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The relevance of the results. Significant natural resource potential of Russia requires its prudent use. At present, environmental management programmes have been adopted and are being implemented in most countries of the world. In the European Union (EU), environmental production per unit of GDP has increased by more than 50% in the last decade, and the world Bank estimates that six trillion euros should be invested in clean technologies in developing countries in the next decade. Russia has a system of measures ...

One of the perspective directions of simulation and modeling tool development is the problem orientation, which allows reducing the requirements that presented to a knowledge level of end users in the programming area essentially. Using the software package in a system for dynamic modeling of multi-agent resource conversion processes (MRCP) BPsim (Business Process Simulation), a simulation model of the workstation workflow was built to make experiments to determine the workload of posts and identify bottlenecks in...

Simulating direct runoff is vital, especially with regard to flash floods. The frequency of flash flood events increases as they are concomitant phenomena of the climate change. Considering the difficult prediction and rapid onset, as well as often lack of input data, the Soil Conservation Service curve number procedure (SCS-CN) poses a useful approach applied globally. Nevertheless, the method was developed for small agricultural watersheds in the USA, thus demanding corresponding modifications in order to provid...

The article investigates liquid pipelines that pass through the areas of Siberia and Far East. The negative impact of permafrost terrain, precisely its peculiar characteristics, on pipeline location is revealed. It is proved that there is high possibility of hazardous geocryological processes that may change the pipeline stress-strain conditions and lead to various technical accidents, which, in its turn, may result in significant leaks and serious pollution problems. Most oil main pipelines are typically undergro...

The relevance of the results. Recycling as a process of using returnable resources is the basis of the modern approach to the organization of industrial production on the basis of the principles of green, circular economy. This concept of organization of production is based on the cycle of production and consumption in order to ensure the maximum possible reuse of resources and prevent harmful effects on the environment, which is an integral part of the environmental management program. Currently, this approach is...

Synthetic cast iron was introduced into production 60 years ago, just after the development and production of medium and low-frequency high-capacity of induction furnaces (1 to 20 tonnes). This allowed the production of a wide range of cast iron, especially alloyed. Another significant effect was the increase in the portion of steel scrap up to 100% and, in particular, the reduction of the consumption of deficient and costly pig iron. Its price is up to twice as high as steel scrap. In the long time, the negative ...

This paper discusses the method of increasing the recovery rate when developing deposits of terrigenous sediments at a late stage by involving inactive wells into the field development using sidetracks covering undrained areas. In order to estimate the predicted flow rates of wells with horizontal sidetracks, calculations were carried out for seven wells using four analytical methods for wells which are in the pressure observation well stock, suspended well stock, inactive due to the reaching limit by water cut an...

Cyanobacteria are the main components of the phytoplankton in many freshwater and marine ecosystems. So far, about 150 genera and over 2000 species have been described. Although they are one of the most ancient groups of organisms, their taxonomic classification is problematic even today, due to the lack of clear diacritic morphological features between the closely related species, the high variability of the morphological features used for taxonomical purposes depending on the environmental conditions and the occ...

Technological parameters of the introduction of grapes into the in vitro culture have been improved. The use of growth regulators (6-BAP, 2iP, kinetin) contributed to the enhancement of rhizogenesis and an increase in the coefficient of in vitro plant reproduction. New methods for adapting grape plants that were in vitro improved to in vivo conditions at the reproduction stage have been studied. It has been shown that all concentrations of lingo-humate had a positive effect on plants, which in turn contributed to ...

The development of the most efficient technology is extremely important to synchronize work on the laying yielding strawberry parent plants. The main link here should be the material obtained in vitro. The most vulnerable element of in vitro technology is adaptation to non-sterile conditions, when it is very difficult to simultaneously control a large number of factors and when very large plant losses are possible. The fundamentally new method of adapting microplants to hydroponics has been tested and allows us to...

