The state of urban soils during the operating the Baikalsk paper and pulp mill (the cartographic aspect)

2019 ◽  
Vol 946 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
E.V. Naprasnikova ◽  
Е.А. Rasputina
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Status ◽  
Pulp Mill ◽  
Biochemical Activity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Functional Zones ◽  
Alkaline Conditions ◽  
Paper And Pulp ◽  
Soil Activity ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City

This experimental work was done before the stopping the Baikalsk Paper and Pulp Mill. As the informative criteria for the present state of anthropogenic soils used in this study the degree of their biochemical activity and the acid-alkaline conditions which belong to integral indicators was taken. The basic technique for carrying out mass analyses of biochemical activity of soils characterizing the territory of the city of Baikalsk was the rapid analysis method suggested by T. V. Aristovskaya and M. V. Chugunova. The study revealed a high level of soil activity in all functional zones of the city. The acid-alkaline contents were determined for the soils under investigation, which showed a wide range of values (from 6,7 to 8,5 рН). On the basis of the data obtained and point measurements in the geoinformation environment the IDW Nearest Neighbors method was used to construct isopleth maps. A trend for a weak but positive correlation was revealed between the acid-alkaline conditions and soil biochemical activity. All the findings provide a basis for further monitoring the post-technogenic recovery of the city’s soil ecological status in the setting of Southern Baikalia.

Investigation and mapping of the ecological-biochemical state of soils in the city of Bratsk

2018 ◽  
Vol 935 (5) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.V. Naprasnikova ◽  
E.A. Istomina
Keyword(s):  
Activity Levels ◽  
Eastern Siberia ◽  
Alkaline Soils ◽  
Biochemical Activity ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Alkaline Side ◽  
Alkaline Conditions ◽  
Biochemical State ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City

Presented are the isolines maps for the distribution of inhomogeneous values of acid-alkaline medium and biochemical activity levels of soils in the industrial city of Bratsk in the settings of Eastern Siberia. The maps were constructed from point measurements in the geoinformation environment by the IDW Nearest Neighbors method. The soil biochemical activity was analyzed by using the proximate method according to T. V. Aristovskaya and M. V. Chugunova. It is shown that the activity of urban soils varies from strong to moderate. The soils with high activity occupy 75,3 % of the total area of the city. The acid-alkaline conditions of soils are transformed considerably toward the alkaline side. On the hole, the alkaline and highly alkaline soils occupy 96% of the territory. A high level of soil biochemical activity has been revealed. This study deals with the transformation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds leading to a loss of biogenic nitrogen by the soil.

A Comparison of Urban with Rural Support Networks: Liverpool and North Wales

1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Clare Wenger
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
North Wales ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City

AbstractThis paper compares findings on the distribution of support networks in the City of Liverpool and in rural communities in North Wales. It demonstrates that while support network type is highly correlated with a wide range of demographic and social variables in both urban and rural samples, the nature of the relationships are not always comparable. The paper shows how cultural, migration and socio-economic factors interact to affect the formation of different types of support networks. As a result of a more stable elderly population, more old people in Liverpool have network types able to provide a high level of informal care and support.

Mapping of soil ecological properties in the industrial city of Usolye-Sibirskoe

2021 ◽  
Vol 968 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
E.V. Naprasnikova ◽  
A.A. Sorokovoj
Keyword(s):  
Close Correlation ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Biochemical Activity ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Biochemical Status ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In ◽  
Urban Territory

Results from studying urbanized territories highly depend on approaches and methods of interpreting data obtained in the course of investigations. A case study was made in the industrial city of Usolye-Sibirskoe (Irkutsk oblast, RF) to investigate and map the current ecological-and-biochemical status of soil cover affected by urbanization and technogenesis. T. V. Aristovskaya’s and M. V. Chugunova’s rapid method was used to reveal high indicators of the level of alkaline-acid conditions and biochemical activity of urban soils. The mapping enabled identification of the local features of the urban territory. A considerable part of it is occupied by soils with weak alkaline pH index (7.3–8.0). In absolute values, it is 6083.3 ha, or 77.2 %. The study determined a high and very high level of the soil biochemical activity. They occupy a large area of 6079.2 ha, i.e. 76 % of the city. A substantial increase in soil biochemical activity can lead to loss of a biogenous element, nitrogen, and this cannot be regarded as a positive phenomenon. Experimental data on the SBA – рН system for the residential zone of the city made it possible to determine a close correlation between them to be statistically significant.

