russian regions. The findings demonstrate that the proposed method serves ...
Metal accumulation in urban ecosystem plants
The paper presents the results of a study of metal accumulation (Cu, Zn, Mn, Sr, Ni, Ca, Fe, Br, Rb) in the leaves of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants (a total of 22 species) in the urban environment of Kaliningrad. The study area includes major geochemical landscapes – residential, industrial, ...
The human impact on the chemical composition of plants in large industrial centres: The case of the city of Gomel
This article considers the features of heavy metal accumulation in individual plants of the true grasses and spurge families in two industrial areas in the city of Gomel and outside the city. The author analyses the heavy metal accumulation in the aquatic vegetation in the city’s waterways. It is shown ...
The accumulation of heavy metals by wild mushrooms in the Kaliningrad region
This article considers the heavy metal accumulation capacity of wild mushroomson on the basis of calculating the concentration and biological uptake coefficients. An analysis of these data shows that some mushroom species have a high selective capacity for cadmium (B. edulis) and zinc accumulation ...
The biogeochemical activity of exotic gymnosperm species in industrial urbanised ecosystems
... data on the biogeochemical activity of Thuja occidentalis, Juníperus sabína, and Picea pungens in the conditions of polymetallic contamination of air and soils in the area affected by iron and steel plants. It is shown that most Gym-nospermae species accumulate such macroelements as K, Ca, and Cl. Thuja occidentalis accumulates V, Cr, Fe, Ni, and As in the area affected by iron and steel plants and is sensitive to emissions. The Ni concentration in the or-gans of Thuja is reduced in the conditions ...
New data on heavy metal bioconcentration on the territory of the Baltic region
This article focuses on the features of heavy metal (HM) accumulation in carpet-floor species of mosses in the Kaliningrad region. A cross-spectrum analysis helped identify the patterns of HM accumulation depending on the amount of atmospheric precipitation. The authors calculated the indexes of HM concentration,...
СA comparative analysis of bioflavonoid accumulation by Trifolium pratense in the Kaliningrad region
This article examines the influence of environmental factors on the polyphenol accumulation of the red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) in the coastal and continental areas of the Kaliningrad region. The influence of temperature, light, and mineral nutrition factors on the accumulation activity of anthocyanins, leucoanthocyanidins,...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... in the restructuring of a regional economy and its adaptation to rapidly changing circumstances [3]. During times of crisis, regions that embrace innovative advancements tend to be more successful in navigating the aftermath of shocks. They leverage accumulated internal resources and experience to devise ingenious solutions to external challenges [4] [5]. Assessing the consequences of the 2008—2009 global economic crisis, reports from the governments of certain developed countries underscore the ...
Accumulation of trace elements in the leaves of Quercus robur L. and Quercus rubra L. in urban environment
Koroleva Yu.V., Petrova N.G., Mandrik V.A., Ananyan A.S.
trace elements, phytoindication, urban environment, metals accumulation, green planting
70-80
Innovative development of Russian coastal regions: north–south divergence
... clustering, innovation and digitalisation, and quality and standards of living. All these components are vital for regional innovative development. A statistical assessment is supplemented by a qualitative analysis of spatial patterns of innovation capital accumulation; the agglomeration factor is taken into account. It is shown that northern and southern coastal regions perform very differently on innovative development, the latter doing better than the former. Three main models of innovation generation,...
The features of heavy metal accumulation in forest mushrooms in the Kaliningrad region
This articles examines the ability of wild mushrooms to accumulate heavy metals. The concentration of Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb in the fruit-ing bodies of forest mushrooms was determined using AAS techniques. It is established that certain mushroom species accumulate cadmium and silver, whereas the ...
A study into the dynamics of the Baltic Sea coastal zone using satellite images
The changes in the total area of the coastal zone were estimated on four test sites in 1979-2010. The author emphasizes the domination of abrasive processes over accumulative ones. The total area of losses ranges from 4 to 50 ha per year against the background of a 2 – 21 ha annual accumulation.
1. Рябкова О. И. Природопользование и задачи берегозащиты на Калининградском ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... and petroleum products from Russia. Low values of the correlation coefficient itself, that is, the relationship between economic dynamics and exposure to the risks of trade sanctions, may be explained by significant reserves of enterprises that were accumulated in response to the risks of disruption of trade chains, already observed during the pandemic.
Some regions, actively involved in trade with Western countries, purchased equipment from these countries, so the share of foreign materials and ...
Study of the physical and geographical conditions of the territory of the Kemerovo region — Kuzbass for the purpose of reclamation works
... main deposits of the region are located in the mountainous areas of the Kuznetsk Alatau, Salair, and Mountain Shoria. Combustible minerals belong to a discontinuous belt in the central part of the region, where more favorable conditions for sediment accumulation are created. Kemerovo Region is characterized by diverse geomorphological conditions and a varied climate. The main factors contributing to the climate include atmospheric circulation, relief, and vegetation. The combination of these factors ...