Amiodarone (AMD) is an antiarrhythmic agent included in the 2nd class according to the biopharmaceutical classification of drug substances. The oral bioavailability of AMD in conventional pharmaceutical formulations exhibits large interindividual variations due to the rapid dealkylation of the molecule to desethylaminodarone (inactive metabolite) and due to low hydrosolubility. The complexation of the drug substance in the central cavity of various kinds of cyclodextrins is one of the most effective methods for op...

Several countries have developed separate strategies for the introduction and development of entrepreneurship education. In turn, the involvement of young people in entrepreneurship has been on the agenda of the European Union since the economic crisis, when in many member countries it was exactly the young people who were most impacted by the narrowing of the labor market and consequently the sharp rise in unemployment. Despite the fact that not all students potentially starting a business will be successful, uns...

One of the most important tasks of educational process improvement in training of highly skilled doctors at the Medical Institute is a determination of significant skills and abilities, which students are to obtain from the first days of their study. The purpose of this article is to reveal methods how to increase cognitive activity of Medical Institute students of the North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov in foreign languages (English, German, French, Japanese, etc.). It also concerns Latin la...

Nowadays, the demands on urban intelligence and the protection of their inhabitants vary widely. This is due to technical progress (especially in information technology) and the possible dangers to which the population must be protected. The potential danger is caused by natural influences, human activity and also accidents. With population growth and urban migration, it is difficult for cities to be a quality and safe place to live. Smart City is one of the concepts applying the principles of sustainable developm...

All the recent studies about green buildings agree upon the importance of their envi-ronmental sustainability. This goal finds confirmation also through the recent green building assessment tools, which give higher rating points to environmental aspects of sustainability. Certainly the increase of buildings performances, thanks to an efficient use of energy, water and materials, or waste and CO2 emission reduction, is a tangible way to reduce environmental impact, but it couldn?t be enough in high-density urban ar...

Development of the mining industry has influenced the formation of the landscape throughout the history of mankind. In some cases, it can have disastrous consequences at both local and regional levels. Such situation arose in the south of the Western Siberia in the 18th - early 20th century. The research group focused on the manufacturing complex of Kolyvano-Voskresensky (until 1834, and Altaisky after that) mountain district which became not only the main supplier of fine silver for the Russian Empire, but also a...

The world around us is constantly changing, which implies a good organization of all existing resources, especially labor resources. At times, there is a demand for goods or services that require a very high workforce. In other situations, all this is reduced and other economic processes and phenomena attract. These changes need not only be understood, but also predicted, in order not to have unpleasant events. Usually employees and employers are people, most of the time, without training in the economic field. It...

In the years 2011-2017, 21 boreholes were drilled in the area of the Grodziec syncline as a part of exploration and prospecting works related to copper ores. The borehole recognition was complemented with 2D seismic reflection survey in 2017. As a result, the geological structure of the Grodziec syncline located in the E part of the North Sudetic Synclinorium (south-western Poland) was made more detailed. It is a secondary synclinal unit formed in the alpine orogenesis as a result of block movements of the crystal...

Traffic management systems are used usually to try to reduce congestion and improve road safety. The main sources of pollution at European level are cars. In the present paper, it presents the effect of these traffic management systems on vehicles emissions and pollutions. It presented the most frequently types used by traffic management systems and assessment of their possible effects on vehicle emissions and consumption of fuel. In 1990, the number of local public transport journeys was 2.5 billion, of which 52%...

A change in the groundwater formation conditions occurs under the influence of human impact on the environment. Changes relate to both quantitative indicators of formation, such as natural reserves and natural resources, and qualitative, such as mineralization, temperature, chemical composition and gas composition. The impact of changes in natural conditions under the influence of economic activity on the conditions of groundwater formation in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the impact of c...

