Military and political cooperation between Germany and Lithuania in the late 2010s to early 2020s
... [7; 8], and Turkey further accentuated these constraints. In such a scenario, it became imperative for Germany to form partnerships with certain small and mid-sized states within the ‘Western democracies’ group [9]. These states are willing and capable of being reliable supporters of Germany, thereby bolstering its efforts to increase its presence and influence in Europe and beyond. Lithuania emerges as a standout partner for Germany.
The aim of the article is to examine the dynamics, challenges,...
Migration distances in Russia: a demographic profile of migrants
... reasons:
— the calculations in this article, unlike the earlier ones, take into account intraregional migration, which, by definition, is associated with shorter distances but makes a considerable contribution to total national migration, being thus capable of affecting the balance;
— the calculation methodology has changed (in this study, Euclidean distances are computed for all towns and villages, without aggregation, whilst earlier contributions employed the so-called ‘areal’ method for ...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
... contingency and a focus on Poland’s history and ideology, the right-wing sentiment of the two parties gave them an opportunity to expand beyond their initially narrow groups of supporters and assert themselves as parties with a broad political agenda capable of engaging all social strata.
This change necessitated a more explicit ideological positioning and an emphasis on the program differences between the two parties. Under the rule of ideologically catch-all social democrats in the first half ...
Language and the nature of humanness. Invitation to a discussion
... realism continues to be the epistemological foundation of ‘normal’ linguistics, and neither mainstream cognitive science nor cognitive linguistics has been able to break away from it. The author argues that a new, constructivist epistemology is capable of overcoming the crisis and could give a new impetus to further development of language science. This calls for abandoning the traditional view of language as a tool used for the expression and transfer of thoughts. Instead, researchers should ...
The influence of the transport factor on the investment competitiveness of coastal regions in the European part of Russia.
... regions of the European part of Russia, where large urbanized spaces have already been developed or are being developed, are of the greatest potential compared to other regions of the country. It makes perfect sense to set up large economic centers capable of harnessing the benefits of agglomeration and seaside factors in such regions. A tool to improve the level of economic development and investment attractiveness of these regions is the implementation of large trasnsport infrastructure ...
Russia-EU energy efficiency cooperation in the Baltic region: the untapped potential
... lacks practical development, which relates to the instability of the legal environment in Russia, insufficient mechanisms of financial support for energy conservation projects and poor political support. Nevertheless, energy efficiency cooperation is capable of changing Russia-EU energy cooperation qualitatively: it offers a cheaper way to meet the needs of the EU, redefines interdependence between the parties, and introduces new elements of equality between them. Energy efficiency cooperation also ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... largest organisations leads one to agree with the opinion voiced by Prof Vardomsky that Avtotor, a major motor vehicle assembly company, is in a more precarious position than Sodruzhestvo, which relies on both international and domestic demand and is capable of creating global value chains [25, p. 41]. Most importantly, Sodruzhestvo procures raw materials from friendly nations, whilst Avtotor used to ship knockdown kits and parts from unfriendly states, which discontinued the deliveries.
Other industries ...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... hubs [39]. The growing confrontation between the ‘centres of power’, including in water areas, considerably enhances their territorial-economic and geostrategic standing. This brings to the forefront the question of to what degree maritime hubs are capable of withstanding external (sometimes overwhelming and disruptive) influences, which have been extensively discussed within regional studies [40], [41].
Conducted following the logic of the key plot methods, my analysis demonstrates that the economies ...
The issue of interfaith interaction between the Old Believers and Islam in the works of A.S. Pushkin and L.N. Tolstoy
... integration to official Orthodoxy, seeing in Old Believers purely destructive traits. L. N. Tolstoy, on the other hand, considered Old Believers as the best example of religious tolerance (despite the negative traits inherent in his followers), capable of productive and lasting interfaith collaboration.
Bytko S.S.
Old Believers, Koran, A. S. Pushkin, L. N. Tolstoy, Nekrasovites, Caucasus, Shamil, schism, Cossacks, religious tolerance
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Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... enhance European resilience in the face of crises by building an open strategic autonomy.<38> Strategy 2022 merely mentioned Denmark’s support for the development of ‘a European strategic compass’ and the emergence of a more independent EU capable of assuming greater responsibility for security and stability in neighbouring regions. The strategy placed emphasis on the regulatory and normative power of the EU, its influence on global trade and climate policy and the need to ensure the resilience ...
The Mobius strip of the pragmasemantics of sense: from culture through subjectivity to nothingness and back
... worldview extending beyond physical existence. This expanded perspective not only facilitates responses to situationality but also enhances the potential to proactively pre-adapt to one's environment. Selfhood is a flexible entity, receptive to new content, capable of self-modification, and open to change. The primary identity of the self-aware individual is the self-sufficient personality without any specific characteristics. Human existence is marked by absence, lack, loss, and an aspiration for change....
