Review of Regulatory Legal Acts in the Field of Science Regulation (01.01.2021 – 01.09.2021)

Rule-making on the regulation of science is actively developing. Every year, the state authorities adopt an administrative number of acts regulating various aspects of the activities of the scientific community. Often, documents introduce editorial changes, but some of them contain new provisions that significantly change the life of a scientist. For this reason, it is important to always be aware of the current state of the regulatory legal framework on the regulation of science, to understand the agenda of this process. The review contains information on the main regulatory legal acts on the regulation of the scientific and technical sphere for eight months of 2021. The documents are divided into groups according to their legal force: federal laws; decrees of the President of the Russian Federation; acts of the Government of the Russian Federation; departmental regulations of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation; recommendations of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

Regulation of Behavioral Deviations in the Youth Environment

The problem of regulation of behavioral deviations in the youth environment attracts the attention of many researchers in various branches of science. Regulation of behavioral deviations means the prevention of unfavorable living conditions of adolescents, namely the elimination of factors that can cause certain negative consequences. The article reveals and analyzes the important factors that determine the criminal behavior of adolescents. In particular, such factors are singled out: uncensored propaganda of negative behavior styles that provoke adolescents to imitate «heroes» with bloody and violent behavior; the influence of families that give their children little attention from preschool age, turn a blind eye to their bad behavior, have an irresponsible attitude to the world around them and the environment, encourage their children’s whims; inconsistency of legal reform, extremes in modern judicial practice. The results of the study of predisposition to criminal behavior of adolescents are also presented. The methods chosen for the study: “Diagnosis of the tendency to overcome social norms and rules (Yu.A. Kleiberg)”, “Methods of diagnosing the tendency to deviant behavior (A.N. Orel)”, “Diagnosis of hostility (according to the Cook-Medley scale)”, “Obozov-Shchokintest to determine the degree of determination”, “A. Bass-A. Dark diagnosis of indicators and forms of aggression”. The type of social regulation of behavioral deviations such as individual prevention of juvenile delinquency is considered in detail. Its essence is purposeful work with a particular teenager and their closest people. Social workers, social educators and modern law enforcement agencies are comprehensively called to carry out this type. Individual prevention is directed at the adolescent and their negative traits, the environment that shapes them, as well as the conditions, circumstances and situations that contribute to or facilitate the commission of crimes by minors.

SEMANTIC ADMINISTRATION AS A TOOL OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

The paper suggests that semantic events in the field of science regulation correlate with the processes of implementation of the global project, conventionally called «Industry 4.0». It is shown that the Russian Strategy of scientific and technological development is implemented to a certain extent with the help of methods and means of semantic management. The Google Ngram Viewer program is used in order to compare the frequencies of management concepts usage. Under the conditions of increasing crisis phenomena, big challenges and sanctions pressure, a multi-level approach should replace gamification and experimental methods in the Science and Technology Development regulation, when changes are carried out sequentially, from one level (organization, social structure, conceptual understanding) to another.

Digital Heath Interventions in Mental Health

Technological renaissance of the last century stimulated the application of digital interventions in the healthcare domain. Digital healthcare interventions (DHIs) could be implemented through smartphone applications (apps), remote monitoring and tracking devices, and wearable computers. Technology is positioned to transform how mental healthcare is delivered and accessed. In fact, remote active and passive monitoring of parameters, such as mood, activity, and sleep, could be integrated with therapeutic interventions. However, the transformation entails combined conscription of science, regulation, and design. Implementation, adoption, and evaluation of DHI present special challenges. This chapter presents brief history of DHIs in mental health and frameworks an evaluation strategy in terms of the appropriate methods required for appraisal of DHIs.

Medical Foods: Science, Regulation, and Practical Aspects. Summary of a Workshop

ABSTRACT On August 13–14, 2019, the Healthcare Nutrition Council and the ASN held the Medical Foods Workshop: Science, Regulation, and Practical Aspects. Medical food products help patients manage their disease and improve their quality of life. Yet many hurdles exist to getting patients new products. In this workshop, participants addressed some of these hurdles, with specific emphasis on topics like the statutory term distinctive nutritional requirements, the regulatory term modification of the diet alone, the role of clinical guidelines, the requirement that medical foods be used under medical supervision, and differentiation of foods for special dietary use from medical foods, as well as product innovation and future research. Real-world examples were discussed for intractable epilepsy, diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.