The paper is focused on the effect of biochar amendment on the soil water content. Biochar used for the field experiment was produced from paper fiber sludge and grain husks (1:1 w/w) by pyrolysis at 550°C for 30 minutes. The field study was conducted at the experimental site in Nitra region Slovakia (lat. 48°19?00??, lon. 18°09?00??). The biochar was incorporated into the soil (0-10 cm) in spring 2014. The plots (4m x 6m) were organized in randomized block design. The experiment consisted of 5 levels of biochar a...

Magnesium potassium phosphate cement (MKPC) is a chemically bonded cementitious binder prepared by mixing dead burned magnesia powder with KH2PO4 and water. Comparing with conventional Portland cements, MKPCs exhibit some advantageous parameters as low dry shrinkage and high early compressive strengths that predestine them mainly for rapid repair of infrastructure. To reduce the heat evolution and cost related to the use of this type of cement, MKPC was blended with 30-50 % by mass of biomass ash. Dead burned magn...

The formation of spring wheat harvest in the forest-steppe of the Krasnoyarsk territory is influenced by highly varying biotic and abiotic factors that are often stressful. Many researchers associate the magnitude of crop variation in time and space with the nature of the development and variability of elements of the structure of the crop, which is largely determined by the biological characteristics of the variety, its plasticity. The purpose of research is to evaluate the varieties of spring wheat yield and env...

Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) regenerates well naturally and is not much affected by different biotic and abiotic factors, except wind. It is increasingly recognized as fast growing species, important for veneer production, thus establishment and management of its stands are promoted. In contrast to coniferous trees, there is much less experience in birch reaction to thinning, thus the optimal management regime. Therefore aim of our study was to assess the influence of thinning on increment of silver birch a...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of adulteration agents (glucose, fructose, inverted sugar, and hydrolysed inulin syrup and malt wort) addition into honey on texture parameters (viscosity, hardness, adhesion, springiness, cohesiveness, chewiness and gumminess). For this purpose, 5 honey samples of different botanical origins (acacia, honeydew, polyfloral, sunflower and tilia) has been adulterated with different percentages 0, 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% respectively with glucose, fructose, inv...

Oil deposits in Bashkirian strata regionally oil-saturated, within the Volga-Ural oil and gas bearing province. They contain up to 30% of hydrocarbon reserves. Bashkirian strata are represented by carbonate complexes of various lithological type. Only packstone and grainstone have properties of oil-saturated reservoirs, mudstone and wackestone are dense rocks. A characteristic feature of the Bashkirian carbonates is the wide presence of stylolites filled by greenish-gray clay minerals. It is known, that hydrocarbo...

The climatic drought indices are used for evaluation of drought conditions, but also vegetation indices derived from remote sensing images reflect the impact of drought on vegetation vigor. The aim of the study was to confirm suitability of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as a tool for drought assessment in conditions of Slovakia. Verification of the method was done by correlation analysis between monthly NDVI and Z-index during the main growing season (from April to October) in the period from 2000 ...

Lens culinaris (lentil) has high concentrations of phenolic acids, polyphenols, proteins, dietary fibers and vitamins. Lentil microgreen has been shown to possess antidiabetic activity, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer activity and antioxidant activity. In the present paper, we have studied the influence of brewer?s spent yeast, typical breweries? waste product, in the germination and growth substrate on the lentil sprouts. The changes in the concentration of total polyphenols and antioxidant activity were monitored...

The article presents the laboratory settler tank to realization sedimentation process in counter-current or cross-current variant. The concept of a designed settler tank and showed in this article allows to compare them in these systems, define of the influence construction elements and influence of process parameters e.g. for velocity distribution in sedimentation space of settler tank. One of the researched elements which was presented was influence of geometric parameters of perforated tube and baffle on distri...

Influence of different type of mould-release agent on surface properties of coloured concrete is presented in this paper. The quality of exposed concrete areas is directly affected by several factors. In addition to the most important factor, which is the influence of the outdoor environment, has the inconsiderable influence on surface properties of concrete manufacturing technology and the used material. This article is focus on roughness and colour intensity of concrete elements. Concrete samples were created in...

