scholarly journals QUALITY OF LIFE AS A FACTOR FOR INTEGRATION OF RESILIENCE RESEARCH OF ENERGY, SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Людмила Васильевна Массель ◽  
Дмитрий Вячеславович Пестерев
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cognitive Modeling ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Economic Systems

Рассматривается понятие устойчивости в смысле «Resilience» и связанные с ним понятия энергетической и экологической безопасности. Предлагается рассматривать качество жизни как фактор интеграции исследований устойчивости энергетических, социо-экологических и социо-экономических систем. Вводятся критерии устойчивости энергетических, экологических и социальных систем. Когнитивное моделирование рассматривается как один из основных инструментов исследований устойчивости. Приводятся примеры когнитивного моделирования. The concept of resilience and related concepts of energy and environmental safety are considered. It is proposed to use the quality of life as a integration factor of resilience research of energy, socio-ecological and socio-economic systems. Criteria for the resilience of energy, ecological and social systems are introduced. Cognitive modeling is seen as one of the main tools in resilience research. Examples of cognitive modeling are given.

scholarly journals Universal Basic Income: Reflections on the Possible Impac on Improving the Living Standards and Quality of Life and the Sustainability of Society

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-24
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav Bobkov ◽  
Nikolay Dolgushkin ◽  
Yelena Odintsova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Social Reforms ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Transitional Forms

The article is devoted to the study of the possible impact of the introduction of universal basic income on improving the standards of living and quality of life and sustainability of societies. The theoretical part of the article reveals the problems that require further study of the category of " universal basic income" (UBI), such as its relationship with the transformation of the state and society, labour and employment, the standards of living and quality of life; the reasons for the introduction and tasks that are solved with the use of UBI, contradictions and limitations of this tool of political, economic and social reforms. In the practical part of the article on the basis of systematization of the most important experiments on the introduction of UBI the conclusion of the transitional forms of its experimental implementation is made: the conditionality (for the target categories of citizens), not the unconditionality of payments, limited period of payment, small size, commensurate with the national subsistence minimum. All this does not allow us to consider this payment as a basic one with all its local impact on the transformation of social systems in the countries concerned. The conclusion is made about the embryonic practical application of UBI elements in Rossiya. A number of recommendations for additions to the testing elements of the universal basic income in our country have been elaborated: to increase per capita income after the provision of targeted social support to low-income sections of the population; to select the trajectories of employment for registered unemployed persons; to reduce the time transitions of graduates from educational institutions to stable or satisfactory employment; and to increase the level of security for the employed with a wide range of characteristics of precarity of employment. The Object of the Study is country societies and their separate regional and social groups.The Subject of the Study is the transformation of employment, social protection and sustainability of societies in connection with the introduction of elements of universal basic income.The Purpose of the Study is identifying hypothetical possibilities of influence on the improvement of the standards of living and quality of life and sustainability of societies by the introduction of universal basic income and analysing the results of testing its transitional forms.

scholarly journals Smart Cities of the Future as Cyber Physical Systems: Challenges and Enabling Technologies

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 3349
Author(s):  
Antonio Puliafito ◽  
Giuseppe Tricomi ◽  
Anastasios Zafeiropoulos ◽  
Symeon Papavassiliou
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Urban Issues

