dc.contributor.author

value: Borisov, Andrian Afanas’evich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Borisov A. A. Early stages of paternalistic multicultural policy in Yakutia. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 131–147.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article considers the early experience of ethno-confessional policy towards Yakuts (1632–1769). The
author first reviewed features of this policy and the stages of its development. Based on the theory of
multiculturalism, a thesis about the nature of the administration of paternalistic management in Yakutia
has been developed. The incipient conflict was resolved in a timely manner by a weakening of the yasak
régime and in agreements with representatives of Yakutia’s élites, namely chiefs, that gave them authority
over the administration of their lands. Government at a very early time understood the importance of
cultural dialogue with the peoples included in the composition of the Russian state and took steps towards
the initiation to the all-Russian cultural values in particular by spreading education among them.
The article discusses features of ethno-confessional policy of the Moscow government in Yakutia
in the 17th century: the relationship between the state and the elite of the Yakut society, the further
development of the yasak administrative system, and some ethno-cultural features of that policy in
relation to the Yakuts. The author has traced specific facts illustrating how the crisis that occurred in
the conduct of this policy was orvercome, particularly in the period of Petrine reforms. For the first
time attention is drawn to the “project” of conflict resolution over the period of the mid-18th century
as an effective means of ethno-confessional policy. Projects to improve the management of Yakuts,
tribute collection, public service obligations were established by officials, exiled courtiers, and Yakut
chiefs. The information contained in these ideas had accumulated and specific laws had developed.
In conclusion, the author identified the most important features of the early period of ethnoconfessional
policy of the Russian state in Yakutia: flexible forms of administrative-territorial, noninterference
in the domestic life of Yakuts, involvement of the local elite in public administration,
willingness to resolve conflicts through peaceful means where military methods were ineffective, and
toleration. Refs 35.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РНФ в рамках проекта проведения научных исследований «Исторический опыт управления этническим разнообразием и этноконфессиональными конфликтами в имперской, советской и постсоветской России: междисциплинарное
исследование», проект № 15-18-00119, руководитель Б. Н. Миронов.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

value: Yakuts

value: Russian State

value: ethno-confessional policy

value: rule

value: yaschnye

value: multicultural paternalism

value: early stage


dc.contributor.author

value: Verniaev, Igor Ivanovich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Verniaev I. I. Buryat community and Siberian Governor-General Mikhail Speransky. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 148–163.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The paper deals with circumstances of development ‘The Native Statute’ by M. M. Speransky and his
coworkers in 1822. As Siberian Governor-General M. M. Speransky was closely acquainted with the
life, economy, social rules, self-government, internal and external conflicts of Transbaikal Khori-Buryats.
In 1820 dealing with the affairs and aggravated conflicts among the ethno-territorial Transbaikal
Buryat community, Speransky in fact took over management of the group, made necessary arrangements,
and reformed self-government. Subsequently, on the basis of his crisis management experience
Speransky developed provisions of ‘The Native Statute’. In this paper basic features of ‘The Native
Statute’ (1822) have been analyzed. Analysis reveals the estate paradigm of ‘The Native Statute’. ‘The Native Statute’ was aimed, on the one hand, at preserving the relative autonomy of indigenous communities,
and on the other, to promoting their integration into the social and economic institutions
of the empire. ‘The Native Statute’, based on the realities of the Buryats, designated the official social
class of ‘kochevye inorodtsy’ (nomads). This legislation in its ‘conservational’ aspect, in fact, legalized
and codified the practice, which was already among the Buryats as an integral part of their way of life
and government. Despite numerous attempts to revise and dissolve it, ‘The Native Statute’ remained
effective until the early twentieth century. Stability of ‘The Native Statute’ was based on the fact that
it, unlike many other legislation, did not break the existing adapted structure of the economy, social
practices and institutions of self-governance, but merely arrange them, carefully fit into empire-wide
estates model. Refs 22.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: Исследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда (проект №15-18-00119).

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 62; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: M. M. Speransky

value: ‘The Native Statute’

value: Siberia

value: Buryats

value: estate society

dc.type

value: Article

format: Adobe PDF


dc.contributor.author

value: Novozhilov, Aleksei Gennagievich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Novozhilov A. G. The population of Pskovo-Pechorskiy region between ethnocultural tradition and national politics. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 186–200.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Over several centuries, from at least the 1600s, a specific group was forming in the locality near the
Pskovo-Pechorskiy monastery that differed from the surrounding Russian and Estonian population.
This group included the Setu (who spoke an Estonian dialect) and Russians. Their mode of life as a
native minority until 1920 can be described with the set of distinguishing features: Russian-Estonian
bilingualism, material culture (tools, dwellings, clothes, diet), the social-economic network that developed
around Pskovo-Pechorskiy monastery, a unity in the cycle of national holidays and common rites of passage. After 1920 (1920–1970), under the influence of Estonian national politics, the assimilation
of the Setu took place. One part of autochthonous Russian population left this region, another part has
dissolved in the stream of Russian migrants, whose amount increased from 1990–2000 due to the solidification
of the Russian-Estonian border. The scientific investigation of the Setu influenced national
politics. The formation of the late 19th and early 20th century conception that the Setu were archaic Estonians
did not reflect the situation as a whole but gave birth to a doctrine about the necessity of transformation
of the Setu into civilized Estonians. The appearance of the idea that the Setu is a subethnos
of Estonians coincided with the process of their complete cultural assimilation. The formalization of
national-cultural autonomy of the Setu in Estonia and their admission as an aboriginal native minority
in Russia coincided with the total disappearance of this group in the system of social-economic and
cultural relations of the Pskovsko-Pechorskiy area on both sides of border. At the same time the turn of
21st century saw the activation of the work of professional ethnic representatives who develop museum
and folkloristic activity in the sphere of developing Setu memory. This reconstruction does not reflect
renewal of Setu culture but is merely the cultural background of political events on the border between
Russia and Estonia. Refs 53.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: Исследование выполнено за счет Гранта Российского научного фонда (проект № 15-18-00119).

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: Pskovo-Pechorskiy region

value: ethnocultural process

value: national politics

value: ethnographic description

value: ethnolocal group

value: Setu

value: Russians

value: Estonian


dc.contributor.author

value: Verigin, Sergey Gennadievich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Verigin S. G. The Karelian question in the national policy of the Finnish during the Second World War. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 26–42.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article is devoted to the research of an understudied subject in Russian historiography: the socalled
“Karelian question” in the national policy of the Finnish occupational authorities on the occupied
territory of Karelia from 1941 to 1944. The author shows the policy had deep roots running
from 1918 to the beginning of the 1920s during the civil war and foreign military intervention on
the territory of Karelia. Members of Karelian academic society were its instigators. The main idea of
the occupational policy of the Finnish authorities in 1941–1944 was that only Karelians and other
Finno-Ugrian peoples were Karelian indigenous people, and the Russians living on that territory were
settled there there forcibly. Therefore, they must be expelled from Karelia to other regions of the Soviet Union that had been captured by the Germans. Based on an analysis of concrete historical facts, the
article reveals forms and methods of the Finnish occupational administration’s work on education of
Karelians and Veps of Soviet Karelia during the period of the republic’s occupation in the spirit of “the
union with Great Finland”. Newspapers, radio and Finnish national holidays played a major role in
that process. A special part of the article is also devoted to an illustration of the works of the Finnish
national schools, created for the pupils of the Finno-Ugrian nationalities of Karelia in 1941–1944. The
main aim of pupils’ education was an advocacy of the idea of “Great Finland” including the territory of
Eastern Karelia. The article notes that the national policy of the Finnish occupational regime in Karelia
from 1941 to 1944 which aimed at solving “the Karelian question” by connection of Karelia to Finland
didn’t bring the desired results. The Finnish authorities didn’t manage to force a wedge between Russian
and Finno-Ugrian peoples and carry over Soviet Karelians, Veps and Finns. Moreover, those who
were supposed to be released from Russian captivity“, upheld independence of their country along
with Russian and other peoples of the Soviet Union with the force of arms. Refs 25.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Vol. 62; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: the Great Patriotic War

value: ‘the Karelian question’

value: national policy

value: East Karelia

value: Finnish occupational regime


dc.contributor.author

value: Тeurtrie, David

dc.identifier.citation

value: Teurtrie D. The Russian question in the post-soviet period. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 43–56.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This article examines the geopolitical dimension of the existence of several million Russians and Russian-
speakers outside the Russian Federation in the light of the Ukrainian crisis. Special attention is
paid to the demographic and identity components that affect Russian relations with the Russian-speaking
community abroad. Despite a policy of de-Russification in certain countries (particularly Estonia,
Latvia and Ukraine), the Russian language retains a primary role in Eastern post-Soviet Europe. In
the southern part of the former USSR (“Eurasian Balkansˮ), the Russian-speaking community is a
minority that has experienced a strong demographic decline, although the Russian language retains
the role of a lingua franca. The Russian-speaking identity is a legacy of the Soviet cultural project and
of the more ancient existence of the Russian (East Slavic) supranational identity. The majority of the
Russian-speaking population, despite ambiguous relations with Moscow, is in favour of maintaining
close relations and open borders with Russia. Attempts to overcome the syndrome of “divided nationˮ by interstate regional integration and by the promotion of the concept of a Russian world are faced
with the political course of the national elites of the new independent States and geopolitical ambitions
of Western powers. The Russian Orthodox Church is an important institution interested in promoting
the idea of a Russian world. However, the problem of the emergence of international borders, dividing
the Russian and Russian-speaking population, is one of the factors of separatism in the former Soviet
Union. After the “reunificationˮ of Crimea with Russia, armed conflict in the Donbas is a tragic consequence
of confrontation in Ukraine between two geopolitical and cultural-linguistic projects. The
author concludes that the existence of the Russian-speaking supranational identity is not only a challenge
for the new independent States, but also an important component in relations between Russia
and its “compatriots abroadˮ. Refs 19. Tables 3.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 62; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Russian World

value: Russian-speaking population

value: Russian population abroad

value: Russia’s foreign policy

value: Geopolitics of Russia’s near abroad

dc.title

value: Article


title: Can Russia be grasped with the mind?

