scholarly journals Legal aspects of applying indexes and e-management in evaluating the publication activity of scientists

E-Management ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
R. O. Omorov
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Publication Activity ◽  
Hirsch Index ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Number Of Citations

Scientometry methods meet the requirements of digitalization and e-management of the science, development due to the widespread use of mathematical methods of information processing. To assess the scientific productivity of scientists and specialists in scientometrics, various indicators are used, the most common of which is the Hirsch index or h-index. The Hirsch index is calculated from the number of citations of the researcher’s works included in a certain database.For CIS countries, an important database of scientific and educational publications is the database of the Russian Scientific Citation Index (RSCI). One of the problems with using the Hirsch index is the compliance of assessments with copyright rules. The Hirsch index shows the comparative effectiveness of the work of a scientist or team of scientists. But as it is not difficult to see, according to the Hirsch index counting indicators for the RSCI databases, for individual scientists their contribution and participation in collective publications and their citations are not taken into account. It is proposed to introduce a modified Hirsch index, called the Hirsch index “plus” or h +, which is calculated on the basis of dividing the usual number of citations of a particular publication by the number of co-authors of the cited publication, which will not cause difficulties in calculating h + indices, using the algorithm for determining the Hirsch index itself. Such an indicator corresponds to copyright rules, takes into account the interests of co-authors from the point of view of copyright and more accurately assesses the effectiveness of the work of a particular author when comparing the work of scientists.Modern scientometrics is a necessary tool for research on the development of science, forecasting and managing its development, some of the indicators of which are citation indices, in particular, the most common in practice is the Hirsch index, and the Hirsch “Plus” index and other modifications to take into account the individual contributions of scientists and specialists. Each of the existing modifications of scientometric indices can be used to investigate the publication activity of scientists and specialists depending on the specifics of the tasks set, taking into account the complexity and convenience of calculating specific indexes.

scholarly journals Determining the research institution scientific productivity. The activity experience

Bibliosphere ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
N. M. Rakhimova
Keyword(s):  
Citation Impact ◽  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Publication Activity ◽  
Hirsch Index ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Russian Science Citation Index ◽  
Scientific Potential ◽  
Number Of Citations

Publication activity, citation, impact factor, Hirsch index (h) are indicators defining scientific productivity of a research institution. The study objective is to analyze scientific productivity of «TatNIPIneft» institute. The author solves the following task: to create the Institute profile in the Russian Science Citation Index (RISC), to analyze bibliographical references in petroleum-targeted periodicals for 2009-2013, to identify trends of publication activity and citation dynamics in RISC, to determine an average number of citations per an article. To accomplish this it was revised the list of published works by the Institute and its staff in RISC, downloaded as PDF collections of scientific papers and monographs of the Institute employees, calculated an average number of citations per an article. The periodical, in which the Institute employees publish their articles were chosen, references were analyzed, the most productive authors and citation geography were revealed, the Institute publication activity and citation dynamics in RISC were discussed. The study allowed raising the Hirsch index in RISC, to create the Institute image in the international information space. It also revealed a downward trend of publications in periodicals. The publication activity analysis results allowed us to estimate the scientific potential of the Institute and to promote the administrative decisions adoption in the field of the Institute scientific productivity raise.

scholarly journals AWARENESS AS A MANDATORY FEATURE OF CONSENT TO HUMAN GENOME RESEARCHES (TREATMENT, DIAGNOSTICS) (IN TERMS OF THE PROPER PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-98
Author(s):  
Юрий Поваров
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Human Genome ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Dialectical Logic ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
The Individual

