Cause Of Inconsistency Research Articles

Understanding inconsistencies in risk attitude elicitation games: Evidence from smallholder farmers in five African countries

Recent empirical studies eliciting farmers’ risk attitudes through lab-in-the-field experiments have reported high levels of inconsistency in responses. We investigate inconsistencies in risk attitudes elicitation games using data from incentivized lotteries involving 2,319 smallholder farmers from Eastern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) and Northern Africa (Tunisia, Morocco). Our sample demonstrates high levels of inconsistent behavior, with 48% of the farmers exhibiting some type of inconsistency. Depending on the country, inconsistencies are explained by poverty, gender, and/or the interaction of gender and level of education. We find no significant impact (negative or positive) of education alone in all but one country model. Furthermore, we find session fixed effects to significantly explain inconsistencies in many cases, suggesting that session-specific circumstances, including inconsistencies across enumerators, play a crucial role in the successful implementation of these experiments. Our findings suggest that using risk attitude parameters without accounting for the presence and the potential causes of inconsistency may lead to unreliable results. This study may guide practitioners in identifying farmer typologies more prone to inconsistent decisions and inform policymakers about factors influencing operators’ choices.

A comparative study of blood viscometers of 3 different types.

The greater the viscosity of the blood, the more difficult its flow becomes, leading to an increased incidence of diseases caused by blood circulation disorders. These diseases are commonly associated with the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems. High blood viscosity is a primary cause of circulatory system diseases. Studies have shown that accurately measuring blood viscosity and applying this data in clinical trials can help prevent circulatory system diseases. Viscosity data can vary depending on the measurement methods used, even when these methods are based on hydrodynamic principles. Despite using approved blood viscometers, the results often differ depending on the type of viscometer used, potentially causing confusion within the medical field. Informing the medical community about these differences and the level of error associated with each measurement method can help reduce this confusion. To our knowledge, the degree of difference in viscosity measurement results due to different measurement methods and the reasons for these differences have not yet been thoroughly explored. In this study, we selected three blood viscosity measurement methods registered with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea to analyze the same canine blood. The viscosity measurements were carried out using each device and compared. The parallel plate and scanning capillary methods yielded similar viscosity values, while the cone plate method showed lower viscosity values. The viscosity of blood, as measured by the three viscometers, differed, indicating that more experimental data must be accumulated to evaluate the cause of these differences. In this paper, we identified several causes of inconsistency and suggested measures to avoid this confusion. However, confirming that the test results show systematic differences is expected to assist clinicians who diagnose and prescribe treatments based on blood viscosity results. The findings of this comparative study are anticipated to serve as a starting point for establishing guidelines or standards for blood viscosity measurement methods.

Assessment of quality indicators in construction

Introduction. Ensuring proper quality of construction is one of the pressing challenges of our time. Consumers expect cheap products from developers in the form of commercial or residential real estate that meet all the required quality indicators. Most accidents in monolithic construction occur due to non-compliance with technological procedures at low temperatures. The purpose of the study is to develop a framework for assessing the quality of concrete work at subzero temperatures (during winter work) based on the results of studies of technological parameters of winter concreting, their impact on the quality and safety of erected monolithic structures of industrial and civil buildings (structures).Materials and methods. The study used the method of approximating distributions of random variables, expert estimates, the theory of multiple principles, and mathematical statistics. The experiments were carried out in the laboratories of the Don State Technical University, as well as in the conditions of actual concrete work on a construction site in winter. The work uses a correlation-regression analysis of the dependence of the organizational and technological causes of inconsistencies (factors) and quality indicators of concrete work production. Statistical information on structural damage and collapse of buildings during their operation was processed. To make organizational and technological decisions to improve the quality of concrete work, it is proposed to take the influence of defects on the load-bearing capacity of buildings as an indicator of the quality level.Results. Using practical and expert methods, the most significant reasons (factors) for the occurrence of inconsistencies in the level of quality of concrete work production have been established. Factors have been identified that have the greatest influence on the change in the load-bearing capacity and reliability of buildings and structures being erected when performing the main types of construction and installation work. The nomenclature of technological quality indicators during winter production of concrete work, their influence on quality substantiated, and methods for assessing the quality of winter concreting technology are developed. Quantitative indicators of the quality of construction of monolithic reinforced concrete structures were obtained.Discussion and conclusions. The practical value of the work lies in the development of a methodological tool for creating a regulatory framework for operational construction control of the production of monolithic and prefabricated monolithic construction and installation works under conditions of exposure to low temperatures, as well as for acceptance control of compliance of completed construction projects with quality requirements. Proposals are given for establishing regulatory tolerances, ways to improve the manufacturability of the equipment used, a new method for designing winter concreting technology, and a quality control method focused on ensuring structural safety have been developed. By developing the research, it is further possible to develop methods for calculating technology parameters taking into account technological variability, as well as establish new indicators to regulate the required level of quality and safety of buildings being built.

