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• Demographic change in Germany and reversal of spatial ageing patterns

  The paper presents the result of a spatial analysis considering the effect of demographic ageing and ageing-in-place processes in Germany according to spatially differentiated ageing patterns among urban, sub-urban and rural counties up to 2025. As to the latest official population forecast counties of urban core regions will undergo a slower ...

• The Effect of Migration on Latvia’s Sex and Age Composition

  The theory of Demographic Transition stipulates that the number of countries with the replacement and sub-replacement level of the total fertility rate is growing. In these conditions, population dynamics and the sex and age composition are increasingly affected by migration. The above holds true for Eastern European countries. Population decline has haunted Latvia for two and a half decades. Since 1990, the net migration rate has been negative, which contributes to depopulation....

• Population aging and the problems of the sandwich generation: Socioeconomic and psychological aspects

  ... duties. One of the key problems faced by people in this situation is psychological adaptation to the changing life conditions. This article considers changes in the 50-65 year old population in Russia and identify generation gap problems faced by this age bracket. 1. Берн Э. Игры, в которые играют люди. Люди, которые играют в игры. М., 2009. 2. Гладникова Е. В. Межпоколенные трансферты: направление, участники ...

• Age-related characteristics of English, American, and Russian compliments

  In this article, I identify and analyse the linguistic features of the generation and perception of compliments by people of different age identities from English, American and Russian cultures. Language is not the same across different age groups, which necessitates a thorough examination of age-related parameters in language and the identification of semiotic markers of age identity....

• Population Ageing as a Sociodemographic Problem in the Baltic Region

  Population ageing is a major problem of European development in the 21st cen­tury. Rapid population ageing in most developed countries will continue to drive the dependency ratio up. This research aims to forecast dependency ratio in the Baltic region until the ...

• Digital World Communication аnd Translation

  ... legitimate reasons for contextualizing translation within the broader, global communica­tion universe, positioning it wholly within the digital sphere. Ackland, R., 2013. Web Social Science. Concepts, Data and Tools for Social Scientists in the Digital Age. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications. Ash, J., Kitchin, R. and Leszczynski, A. eds., 2019. Digital Geographies. London: SAGE Publications. Athique, A., 2013. Digital Media and Society: An Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press. Barney, D., Coleman, G., ...

• Youth unemployment in the Latgale region of Latvia: causes and consequences

  Youth unemployment is a serious problem in Latvia, as unemployed young people make up 16.3 % of the total number of unemployed in the country, while in the Latgale region the number of unemployed young people aged 15—24 years was 18.8 % of the total number of unemployed in the country in 2015. The purpose of this study is to identify the main current causes of high unemployment amongst young people in the Latgale region of Latvia aged 15—24 years. This ...

• Light and shades of the Enlightenment. Reflections on “Utopias of the Age of Enlightenment” a book by A. V. Chudinov. M. : Integration: Education and Science, 2017. 96 p.

  The article focuses on the book "Utopias of the Age of Enlightenment" by A. V. Chudinov. Analyzing this work, the author reflects on the contradictions and paradoxes of the Enlightenment: the utopian ideals of the Enlightenment, aimed at achieving universal happiness and prosperity, in practice ...

• Age-related dynamics of competence formation in social work

  The article analyses the formation of social competences in the field of education and social work in Kaliningrad. The author identifies performance indicators according to age and the dynamics of competence formation in representatives of three age groups. The three age groups analyzed demonstrate significant differences in both the overall competence as such and its individual components. The results of the research can ...

• The orientation of professional training of future specialists towards the formation of their readiness to work on the improvement of relations among older pre-school children

  This article describes various aspects of the preparation of future specialists for working towards the improvement of relationships between children of pre-school age and reports the results of scientific experiments aimed at the formation of future specialists’ readiness for working towards improving relationships between children of pre-school age. The author proposes a model of such readiness and proves its ...

• Analysis of contextual mental health factors in ado­lescent girls and women of fertile age

  The aim of the article is to analyze the level and frequency of the psycho­pathology prevalence (stress-related disorders) in adolescent girls and women of fertile age and to identify the relationship with contextual factors that ad­versely affect health. The research found that the most important contextual factors affecting psychological health and the prevalence of psychopathologies in adolescent girls and ...