A smart city represents an improvement of today’s cities, both functionally and structurally, that strategically utilizes several smart factors, capitalizing on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to increase the city’s sustainable growth and strengthen the city’s functions, while ensuring the citizens’ enhanced quality of life and health. Cities can be viewed as a microcosm of interconnected “objects” with which citizens interact daily, which represents an extremely interesting example of a cyber physical system (CPS), where the continuous monitoring of a city’s status occurs through sensors and processors applied within the real-world infrastructure. Each object in a city can be both the collector and distributor of information regarding mobility, energy consumption, air pollution as well as potentially offering cultural and tourist information. As a consequence, the cyber and real worlds are strongly linked and interdependent in a smart city. New services can be deployed when needed, and evaluation mechanisms can be set up to assess the health and success of a smart city. In particular, the objectives of creating ICT-enabled smart city environments target (but are not limited to) improved city services; optimized decision-making; the creation of smart urban infrastructures; the orchestration of cyber and physical resources; addressing challenging urban issues, such as environmental pollution, transportation management, energy usage and public health; the optimization of the use and benefits of next generation (5G and beyond) communication; the capitalization of social networks and their analysis; support for tactile internet applications; and the inspiration of urban citizens to improve their quality of life. However, the large scale deployment of cyber-physical-social systems faces a series of challenges and issues (e.g., energy efficiency requirements, architecture, protocol stack design, implementation, and security), which requires more smart sensing and computing methods as well as advanced networking and communications technologies to provide more pervasive cyber-physical-social services. In this paper, we discuss the challenges, the state-of-the-art, and the solutions to a set of currently unresolved key questions related to CPSs and smart cities.

scholarly journals Scenario cognitive modeling of development trends of the complexity system “youth, labor market, quality of life”

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-120
Author(s):  
Galina Gorelova ◽  
Andrey Saak
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Cognitive Modeling ◽  
Market Quality ◽  
Youth Labor Market ◽  
Structured Problems ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
The Impact

Conducting research on the quality of life of young people and the impact on it of such a significant factor as the youth labor market, as well as related research on the problems of state support for young people, require the use of simulation methods due to the incompleteness of information and poorly structured problems of such complex systems as the quality of life of young people and the labor market. The article gives a brief overview of the categories “labor market”, “quality of life”, “youth”, which is necessary to determine the content of cognitive modeling of the complex system “youth, labor market, quality of life”. The technology of cognitive modeling is briefly presented. The results of the application of cognitive simulation modeling to the study of the quality of life of young people in relation to the labor market are presented. An example of modeling is presented in the form of a corresponding cognitive map and a number of scenarios for the possible development of situations on it, which may arise under the assumed influence of various social and economic factors, as well as under the influence of regulatory and control systems.

scholarly journals Challenges to environmental security in the context of the social development of the Adyghea Republic

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Тамара Гиссовна Туова ◽  
Вячеслав Нурбиевич Нехай ◽  
Заур Махмудович Хачецуков
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Ecological Culture ◽  
High Level

В статье рассматриваются основные направления социального развития Республики Адыгея в условиях нарастания вызовов экологической безопасности. Отмечается, что структуру экологической безопасности региона формируют система эффективного природопользования, механизмы сохранения биологического и природного разнообразия территории и экологические инструменты поддержания здоровья населения. Подтверждается тезис о том, что обеспечение экологической безопасности является одним из основных показателей эффективного управления субъектом РФ. Обосновывается необходимость учета современных экологических стандартов при разработке и выборе модели социально-экономического развития региона. Анализируются меры государственной политики в области развития транспортной инфраструктуры, направленные на ослабление деструктивного воздействия экологических вызовов на качество жизни населения республики. На основе генерализации результатов социологических исследований, проведенных в регионе в период с 2008 по 2021 гг. органами государственной власти и авторским коллективом, оценивается отношение населения к экологической ситуации в Республике Адыгея. Делается вывод о целесообразности разработки комплексной программы социально-экономического развития с учетом специфики природно-биологического ландшафта региона и совершенствования экологической культуры как инструмента обеспечения экологической безопасности и высокого уровня качества жизни населения. The paper discusses the main directions of social development of the Adyghea Republic in the context of increasing challenges to environmental safety. The structure of environmental safety of the region is formed by a system of effective environmental management, mechanisms for preserving the biological and natural diversity of the territory and environmental tools for maintaining public health. The authors confirm the thesis that environmental safety is one of the main indicators of effective management of the subject of the Russian Federation. The need to take into account modern environmental standards in the development and selection of a model of socio-economic development of the region is justified. The publication analyzes measures of state policy in the field of transport infrastructure development aimed at reducing the destructive impact of environmental challenges on the quality of life of the population in the republic. Based on the generalization of the results of sociological studies conducted in the region from 2008 to 2021 by state authorities and the author's research team, the attitude of the population to the environmental situation in the Adyghea Republic is evaluated. It is inferred that it is advisable to develop integrated socio-economic development taking into account the specifics of the natural and biological landscape of the region and improve ecological culture as an instrument to ensure environmental safety and a high level of quality of life for the population.