dc.contributor.author

value: Dvornichenko, Andrey Yurievich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Dvornichenko A. Yu. Can Russia be grasped with the mind? Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 201–214.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The book criticized in this article is devoted to a very important and topical subject: the interaction
between the young Russian political science and the old Russian historical scholar. The authors want
to “return political science to history” and this intention one can only welcome. But the author of this
review was extremely surprised when he found the idea that for a better understanding of the current
political situation there is no need to immerse yourself in history. In the opinion of the reviewer, this
is a big mistake that prevents understanding modern Russian history and explaining it to readers. But
this error is a result of poor knowledge of Russian history and a mistaken attitude to historiography,
which is used very selectively. The analysis of all the provisions made by the authors has not allowed
the author of the review to agree with any of these provisions. This applies primarily to the interpretation
of “self-government” in Russia. Then to the understanding of the role of the so-called clan system
whose concept the authors took from a Western scholar. The authors were unable to demonstrate the
existence of it in modern Russia. Their idea about the identity of modern Russian political regime with
the regimes in Taiwan or Pakistan is amusing because the reviewer is sure that the West is West, East
is East, and Russia is Russia. The authors do not understand this, and therefore their predictions and
advices in connection with the future of Russia “hang in the air”. On this background, the last Chapter
in which the authors still want to appeal to history in search of answers to the challenges of modernity
looks quite curious. Since it is in contradiction with the authors’ previous statements, and as already
noted, they do not want to know the history, their excursions into history thus do not go beyond banal
and trivial findings. Final reviewer’s conclusion is: A. Lukin and P. Lukin are unable to “return politics
to the history” or, in other words, they are unable to enrich the political scholar with great historical
knowledge. Refs 11.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.subject

value: A. V. Lukin

value: P. V. Lukin

value: Russia

value: political science

value: political culture

value: history

value: historiography

value: historical myth

value: electoral-clan system

value: state-clan

value: democracy

value: polyarchy

value: Can Russia be grasped with the mind?


dc.contributor.author

value: Erokhin, Vladimir Ivanovich

value: Volkov, Vladimir Viktorovich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Erokhin V. I., Volkov V. V. About A. N. Tikhonov’s regularized least squares method. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Applied mathematics. Computer science. Control processes, 2017, volume 13, issue 1, pp. 4–16.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The Tikhonov’s regularized least squares method (RLS) and its applications to problems of
noisy data processing are considered. The starting point of this research is method for solving
approximate systems of linear algebraic equations (SLAE), proposed by A. N. Tikhonov in
1980 that he later named ’RLS’. The traditional method of finding sustainable solutions of the
problems with approximate data is Tikhonov’s regularization: unconditional minimization of
the smoothing functional. RLS differs from this approach. This method makes use of the solution
approach to the mathematical programming problem of a special kind. Nowadays RLS has not become a common tool for solving approximate linear systems, and the theory of RLS is not
well researched. The purpose of the article is to remedy this deficiency. A number of important
theoretical and practical aspects of RLS are considered. New results are presented. One of
the results is the method of constructing a model SLAE with the exact right-hand side and
approximate matrix for which a priori lower bounds for the maximum relative error of RLS are
achieved. It is shown that, under certain conditions, RLS reduces to the problem of minimizing
the smoothing functional or to the least squares method or — and this is an unexpected
result — to the problem of finding a stationary point of smoothing functional with a negative
regularization parameter. The algebraic transformation which reduces the conditionality of the
RLS problem to a numerical solution is constructed and substantiated. We propose illustrative
example of RLS through an applied image restoration problem for an image, registered by a
device with an inexact point-spread function. The results of computational experiments are
given. Refs 18. Figs 3.

dc.description.sponsorship

value: Работа выполнена при финансовой поддержке Российского фонда фундаментальных исследований (проект № 16-31-50016 мол_нр).

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Applied Mathematics. Computer Science. Control Processes;Volume 13; Issue 1

value: the approximate system of linear algebraic equations

value: regularized least squares method

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Sokolov, Roman Aleksandrovich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Sokolov R. A. Science and pseudo-science in modern studies of Aleksandr Nevskii. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 215–223.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article provides insight into debates about the life and political activities of Aleksandr Nevskii and
the historical memory of him which have been going on for the last year or two. The author focuses on
arguments used by the scholars in this polemics and analyzes the attempts to cast doubt on the results
of research which has already been conducted. The author recognizes the necessity to take into consideration
the opinions of these scholars who have suggested new interpretations of the sources on the
basis of scientifically tested methodology, hence drawing conclusions about the discreditable facts in
the biography of the prince and the inefficiency of his policy in general (G. Fennell, D. N. Danilevskii).
However, particular emphasis is placed on the insufficient account of the existing historiographic
work as well as the methodically inappropriate use (and sometimes disregard) of the above-mentioned
sources. This drawback is typical of the works of the authors whose insight into the issues they study is
not deep enough and who, nonetheless, are given an opportunity to express their views in leading historical
periodicals. These aspects allow us to determine the development of a tendency to neglect the
works of our historical forbearers — Soviet and Russian historians. As an example, the article provides
the analysis of the theoretical construct A. N. Nesterenko’s article, published in “Voprosy Istorii” (№ 1,
2016) and containing a number of hypotheses that remain unconfirmed by the facts to a considerable
extent. The refutation of these hypotheses does not take a great deal of effort, but makes us refer
once again to the analysis of the sources and to the quite voluminous literature on this subject. That
is why the article provides a representative survey of the statements of the scholars who at different
times touched upon some disputable issues in the frame of the topic “Aleksandr Nevskii”, namely: the
relations of Iaroslav Vsevolodovich with his spouse Feodosiia and father-in-law Mstislav Udaloi (the
Bold), the spread of the practice of placing the minor children of the Rurik house at the prince’s table,
the battle on the Neva, the circumstances of the canonization of Aleksandr, the interpretation of the
chronicles and hagiographical texts, the reports of Tatishchev, and the like. Refs 25.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Работа выполнена при поддержке гранта СПбГУ 5.38.265.2015 «Россия — Новороссия — Крым:
Исторические закономерности единства».

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 62; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Aleksandr Nevskii

value: Iaroslav Vsevolodovich

value: Russian historiography

value: the battle on the Lipitsa

value: the battle on the Neva

value: biography of Aleksandr Nevskii

value: Medieval Rus’


dc.contributor.author

value: Kostygova, Darya Mikhailovna

value: Kazunin, Dmitry Vladimirovich

dc.identifier.citation

value: Kostygova D. M., Kazunin D. V. Mathematical real time model of mining excavator electrical systems. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Applied mathematics. Computer science. Control processes, 2017, volume 13, issue 1, pp. 81–90.

dc.description.abstract

value:
An electrical systems imitational model of a caterpillar mining excavator designed for an
EKG-18R shovel operator training simulator is presented. The equations system for process
modelling, occurring in the direct and alternating current circuit, is described. The system
solution methods, including cases of possible structural degeneracy are suggested. The method
optimization of similar real-time calculated equations system solution is considered. The
principles of interaction between an electric excavator and other related models are compared
as well as those of an integrated training simulator operator EKG-18R are presented. The
verification of the mathematical model based on experimental data obtained on a real excavator
is presented. Refs 8. Figs 4.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Applied Mathematics. Computer Science. Control Processes;Volume 13; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: real time numerical simulation

value: electrical systems imitational model

value: structurally degenerate algebraic equations system decision


dc.contributor.author

value: Nikolskii, Mikhail Sergeevich

value: Belyaevskikh, Elena Anatolyevna

dc.identifier.citation

value: Nikolskii M. S., Belyaevskikh E. A. Existence theorems for optimal control in some problems of trajectories bundles control. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Applied mathematics. Computer science. Control processes, 2017, volume 13, issue 1, pp. 113–118.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In the paper, some control problems by bundles of trajectories for controlled system are
considered. For example, such problems arise if initial point of system is not exactly known. Such
inaccuracy essentially complicates control of system. Analogous problems arise in modeling of
dynamics for bundles of charged particles. In the paper, some sufficient conditions for existence
of optimal control in some problems of control by bundles of trajectories were obtained. Refs 6.