One of the key factors in assessing the coordination of the third-party interference in a citizen’s private life (including when implementing activities related to the human genome) is his awareness of the actual and (or) legal aspects of such interference; however, many aspects of relevant information procedures remain blank or debatable. Aim: to identify the causes and significance (first of all, from the point of view of observing the principle of respect for the individual) of entrenchment in international legal acts and Russian legislation the requirement of informed consent of the subject; analysis of approaches to determining the content and volume of information provided, as well as to interpreting the provision on reporting data in an accessible form; studying the specifics of informing in extraordinary situations (refusal to receive information, etc.). Methods: general theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic; private scientific methods such as comparative legal, legal dogmatic, the method of interpreting legal norms. Results: it is established that the main factors for introducing the sign of informed consent are the nature of the protected goods and the qualification of the citizen as a weak (vulnerable) side; the appropriateness of using the categories of “necessity” and “sufficiency” is justified in determining the completeness of the disclosed information; a close relationship between the signs of awareness and voluntariness of consent is disclosed, which, however, does not cancel their autonomy.

scholarly journals Profile and scientific production of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) researchers in the field of Hematology/Oncology

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 542-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Christina Lopes Araujo Oliveira ◽  
Daniella Reis Martelli ◽  
Isabel Gomes Quirino ◽  
Enrico Antônio Colosimo ◽  
Ana Cristina Simões e Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Academic Production ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Scientific And Technological Development

Objective: several studies have examined the academic production of the researchers at the CNPq, in several areas of knowledge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the scientific production of researchers in Hematology/Oncology who hold scientific productivity grants from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Methods: the Academic CVs of 28 researchers in Hematology/Oncology with active grants in the three-year period from 2006 to 2008 were included in the analysis. The variables of interest were: institution, researchers’ time after doctorate, tutoring of undergraduate students, masters and PhD degree, scientific production and its impact. Results: from a total of 411 researchers in Medicine, 28 (7%) were identified as being in the area of Hematology/Oncology. There was a slight predominance of males (53.6%) and grant holders in category 1. Three Brazilian states are responsible for approximately 90% of the researchers: São Paulo (21,75%), Rio de Janeiro (3,11%), and Minas Gerais (2, 7%). During their academic careers, the researchers published 2,655 articles, with a median of 87 articles per researcher (IQR = 52 to 122). 65 and 78% of this total were indexed on the Web of Science and Scopus databases, respectively. The researchers received 14,247 citations on the WoS database with a median of 385 citations per researcher. The average number of citations per article was 8.2. Conclusion: in this investigation, it was noted that researchers in the field of Hematology/Oncology have a relevant scientific output from the point of view of quantity and quality compared to other medical specialties.

balances) which should have been asked before the introduction of some new technology were not. Think of it in another way. Trying to frame up general questions to cover all eventualities will not work when there are so many conflicting interests at stake. Without a specific idea of the sorts of ethical questions we would like answered we are working in the dark. Unfortunately, philosophers and theoreticians, who study ethics tend not to deal in specifics, but try and formulate rules and frameworks of thought which can then be adapted to specific questions. This may seem a rather soft approach, but it does at least have the merit of being able to help in answering, if not actually answering, a question in the future which was not even dreamt of when the theoretical consideration of ethics started. Stevenson, in Ethics and Language (1944, New Haven: Yale UP), tried to demonstrate that ethics can be a rational discourse, by saying that if an individual says that tolerance is good the individual is approving of tolerance, but also more significantly, suggesting that you do as well. If you do not, then you have to be persuaded, but that implies a value judgment on the arguments which are to be put to persuade you that tolerance is good. The idea of persuasion is an interesting one, because the philosopher is always trying to produce an algebraic description of ethics and morals. The other end of the spectrum is the case where it could be stated that what is true in one case, or held to be true by an individual in a particular case, must be true in all other cases. One could logically see that this latter case would result in a pacifist point of view, that is, it is not right to kill so I will not kill, ie a general philosophical idea of ethics taken as a personal guide. Where this and every other argument falls down is in cases where a terrorist says it is correct for me to kill, but not for you. Such moral conundrums have stretched moral debate since the dawn of rational thought, with solutions being found in every moral and ethical document, whether religious or secular. But where does this lead us in terms of the legal aspects of the application of DNA technology? In a way into a more complicated world, but also one far more relevant to the individual than a theoretical argument. DNA profiling affects the individual far more than any aspect of the other sciences. Physics has never singled out an individual; like chemistry the moral repercussions these sciences have wrought have been on a grander scale. You may be a victim, but you are not alone. This will be small comfort to the victim, but there is solidarity in social cohesion. DNA is different. It can be used not only to single out the individual, but also to penalise and degrade that individual. The first thing to be said about ethical questions is a very practical one. It assumes a benign State, a regime which is trying to do the best for the population as a whole. A tyrannical regime of any sort can do what it likes and therefore does not have to be morally accountable for its actions. This point is important because in a benign State it is everyone’s right, if not duty, to challenge morally repugnant actions. In such a State it is legal action which is the immediate point of challenge to such behaviour, whether it is an individual committing a crime, which we have collectively decided is not acceptable, or a government behaving in a manner

