Generation of records by means of the rejection method
Methods of record generation are discussed. The corresponding algorithms are based on the rejection method. We concentrate on a case when records are taken from a gamma population.
1. Невзоров В. Б. Рекорды. Математическая теория....
An analysis of exisitng research on the entomofauna of the Kaliningrad region
... Žygutienė M.
Pirminis Lietuvos blusų (Siphonaptera) rūšių sąrašas // Naujos ir retos Lietuvos vabzdžių rūšys. Pranešimai ir aprašymai. 2004. Vol. 16. P. 74-77.
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of Lithuanian Diptera // New and rare for
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The check-list of Lithuanian Aphidodea // New and rare for
Lithuania insect species....
The dynamics of men’s 100 meters records in Russia
The records of Russian athletes are the clearest evidence of a growth in athletics development records. An analysis of the records dynamics makes it possible not only to register the key moments in the history of a chosen sport against the background of changing ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... global value chains: the import of materials from the EU is accompanied by the subsequent export of part of the finished product to the EU, for example in the automotive industry. Metrics have their drawbacks. A significant part of foreign trade is recorded through organizations registered in Moscow, which distorts the regional structure.
Coefficients of paired correlations between the indicators
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Indicators
of sanction risks’ exposure
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6
7
8
9
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Share of exports to unfriendly countries ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... countries, 2021
Commodity
Proportion
of regional imports, %
Exporting country
Land vehicles, excluding railway and tramway rolling stock
30.4
South Korea, Slovakia, Germany
Soya beans
14.3
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Electric machines and equipment, sound recording and reproducing devices, devices for recording and reproducing television images and sound
7.5
China, South Korea, US, Germany
Equipment and mechanical devices
7.4
South Korea, Germany, Slovakia
Meat and meat products
3.2
Brazil, Paraguay
Furniture
...
The border as a barrier and an incentive for the structural economic transformation of the Kaliningrad exclave
... impact on regions with a high proportion of foreign capital in the economy, investments from unfriendly countries, and a specialisation in the automotive industry [17]. The convergence of these three factors caused the Kaliningrad region to experience a record decline in production from 2020 to 2022, unseen in the rest of the country. There are four primary ways in which the sanctions have affected the socio-economic situation in the region.
The first, most sensitive group includes transport and logistics ...
Migration distances in Russia: a demographic profile of migrants
... registration people return to the place where they have permanent registration rather than leaving for a different location. Over the study period, there were 8.1 million ‘automatic returns’, which are included in 38.9 of all domestic migrations recorded by Rosstat [34].
It seems unreasonable to take into account ‘automatic returns’ when analysing migration distance as they essentially double the number of relocations involving temporary resident registration in the total quantity of registered ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... Sweden. It is worth noting that Latvia boasts 3 m ha of forests, over half of them privately owned. The largest owners are international companies and banks.<15>
It can be cautiously assumed that investors put money into regional towns with a track record of industrial excellence, appropriate infrastructure, adequate communications and multi-modal transport networks. In doing so they, repurpose the infrastructure to work in highly profitable industries, taking the net value added out of the country....
Count M. A. Miloradovich in life, creativity and the fate of F. N. Glinka
... an ensign and ended his military career as a Colonel, a writer and poet, a chronicler of three wars, editor of the first «Military magazine» and organizer of the military library, a Decembrist and philanthropist. This is not a complete «service record» of Glinka before the December uprising of 1825. M. A. Miloradovich played a visible role in this various acts and functions of F. N. Glinka.
The article clarifies the facts concerning the military service of F. N. Glinka and his personal relations ...
Improvement of professional training of law enforcement officials at a professional training centre
... in the training process at the Regional Professional Training Center has improved the academic performance of police officers. It is stressed that the use of mental maps is a convenient and effective method for thinking visualization and alternative recording, which can be successfully used in developing new ideas, recording thoughts, and analyzing and structuring information, etc.
1. Суходольский М. И. О результатах внедрения в учебный процесс центров ...
Evangelical Lutheran church of Denmark: socio-economic and territorial-organisational aspects
... financially and legally subordinate to the Inatsisartut (Parliament of Greenland). It is divided into 3 deaneries and 17 parishes, with a cathedral located in the capital city of Nuuk.
Unlike the Church of Denmark, the Church of Greenland does not publicly record the number of its adherents. The religious composition of the island’s population can only be roughly estimated by experts. According to the World Religion Database<2>, as of 2020, approximately 96 % of Greenland residents are Christians....