dc.subject

value: controlled object

value: trajectories bundles

value: weak convergence of functions

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Ponomartsev, Sergey

value: Valasek, Petr

value: Patel, Ketan

value: Malashichev, Yegor

dc.identifier.citation

value: Ponomartsev, S., Valasek, P., Patel, K., and Malashichev, Y. 2017. Neural crest contribution to the avian shoulder girdle and implications to girdle evolution in vertebrates. Bio. Comm. 62(1): 26–37.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Neural crest (NC) is an established source for many endochondral and intramembranous
bones in the skull and postcranial skeleton in vertebrates. Neural crest
cells also contribute to the trapezius/cleidohyoideus muscle attachment sites on
the shoulder girdle of the mouse, where they are found in the scapula, clavicle,
and sternum. In the avian shoulder girdle, NC cells from the level of the first two
cranial−most somites were only found so far in the clavicle, while in the axolotl, the
NC contribution to the shoulder girdle was not found at all. In this study we aimed
to determine whether NC cells caudal to the level of the second somite contribute
to the cartilaginous shoulder girdle in birds and to analyse the phylogenetic distribution
of NC cells in the vertebrate shoulder girdle. Homotopic quail to chick embryos
and GFP+ to white chick embryos transplantations of the neural tube including
presumptive NC, as well as immunohistochemical detection of NC markers, such
as HNK-1 and PDGFRα revealed no contribution of NC cells from somite levels
3−27 to the skeletal elements of the shoulder girdle, including, but not restricting
to muscle attachment sites, despite abundance of other NC derivatives. Thus, in
birds, NC does not contribute to the formation of the cartilaginous shoulder girdle.
The negative result is discussed in a broad evolutionary aspect. It supports the notion
of the uniqueness of NC contribution to the variety of endochondral bones in
mice (or mammals). In other vertebrates, including birds, only the cells of the cranial
NC seem to migrate to the shoulder girdle and contribute to the intramembranous
clavicles and/or interclavicle. We critically evaluate the existing hypotheses on evolution
of NC contribution to the shoulder girdle in vertebrates.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
This work was supported by equipment
donations from the Russian Foundation for Basic
Research (grant 10-04-05084-b) and Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation (grant 3.4-8151/07074).
A research visit of YM to University of Reading was
supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic
Research (grant 10-04-01202-а), while the final
analysis and publication were supported by Saint
Petersburg State University (grant 0.38.292.2015).

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Biological Communications;Volume 62; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: neural crest

value: shoulder girdle

value: clavicle

value: scapula

value: evolution

value: chick

value: vertebrates

value: chimeras

value: PDGFRα


dc.contributor.author

value: Averianov, Alexander

value: Skutschas, Pavel

dc.identifier.citation

value: Averianov, A. and Skutschas, P. 2017. A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia. Bio. Comm. 62(1): 6–18.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Tengrisaurus starkovi, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on three caudal vertebrae
from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian?) Murtoi Formation at Mogoito locality,
near Gusinoe Lake in Buryatia, Russia. The new taxon is characterized by strongly
procoelous anterior and middle caudal vertebrae, with strongly developed pre-epipophyses,
highly pneumatic neural spine, and solid bone structure of the centrum.
The reweighted phylogenetic analysis places the new taxon as a non-saltasaurid
lithostrotian titanosaur (Sauropoda). This is one of the oldest fossil records of
Lithostrotia and Titanosauria, which suggests a long and unexplored evolution of
titanosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Asia.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
The field work in Transbaikalia in
1998–2002 was funded by the Russian Fund of
Basic Researches (grant 98-04-63044) and the
National Geographic Society (grant 7089-01). The
funders had no role in study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of
the manuscript.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

value: Dinosauria

value: Sauropoda

value: Titanosauria

value: Lithostrotia

value: Early Cretaceous

value: Transbaikalia

value: Russia

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Novikova, Mellin

value: Kuznetsov, Alexander

dc.identifier.citation

value: Novikova, M. and Kuznetsov, A. 2017. An unusual elbow muscle in the red howler monkey: does it deserve invention of a new name musculus contrahens cubiti? Bio. Comm. 62(1): 38–47.

dc.description.abstract

value:
During dissection of a juvenile specimen of howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus),
we discovered a supernumerary muscle. This muscle originates from the lateral
epicondyle of the humerus, distal to the m. brahioradialis and beneath the m. extensor
carpi radialis longus, and runs deeply to insert on the proximal part of the radius
adjacent to the m. supinator.
To determine homology of the unusual muscle, we compared it with the known
abnormal extra muscles in the group of preaxial forearm extensors in humans and
other primates, as well as other mammals. The only similar muscle is the so-called
m. brachioradialis accessorius, which is very rarely found in humans medial to the
n. radialis r. superficialis. Both in howlers and humans, its unique topological interrelations
with the n. radialis suggest that this muscle is fundamentally different from all
surrounding forearm extensors including the proper m. brachioradialis. At the same
time, its innervation by the n. radialis confirms that it is a true extensor, contrary to
the reptilian m. tractor radii.
The general problem of identifying homology of anomalies and novelties is
considered. As the enigmatic muscle departs from rules of myological architecture
of the tetrapod forelimb, we failed to establish its general homology and, instead,
suggest naming it as m. contrahens cubiti. This means that the muscle acts as the
elbow flexor although it intimately belongs to extensors.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
The work was supported by the Russian
Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 15-04-
05049-a). The funders had no role in study design,
data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or
preparation of the manuscript.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Biological Communications;Volume 62; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: general homology problem

value: anomaly

value: forearm extensor muscles

value: brachioradialis

value: primates

value: Alouatta


dc.contributor.author

value: Sovrano, Valeria Anna

value: Chiandetti, Cinzia

dc.identifier.citation

value: Sovrano, V.A. and Chiandetti, C. 2017. Reorientation ability in redtail splitfin (Xenotoca eiseni): Role of environmental shape, rearing in group and exposure time. Bio. Comm. 62(1): 48–56.

dc.description.abstract

value:
When passively disoriented in an enclosed space, animals use the geometry of the
environment (angular cues and metrically distinct surfaces) to find a position. Whether
the ability to deal with geometry is a mechanism available at birth, with little influence
of previous experience with the same kind of information, is still debated. We
reared fish (Xenotoca eiseni) in tanks of different shape (circular or rectangular) either
singly or in group and tested at different ages (at one week or one, five or ten months).
Fish were trained to reorient in an enclosure with a distinctive geometry (a rectangular
arena) and a blue wall providing non-geometric, featural information. Then, they
were tested after an affine transformation that created conflict between geometric and
non-geometric information as learned during training. We found that all fish, since
one-week old, use significantly more the geometry of the enclosure for reorientation
independently from the experience in circular or rectangular tanks. At one month of
age, we observed a modulatory effect of rearing experience during learning with an
advantage of individuals reared singly in rectangular cages, but no difference was
evident at test. Furthermore, such effect on learning propensity disappeared later in
development, i.e., when fish were trained at five or ten months of age. These results
confirm that the use of geometric information provided by the shape of an enclosure is
spontaneous and inborn, and that a modulatory effect of experience can appear briefly
during ontogeny, but experience is not essentially needed to deal with geometry.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
CC was partially supported by a
UniTs‑FRA2015 grant.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: Redtail splitfin Xenotoca eiseni

value: spatial cognition

value: reorientation

value: geometric module

value: experience

value: rearing


dc.contributor.author

value: Heděnec, Petr

value: Vindušková, Olga

value: Kukla, Jaroslav

value: Šnajdr, Jaroslav

value: Baldrian, Petr

value: Frouz, Jan

dc.identifier.citation

value: Heděnec, P., Vindušková, O., Kukla, J., Šnajdr, J., Baldrian, P. & Frouz, J. 2017. Enzyme activity of topsoil layer on reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites. Bio. Comm. 62(1): 19–25.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Topsoil layer contains various components of soil organic matter such as branches,
leaves, bark, or metabolites and residues of soil biota. Soil organic matter (SOM)
in forest ecosystems consists mostly of lignin, cellulose, chitin and other hydrocarbons.
These compounds are decomposed mainly by soil fungi which produce
extracellular enzymes to decompose wide range of organic residues. These enzymes
may alter nutrient cycling and change soil properties such as water retention
capacity, ion exchange capacity, formation of soil microstructure, soil microbial
respiration, etc. In this study, we studied enzyme activity in the topsoil layer of postmining
spoil heaps near Sokolov, Czech Republic. We investigated the effect of the
following factors and their combinations on enzyme activity: i) dominant vegetation,
ii) time of sampling, iii) reclamation, and iv) soil macrofauna.
We measured enzyme activity in plastic mesocosms with autochthonous litter
deposited on reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites. We used mesocosms
accessible for macrofauna (mesh size > 2 mm) and mesocosms inaccessible for
macrofauna (mesh size < 2 mm). Under laboratory conditions, we measured enzyme
activity (laccase, oxidase, peroxidase, Mn-peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase,
acid phosphatase, endoglucanase, xylanase, cellobiohydrolase, glucosidase, xylosidase
and chitinase) using buffer extraction method followed by spectrophotometric
assay. We did not find any statistically significant difference between mesocosms
accessible and inaccessible for fauna. However, we found significant effect of time
of sampling on enzyme activity. Our results showed significant difference between
reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites. Reclaimed sites showed significantly
higher enzyme activity than unreclaimed sites.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
This study was supported by the Research
Centre grant LC06066 and by grant from Czech
Science Foundation P504/12/1288.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Biological Communications;Volume 62; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: enzyme assay