Genetic analysis of the false positive trisomy 7 and false negative trisomy 18 by NIPT-PLUS

To explore the cause of inconsistency between the results of trisomy 7 by expanded non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT-PLUS) and trisomy 18 by prenatal diagnosis. A pregnant woman who received genetic counseling at Jiaozuo Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital on July 5, 2020 was selected as the study subject. NIPT-PLUS, systematic ultrasound and interventional prenatal testing were carried out. The middle segment and root of umbilical cord, center and edge of the maternal and fatal surface of the placenta were sampled for the validation by copy number variation sequencing (CNV-seq). The result of NIPT-PLUS indicated that the fetus has trisomy 7. Systematic ultrasound has shown multiple malformations including atrioventricular septal defect, horseshoe kidney, and rocker-bottom feet. However, QF-PCR, chromosomal karyotyping analysis, and CNV-seq of amniotic fluid samples all showed that the fetus was trisomy 18. Validation using multiple placental samples confirmed that the middle segment of the umbilical cord contains trisomy 18, the center of the placenta contained trisomy 7, and other placental sites were mosaicism for trisomy 7 and trisomy 18. Notably, the ratio of trisomy 18 became lower further away from the umbilical cord. The false positive results of trisomy 7 and false negative trisomy 18 by NIPT-PLUS was probably due to the existence of placental mosaicism. Strict prenatal diagnosis is required needed aneuploidy is detected by NIPT-PLUS to exclude the influence of placental mosaicisms.

Implementation of Infrastructure Development Planning in Deli Serdang Regency

This research aims to identify the implementation of development planning and explain the impact of development planning in 5 (five) villages in Deli Serdang Regency in terms of infrastructure, including road construction and physical improvements. Additionally, this research also aims to analyze the factors hindering the implementation of development planning, explore the root causes of issues, and present recommendations for improvement. This study is analyzed using a qualitative descriptive approach, with 11 (eleven) individuals selected as research samples, and data collected through in-depth interviews, documentation, and field observations. Furthermore, data is analyzed through the processes of reduction, presentation, and verification to ensure the validity and reliability of the research results. The research findings show that, in general, the implementation of regional development planning still has several complex and interconnected shortcomings. The main factors that can lead to failures in the implementation of development planning results include budgetary constraints, often limited resources of the community, and inadequate organizational or regional apparatus resources in carrying out their tasks. Additionally, changes in proposed activities often become a cause of inconsistency between planning and implementation. Not only that, there are additional factors that complicate the situation, such as the role of the government and regional apparatus as formulators of public policies that significantly impact the success of the implementation of development planning. The government's and regional apparatus' role in directing policies can create dynamics that influence the final results of implementation.

Does Sugar Control Arrest Complications in Type 2 Diabetes? Examining the Rigour in Statistical Methods and Causal Inference in Clinical Trials.

