Culture of legal techniques: key dominants in the modern Russian legal system

The article is dedicated to the conceptual and specific analysis of the emergence of the culture of legal techniques under the conditions of a new technological form. The identification and analysis of key types of culture of legal techniques, allows to show their specificity following typological groups. Its systemic unity, which has its specificities, can be considered as the second dominant of the culture of legal techniques. The article further offers a primary doctrinal definition of the concept of culture of legal techniques based on the identified dominant characteristics and manifestations of the culture of legal techniques, studied in the context of the search for ways of effective functioning of the system of power and powerless principles in the Russian legal system. This phenomenon is in the formation stage. The authors have used dialectical, historical-political, formal-legal, and comparative-legal methods. It is concluded that a promising systematic understanding of the essence and meaning of the culture of legal techniques will help to improve the legal culture as a whole and thus increase the effectiveness of the law in modern society.

Mesoscale interactions during the genesis and intensification of October 1999 Orissa super cyclone

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Thermal and radiation environments for assessing crop-weather relationship of soybean in eastern Madhya Pradesh

A field experiment was conducted during with three sowing dates (23 June, 8 July and 23 July) with three varieties (JS 20-29, JS 20-34 and JS 97-52) kharif season of 2016 and 2017 at Jabalpur in eastern Madhya Pradesh for assessing crop weather relationship in soybean through thermal and radiation environments. The results revealed that early sown crop attained more accumulated heat units, and yield decreased with delay in sowing. The maximum and minimum temperatures during reproductive stage were positively correlated with seed yield while negatively associated with vegetative and pod development stages. Photosynthetic active radiation absorption (APAR) was maximum in June sowing in semi-determinate JS 97-52 variety at pod formation stage. Maximum leaf area index (LAI) exhibited in June sown for JS 97-52 variety during pod formation stage. Seed yield increase with increased in APAR and LAI during pod formation stage. Season length difference between normal and actual crop maturity period increased with the decrease in GDD thereby suggesting a decline in yield due to shortening of crop growing period.

Calorimetric Studies of Alkali-Activated Blast-Furnace Slag Cements at Early Hydration Processes in the Temperature Range of 20–80 °С

In the hydration process of inorganic cements, the analysis of calorimetric measurements is one of the possible ways to better understand hydration processes and to keep these processes under control. This study contains data from the study of thermokinetic processes in alkali-activated blast-furnace slag cements compared to ordinary Portland cement (OPC). The obtained results show that, in contrast to ОРС, the heat release values cannot be considered as a characteristic of the activity of alkali-activated blast-furnace slag cements. In addition, it is concluded that in the case of OPC cements, cumulative heat release is a criterion for the selection of effective curing parameters, while in the case of alkali-activated blast-furnace slag cements, a higher heat rate (which increases sharply with increasing temperature from 20 to 40 °С) is a criterion. From the point of views of thermokinetics, the rate of heat release at temperatures up to 40 °С can be a qualitative criterion that allows to choose the parameters of heat curing of alkali-activated cement concretes. By introducing a crystallo-chemical hardening accelerator, such as Portland cement clinker, into the composition of alkali-activated blast-furnace slag cements, it is possible to accelerate the processes not only in the condensation-crystallization structure formation stage, but also in the dispersion-coagulation structure formation stage. Portland cement clinker increased the efficiency of thermal curing at relatively non-high temperatures.

Effect of sowing dates on the populations of three major insect pests and associated natural enemies throughout the growth stages of maize plants

In Egypt, maize is an important crop that is attacked by various pests. In the present study, the effect of maize planting dates on the populations of insect pests and their natural enemies were investigated throughout the growth stages of maize plants. The maize planting dates were at the beginning of May, Jun, and July in the 2019 season and were repeated in the 2020 season. Samples were collected weekly to determine the populations of the insect pests, Limothrips cerealium (Haliday, 1836), Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch, 1856), and Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857 and their natural predators. For the first sowing date, the infestation percentage of L. cerealium and S. cretica were most substantial, especially in the seedling and precorn formation stages. For the third sowing date, the number of R. maidis was most substantial, especially in the corn formation stage. Three predators were associated with these insect species; of these predators, Coccinella undecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Scymnus interruptus (Goeze, 1777), and Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens, 1836) were observed at the highest numbers during all sowing dates. A highly significant correlation existed between populations of S. interruptus and the three insects across the two seasons. Data suggest that the percentage of thrips, aphids, and stem borers infestations can be minimized by planting maize varieties in June.