The Ecological State of the Soils of the Industrial City of Usolye-Sibirskoye

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
E.V. Naprasnikova
Keyword(s):  
Biochemical Activity ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Irkutsk Region ◽  
Alkaline Conditions ◽  
Sphere Of Influence ◽  
Industrial Zones ◽  
Siberian Pine ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Integral Indicator

The results of a study of the state of soil cover in the sphere of influence of an industrial city in the conditions of Eastern Siberia are presented. In the town of Usolye-Sibirskoye (Irkutsk region), industrial nature use dominates. The acid-alkaline conditions of the soils of the city were transformed relative to the background soils. An assessment of the biochemical activity of soils is given as an integral indicator, which was assessed by the express method. Three groups of soils were identified according to the level of their activity. The diversity of soil microbiocenosis has been established. A tendency towards a decrease in the qualitative composition of microscopic fungi in industrial zones has been noted. It is recommended to increase the planting area of woody vegetation (poplar, birch, Siberian pine, fir, bird cherry, wild rose) and sowing herbs (clover, sweet clover, timothy grass, and bluegrass) to improve the environment.

scholarly journals Determination of soil and ground sealing in functional zones of Volgograd based on remote sensing data

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-138
Author(s):  
O. A. Gordienko
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Likelihood Method ◽  
Territorial Planning ◽  
Automated Method ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Functional Zones ◽  
The City ◽  
Range Of Values

The paper presents the results of interpretation of sealed soils and ground for the territory of Volgograd and its various functional zones. Determination of the sealed portion was performed by means of automated method using ENVI 4.7 software by means of QuickBird space image classification using the “maximum likelihood” method. The study objects were the territories of all districts of Volgograd, as well as residential and recreational functional zones. It was found that the sealed surfaces occupy about 169.4 km2 (20.5% of the total area of the city). However, the city districts and functional zones differ significantly in proportion of sealed areas. The most sealed surfaces were those of Tractorozavodsky (24.2%), Voroshilovsky (33.0%), Dzerzhinsky (37.4%), Centralny (45.2%), Krasnooktyabrsky (39.4%) and Krasnoarmeisky (26.6%) districts of Volgograd. Soil cover of the Sovetsky (13.5%) and Kirovsky (12.9%) districts is least sealed. Sealing of functional zones also varies widely. Thus, the highest values of sealing (up to 63%) characterize the multi-, low- and medium-rise constructions zones. A wide range of values (from 26 to 51%) corresponds to the areas of individual residential development, as well as collective gardens and dachas (from 9.6 to 39.5%). In the recreational zone average sealing is at 27.6% level. Thus, the identified share of sealed surfaces on the territory of Volgograd and its functional zones will allow solving effectively the problems of territorial planning in the further implementation of works on gardening and landscaping of urban areas.

Death in the City

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Violent Death ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Intimate Friend ◽  
Counter Narrative ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
European Heritage ◽  
The City ◽  
The Temple

Popular culture has long conflated Mexico with the macabre. Some persuasive intellectuals argue that Mexicans have a special relationship with death, formed in the crucible of their hybrid Aztec-European heritage. Death is their intimate friend; death is mocked and accepted with irony and fatalistic abandon. The commonplace nature of death desensitizes Mexicans to suffering. Death, simply put, defines Mexico. There must have been historical actors who looked away from human misery, but to essentialize a diverse group of people as possessing a unique death cult delights those who want to see the exotic in Mexico or distinguish that society from its peers. Examining tragic and untimely death—namely self-annihilation—reveals a counter narrative. What could be more chilling than suicide, especially the violent death of the young? What desperation or madness pushed the victim to raise the gun to the temple or slip the noose around the neck? A close examination of a wide range of twentieth-century historical documents proves that Mexicans did not accept death with a cavalier chuckle nor develop a unique death cult, for that matter. Quite the reverse, Mexicans behaved just as their contemporaries did in Austria, France, England, and the United States. They devoted scientific inquiry to the malady and mourned the loss of each life to suicide.

Museum Preserves in the Sphere of “Cultural Tourism”: Through the Example of the Cultural Preserves of Tatarstan

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
Lyudmila S. Timofeeva ◽  
Albina R. Akhmetova ◽  
Liliya R. Galimzyanova ◽  
Roman R. Nizaev ◽  
Svetlana E. Nikitina
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Business Elite ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Tourist Center ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

Abstract The article studies the existence experience of historical cities as centers of tourism development as in the case of Elabuga. The city of Elabuga is among the historical cities of Russia. The major role in the development of the city as a tourist center is played by the Elabuga State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. The object of the research in the article is Elabuga as a medium-size historical city. The subject of the research is the activity of the museum-reserve which contributes to the preservation and development of the historical look of Elabuga and increases its attractiveness to tourists. The tourism attractiveness of Elabuga is obtained primarily through the presence of the perfectly preserved historical center of the city with the blocks of integral buildings of the 19th century. The Elabuga State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, which emerged in 1989, is currently an object of historical and cultural heritage of federal importance. Museum-reserves with their significant territories and rich historical, cultural and natural heritage have unique resources for the implementation of large partnership projects. Such projects are not only aimed at attracting a wide range of tourists, but also stimulate interest in the reserve from the business elite, municipal and regional authorities. The most famous example is the Spasskaya Fair which revived in 2008 in Elabuga. It was held in the city since the second half of the 19th century, and was widely known throughout Russia. The process of the revival and successful development of the fair can be viewed as the creation of a special tourist event contributing to the formation of new and currently important tourism products.