BACKGROUND: In contrast to type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), in type 2 (T2DM) the success of intensive glucose normalisation in arresting diabetic complications is marginal and inconsistent across multiple clinical trials. However, glucose regulation still largely remains the main target of treatment for T2DM in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES: We examine the possible causes of inconsistency across studies, the scientific rigour behind the design, conduct and inferences of 6 large institutional clinical trials targeting glucose normalisation and following up for diabetic complications and mortality. STUDY DESIGN: We enumerate the possible flaws in the design, statistical treatment of the results and possible logical traps in making inferences. Further, we evaluate whether the flaws can mislead the conclusions. We also suggest a more sound statistical treatment of the data and interpret results of the trials together in a coherent way. RESULTS: The clinical trials for intensive glucose control suffer from a number of common problems that have not been addressed. The most important being the failure to correct for multiple outcomes. This is recognised by some reviewers but no correction is attempted. The second is the interdependence of the outcomes, owing to which statistics based on the assumption of independence can be misleading. Simulations show that the apparent inconsistency or heterogeneity between trial results can be explained by the violation of assumed independence alone. Further, the problems with placebo control, failure to recognise alternative possibilities, inability to segregate clinical significance from statistical significance and misleading reporting formats point to conformity bias and publication bias. CONCLUSIONS: We find no support for the prevalent belief that glucose normalisation has any benefit in terms of reducing the frequency of any of the complications or mortality. It is time to reconsider the glucocentric line of treatment of T2DM. Rethinking some of the fundamental beliefs about the pathophysiology of diabetic complications and facilitating novel alternative lines of research is the need of the field.

Acupuncture combined with pelvic floor rehabilitation training for postpartum stress urinary incontinence: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The purpose of this study is to systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with pelvic floor rehabilitation training in the treatment of postpartum stress urinary incontinence, and to promote the further promotion and application of acupuncture in the field of rehabilitation. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture combined with pelvic floor rehabilitation in the treatment of postpartum stress urinary incontinence will be searched in PubMed, Web of Science (WOS), Cochrane Library, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Wanfang (WF), and VIP databases. The clinical trial Registry (ClinicalTrials.gov and Chinese clinical trial Registry) will also be searched. The search period is limited to July 1, 2023, and the language limit of this systematic review is Chinese and English. The primary outcome is clinical effective rate. International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICI-Q-SF), 1-h pad test, pelvic floor muscle potential value, incidence of adverse events are secondary outcomes. A meta-analysis will be performed using RevMan 5.4 statistical software. If feasible, subgroup analysis and sensitivity analysis will be performed to address potential causes of inconsistency and heterogeneity. The risk of bias will be assessed using the approach recommended by Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, and the quality of evidence will be assessed using GRADE. This Protocol has been developed in accordance with the guideline of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015. Acupuncture combined with pelvic floor rehabilitation training can effectively promote the rehabilitation of postpartum stress urinary incontinence patients, and provide a reference for the clinical application of integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment in the field of rehabilitation. PROSPERO CRD42023455801.

A REML method for the evidence-splitting model in network meta-analysis.

Checking for possible inconsistency between direct and indirect evidence is an important task in network meta-analysis. Recently, an evidence-splitting (ES) model has been proposed, that allows separating direct and indirect evidence in a network and hence assessing inconsistency. A salient feature of this model is that the variance for heterogeneity appears in both the mean and the variance structure. Thus, full maximum likelihood (ML) has been proposed for estimating the parameters of this model. Maximum likelihood is known to yield biased variance component estimates in linear mixed models, and this problem is expected to also affect the ES model. The purpose of the present paper, therefore, is to propose a method based on residual (or restricted) maximum likelihood (REML). Our simulation shows that this new method is quite competitive to methods based on full ML in terms of bias and mean squared error. In addition, some limitations of the ES model are discussed. While this model splits direct and indirect evidence, it is not a plausible model for the cause of inconsistency.

