scholarly journals The search for new forms of personal expression in the era of postmodernism

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (42) ◽  
pp. 248-254
Author(s):  
Mykola Kyrychenko ◽  
Vitalina Nikitenko ◽  
Valentyna Voronkova ◽  
Halyna Harbar ◽  
Alexander A. Fursin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
System Parameters ◽  
Postmodern Philosophy ◽  
The One ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
New System ◽  
Substrate Characteristic

The urgency of the studied problem is due to the fact that reveals one of the most popular and fashionable areas of philosophy of the XXI century - the philosophy of postmodernism, in the context of which the coronavirus discourse fits, which continues to deepen and fill with new content. Due to the huge number of problems of digital transformation of human existence, the concepts of postmodern society in the context of digitalization should be explored in order to overcome the negative consequences of coronavirus existence. The aim of the article is to conceptualize the philosophy of postmodernism, which unfolds, on the one hand, as a search for new forms of creative self-expression, and on the other, as a crisis of philosophical knowledge. The objectives of the study include the analysis of the concepts of postmodern reality, which is based on the formation of a new system of categories and concepts as a system of ways of constructing a new being - postmodernism, deconstructivism, simulacrum. This system of concepts includes a set of methods of cognition of reality - ontological-metaphysical, logical-axiological, critical-existential to understand the essence and existence of man, understanding their correlations and attributive system parameters, structure, substrate, characteristic of understanding a complex society. An ambivalent and contradictory current is represented, which has spread to many areas - politics, religion, science in search of an assessment of the cognitive capabilities of man and his place in the modern world. The materials of the article are of practical value for in-depth understanding of postmodern philosophy, which is closely related to the problems of coronavirus and post-coronavirus life. It is concluded that postmodernity is a big process of losing the sensation of history and the meaning of a person, which led to the destruction of history, a crisis of philosophical knowledge in the era of digitalization, in which the original no longer makes sense, and the model of a veiled copy prevails.

scholarly journals Artificial intelligence in the context of ensuring national security

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Svetlana Sergeevna Gorokhova
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
National Security ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The One

The subject of this research is the most promising technological solutions with application of artificial intelligence and global trends of their implementation by the armed forces of technologically advanced countries. The author determines the key vectors in application of artificial intelligence technologies by a number of countries, including the Russian Federation. The problem of research consist in the lack of balance in the approach towards application of technological solutions based on artificial intelligence, d on the one hand substantiated by the increased risk of application of artificial intelligence systems for ensuring security and defense of the countries, while on the other – impossibility of rejecting them due to current international trends. The scientific novelty consists in the attempt of comprehensive analysis of the current global situation with regards to outlining the prospects and risks of application of artificial intelligence technologies in the armed forces and in the sphere of ensuring national security of modern countries. The following conclusions were made: artificial intelligence technologies are the most promising direction for re-equipment of armed forces of the leading military powers of modern world; explorations are conducted in multiple directions, varying from unmanned vehicles to deadly autonomous weapon. The experts note the evident positive prospects of application of artificial intelligence in the sphere of ensuring national security, as well as potential negative consequences of its implementation.  

“Community Interests” and the Role of International Law in the Creation of a Global Market for Agricultural Land

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen von Bernstorff
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Land Grab ◽  
Large Scale Land ◽  
The One

The chapter explores the notion of “community interests” with regard to the global “land-grab” phenomenon. Over the last decade, a dramatic increase of foreign investment in agricultural land could be observed. Bilateral investment treaties protect around 75 per cent of these large-scale land acquisitions, many of which came with associated social problems, such as displaced local populations and negative consequences for food security in Third World countries receiving these large-scale foreign investments. Hence, two potentially conflicting areas of international law are relevant in this context: Economic, social, and cultural rights and the principles of permanent sovereignty over natural resources and “food sovereignty” challenging large-scale investments on the one hand, and specific norms of international economic law stabilizing them on the other. The contribution discusses the usefulness of the concept of “community interests” in cases where the two colliding sets of norms are both considered to protect such interests.

scholarly journals Synthetic Hexanucleotides as a Tool to Overcome Excessive Neutrophil Activation Caused by CpG-Containing Oligonucleotides

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
Ekaterina A. Golenkina ◽  
Svetlana I. Galkina ◽  
Nina G. Dolinnaya ◽  
Evgenii A. Arifulin ◽  
Yulia M. Romanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutrophil Activation ◽  
Immunomodulatory Activity ◽  
Neutrophilic Granulocytes ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Prooxidant Effect ◽  
Bacterial Dna ◽  
Cpg Odns ◽  
Tissue Damages ◽  
The One ◽  
Tissue Origin