In summer, building interiors are often overheated. It is common situation especially for buildings with structures from lightweight materials (e.g. attic rooms). One of the ways to solve the excess heat removal from the interior during the summer months is integration of some phase change material (PCM) into building structures. PCMs are capable of storage latent heat at normal indoor air temperatures. In this paper, a comparison of thermal stability in two geometrically identical attic rooms is made. The differe...

Suzuki cross-coupling reaction is one of the most widely used and environmentally friendly methods of carbon-carbon bond formation for the synthesis of various chemicals including APIs, crop protection agents, and polymers. In this work, the Suzuki cross-coupling of 4-bromoanisole and phenylboronic acid was carried out as at ambient pressure (nitrogen atmosphere was used) while using EtOH/water mixture as a solvent at mild reaction conditions (60oC, NaOH) and at the absence of phase transfer agents. It was shown t...

The article provides an analysis of influence of the railroad industry on social and economic development of Russia from launching the railway communication to the present day. Rail transport in Russia is an economy branch that guarantees continuous work of all economy sectors. From the very beginning, the railroad projected influence on social and economic development of the country, territory development and planning, and national security. At present, the railroad continues playing a decisive role. Together wit...

Selective non-catalytic reduction of nitrogen (SNCR) oxides is a conventional technology applied extensively to conventional fuel combustion equipment in order to mitigate the emission of such oxides. The results of the process ? NOx concentration in the exhaust gas evacuated and the influence of the SNCR process on the overall combustion process depend on several factors and must be examined in each particular case. The paper presents a comparison between the situation before and after application of the SNCR pro...

In the present study, we estimated the influence of chicken manure derived biochar prepared at 400?C during 2 h being introduced into soil at the dose of 30 t ha-1 on the functional diversity of soil microbes. The experiment was carried out in laboratory conditions in 10L soil containers. To estimate that, substrate utilization ability of the communities were analyzed using Biolog Ecoplates® method. Biochar introduction was analyzed solo as well as with the co-influence of the following factors: granulation, addit...

Recent investigations are focused on the characterization of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles obtained via addition or substitution processes with different cations or molecules. These nanoparticles can be used for developing fertilizers that can be applied in sustainable agriculture. Hydroxyapatite (HA) has multiple uses in agriculture: as a source of phosphorus, to obtain slow-release fertilizers as well as for removing and / or immobilizing heavy metals. Synthesised hydroxyapatite (HAE) gives the advantage of using...

Natural vegetable juices contain the essential vitamins and nutrients for human body. Therefore, they represent a good opportunity for the treatment and prevention of various diseases. With the vitamins, taken through the juice, the human body becomes more resistant to viruses and infections, stressful situations and intense physical stress, the metabolism is being normalized. Fresh vegetables and fruit juices contain organic acids and mineral substances (potassium, calcium, iron, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, ma...

The composting process, together with methane fermentation and agricultural use as a fertilizer, is one of the most popular methods of sewage sludge management. As a result of a properly carried out process, obtained compost has a very high fertilizer value, mainly due to the high nitrogen content and a wide range of macro- and microelements. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of composted sewage sludge temperature (with the addition of structural material) on CO2 emission and the dynamics of th...

By adding H2 to CH4 the combustion characteristics improve considerably. The flammability characteristics of the CH4 are most well-known, but the CH4 enriched with H2 has a completely different behaviour regarding the flammability and the explosiveness. The understanding of the flammability of such mixture in the air is crucial to allow their safe use in industry. Lower and upper flammability limits are one of the most important parameters at the time of characterizing and handle flammable gases. This study is foc...

In-situ combustion is considered as one of the most effective ways to enhance recovery of heavy crude oils and bitumens. The oxygen from injected air reacts with the heavy components of the crude oil, forming a hot zone in which the cracking and oxidation of the heavy fractions occurs. It is noted that the combustion process essentially depends on the pressure and the nature of the crude oil. The effect of the oxygen content in the gas mixture on the combustion front propagation of heavy crude oils is shown. When ...

