Caucasian Mineral Waters Region Research Articles

Просодические маркеры состояния «радость» (на примере языковых реализаций кабардинцев-билингвов в регионе Кавказские Минеральные Воды)

The present study is devoted to the study of ethnospecific features of the expression of emotions in the speech of representatives of Kabardian and Russian ethnogroups of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region based on the material of an experimental corpus of quasi-spontaneous audio files-dialogues marked with the emotional state "joy", recorded by representatives of Russian and Kabardian ethnogroups. The aim of the study is to identify nationally specific prosodic markers of the state of "joy" based on the material of the Russian and Kabardian ethnogroups of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region. The scientific novelty of the study consists in identifying ethnically conditioned signs that manifest the difference in emotionally marked communication models in the speech of North Caucasian bilinguals. Acoustic analysis of the material showed differences in the sound characteristics of speech between the Russian and the interfered variants, such as an increase in the intervals of raising and lowering the tone, an expansion of the tonal range of the phrase and changes in the formant values of vowels. The results obtained prove that both the formant picture of the studied replicas in the implementation of Kabardian and Russian ethnogroups and the data of the level of phrasal prosody are ethnically conditioned, and emotionally marked communication models differ in qualitative characteristics.

Просодические маркеры состояния «гнев» (на примере культурно-коммуникативных моделей общения русской и кабардинской этногрупп региона Кавказские Минеральные Воды)

The aim of the study is to identify the nation-specific and gender-specific prosodic markers of the state of anger involving the material of the cultural and communicative interaction models of the Russian and Kabardian ethnic groups of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region. The scientific novelty lies in applying a multifactorial methodology for analysing the regional type of communication taking into account the emotional-expressive content, gender and social differentiation for further creation of an adaptive quantitative-statistical learning model. It is the first time that Praat 5.3.32 is used as a tool for selecting relevant elements of an adaptive model for analysing emotionally marked communication. As a result of the study, the researchers proved that gender characteristics and the national type of communication influence the following indicators: the intensity of the beginning of an emotionally marked phrase, the main stressed syllable, the end of the phrase, tonal range, register, the ratio between the levels of the beginning of the phrase, the first stressed syllable and the end of the phrase, the volume of the interval of the rising and lowering tone, intensity coefficient, the intensity of the nuclear and stressed syllables, the ratio of syllables in order, variance, standard deviation and average syllabic intensity.

Антропологические материалы из погребальных комплексов сарматского времени (могильник Вонючка-1, Кавказские Минеральные Воды)

Introduction. Most of the burial mounds of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region combine the burials of representatives of different archaeological cultures separated by thousands of years. Therefore, the rate of accumulation of monocultural synchronous materials in collections for some epochs is quite low, and slows down even more due to the unequal preservation of bone remains. The introduction of new information into scientific circulation based on the results of recent archaeological work will allow faster accumulation of materials and data exchange between researchers working on the same issue. The purpose of this work is to publish morphological features of the skeleton of individuals belonging to the Sarmatian culture of the Pre-Caucasus. Materials and methods. The skeletons of three individuals, from three burials of one mound, dating from the III-I centuries BC and belonging to the nomads of the early Sarmatian time were investigated. The study used both traditional methods of anthropology and bioarchaeological approaches. Sex and age studies were carried out on all preserved parts of the skeleton according to standard anthropological methods. A program for fixing markers of stress and pathological conditions was applied to all the studied individuals. Results. Skeletal remains of two young women and a mature man were studied. Both women had anomalies in the development of teeth: in one case – underdevelopment of enamel, in the other – partial congenital adentia. A set of specific features on the postcranial skeleton of a man allow us to characterize him as a rider, right-handed. Discussion. The results of the study supplement our knowledge about the variability of morphological features of the skeleton of representatives of the nomads of the early Sarmatian culture. Some of the detected signs have a pronounced genetic determination; however, the data obtained is insufficient to identify kinship ties, despite the fact that according to the interpretation of archaeologists, this group of burials is defined as a generic cemetery created during the lifetime of one generation. All the discovered features of the skeleton find analogies among the published materials of synchronous time. @ 2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Results of Epizootiological Monitoring of Natural Foci for Bacterial Vector-Borne Infections in Caucasian Mineral Waters Region of the Stavropol Territory in 2018–2020

The aim of the study was to assess the epizootiological situation on bacterial vector-borne infections in Caucasian Mineral Waters area of the Stavropol Territory over the period of 2018–2020.Materials and methods. 3494 specimens of ticks (473 pools), 257 specimens of small mammals, 9 regurgitates of birds of prey and mammals, 7 excreta samples of small mammals, and 2 water samples were tested. Laboratory research of the field material was carried out using molecular-genetic, serological, biological methods. Statistical analysis of laboratory results was conducted using Microsoft Excel 2010. The data were mapped using QGIS 2.18 software.Results and discussion. The study revealed that the 44.8 % of collected ticks were positive for tick-borne borreliosis, 21.5 % – for tick-borne rickettsiosis, 10.3% – for human granulocytic anaplasmosis, 2.7 % – for Q fever, 0.84 % – for tularemia. There has been an increase in the percentage of positives for tick-borne borreliosis agent samples (more than three times) and a decrease in this indicator for human granulocytic anaplasmosis (1.5 times) as compared with 2010–2012. Investigation of tick infection with the agents of Q fever and tick-borne rickettsioses has not been previously conducted in the region. During the period under review, 19 pools of ticks had mixed infection, which indicates that there are combined foci of bacterial natural-focal infections with vector-borne transmission in the recreation zone of the Stavropol Territory. This necessitates preventive measures and systematical epizootiological surveys in the Caucasian Mineral Waters region.