2013 ◽  
pp. 108-108
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Value Judgment ◽  
Rational Thought ◽  
Moral Debate ◽  
The Individual

scholarly journals Personal finance management in modern conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
Larisa A. Rodina ◽  
Lilia V. Zavyalova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Personal Finance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Bank Deposits ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
Financial Interests ◽  
The Individual

The article is devoted to the practical aspects of personal finance management in the context of the transition to digital transformation of the economy. The need to pay attention to this aspect is due to both new opportunities for managing personal finances based on digitalization tools, and the risks of unauthorized access to them using cybernetic means. Summarizing the main sources of threats to personal finance in the context of digitalization is aimed at preventing fraudulent activities and ensuring the protection of financial information carriers. First of all, in a preventive manner, it is proposed to consider the basic problems of personal finance management from the position of accounting and planning of financial resources. The research results are aimed at increasing the financial literacy of the population, preventing encroachments and crimes in the field of personal finance, and, ultimately, at the maximum satisfaction of personal needs. Particular attention is paid to the rules of "personal financial hygiene", which imply organizational and technical measures to protect bank cards, mobile bank, deposits, cash, etc. You should also pay attention to the need to protect personal financial interests from the point of view of checking "financial contacts". An important role in the management of personal finances is played by knowledge of the norms of tax legislation in terms of deductions and benefits for taxes paid by individuals. In this regard, it is necessary to understand not only the legal aspects, but also the capabilities of the information system of relations between taxpayers and the state. It is also proposed to assess the risks of investments for individuals in the context of justifying the individual choice of an option when planning personal finances. All of these aspects are regarded as due diligence rules.

УКРАЇНОЗНАВЧИЙ ОСВІТНІЙ ЧИННИК В УМОВАХ СУЧАСНОЇ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МАСОВОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
Н. В. Фрадкіна
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Character Trait ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Individual

