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• Witnessing in criminal proceedings

  This article analyses witness participation in criminal proceedings. The author pays special attention to witness immunity and relevant forensic analysis. The significance of this institution is characterized from the perspective of the identity of a witness. The author stresses ...

• The tactical features of interrogating witnesses to crimes against public officials

  This article considers the application of witness personality doctrine when investigating crimes against public officials. The cases of crimes against employees of correctional facilities help describe the features of different categories of witnesses and propose tactics of interrogating witnesses ...

• Expanding opportunities for obtaining testimony from witnesses in criminal proceedings

  Improving the quality of crime investigation is tightly linked with im­proving the quality of evidence gathering. The nature of the witness testimony requires further improvement of the forensic support to the process of evidence obtaining. The purpose of the study was determined by the need to consider the tactical possibilities of obtaining objective testimony from witnesses. While ...

• The admissibility of techniques used in the examination of witnesses

  This article discusses the application of tactics in the examination of witness. The author addresses the admissibility of tactics depending on the type of witness and investigatory situation. Special attention is paid to the admissibility of using methods of emotional and psychological pressure. 1. Всеобщая декларация ...

• On the question of the reliability of witnesses’ testimony

  The author explores separate aspects of the genesis of testimony. Obtain­ing reliable testimony from witnesses is the main objecting of this research. The author reflects on the latest developments in science, which expand a range of methods used for studying human psyche and personality as a source of information about the crime event. Based on the ...

• A testimony of the First World War: Käthe Kollwitz’s cycle War (1922—1923)

  ... 1982. 3. Friedrichsmeyer S. “Seeds for the Sowing”: The Diary of Käthe Kollwitz // Arms and the Woman: War Gender and Literary Representation / ed. H. M. Cooper et al. Chapel Hill; L., 1989. Р. 205—224. 4. Hynes S. The Soldier’s Tale: Bearing Witness to Modern War. N. Y., 1997. 5. Kearns M. Käthe Kollwitz. Woman and Artist. N. Y., 1976. 6. Krahmer C. Käthe Kollwitz: In Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Reinbek bei Hamburg, 1981. 7. McCausland E. Käthe Kollwitz // Parnassus. 1937. Vol....

• Криминалистическое изучение личности свидетеля: основные методы

  ... обосновывают необходимость разработки криминалистического учения о личности свидетеля. This article considers the concept and the basic techniques and methods of forensic study of witness identity and focuses on the possibilities of its practical application in investigative and judicial practice. The authors justify the need for developing a forensic doctrine of witness identity. 1. Лушечкина М. А. Криминалистическое ...

• A witness for the prosecution. Stanislav Dubel's testimony at the trial of Rudolf Hess

  ... former Polish prisoner of the Nazi concen­tration camp Auschwitz Stanislaw Dubiel (1910—?), who between 1942 and 1944 worked as a gardener at the villa of the Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, and subsequently became one of the main prosecution witnesses at his trial. The trial took place in Warsaw in March 1947 and lasted 18 days. In addition to Dubiel, other Poles — former Auschwitz prisoners testified there, but Dubiel’s testimony was the most complete and contained many important details....

• Generalized model of a satellite information transmission channel using Nyquist shaping filters

  ... information signal, the im­plementation of a convolutional encoder, a forming Nyquist filter and a BPSK modulator, the synthesis of a discrete additive narrow-band Gaussian noise, the implementation of a BPSK demodulator and a decoder based on the Wit­terby algorithm are presented in this article. As a result of verification of the model, it is shown that in the absence of additive noise, the Nyquist filter eliminates intersymbol interference. The gain in the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), at which ...

• Tactics of particular investigating actions relating to crimes against public officers

  This article considers the tactics of examining the victim, suspect, and witnesses and the on-site verification of testimony in cases related to crimes against public officers based on the criminal cases studied by the author. 1. Волчецкая Т. С., Осипова Е. В., Киселев Д. Г. Структура ...

• The linguistic personality of A. V. Makedonov in the epistolary discourse of the 1990s (based on his letters to Margareta O. Thompson held in the archive of the Literary Museum of the Smolensk State University)

  ... Tvardovsky’s oeuvre, dates back to the early 1990s. The epistolary discourse is examined from the perspective of cultural linguistics as an exemplary speech of a descendant of a Saint Petersburg intelligentsia family, born in the early 20th century and a witness to corresponding historical events. This is the first time the materials have been presented to the research community. 1. Акимова Т. П. Лингвокультурологические характеристики эпистолярного ...

• NATO Policies in the Baltics: Objectives and Priorities

  ... characteristics of NATO’s current policy towards the Baltic Sea region. After the demise of the Soviet Union, the region was considered as one of the safest in terms of military security. However, in the aftermath of the Ukraine crisis, the region has witnessed a growing tension in relations between NATO and the Russian Federation. A comparative analysis of NATO’s official documents on the Baltics shows that the chief pretext for increased military presence in the region is the alleged need to defend ...

• The theme of the female in the novels of Charles Brockden Brown

  ... Fielder L . Love and Death in the American Novel . N. Y., 1992. 3. Clark D.   L . Charles Brockden Brown: Pioneer Voice Of America . Durham , 1952. 4. Cowie A . The Rise of the American Novel. N. Y., 1951. 5. Brown C.   B . Ormond, or The Secret Witness. N. Y., 1799. 6.  Brow n C.   B . Alcuin, Dialogue. N. Y., 1982. 7.  Wollstonecraft M . A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. L., 1992. 8.  Lavater J.   C . Essayas on Psysiognomy // Massachusets Magazine. 1794. Janua­ry. 9.  Langhorne,...