Models for countering the segregation of ethnoreligious immigrant areas in Denmark and Sweden
... identity: 75 % of Danes are members of the National Evangelical Lutheran Church.<21>
Modern Muslim ‘parallel societies’ in Denmark
Since 2011, a Social Democratic government began to make changes to Denmark’s integration policy, which were recorded in the new strategic plan 2013 — “Vulnerable residential areas — the next steps”.<22> This was preceded by the Kokkedal administration’s refusal to install a Christmas tree and the dilemma of the rights of Muslim and Danish minorities ...
The Relationship Between the Individual and the Collective in the Social Philosophy of Georges Gurvitch
... and society. In the concept of “normative fact” he defined the being of society and embodied the dialectical interaction between singularity and multitude. In the late 1930s in his teaching on microsociology, he introduced criteria of sociability, recording individual (intensity of the fusion of individual minds) and collective (the force of social pressure) aspects of the process of social development. Proceeding from these criteria Gurvitch developed a gradation of sociability, expressing it ...
Vladimir Bibikhin: the connoisseur of poetry and the poet
The publication of «Selected Records from 1965 to 1989» has exposed the reader to poetry of Vladimir Bibikhin’s poetry as a key to understanding the patterns of culture. In these records, Bibikhin discussed the formation of the canons of national poetry and its peculiarities....
Semantic potential of the lexeme twilight in Russian poetry
... linguistic and poetic examination focuses on contexts featuring the lemma 'twilight' within the poetic corpus of the Russian National Corpus, specifically those related to the period from 1756 to 1917. The chosen timeframe aligns with the initial recording of the selected lexeme, as per corpus data, with the second date serving as a conditional endpoint corresponding to the conclusion of the Silver Age of Russian lyrics. The aim of the linguistic and poetic analysis is to discern patterns in the ...
Three Russian Baltic regions in the context of confrontation between Russia and the West
... while the Kaliningrad region experienced an even more substantial sixfold decline. The situation in the Leningrad region was relatively better, largely due to the operation of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant. In 1998, the minimum production level recorded was 56 % of that in 1991, surpassing the national average (48 %) for Russia. Although St. Petersburg had not fully regained its pre-crisis industrial output by 2021, it strategically diversified its economic functions, particularly through the ...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... region
As the change between 2010 and early 2023 figures suggests, despite the overall rural population growth observed across the Kaliningrad region, its eastern and northern municipalities continue to lose population. The most considerable growth was recorded in the municipalities of Kaliningrad’s immediate suburban zone (Fig. 3).
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Urban and rural population change, 2023 on 2010, % (as at the beginning of the year)
Compiled based on data: Key indicators of economic and social development of cities ...
Modern trends in paradiplomacy: a case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation
... paradiplomacy through an examination of the case of Russian-Finnish regional cooperation.
Apart from the case study, this work is based on comparative analysis and systems analysis. Comparative analysis allows us to match empirical evidence collected from the recording and classification of Russian-Finnish paradiplomatic activities. Moreover, following the logic of systems analysis, the paper summarizes the principles of cooperation between the regions of Russia and Finland and identifies general trends in ...
Artificial Intelligence: a catalyst for entrepreneurship education in the Baltics
... varies in the Baltic countries. In Lithuania and Estonia, the number of such participants in 2022 was almost the same and amounted to 24 %, in Latvia it was slightly lower and amounted to 18 %.
Universities in the Baltic States have their own track record of boosting student entrepreneurial potential using advances in AI. Summarising the results obtained to identify further directions in the study of the entrepreneurial potential of students in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, the following can be ...
Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
....<6> This leads one to conclude that Denmark endeavoured to make a contribution that would make it stand out amongst the US-led allies, no matter how much these efforts exhausted the country’s defence capabilities.
A study of Denmark’s track record fits the context of growing research interest in investigating the strategic culture of medium-sized and small states striving to fill a distinctive unique niche in the international system [5]. Another area of interest is the militarisation of ...
The Mobius strip of the pragmasemantics of sense: from culture through subjectivity to nothingness and back
....17223/1998863Х/71/4
(in Russ.).
North, D. C., Wallis, J. J. and Weingast, B. R., 2011. Nasilie i sotsial'nye poryadki. Kontseptual'nye ramki dlya interpretatsii pis'mennoi istorii chelovechestva [Violence and Social Orders. A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History]. Moscow, 480 p. (in Russ.).