Same product, different score: how methodological differences affect EPD results

Abstract Purpose Demand for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) is already high and increasing in the construction and building sectors. The overall purpose of EPDs is comparability of product environmental performance, and they are thus developed in accordance with product category rules (PCRs): requirements and guidelines for how to make EPDs for one or more product groups. Since several organisations publish PCRs, there is a risk of creating conflicting rules leading to inconsistencies and jeopardising the objective of comparability. Methods This study analyses the causes for inconsistency and the consequences in terms of difference in the results across the life cycle assessment (LCA) models underlying the EPDs. Taking four EPD programmes and their actors as cases, first a document analysis was conducted to identify qualitative and quantitative differences in their guidelines. Further focusing on selected quantitative differences, a series of LCA models were designed for the same triple-glazed window product by adhering to the PCRs of each operator, to highlight the differences in results that occur when performing the same assessment via different but all formally selectable operators and compliant EPDs. Results and discussion Results show that the EPD of a specific product can return very different impact scores if one or the other guideline is followed. Results can vary more than 10% from the base scenarios, what we consider a significant variation. This is observed across all impact categories. Focusing specifically on the climate change impact, the results show that differences are due to the choice of energy mix, reference service life and other parameters. It is thus the combination of several modelling differences that leads to a overall divergence in results, rather than one single methodological choice. Conclusions Numerous different but at the same time compliant EPDs can be obtained for the same product, highlighting a serious harmonisation issue within the EPD system. EPDs are thus not necessarily accurate, and it remains doubtful whether EPD comparability can be achieved. This weakness of the EPD system can in the worst case be exploited by producers to obtain lower results and undermines the system. Recommendations Besides recommending using LCA for learning and process improvement rather than just for external communication and compliance, to increase harmonisation in the EPD system, we recommend limiting the number of product-specific PCRs (e.g. complementary PCRs), align default values, learn from verification, use just one background database, increase transparency and move towards one centralized operator.

On the Elimination of the Dissonance of Legal and Individual Regulation of Relations on the Acquisition of Shared Ownership

The interaction of legal and individual regulation of legal relations should be natural. A review of judicial practice and the rules of law governing the acquisition of common shared property demonstrates their dissonance. In this regard, the science of civil law has a goal: to identify the cause of inconsistency and indicate the right way to develop relations for the acquisition of shared ownership. As a result of using the generalization method, it is suggested that the main cause of the disorder is the imperfection of the currently existing concept that considers a share as part of a right or part of a thing. In this regard, it is proposed to move on to the concept of a collective, which proceeds from the fact that the owner of a common thing is a collective, and individual participants have the right to shares, which confirms membership, provides the opportunity to manage common affairs, as well as taking possession of a part of the thing. To test the hypothesis, the relations on the acquisition of common property are taken and their main problems are identified using the analysis (decomposition) method: 1) acquisition of the right of common ownership of the newly created object; 2) by virtue of the acquisition statute of limitations; 3) by crushing the sole ownership right and 4) crushing the shares. Then, using the method of comparison, in relation to each of these problems, it is explained why it cannot be solved through the prism of the dominant theory of the share in the right and how useful a view of the relations of common property from the standpoint of the theory of the collective is. In conclusion, it is concluded that the dissonance of the legal and individual regulation of relations for the acquisition of shared ownership is eliminated by changing views on the share and moving to a collective concept, otherwise explaining the entire structure of the relations of shared ownership.

Does Sugar Control Arrest Complications in Type 2 Diabetes? Examining the Rigour in Statistical Methods and Causal Inference in Clinical Trials