• A comparative analysis of physical fitness in students of Kaliningrad schools by age groups

  This article analyzes the monitoring of physical fitness of students of Kaliningrad educational institutions. The authors examine the indicators of basic physical qualities of students by age groups. The main trends and differences in the levels of physical fitness and development of physical qualities are identified. Indicators are considered by age group, separately for boys and girls. The results obtained make it possible to make recommendations ...

• Age-related changes in the structural and functional properties of skin

  ... article focuses on the current state of research on the properties of skin chronoaging. The authors analyse the possibility of practical application of the existing diagnostic methods of assessing age-related skin transformations for establishing the age of living persons in the framework of forensic identification tests. Major trends in the development of the methodology of age estimation from skin and its appendages are described. 1. Агафонова С.Г. Морфофункциональные ...

• The Baltics and Russian North-West: the Core and the Periphery in the 2000s

  ... method is used quite rarely, yet it is more accurate in studying the shifts in distribution of this group of population than current statistics. The article uses the data of the last two censuses (2000 and 2010), namely, the population size and the age and gender composition. In order to demonstrate the core-periphery relationship, the authors identified the core ATUs (national and regional capitals and capital areas), whereas the other units were grouped by their remoteness from the center. The ...

• The linguistic and stylistic means of expressing identity in com¬plimentary phrases (based on modern English, American, and Russian fiction)

  This article identifies and analyses the linguistic features of the genera-tion and perception of complimentary phrases in different age groups belon-ging to English, American, and Russian cultures. The language of representatives of different age groups is dissimilar, therefore, there is a need to consider the effect of age parameters on language. 1. Булгаков М. А. Театральный ...

• Breast silicone implants: the issues of post-surgery complications

  ... implants reliability is getting widely dis­cussed in the world. The article presents the results of an anonymous survey of more than three hundred women with a of mammoplasty in medical histo­ry. We analyzed whether post-surgery complications depend on age, surgical access, and the manufacturer of the prosthesis. The study showed that age and surgical access are not associated with the occurrence of complications. Com­monly known breast silicone implants are produced by Allergan and Mentor. Among the ...

• The ageing and morphology of porous glasses with embedded materials

  The ageing of nanocomposites (NCM) on the base of porous glasses with NaNO2 and NaNO3 embedded into pores has been studied. It is shown that storage of NCM at ambient conditions leads to creeping out of salts and recrystallization on sample surface. Space ...

• Emotional interaction between mothers and emotionally exitable children of six years of age

  The article studies the emotional interaction between mothers and emotionally excitable children at the age of six. The importance of psychological support for mothers is described. The author analyses the results of empirical research and mathematical processing of data based on the questionnaire of parent-child emotional interaction proposed by E. I. ...

• Gender and seasonal characteristics of lipid exchange in people of different ages

  ... conducted. The influence of seasonal changes (spring, autumn) on the lipid compounds of blood serum was analyzed. A dependence between the total cholesterol level, the content of low-density (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL, and triglycerides and age and gender was identified. 1. Буганов А. А., Агбалян А. А., Ионова Н. Е. Влияние фактора питания на состояние здоровья населения // Медицина труда и промышленной ...

• History of the Middle Ages

• The Baltic Region in the context of the North area. From the Middle Ages to the 1940s

  G. Kretinin 155-157

• Seriality in the Age of Globalization: Defining a Problem

  Domansky J. 25-28

• Information state of the reproductive age dogs liver in the pathology

  This study reveals the nature of variations in the information status of liver tissue in dogs of reproductive age suffering fr om hepatic adenoma, liver cancer, and non-cancer diseases. It is shown that, in case of non-cancer pathological conditions, the liver tissue system mobilizes the existing structural adaptation resources while tending towards destruction....

• Work-life balance during the Covid-19 outbreak: the case of Latvia

  ... distribution of confirmed Covid-19 cases. The extent of the Covid-19 threat at different levels is assessed focusing on the global, national, regional and intra-family level. Finally, work forms and work-life balance are analysed according to geography and age groups. 1. Dowd J. B., Andriano L., Brazel D. M. et al. Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19 // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. Vol. 117, № 18. P. 9696—9698. https://doi....