The influence of clinical stage, race, and gender on factors which impact quality of life in multiple myeloma.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24126-e24126
Author(s):  
Meghan Luhowy ◽  
Katrina Binion ◽  
Tiffany Warfield ◽  
Rebecca Bosley ◽  
Elizabeth Krauss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Clinical Stage ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Patient Reported

e24126 Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) is unique among hematologic malignancies as an incurable disease. Patients are affected long-term by the disease symptoms as well as psychological, financial burden, and social impact, which may affect overall quality of life (QOL). The current literature related to QOL in MM is largely limited to a single clinical stage, impact concurrent with a specific treatment regimen, or focused on a single QOL factor. Changes in impact on QOL based on longitudinal follow up during the disease course have not been readily assessed. Here, we evaluated patient-reported QOL measures utilized by one time validated questionnaires. Methods: The study enrolled 100 participants in a sequential manner from the Myeloma Clinic at UMGCC with a diagnosis of plasma cell disorders at various stages: MGUS, smoldering myeloma, or multiple myeloma: newly diagnosed, maintenance, relapsed. Participants provided verbal responses to a series of questions listed in Table. Questions aligned with three main domains: physical symptoms and function, mental health, and social systems. The following is an interim analysis of the first 50 patients. Results: This sample of myeloma patients (N=50; males n=26), felt their QOL was impacted by myeloma symptoms (70%). More African American participants reported impact from financial burden (6, 50%) in comparison to Caucasian and other races (10, 26%). Interestingly, males reported less impact on sexual intimacy (3, 15%) than females (6, 43%). Females also reported more impact from financial burden (10, 42%) compared to males (6, 23%). Conclusions: Changes to impact on QOL as a function of clinical MM stage, race, and/or gender will be fully evaluated. Planned analyses include correlation statistics by age and social demographics to determine patterns in patient-reported outcomes. Finally, second interviews with current participants will be conducted to determine changes to impact across the same QOL variables over time.[Table: see text]

scholarly journals The Environmental Load Reducing as a Factor of Improving the Quality of Life of the Coal Mining Region Population

2020 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 04002
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Slesarenko ◽  
Oksana Sheveleva ◽  
Natalia Kudrevatykh ◽  
Nina Vagina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Environmental Load ◽  
Mining Region ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Mining Regions

The need to reduce the environmental load as the most important factor of improving the quality of life of the population and preventing the outflow of human resources from the coal mining region is substantiated in the article. The study allowed identifying a number of socio-economic threats associated with the influence of high environmental load in coal mining regions, namely: the presence of adverse sanitary and hygienic factors affecting the state of health and the quality of life of people; the excess of the average Russian share of jobs with unsatisfactory conditions for ensuring their compliance with sanitary and epidemiological standards and regulations in coal mining regions; increase in the incidence rate. The entire list of identified threats has the most direct impact on the indicators of population growth and migratory movement leading to a lack of human resources in a region. First of all, it is proposed to reduce the environmental load of a mining region through the implementation of a concept aimed at improving the environmental safety of the industry at all stages: from exploratory activities to mine abandonment. And secondly, the environmental load should be reduced on the basis of a set of measures affecting such important areas of regional economic development as diversification of industrial production (increasing the share of industries with lower environmental load on the ecosystem), developing a high-tech business and mainstreaming responsible consumption ideas in the public mind and businesses.