• The history of the myth of L. P. Karsavin’s conversion to Catholicism

  There numerous publication on the conversion of the Russian scientist and religious philosopher Lev Karsavin to Catholicism. Meanwhile, the juxtaposition of the memories of those who witnessed the last years of Karsavin's life as well as many other documents of that time make it possible to assert that his conversion to another faith is only a myth created by enthusiastic zealots of Catholicism, since it contradicts the dying philosopher’s ...

• Non-verbal elements of a film text in the semiosis of power

  Contemporary communication is witnessing an increasing role of visual elements. The development of cinema as a special sign system has contributed to this trend. Scholars agree on the definition of the film text as a unique type of text comprising both verbal and non-verbal elements....

• History of the words starina and starik as terms of friendship in Russian

  ... Russ.). Dal', V. I., 1880—1882. Tolkovyi slovar' zhivogo velikorusskogo yazyka: v 4 t. [Explan­atory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language: in 4 volumes.]. Reprint 1981—1982. Moscow (in Russ.). Danilenko, V. P., 2012. The brilliance of wit A. S. Pushkin in letters to P.A. Vya­zemsky and N. N. Pushkina. Vestnik Irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo lingvisticheskogo universiteta [Bulletin of Irkutsk State Linguistic University], 4(21). Available at: https:// cyberleninka.ru/article/n/blesk-ostroumiya-a-s-pushkina-v-pismah-k-p-a-vyazems ...

• Construction works impact on the vegetation in the сoastal zone of the Pregolya river in Kaliningrad

  ... districts. Since 2013, associations with the dominance of Phragmites australis, Scirpus lacus­tris, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Butomus umbellatus, Carex acuta, Potamogeton lucens, etc. have disappeared in the construction zones. In 2019 several loca­tions witnessed the initial stages of restoration of plant communities that were destroyed here earlier. 1. Герб М. А., Володина А. А. Растительность и флора р. Преголя // Биологи­ческие сообщества ...

• The features of choosing an institutional development trajectory in Eastern Europe in the 16th—17th centuries: Moscovy and the Polish — Lithuanian Commonwealth

  Recent decades have witnessed an increase in the number of works dedicated to the analysis of effects of historical events on the choice of institutions and further economic and social development of regions. This article employs the new institutional economic theory approach ...

• The indicators of the quality of life in patients with a terminal stage of chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis

  ... 2005. Vol. 51. P. 577—586. Seica A., Segall L., Verzan C. et al. Factors affecting the quality of life of hae­modi­alysis patients from Romania: a multicentric study // Nephrol Dial Trans­plant. 2009. Vol. 24 (2). P. 626—629. Mazairac A. H., de Wit G. A., Grooteman M. P. et al. Effect of hemodiafiltration on quality of life over time // Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013. Vol. 8 (1). P. 82—89. Reiss D. Patient, family and staff responses to end-stage renal disease // Am. J. Kidney Dis. 1990. № ...

• Transformation of the institutional matrix of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Russian Empire

  ... the new lands, administrative and legal unification, and deep integration. It is shown that upon the admission of Grand Duchy of Lithuania lands into the Russian Empire some basic economic and sociocul­tural institutions were retained, which bears witness to the preservation of singular elements of the institutional matrix of the disin­teg­rated society even during its passage through a bifurcation point. 1. Дюргейм Э. Социология. Ее предмет, метод, предназначение....

• Saint-Petersburg in the Baltic Sea region

  ... — Cold War Europe / ed. by K. Khudoley and S. Tkachenko . St. Petersburg , 2002. 19. Krohn A. The challenge of dumped chemical ammunition in the Baltic Sea // Security dialogue. 1994. Vol. 25, No. 1 . 20. Patten C., Rt. Hon. Examination of Witness: Minutes of Evidence: Commit­tee on Foreign Affairs: House of Commons: March 1, 2001. 21. Perko S. Verkostojen Itämeri. Vuorovaikutus ja sen merkitys alue ­ ellis ­ tumi ­ skehitykselle. Tampere: Rauha- ja konfliktitutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja,...

• Verbal aggression in modern poetry: conventional and uncon­ventional functioning of discourse markers

  ... mechanism). The author studies the formation of aggressive message in poetic discourse and its subjectification. Agamben, G., 2012. Homo Sacer. Chto ostaetsya posle Osventsima: arkhiv i svidetel' [Homo Sacer. What remains after Auschwitz: archive and witness]. Moscow (in Russ.). Azarova, N. M., 2012. The criterion "addressee" in establishing the boundaries of poetic discourse. In: N. D. Arutyunova, ed. Logicheskiĭ analiz yazyka. Adresatsiya diskur­sa [Logical analysis of language. Addressing ...

• Transcendental Philosophy as a Research Programme

  ... That is why in both prefaces to the Critique of Pure Reason (1781 and 1787) Kant introduces the concept of transcendental philosophy as an “idea.” The idea understood architectonically develops slowly and only gradually acquires a definite form. As witnessed by the works of Kant himself and of his predecessors and followers, the idea of transcendental philosophy has undergone a series of changes and adjustments compared to the initial plan. In this context, my goal is not simply exegesis and historical ...

• Depopulation of coastal rural Lithuania: do regional parks stabilise the situation?

  ... Petersen, J-E. 2011, Which Habitats of European Importance Depend on Agricultural Practices? Biodiversity and Conservation, no. 20, p. 2365—2378. doi: 10.1007/s10531-011-9989-z. 38. Lanier, P. 2014, The positive impacts of ecotourism in protected areas, WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, no. 187, p. 199—209. doi:10.2495/ST140161. 39. Minciu, R., Pădurean, M., Popescu, D., Hornoiu, R. 2012, Demand for Vacations / Travel in Protected Areas — Dimension of Tourists’ Ecological Behavior,...