The purpose and tasks of the work are to analyze the contemporary Ukrainian mass culture in terms of its value and humanistic components, as well as the importance of cultural studies and Ukrainian studies in educational disciplines for the formation of a holistic worldview of modern youth.Analysis of research and publications. Scientists repeatedly turned to the problems of the role of spirituality in the formation of society and its culture. This problem is highlighted in the publications by O. Losev, V. Lytvyn, D. Likhachev, S. Avierintsev, M. Zakovych, I. Stepanenko and E. Kostyshyn.Experts see the main negative impact of mass culture on the quality approach, which determines mass culture through the market, because mass culture, from our point of view, is everything that is sold and used in mass demand.One of the most interesting studies on this issue was the work by the representatives of Frankfurt School M. Horkheimer and T. Adorno «Dialectics of Enlightenment» (1947), devoted to a detailed analysis of mass culture. Propaganda at all socio-cultural levels in the form is similar in both totalitarian and democratic countries. It is connected, according to the authors, with the direction of European enlightenment. The tendency to unify people is a manifestation of the influence of mass culture, from cinema to pop. Mass culture is a phenomenon whose existence is associated with commerce (accumulation in any form – this is the main feature of education), in general, the fact that it exists in this form is related to the direction of the history of civilization.Modern mass culture, with its externally attractive and easily assimilated ideas and symbols, appealing to the trends of modern fashion, becomes a standard of prestigious consumption, does not require intense reflection, allows you to relax, distract, not teach, but entertains, preaches hedonism as the main spiritual value. And as a consequence, there are socio-cultural risks: an active rejection of other people, which leads to the formation of indifference; cruelty as a character trait; increase of violent and mercenary crime; increase in the number of alcohol and drug addicts; anti-patriotism; indifference to the values of the family and as a result of social orphanhood and prostitution.Conclusions, perspectives of research. Thus, we can conclude that modern Ukrainian education is predominantly formed by the values of mass culture. Namely, according to the «Dialectic» by Horkheimer and Adorno, «semi-enlightenment becomes an objective spirit» of our modern society.It is concluded that only high-quality education can create the opposite of the onset of mass culture and the destruction of spirituality in our society. It is proved that only by realizing the importance of cultivating disciplines in the educational process and the spiritual upbringing of the nation, through educational reforms, humanitarian knowledge will gradually return to student audiences.Formation of youth occurs under the influence of social environment, culture, education and self-education. The optimal combination of these factors determines both the process of socialization itself and how successful it will be. In this context, one can see the leading role of education and upbringing. It turns out that the main task of modern education is to spread its influence on the development of spiritual culture of the individual, which eventually becomes a solid foundation for the formation of the individual. Such a subject requires both philosophical and humanitarian approaches in further integrated interdisciplinary research, since the availability of such research will provide the theoretical foundation for truly modern educational and personal development.

Childhood adversity studies as an antidote to the predominance of neo-liberal thinking in the field of mental health

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 556-563
Author(s):  
Adam Burley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Sole Source ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Early Adversity ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
The Individual

This is a personal and reflective piece written from a clinician's point of view on the influence that the developing awareness around the consequences of childhood adversity has had upon the discussions, thinking and practice across the areas in which they are working. It seeks to argue that the increased understanding and recognition of the potential impact of early adversity can not only enhance and deepen the understanding of an individual's difficulties, but can serve to inform how services respond in a way that takes account of this. It suggests that the research and literature on childhood adversity can offer a route map away from a model of mental health that focuses predominantly on the individual as the sole source of interest.

Territorial Distribution of Alcohol and Drug Addictions Mortality Concerning Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic from Year 1996 to Year 2015

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Extreme Position ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

BACKGROUND: This paper deals with territorial distribution of the alcohol and drug addictions mortality at a level of the districts of the Slovak Republic. AIM: The aim of the paper is to explore the relations within the administrative territorial division of the Slovak Republic, that is, between the individual districts and hence, to reveal possibly hidden relation in alcohol and drug mortality. METHODS: The analysis is divided and executed into the two fragments – one belongs to the female sex, the other one belongs to the male sex. The standardised mortality rate is computed according to a sequence of the mathematical relations. The Euclidean distance is employed to compute the similarity within each pair of a whole data set. The cluster analysis examines is performed. The clusters are created by means of the mutual distances of the districts. The data is collected from the database of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic for all the districts of the Slovak Republic. The covered time span begins in the year 1996 and ends in the year 2015. RESULTS: The most substantial point is that the Slovak Republic possesses the regional disparities in a field of mortality expressed by the standardised mortality rate computed particularly for the diagnoses assigned to the alcohol and drug addictions at a considerably high level. However, the female sex and the male sex have the different outcome. The Bratislava III District keeps absolutely the most extreme position. It forms an own cluster for the both sexes too. The Topoľčany District bears a similar extreme position from a point of view of the male sex. All the Bratislava districts keep their mutual notable dissimilarity. Contrariwise, evaluation of a development of the regional disparities among the districts looks like notably heterogeneously. CONCLUSIONS: There are considerable regional discrepancies throughout the districts of the Slovak Republic. Hence, it is necessary to create a common platform how to proceed with the solution of this issue.