scholarly journals SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT JOINT ENERGY AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Т.Н. Ворожцова ◽  
Д.В. Пестерев ◽  
Г.В. Ан
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Cognitive Modeling ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Semantic Technologies ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The Impact

В статье рассматриваются возможности применения семантических технологий при разработке интеллектуальной информационной системы для поддержки энергетических и социо-экологических исследований. Использование предлагаемых технологий для управления знаниями дает возможность интеграции исследований разных предметных областей. К семантическим технологиям авторы относят традиционное онтологическое представление знаний и когнитивное моделирование, позволяющее формализовать процессы принятия экспертных решений. Использование онтологий предлагается для описания знаний предметных областей междисциплинарных исследований (энергетических и социо-экологических), связанных с оценкой влияния энергетики на качество жизни. Онтологии дают возможность согласовать терминологию между исследователями и используются для описания и структурирования знаний. Когнитивное моделирование применяется для поддержки исследователей в процессе принятия решений, выявления и описания причинно-следственных связей между основными понятиями предметной области, называемыми концептами, их наглядного представления в процессе описания возможных ситуаций. В работе описываются компоненты онтологического пространства знаний для выполнения совместных энергетических и социо-экологических исследований влияния энергетики на экологию и качество жизни. Приводятся примеры онтологии, когнитивной карты и варианта разработанной модели данных для проектирования базы данных исследований. The article discusses the possibilities of using semantic technologies in the development of an intelligent information system to support energy and socio-environmental research. The use of the proposed knowledge management technology makes it possible to integrate research in different subject areas. The authors refer to the semantic technologies as the traditional ontological representation of knowledge and the cognitive approach, which allows formalizing the processes of making expert decisions. The use of ontologies is proposed to describe the knowledge of subject areas of interdisciplinary energy and socio-ecological research related to assessing the impact of energy on the quality of life. Ontologies make it possible to agree on terminology between researchers and are used to describe and structure knowledge and required information. Cognitive modeling is used to support researchers in the decision-making process, identify and describe cause-and-effect relationships between the main concepts of the subject area, and visualize possible situations. The paper describes the components of the ontological space of knowledge for the implementation of joint energy and socio-ecological studies of the impact of energy on the environment and quality of life. Examples of an ontology, a cognitive map, and a variant of the developed data model for designing a database for research are given.

scholarly journals Factors of the Environmental Components of the Population Quality of Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Shamaeva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Energy Analysis ◽  
Laws Of Nature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Science Approach ◽  
Environmental Component

The current complex crisis situation in the world presents the scientific community with the task of developing theoretical and methodological provisions and models that are adequate to describe natural systems, while being sufficiently applicable to assess socio-economic processes. The article attempts to analysis of factors of the environmental component of the quality of life of the population. For more than a hundred years, physical laws and analogies have been used to analyze social and economic systems. An attempt to use the laws of nature in the preparation of solutions for the management of social and economic systems is made by the environmental economy. An analysis of the history of the formation and development of the ecological economy was carried out, as a result of which its new direction was revealed, based on a natural science approach and a systemic energy analysis of socio-economic systems. Consideration of the factors of quality of life is carried out from the point of view of the principle of steady non-equilibrium of E.S. Bauer and the natural science foundations of labor, set forth in the works of S.A. Podolinsky. The main hypothesis of the study, the theoretical and methodological foundations of the natural science approach and systemic energy analysis of socio-economic systems related to the study of the relationship between society and the natural environment, with the laws of the functioning of living systems (works of E.S. Bauer, V.I. Vernadsky, A.L. Chizhevsky, etc.). A system of parameters is proposed that allows solving important applied tasks of modeling the environmental component of quality of life in terms of natural science meters without using monetary measures. The selected parameters were modelled on the example of the federal districts of the Russian Federation with the analysis of the identified features and results. The results confirmed the possibility of applying the principles-criteria proposed in the work for the analysis of the development of socio-economic systems in interaction with the environment

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