value: microbial activity

value: litterbag

value: macrofauna

value: soil fauna

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Popov, Igor

value: Fadeeva, Anastasia

value: Palenova, Elena

value: Shamilishvily, George

value: Gorin, Kirill

value: Burdo, Andrey

value: Melchakova, Evgenia

value: Trofimova, Yulia

value: Sukristik, Viktor

value: Morova, Nadezhda

value: Kroo, Ksenia

value: Kirillova, Yulia

dc.identifier.citation

value: Popov, I., Fadeeva, V., Palenova, E., et al. 2017. Effectiveness of “Тhe IUCN red list of threatened species” application on a regional scale: current state of the “Red Data books” of Russia. Bio. Comm. 62(1): 57–60

dc.description.abstract

value:
Nowadays at least 140 Red Data books or lists are used in Russia. They reflect
threatened species of various subdivisions of Russia in addition to all-Russian Red
Data book. None of them uses criteria for the species assessment of the modern
version of the IUCN list. Non-threatened species had not been included in the Russian
red books. Most of species listed in the all-Russian Red Data book (77 %) has
not yet been assessed for the IUCN red list. These particularities indicate on the
necessity of gap-analysis in the planning of the following work on the IUCN red list
keeping. It should focus first of all on revealing of the most urgent objectives, but not
on the simple increase of species assessments. Now more than a half of species
of “Тhe IUCN red list of threatened species” are not threatened ones, that is why its
title does not reflect its contents.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: Red Data book

value: red list

value: methodology


dc.contributor.author

value: Malashichev, Yegor

dc.identifier.citation

value: Malashichev, Y. 2017. From Open Access to Open Science (Editorial). Bio. Comm. 62(1): 3–5.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Biological Communications; Volume 62; Issue 1

dc.type

value: Article

filename: 01-From Open Access to Open Science.pdf


dc.contributor.author

value: Budko, Diana A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Budko D. A . Popular culture as a reflection of political agenda: Scottish separatism in series “Outlander”. Vestnik SPbSU. Political science. International relations, 2017, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 39–51.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The present article deals with phenomenon of popular culture as it interacts with a political agenda.
Scottish separatism is the subject of research. The basis of interpretation is the separatism in Diana
Gabaldon`s series of novels “Outlander” and their screen adaptation of the same name. The advertising
campaign, video and discourse of the storyline are analysed. The conclusion is drawn that their
emotional prowess lies wholly in the plot. Furthermore, the author draws conclusions about the aspects
that construct a positive image of the Scottish highlander and ideas of separatism. Refs 31. Figs 4.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Political Science. International Relations;Volume 10; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: popular culture

value: Scottish separatism

value: Scotland

value: Highlander

value: fiction

value: fantasy

value: series

value: Outlander

value: Gabaldon


dc.contributor.author

value: Lantsova, Irina S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Lantsova I. S. The theory of Structural Realism and the Issue of Nuclear Proliferation in Northeast Asia. Vestnik SPbSU. Political science. International relations, 2017, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 64–74.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In this article the author examines the situation around North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs,
and the problem of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in North-East Asia through the prism of
Kenneth Waltz’s “nuclear peace” concept developed within the framework of the structural realism
theory. The basic issues of the “nuclear peace” concept are pointed in the first part of the paper. Within
the framework of this approach Kenneth Waltz concludes that under certain conditions, nuclear weapons
can contribute to the stability and reduce the possibility of developing full-scale conflict between
the countries that possess them. In the second part of the paper on the base of this theoretical approach,
the dynamic of the conflict over North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs is expressed. The
system of international relations was under significant transformation in the late 1980s. These changes,
which broke the balance of powers in the world as a whole, and in the North-East Asia in particular,
resulted in North Korea’s commitment to use nuclear technology to improve its own defenses. The
author examines the situation in the North-East Asia with the North Korea’s acquisition of nuclear
weapons. The DPRK’s possession of nuclear weapons leads to disruption of the balance in the region. The author points that according to he logic of the K. Waltz’s concept Japan and South Korea should
seek to acquire their own nuclear weapons. Today some political leaders allow this opportunity. However,
such a development could make the situation in North-East Asia even more unpredictable and
dangerous. Refs 26. Table 1.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
This work was supported by the Core University Program for Korean Studies through the Ministry
of Education of the Republic of the Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean
Studies (AKS-2016-OLU-2250002).

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: Structural Realism

value: Kenneth Waltz

value: Balance of Powers

value: the North-East Asia

value: the Korean Peninsula

value: DPRK’s Nuclear Program


dc.contributor.author

value: Rabush, Taisiya V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Rabush T. V. Evolution of the ideological component in Soviet-American confrontation in regional armed conflict (1970–1980s). Vestnik SPbSU. Political science. International relations, 2017, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 75–85.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In this article the author examines the evolution of the ideological component in the Soviet-American
confrontation through regional armed conflicts in the final 20 years of the ‘Cold War’. The author argues
that the United States’ ideological concept on a global confrontation between the superpowers in
regional armed conflicts remained essentially unchanged throughout the period chosen for the study,
while complex ideological views of the Soviet Union on the subject can be divided into two fundamentally
different approaches in content before and after 1985. Refs 19.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Political Science. International Relations;Volume 10; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: regional armed conflicts

value: the Cold War

value: ideology

value: Soviet-American relations

value: Third World

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Baltovsky, Leonid V.

value: Belous, Vladimir G.

value: Lapitsky, Kirill V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Baltovsky L. V., Belous V. G., Lapitsky K. V. The fundamental foundation of the Russian social contract: the lessons of history. Vestnik SPbSU. Political science. International relations, 2017, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 12–20.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article contains analysis of the political processes of the past and the present in Russia with as
an example the symbolic link of the two dates, 1917 and 2017. There follows a conclusion about the
necessity of the approval of the social contract in the minds of citizens, based on constitutionalism,
parliamentarism and federalism. These kinds of “ties” are designed to connect institutional and mental
forms of modern Russian statehood. At the beginning of the 20th century these principles were put in
the basis of political doctrine of the Constitutional Democrats Party. Despite the fact that the cadets
lost to the Bolsheviks in the historical dispute of 1917, the theoretical postulates of the party has not
lost its relevance in 2017. Refs. 18.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: statehood

value: social contract

value: constitutionalism

value: parliamentarism

value: federalism

value: Russian revolution

value: Constitutional Democrats Party

value: modernity


title: Innovation governance models in Russia

dc.contributor.author

value: Koverznev, Oleg V.

value: Kulakova, Tatiana A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Koverznev O. V., Kulakova T. A . Innovation governance models in Russia. Vestnik SPbSU. Political science. International relations, 2017, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 21–29.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Innovation governance models as sustainable means of advancing the competitiveness of a national
economy have recently become central topics in global and Russian scientific research. Alliance of a
national innovation governance model and general economic framework, regulatory system, protection
of property rights — especially intellectual property rights — determine the effectiveness of a
national innovation system. Refs 19.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Статья выполнена в рамках гранта РГНФ № 14-03-00816 «Управляемость и конкурентоспособность государства в условиях неопределенности: сравнительный анализ стран БРИКС» (шифр
ИАС 28.16.364.2014).

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Political Science. International Relations;Volume 10; Issue 1

value: development institutions

value: innovation development strategy

value: key performance indicators (KPIs)

value: Anglo‐American and the continental European innovation governance model

dc.title

value: Innovation governance models in Russia


dc.contributor.author

value: Bebler, Anton

dc.identifier.citation

value: Bebler A. Turkey’s imperial legacy and the conflict potential in the Balkans. Vestnik SPbSU. Political science. International relations, 2017, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 52–63.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Turkey is the only Eurasian state surrounded in almost entirely by acute hot or “frozen conflicts”,
ranging from low-intensity violence and terrorism to full-fledged wars. The prevailing pattern of intercommunal
and inter-ethnic conflicts in the continental Balkans and Cyprus have long been different
from those in the rest of Europe and in the Middle East. This difference is closely related to the fact that
these lands had experienced in the past centuries-long rule by the Ottoman Empire whose legal successor
is the Republic of Turkey. The inter-communal conflict potential in the rest of Europe used to
differ substantially, but this difference has been greatly reduced as Western Europe has in one respect
become “balkanized”. Refs 11.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: Turkey

value: Ottoman legacy

value: Balkans

value: Muslims

value: intercommunal conflicts

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Bojanić, Petar

dc.identifier.citation

value: Bojanić Petar. Public biased urban philosopher. Should philosophy be only urban (philosophy of the city)? Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 4–13.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This article is a reflection on the purpose of the modern philosopher deployed in the horizon of the
question: Should philosophy only be urban? Communication between the public-biased philosopher
and urban philosophy is established by theming the concept of habitat. Analyzing the the habitat
concept in the philosophy of M. Heidegger and E. Levinas, the author concludes, that the reduction
of dwelling to proximity, kinship, neighborhood, gathering is insufficient. Nor is dwelling is a joint
action. While the man lives surrounded by others he needs distance for existence, thinking, writing and memory. Following Ph. Lacoue-Labarthe and J. Derrida, the author claims that passive resistance
leads to the deconstruction of the habitat concept by transforming what is internal and external,
private and one’s own. He offers to re-think the ethics of the philosophical bias. The public philosopher
who dwells in the city and takes care of the common cause, keeping distance from the others, should
have the determination to determine himself as “we”. His new form of dwelling and speaking has yet
to be established. Refs 14.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Public philosopher

value: biased dwelling

value: philosophy of the city

value: M. Heidegger

value: E. Levinas

value: Ph. Lacoue-Labarthe

value: J. Derrida


dc.contributor.author

value: Dudnik, Sergei I.

