Analytic Center Research Articles

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Purpose. The aim of the article is to analyse the digital technological achievements and assessment of their impact on social development and the general transformation of the economy, changing management priorities and prerequisites for accelerating the digital transformation of social development. Methodology of research. A systematic approach was used to conduct the research, which reflects the role of digital transformation at the global and national levels, as well as the impact of breakthrough technologies on branch penetration into digital and traditional segments of the economy, which include a number of specific methods: normative analysis, structuring, analogy, comparison and analytical generalization to identify the problems of digitization of the economy and find ways to solve them. Findings. The issue of the implementation of digital technologies and their importance in the modern system of social development, in particular the coverage of various sectors and branches of the economy, is revealed; the main advantages of digitalization for social and economic growth, the readiness of national business entities to use digital technologies and their integration into social programs were investigated. It was determined that the digitization of all industries and sectors of the economy should become a priority direction of the state, through the expansion of digital transformation tools, on the basis of which the dominant value of the digital economy in general will grow. And the integration of the economy of Ukraine into the global digital space is possible due to the strengthening of the role of information, communication and financial technologies, which can become determining factors of economic growth and improvement of the welfare of society. In general, the innovative and inclusive component of digital transformation is possible through taking advantage of digitization and building digital infrastructure. Given that digital technologies are not without challenges such as the "digital divide", data privacy and security, job displacement and digital overload (intoxication). It is important that society continues to work to mitigate these challenges. Accordingly, work on prevention is designed to eliminate negative phenomena and threats that can become a potential obstacle in the dynamic processes of development of digital technologies. Originality. Modern approaches to the construction of digital infrastructure have been identified as an integrated set of digital tools, including digital technologies that combine databases, information and analytical centres, and telecommunication networks. Addressing the challenges to societal development brought about by digital technologies, including the "digital divide," data privacy and security, job displacement, and digital overload (intoxication), are substantiated and suggest ways to overcome these challenges. An industry integration approach to the implementation of digitization directions and the advantages of digital technologies, through the function of disruption, is proposed. Practical value. The obtained results of the research will contribute to revitalization of social development and increasing productivity in the economy of Ukraine from the advantages of digitalization, in the context of its integration into the EU. Key words: digital technologies, digitalization, digital tools, digital infrastructure, digital intoxication, innovations

Советская политологическая традиция в университетах: о политике и политической науке в работах А.М. Ковалёва

In the contemporary history of Russian political science, there is a common view that the formation of the Soviet political scientific tradition and Russian political science occurs in the late 1980s - early 1990s. That was the time when Russian political science began to gain its subjectivity, borrowing its tools and agenda from the West: from an understanding of “politics” and “power” to the fashion to research some popular issues as democratization and modernization. One of the objectives of this article is to present an alternative point of view and draw some attention not only to the duration of the history of the Soviet political scientific tradition but also to the developments of domestic authors, demonstrating their intellectual connection with foreign colleagues even in conditions of ideological isolation. The literature review shows that the issue of the Soviet political scientific tradition developing, especially in universities, is given quite a little attention, especially against the background of the study of the institutional and organizational development of Soviet political science in academic institutes of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and, later, political science in Russian universities and analytical centers. The authors draw attention to this issue, following the formation of the Soviet political science tradition in universities with examples from the works of Professor of Moscow University Alexander Kovalev, considering his ideas on politics in the context of world political theory development, its history, and modern approaches. The intellectual legacy of Kovalev demonstrates the importance of such addressing to local subjects of the history of political science of Russia, where the gap between the Soviet and foreign research agenda is not as large as is generally believed. The Soviet political science tradition, including its university branch, reveals its connection with world research in many aspects related to raising the question of politics and the political, in studies of the functions and tasks of politics and political theory, in attention to human nature. The special emphasis on the regulatory and clarifying nature of the political, as shown in the article, brings the positions of Kovalev closer to the positions of modern constructivism and phenomenology in the sociology of knowledge, to the positions of institutionalism, which emphasizes the problem of uncertainty of political behavior. Today we see interest in such phenomena in sociocultural studies of human behavior and values that have a significant impact on public administration. However, it is also important to study how these research interests have historically developed, including within the framework of Soviet political science.

