IASF-2021 results

On October 19–20, 2021, the annual International Automotive Scientific Forum IASF-2021 “Ground innovative vehicles with a low carbon footprint” was held. The format of the event assumed full-time and remote participation. The problems of design, creation and operation of environmentally friendly vehicles were discussed at the forum. A specialized exhibition was held during the entire period of the Forum’s work in the building of the Design Center. This year, the developments of FSUE “NAMI” have been presented by vehicles hybrid and electric drive, as well as their component base. In addition, the presented AURUS cars included a hydrogen one. GAZ and KAMAZ demonstrated their developments of vehicles with zero emissions. Moscow universities presented unmanned vehicles developed by the students. A competition of students, postgraduates and young scientists’ research works was held.

International specialized exhibition "Security and labor protection ": advanced training and development of culture security

From 8 to 11 December Moscow will host the XXIV International Exhibition "Safety and Labor Protection".

Research into Customer Preferences of Potential Buyers of Simple Wood-based Houses for the Purpose of Using the Target Costing

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a research into the customer preferences of potential buyers of simple wood-based house for the purpose of using the Target Costing methodology. Respondents’ opinions of 280 customers were obtained through direct interviews taking place at a specialized exhibition of furniture and timber constructions in Slovakia. The object of the research was a simple wood-based house, namely a weekend garden cottage, made of northern spruce at the level of target price 9,320 €. The paper contribution is represented by the use of the Target Costing methodology in the conditions of wood-processing industry while defining the customer preference for a specific product with the subsequent use for a functional cost analysis and determining the target cost index of the evaluated components. Presented results can be used as information database for decision making in the field of make or buy decisions at the level of fixed purchase prices of individual components or as the upper price limit for producing the components by the business itself.

A REVIEW ON NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING SAMPLE PREPARATION

To stay aware of interest for sample arrangement, numerous high-throughput sequencing labs have computerized specimen arrangement strategies. The point when selecting a robotization stage, clients might as well recognize the specialized exhibition of the fluid handler and its demonstrated exhibition for NGS test procedure. NGS test arrangement stages may as well offer clients a critical decrease in involved time and the adaptability to run numerous methodologies. In light of the fact that the sample readiness protocol for NGS are quickly developing, a perfect robotization framework ought to be good with reagents for different requirements on advancing sequencing stages.Key words: NGS, genome sequencing, BenchCel Workstation, Benchbot Robot, Bravo platform, automation protocols