Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
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Musical instruments, percussion (e. g., drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas);
Swords, sabers, rapiers, cutlasses, bayonets, pikes, and similar weapons, parts of the listed weapons, scabbards, and sheaths;
Non-electric lamps and lighting equipment;
Parts of lamps and lighting equipment made of glass;
Products and accessories for all kinds of billiards;
Games operated by coins or tokens, excluding equipment for bowling;
Playing cards;
Game consoles and video game equipment;
Other entertainment ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... example, investors, the government, and port administration assess the efficiency of port activities from the perspective of cargo turnover. Additionally, for the government, the efficiency of the port depends on the use of modern environmentally friendly equipment. From the point of view of cargo owners, the efficiency of the port will be higher if a “smart port” system is implemented in the port. For operators, a high level of efficiency involves following the trend of implementing remote equipment ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... expenses for raw materials, supplies, semi-finished products, and components in 2019—2021
Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat)
Breaking of production chains with major technology partners
Restrictions on import of critical machines, equipment, and technologies for production development
The threat of foreign economic isolation of the region’s largest enterprises
Share of Russian companies from the US and the EU sanctions lists in the revenue of all companies in the region in 2017—2021
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Military and political cooperation between Germany and Lithuania in the late 2010s to early 2020s
... of experience in creating new military units.
Fourthly, the disparity in economic potentials and military budgets between Lithuania and Latvia, Estonia (Table 3) has given Lithuania an advantage in its ability to purchase foreign weapons and military equipment (W&M), thereby facilitating the modernization of its armed forces through imports.
The dynamics of military budgets of the Baltic states, ml dollars (2015 )
Country
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Latvia
246
282
401
459
618
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Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... attempts to join NATO [18].
Following the commencement of the special military operation (SMO), by November 2022, the West viewed the “victory of Ukraine... as quite possible, provided that the West promptly supplies an adequate amount of military equipment and training” [19, p. 91]. It is precisely in this direction that the strategy was adopted.
As the special military operation prolonged, the recognition surfaced that the enduring confrontation between Russia and the West would exert a lasting ...
The economy of Russian Baltic regions: development level and dynamics, structure and international trade partners
... reflecting the commonality of development factors, such as the coastal economic and geographical position and a high proportion of the regions’ territories involved in the economy.
Mechanical engineering — the production of metal products, machinery and equipment, instruments and vehicles — plays an essential role in all the study regions. Machine-building employs 6.4 % of the working population in St. Petersburg; 5 % in the Leningrad region; 3.9 % in the Kaliningrad region. The latter value is below ...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... Lithuania (12 %) and Norway (8.6 %); in 2015, Germany (53 %), Algeria (5 %), and Norway (4.7 %); in 2016, Norway (11.1 %), Algeria (10.4 %), Germany (6.2 %), Lithuania (6 %) and Poland (5.8 %).
As before, the bulk of imports consisted of machinery and equipment, comprising 40—50 % between 2015 and 2016, knockdown kits for Avtotor, and electronic and electrical components. The share of agricultural products increased from 18 % in 2014 to 31.6 % in 2016. Soybeans, used as the primary raw material for ...
France’s strategy in the Baltic region: military and political aspects
... solidarity within the Alliance.<7> The government promises to pay increased attention to those types of weapons that could be necessary for conflict prevention and non-nuclear deterrence: small patrol ships, frigates, fighters, special forces equipment, etc. The participation in the NATO Enhance Forward Presence Programme and the Baltic Air Policing mission is perceived as one more outpost of French troops in the world along with advanced bases in Africa (Gabon, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Djibouti) ...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... Baltic region. These include the increasing disparity in armed forces with NATO, the substantial expansion of the border with the Alliance, the acquisition of new territorial and infrastructural capabilities by NATO to deploy reinforcements and military equipment from member countries to the region, the potential stationing of nuclear weapons on the territories of new member countries, the risk of blockading the Kaliningrad region, as well as the Gulf of Finland, and the Danish straits for Russian vessels....
Rationality criteria of technical item multifunction degree in equipment park
Criteria of rationality of degree of multifunctionality of the technical park providing functioning of park of equipment are offered. Criteria are developed taking into account features of functioning of system of higher level of hierarchy, than the system providing functioning of separately taken technical products.
1. Анипко О. Б., Борисюк М....
The effect of taxation of profit and valude aaded on the choice bet-ween short- and long-lived machinery
This article addresses the choice between long- and short-lived equipment. The author considers the impact of taxation on this choice. The main choice parameters and the comparative effect of taxation are identified.
1. Брейли Р., Майерс С. Принципы корпоративных финансов ...
Complex of equipment for reception of ionospheric signals
The complex of equipment developed for reception and processing of ionospheric signals is presented. The structure of pulse ionospheric signals received on a line Moscow — Kaliningrad is shown. Results of modeling researches of a method of processing of ionospheric ...
The adaptation of Russian regions’ economies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports
... and port facilities on the Baltic Sea, both positive and negative factors should be taken into account.