value: Kamneva, Lolita S.

value: Sokolov, Alexey M.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Dudnik S. I., Kamneva L. S. , Sokolov A. M. Born in revolution (Eurasian intuition in philosophical journalism the early 1920s). Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 22–30.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Over the past century in the social sciences much has been done toward finding out and understanding
the shocks experienced by mankind during the early 1920s. However, the intellectual experience
of the direct participants of the most dramatic developments of the modern history of mankind has
intrinsic value. It not only conveys the intimate certainty of what happened, but also reveals its irrefutable
logic. It is clear that immersion in the turmoil of revolution is not conducive to the establishment of voluminous philosophical treatises. The intuition which illumines the mind of the thinker of this
era, most certainly can be transmitted in the works of a different genre: articles or essays. From this
point of view, philosophical writing can be considered the most appropriate form of presentation of
ideas about the catastrophic unpredictability of the flow of the present from the past to the future.
Perhaps there is none among the Russian thinkers of the revolutionary era, who did not write about
Russia’s future. However, among the large number of authors N. S. Trubetskoi, and P. N. Sawicki occupy
a special place. This was not just because they were alone among those of the Russian emigrés who
critically referred to the Soviet authorities with an assessment of the justice of Bolshevik victories and
recognized their achievements in socialist construction. More significantly, Trubetskoy and Savitsky
suggested an original methodological strategy that contributed to an adequate description and interpretation
of the principles of the development of Russian civilization. Their innovation was so revolutionary
that even today they are the source of much academic bewilderment. And yet, even a cursory
but unbiased look at the teaching of Trubetskoy and Savitsky is enough to appreciate the fruitfulness
of their approach to understanding the essence Russian philosophy of history. Refs 5.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: revolution

value: Eurasianism

value: civilization imperative

value: identity


dc.contributor.author

value: Semenova, Anna S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Semenova A. S. Ethnographic works of Kawahara Keiga: agriculture, fishing and hunting. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, pp. 96–105.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This article is devoted to research of some ethnographical pictures of the Japanese artist Kawahara
Keiga. Keiga was an artist of the Nagasaki art school. He learned European art technique and his works
combine features of Japanese and European art traditions and great attention to detail. That’s why they
have great importance as a source of 19th century Japanese ethnography. During the isolation of Japan
from the outworld the only place, where Europeans were allowed to stay, was the tiny island of Dezima
in Nagasaki. With the help of Kawahara Keiga Europeans could get the information about the life and
culture of Japanese. In this article the author examines the ethnographic works of Kawahara Keiga
devoted to Japanese agriculture, fishing and hunting. Detailed ethnographical descriptions are given
to each scene. Refs 16.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 9; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Japanese art

value: Japanese painting

value: Kawahara Keiga

value: Japanese ethnography

value: ethnographical pictures

value: Japanese agriculture

value: Japanese fishing

value: Japanese hunt

value: falconry

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Pushkareva, Tatiana I.

value: Zenkevich, Igor G.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Pushkareva T. I., Zenkevich I. G. Chromato-mass spectrometric identification of products of quercetin oxidation by atmospheric oxygen in aqueous solutions. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017, vol. 4 (62), issue 1, pp. 59–79.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The information about structures and formation mechanisms of oxidation products of such natural
flavonoid as quercetin allows explaining the nature of its antioxidant activity remaining unexplored
up to present. The aims of this paper imply the oxidation of quercetin by air oxygen in water alkaline
solutions (pH = 8÷9) in presence of ethanol (to increase its solubility), mass-spectrometric
analysis (HPLC-ES-MS-MS) of the reaction mixture and systematization of literature data on the
oxidation products for comparing with our data. The retention indices of the oxidation products
of quercetin have been determined in reversed-phase HPLC for the first time. It is confirmed
that many of oxidation products of quercetin are stable only in solution and cannot be isolated
after drying. In order to clarify the structures of some products, special experiments have been
carried out. Thus, the replacement of ethanol with methanol in the composition of the reaction
mixture can in some cases eliminate ethyl esters from further consideration and identify such
products as 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-oxoacetic acid and 2-oxo-2-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)acetic
acid. To confirm the quinone structure of one of principal products of quercetin oxidation, the
UV spectrum of the reaction mixture has been recorded and its reaction with hydroxylamine has
been carried out. A large number of isomers have been revealed among the quercetin oxidation
products. A method to distinguish them from the dimers formed in the mass spectrometer during
the electrospray ionization process has been suggested. The two main oxidation mechanisms of
quercetin discussed in the literature involve intermediate formation of compounds with the trivial
names “depside” and “alfitonine”. Their joint presence in the product composition has been
established, but their stability and lifetimes in solution are different. Refs 17. Tables 1.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Volume 4 (62); Issue 1

dc.subject

value: quercetin

value: water solutions

value: oxidation

value: air oxygen

value: identification


dc.contributor.author

value: Kotlomanov, Alexander O.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Kotlomanov A. O. The Fabre case. On the problems of criticism. Vestnik SpbSU. Arts, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, pp. 122–128.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 7; Issue 1


dc.contributor.author

value: Bystrov, Vladimir Yu.

value: Kamnev, Vladimir М.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Bystrov V. Yu., Kamnev V. M. Historical and philosophical problems in domestic journalism 1917–1922. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 14–21.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In this article there is considered the formation of a national professional historical and philosophical
discourse in philosophical journalism. The problem of wisdom and reason was a key problem whose
decision played a main role in the formation of historical and philosophical discourse. The resolution
of this problem could provide a rigorous demarcation of what constitutes issues of philosophy and
worldview. Here it is shown that in the first decades of the 20th century the ideal of scientific philosophy
was perceived both as positive and negative. Refs 13.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Исследование выполнено при поддержке гранта Российского гуманитарного научного фонда
«Отечественная философская журналистика. 1917–1922 гг.» (проект № 16-03-00623).

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: philosophy

value: outlook view

value: journalism

value: history of philosophy

value: wisdom

value: reason


dc.contributor.author

value: Sedov, Maksim V.

value: Platonov, Konstantin Yu.

value: Andreev, Alexander A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Sedov M. V., Platonov K.Yu., Andreev A.A. Modeling the Kα radiation in the interaction between intense laser pulse and a solid targets. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017, vol. 4 (62), issue 1, pp. 23–33.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article shows the automation of 3-step laser-plasma simulation algorithm. Ionization and
calculation of hydrodynamic target parameters during the absorption the first part of laser pulse
is carried out in MEDUSA program. The interaction of the main laser pulse with preplasma
formed on the target surface is carried out using a modified LPIC++ code. Transport of hot
electrons in the plasma and through the cold part of the target, as well as generation of Kα
radiation is modeled by the Monte Carlo method. Monte Carlo code allows to build a temporal
Kα radiation profile. Data transferring between simulation programs was carried out by using
a separate written MATLAB script. The simulation results are in good agreement with the
experimental data. Refs 28. Figs 4.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Volume 4 (62); Issue 1

dc.subject

value: numerical simulation

value: ultrashort laser pulses

value: Kα radiation

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Verizhnikova, Tatyana F.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Verizhnikova T. F. James Whistler and Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva in Paris, 1899: The Story of an archive document. Vestnik SPbSU. Arts, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, pp. 87–97.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Some relatively unknown aspects of history and art on the turn of XIX–XX century as well as
creative connection between James Abbot McNeil Whistler and A. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva has been
analysed. This perspective has practically never been used in academic research practice before. The
perception of Whistler’s painting in Russia has been specified based on an estimation of his creative
work mentioned in the letters and critical publications of V. A. Serov, I. E. Grabar, A. N. Benua, and
I. E. Repin. The sources attributed to the period of Ostroumova-Lebedeva’s studies at Whistler’s Parisian
studio are listed. For the first time, material from Ostroumova-Lebedeva’s archive deposited in
the Russian National Library Manuscript Department has been published. This material is of great
academic interest in the context of Russian and global art history. Whistler’s manuscripts published
here, the only ones known in Russia, are a unique testament to his creative activities in Paris. Refs 10.
Figs 5.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 7; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Whistler

value: Ostroumova-Lebedeva

value: art of the turn of the century

value: Russian art

value: West-European art


dc.contributor.author

value: Ivanov, Nikita S.

value: Stepashkin, Nikita A.

value: Semenov, Mark V.