Comparative analysis of the territorial support frame of settlement in coastal areas: the case of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions
... influence becomes particularly apparent in the coastal zones specializing in maritime industries. This happens because the urban core controls the vast bulk of interactions among local resource holders, i. e., a share that by far exceeds its own. It is capable of dominating the area in economic and economic geographical terms [2].
Regional development of complex coastal and capital regions, which is often constrained by some ancillary factors, has been considered within agglomeration studies [3], [4],...
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... was the last action for the Latouche-Tréville frigate before its decommissioning. Such a combination of forces clearly showed the focus on anti-submarine and mine warfare training. Paris usually deploys its more versatile naval forces, which are capable of fulfilling a wider range of tasks, in the Northern and Norwegian Seas, rather than in the Baltic. However, in 2022, the deployment of a Mistral-class amphibious assault ship in the region highlighted the Navy’s attention towards the Baltic,...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... countries and a historical footing for current tourism development.
In the territorial structure of the Baltics’ tourism, the capital regions act as ‘growth areas’ that are competitive in the international, primarily European, travel market and capable of attracting international tourists. The other regions receive tourists from the cores, specialising chiefly in domestic tourism. Local centres in the semi-peripheral regions are rapidly developing, attracting inbound traffic and catching up ...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... different plug channels and the cost of connection. One of the basic factors of digital inequality is the differences in the level of socio-economic development between regions, measured by GRP per capita. The problem is that digital technologies are also capable of influencing GRP, as it was mentioned above. Therefore, when building econometric models, various methods are used to avoid such endogeneity between variables: the generalized method of moments (the Arellano-Bond approach) or the two-step ...
The features of teacher professional training in Finland
... training of pre-service teachers. The main goal of teacher training is stated by universities and the professional expert community in general; it is supported by the parliament and is defined as training a reflective responsible teacher-researcher capable of making independent educational decisions within the framework of different models and principles of teaching.
Budarina A. O., Simaeva I. N., Parakhina O. V., Chupris A. S., Shatokhina V. A.
educational policy, state guarantees, content ...
On the less obvious manifestations of the poetic function: a translator’s view
... but alone bears the responsibility for the form-content fusion. The paper focuses on the less evident mechanisms of the poetic function, beyond the obvious effect of tropes and figures of speech. Not unlike meiosis, its allegedly weaker ‘voice’ is capable of producing a much stronger effect, which can be discerned in rhythm and punctuation, in the absence of rhyme to induce an implicit rhymed word, in “elaborately monotonous” language, in textual opposition of synonyms, in expressly neutral ...
Semantic and Stylistic Features of Kant’s Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime: The Art of Seeing and Describing an Object
... character of philosophical treatises, combining as they do the considered and serious wisdom of philosophy, the precision of scientific terminology and the figurativeness of a work of fiction. Kant is perceived not only as a researcher and philosopher capable of bringing out the essence of the particular and changeable captured in observation, but as a writer with a consummate command of the apparatus for keeping the reader’s attention through linguistic devices and practices of image-creating. The ...
On the study of yeasts consortia ethanol producing abilities
... microorganisms-producers in particular. Due to multicomponent composition of substrate, the use of several strains of microorganisms is considered to be more effective than that of one strain. Thus, the aim of the study is to select yeast consortia capable of cocultivation, and to analyze their ability to produce ethanol. According to the aim of the study, the analysis was carried out to determine the biocompatibility of some ethanologenic microorganisms from the All-Russian collection of industrial ...
The population of the Kaliningrad region and the digital economy: a sociological analysis
... generations of highly skilled professionals in Estonia, TRAMES, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 3—25.
24. Kuznetsova, I. G., Goloshchapova, L. V., Ivashina, N. S., Shichiyakh, R. A., Petrova, L. I., Tkachev, B.P. 2020, The Paradigm of Human Capital Development Capable of Adapting Innovations in the Transition to a Digital Economy, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 1408—1417.
25. Chetty, K., Qigui, L., Gcora, N., Josie, J., Wenwei, L., Fang, Ch. Bridging the digital ...
Ship frequency independent antenna of the VHF band
... electromagnetic environment, when a large number of radio-electronic devices must be located in a limited area of the deck space. The proposed antenna structures have positive weight and size properties, are characterized by a high constant gain, and are capable of operating in a wide frequency range, which suggests the possibility of their active use in shipboard VHF radio communication systems on marine vehicles for various purposes.
Ponimatkin V. E., Shpilevoy A. A., Gorbachev A. A., Goglev ...