The competitive advantages of the Baltic ports of Russia include a high level of development of coastal infrastructure and a large share of modern equipment and technologies. Besides, the coast of the Gulf of Finland is reliably connected by numerous transport routes with key Russian regions producing the main export products — oil, petroleum products, timber, metals, chemical products, etc., ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
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Diversification of the economic structure: stimulating non-agricultural activities and the manufacturing of new types of products
Support for agri-food clusters and value-added chains in the agro-industrial complex
Support for production cooperatives engaged in equipment maintenance and repairs, fertilizer supply, and plant protection product manufacturing
Import substitution: creating facilities for equipment maintenance facilities, seed production and animal breeding; creation of a breeding and genetic centre ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... substantial drop of production and investments; destruction of the R&D capacity; disarray in the financial and monetary systems; shrinkage of the federal revenues; growing national debt; Russia’s overdependence on the export of raw materials and import of equipment, consumer goods and foodstuff; brain drain, and uncontrolled flight of capital.
The document also pointed to internal social, political, ethnic and cultural tensions that threatened to undermine both the viability and the territorial integrity ...
Population change and the settlement system transformation in Poland, as revealed by the 2021 census
... time, the shift to recycling and use of scrap has led to a decrease in the use of products of mines in the LGOM, and, as a result, to a decrease in jobs both there and in the copper plant due to the growth in productivity with the introduction of new equipment. Thus, the improving economic performance of the city-forming enterprise contributed to the deterioration of the demographic situation rather than its improvement. In 2011, the population of Legnica was 103,000 people, while in 2021, it was ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... the town is 3.2 %; net salary in private companies is 1,126 euros/month; in public and municipal organisations, 735 euros/month (2020). This happy situation owes much to the town’s history of peat production and the manufacturing of peat harvesting equipment. Latvia’s largest peat substrate company Pindstrup Latvia, a branch of a Danish business, opened a new factory in Baloži in 2016. The new facility exports wood fibre to over 100 countries for the needs of plant nurseries. The company has ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... to the 2005 federal law On Special Economic Zones in the Russian Federation)
A focus on the development of Russian shipbuilding; the declared realignment of maritime activity towards the Arctic and the East (2009—2016 Development of Civil Maritime Equipment FTP; 2009—2012 Greater Efficiency of Exploiting and Developing Fishing Industry Potential FTP; 2010 Strategy for the Maritime Activity of Russia; 2030 Strategy for the Seaport Infrastructure of Russia; 2020 Policy Framework for Navy Activities,...
Liver shear wave elastography: the problem of accuracy and reproducibility
... stiffness measurements using shear wave elastography (SWE), as well as on the reliability of judgments about the norm and pathology. The tasks included analyzing the factors affecting the accuracy of measurements of liver stiffness depending on the equipment; testing various SWE techniques for their advantages and disadvantages; identifying the factors depending on the patient (body mass index, gender, respiration, etc.); finding out the reproducibility of liver stiffness measurements in SWE, ...
Normal range of liver stiffness measurement in healthy people
... normal values. Consensus is needed on the subject of normal values of the liver stiffness measurements and shear wave velocity in the liver tissue. Considering the discrepancy between the results of normal liver stiffness values in the sonographic equipment of various manufacturers dynamic observation upon liver stiffness values should be performed using the same machine in the same individual on the depth of 2—5 cm from liver capsule, preferably by the same operator. Caution should be given ...
The mismatch characteristics of the capital equipment of a production complex
... промышленности и образовании : сб. науч. тр. Кемерово, 2000. С. 18—24.
Veryovkin S., Okolot D, Demin S.
production complex, coordination of production, organizational and technological management system, process chain, equipment mismatch, cluster analysis, technological operation
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Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
... international partnerships. The reorientation to China, India, Iran, Brazil and other friendly countries is of current interest. This will ensure the possibility of entering international technology and innovation markets and accessing information resources, equipment and consumables.
Future research should assess the role of foreign innovations in the domestic economy to contribute to a fuller understanding of the current situation through the lens of technological sovereignty. Another research avenue is ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... entrepreneurial potential. This study also considers the impact of academic mobility in the modern world, characterized by rapid and dynamic shifts in technology, markets, and business models. The study concludes that proficiency in working with AI-powered equipment and algorithms is of paramount importance in amplifying the entrepreneurial potential of students in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. This aspect is increasingly gaining attention from universities, which collaborate closely with the business ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... defence capabilities of European countries at the NATO summits in Wales and Warsaw in 2014 and 2016, significantly complicated Denmark’s task of maintaining its reputation as a reliable and dependable ally. In March 2022, persistent difficulties in equipping the Danish armed forces led the country to adopt a plan to reach the NATO target of defence expenditures at 2 % of GDP by 2033. In December 2022, the new Danish government shifted the deadline to 2030.<10> This is still a long-term timeframe ...
Russian military engineers in the Prussian campaign of 1757— 1762
... under the command of D. I. Debosket in the army of S. F. Apraksin on the territory of Prussia during the Seven Years' War. It is shown that as the province was occupied by Russian troops, the engineering tasks were changing: there was a transition from equipping the track infrastructure to restoring defensive facilities. Restoration work was complicated by a variety of circumstances, including the lack of military engineers in the field due to their presence at the front line, the limited possibility ...
