Legal Regulation Issues of Scientific Cooperation with Foreign Citizens and Foreign Organizations

The article offers a general overview of the legal regulation of scientific cooperation with foreign citizens and foreign organizations in the context of the main legal problems of interaction of Russian scientific bodies with interested foreign subjects. During the work method of analysis, system-structural, formal-legal methods and a method of interpreting the rules of law were used.

Features and perspectives of international cooperation within the implementation of projects megascience class

The article presents aspects of the legal regulation of international scientific cooperation aimed at the creation and operation of unique scientific installations of the “megascience” class. On the example of scientific projects CERN, ITER and XFEL, the individual features of legal regulation are analyzed: the legal basis, the key provisions of the concluded international agreements, as well as the relationship with the Russian legislation. On the basis of the analysis and generalization, the authors identify the features of legal regulation, which should be taken into account when creating future scientific projects of the “megascience” class.

Научное сотрудничество: мониторинг вечной мерзлоты циркумполярной зоны и обмен данными

Scientific cooperation is a well-supported narrative and theme, but in reality, presents many challenges and counter-productive difficulties. Moreover, data sharing specifically represents one of the more critical cooperation requirements, as part of the “scientific method [which] allows for verification of results and extending research from prior results.” One of the important pieces of the climate change puzzle is permafrost. Currently, most permafrost data remain fragmented and restricted to national authorities, including scientific institutes. Important datasets reside in various government or university labs, where they remain largely unknown or where access restrictions prevent effective use. A lack of shared research—especially data—significantly reduces effectiveness of understanding permafrost overall. Whereas it is not possible for a nation to effectively conduct the variety of modeling and research needed to comprehensively understand impacts to permafrost, a global community can. However, decision and policy makers, especially on the international stage, struggle to understand how best to anticipate and prepare for changes, and thus support for scientific recommendations during policy development. This article explores the global data systems on permafrost, which remain sporadic, rarely updated, and with almost nothing about the subsea permafrost publicly available. The authors suggest that the global permafrost monitoring system should be real time (within technical and reasonable possibility), often updated and with open access to the data. Following a brief background, this article will offer three supporting themes, 1) the current state of permafrost data, 2) rationale and methods to share data, and 3) implications for global and national interests.

HEALTH STATUS AND DIETARY PATTERNS IN POLAND

The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the health status of Poles in the context of their dietary patterns. Results of a desk research study on dietary habits of persons working during the coronavirus pandemic and attitudes of Poles towards meal delivery services provided to the authors by external research institutions were utilized for the purpose of the article. In the framework of practical scientific cooperation, the following reports containing results of research on dietary patterns of people working during the pandemic have been made available for the purpose of this study: “Healthy, speedy or conveniently?” and “Healthy eating”. The results were used with retain of copyright and ethical principles. Data analysis led to the conclusion that people have tended to pay more attention to the food intake as well as spend more time on self-preparation of meals during the pandemic. Based on analysis of the study results, a thesis was formulated that during a pandemic, we pay more attention to what we eat, and we also spend more time preparing meals on our own. Assuming that the population of Poland in 2020 was 38,265 thousand people, it could be stated in the light of the study results that almost 650 thousand Poles were on a well-balanced diet adapted to individual consumer needs.

Perniagaan Bahari Sriwijaya Pada Masa Dinasti Song

This paper is a study of the book Chu-fan-chi compiled by Chau Ju-Kua (Zhao Rugua) from 1208 to 1224 or when he was an official at the customs office (Shi-po-shi) of Quanzhou Port. Chu-fan-chi can be considered as documentation of the Trans-Asian maritime trade during the time of the Buddhist Cosmopolis. This period was an era that formed an Asia Civilization with the establishment of economic, political, cultural, and scientific cooperation that grew along with the development of Hindu-Buddhist Religion in the Sino-Indian region since the 7th century. This paper wants to provide an overview of how the conditions of trade routes and activities in Sriwijaya in the 10th to 13th centuries, which is the information from Chau Ju-Kua that describe the dynamic relationship between Sriwijaya and the Song Dynasty in the formation of maritime history and the spice trade in the archipelago. This study also aims to re-examine the bilateral relationship between China and Srivijaya during the heyday of the Buddhist Cosmopolitan period. This study is expected to redevelop historiographic studies of the Buddhist Cosmopolitan period. This study was compiled by collecting data from various historical and archaeological records and works that have been compiled in various secondary sources, especially from the records of Sinology scholars who have studied relics in the form of government reports, travel records, documentation, and journals originating from the Song Dynasty. According to a Chau Ju-Kua, Sriwijaya not just only sought to profit from the hectic trade traffic that crossed the Natuna Sea, Karimata Strait, Malacca Strait, and Sunda Straits, but Sriwijaya was also able to maintain the security and continuity of Trans-Asian trade traffic at that time.

In Memoriam of Friend

The article is dedicated to the memory of Professor Alfredo Ardila (1946-2021), Doctor of Psychology, Distinguished Professor at the Albizu University (USA, Miami), Past President of the Latin American Association of Neuropsychology, Member of the Council of the International Neuropsychological Society (USA, Miami) and the Editorial Board of the International Journal Lurian Journal, student and the successor of the glorious traditions of the Lurian neuropsychological school. The author shares her personal memories of co-education at the Faculty of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University in the mid-1970s, as well as scientific cooperation and friendship, which lasted until the end of Alfredos life.