Pechora scrolls: St. Augustine’s miracle of the revelation of the Elder
... details, which were missing in the first version. He cleared the text of unnecessary motives that distract the reader from the main idea of the story: holiness does not depend on rank or status; it can also be granted to a humble, illiterate person who is capable of performing miracles.
Bobrov, A. G., 1994. Apokrificheskoye «Skazaniye Afroditiana» v literature i knizhnosti Drevney Rusi: issled. i teksty [Apocryphal "The Legend of Aphrodite" in the literature and bookishness of Ancient ...
A surprising tale of long-periodic spin oscillations in the synthetic antiferromagnets: some exact solutions
This article is devoted to construction of a mathematical theory capable of explaining those experimentally observable periodic magnetic oscillations in the synthetic antiferromagnet Pt/Co/Ir/Co/Pt that take place after a switch in the direction of an external magnetic field. In particular, we demonstrate that in order ...
From the Mediterranean to the Baltic: the problem of implementing the principle of solidarity in the EU area of immigration and asylum
... There are two dimensions to the implementation of the principle of solidarity: the political and legal ones. The legal perspective provides certain clarity to the issue. According to the European Court of Justice, this principle is binding: it is capable of imposing the legal obligation of solidarity. However, as to the political perspective, member states have not been able to reach compromise. Although it is possible to introduce a permanent relocation mechanism using qualified majority voting,...
Economic security of a border region: quantitative and qualitative measurements (the case of the Rostov region)
... author describes multidimensional intra-regional processes triggered by external economic shifts. Empirical research shows a decrease in several economic indicators and the response of the region's economy to external challenges. The Rostov region is capable of the mobilization of its productive forces while forming new market niches in the process of import substitution. The research shows that the Rostov region is relatively stable economically and has enough potential for progressive development....
The reality of fiction in a literary world: on an excerpt from Stanisław Lem’s Solaris
... to be more real than what we believe to be the actual reality. It is also shown that the fictional world realized in a literary text may bring the reader to certain conclusions about the world in which he or she lives. Thus, even if literature is incapable of affecting reality, it can change the way the latter is perceived. A fictional world is not just a reality — it is a reality of a higher order.
Aristotle, 2017. Poetika. Ritorika [Poetics. Rhetoric]. St. Petersburg (in Russ.).
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The philosophy of the text as texts of philosophy
... article. Verbal textualization (single words, paremia, aphoristics, parables, detailed plots, hermeneutic interpretations, conceptual systems) does not exclude visual, activity-driven textualizations and their mutual translations. Philosophy is capable of taking on diverse, dissimilar forms. It is as diversified as the paths of human self-determination, self-awareness, self-explanation, and self-justification. Therefore, the claims to exclusiveness and validity of any one way to textualize ...
Development tools of functional hybrid intelligent systems with heterogeneous visual field
The article presents the architecture, basic elements and implementation of the prototype of the tool for the development of functional hybrid intelligent systems with a heterogeneous visual field. Such systems are capable of simultaneously simulating collective verbal-symbolic reasoning and activating the visual-figurative reasoning of users. The use of such systems in the practice of solving problems, in particular when managing regional electric networks, will ...
‘The Word, an Ulcer…’: Aleksey Chicherin’s semiotic utopia
... avant-garde and the basic tenets of the semiotic description of the language, on the other. An analysis of Chicherin's theory shows that it rests on an attempt to overcome the linearity of linguistic signs and to build an iconic ‘sign of Poetry’, capable of almost a complete reflection of a constructivist poet’s artistic intentions. Against the background of the total logocentrism of the early 20th-century historical and cultural paradigm, Chicherin’s semiotic position looks like the proclamation ...
Developing an Information System to Forecast the Expenditure of an Online Store, Using the Mamdani Algorithm
We present an information system capable of performing the Mamdani algorithm operations, plotting graphs for the functions of fuzzy linguistic variables, and creating diagrams for a visual assessment of each type of expenditure. We provide a block diagram and describe a general algorithm ...
Kant im Diskurs der „Technologien der Hoffnung“. Aus Anlass der 5. Wiederkehr der Verleihung der Kaliningrader Universität den Namen Kants
... immense significance becomes obvious against the background of Kant's 'Copernican Revolution', which resulted in the new subject-oriented ontology. The viability of this ontology depends on the possibility of freedom, i. e. on whether the human being is capable of the practical implementation of the free causality of moral law. Due to its history, Kaliningrad is meant to become a window to Kant's ontology of hope.
1. Вышемирский Д. Кёнигсберг, прости. PICTORICA publishing,...
Playing with spectres
... spectres’ against the reality, which can turn the latter in a ‘simulated hyperreality’. The author stresses Kant’s moral rigour in the context of game theory, which is interpreted as an indirect warning against ‘chimeras of imagination’ capable of transporting ‘spectres’ into actual ontology. It is stated that such transportation is reflected in the characteristics of artistic imagination and its poetic keys opening the ‘doors of perception’ that are closed to the other forms ...
