Some recent efforts for the education in the Russian Arctic: the examples from institutes to individuals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Tarasenko ◽  
Alexandra Mushta ◽  
Arina Kosareva ◽  
Veleta Yarygina ◽  
Daria Frolova
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
State University ◽  
Svalbard Archipelago ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Personal Initiative ◽  
Current State ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Scientific Journalism

<p>In this talk, we present several examples of existing interactions between scientific community and large public, mainly in educational form. The talk is divided into 2 parts: the first is an experience from Arctic and Antarctic Research institute (AARI), and the second, from Saint-Petersburg State University (SPbSU).</p><p>From 2018, the AARI started to work with public, when several social networks were reached: Instagram, Facebook and Vkontakte, with an audience of more than 10 000 accounts. Daily posts with a constant feedback are written together with polar scientists: we widely use the photographs and videos from the expeditions to show in livethe current state of the Arctic and its changing, the work and the instruments of polar scientists, and the basic knowledge about it. We regularly publish the interviews with the scientists and have a special hashtag #childrenofpolarscientists. During these 2 years, we created a special concours for the undergraduates and secondary school: “66° 63”, where several winners can visit the Svalbard archipelago and realize their scientific or artistic projects. These projects are officially supported by a special Media department of the AARI.</p><p>The scientists continue promoting their activity at their level: giving the lectures, participating in the “Scientific Slams”, writing the blogs during the expedition. Publishing classical albums and books after the expedition, such as recent Transarktika-2019, stay important as a result of scientific journalism.</p><p>To illustrate the effect of local educational programs, we present the efforts of an ecological team from Saint-Petersburg State University working at Ust’-Yany village in the Arkhangesk region. The program lasted from 2013 to 2016 with a main purpose of letting know the local children what happen to their region and describe them the possibilities to work in a new environment, to develop their forests, create new jobs. The main audience was the secondary school children. A large support of local administration was obtained and helped to realize multiple short-term visits, 2 conferences, scholar projects. A very good feedback from children and administration was received for this personal initiative organized by students and professors of SPbSU.</p>

Slovak studies in Russia: The current state

Human Affairs ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Valentsova
Keyword(s):  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
State University ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Current State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Literature History ◽  
Moscow State University ◽  
Slovak Language ◽  
Language Literature ◽  
Slavic Studies

AbstractThe article introduces readers to the current state of Slovak studies in Russia. The fate of Slavic studies in Russia is complicated and it has had its ups (late 19th and early 20th century) and downs (1920s and 1930s), but until now there has been a multidisciplinary tradition of studying all Slavic peoples, their languages, literature, history and culture. The article focuses on the study of Slovak language, literature, history and culture at Moscow State University, the Institute for Slavic Studies in Moscow, and Saint-Petersburg State University. It deals with the main researchers and their work and publications. The article is based on general research into the history of Slavic studies carried out by leading Russian scientists.

scholarly journals Contribution of the researchers of the Department of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology of Saint-Petersburg State University to the conservation of the Caspian sturgeon population

2019 ◽  
Vol 323 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-505
Author(s):  
R.P. Khodorevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Physiological State ◽  
Biological Indicators ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Caspian Basin ◽  
State University ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Current State ◽  
Artificial Breeding

The paper deals with the main historical moments of the Caspian sturgeon population dynamics and the formation of their stocks. The participation of researchers of the Department of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology of Saint-Petersburg State University in creating the concept of sturgeon conservation in the Caspian Sea and the specialized institute of sturgeon farming in Astrakhan was highly appreciated. The materials on the contribution of the Department’s researchers to the study of the physiological state of sturgeon producers, improving their quality, survival and safety in the conditions of artificial breeding of these species are presented. The data on the reduction of the sturgeon abundance reared and released into the Caspian Sea by the Caspian littoral states are presented. A description of the current state of the sturgeon of the Caspian basin is given. The data on changes in stocks, the structure of the spawning part of the population and reproduction of the beluga, Russian sturgeon and stellate sturgeon in the Volga-Caspian basin under the conditions of the prohibition of their commercial fishing are analyzed. It was shown that during the years of the ban, the abundance and stocks of sturgeon and biological indicators of breeding migrants to spawn in the Volga continued to decrease and the proportion of females among them, which is associated with the illegal catch of sturgeon, comparable in scale to the commercial fishery before the ban was introduced. Reduced natural (up to its complete cessation in the Beluga) and artificial reproduction of sturgeons are stated. Only observing the moratorium on sturgeon fishing in all the Caspian littoral states, strengthening the protection of fish at feeding grounds and spawning migrations can preserve and restore their unique Caspian populations.