Conscientious Objection (European and American approaches)

Law and World ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-144
Keyword(s):  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Conscientious Objection ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
Conscientious Objectors ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Individual

The Article concerns the legal issues, connected with the situation, when a person (or group of people) disobey requirements of the Law or other State regulations on the basis of religious or nonreligious belief. The Author analyses almost all related issues – whether imposing certain obligation on individuals, to which the individual has a conscientious objection based on his/her religious beliefs, always represents interference with his/her religion rights, and if it does, then what is subject of the interference – forum integrum or forum externum; whether neutral regulation, which does not refer to religion issues at all, could ever be regarded as interference into someone’s religious rights; whether opinion or belief, on which the individual’s objection and the corresponding conduct is based, must necesserily represent the clear “manifest” of the same religion or belief in order to gain legal protection; what is regarded as “manifest” of the religion or other belief in general and whether a close and direct link must exist between personal conduct and requirements of the religious or nonreligious belief; what are the criteria of the “legitimacy” of the belief; to what extent the following factors should be taken into consideration : whether the personal conduct of the individual represents the official requirements of corresponding religion or belief, what is the burden which was imposed on the believer’s religious or moral feelings by the State regulation, also, proportionality and degree of sincerity of the individual who thinks that his disobidience to the Law is required by his/her religious of philosofical belief. The effects (direct or non direct) of the nonfulfilment of the law requirement (legal responsibility, lost of the job, certain discomfort, etc..) are relevant factors as well. By the Author, all these circumstances and factors are essencial while estimating, whether it arises, actually, a real necessity and relevant obligation before a state for making some exemptions from the law to the benefi t of the conscientious objectors, in cases, if to predict such an objection was possible at all. So, the issues are discussed in the prism of the negative and positive obligations of a State. Corresponding precedents of the US Supreme Court and European Human Rights Court have been presented and analysed comparatively by the Author in the Article. The Article contains an important resume, in which the main points, principal issues and conclusion remarks are delivered. The Author shows, that due analysis of the legal aspects typical to “Conscientious objection” is very important for deep understanding religious rights, not absolute ones, and facilitates finding a correct answer on the question – how far do their boundaries go?

scholarly journals The Metano Modeling Toolbox MMTB: An Intuitive, Web-Based Toolbox Introduced by Two Use Cases

Metabolites ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Julia Koblitz ◽  
Sabine Will ◽  
S. Riemer ◽  
Thomas Ulas ◽  
Meina Neumann-Schaal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Networks ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
State Behavior ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Balance Analysis ◽  
Metabolic Models ◽  
User Friendly

Genome-scale metabolic models are of high interest in a number of different research fields. Flux balance analysis (FBA) and other mathematical methods allow the prediction of the steady-state behavior of metabolic networks under different environmental conditions. However, many existing applications for flux optimizations do not provide a metabolite-centric view on fluxes. Metano is a standalone, open-source toolbox for the analysis and refinement of metabolic models. While flux distributions in metabolic networks are predominantly analyzed from a reaction-centric point of view, the Metano methods of split-ratio analysis and metabolite flux minimization also allow a metabolite-centric view on flux distributions. In addition, we present MMTB (Metano Modeling Toolbox), a web-based toolbox for metabolic modeling including a user-friendly interface to Metano methods. MMTB assists during bottom-up construction of metabolic models by integrating reaction and enzymatic annotation data from different databases. Furthermore, MMTB is especially designed for non-experienced users by providing an intuitive interface to the most commonly used modeling methods and offering novel visualizations. Additionally, MMTB allows users to upload their models, which can in turn be explored and analyzed by the community. We introduce MMTB by two use cases, involving a published model of Corynebacterium glutamicum and a newly created model of Phaeobacter inhibens.

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