Lingvocultural Transfer: a Myth as a Meme
... of myth in the framework of the cultural-historical dichotomy "communication-transfer", examining it from the point of views of the unit of cultural inheritance (meme). The author notes that for an individual, the most interesting memes are capable of transmitting information from a tradition to a tradition, from a generation to a generation, whereas the least attractive myths exist at the moment of communication and are unlikely to be replicate by other generations. The authors hold that ...
On the metalinguistic functions of a natural language in literary texts
... considers the relevant linguistic problem of metalinguistic potential of a natural language and its functions in a literary text in the case of the Russian language. The Russian language and natural languages in general act as a universal cognitive model capable of describing different codes presented in literary texts
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How transcendental are Kant’s principles of public law?
... they can be characterized as ‘transcendental’. Kant’s discourse on publicity — a result of strenuous efforts presented in a number of writings and lectures — takes the reader to the area of empirical practices and anthropological observations capable of distorting the required purity of the form when taken together. In effect, they turn out to be either motives for searching for transcendental principles or example s targeted at a certain type of readers and political agents. Identifying the ...
Filtration activity of mollusks Mya arenaria L. (Bivalvia) in estuaries of the southern Baltic Sea
This article argues that, in the estuaries the South Baltic, the bivalve molluscs Mya arenaria are capable of consuming an average of 6.5 % of the water body primary production. A numerical assessment of the filtration rate of these molluscs shows that they can filter daily an average of 2.41 ± 1.01 m3 of water per a square meter of the river bed....
The problems of legal regulation of relations pertaining to satisfying state requirements in the light of new legislation
This article analyzes the provisions of the recently adopted federal law on the contract system and identifies its shortcomings. The author stresses that new rules are not capable of solving the problem of legal regulation aimed to satisfy state requirements and will create additional complications in the use of terminology, application of legislation, identification of the scope of different regulations, and the correlation ...
The creative aspect in the system of creative linguistics
This article is dedicated to the linguistic-didactic potential of the methodologies of creative orientation in foreign language learning aimed at the formation of a creative personality, capable of continuous self-education. The author considers creative didactic methods and techniques.
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The improvement of the efficiency of residential burglary: The application of the modelling method
... are investigated and generalised. The initial stage of investigation and the typical errors supposed by inspectors at investigation of crimes of the given kind is analyzed. The expediency of use of a method of modelling as the synthesising beginning capable considerably to raise efficiency of disclosing and investigation of bиrglaries is proved. It is underlined necessity of use of the situational approach and crime studying for three phases: precriminal, criminal and postcriminal.
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Key Directions of Sectoral and Spatial Changes in the Russian Industry
... strategy, and changes in the spatial and industrial structure of production. The transformation of national industry is associated with the introduction of mechanisms of industrial integration structures using single organizational production modules capable of rational combination and transformation of the elements of national production structure to create competitive transnational production associations, such as clusters and other production forms serving as ‘growth poles’ and becoming elements ...
A triune community: Fichte’s family law against the background of Kant’s practical philosophy (I)
... doctrine, which can be seen as a naturalistic profanation of Fichtean metaphysics of love. According to Fichte, sexual appeal takes on the shape of a self-sacrificing impulse of love in the soul and in the moral character of a woman; yet, only a man is capable of becoming aware of everything that is morally present in himself and of renouncing, out of his inborn magnanimity, all claims to unlimited dominance. It is the combination of both characters that, according to Fichte, provides the only effective ...
The antinomy of political reason. Some deliberations on Kant’s “Answer-ing the Question: What is Enlightenment?”
... suggested that this ideal be seen in the evolutionarydevelopment of society based on the transformation of public consciousness. Kant’s view that the key discourse for social development consists in a comprehensive critique of social reality by a citizen capable of self-determination is considered against the background of Rousseau’s ideas, who defended the right of people to revolution. The reconstruction of Kant’s position is followed by a discussion of possible theoretical problems relating to ...
Kant on evil in the human nature
... a condition for the possibility of morals, relates to the notion of a sentient being in general, including the notion of ‘human being’, whereas the notion of freedom as freedom of choice relates to a real human individual. However, the latter is capable of moral improvement through a “revolution in the disposition” and can correspond to the human determination — the ideal — despite one’s weaknesses.
1. Кант И. Религия в пределах только разума // Кант ...
The portrait of a dreamer: The problem of language as a sign system of dreams
The most vivid characteristics of a person capable of having ‘prophetic’ dreams are identified on an analytical basis. The authors consider such aspects as the dreamer’s gender, age, ability of semantic development of dreams, and ability to understand their prophetic nature. The combination ...