dLp/HDL-BGBP and MTP Cloning and Expression Profiles During Embryonic Development in the Mud Crab Scylla paramamosain

Lipids are the main energy source for embryonic development in oviparous animals. Prior to the utilization and catabolism, lipids are primarily transported from the yolk sac to embryonic tissues. In the present study, cDNA encoding a circulatory large lipid transfer protein (LLTP) superfamily member, the precursor of large discoidal lipoprotein (dLp) and high-density lipoprotein/β-1,3-glucan-binding protein (HDL-BGBP), named dLp/HDL-BGBP of 14,787 bp in length, was cloned from the mud crab Scylla paramamosain. dLp/HDL-BGBP was predicted to encode a 4,831 amino acids (aa) protein that was the precursor of dLp and HDL-BGBP, which were both detected in hemolymph by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. For the intracellular LLTP, three microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) cDNAs of 2,905, 2,897, and 3,088 bp in length were cloned from the mud crab and were predicted to encode MTP-A of 881 aa, MTP-B of 889 aa, and MTP-C of 919 aa, respectively, which were different merely in the N-terminal region and shared an identical sequence of 866 aa. During embryonic development, the expression level of dLp/HDL-BGBP consecutively increased from the early appendage formation stage to the eye pigment-formation stage, which indicated that HDL-BGBP is probably the scaffolding protein for yolk lipid. For the MTP gene, MTP-C accounted for ~70% of MTP mRNA from the blastocyst stage to the nauplius stage, as well as the pre-hatching stage; MTP-C and MTP-A expression levels were comparable from the early appendage formation stage to the late eye pigment-formation stage; MTP-A was extremely low in blastocyst and gastrula stages; MTP-B was expressed at a relatively low-level throughout embryo development. The variations in the expression profiles among MTP transcripts suggested that MTP might play roles in the lipid droplet maturation and lipoprotein assembly during embryonic development.

How does volcanic outgassing differ on geological time scales between planets with and without plate tectonics?

<div>One of the main factors to assess the possible habitability of a rocky planet (either in or beyond our solar system) is its capability to maintain an atmosphere that allows for moderate temperatures at the surface and would allow water to occur in a liquid form, and that can help shield surface life from harmful radiation.</div> <div>The existence of an atmosphere depends on several factors - possible accretion from the nebula and catastrophic degassing from the crystallizing magma ocean during planet formation, later delivery of volatiles via comets, sinks of atmosphere gases to the surface or to space, and last, but definitely not least, volcanic release of volatiles from the mantle that where stored in the planet's interior during its formation stage.</div> <div>For planets of masses not too different from Earth, volcanic degassing plays a major role for the question if the planet could have an atmosphere. Lower-mass planets might not be able to keep an atmosphere but loose it entirely to space, and much more massive super-Earth planets will likely keep the primordial, catastrophically outgassed atmosphere during magma ocean crystallization, and may never be habitable at their surface due to a thick atmosphere rather comparable to Venus. The "Goldilocks zone" for potentially habitable rocky planets is therefore limited to a range from above Mars' mass to a few Earth masses. However, planets of a few Earth masses may not be able to efficiently outgas volcanic gases, if they are in a stagnant-lid regime. This may be different, though, for planets experiencing plate tectonics like Earth, where hot, molten material reaches the surface at plate boundaries and may therefore build up or replenish an atmosphere. The work presented here compares the efficiency of interior volatile depletion and degassing to the surface for rocky planets of different size and composition, either in the stagnant-lid or in the plate-tectonics regime.</div>

Tectonics and gravitational phenomena (Nanos, Slovenia)

The Istra Pushed Area is a specifically deformed territory of the northwestern part of the External Dinarides. It formed due to the movement of the Istra block as part of the Adriatic Microplate (Adria) towards the Dinarides since the middle Miocene. The movement of the Istra block caused hereditary shifts along the old dislocations dating back to the early formation stage of the formation of the Dinarides at the end of the Eocene and their deformation. These deformations are reflected also in certain extreme gravitational phenomena along the boundary between the External Dinaric Imbricated Belt and the External Dinaric Thrust Belt, where Mesozoic carbonates are thrusted upon the Cenozoic flysch. The boundary zone between these two belts connects the Trnovo, Hrušica and Snežnik Thrust Fronts. Four specific gravitational phenomena that occurred in this boundary zone are presented here, as they are remarkable in terms of their size: Črna griža (Trnovo Nappe), Suhi vrh (Hrušica Nappe), Petelinje mlake and Ilirska Bistrica (both from the Snežnik Nappe). The phenomena at Suhi vrh is described in detail herein.