value: Sukhodolov, Nikolai G.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Ivanov N. S., Stepashkin N. A., Semenov M. V., Sukhodolov N.G. The synthesis of Langmuir—Blodgett films containing cobalt ferricyanide nanoparticles. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017, vol. 4 (62), issue 1, pp. 80–84.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Langmuir—Blodgett films, modified by electrochemically active compound such as cobalt ferricyanide,
are interesting for creating a film electrodes with high concentrations of active center and
low response time which are insoluble in water. In this article we have shown the possibility of
introducing which was stabilized by sodium hexametaphosphate in monolayers of octadecylamine
for their further transfer to the solid substrate by the Langmuir—Blodgett method. Cobalt ferricyanide
nanoparticles were prepared by gradual mixing an equimolar mixture of the reactants
with the addition of sodium hexametaphosphate as the stabilizer. The size of nanoparticles was
determined by dynamic light scattering, the size of most of them was about 12 nm. The stability
of the nanoparticles in the range of pH = 2 ÷ 4 was investigated by photometric research.
Surface pressure isotherms for octadecylamine on subphase, which contain cobalt ferricyanide
nanoparticles, were studied at pH = 2 ÷ 4. According to the results optimum conditions for
transporting monolayers onto a solid substrate by the Langmuir—Blodgett method was selected.
Refs 5. Figs 2.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.subject

value: Langmuir—Blodgett films

value: nanoparticles

value: cobalt ferricyanide


dc.contributor.author

value: Giusto, Alice

dc.identifier.citation

value: Giusto A. Language and Food Safety: the “Zombie Meat” scandal. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, pp. 70–95.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Food safety scandals that threaten the health and wellbeing of Chinese consumers have been discussed
intensively in the past few years, such as milk powder scandal that resulted in children’s deaths or
recycled oil from garbage used in restaurants. Food issues are therefore receiving growing attention
from Chinese media, which represent the main channel to spread and construct a new collective
national identity. This preliminary study analyses, over a period of 1 week following the food scandal,
a corpus of media contents related to the so-called 40 year-old “zombie meat” incident, a recent food
scandal that took place in mainland China during June 2015. In particular, two different Chineselanguage
websites will be object of analysis, namely: a government-owned website (leading key news
website source people.com.cn) and an enterprise-owned media (UGC source sina.com.cn), based on
the hypothesis that the two of them should produce different types of textual genres and language
register in the report of the same single event. Refs 48. Tables 6.

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value: en

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value: St Petersburg State University

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 9; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Chinese Media

value: Food Safety

value: Zombie Meat

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Viutrikh, Kseniia A.

value: Kukol, Lidiya V.

value: Lasik, Vladimir V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Viutrikh K. A., Kukol L. V., Lasik V. V. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the metabolic syndrome: The state of the problem (review). Vestnik SPbSU. Medicine, 2017, vol. 12, issue 1, pp. 18–30.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article provides an overview of published data on the state of the problem of combined chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease and metabolic syndrome and the results of epidemiological studies on
the combination of these nosological forms. The possible pathophysiological mechanisms of mutual
worsening of these diseases are discussed. This review emphasizes the role of systemic inflammation,
smoking, including passive smoking, as the leading risk factor. It also highlights the importance of
determining the phenotype of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to select the tactics for these
patients. The value of adding obstructive sleep apnea syndrome was also considered. The indicated
pathogenetic mechanisms that influence components of metabolic syndrome, including type 2 diabetes,
on pulmonary function were considered. The article highlights the features of treatment, longterm
trends in therapy of these diseases. Refs 46.

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dc.subject

value: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

value: phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

value: metabolic syndrome

value: type 2 diabetes mellitus

value: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

value: systemic inflammation

value: smoking


dc.contributor.author

value: Sattar, Alexander S.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Sattar A. S. A philosophical “little System”: On Herder’s Influence on Schopenhauer. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 73–84.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article deals with Schopenhauer’s first draft of a systematic philosophy, made back in 1812 and
called “a little system” (“ein Systemchen”). In order to clarify the context, the fragment emerged in, the
article considers other parts of Schopenhauer’s “Manuscript Remains” of that time. Consequently, it
is assumed that the fragment owes its existence to an external influence of some other philosopher.
This article aims at backing up the thesis that this influence should be attributed to the impact Johann
Herder’s “Ideas Toward a Philosophy of History of Mankind” had on the young Schopenhauer. To
support the thesis, a number of relevant passages from both the “little system” and Herder’s “Ideas…”
are cited. Refs 18.

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value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 1

value: Schopenhauer

value: Herder

value: little system

value: organicism

value: “Manuscript remains”


title: The national idea in Russia and Europe

dc.contributor.author

value: Маrkov, Вoris V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Markov B. V. The national idea in Russia and Europe. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 40–49.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article offers comparative analysis of philosophical research into the national principle in Russia
and Europe. The views of M. Mamardaschvilli, N. Berdiaev, V. Solovyov, M. Scheler and O. Spengler
are compared. We also identify similarities and differences between their definitions of national
consciousness. The means of harmonizing various concepts are defined, each of which is suitable for
explaining some forms of national consciousness in specific historical circumstances. Metaphors of
unity and integrity no longer give exhaustive descriptions of modernity. The complicated relationship
of different cultures and peoples is impossible to describe through a universal theory. We must deal
with each individual case using various conceptual systems and identifying common prerequisites and
assumptions. Today the responsibility of intellectuals is to restore national identity without causing a
“genius of war.” Without questioning the need for compliance with the formal requirements of tolerance,
it is proposed to restore the theoretical and ethical principle of neighbourhood and hospitality,
ensuring the peaceful existence of the people doomed to live its neighbors. Refs 13.

value: nation

value: national idea

value: national character

value: nationalism

value: ethnic group

value: State

value: society

value: man

dc.title

value: The national idea in Russia and Europe

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Teleshov, Sergei V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Teleshov S. V. Two stars on chemistry horizon (of V. E. Bogdanovskaya and V. N. Ipatiev 150th anniversary). Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017, vol. 4 (62), issue 1, pp. 85–97.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Until the first quarter of 20th century women could not obtain higher education in Russia. Lev
Gumilev commented that only most passionate of them could do it. Their quantity was not even
dozens; only few names are known. Nevertheless, some chemists we can reveal among them,
namely Maria Bakulina, Margaret von Wrangel, Vera Balandina, Vera Bogdanovskaya, Anna
Volkova, Vera Glebova, Julia Lermontova, and Lina Shtern. This paper is devoted to one of
them, namely Vera Evstafevna Bogdanovskaya-Popova. She was not only experimental chemist, but also the author of one of the first original Russian school textbooks in chemistry. In the history
of chemistry in our country we can find another amazing person who has not received special
chemical education, i. e., did not obtain the University degree in this specialty. Nevertheless, his
works in organic chemistry were so brilliant that he has received international recognition, as well
as it was confirmed by his Academician degree. His name is Vladimir Nikolayevich Ipatiev. Both
of these scientists will celebrate soon (the year 2017) the 150th anniversaries of their birthdays.
Refs 22. Figs 9.

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value: ru

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value: St Petersburg State University

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Volume 4 (62); Issue 1

dc.subject

value: history of chemistry

value: female-chemist

value: self-education in chemistry

value: scientific activity motivation

value: jubilee


title: Teaching Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire

dc.contributor.author

value: Sheinberg, Esti

dc.identifier.citation

value: Esti Sheinberg. Teaching Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. Vestnik SPbSU. Arts, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, pp. 41–56.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article offers a fresh methodology for teaching Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire to college students.
Relying on the character of Pierrot’s historical development, rooted in 16th-century Commedia
dell’Arte traditions, but enriched during the following three centuries, this approach chooses elements
that are relevant to the target audience, with the aim to instigate motivation and emotional involvement
toward Schoenberg’s masterpiece. Refs 14.

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value: en

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 7; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Molière

value: Commedia dell’Arte

value: 16th–20th centuries

dc.title

value: Teaching Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire


dc.contributor.author

value: Konstantinova, Anastasia M.

value: Belousova, Irena E.

value: Kacerovska, Denisa

value: Michal, Michal

value: Shelekhova, Ksenya V.

value: Kazakov, Dmitry V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Konstantinova A. M., Belousova I. E., Kacerovska D., Michal M., Shelekhova K. V., Kazakov D. V. Morphology of anogenital mammary-like glands. Vestnik SPbSU. Medicine, 2017, vol. 12, issue 1, pp. 83–93.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Mammary-like glands represent a normal constituent of the anogenital area, mainly located in the
sulcus between the labia minora and majora. Benign and malignant lesions involving these glands
manifest a striking similarity to their mammary counterparts. Discussed are their normal anatomy and histology. Mammary-like glands have features of mammary and sweat glands. Their excretory
ducts open to the epidermal surface and contain Toker cells. Refs 55. Figs 4. Table 1.

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value: ru

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Medicine;Volume 12; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: anogenital

value: mammary-like glands

value: vulva

value: pathology

value: histology

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Di Nallo, Ileana

dc.identifier.citation

value: Di Nallo I. Huang Zuolin and Italian Commedia dell’Arte: an experimental study in the conception of Xieyi theatre. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, pp. 29–40.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Italian Commedia dell’arte was part of Huang Zuolin’s studies aimed at the articulation of his
xieyi (写意) concept of theatre. In the Sixties, when Chinese dramas were performed according to the
standards of revolutionary realism and Stanislavsky’s method, Huang Zuolin endeavoured to create
a new method which supported the ideology of socialist China as well as maintaining the essence of
national culture. Huang merged Western theatre with traditional Chinese theatre, focusing not only on
Brecht, Stanislavsky and Beijing Opera, but also on Commedia dell’Arte in order to improve Chinese
huaju artistic forms. The aim of this paper is to illustrate Huang Zuolin’s study of Italian improvised
theatre and his comparative work with Chinese traditional theatre in order to create an alternative to
Stanislavsky’s method and to promote the renovation of Chinese theatre. This paper will focus on how
Huang traces the history of Commedia dell’Arte and its importance for the development of modern
realistic theatre worldwide. Huang read Commedia dell’Arte as the origin of modern European theatre
and connected it to Stanislavsky, who had an important ideological value for Chinese revolutionary
theatre. In this way Huang directly linked Commedia dell’arte to Chinese theatre and included it
among the artistic forms supported by the Chinese Government. This paper will ultimately illustrate
how Huang compared Commedia dell’arte to Beijing Opera, how he connected it to Chinese tradition
and how he suggested employing Italian theatre to improve Chinese comic theatre techniques. Refs 15.