Fluctuating asymmetry of leaves of mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia L.) as a bioindicator of aerotechnogenic pollution of the city of Orenburg
... fluctuating asymmetry of the leaf blade of the populations of mountain ash within the city of Orenburg. The study revealed that the leaf blades of mountain ash in urban conditions are affected by anthropogenic factors, experiencing air pollution and accumulating harmful substances. The fluctuating asymmetry method can be used as an indicator of plant development instability in urban ecosystems. Elevated environmental stress, based on the integral indicator of fluctuating asymmetry, was noted at all ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... Soviet-era industries. They were replaced by the involvement of the surviving economic actors in international speculative trade in the interest of major global players. Nevertheless, local businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises, accumulated unique experiences and competencies in dealing with counterparties in the global market.
Border position and border regimes as tools to adopt to a changing geopolitical environment and their role in economic restructuring (2003—2014)
A secondary ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... markets. As a result, companies from European countries have opened a large number of their own and joint ventures in Russia to produce various goods and services [4]. For example, in 2014, over 6 thousand German companies operated in Russia with an accumulated investment volume of 22.3 billion euros.<1>
During these years, Russian companies often opened their subsidiaries in European countries, trying to integrate into international value chains. For instance, the NLMK Group still owns three ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... scientific and technical collaboration with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and other countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The experience gained from discontinued cross-border cooperation, taking accumulated knowledge into account, is proposed to be utilized in shaping programs for interregional cooperation within the Union State.
To ensure the sustainable development of the three Baltic regions of Russia, with particular emphasis on the enclave ...
Education in orthodox comprehensive schools in modern Russia: the issue of choosing methodological principles of research
... scientific research. The necessity of restoring the full educational function of modern schools and the search for effective educational means in contemporary socio-cultural conditions require a reference to the history and theory of Orthodox education. The accumulated experience in Orthodox general education schools over the past decades needs to be explored, revealing its content and characteristics of the corresponding educational systems. This justifies the choice of the subject of the study — ...
Geography of the mobile internet in the border and interior regions of Russia
... data on mobile coverage by type of region.
Mobile internet coverage by type of region
Group of regions
Type of mobile internet coverage
A
B
C
D
Share of the total territory, %
The first classification approach: by the period of integration potential accumulation
Old border regions
having a land and a maritime border
2.8
10
0.9
86.3
having a land border
1.4
12.4
1.1
85.1
having a maritime border
0.3
1.6
0.4
97.7
having a maritime border with access to the economic zone of the Russian Federation
0....
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... “areas of social and political concern such as ethnic conflicts, public health, education, cultural diversity, human security, human rights, and humanitarian relief or development aid” [6, p. 6]. Therefore, all three layers adopted by Lecours tend to accumulate and intertwine with one another.
Paradiplomacy trends mostly replicate the general tendencies of international relations. In particular, paradiplomacy reflects the globalization and regionalization processes that increase the importance of ...
The Visegrad Group and the Baltic Assembly: coalitions within the EU as seen through Russian foreign policy
... coordination of tactical and strategic anti-Russian actions a cross-cutting theme of their regular meetings. Therefore, Russia cannot have one general pattern of behaviour for developing its relations with these associations.
The Russian government notes the accumulation of various contradictions in the EU. Russia admits that some Eastern European countries may follow the example of Great Britain and raise the question of terminating their EU membership. According to some assessments, this may happen by 2028....
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... waste sorting and reduces the volume of waste sent to landfills by half;
• reducing emissions of hazardous pollutants that have the greatest negative impact on the environment and human health by half;
• elimination of the most dangerous objects of accumulated environmental damage and cleaning of most important rivers and lakes, including, first and foremost, the Volga river and the Baikal and Teletskoye lakes.<8>
Despite the fact that some of these indicators look too technocratic and quite ...
Migration distances in Russia: a demographic profile of migrants
... 198]. His conclusion has been corroborated more than once: most migrants prefer to remain near their families, friends and social contacts, being unwilling to lose the benefits of access to familiar public spaces and the social capital that they have accumulated, probably over a long period [2]. Amongst other significant factors are psychological considerations [3], attachment to the neighbourhood [4], and weaker awareness of distant territories than neighbouring areas [5], [6].
Of some importance,...
Distributive interpretants in the crossword metalanguage
In this paper, we study such a specific product of enigmatic discourse as a crossword puzzle. The powerful potential of this text is manifested in its ability to accumulate and translate cultural meanings and values, which explains the recent appearance of a large number of works on the study of linguistic, cultural, structural-semantic and cognitive-discursive features of the crossword language. The study of ...