scholarly journals A Review of the Thesis by L.Yu. Kulikovskaya Administrative Law Regimes of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Oleg V. Ziborov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
State University ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Law Regulation

Defense of a thesis by L.Yu. Kulikovskaya dedicated to the relevant problem of the administrative law regulation of a strategically important territory of the Russian Federation, namely its Arctic Zone, took place before the dissertation council created based on the National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod and the Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia on September 11, 2020.

Formation of financial literacy in training of informatics teachers on the basis of the 1С:Enterprise system

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
M. A. Rodionov ◽  
I. V. Akimova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
State University ◽  
Science And Literature ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Mathematics History ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
The Right

In the submitted study the problem of the formation of financial literacy of students at informatics lessons and relevant training of future informatics teachers is considered. Financial literacy is understood as a set of basic knowledge in the field of finance, banking, insurance, as well as budgeting for personal finances that allow a person to choose the right financial product or service, soberly assess and take risks that may arise during the use of these products, correctly accumulate savings and identify doubtful (fraudulent) investment schemes. The authors conclude that successful development of meaningful lines of the course of financial literacy requires integration of a few school subjects, such as mathematics, history, informatics, social science and literature. The role of modern informatics teacher in the formation of financial literacy of students is great. Therefore, in the training of a future informatics teacher, it should be paid the attention to issues related to the study of elements of financial literacy in informatics lessons. In order to solve the problem, the authors propose to use the special course “Basics of work in 1С:Enterprise”, which is implemented at Penza State University. The article contains a program of the course and the methodological recommendations for its implementation.

THE ARCTIC IN NAMES OF STREETS OF MOSCOW AND SAINT PETERSBURG

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Yuriy Maksimov ◽  
Alexander Krivichev
Keyword(s):  
The Arctic ◽  
Saint Petersburg

The All-Russian conference «Development of Geobotany: History and Present» (Saint Petersburg, 31 January—2 February 2011)

2011 ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
O. I. Sumina
Keyword(s):  
Plant Ecology ◽  
State University ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Russian Conference

From 31 January to 2 February 2011 in St. Petersburg state University was held All-Russian conference "Development of geobotany: history and modernity" devoted to the 80 anniversary of the Department of geobotany and plant ecology of St. Petersburg state University and anniversaries of its teachers.

STORM ICE OIL WIND WAVE WATCH SYSTEM (SIOWS): WEB GIS APPLICATION FOR MONITORING THE ARCTIC

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Myasoedov ◽  
Alexander Myasoedov ◽  
Sergey Azarov ◽  
Sergey Azarov ◽  
Ekaterina Balashova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Data ◽  
Wind Wave ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Web Gis ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Flexible Tool ◽  
In Situ Data ◽  
Current State ◽  
Watch System

Working with satellite data, has long been an issue for users which has often prevented from a wider use of these data because of Volume, Access, Format and Data Combination. The purpose of the Storm Ice Oil Wind Wave Watch System (SIOWS) developed at Satellite Oceanography Laboratory (SOLab) is to solve the main issues encountered with satellite data and to provide users with a fast and flexible tool to select and extract data within massive archives that match exactly its needs or interest improving the efficiency of the monitoring system of geophysical conditions in the Arctic. SIOWS - is a Web GIS, designed to display various satellite, model and in situ data, it uses developed at SOLab storing, processing and visualization technologies for operational and archived data. It allows synergistic analysis of both historical data and monitoring of the current state and dynamics of the "ocean-atmosphere-cryosphere" system in the Arctic region, as well as Arctic system forecasting based on thermodynamic models with satellite data assimilation.

scholarly journals Ice-Breaking Fleets of the United States and Canada: Assessing the Current State of Affairs and Future Plans

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 703
Author(s):  
Megan Drewniak ◽  
Dimitrios Dalaklis ◽  
Anastasia Christodoulou ◽  
Rebecca Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Maritime Transportation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Polar Ice ◽  
Northwest Passage ◽  
Ice Cap ◽  
Ice Coverage ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Affairs