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value: en

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value: St Petersburg State University

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 9; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Chinese theatre

value: intercultural studies

value: intercultural theatre

value: Chinese reception of Italian theatre

dc.title

filename: 03-Di Nallo.pdf


dc.contributor.author

value: Badegül, Can Emir

dc.identifier.citation

value: Badegül Can Emir. White Russians in Istanbul, after Three Istanbuls by Mithat Cemal Kuntay. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9. issue 1, pp. 4–11.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The white Russians who came Istanbul in consequence of rejecting the Bolshevik Revolution took
their places as a part of social life in the novels written in that period. One of these novels describing
white Russians is Mithat Cemal Kuntay’s Three Istanbuls (Üç İstanbul). He enlightens three periods
of Istanbul in Three Istanbuls as the reign of Abdülhamit, the Second Constitutionalist Era, and the
Armistice Period. In the novel, besides different sides of Istanbul in the direction of the protagonist
Adnan’s experiences, the position of Russians in Istanbul who came to the city with the Bolshevik
Revolution attracts attention. In this study, the contribution of white Russians to the city’s life as a
part of social life and the effect in the city were focused on and also it was pointed out that how white
Russians marked an era. At the same time, this study is important because of the emphasis that when
two communities find an opportunity to know each other better, they can live in harmony. Refs 6.

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value: ru

dc.subject

value: Mithat Cemal Kuntay

value: Three Istanbuls (Üç İstanbul)

value: white Russians


dc.contributor.author

value: Vorobyova, Anastasya V.

value: Bart, Victor A.

value: Bondarenko, Boris B.

value: Dorofeykov, Vladimir V.

value: Kalinin, Oleg M.

value: Kuleshova, Elvira V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Vorobyova A. V., Bart V. A., Bondarenko B. B., Dorofeykov V. V., Kalinin O. M., Kuleshova E. V. Creatine kinase in periprocedural myocardial injury after percutaneous coronary intervention. Vestnik SPbSU. Medicine, 2017, vol. 12, issue 1, pp. 4–17.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Patients with ischemic heart disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention are
characterized by various degrees of myocardial damage. The purpose of the study is to investigate the
dependence of micro-injuries of the myocardium on the nature of the damage to the coronary arteries
and the features of the procedure during the interventional treatment in patients with stable angina.
Myocardial damage was diagnosed based on the dynamics of cardiospecific biomarkers of creatine
kinase-myocardial band isoenzyme before and 24 hours after intervention.
Providing the analysis of the phenomenon in the totality of its characteristics, the use of
multivariate statistics (principal component method, stepwise discriminant analysis) allowed not
only to differentiate patients with or without periprocedural myocardial damage and to determine
the possibility of their differentiation by the impacts of such characteristics as “the total number of
inflations” and “total number of affected arteries”, but also to point out a level of creatine kinase before
intervention as a sign of potential vulnerability/resistance of myocardium.
The latter can be considered as a separate component characterizing the state of cardiomyocytes
and the degree of risk of postprocedural myocardial damage. Thus, investigation of nature of the
complication is important not only for its prevention but for study the whole cardioprotection issue.
Refs 26. Figs 2. Tables 7.

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value: myocardial damage

value: creatine phosphokinase

value: principal components

value: stepwise discriminant analysis

value: cardioprotection

dc.type

value: Article


title: Vivat, Academy of Fine Arts!

dc.contributor.author

value: Iliina, Tatiana V.

value: Staniukovich-Denisova, Ekaterina Iu.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Il’ina T. V., Staniukovich-Denisova E. Iu. Vivat, Academy of Fine Arts! Vestnik SPbSU. Arts, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, pp.115–121.

dc.description.abstract

value: Vivat, Academy of Fine Arts!

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 7; Issue 1


title: Woman, education and politics in Plato

dc.contributor.author

value: Robinson, Thomas

value: Svetlov, Roman V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Robinson T., Svetlov R. Woman, education and politics in Plato. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 64–72.

dc.description.abstract

value:
In this paper we wish to look at the relationship between basic education and politics in the
Republic and Laws of Plato with particular reference to the role and status of women in each account.
We shall be passing over the highly specialized higher education given to prospective male and female
Guardians described in book seven of the Republic, and concentrating on primary education. In the
Republic this, too, as it happens, is also described in terms of the role it plays in the upbringing of
prospective male and female Guardians; it is left to the reader to infer how much of this is supposed
to apply to the general population. But before we get to that, it would probably be useful just to give a
brief summary of the highlights of the primary education in question.
T. Robinson is the author of the parts of the article that address the problem of education of
women-guards, their “legal responsibility” and comparison of Republic and Laws in these questions.
R. Svetlov prepared sections devoted to the problem of the differentiation of biological sex and gender
qualities in the Platonic concept of the soul. Refs 2.

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value: en

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Plato

value: philosophy of education

value: education and women’s political rights

dc.title

value: Woman, education and politics in Plato


dc.contributor.author

value: Zhuvikin, Georgii V.

value: Mukharaeva, Indjira Yu.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Zhuvikin G. V., Mukharaeva I. Yu. Quantum states of electron in the image potential of the spherically deformed ultrathin nanostructure. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017, vol. 4 (62), issue 1, pp. 7–15.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The quantum problem in the interaction of the electron with conducting ultrathin nanostructure is
considered. The last one is represented by the model of the spherically deformable flat layer. The
external part of the electron interaction with the surface is given by the electrostatic polarization
image potential, and the internal part of this interaction is represented by the potential well
with the given parameters — the depth and width. The quantum problem is reduced to the
one-dimensional Schr¨odiger equation which is solved numerically by the finite difference method.
In the case of the flat layer two types of the Rydberg states assigned to the parity number of the
reflection symmetry are observed. The effects of the symmetry breaking are investigated under
the spherical deformation of the nanostructure in dependence of the surface radius curvature. The
conditions of the discrete states representation by the spectral expression for the hydrogen-like
atom are investigated. Values of the quantum defect are calculated as functions of the thickness
and curvature radius of the nanostructure. In the case of the flat geometry calculations for the
structure with the graphene parameters are in well agreement with results of the theoretical
works of the other authors. The number of the bounded states becomes finite under the spherical
deformation of the nanostructure. At the same time the hydrogen-like property of the states is
violated at the upper limit of the energy spectrum as well as at the lower one. Refs 15. Figs 5.

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dc.subject

value: nanostructure

value: spherical deformation

value: electron states

value: Rydberg states

value: the surface image potential

value: the polarization potential

value: the electron binding energy

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Plotnikova, Lyudmila V.

value: Polyanichko, Alexander M.

value: Uspenskaya, Maya V.

value: Garifullin, Andrew D.

value: Voloshin, Sergey V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Plotnikova L. V., Polyanichko A. M., Uspenskaya M.V., Garifullin A. D., Voloshin S. V. Comparative analysis of FTIR spectra of serum from multiple myeloma patients and healthy donors. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017, vol. 4 (62), issue 1, pp. 34–40.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Multiple myeloma (MM) accounts for about 1% of all types of cancers. MM is characterized by
the proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells, which may produce and secrete homogeneous
monoclonal immunoglobulin. The monoclonal immunoglobulin is commonly referred to as an “M-protein”. The M-protein acts as a serological “tumor” marker that is useful for diagnosis and
disease monitoring. The electrophoretic pattern reveals the M-protein in 80% of MM patients as
a single peak or localized band. In our study we applied a combination of high-resolution protein
electrophoresis and Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to compare
the protein composition and the secondary structures of the serum proteins from MM patients
and healthy donors. Refs 15. Figs 3. Tables 1.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
Работа поддержана Правительством Российской Федерации (грант 074-U01) и Российским фондом
фундаментальных исследований (грант №15- 08-06876).

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: multiple myeloma

value: monoclonal immunoglobulin

value: secondary structure

value: IR-spectroscopy


dc.contributor.author

value: Mokrushina, Amalia A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Mokrushina A. A. Modern Arabic literature: literary works of young novelists. Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies, 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, pp. 51–57.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article is devoted to the modern Arabic literature based on the literary works of young novelists.
Modern Arabic literature still remains understudied area, both in Russia and in Europe. Young writers
around the world are faced with a common problem: it is difficult to find a means to reach the reader.
Arabic literature may be called conservative. Today, however, young Arab authors are interested in the
genres which their European colleagues were interested in several decades ago. Nowadays modern
Arab novelists choose different themes for their literary works — there are everyday life topics as well
as political and philosophical themes. The theme of struggle is one of the most important in the works
of Arab writers. The authors are rarely confined to a single storyline in his narrative. The general
trends of modern Arabic literature largely coincide with the trends of world literature with a number
of specific features. Refs 16. Figs 14.