Geopolitical Security of Russia: Remarks on the Problem Statement
... geopolitical security can be defined as a state (a set of factors, processes and their consequences) in which a particular country can steadily and effectively, in cooperation with other (sometimes competitive) centres of power, control a territory (and equip it, develop, use its communicative, resource, military-strategic and other capabilities) falling within its political, economic and humanitarian interests.
Vasily K. Belozerov
. Russia’s geopolitical security deserves close attention from researchers....
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... organizations, charitable foundations, trade unions, etc.;
— foreign (international) sector — (foreign R&D)<3> includes all legal entities and individuals located outside the political borders of the state, excluding vehicles, ships, aerospace equipment, test sites operated by these organizations, as well as all international organizations (with the exception of commercial enterprises<4>).
The data source is the databases of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation ...
Achievements and challenges in the Kaliningrad healthcare system during “real socialism”
... difficulties with implementing construction plans for new objects of public health services, some of which had turned into real long-term projects. The lack of financing made it impossible to solve a number of problems related to the obsolescence of equipment and medical technology. Despite successes in the control of infectious diseases, there was a high incidence of dysentery and other intestinal infections in the region. The 1970s saw further development of the system of sanitary education, which ...
Broadband access network design
... specifics were chosen and also an optical budget for a theoretical check of network’s efficiency was calculated.
Efimov A. A., Aleshchenko A. N.
broadband network, passive optical network, optical budget, attenuation, passive and active equipment
27-33
Internet in political communication of contemporary Poland: challenges and prospects for development
The article reveals the problems of political communication in modern Poland, the role of the Internet in the dialogue between the authorities and society. Particular attention is paid to the impact of social networks on the quality of political communication. The characteristic features of the position of ordinary users and representatives of political elites in the communication process are singled out and described. As a research task, the authors identified the main characteristics of political...
Equipment of Prussian lieges in the State of Teutonic Order in the second half of the XIIIth — XIV centuries (on written sources)
The key aspect of incorporation of Prussians, who inhabited the South-East of Baltic region, into the social system of the State of Teutonic Order in the second half of the XIIIth—XIVth centuries was the distribution among them of land estates in exchange of military service and/or taxes. The military duties of Prussians involving defense of lands and participating in the campaigns against political rivals of Order raised the issue of the composition of their weapons which indicated either preserving...
The first experience of percutaneous imposition of gastrocystostomy in the pancreatic cyst treatment
... postnecrotic pancreatic cyst by applying percutaneous gastrocystoanastomosis is described. Surgical treatment was performed under endotracheal anesthesia under the control of a fibrogastroscope, radiation methods (ultrasound navigation devices and x-ray equipment). An improved Lunderquist set was used. The Seldinger technique was used, a low-traumatic percutaneous percutaneous intervention: puncture and double drainage of the pancreatic cyst TRANS-pancreatically and extra-organically. Reduced operation ...
Physical aspects of the providing high-quality mobile radio communication to the peripheral settlement of the Kaliningrad region
... corresponding frequency ranges, taking into account the density of buildings and terrain, calculations of the zones of confident radio reception in the study area were performed, the optimal location of cellular base stations was determined, and the choice of equipment was justified.
Filatova M. G., Aletskaya V. A., Shpilevaya S. G.
radio reception, mobile radio-communication, 5G networks (fifth generation), frequency range, base station, signal attenuation
66-75
Automated production line software
... model of the temperature change inside the hydroelectric station was developed, the type of transfer function was determined, a block diagram of the control algorithm for a metal tile production line was developed, software was developed for the equipment of the "Овен" brand of an automated line: a logical controller PLC160 and an operator panel SP310-R.
Romanov M. A., Tolstel O. V.
programmable logic controller (PLC), operator panel, CoDeSyS, hydrostation, fine grease,...
Human-machine interface for process automation
The paper considers the process of car body painting at a factory. The quality of the body coating directly affects the service life of the vehicle. Modern painting lines at facilities are equipped with robotic equipment. Using robots allows to do painting work with high precision and less wastes. The human-machine interface allows to control and manage complex production processes. The results of designing the operator's monitoring ...
Features of the formation of TEMPEST in a computer keyboard from the point of view of ensuring information security
... possibilities of the formation of spurious electromagnetic radiation and interference in computer keyboards with the ps/2 interface, which can lead to information leaks. The dependences of the physical parameters of the PEMIN on the design features of the equipment used are established. Possible channels of unauthorized information retrieval, through the use of TEMPEST, are analyzed. Recommendations for the safe use of ps/2 keyboards in information systems are formed.
Persichkin A. A., Persichkina ...
Investigation of operating modes of a mobile solar power plant with non-stationary load
... solar radiation power dynamics on the volume of electricity generated, the study of the energy balance of the test facility, the study of the possibilities and development of recommendations for optimizing energy losses in the low-voltage mode of the equipment.
Chizhma S. N., Molchanov S. V., Matyunin P. A., Zakharov A. I., Aleshenko A. N.
mobile solar power plant, automatic trading plant, vending machine, solar panels, power consumption
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