АНАЛИТИЧЕСКИЕ ЦЕНТРЫ КАЗАХСТАНА И УЗБЕКИСТАНА

The article considers the analytical centers phenomenon. It is analysed on the example of the “thought factories” of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan attract increased attention of the researchers for a number of factors. First, Kazakhstani and Uzbekstani analytical products have always been distinguished by their high quality. Second, the greater involvement of the two republics in the global economy compared to other states in the region and closer contacts with major transnational corporations and financial institutions have a stimulating effect on the pace of development of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and their analytical industries. Third, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan’s transition to digitalization and further modernization of national economies require greater openness in an increasingly globalized world. One of the main features of the “thought factories” of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is the dominance of state and near-state “think tanks” that enjoy the full support of the state, which largely predetermined the demand for analytical products of state-owned “think tanks”, which are mostly of a closed nature. At the same time, the activities of independent analytical centers are driven to a greater extent by demand from external “customers”, which causes greater distrust and suspicion of local authorities who have a rather biased idea of the level of independent analytics.

ВЛИЯНИЕ ПАНДЕМИИ НА ДОЛГОСРОЧНЫЕ ПРОГНОЗЫ МИРОВОГО РЫНКА НЕФТИ

Predicting the global oil market for the long term, both oil companies and analytical centers use a systematic approach, striving to take into account all the main factors affecting the oil market, and go beyond a sectoral approach. Until recently, the climate factor was considered the main new factor affecting the development of the world oil market. All forecasting subjects made their forecasts by necessarily connecting scenarios involving the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Recently, there have been forecasts that put zero emissions at the forefront. However, the oil market is difficult to predict due to the emergence of new and new influential factors that did not reveal themselves until the moment of forecasting. Today, the most unpredictable factor is the COVID-19 pandemic. This article is devoted to the analysis of changes in the views of experts in connection with the consequences of the pandemic COVID-19.

Grounding Creativity in Music Perception? A Multidisciplinary Conceptual Analysis

To what extent can we understand and account for music perception as a creative process? In this paper we draw on recent work in music, creativity, and the cognitive humanities to suggest that the fundamentally creative aspect of music perception is not yet satisfactorily examined in existing research. We briefly review the state of scholarship into both creativity and music perception, and identify key points of convergence, which are prominent in work that investigates the mutuality of action and perception, and the exploratory bases of the latter, among others. Inspired by a growing number of contributions in 4E music cognition research, we argue that listening to music can involve mechanisms of active bodily engagement, along with the imaginative exploration of novel possibilities for thought and action. We put forward the view that this approach is important because of the way in which it can bring to the analytical centre stage a creative dimension that may not otherwise be apparent. The contribution of this paper involves this presentation of a multidisciplinary framework for the study of music perception, highlighting the integration of perception and action, and foregrounding this conception of creative cognition as a central aspect of music perception.

Customized Analytic Center Cutting Plane Methods for the Discrete-Time Integral Quadratic Constraint Problem

This paper deals with the design of efficient algorithms for solving analysis problems formulated in the integral quadratic constraint (IQC) framework. The oracle for the discrete-time IQC problem is coupled with the analytic center cutting plane method (ACCPM), and the implementation of the ACCPM is customized to leverage promising features of the oracle such as the possibility of generating strictly separating hyper planes between the candidate solution and feasible set and the possibility of generating more than one separating hyper plane. Such customizations may be needed if the ACCPM is to be used as part of recursive IQC synthesis algorithms for practical problems. Numerical examples are generated to compare various versions of the ACCPM, namely, with single center cuts, single deep cuts, and two center cuts.

О ЭКЗОТИЧЕСКОЙ ДЛЯ РФ БОЛЕЗНИ -КОНТАГИОЗНАЯ ПЛЕВРОПНЕВМОНИЯ КОЗ

The article is devoted to one of the exotic diseases for the Russian Federation - contagious pleuropneumonia of goats. The aim of our research was to study the epizootological manifestation and clinical course of contagious pleuropneumonia of goats according to researchers. The materials of the bulletins of the Information and Analytical Center of the Department of Veterinary Supervision of the Russian Academy of Veterinary Sciences (FGBI “VNIIZH”), as well as data from scientific publications on this problem were used.