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 9; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: modern Arabic literature

value: young novelists

value: prose

value: Arabic novel


dc.contributor.author

value: Unksov, Ivan N.

value: Bakulev, Vladimir M.

value: Kasyanenko, Nina A.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Unksov I.N., Bakulev V.M., Kasyanenko N.A. Interaction of triethanolamine with high molecular DNA and its influence on formation of surfactant—DNA complexes. Vestnik SPbSU. Physics and Chemistry. 2017, vol. 4 (62), issue 1, pp. 34–40.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Effect of triethanolamine (TEA) on high molecular calf thymus DNA in aqueous solution was
studied by fluorescent spectroscopy and viscometry. It was shown that TEA prevents the interaction
of the fluorescent dye DAPI with phosphate groups, but does not affect binding of the dye
to the minor groove of DNA. The presence of TEA in solution does not induce any changes in
the secondary structure of DNA. We estimated the decrease of the volume of DNA molecular coil
in solution, which is induced by TEA. The destruction of DNA—surfactant complexes formed in
solution was observed after the addition of TEA. Refs 12. Figs 3.

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Physics and Chemistry;Volume 4 (62); Issue 1

dc.subject

value: triethanolamine

value: DNA

value: cationic surfactants

dc.title

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Dovga, Larysa M.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Dovga L. M. Philosophical conceptual apparatus formation in ukrainian literary works of the 17th century: ‘dobro’ and ‘blaho’. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 98–106.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The history of the formation of theological and philosophical apparatus in the Ukrainian literary
works in early modern era period remains today almost untouched field of humanitarian studies.
Meanwhile the ratio to the text and to the word, understanding its (word) significance, search of the
semantic relations between different words/concepts/terms as well as the establishing semantic fields
of individual lexemes are the signs that signal about the type of cultural area, thinking practices that
prevalent in it, finally, about the formation of their own philosophical discourse within the particular
culture. The article defines the semantic fields and the principles of use of lexemes “dobro” and “blaho”
in the Ukrainian publications of the first quarter of the 17th century, in particular in the book “Likarstvo
na ospalyi umysl cholovichyi” (Ostrog, 1607). On the basis of the conducted analysis the following
conclusions are offered: 1) in texts written in Church Slavonic there is a trend towards diluting the
semantic field of lexemes “blaho” and “dobro”, where the first is reserved for the defining of the area
of the sacred, and the second describes all the positive things that occurs in life on earth; 2) the texts
written in old Ukrainian language, completely missing the lexeme “blaho”, in return “dobro” applies to
the sacred, and morally advanced plots in the profane world; at the level of everyday usage this lexeme
is usually replaced by the synonyms of the other, not symbolic order; 3) the difference between the
discourse that operates with the concepts and everyday language is less fixed on the choice of language
(sacral, Church Slavonic or just “simple” old Ukrainian), but on the level at verbalized intellectual
activity, fixed in the specific variations of word usage within every linguistic usage. Refs 20.

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value: en

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Ukrainian culture

value: lexeme

value: concept

value: sacred

value: Good

value: good


dc.contributor.author

value: Golovanova, Natalya E.

value: Lobanova, Olga A.

value: Astratenkova, Irina V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Golovanova N. E., Lobanova O. A., Astratenkova I. V. The basic teacher’s qualities in opinion of the medical students. Vestnik SPbSU. Medicine, 2017, vol. 12, issue 1, pp. 103–113.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The article discusses the results of the survey of medical students of two St. Petersburg universities
about the basic teacher’s qualities. The questionnaire contained 37 characteristics. They were distributed
into 4 blocks: professional competency, organizational qualities, personal qualities, communication.
The professional competency and some communication skills were the most important qualities.
The least important qualities were personal qualities, such as “image, style of clothing”, “charm”, “integrity”.
In this survey the optimal teacher’s age and the optimal style of communication from the point
of view of the students were evaluated. Regarding the age of the lecturer, 70 % reported that it did not
matter. The preferable style of communication was the democratic style. Refs 9. Figs 3. Tables 3.

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value: ru

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Medicine;Volume 12; Issue 1

value: teacher’s qualities

value: professional competency

value: organizational qualities

value: personal qualities

value: communication

value: students

value: survey


dc.contributor.author

value: Khizhaya, Tatiana I.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Khizhaya T. I. ‘She has become an Israeli’: women in the Russian Subbotnik movement of the 19th century. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 134–141.

dc.description.abstract

value:
The research focuses on the ‘female segment’ of the Russian Subbotnik movement – the religious
phenomenon in Russia of the Modern Era. In archival documents of the 19th century, investigating
the cases of the ‘Judaizers sect’, significant, and sometimes even key figures happen to be women born
to Judaizing families or converted to the ‘Jewish faith’ after their marriage. They are representatives
of the diverse regions and classes of the Russian Empire. They are sectarians acting primarily in their
homemaking capacity: wives, daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law, mothers-in-law. At the same time
they are convinced upholders of ‘the Old Testament faith,’ ready to sacrifice their well-being, ordinary
lifestyle, and sometimes even the most precious — their own children and husbands for the sake of
loyalty to the ‘God of Israel’. The author examines different aspects of the lives of female followers of ‘the
Mosaic law’: patterns and motives of conversion, position in the family, family and interconfessional
relations, the role in Subbotnik communities and also the specific character of the fate of the female
‘Russian Israelis’ in the context of the anti-sectarian legislation of the empire. Analysis of sources
shows that women played an important role in Judaizers’ families and communities in the 19th century.
They brought up their children in the faith, displayed perseverance in dealing with authorities and also
prevented other members of the sectarian community from converting to the dominant confession.
An investigation into cases of Subbotnik women represents both victims and actors who influence the
life of other people, sometimes by rather harsh methods. Personal histories, the subject of the author’s
research, reflect on the one hand the particularities of female religiosity in Russian sectarianism, and,
on the other hand, the peculiarities, tendencies, and problems of the Judaizers’ movement during the
reign of two Russian monarchs: Alexander I and Nicholas I. Refs 13.

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

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value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 1

value: Judaizers

value: the Russian Subbotnik movement

value: women

value: female religiosity

dc.type

value: Article


dc.contributor.author

value: Manukovskii, Vadim A.

value: Tserpitskaia, Olga L.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Manukovskii V. A., Tserpitskaia O. L. Binary assessment in contemporary relations between doctor and patient in Russia. Vestnik SPbSU. Medicine, 2017, vol. 12, issue 1, pp. 48–53.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Based on analysis of trends in modern social processes in Russia the article raises the question of binary
assessment in the relations between doctor and patient in standardized conditions. The coexistence
of incomparable categories from pre-modernistic near-to-sacred to de-personification “unit of the
production process — customer” the postmodern situation is determined. Refs 12. Figs 3.

dc.language.iso

value: ru

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Medicine;Volume 12; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: postmodern medicine

value: postmodern personality

value: depersonalization

value: medicine as part of service sector

value: medical economic standards


dc.contributor.author

value: Klimova, Elena A.

value: Sokolovich, Natalia A.

value: Brodina, Tatiana V.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Klimova E. A., Sokolovich N. A., Brodina T. V. Oral microbiota as a key point for understanding the carious process (current state in 2016). Vestnik SPbSU. Medicine, 2017, vol. 12, issue 1, pp. 54–59.

dc.description.abstract

value:
Caries is still a relevant problem in clinical medicine. Scientists propose a critically important role of
the members of genus Streptococcus in the transition from the state of dental health to a diseased state.
Metagenomics of the oral microorganisms gives us a chance to study the roles of pathogenic microbes
and functions of the specific genes in the case of periodontal diseases or caries. This field of science
at the intersection of disciplines is one of the most promising methods of studying the fundamentals
of the pathogenesis of dental pathology. In this article are summarized and presented data from the
scientific literature sources on the investigation of the microbiological aspects of caries process in the
period 2001–2016 years. Data from scientific databases Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library
have been collected. Refs 19. Fig. 1.

dc.publisher

value: St Petersburg State University

dc.subject

value: metagenome

value: biofilm

value: Streptococcus mutans

value: caries


title: Wipper’s Religious myth theory

dc.contributor.author

value: Weber, Dmitriy I.

dc.identifier.citation

value: Weber D. I. R. Wipper’s Religious myth theory. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 127–133.

dc.description.abstract

value:
This research is devoted to the views of Robert Yurievich Wipper, a historian who has worked both in
Russia and abroad, in the study of religion. His work can be divided into two main areas of research:
1) the Reformation, especially Calvinism, 2) the first centuries of Christianity. It is important to note
that the research topics concerning religious and political events of the 16th century were related to
the early stages of his activity. The formation of Wipper as a historian occurred at the end of the 19th
century. It was time when there were popular ideas of positivism. A later development of ideas with
the advent of Christianity fit into the so-called mythological school. Wipper’s ideas on this evolved,
including the environmental spread of religion, but the main postulate for several decades, regardless
of where the historian, worked at the time, Latvia or the Soviet Union, remained unchanged: the figure
of Jesus Christ was mythological rather than historical. His ideas were not only affected in the person
of Klyiuchevskiy or Guerrier, but foreign researchers as well, links to whom are often found especially
in his early works, from the end of the 19th century to 1910. The ideas of Marxism had a significant
influence which was understandable for the time. Refs 14.

dc.description.sponsorship

value:
This article was writing for project RSF 16-18-10083 “The study of religion in social and cultural
context of the epoch: the history of religious and intellectual history of Russia in the first half of XIX–XX
centuries.”

dc.language.iso

value: en

dc.relation.ispartofseries

value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 1

dc.subject

value: Wipper R. Yu.

value: myth theory

value: religion studies

value: Christianity

dc.title

value: Wipper’s Religious myth theory

value: Article