• A level of being informed of population on questions of diabetes mellitus is basis of prophylaxis of disease

  ... facilitate informationally the social and preven­tive programs aimed at preserving and improving the health of the population. The study involved 563 respondents, residents of the Kaliningrad region; 22.2 % of them were men and 74.4 % were women. The age of respondents varies from 18 and older. The mean age of the survey par­ticipants is 39.8 years of age. The survey participants differently assess their level of DM awareness. Specifically, 48.9 % of respondents consider them­selves competent in ...

• Russia and the way out of the civilizational crisis: N. A. Berdyayev’s historiosophy and aesthetics

  Berdayev’s works The New Middle Ages, The Meaning of History, The Crisis of Art help reveal the essence of the eschatological consciousness of the 20th century. The principal feature of New Middle Ages in European culture is proved to be the polarization of consciousness, which is most ...

• Historiosophical Prognoses of Nikolai Berdyaev in Intertextual Projection of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

  The article analyses the reference of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s to Berdyaev’s philosophy of history and the interpretation and reinterpretation of “The New Middle Ages”. The author defines the differences and similarities of the apocalyptic thinking of the Russian philosopher and the Polish writer. 1.  Бердяев Н.   А. Духи русской революции // Вехи. Из глубины. М....

• The dynamics of formation of teachers’ preparedness for improving relations between pre-schoolers

  This article describes the dynamics of developing future specialist’s preparedness for improving relationships between children of pre-school age. The author presents the results of an experiment demonstrating the positive dynamics of preparedness development and its components in undergraduate and graduate students of a pedagogical university. The article describes levels of preparedness formation: ...

• Aesthetic sensitivity as a fundamental of the modelling the creative development process in children aged 2-5 years

  This article provides an overview of the integrated model for developing creativity in children aged 2—5 years based on the principle of upward spiral dynamics. The role of aesthetic sensitivity as the principal structural compo-nent of the mode is analysed from the perspective of cultural and historical psychology and cognitive science. 1. Александров ...

• Socio-psychological factors provoking aggression in adoles­cents

  The article considers a wide range of socio-psychological factors leading to aggression of various degrees among adolescents. This research aims to study and compare the degree of aggression caused by socio-psychological fac­tors among adolescents aged 12—16. The study group included 109 teenagers of 12—16 age group — 60 girls and 49 boys who live in Zhytomyr. The re­search relied on the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) and the questionnaire Direction of Aggression in Adolescents,...

• Mobility and migration intentions of the Reform Generation and Millennials of the Kaliningrad region

  ... on the results of a sociological study of mobility and migration intentions of the Reform Generation and Millennials in the Kali­ningrad region. In this regard, different approaches to the theory of genera­tions are analyzed. The authors define the age groups that make up the Reform Generation and the Millennials and identify features of the designated genera­tions. The article makes an attempt to combine the method of cohort analysis with the theory of generations. A significant number of respondents ...

• The alignment of stakeholders’ interests in interfirm networking

  ... //International Review of Administrative Sciences. 2005. Vol. 71, № 2. P. 217—228. 8. Brugha R., Varvasovszky Z. Stakeholder analysis: a review // Health Policy and Planning. 2000. Vol. 15, № 3. P. 239—246. 9. Castells M. The information age: Economy, society and culture. Blackwell, 1997.Vol. 2 : The Power of Identity. 10. Castells M. The information age: Economy, society and culture. Blackwell,1998. Vol. 3 : End of millennium. 11. Castells M. The Rise of the Network Society. Malden; ...

• Formation of the cultural landscape of the modern Kaliningrad region in the stone age

  The authors reflect on the interaction of nature and society in the territo­ry of the modern Kaliningrad region in the Stone Age. Natural factors played a decisive role in the formation of the region’s cultural landscape. In the Stone Age, anthropogenic changes in the natural environment were minimal and were mainly noticed in separate components of the natural landscape....

• Update of age data of the palvesk formation ("green wall") of Sambian peninsula (the Kaliningrad region)

  ... characteristics, as well as the palynological complex according to previous studies. According to the results of absolute dating of glauconite isolated from the siltstones of the formation, as well as palynological data, it dates back to the Eocene age rather than the Oligocene (Ryupelian) as previously thought. This fact indicates that in the territory of the Kaliningrad Oblast, there may be no deposits of reliably Oligocene age, since it was only the palvesk formation which was thought to relate ...