CERAMIC TILE BASED ON LOCAL HYDROMICA CLAY AND PEGMATITE DUST REMOVAL WASTE

The goal of the present contribution is to study the possible use of local clay of hydromica type for facing tile production. Pegmatite dust removal waste from the Chupa Milling and Dressing Factory was added as flux to the clay. Mineralogical, chemical and grain-size analyses of the clay and waste were performed. The mineral composition of the waste and clay were analyzed using the laboratory equipment of the Analytical Centre at the Institute of Geology, Karelian Research Centre, RAS. Experimental samples of ceramic tile were produced and the physico-mechanical properties of the products were assessed. The ceramics produced can be used for facing walls and furnaces. Local clay of hydromica type and pegmatite dust removal waste can be used to increase the mechanical bending strength and heat resistance of facing tiles, to decrease their thermal conductivity in comparison with samples containing clay, kaolin, feldspar and lime and to contribute to pegmatite waste utilization.

INTERACTION OF GOVERNMENT, SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT COMMUNITY: PROSPECTS OF EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY IN RUSSIA

This article analyzes the interaction of state, scientific, and expert communities in order to determine the prospects for introducing the methods of “evidence-based policy” into the Russian practice of public administration. It reveals to what extent the representatives of the state and expert communities are ready to cooperate to increase the scientific validity of government decisions. Research was carried out by using focused interviews. The purposive sample included public authorities and representatives of scientific, expert, and educational communities from ten regions of Russia. In general, both public servants and representatives of scientific and expert communities realize the significance of using evidence-based policy tools for developing government decisions. However, the mutual expectations that are formed can hardly be called harmonious due to a fair amount of skepticism on both sides. A significant number of public servants doubt that scientific knowledge of social, economic, and political processes is objective, and some are afraid that scientists will introduce their value preferences into analytical materials. The representatives of scientific community, in their turn, suspect decision-makers of being overly obsessed with a narrow circle of confidants, of misunderstanding of the role of analytics in the development of public policy, and an inability to appreciate the work done by expert scientists. Lack of mutual trust is the main reason for the skeptical attitude of decision-makers to cooperate with the scientific and expert community and pushes them either to maintain contacts with proven analytical centers, as a rule, affiliated with the government, or forces them to rely solely on materials prepared by employees of the relevant state departments.

ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕ МЕДИЦИНСКОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ СИСТЕМЫ НОВОСИБИРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ В ОПТИМИЗАЦИИ ДОКУМЕНТООБОРОТА И ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ИНТЕГРИРОВАННОЙ ЭЛЕКТРОННОЙ МЕДИЦИНСКОЙ КАРТЫ ПАЦИЕНТА ПРИ ПРОВЕДЕНИИ ПРИЖИЗНЕННОЙ ПАТОЛОГО-АНАТОМИЧЕСКОЙ ДИАГНОСТИКИ БИОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО МАТЕРИАЛА

Early diagnosis of malignant neoplasms is ensured by the quality, accessibility and continuity between medical institutions in the organization of the lifetime pathoanatomical diagnostics of biological material. Improving medical information systems with the involvement of the lifetime pathoanatomical diagnostics in the process of informatization of regional health care, developing mechanisms for documenting, storing and electronic exchange of personal medical information between medical institutions in the Novosibirsk region, is the main task of the system for organizing this type of diagnostics. The urgency of solving this problem is due to the shortage of personnel in the pathoanatomical services, the distance barriers between medical specialists and pathologist; need to ensure the formation of a created system for the exchange of medical documentation. The article presents the experience of using the functionality of the components of the Medical Information System of the Novosibirsk Region (MIS NR) in a regional state budgetary healthcare institution to form a unified information environment, integrate approved accounting forms and ensure efficient workflow in the course of lifetime pathoanatomical diagnostics. The aim of this research is to study the possibilities of additional functionality of the components of the MIS NR, implemented by the employees of the Center for Informatization of Medical Information Analytical Center, to identify the advantages of using the developed functions in optimizing the workflow during the lifetime pathoanatomical diagnostics of biopsy (operative) material, in the formation of a regional Integrated electronic medical record.