Pavlova, V. D. and Chupahin, N. P., 2014. Philosophy of meaning to philosophy of culture. Vestnik Novosibirskogo gosudarstvennogo pedagogicheskogo universiteta [Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University ...
Emission levels and identification of NOx and SO2 sources in the South-eastern Baltic on the results of observations at the background monitoring station Diabla Góra (Poland)
... and at the beginning and end of the year (January and December, respectively). The main identified sources of NOx and SO2 emissions were located south of the monitoring station, particularly during cold periods when the highest concentrations were recorded.
Sheyar A., Koroleva J.V
South-eastern Baltic, air pollution, source identification, receptor model, Openair
97-110
10.5922/gikbfu-2023-2-8
Right-wing radical ideologems in the politics of South American states
... Frieden and the theories of "de-ideologization" by D. Bell and S. Lipset. Methods of regional and binary synchronous comparison made it possible to establish indicators of the influence of right-wing radical ideologemes, as well as to record similarities and the most significant differences in individual country cases. An analysis of the structure and state of the party systems of the states of the region made it possible to determine the degree of influence of right-wing radical ...
Simultaneous interpreter in multimodal dimension: the role of gestures in moments of non-interpretation
The paper investigates multimodal behavior of simultaneous interpreters during ‘non-interpretation’ regarded as interruptions in the flow of speech due to difficulties. Video recordings of a TEDtalk on biology interpreted from English into Russian by 24 simultaneous interpreters are analyzed with the help of quantitative and qualitative methods. The distribution of gestures with the moments of ‘non-interpretation’ indicates ...
International heritage in the memorial landscape of the Kaliningrad region
... about the past, which emerged in the Soviet period have been addressed by Yuri Kostyashov, along with the general features of the historical consciousness of the region’s Soviet population. It is worth noting that Kostyashov headed a project aiming to record the memories of the first settlers in the Kaliningrad region, many of whom spoke of the enormous influence landmark pre-war buildings and other artefacts had on the way Soviet people saw the region [4], [5]. The problem of the reception of German ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... Seaports (totaling 117.1 million), the development dynamic is currently negative. Specifically, the Saint Petersburg port’s performance has been affected adversely. In 2022, the share of incoming ships decreased by 30 %, with only 294 sea vessels recorded compared to 418 in 2021. The decline in the number of foreign vessels arriving at the Baltic Seaports appears to be the primary factor contributing to this trend. However, it is worth noting that in March 2022, the number of vessels arriving ...
The impact of the food embargo on consumer preferences and cross-border practices in the Kaliningrad region
....pl/en/topics/prices-trade/price-indices/price-indices-of-consumer-goods-and-services/yearly-price-indices-of-consumer-goods-and-services-from-1950/
(accessed 10.10.2022).
As Table 2 shows, the price for considered food products in the region during this period was higher than that for both Polish and Lithuanian goods. In 2012—2013, the largest gap in the prices was recorded for some milk products (1.4—1.5-fold difference), chicken (with Poland, 1.5—1.6-fold), sausage and cooked meat products (2-fold), carrots (with Poland, 1.6 times), potatoes (1.4-fold), apples (1.6-fold). Only fish and seafood were cheaper ...
The spread of the COVID-19 infection in Russia’s Baltic macro-region: internal differences
... damage it inflicted [15], [16], [17], [18]. Excess mortality was an important medical-demographic indicator of the spread of the pandemic across regions and municipalities.
Other indicators are less accurate as deaths from COVID-19 are not always recorded as such, and the symptoms of the infection often resemble those of other viral illnesses and may be statistically associated with them (e. g. acute respiratory infections). Regional hospitalisation rates do not always correlate with
COVID-19 ...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
... pension reform carried out under the rule of PO and the reduction of retirement age. The PiS programme stated as its main goal ‘a Polish model of a modern welfare state’.<5> At the high of its popularity in the early 2020, PiS enjoyed the record level of support in the region of 50 %.<6> In its turn, PO benefits from the evident discontent of many Poles with the authoritarian and clerical trends associated with PiS: the attacks on the judiciary system, the tightening of abortion ...