In the case of anthropogenic transformation of landscapes, the most sensitive component is the soil, which ensures the stability and biodiversity of the ecosystem. The greater the degree of landscape anthropogenesis, the greater the changes in soil factors: mechanical composition, humus content, physical, biotic and chemical properties. The main negative effect of urbanized and industrial areas is technogenic soil salinization. The presence of salts in the soil has an important effect on the mobility of many subst...

Method of hydraulic fracturing the oil reservoir is one of widely used approaches to increase the efficiency of hydrocarbon raw materials production in petroleum industry. A great deal of theoretical researches aimed at defining the direction of hydraulic fracturing cracks were carried out. But it is lack of information of studies the spatial position and other parameters of hydraulic fracturing cracks in oil reservoirs based on results of field experiments. It is caused by lack of special tools and methods to def...

The research studied the effects of solubility, disperse features (Z-average diameter dav, and charge (?-potential) of the particles of non ferrous-metal slightly soluble compounds of different natures exemplified by hydrates, carbonates, phosphates and sulfides of cuprum(II) and nickel(II) related to efficiency of their extraction from aqueous solutions through electroflotation. The research showed that minimum solubility of the dispersed-phase? particles of cuprum(II) and nickel (II) cannot be used to predict th...

In model laboratory studies of dynamics (3, 30, and 90 days), the effect of veterinary antibiotic tylosin on the biochemical properties of brown forest soil was studied at concentrations of 1, 10, 100, 1000 mg/kg of soil. To study the biochemical properties of the soil, the following indicators were selected: the activity of enzymes of the class of oxidoreductases (catalase, dehydrogenases), hydrolases (invertase, phosphatase), and acidity of the soil (pH). It has been established that contamination of brown fores...

Water deficit is the major environment factor affecting bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain quality under Mediterranean climate. Many ecological regions in Algeria are suitable for the production of bread wheat, and therefore the technological quality of this wheat should be improved. The determination of the technological quality of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) requires a strong investment of time and money on behalf of the flour industry. For this reason, a field experiment was carried out over a 1-ye...

The research described in the article deals with the management of the water supply and sewerage system operation in the Czech Republic. It also examines the impact on the water price in individual cities. Firstly, the historical development of water management infrastructure was briefly outlined and models of water supply and sewerage systems management in various periods of the development of the Czech Republic were introduced. Individual models of water supply and sewerage system operation were described, namel...

The waters of the thermal spring Sveti Stjepan in Istarske Toplice spa in Croatia has been used for medical purposes since 1817. Given the physicochemical indicators, the water of the Sveti Stjepan spring is classified into a group of highly sulfuric-radioactive-mineralized Na-Ca-Cl hypo to isothermal waters. It should be noted that rich sulfuric content and at the same time radioactive water occur very rarely. The unique mineral composition significantly contributes to the high balneological quality of the spa. T...

In order to analyze the activities in the field of implementation of Arctic scientific projects carried out by the organizations of the Russian Federation, Murmansk Arctic state University has created an information and analytical system (database) for Arctic research and technological works. The work of the system is based on information from official open sources. Only the projects that have a specific reference to the Arctic region in their implementation are including for analysis. The executor of the project ...

Issues of development and implementation of innovative products and technological solutions that ensure the comfort of human presence in the Arctic are one of the priorities of the Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation, the Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation, the Strategy of Development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and National Security for the period up to 2020. This sphere which includes agriculture, marine bioresources and aquacultu...

Companies with financial stability and relatively good market share usually invest in software for supply chain management. IT can be used to transmit real-time market information for real demand on the supply chain. The analysis of the current development of the IT sector and the good practices for SCM software application, determine the need to formulate some novelties regarding information sharing with upstream partners. The aim of this article is to give some methods for information sharing in supply chains wi...