Changes in the structure and geography of tourist flows during the COVID-19 pandemic
... following the introduction of Green Passes that allowed vaccinated and recovered persons to cross borders and check into hotels without having to quarantine.
State of research
A large body of research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism has accumulated to date. In the first year of the pandemic, studies focused mainly on the losses incurred by the global tourism industry amid border crossing restrictions and lockdowns [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]; in the second and third years, publications ...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... Finally, conclusions and some recommendations are given.
Literature review
The spread of new technologies, including digital ones, between countries and regions, generally follows the classical laws of innovation diffusion [15], [16], [17]. The world has accumulated a lot of experience in such studies (see a detailed review in [18]).
Society can be divided into several groups, depending on the speed of accepting a new technology (according to Rogers [15]): innovators, early followers, early majority, ...
Modern features of the development of a comfortable urban space in small towns of the Kaliningrad region
... a local budget deficit. To date, improving the quality of urban spaces has been possible due to participation in the all-Russian competition for the best projects for creating a comfortable urban environment, which has been held since 2018. Having accumulated competencies in working on competitive project applications, and participating in numerous cross-border cooperation programs, Kaliningrad group actively and very effectively join in this competition, which has already changed the quality ...
Phraseological units as a means of information compression in the American election discourse
... visible manifestations of language manipulation. Although phraseology has always been regarded as a powerful source of influencing people’s minds, relatively little is known about the way one perceives and interprets a phraseological unit which has accumulated a great deal of knowledge and experience of many generations since it was first implemented. This paper attempts to classify the types of this information compression bringing the American election discourse to the center of attention. Firstly,...
Peculiarities of obtaining fodder amino acids when culturing Corynebacterium on soybean melasse
... cultivating on soy molasses, the strains C. glutamicum B-1002 and C. glutamicum B-1722 have the greatest ability to assimilate the components of the medium. The addition of such growth components as nicotinic acid and NaCl had no significant effect on the accumulation of C. glutamicum B-1002 and C. glutamicum B-1722 biomass. It has been proven that the best medium for cultivation of C. glutamicum is molasse that has gone through the entire technological process and contains the maximum amount of components ...
Cultural code of the city
... Novgorodians: on the structure of territorial identity. Vestnik Novgorodskogo filiala RANKhiGS [Bulletin of the Novgorod branch of RANEPA], 1 (7), pp. 259—265 (in Russ.).
Fedotova, N. G., 2018. Symbolic Capital of the Place: Notion, Peculiarities of Accumulation, Research Methods. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Kul'turologiya i iskusstvovedenie [Tomsk State University Journal of Cultural Studies and Art History], 29, pp. 141—155 (in Russ.).
Fedotova, N. G., 2020. Symbolic codes ...
Geography of "digital footprints" of Kaliningrad citizens in the border regions of Poland and Lithuania: results of content analysis
Widespread introduction of digital technologies into human life has resulted in the accumulation of huge amounts of digital data that enables quantitative assessment of various social processes. This article uses data on Internet search user queries in the border region, namely the Kaliningrad region of Russia, to assess the interest ...
On physicochemical properties of microalgae of the Baltic Sea
Microalgae are common in soil, marine and freshwater ecological systems. They are able to accumulate valuable biologically active substances in the course of life. At present, microalgae have not been studied well enough. Thus, the purpose of this project was to study the physicochemical properties of microalgae of the Baltic Sea in the Kaliningrad ...
Agglomerations management practices abroad
... conditions. Spatial planning documents concerning agglomerations usually do not reflect the realities and relations within these formations, which have de facto existed for a long time. Moreover, the experience in managing such forms of settlement is accumulated abroad, where active reorganization of the management system is regularly taking place, the paradigms and principles of development of spatial planning documents of large urban agglomerations are changing, and the legislative framework is ...
The coasts we live in: can there be a single definition for a coastal zone?
Throughout the history of humankind, people have settled along seashores. The gradual accumulation of population and industrial activity in coastal areas has created preconditions for coastalisation — the movement of people and socio-economic activity to marine coasts. To date, coastal areas have a higher rate of economic development,...
Deformations of the marinve coastline of the Curonian spit (South-Eastern Baltic Sea) during autumn-winter season of 2018—2019
... middle of the surveyed section of the spit. The storm of 2019 and its aftermath are very similar to the storm in January 2012.