OBSERVATION SYSTEM RESOURCE PLANNING IN PRESENCE OF ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON VOLUME OF RESOURCE OCCUPIED BY TRAFFIC FLOWS

Due to various recent improvements in cellular technology, communication networks now offer information flows with a wide range of transmission speed and service quality characteristics. These characteristics are more highly noticeable in intelligent networks, particularly when IoT technology is used. Regulation and high-quality transmission of such massive volumes of data present severe issues among virtual operators engaged in the communications sector and utilizing cellular network infrastructure to provide video surveillance services for its consumers. Unfortunately, no single approach exists that enables the execution of high-quality incoming traffic flow maintenance and the allocation of information transmission resources in diverse networks. One of the methods to address these issues is mathematical modelling, which takes into consideration the unique characteristics of traffic flows that emerge and are approved for servicing. Our work addresses this problem by designing a resource allocation strategy for an isolated LTE network cell with heterogeneous traffic flows while sharing its radio resources. Traffic sources considered are operator surveillance system's video cameras that use cellular network infrastructure to deliver data to analytical centers. A mathematical model is used to study the process of sharing a resource, which takes into consideration the priority of real-time traffic, the elasticity property during file transfer, and the access restriction for all threads, based on the quantity of resource held by each thread. When sharing the resources of an isolated LTE network cell with heterogeneous traffic flows. Traffic sources are surveillance system operators' video cameras that use cellular network infrastructure to deliver data to analysis centers. Algorithms for evaluating the characteristics of the service of applications are constructed and the dependence of the characteristics on the restriction of access is investigated. Using the developed model, a scenario of dynamic distribution of the access node resource between incoming sessions has been developed, which allows creating conditions for differentiated servicing of heterogeneous traffic flows based on access restrictions and resource loading by each of the considered flows.

МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ НАУЧНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ «ИСЛАМСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА ПАКИСТАН: ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ (К 75-ЛЕТИЮ НЕЗАВИСИМОСТИ)»

This article is a review of the International conference «The Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Problems and Prospects of Development (on the 75th Anniversary of Independence)». The event was held on September 26, 2022 at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in a mixed part-time format by using the Zoom platform. Speeches and reports of numerous International conference participants, presented by the Head and staff of the Pakistani and Russian diplomatic missions in Moscow and Islamabad respectively, members of a high-ranking delegation of Pakistani Senators, as well as of Heads, staff, senior and junior scholars of leading Russian and Pakistani analytical centers, institutes and various institutions, covered a wide range issues on Pakistan studies. Besides the official greetings and addresses by Honorable Guests of this International forum, the conference program also reflected relevant studies of domestic and Pakistani scholars on Pakistan national statehood building, its current inner political, socio-economic problems, the main directions of this country foreign policy at the global and regional level, including the possibilities of enhancing Pakistan-Russia relations on bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the geographically close states in the vector of Eurasian integration by means of major joint investment projects implementation. Much attention at the conference was paid to the necessity of the socio-cultural communication formation between the Russian and Pakistani peoples for the increase of their mutual understanding and convergence. A separate remarkable event was devoted to this issue within the framework of the International conference, which took place at the Eastern Cultural Center of the IOS RAS. It was connected with the presentation of the Three–volume «Encyclopedia of Muhammad Iqbal’ (in Urdu) and the solemn ceremony of its donation to the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences by the Honorary Speaker of the conference, Chairman of the of Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights, Senator Walid Iqbal — grandson of the outstanding Pakistani poet and thinker, the ‘Spiritual Father of Pakistan» Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

ДИНАМИКА ОБЩЕЙ ЗАБОЛЕВАЕМОСТИ БОЛЕЗНЯМИ КОСТНО-МЫШЕЧНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ И СОЕДИНИТЕЛЬНОЙ ТКАНИ ВЗРОСЛОГО НАСЕЛЕНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БАШКОРТОСТАН ЗА 2015–2019 ГГ.