The way of value of Correlation of genomic DNA microsatellite loci and live weight of Chukchi reindeer

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
V. Dodokhov ◽  
N. Pavlova ◽  
T. Rumyantseva ◽  
L. Kalashnikova
Keyword(s):  
Microsatellite Markers ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
High Germination ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Mean ◽  
High Level ◽  
Dna Microsatellite

The article presents the genetic characteristic of the Chukchi reindeer breed. The object of the study was of the Chukchi reindeer. In recent years, the number of reindeer of the Chukchi breed has declined sharply. Reduced reindeer numbers could lead to biodiversity loss. The Chukchi breed of deer has good meat qualities, has high germination viability and is adapted in adverse tundra conditions of Yakutia. Herding of the Chukchi breed of deer in Yakutia are engaged only in the Nizhnekolymsky district. There are four generic communities and the largest of which is the agricultural production cooperative of nomadic tribal community «Turvaurgin», which was chosen to assess the genetic processes of breed using microsatellite markers: Rt6, BMS1788, Rt 30, Rt1, Rt9, FCB193, Rt7, BMS745, C 143, Rt24, OheQ, C217, C32, NVHRT16, T40, C276. It was found that microsatellite markers have a wide range of alleles and generally have a high informative value for identifying of genetic differences between animals and groups of animal. The number of identified alleles is one of the indicators of the genetic diversity of the population. The total number of detected alleles was 127. The Chukchi breed of deer is characterized by a high level of heterozygosity, and the random crossing system prevails over inbreeding in the population. On average, there were 7.9 alleles (Na) per locus, and the mean number of effective alleles (Ne) was 4.1. The index of fixation averaged 0.001. The polymorphism index (PIC) ranged from 0.217 to 0.946, with an average of 0.695.

COVID-19 Outbreak Prediction with Machine Learning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sina Faizollahzadeh Ardabili ◽  
Amir Mosavi ◽  
Pedram Ghamisi ◽  
Filip Ferdinand ◽  
Annamaria R. Varkonyi-Koczy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Inference System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Standard Models ◽  
High Level

Several outbreak prediction models for COVID-19 are being used by officials around the world to make informed-decisions and enforce relevant control measures. Among the standard models for COVID-19 global pandemic prediction, simple epidemiological and statistical models have received more attention by authorities, and they are popular in the media. Due to a high level of uncertainty and lack of essential data, standard models have shown low accuracy for long-term prediction. Although the literature includes several attempts to address this issue, the essential generalization and robustness abilities of existing models needs to be improved. This paper presents a comparative analysis of machine learning and soft computing models to predict the COVID-19 outbreak as an alternative to SIR and SEIR models. Among a wide range of machine learning models investigated, two models showed promising results (i.e., multi-layered perceptron, MLP, and adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system, ANFIS). Based on the results reported here, and due to the highly complex nature of the COVID-19 outbreak and variation in its behavior from nation-to-nation, this study suggests machine learning as an effective tool to model the outbreak. This paper provides an initial benchmarking to demonstrate the potential of machine learning for future research. Paper further suggests that real novelty in outbreak prediction can be realized through integrating machine learning and SEIR models.

CRIMINOLOGICAL FEATURES OF CORRUPTION-RELATED CRIMES IN THE FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Сергей Иванович Вележев ◽  
Антон Михайлович Седогин
Keyword(s):  
Legal Protection ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Energy Complex ◽  
Significant Damage ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Illegal Activities ◽  
High Level

В представленной статье авторами рассматриваются вопросы уголовно-правовой охраны топливно-энергетического комплекса Российской Федерации от преступных проявлений, в том числе от коррупционной противоправной деятельности должностных лиц. Такие действия причиняют значительный ущерб нормальному функционированию предприятий топливно-энергетического комплекса. Авторами приводятся результаты исследования некоторых криминологических характеристик должностных лиц, совершивших преступления коррупционного характера. Дан анализ причин и условий, способствующих совершению вышеуказанных противоправных действий. Определена типовая модель преступника для данной категории преступлений и его характеристики: в первую очередь, это высокий уровень компетентности, специальное образование и т. д. Авторами отмечается высокий уровень латентной преступности в данной отрасли. Предложены некоторые пути профилактики данной категории правонарушений. Исследование проводилось на основе анализа конкретных уголовных дел, возбужденных следственными органами по результатам оперативно-розыскной деятельности правоохранительных органов. In the article the authors consider the issues of criminal and legal protection of the fuel and energy complex of the Russian Federation from criminal activity including corrupt illegal practices of officials. The authors cite the results of some criminological characteristics study of the fuel and energy complex staff committed corruption crimes. As a result of these illegal actions significant damage is caused to the normal functioning of the fuel and energy enterprises. Such officials` actions determine not only a wide range of other illegal activities, but also lead to public outcry and discredit the industry as a whole. The analysis of the reasons and conditions contributing to the above illegal actions commission is given. A typical model of a criminal for a given crime category and its characteristics are determined. First of all it is a high level competence, special education, etc. A high level of latent crime in this industry is shown. The study results are presented on the example of specific criminal cases initiated by the investigating authorities based on the results of the operation detection activities of law enforcement agencies. Some ways of preventing this category of offenses are proposed.

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