Bobykina V. P., Stont Z. I., Kileso A. V.
the Baltic Sea, Curonian Spit, storm, coastal dynamics, coastal dune, sandy accumulative shore
73-83
Sustainable development of the city territorial capital: adaptive policy through the geography of knowledge
When knowledge is a paramount resource, the effective management of its accumulation, use, and transfer becomes the most important function, which enables to assess and monitor the ability of territorial innovation systems to generate new scientific knowledge. While the commercialization of knowledge in the territorial ...
Suspended particulate matter within the Kaliningrad coastal zone: distribution, transport, composition
The coastal zone of the Kaliningrad region is an especially sensitive marine area which includes recreation areas, natural heritage sites, construction sites and zones of both abrasion and accumulation. Thus, it requires monitoring and control of core environmental indicators such as suspended particulate matter concentration. The research focused on the suspended matter transport from the main source area, which included both human-made ...
On the Semiotic Model of Image
..., which has a certain “primary” sign as its sign vehicle that represents the object constituted by all the facts (cases of semiosis) that are similar to that primary sign. Three key functions of the image are defined: a) the memory function (the accumulation of semiotic experience inherent in a certain discourse), b) the transfer function (transmission (synchronic and diachronic) of semiotic experience from one discourse to another), c) logonomic function (prescription and enabling of the future ...
Study of the main features of sedimentation in the Labrador Sea during the Late Quaternary
... Mid-Ocean Channel levee. Micropaleontological and grain size analyses were applied to study the main features of sedimentation process in this region during the Late Quaternary. It was shown that Late Quaternary sediments of the channel levees were accumulated during the powerful turbidity current with fluctuations signs. About 26 thousand years ago, the pelagic type of sedimentation became predominant in the studied area.
1. Баширова Л. Д., Дорохова Е. В., Сивков В....
The major stages in wild vegetation development in the Neman deltaic landscape in the Holocene
... development pattern of the Bolshoye Mokhovoye swamp (Grosses Moosbruch) which is the largest swamp in the Kaliningrad Region located in the southern part of the Neman Delta area. The authors consider peat bed structure, botanical composition of peat, peat accumulation rates in different periods of the Holocene and main stages of the swamp development. It has been determined that the swamp development process started in the middle of the Atlantic ( 7000 cal. BP). The alder swamps were the first peat ...
Fiscal policies stimulating private investment in the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad region
The authors explore incentive mechanisms of stimulating private investment as it is reflected in the law on the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Kaliningrad region. Statistics accumulated during the validity period of the law, allows the author to analyze the situation and to draw conclusions about the specificity and the main results of the SEZ mechanisms. The aim of this research is to identify patterns of investment activity ...
The mismatch characteristics of the capital equipment of a production complex
The current misalignment of the contact schedule with the actual work schedule is gradually accumulated in implementing the contact schedule of the complicated production complex. The technology of determining the characteristics of the inception and completion in the main technological operations of the electro steel melting complex is presented....
Hemozoin accumulation associated with Opisthorchis felineus infection and the analysis of its role in changing the bile ducts microbiota
... analysis. The microbiota is assessed by metagenomic analysis of bile duct samples of intact animals and animals with opisthorchiasis. Samples of mature forms of O. felineus are also included in the study. In accordance with the results obtained, hemozoin accumulates mainly in the liver during the invasion of O. felineus. The invasion of O. felineus leads to an increase in the alpha diversity of the bile duct microbiota in animals, and this effect is not associated with the presence of hemozoin in the ...
The boundaries of the territorial community
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Geopolitical and Geo-economic Changes in the Baltic Sea Region at the Turn of the XX—XXI centuries
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Inertial oscillations induced by the propagation of the Vis-tula Lagoon waters in the coastal zone of the Southeastern Baltic Sea
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Yurov V., Yurova A.
the confluence of fresh water, the Coriolis force, the intrusion of fresh water
51-65
The flow form of economic matter movement and the concept of levels
Every science uses the concepts, in which the knowledge accumulated by it is concentrated. The methodology of economic logistics is a general theoretical approach to studying material and related flows in economic systems that based on a special understanding of reality within a certain philosophical framework....
An environmental analysis of the activity of bioflavonoid accumulation in medicinal plants
This article presents experimental data on the rutin, catechin, and leucoanthocyanin content in medicinal plants (66 species from 31 families). A significant correlation between the catechine and leucoanthocyanin content in plant tissues (r = 0.89) is observed. The study identified promising plant species with a high content of bioflavonoids. These plants can be used as a basis for developing innovative functional foods that exhibit high antioxidant activity.
1. Масленников П. В., Чупахина...
Using the economics dynamics principles in modelling the process of original accumulation of household waste
This article justifies the use of economic dynamics principles in the process of modelling the existing system of household waste accumulation. The authors identify a number of factors relating to the tendency of various organisational manifestations to stable equilibrium of the process of accumulating household waste in containers. The model is based on the linear proportion of ...