Significance. Rheumatic diseases belong to the group of the most socially significant diseases and have a negative impact not only on the patient and his family, but also on the State as a whole. According to the 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, rheumatic diseases are mainly classified in Chapter XIII - "Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue". Epidemiological studies are needed to assess the scale of the problem. The purpose of the study was to evaluate dynamics in crude incidence of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (in general and by individual nosological forms/groups) in the adult population of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation) in 2015–2019. Material and Methods. A retrospective observational study was carried out. The object of the study included residents of the Republic of Bashkortostan aged over 18, and the subject was crude incidence of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (in general and by individual nosological forms/groups: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthropathies, dorsopathies (including spondylopathies and separately ankylosing spondylitis), osteopathies (including osteoporosis), systemic connective tissue disorders) in the adult population of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2015–2019. Data on crude incidence were obtained from the statistical data of the Medical Information and Analytical Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bashkortostan, as well as annual statistical materials of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Results. The crude incidence of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (in general) in the adult population of the Republic of Bashkortostan increased over the study period 2015-2019. Analysis by individual nosological forms/groups shows that crude incidence of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthropathies, dorsopathies, including spondylopathies (including ankylosing spondylitis) in the Republic of Bashkortostan has also increased by 2019, while crude incidence of systemic connective tissue disorders and osteopathies, including osteoporosis has decreased. Furthermore, a number of differences have been revealed in the dynamics in the indicators under study in the Republic of Bashkortostan and in the Russian Federation as a whole for the period 2015–2019. Conclusion. The data obtained indicate the presence of pronounced regional and nosological features in the dynamics in crude incidence of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue in the adult population of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2015–2019.

Assessing the integral health indicator of schoolchildren on the basis of innovative technologies

Introduction. The health of schoolchildren is the foundation for the educational process and the key to success in future work activities. The current level of development of technology and information technology allows you to bring health monitoring to a new, higher quality level. Purpose of the study: on the basis of a comparison of various historically established approaches to assessing the health of schoolchildren, to identify the main development trends and promising technologies suitable for determining the integral indicator of the health of schoolchildren. Research methodology and techniques. The research is theoretical. To search for information about innovative technologies, we analyzed scientific articles in Russian and English, taken from scientometric databases. As a result, we selected 14 technologies that were more consistent with the requirements of minimum time consumption, distance and invasiveness. Results. Technologies used in biomechanics, medicine, forensic science, navigation together can make it possible to comprehensively assess the psychological, neurodynamic, motor and energy components of schoolchildren's health. The most promising systems for assessing the health of schoolchildren are the following systems: an image processing system (technology for detecting and recognizing faces, technology for recognizing facial expressions and gestures), an optoelectronic measuring system (motion capture technology), an internal thermometry system (acoustothermometry), a navigation system, an electromagnetic measuring system, system of content analysis of Internet traffic, strain-dynamometric system, as well as neurotechnological system. The proposed approach requires significant information resources for the accumulation and automated processing of large amounts of information in a single analytical centre. The use of artificial intelligence algorithms will allow detecting hidden relationships of health indicators, assessing risks and giving personalized recommendations. On the basis of the information collected, it is planned to create an electronic passport of schoolchildren's health with further integration of this module into the domestic educational complex of an electronic student's diary.

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION IN ENSURING ECONOMIC ECURITY OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

The purpose of the article is to study the essence and stages of strategic analysis in ensuring economic security. Research methods: the use of system-structural method and the method of generalization allowed to analyze the general trends in the use of methods of strategic analysis. Using the dialectical method of scientific knowledge, as well as methods of analysis, synthesis and abstraction, the content and purpose of the research problem are clarified, its main features and structure, as well as the relationship with systems analysis are determined. Results: these methods of strategic analysis significantly increase the efficiency of forecasting the development of situations in the field of economic security due to the possibility of compiling a SWOT-analysis, PEST-analysis, etc. Discussion: in order to improve the system of strategic analysis, it is necessary to involve certain independent think tanks. Such think tanks should work closely with the authorities and be partially funded by the Government of Ukraine to obtain any necessary analytical information from them. Thus, the key issues of economic security are: the system of forecasting management activities; the process of research and analytical examinations; development of information and analytical products and their distribution; professional activity of specialists, professionals, analysts. Given the above, we conclude that the strategic analysis of public administration in the field of economic security is aimed at providing quality information to public authorities, and its improvement is impossible without studying the methodological principles of its formation. Analytical centers provide a link between government and civil society; represent and protect public interests; evaluate power and its decisions and formulate alternative policy proposals. Analytical centers are involved in the formation of European policy, promote better public understanding of EU regulations and decisions. The establishment of a domestic network of think tanks according to EU standards, which will be actively integrated into Euro-Atlantic networks of think tanks, will help find additional reserves to improve the mechanisms of strategic analysis in the field of economic security and state policy on effective forecasting and analytical support.