Some Icelandic Perspectives on the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean

This paper reflects on several aspects of the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean from the standpoint of Iceland, prior to, during and at the conclusion of the negotiations of the Agreement in late 2017. Particular reference is made to UNCLOS and coastal State interests, status of knowledge on the fish stocks and the importance of scientific cooperation which the Agreement facilitates. During the years 2008–2015, the so-called Arctic Five consulted on cooperation in Arctic matters including future management of fisheries in the central Arctic Ocean. These rather exclusive cooperative efforts were criticised by Iceland and other States that felt these matters were to be dealt with in a broader international context. It seems evident that Iceland’s desire to become a full participant in the process during the subsequent years was both based on legal arguments as well as fair and natural geopolitical reasons. Iceland became a participant in the negotiations in December 2015. The final version of the Agreement is a fully fledged platform for coordinating scientific research and it even allows for interim management measures until future regional management framework is in place. In essence, the Agreement can be taken as a regional fisheries management arrangement (RFMA), since most elements of relevance are incorporated in accordance with the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement. The opening of the central Arctic Ocean for fishing is not likely to take place in the nearest future, although the development of sea ice retreat is currently faster than earlier anticipated. While the Agreement is today regarded as being historic due to its precautionary approach, future may prove that it was a timely arrangement in a fast-moving world with dramatic changes taking place in the Arctic Ocean.

Global knowledge? Cooperation and conflict in the post-hegemonic era: Facing the pandemic crisis

In recent decades, we have witnessed the consolidation of the knowledge society, based on a process of globalization, which promotes the consolidation of the knowledge economy as an emerging paradigm, as well as promoting new dynamics of scientific cooperation, especially from the European Union to the rest of the world. Agreements, summits, and a network of science diplomacy have been set up reflecting the impact of knowledge on new development models. From this process, conceived as a catalyst for value chains based on knowledge intensity, it is possible to glimpse new power conflicts related to other recent conflicts for economic and political hegemony on a global scale. This study aims to analyze countries’ behavior vis-à-vis the global threat of the COVID 19 pandemic, based on the correlation between their ability to face it and their levels of knowledge-based development as a differentiating element in terms of vulnerability. The results show a process where scientific cooperation has given way to a field of geopolitical competition between the actors of the international system, affecting their levels of vulnerability to global threats.

Scientific school of accounting, analysis and audit: history and modernity

The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of history and current state of the scientific school of accounting, analysis and auditing of Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, which in Ukraine plays a leading role in education and training of specialists who can solve complex problems and tasks posed by the domestic economy. The activity of the scientific school is conducted in different directions, namely: fulfillment of budget and non-budget themes; research, done to the order of enterprises and public administration bodies; preparation of doctoral dissertations by graduate and doctoral students of the departments of the faculty (formerly candidate and doctoral); publication of scientific articles and monographs on the problems of accounting, analysis, control, audit and taxation; organization and conduction of interdepartmental, university, interuniversity, all-Ukrainian and international scientific conferences, seminars and round tables; scientific cooperation with other departments of the university, with domestic and foreign institutions of higher education, etc. The activities of the departments of the Faculty of Accounting and Tax Management, both those currently operating and the reorganized ones, as well as the Institute of Accounting are covered in detail. Personal contribution of leading scientists of the university to formation and development of modern educational practice and science, formation of national legal framework has been revealed. The directions of improvement of educational and scientific-methodical maintenance of accounting, analysis and audit are determined - both within the educational institution and in the national and international aspects.

Preface

International conference “Agricultural Science and Engineering (ASAE 2021)” was successfully held at Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurinsk, Russia on 14-16 April 2021. ASAE 2021 aimed to develop the scientific cooperation in the field of agricultural engineering, crop farming technologies, and food preservation and storage. Topical issues of agroengineering, crop science and agricultural machinery were discussed. The speakers presented innovative solutions for automated crop production, cattle breeding, and environmental engineering. A range of technological advances for treatment, processing, and storage of vegetal raw materials and livestock products has been presented. Environmentally-friendly agricultural solutions were quite a pressing issue to discuss. More than 200 papers were submitted for reviewing, of which 150 were selected and approved for publication in the ASAE 2021 proceedings. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held in a mixed format. Most of the participants took part in presentia and about 50 people made presentations via videoconferencing. Virtual participation was organized on the Zoom platform. Zoom was used as a short-term trial period, which determined the tight timing of the conference meetings. Distance technologies made it possible to make presentations for participants from Belgorod State Agricultural University, Voronezh State Agrarian University, Kurgan State Agricultural Academy, Samara State Agrarian University and other higher institutions of Russia. Links for participation in virtual meetings were sent by the speakers freely. Speakers were encouraged to invite their colleagues as listeners. Registration of listeners was not carried out, so it is not possible to accurately estimate their number. Four conference rooms equipped for videoconferencing were used. A group of volunteer moderators was created to navigate the speakers and the listeners. Moderators helped the audience to ask questions and get full answers to them. We would like to express our gratitude to the editorial team and reviewers as well as to the conference organizers. We are glad that we were able to prepare the ASAE 2021 proceedings, despite all the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. List of Program Committee are available in the pdf