• Parental support and psychological health of children and adolescents

  This article describes the features of parental support as a socio-psychological phenomenon and its relation to psychosomatic health (depression, anxiety, and somatization) in children and adolescents. The author presents a probability structural- functional model of parental support covering its content, components, and functions. Congruity, accessibility, and complementarity are suggested as efficiency criteria. 1. Холмогорова А. Б. Интегративная психотерапия расстройств аффективного спектра....

• The characteristics of the biogenic element of the runoff fr om the drainage areas of the Gulf of Finland basin experiencing a lim ited anthropogenic impact

  ... dynamics of biogenic element content in the streamflow, the relation of the drainage areas to certain landscapes, the share of agricultural lands and tillage in the drainage areas, the forest-land percentage, a rural population density, and the forest age and type. 1. Isachenko, A. G. 1995. Jekologicheskaja geografija Severo-Zapada. Part. 2.St. Petersburg. 2. Kondratiev, S. A. 2007. Formirovanie vneshnej nagruzki na vodoemy: problemy modelirovanija. St. Petersburg. 3. Kondratiev, S. A. 2008. Matematicheskoe ...

• Key problems of the preparedness of marketers to the new challen¬ges of digital communications era and their impact on a company’s performance

  This article analysis the changes in the level of requirements for and the expected competencies of professional marketers in the age of digital communications. The article discusses the role and evaluates the contribution of mar-keting specialists to the economic and financial performance of companies and organisations. The author analyses the applied methods and indicators that ...

• Fetal behavior and the prediction of neuropsychiatric development

  ... paradigms and their consequences // Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2001. Vol. 43. P. 836—842. 18. Groen S. E., de Blecourt A. C., Postema K., Hadders-Algra M. General movements in early infancy predict neuromotor development at 9—12 years of age // Dev. Med. Child Neurol. 2005. Vol. 47. P. 731—736. 19. Hadders-Algra M. General movements: a window for early identification of children at high risk of developmental disorders // J. Pediatr. 2004. Vol. 145. P. 12—18. 20. Einspieler C., Marschik ...

• The use of MOS-SF-36 health survey for identifying specific psychological characteristics in primary school students with somatic pathologies

  ... into the quality of life of younger students with the help of MOS-SF-36 survey. Its information capacity is proved in case of identifying the psychological health components of health in children who suffered from iron deficiency anemia at a younger age. The author identified the long-term adverse effect of iron deficiency on the cognitive development and psychological health at primary school age. 1. Айвазян С. А. Анализ синтетических категорий качества ...

• The features of the Last Judgement theme in Galich icons at the threshold of the Modern Age

  This article considers the transformation of traditional iconographic elements of the Western branch of Eastern Slavic icon painting in view of the civilisational processes developing in the late Middle Ages. It is stressed that the iconography of the Last Judgement was represented by more complex — in terms of composition and ideas — works reflecting the prevalent views of the Galich Rusyns of the time. The proliferation of the Last Judgement compositions ...

• Linguocultural Transfer: Memplexes in the Anglo-Saxon Tradition

  ... i religii [Faith and Order: The Reconciliation of Law and Religion]. Moscow. 3. Bodriiyar, Zh., 2015. Simulyakry i simulyatsii [Simulacrums and simulations]. Moscow. 4. Glebov, A. G., 2007. Angliya v rannee Srednevekov'e [England in the early Middle Ages]. St. Petersburg. 5. Glik, Dzh, 2013. Informatsiya. Istoriya. Teoriya. Potok [The information. A history. A theory. A flood]. Moscow. 6. Dokinz, R., 2013. Rasshirennyi fenotip: dlinnaya ruka gena [The extended phenotype. The long reach of the gene]....

• A literary image as a cognitive phenomenon

  The article is an attempt to examine the terms «image» and «literary im­age» as a concept of cognitive science (in humanities: linguistics, psychology, cognitive studies, literary studies). It analyses different approaches to defining these terms, aiming at focusing on a cognitive definition of image. The article contains ...