Mimicking bacterial DNA, synthetic CpG-containing oligodeoxyribonucleotides (CpG-ODNs) have a powerful immunomodulatory potential. Their practical application is mainly associated with the production of vaccines, where they are used as adjuvants, as well as in local antimicrobial therapy. CpG-ODNs act on a wide variety of immune cells, including neutrophilic granulocytes. On the one hand, the stimulatory effect provides both the direct implementation of their antimicrobial and fungicidal mechanisms, and an avalanche-like strengthening of the immune signal due to interaction with other participants in the immune process. On the other hand, hyperactivation of neutrophilic granulocytes can have negative consequences. In particular, the formation of unreasonably high amounts of reactive oxygen species leads to tissue damages and, as a consequence, a spontaneous aggravation and prolongation of the inflammatory process. Under physiological conditions, a large number of DNA fragments are present in inflammation foci: both of microbial and self-tissue origin. We investigated effects of several short modified hexanucleotides on the main indicators of neutrophil activation, as well as their influence on the immunomodulatory activity of known synthetic CpG-ODNs. The results obtained show that short oligonucleotides partially inhibit the prooxidant effect of synthetic CpG-ODNs without significantly affecting the ability of the latter to overcome bacteria-induced pro-survival effects on neutrophilic granulocytes.

The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century in Renaissance Italy

1981 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 149-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip M. J. McNair
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Protestant Reformation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Giordano Bruno ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Renaissance Italy ◽  
The One

Between the execution of Gerolamo Savonarola at Florence in May 1498 and the execution of Giordano Bruno at Rome in February 1600, western Christendom was convulsed by the protestant reformation, and the subject of this paper is the effect that that revolution had on the Italy that nourished and martyred those two unique yet representative men: unique in the power and complexity of their personalities, representative because the one sums up the medieval world with all its strengths and weaknesses while the other heralds the questing and questioning modern world in which we live.

Risks of the Digitalization of Life of the Population and Ways of Decreasing Them

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4-1) ◽  
pp. 180-203
Author(s):  
Elena Stukalenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Digital technologies, ubiquitous in our daily life, have radically changed the way we work, communicate, and consume in a short period of time. They affect all components of quality of life: well-being, work, health, education, social connections, environmental quality, the ability to participate and govern civil society, and so on. Digital transformation creates both opportunities and serious risks to the well-being of people. Researchers and statistical agencies around the world are facing a major challenge to develop new tools to analyze the impact of digital transformation on the well-being of the population. The risks are very diverse in nature and it is very difficult to identify the key factor. All researchers conclude that secure digital technologies significantly improve the lives of those who have the skills to use them and pose a serious risk of inequality for society, as they introduce a digital divide between those who have the skills to use them and those who do not. In the article, the author examines the risks created by digital technologies for some components of the quality of life (digital component of the quality of life), which are six main components: the digital quality of the population, providing the population with digital benefits, the labor market in the digital economy, the impact of digitalization on the social sphere, state electronic services for the population and the security of information activities. The study was carried out on the basis of the available statistical base and the results of research by scientists from different countries of the world. The risks of the digital economy cannot be ignored when pursuing state social policy. Attention is paid to government regulation aimed at reducing the negative consequences of digitalization through the prism of national, federal projects and other events.

Dieva mīlestības koncepts saistībā ar bāreņu tēmu latviešu tautasdziesmās

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Eva Mārtuža
Keyword(s):  
Folk Songs ◽  
Process Theology ◽  
Concept Of God ◽  
God's Love ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Symbolic Images ◽  
The One ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Aesthetic Values

The Latvian folk songs include the version of God’s love and the concept of God as a creative creature, which I will see in relation to the subject of mourning, pregnant women, orphans (for the sake of clarity, orphans) as a particularly sensitive reflection of society. The poetic layer of these songs reveals Latvian mentality, basic ethical and aesthetic values, and the nation’s understanding of God’s love for the most vulnerable members of society, using vivid symbolism and metaphors. Orphans do not question the existence of God, they see it as a comprehensive, unifying, self-respecting, compassionate, and understanding creature. We do not find proof that there is no God at all. In symbolic images, there is a proven belief in one God you understand. In this sense, there is a similarity with the assumption of process theology about God’s existence as an open concept in a situation where it is impossible to offer any other proof of God’s existence. In their lives, orphans encounter God as a responsive, creative, optimistic love; God encourages an orphan to learn, be smart, be morally complete, live with pleasure, not indulge in pessimism, and be creative. The abstract nature of God is depicted in two ways. On the one hand, God has all the power that a creature may have; on the other hand, God does not have all the power that exists because the creatures he creates also have the power that allows them to choose good or evil opportunities in their own lives. Evil is the choice of people to be cruel to the weaker. The folklore researchers also believe that this set of folk songs belongs to the most realistic, even natural songs because they are based on the direct observation of life, express frustration with this life, and the desire to make what they want into reality seeking support from God. In this situation, God is both responsive and compassionate to a human and a person who does not interfere in events. The orphan must learn to see the positive power of the love offered by God and, together with God’s involvement, to discover human self-worth, create the beautiful, seek creative self-fulfilment and creativity as the most desirable expression of spiritual existence. God exists as the originator of this process.

THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SECURITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.Y. Rudenko ◽  
◽  
E.S. Novopashina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Main Trend ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Cultural Conflicts ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The One ◽  
World Development

Radical changes are taking place in the modern world. Globalization caused by technological changes has become the main trend of world development. On the one hand, increased interdependence of countries and regions, and increasing the gap between rich and poor countries, aggravated the socio-economic, socio-political, ethno-cultural conflicts within countries. Therefore, maintaining international economic security requires new approaches and a new level of interstate interaction. The Russian Federation is in such a situation, which determines the need for research and implementation of a scientifically based security system.

Hidden Extreme Multistability, Antimonotonicity and Offset Boosting Control in a Novel Fractional-Order Hyperchaotic System Without Equilibrium

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (13) ◽  
pp. 1850167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sen Zhang ◽  
Yicheng Zeng ◽  
Zhijun Li ◽  
Chengyi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Order ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
State Feedback Control ◽  
Hyperchaotic System ◽  
Hidden Attractors ◽  
System Parameters ◽  
Offset Boosting ◽  
Extreme Multistability ◽  
Hidden Extreme Multistability ◽  
New System

Recently, the notion of hidden extreme multistability and hidden attractors is very attractive in chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics. In this paper, by utilizing a simple state feedback control technique, a novel 4D fractional-order hyperchaotic system is introduced. Of particular interest is that this new system has no equilibrium, which indicates that its attractors are all hidden and thus Shil’nikov method cannot be applied to prove the existence of chaos for lacking hetero-clinic or homo-clinic orbits. Compared with other fractional-order chaotic or hyperchaotic systems, this new system possesses three unique and remarkable features: (i) The amazing and interesting phenomenon of the coexistence of infinitely many hidden attractors with respect to same system parameters and different initial conditions is observed, meaning that hidden extreme multistability arises. (ii) By varying the initial conditions and selecting appropriate system parameters, the striking phenomenon of antimonotonicity is first discovered, especially in such a fractional-order hyperchaotic system without equilibrium. (iii) An attractive special feature of the convenience of offset boosting control of the system is also revealed. The complex and rich hidden dynamic behaviors of this system are investigated by using conventional nonlinear analysis tools, including equilibrium stability, phase portraits, bifurcation diagram, Lyapunov exponents, spectral entropy complexity, and so on. Furthermore, a hardware electronic circuit is designed and implemented. The hardware experimental results and the numerical simulations of the same system on the Matlab platform are well consistent with each other, which demonstrates the feasibility of this new fractional-order hyperchaotic system.

scholarly journals MIgrations in the modern world and their implications for security policy of the Transatlantic community.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Gryz
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Security Management ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Formula One ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
The One

The purpose of submitted Article is to indicate the character of the challenges related to migrations, their selected forms and influence on Transatlantic community states security . Thesis stipulates that the phenomenon of migrations in the first half of the 21st century more and more strongly defines the context of social security of states implying Transatlantic bonds and international actions taken or not undertaken in their formula. One can assume that migrations, in addition to political and military as well as economic issues, will be the one of domains of NATO security management. The above-mentioned factors will lead to a change in the character of the relations within the Transatlantic Community. <br>

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF CONCENTRIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Iurii Teslia ◽  
Hryhoriy Zaspa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Analytical System ◽  
Functional Problems

Modern world trends in education are aimed at the digital transformation of educational institutions. Traditional approaches to higher education institutions informatization through their automation no longer meet the requirements of the time. Therefore, new approaches are needed, based on the digitalization of educational processes aimed at creating digital universities. For this purpose, the current state of information systems in higher education institutions use and the issue of higher education institutions digital transformation were studied. The problem of automation tools separation was revealed, which does not allow to effectively implement digitalization projects, does not allow to create a single system of building digital universities. It is proposed to solve the digital transformation of higher education institutions problem based on the use of concentric information technology developed in this study, which integrates all information bases, methods and means of solving functional problems into a single digital space to maximize information needs of higher education institutions. This technology is based on the following developed in the study: 1) concentric model of information technology of digital transformation of higher education institutions, which allows to integrate methods and tools of information management to create a single higher education institutions digital space; 2 functionally independent method of information management of higher education institutions, which allows to create universal tools of informatization, which are independent of the composition and specifics of the construction of the created tools of solving functional problems; 3) interlayer information interaction methods, providing reflection in the processes of each of the layers of changes in the information environment of neighboring layers. The results of the study were used in the construction of information and analytical system of the university educational activities support, which was developed and implemented at Cherkasy State Technological University.

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