Problems of natural restoration of forest and green spaces of the resort Caucasian Mineral Waters region

In the forests and green spaces of the Caucasian Mineral Waters resort region there are observed successions, leading to a decrease in their ecological potential. We defined the sanitary conditions and productivity of artificial and natural stands, collected data on species composition and abundance of trees in these stands and non-forested areas. We also determined the level of optimum illumination for the development of oak undergrowth.

Некоторые аспекты использования в туризме историко-культурного наследия Кавказских Минеральных Вод

Некоторые аспекты использования в туризме историко-культурного наследия Кавказских Минеральных Вод

Natural resources as a factor of development of national resort clusters of the North Caucaus

Natural medical factors favourably differ in safety, availability, dosage simplicity, absence of by-effects and immunity to the action of disorder agents. More humane, social and scientifically progressive principles are the basis of sanatoriumand-health resort treatment: preventive and rehabilitation trend, succession between out-patient and diagnostic, hospital and sanatorium institutions, high specialization of the administered treatment. Sanatorium-and-health resort service of Russia has proved its medical and economic efficiency in the system of medical rehabilitation and health improvement of Russian people for decades. There are more than 130 medicinal mineral springs are concentrated in this unique nook surrounded with a picturesque ring of Caucasian Mountains. There are 115 spa-hotels, equipped with the advanced equipment only of four cities in the Caucasian Mineral Waters region. Spa -hotels have many well qualified and highly experienced doctors and medical teams. They can offer health services in Wellness centres, natural thermal and mud baths. There are 2 medical institutes. At present Caucasian Mineral Waters region is a nationwide centre of balneology and sanatorium-resort treatment. Hydro-mineral springs, climatic conditions, sanatoria and boarding houses are some kind of a «supporting frame» of the tourist- recreational regional complex. The worked out infrastructure, available human resources and natural ecological conditions is a competitive condition, a factor of stable recreation functioning. At the resort region of the North Caucasus complex monitoring ( mineral springs -trace element composition, aerosol, trace gases NOx, CO, О3, CH4; periodically – heavy metals) is performed at two high levels (860 masl - a park zone of a large mountain resort, 2070 masl - alpine grassland, the net station). The results of the measurements are used in programs of bioclimatic, landscape and medical monitoring to specify the influence of aerosol on rehabilitation properties of the environment and human adaptative reserves. The natural aero ionization ∑(N+)+(N-) varied from 960 ion/cm3 to 1460 ion/cm3 in the resort park (860 m); from 1295 ion/cm3 to 4850 ion/cm3 on the Alpine meadow (2070 m); from 1128 ion/cm3 to 3420 ion/cm3 – on the tested site near the edge of the pinewood (1720 m). In the group of volunteers the trip from low-hill terrain zone (860 m) to the lower zone of highlands (2070 m) caused the activation of neuro and humoral regulation, vegetative and central parts of nervous system, psychoemotional status, normalization of frequency spectrum of brain activity and organism adaptation level. Drinking mineral water treatment is used for medical rehabilitation diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, metabolism, excretory and cardiovascular system. Shortterm metabolic reactions (single dose) and effects after the course of procedures (14-21 days) are distinguished in the structure of the biological effect of the MW.

THE ESTIMATION OF RADIATION GAMMA-BACKGROUND AND CONCENTRATION OF LONG-LIVING TECHNOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES OF<sup>137</sup>Cs AND<sup>90</sup>Sr IN SOILS OF CITY-RESORTS OF CAUCASIAN MINERAL WATERS

The equivalent dose rate of gamma radiation of the resort cities of the Caucasian Mineral Waters (CMW) region has been estimated. During the radiation-ecological monitoring in Zheleznovodsk, anomalies have been found in which the measured values were very different from the rest. For most of the area studied, the dose rates of the gamma radiation have been established to meet the requirements of the sanitary rules and hygienic standards. As a part of the assessment of the ecological state of the urban area, the radio-geochemical studies of the soils of the resorts of the CMW have been carried out, according to which the concentrations of the long-lived technogenic radionuclides 137 Cs and 90 Sr have been established. The results of the monitoring indicate that the maximum radionuclide concentrations have been recorded in the soils of Zheleznovodsk, where their average values exceed the corresponding values for Russia by 4 times for 137 Cs and 13 times for 90 Sr. The minimum concentrations of 137 Cs and 90 Sr are characteristics of the soils of Kislovodsk. According to the content of 137 Cs and 90 Sr soils, a dangerous level of the soil contamination is prevailing in Yessentuki, an extremely dangerous one - in Zheleznovodsk, a moderately dangerous one - in Kislovodsk. The obtained results testify that with the environmental assessment of the territory of the CMW region, the application of the evaluation criteria without taking into account the radiation situation can lead to a false conclusion about the magnitude of the anthropotechnogenic load. Based on the information received, a conclusion has been made on the need for further radioecological observations in this region.