• The concept “people” in the modern European political thought: Hobbes, Spinoza, Pufendorf

  ... complex of human ac­tions aimed at achieving certain human goals. This, in turn, leads to the rationalisation of politics and, as a consequence, to the rejection of one of the most powerful mystical and theo­logical abstractions of the late Middle Ages — the concept “people” as a kind of mystical body. Protestant science makes a clear choice in favour of interpreting the concept as an “arti­ficial person”. The author emphasizes that the introduction of the concept “natural state” ...

• SIA model of the dynamics of AIDS-spreading and patients with AIDS in Kaliningrad region

  A determinate population model of AIDS-spreading that accounts of sex and age is proposed and the dynamics of AIDS-spreading in Kaliningrad region based on this model is considered. 1. Haefner J. W. Modeling Biological System. Principles and Applications. Springer, 2005. 2. Братусь А. С., Новожилов А. С....

• The Origin of the Primorskaya Culture (an analysis of the Pribrezhnoe and Ushakovo-3 dig sites)

  ... taksonomia i rozwój przestrzenny. Kraków, 1997. 17. Kilian L. Haffküstenkultur und Ursprung der Balten. Bonn, 1955. 18. Król D. Excerpts from Archaeological Research at Rzucewo, Puck Region // The Built Environment of Coast Areas during the Stone Age / ed. D. Król. Gdańsk, 1997. S. 135—150. 19. Król D. Elementy zabudowy osady późnoneolitycznej na przykładzie Osłonina i Rzucewa // Aktualne problemy epoki kamienia na Pomorzu / ed. M. Paner, H. Fudziński. Gdańsk, 2009. S. 331—336. 20....

• Estimating the accuracy of standard volume calculations using liver volumetry

  ... of various formulas used to calculate the standard volume of the liver. The authors identify formulas most adequate for a comparison with volumetry results obtained using JT Childs’s easy-touse formula. The study employed the anthropometric data (age, sex, and weight) and the calculations of body height, body surface area (BSA), and liver sizes of 36 healthy volunteers. The volume of the liver was determined using different formulas that take into account either the body surface area or the product ...

• Forecasting Actions of Baltic elites: A Scenario Approach

  ... Colomer, J. 2007, Great Empires, Small Nations. The Uncertain Future of the Sovereign State, Routledge. 9. Di Paola, G., Shirreff, R., Heisbourg, F., Szatkowski, T., Keller, P., Tamnes, R. 2016, Alliance at Risk Strengthening European Defense in an Age of Turbulence and Competition, Atlantic Council. 10. Fisher, M. 2015, How World War III became possible, Vox, June 29, available at: www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8845913/russia-war (accessed 18.07.2016). 11. Future Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea ...

• The concept of body and the problem of demarcation in new European metaphysics: from Descartes to Kant

  ... René Descartes: The World and Other Writings / Ed. by S. Gaukroger. Cambridge, 2004. 11. Dmitriev T. A. Machine of Human Body in “Treatise on Man” // Descartes R. Man. M., 2012. 12. Gaidenko P. P. A History of European Philosophy of the Modern Age in its Relation to Science. Moscow, 2000. 13. Gaukroger S. Introduction // René Descartes, The World and other writings / Ed. by S. Gaukroger. Cambridge, 2004. 14. Hahmann A. Kritische Metaphysik der Substanz. Berlin, 2009. 15. Heimsoeth H. Metaphysik ...

• The population structure and the growth of the bivalve mollusc Ruditapes philippinarum in Amur bay (the Sea of Japan)

  The maximum individual age of the Japanese littleneck clam is 7 years. The maximum shell length is 5.2 mm. The sex ratio is almost 1 to 1. There are registered cases of hermaphroditism and parasitic castration. The rate of linear growth has increased to three years. The molluscs ...

• Young ‘s body mass index and its im¬pact on the frequency and variability of the heart rhythm at quiet and after phy¬sical load

  ... S. C. et al. Dietary sodium influences the ef­fect of mental stress on heart rate variability: a randomized trial in healthy adults // J. Hypertens. 2014. Vol. 32 (2). P. 374—382. 8. Antelmi I., de Paula R. S., Shinzato A. R. et al. Influence of age, gender, body mass in­dex, and functional capacity on heart rate variability in a cohort of subjects without heart disease// Am. J. Cardiol. 2004. Vol. 93 (3). P. 381—385. 9. Aune D., Sen A., o'Hartaigh B. et al. Resting heart rate and the risk ...