In recent years, a continuous decline of ice-coverage in the Arctic has been recorded, but these high latitudes are still dominated by earth’s polar ice cap. Therefore, safe and sustainable shipping operations in this still frozen region have as a precondition the availability of ice-breaking support. The analysis in hand provides an assessment of the United States’ and Canada’s polar ice-breaking program with the purpose of examining to what extent these countries’ relevant resources are able to meet the facilitated growth of industrial interests in the High North. This assessment will specifically focus on the maritime transportation sector along the Northwest Passage and consists of four main sections. The first provides a very brief description of the main Arctic passages. The second section specifically explores the current situation of the Northwest Passage, including the relevant navigational challenges, lack of infrastructure, available routes that may be used for transit, potential choke points, and current state of vessel activity along these routes. The third one examines the economic viability of the Northwest Passage compared to that of the Panama Canal; the fourth and final section is investigating the current and future capabilities of the United States’ and Canada’s ice-breaking fleet. Unfortunately, both countries were found to be lacking the necessary assets with ice-breaking capabilities and will need to accelerate their efforts in order to effectively respond to the growing needs of the Arctic. The total number of available ice-breaking assets is impacting negatively the level of support by the marine transportation system of both the United States and Canada; these two countries are facing the possibility to be unable to effectively meet the expected future needs because of the lengthy acquisition and production process required for new ice-breaking fleets.

scholarly journals Svalbamides A and B, Pyrrolidinone-Bearing Lipodipeptides from Arctic Paenibacillus sp.

Marine Drugs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Young Eun Du ◽  
Eun Seo Bae ◽  
Yeonjung Lim ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho ◽  
Sang-Jip Nam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reductase Activity ◽  
Quinone Reductase ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Chemopreventive Agents ◽  
Svalbard Archipelago ◽  
Paenibacillus Sp ◽  
Combinational Analysis ◽  
Culture Extract ◽  
The Absolute

Two new secondary metabolites, svalbamides A (1) and B (2), were isolated from a culture extract of Paenibacillus sp. SVB7 that was isolated from surface sediment from a core (HH17-1085) taken in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The combinational analysis of HR-MS and NMR spectroscopic data revealed the structures of 1 and 2 as being lipopeptides bearing 3-amino-2-pyrrolidinone, d-valine, and 3-hydroxy-8-methyldecanoic acid. The absolute configurations of the amino acid residues in svalbamides A and B were determined using the advanced Marfey’s method, in which the hydrolysates of 1 and 2 were derivatized with l- and d- forms of 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl-5-alanine amide (FDAA). The absolute configurations of 1 and 2 were completely assigned by deducing the stereochemistry of 3-hydroxy-8-methyldecanoic acid based on DP4 calculations. Svalbamides A and B induced quinone reductase activity in Hepa1c1c7 murine hepatoma cells, indicating that they represent chemotypes with a potential for functioning as chemopreventive agents.

scholarly journals Phylogeography of the Brittle Star Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Barents Sea and East Atlantic

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Evgeny Genelt-Yanovskiy ◽  
Yixuan Li ◽  
Ekaterina Stratanenko ◽  
Natalia Zhuravleva ◽  
Natalia Strelkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Barents Sea ◽  
Haplotype Diversity ◽  
Brittle Star ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
High Genetic Diversity ◽  
Svalbard Archipelago ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
The Barents Sea

Ophiura sarsii is a common brittle star species across the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Ophiurasarsii is among the dominant echinoderms in the Barents Sea. We studied the genetic diversity of O.sarsii by sequencing the 548 bp fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene. Ophiurasarsii demonstrated high genetic diversity in the Barents Sea. Both major Atlantic mtDNA lineages were present in the Barents Sea and were evenly distributed between the northern waters around Svalbard archipelago and the southern part near Murmansk coast of Kola Peninsula. Both regions, and other parts of the O.sarsii range, were characterized by high haplotype diversity with a significant number of private haplotypes being mostly satellites to the two dominant haplotypes, each belonging to a different mtDNA clade. Demographic analyses indicated that the demographic and spatial expansion of O.sarsii in the Barents Sea most plausibly has started in the Bølling–Allerød interstadial during the deglaciation of the western margin of the Barents Sea.

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