FACTORS AFFECTING THE DEMAND FOR RECREATIONAL SERVICES IN THE CAUCASIAN MINERAL WATERS REGION

Objective: to study the dynamics of the value orientations of tourists to identify the factors influencing the demand for recreational services in the region of the Caucasian Mineral Waters (CMW). Materials and methods. A method of questioning was chosen for the survey, which was conducted anonymously in 2010-2015 years among holidaymakers of the CMW recreational complex on the following topics: «Satisfaction with the services quality» and «Study of the tourism social aspects». The questionnaires included closed and semi-closed questions. Results. The main purpose of the visit to the CMW region at more than 80% of holidaymakers is a spa treatment and rehabilitation, that is, in the system of values is a concern for health. And only about 15% of visits to the region have other purpose. This suggests that the main specialization of the region of the CMW continues to be a spa treatment, which is a historically prevailing direction of the leisure activities organization for the residents of Russia.

Развитие Кавказских Минеральных Вод в контексте политики импортозамещения на туристическом рынке России

Развитие Кавказских Минеральных Вод в контексте политики импортозамещения на туристическом рынке России

Manifestations of miocene acid intrusive magmatism on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus: First evidence from isotope geochronology

New isotope-geochronological data (K-Ar, Rb-Sr) provide tight geochronological constraints on the history of Late Cenozoic magmatism on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus. Several previously unknown, rhyodacite intrusive bodies with an emplacement age of 6.9 ± 0.3 Ma (Late Miocene) are reported from the Kakheti-Lechkhumi regional fault zone in the Kvemo Svaneti-Racha area. Therefore, a pulse of acid intrusive magmatism took place in a period previously considered amagmatic in the Greater Caucasus. The petrological, geochemical, and isotopic data suggest that these rhyodacites are produced by crystallization differentiation of mantle-derived magmas, which are similar in composition to Miocene mafic lavas that erupted a few hundred thousand years later in the adjacent Central Georgian neovolcanic area. The presented results allow the conclusion that the volcanic activity within the Central Georgian neovolcanic area occurred at 7.2–6.0 Ma in two discrete pulses: (1) the emplacement of acid intrusions and (2) the eruption of trachybasaltic lavas. The emplacement of rhyodacite intrusions in the Kvemo Svaneti-Racha area marked the first pulse of young magmatism on the southern slope of the Main Caucasus range and simultaneously represented the second magmatic pulse (after granitoid magmatism of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region) within the entire Greater Caucasus.

Educational Innovation for the Ecological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Wildlife Management

Abstract Research is devoted to solving complex aims: educational (the development of ecological competence of managers), and socio-economic (optimization of access to recreational resources) through the improvement of innovative algorithms, theory and practice of wildlife management. We also tried to identify the problems of integration of Natural and Human sciences as the problems of environmental education.This article contains a description of the elements of how to organize environmental management training in real situations. On the example of integrated assessment of the socio-natural potential (of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region) shows the role of manager's ecological competence in making optimal decisions that affect human values. The article emphasized that the possibility of society full of ecosystem services is directly linked to the idea of the uniqueness and intrinsic value of the natural world, whose safety should be regarded as a guarantee of human health.

Geological-petrographic properties of Late Miocene granitoids from the Caucasian Mineral Waters region and their relation with the superplume

Geological-petrographic properties of Late Miocene granitoids from the Caucasian Mineral Waters region and their relation with the superplume

Isotopic (Sr, Nd, O) systematics of the high Sr-Ba Late Miocene granitoid intrusions from the Caucasian Mineral Waters region

This paper is dedicated to the interpretation of isotope-geochemical data on high Sr-Ba granitoids exemplified by their typical representatives—Late Miocene laccoliths of the Caucasian Mineral Waters (CMW). These massifs are made up of amphibole granites, granosyenites, syenites, and leucogranites, which show particular behavior of Sr, Nd, and O isotope systems. The syenites and granosyenites are characterized by δ18O variations from 8 to 10‰. As compared to them, the amphibole granites have lowered (up to 7‰), while leucogranites, elevated (up to 12.5–13.7‰) oxygen isotope compositions. The (87Sr/86Sr)8.3 ratio in the granitoids accounts for 0.7083–0.7086, whereas σNd(T) varies from −4.2 to −2.1.

Heterogeneity of Ar and Sr initial isotopic composition in the coexisting minerals from Miocene hypabyssal granitoids in the Caucasian Mineral Waters region

Heterogeneity of Ar and Sr initial isotopic composition in the coexisting minerals from Miocene hypabyssal granitoids in the Caucasian Mineral Waters region