Effective Use of Human Capital in the Context of Sustainable Development of the Region

Introduction. Sustainable development is Russia's strategic goal at the national and regional levels. Currently, its key factor is innovation, which, in turn, is determined by the availability of sufficient amount of human capital, it being a set of knowledge, skills and abilities, including the ability of a person to generate ideas, create innovations, and bring them to production. Although Russia has a fairly large amount of human capital, its economy is experiencing difficulties in shifting to the innovation-driven model. Based on the conducted research, the article evaluates effectiveness of the use of human capital and analyzes the causes of the existing contradiction. Materials and Methods. The theoretical foundations of the study include the works of Russian and foreign academic economists, generalization and critical analysis of which made it possible to show the indirect impact of human capital on sustainable development. Based on data from the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, its territorial offices and the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation, the efficiency of the use of human capital by Russian regions was calculated employing the index method and it was compared with the level of the socio-economic development. Results. The level of innovation activity in Russia’s regions remains low. Innovation has not become a driving force for sustainable development. One of the reasons for this is low effectiveness of the use of human capital. Calculations of this indicator, carried out according to the adopted methodology, make it possible to conclude that Russia’s regions use slightly more than half of the accumulated human capital. Consequently, there are reserves for boosting innovation activity. Indirectly, this is evidenced by the comparison of the level of socio-economic development of the region and the index of effectiveness of the use of human capital. Discussion and Conclusion. The conducted research makes it possible to conclude that increasing effectiveness of the use of human capital will contribute to the growth of innovation in the economy of the regions and thereby facilitate the transition to the model of sustainable development.

Actual issues of staffing of primary health care by district paediatrician on the example of the region of the Russian Federation

Introduction. Eliminating the personnel shortage in medical institutions that provide primary health care (PHC) to children is one of the priority tasks of the state policy in healthcare. The purpose of the work was to assess the impact of changes in the system of training medical personnel and measures to provide primary care medical personnel, implemented in the Volgograd region, on the availability of PHC for children in 2016-2018. Material and methods. According to the data of Central Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Informatization and Volgograd Regional Medical Information and Analytical Centre analyzed the indices of provision, staffing of district paediatricians, coefficients of concurrency and the level of availability of PHC to the children’s population. Results and discussion. The number of district paediatricians in medical institutions of the Volgograd region from the period 2016-2018 increased by only 46 people with the graduation of 356 specialists from Volgograd State Medical University, which led to a slight increase in the provision of district paediatricians. At the same time, the staffing rate for pediatric sites and the average number of visits per child decreased from 7.9 to 7.6 cases. The studied indices vary significantly in urban and rural medical institutions. There is a high proportion of pre-retirement and retirement age specialists in the village. Twenty-eight district paediatricians participated in training under the “Zemsky Doctor” program, but some left for various reasons. Conclusion. The presence of pronounced differences in the indicators of provision of paediatricians by district doctors in the number of visits per 1 child between cities and municipal districts indicates significant differences in the availability of medical care. It requires organizational measures to overcome this kind of inequality. Admission to work through the primary accreditation procedure in the speciality “Pediatrics” and the implementation of the program “Zemsky Doctor” have not significantly eliminated the personnel deficit at the primary level.