Cultural and leisure activities in the Kaliningrad region in the second half of 1940s—1980s
... time when leisure time was clearly influenced by foreign culture, the most active interest in which was shown by young people. Here the region was characterized by the presence of more sailors who brought home elements of this culture in the form of records, tape recorders, and other household items from their overseas voyages.
Baranova E.V.
history of everyday life, Kaliningrad region, leisure, Soviet period
46-58
10.5922/sikbfu-2022-4-5
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
... digital technologies is increasing in Russia. Online stores (for example, Ozon, Wildberries, Yandex.Market, etc.) have become more popular, providing the import of goods (including parallel imports) and their delivery throughout the country. There is a record growth in online commerce.<5>
The aim of this study is to describe general spatial trends and identify significant factors that determine the differences in the distribution and use of the Internet in the Russian regions over the past decade....
Conceptualization of prayer in the diary discourse of L. N. Tolstoy
... carried out using methods of continuous sampling of diary notes dedicated to prayer, conceptual analysis aimed at highlighting its cognitive features, as well as private techniques for analyzing the semantics of a keyword. The study has revealed that records of prayer are found throughout the years of keeping a diary. Tolstoy understands prayer as a dialogue with God, as self-understanding. The article analyzes the features of the conceptualization of prayer, objectified by the compatibility of the ...
The noun visilka: a semantic portrait and a system of multiple meanings (based on police search documentation of the second half of the 19th century)
... list of MST]. OGKU «Gosudarstvennyj arhiv Irkutskoj oblasti». F 32. Op. 5. D. 458. L. 1 (In Russ.).
Pribavlenie k № 50-mu Smolenskih Gubernskih Vѣdomostej, Oficial'noj chasti 11-go Dekabrya 1848 goda [Addendum to No. 50 of the Smolensk Provincial Records, Official part of December 11, 1848]. GBUTO «Gosudarstvennyj arhiv Tyumenskoj oblasti». F. I-3. Oр. 1. D. 406. L. 3 (In Russ.).
Slovar' drevnerusskogo yazyka XI-XIV vv. [Dictionary of the old Russian language of the XI-XIV centuries]. M....
The Republic of Belarus and the Kaliningrad region of Russia as a sub-regional security complex
... Near the Borders of Belarus and Russia, Evraziya.Ekspert, April 28, 2019, URL:
https://eurasia.expert/chto-amerikanskie-b-52-delali-u-granits-belarusi-i-rossii/
(accessed 20.06.2022) (in Russ.).
36. Zverev, Yu. 2019, The United States set a decade record for the activity of nuclear bombers in Europe, Evraziya.Ekspert, December 03, 2019, URL:
https://eurasia.expert/ssha-postavili-rekord-aktivnosti-yadernykh-bombardirovshchikov-v-evrope/
(accessed 20.06.2022) (in Russ.).
37. Freedberg, S. J. Jr....
On the development of a western worldview in the context of the journal “Vestnik Evropy” in the correspondence between Alexey Veselovsky and Alexander Pypin
... during the period of cooperation with a liberal journal “Herald of Europe”. The author believes that Pypin's ideas influenced development of Veselovsky as a scientist. This correspondence appears to be highly valuable both as an important record of Alexey Veselovsky's autobiography and the whole epoch of the end of the 19th — the early 20th century.
Shubina V.A.
epistolary heritage, journalism, Alexey N. Veselovsky, Alexander N. Pypin, Herald of Europe, Westernism, liberalism
...
Educating medical students on hygienically safe usage of mobile electronic devices
... recommendations. Based on the results of this study, simple but easily implemented recommendations were developed for medical students who were included in the checklist for the protection of vision; checklists were tested over the course of two months and recorded positive changes.
Ievleva О.V.
computer vision syndrome, electronic devices, vision hygiene
81-88
. The course and outcomes of testimony verification at the crime scene with the involvement of a minor
... highlight the main features that arise during the testimony verification at the crime scene with the participation of a minor and to develop the most practical implementation recommendations. The study confirms the value and urgency of the investigation recording. The author also comes up with some recommendations on how to correct mistakes made in the descriptive part of the testimony verification protocols. The examined materials revealed malpractice of not registering the questions the answers posed ...
Toil, Passion, Serendipity, Money, and Marketing: a Fresh Look at Agents of Translation
Drawing initially on the “Introduction” to Agents of Translation (Milton & Bandia 2009) and my work on Monteiro Lobato (Milton 2010, 2019), this article presents a number of the elements of the agency of translation such as patronage, habitus, and gatekeeping. Agents are also involved in an Actor Network, and they may act as ambassadors for the author or school they are attempting to introduce. The study then summarizes the work I have done on the Brazilian editor, author, and translator, José...