METHODS FOR EVALUATING ACTIVITIES OF SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

The paper addresses questions about the methods of evaluating the activities of scientific organizations in isolated communities in a context of changing of external conditions: sanctions pressure, «corona-crisis» etc. Whether or not communities are isolated or whether it is an «open system», the rigid imposition of assessment methods turns out to be an imposition of values. The latter might be a base or an instrument of science regulation but only if they are implicit in a regulation system of a higher level of complexity. New plans for scientific research in the management of science should include critical research objects - structural modernization, democracy, the power distribution in sciences, justice, imagination and reflexivity. The plausibility of the hypothesis that evaluations of science organizations activities play a crucial role in the transformation of patterns not only of scientific activity, but also of civilizational processes, is shown.

Analysis of the Legal and Infrastructural Basis for the Scientific and Technological Sphere in the Regions of Russia: Potential and Prospects for the Formation of Connectedness of the Country’s Territories

Introduction. The formation of regional differentiation weakens the unity and sustainability of the country’s development as a whole, which hinders its transition to an innovative economic model and joining the ranks of the of the world’s leading technological powers. The objective of this paper is to give a comprehensive analysis of the state of the regional scientific and technological sphere of eleven constituent entities of the Russian Federation and to assess the existing groundwork and potential for the formation of a single scientific and technological space. Materials and Methods. The study has been implemented in two stages and has employed the methods of induction and deduction, as well as those of systemic and comparative analysis. The study has examined data from the Consultant Plus system and the annual monitoring survey conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia through the internet portal ‘Scientific and Technological Infrastructure of the Russian Federation – Centers for Collective use of Scientific Equipment and Unique Scientific Installations’. Results. The equipment of the legislative framework with legal and regulatory instruments in the field of science regulation has been examined; the scientific and infrastructural equipment of 11 regions has been analyzed. The existence of a strong differentiation between the studied territories has been revealed and proved. The regions that are the leaders and laggards in terms of the degree of development of the legal and infrastructural components of the scientific and technological industry have been identified. Discussion and Conclusion. This article presents the results of the first stage of a comprehensive study which is supposed to make an attempt to build and describe a model of scientific and technological cooperation of the territories of Russia based on the case study of 11 regions. The results of the work can be useful to researchers and specialists in the field of regional development and management in the scientific and technological sphere, as well as in the field of development of scientific and technological cooperation and connectedness of territories.

Gene Editing for the EU Agrifood: Risks and Promises in Science Regulation

In today’s innovation-driven agrifood domain, the perspective of using so-called New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) on both non-human animals and plants calls into question the regulatory approach (process/product-based) to be used, while asking for a critical reflection on the potential impact of products on the industrial sector and citizens. A possible reconfiguration of European (EU) discipline will have to grapple with not only agrifood market’s interests and needs, but mostly and primarily with the growing quest for public and participatory discussion on the current dominant vision on life sciences. Only through restoring visibility to the intertwining of knowledge production will it be possible to obtain EU governance of gene editing that is more authoritatively reliable from a scientific stance, as well as more transparently discussed and democratically shared at legal and policy level.

Digital Heath Interventions in Mental Health

Technological renaissance of the last century stimulated the application of digital interventions in the healthcare domain. Digital healthcare interventions (DHIs) could be implemented through smartphone applications (apps), remote monitoring and tracking devices, and wearable computers. Technology is positioned to transform how mental healthcare is delivered and accessed. In fact, remote active and passive monitoring of parameters, such as mood, activity, and sleep, could be integrated with therapeutic interventions. However, the transformation entails combined conscription of science, regulation, and design. Implementation, adoption, and evaluation of DHI present special challenges. This chapter presents brief history of DHIs in mental health and frameworks an evaluation strategy in terms of the appropriate methods required for appraisal of DHIs.