Geodynamic conditions of massive sulfide formation in the Magnitogorsk megazone

Research subject. Volcanism, rock geochemistry, geodynamics, and massive sulfide formation in the Magnitogorsk megazone (MMZ) of the Southern Urals in the Middle Paleozoic.Materials and Methods. Across the largest part of the massive sulfide deposits under investigation, the authors conducted route studies, including geological surveys of individual ore fields and quarries of deposits, core samples of deep wells and transparent sections. Representative analyses of petrogenic and microelements were performed using wet chemistry and ICP-MS in analytical centers in Russia and Europe. Along with the authors’ data, analytical materials published by Russian and foreign researchers were used. Geodynamic reconstructions were carried out taking into account regional data on gravics, thermal field, magnetometry, and seismic stu dies, including «Urseis-95».Results. The geodynamic reconstructions established that the main elements of the paleostructure of the Southern Urals in the Devonian were the subduction zone of the eastern dip and asthenospheric diapirs that penetrated into the «slab-window», which determined the type of volcanic belts, the composition and volume of volcanic rocks of pyrite-bearing complexes, and ore matter of pyrite deposits. The following geodynamic zones in the MMZ were identified: 1 – polychronous accretion prism; 2 – frontal and developed island arcs (D1e2–D2ef1); 3 – zone of back-arc spreading (D1e2); 4 – rear island arc (D2ef1).Conclusions. All investigated zones and ore areas are characterized by an autonomous development of volcanism, a special deep structure and a different composition, as well as by a different volume of massive sulfide deposits that vary in the Cu and Zn ratios and Pb, Ba, Au amounts. In the MMZ volcanic complexes, three groups of plume source basalts are distinguished. The results can be used in predictive-estimation and search operations for massive sulfide mineralization.

Information and analytical center in the context of development of modern technology of scientific communication

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of the information and analytical center of a highereducational institution in the context of the development of modern technology of scientific communication in Ukraine. Methodology. The article uses a cognitive approach to the concept of “information and analyticalcenter”, which allowed us to identify its basic essential characteristics and determine the principles offunctioning and development of the information and analytical center as a project group, the activity of whichis aimed at the evolution of information support of domestic science and education, as well as the formationInformation culture skills of employees, students and faculty of universities. In the context of the specifics ofthe study, general scientific methods were applied, in particular, analogies, abstractions, system analysis, aswell as an informational, descriptive method and a theoretical generalization method. Scientific novelty. Thespecifics of the activities of the information-analytical center as a structural unit of the university; traced thetransformation of the library of a higher educational institution into an intellectual center; traditional andinnovative functions, directions, as well as methods of this project group, were identified and analyzed; Theperspective of the functioning of the university’s information and analytical center in the domestic socioculturalspace is described. Conclusions. A study of the specifics of the information and analytical center of a domestichigher educational institution of the XXI century revealed that the implementation of organizational andmethodological support and the use of innovative technologies in the process of managing the scientific andeducational activities of a university, in particular, the introduction of innovative methods and informationtechnologies, the formation of a register of structural units, scientific groups and individual scientists, aswell as calculating their ranking, cataloging journals, identifying groups of scientists with excellent potentialand competencies, etc., in order to optimize the management of the scientific potential of the university andincrease its rating and publication activity – a priority result for these project groups. The development ofmodern technologies of scientific communication on the basis of the information and analytical center ofa higher educational institution is positioned as a promising trend - libraries of domestic universities areconstantly improving their own services in order to develop information infrastructure, positive changes, andadequately provide research results.Keywords: information and analytical center, higher educational institution, science, modern technologies,publication activity.

Conceptual Foundations of Modeling Tourist Service Market in Russia by Using Digital Technologies

Big participants of IT market, whose profits can depend seriously on dynamics of tourist flows use today’s analytical systems in order to get information concerning tourist service providing. Such information can be used for efficient distribution of resources. In March 2021 spokespeople of such companies as ‘RZhD’, ‘Yandex’, ‘Megafon’, ‘MTS’, ‘Roscosmos’ and others delivered reports on possibility to use indirect data to analyze tourist flows at the round table discussion ‘Managing Tourist Industry on the Basis of Data’, that was arranged by the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation. Opportunities to use big data and advanced methods of data analysis were demonstrated. However, such systems are not meant to solve problems of social character. Moreover, a player cannot affect the steps and preferences of the considerable circle of people, which means that there is no need to test the community response on possible planned events that can increase usefulness of the entity. In view of state entities the latter is rather important, especially in case usefulness is considered in the social-economic aspect. As a conclusion the authors underline significance of tourist market modeling in Russia by using digital technologies.