Psychoemotional state of medical students involved in providing medical care under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic
... course of the study, a questionnaire was developed to identify the main factors of respondents ' distress. An anonymous survey was conducted in the form of an online survey of 212 students of the Smolensk state medical University. The data obtained recorded a high level of emotional exhaustion of the majority of respondents, and the leading causes of anxiety for medical students were also identified: the fear of bringing an infection home to their loved ones and the remote format of exams.
...
Species composition of diatom complexes (Bacillariophyta) in the holocene sediments in the Curonian lagoon
... diatom assemblages in a sediment core from the southwestern part of the Curonian Lagoon. There have been identified 56 species and intraspecific taxa, which belong to 35 genera. The species of Actinocyclus, Aulacoseira, Fragilariforma and Staurosira were recorded as dominant taxa in the bottom sediment samples. The studied sediments contain a large number of species, which demonstrate optimal development at a high pH value. Most of the identified species are freshwater inhabitants, less often the brackish-water ...
Migration attractiveness of the coastal zone of Russia’s North-West: local gradients
... examine how the coastal factor can benefit the migration attractiveness and human resources of Russian coastal territories of geostrategic importance. This study aims to delineate coastal territories and investigate local migration flows compared to those recorded in inland regions. The research draws on the concept of coastalisation, employing universal, geographical, and statistical research methods. It uses documentary sources and official 2011—2020 statistics. The findings show that the coastal position ...
Deformations of the marinve coastline of the Curonian spit (South-Eastern Baltic Sea) during autumn-winter season of 2018—2019
..., with a wave height of 7—8 m, accompanied by a rise in sea level by 0.7 m, hit the coast of the Southeastern Baltic Sea in January 2019. The coast of the Russian part of the Curonian Spit was selectively eroded. The most significant erosion was recorded in the near border part of the coast (the foredune retreated from 1 to 4.7 m), as well as in the root section, where the foredune broke through and the adjacent territory was flooded. The zone between these parts of the spit proved to be relatively ...
Economic activity of the leading religious organizations in Estonia
... One of the least studied topics is the economic activity of confessions. Estonia is one of the few countries in the Baltic region where religion has not been a public institution until nowadays, therefore it hasn’t provided access to the financial records of its religious organizations.
At the same time, the population of modern Estonia (more than other countries in Northern Europe) is influenced by the processes of secularization. The aim of the study is to confirm this hypothesis using data ...
Features of connecting measuring devices with the software package Matlab
The paper describes an algorithm for integrating digital measuring devices with a personal computer as part of a multifunctional instrument complex for using the resources of the Matlab application software package for recording and processing received signals. The basic device is a memory oscilloscope manufactured by «Tektronix», which has proven itself in laboratory experiments on radio spectroscopy. The proposed procedure for connecting the oscilloscope to ...
Scalable zk-SNARK
... currently known have scalability limitations that depend on the magnitude of the computation being proved. First, the size of the proving key depends at least linearly on the upper bound of the structure in which we work. Second, the proof requires a record of all previous steps. The article describes an algorithm for achieving a new implementation of zk-SNARK using elliptic curve cryptography, field structure features, and proof integrity. In practice, this implementation is a recursive composition ...
Paleoecological conditions of the Gdansk basin in Holocene in the complex analysis of short sediment cores
... analysis data with published reconstruction results, the sediments of the studied cores were formed during the last three millennia (from the Roman Warm Period to the Modern Warm Period). Intensified water exchange between the Baltic and North Seas was recorded before the Roman Warm Period, during the Roman Warm Period itself, the Dark Ages and during the Medieval Climate Optimum. Periods of climate warming, characterized by an increase in surface water productivity and bottom water hypoxia, correspond ...
Variability of climatic characteristics оver the South-East Baltic coastal waters in the early XXI century
... estimated at a rate of 0.10 hPa/year. South-west and west winds prevail and they increase their speed during cold season. Increase in the number of storms is shown (+ 2 storms/15 years), however, the duration of storms has decreased and the maximum recorded wind speed has declined. The average annual air temperature over the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea has increased by 1.6°C compared to the middle of the XX century and it rises annually at a rate of 0.04° С/year. The sea surface temperature ...