BACKGROUND: In contrast to type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), in type 2 (T2DM) the success of intensive glucose normalisation in arresting diabetic complications is marginal and inconsistent across multiple clinical trials. However, glucose regulation still largely remains the main target of treatment for T2DM in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES: We examine the possible causes of inconsistency across studies, the scientific rigour behind the design, conduct and inferences of 6 large institutional clinical trials targeting glucose normalisation and following up for diabetic complications and mortality. STUDY DESIGN: We enumerate the possible flaws in the design, statistical treatment of the results and possible logical traps in making inferences. Further, we evaluate whether the flaws can mislead the conclusions. We also suggest a more sound statistical treatment of the data and interpret results of the trials together in a coherent way. RESULTS: The clinical trials for intensive glucose control suffer from a number of common problems that have not been addressed. The most important being the failure to correct for multiple outcomes. This is recognised by some reviewers but no correction is attempted. The second is the interdependence of the outcomes, owing to which statistics based on the assumption of independence can be misleading. Simulations show that the apparent inconsistency or heterogeneity between trial results can be explained by the violation of assumed independence alone. Further, the problems with placebo control, failure to recognise alternative possibilities, inability to segregate clinical significance from statistical significance and misleading reporting formats point to conformity bias and publication bias. CONCLUSIONS: We find no support for the prevalent belief that glucose normalisation has any benefit in terms of reducing the frequency of any of the complications or mortality. It is time to reconsider the glucocentric line of treatment of T2DM. Rethinking some of the fundamental beliefs about the pathophysiology of diabetic complications and facilitating novel alternative lines of research is the need of the field.

A Comparative Analysis of Force Fields of Drug-Like Molecules: Omeprazole, Favipiravir and Amoxicillin by using Bonded and Non-Bonded Potential Distributions

This research aims to compare and analyze the force field parameters of drug-like compounds generated by the online servers CGenFF, SwissParam, and LigParGen. CHARMM27, OPLS-AA, and CHARMM36 force fields of amoxicillin, favipiravir, and omeprazole have been examined by bonded and non-bonded energy distributions of the potential function. The local terms of the force field function are bond length, bond angle, and dihedral potentials, while the non-local terms are van der Waals and pairwise electrostatic interactions. The parabolic curves of bond length potential appear to internally bend because of the larger values of force constants. The bond length and angle energies are lowest at reference values for each of the corresponding atom pairs in the molecules. The higher values of the bending force constant positively deflect the sinusoidal curve from the equilibrium position according to the dihedral angle energy distribution. The Lennard-Jones interaction exhibits the same repellent nature at closer ranges and the same attracting nature at farther ranges whereas a mildly differentiated interaction is seen at the intermediate state as a result of changing well-depth parameters. Depending on the size of the optimized partial charges, it is discovered in electrostatic interaction that the distributions of end-to-end lengths of identical atom pairs are more exponentially skewed from one another. The main cause of inconsistency in the results of MD simulations for the same protein-ligand system is due to the shifted topology and parameters.

Enhancing e-commerce recommendation systems through approach of buyer's self-construal: necessity, theoretical ground, synthesis of a six-step model, and research agenda.

The current recommendation system predominantly relies on evidential factors such as behavioral outcomes and purchasing history. However, limited research has been conducted to explore the use of psychological data in these algorithms, such as consumers' self-perceived identities. Based on the gap identified and the soaring significance of levering the non-purchasing data, this study presents a methodology to quantify consumers' self-identities to help examine the relationship between these psychological cues and decision-making in an e-commerce context, focusing on the projective self, which has been overlooked in previous research. This research is expected to contribute to a better understanding of the cause of inconsistency in similar studies and provide a basis for further exploration of the impact of self-concepts on consumer behavior. The coding method in grounded theory, in conjunction with the synthesis of literature analysis, was employed to generate the final approach and solution in this study as they provide a robust and rigorous basis for the findings and recommendations presented in this study.

Analysis of Governance Complexity on Subsidized LPG in Indonesia: A Three-level Institutional Approach

Subsidized liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) policies aim to ensure the efficient and effective supply and distribution of LPG so that the benefits of subsidies are on target. However, there is a gap between planned policies and actual reality. However, in order to achieve better governance of subsidized LPG policies, the causes of inconsistencies must be analyzed by the government. In this paper, we analyze the governance of subsidized LPG policies based on an institutional theory approach using the three levels of analysis and outcomes framework to find out the causes of policy inconsistencies by exploring policy structures and subsidized LPG management. The author proposes that this framework should be integrated into the improvement of subsidized LPG management and strategies. Further research is needed to analyze the impact and consequences of LPG transformation policies to estimate the benefits and challenges of implementing policy reforms.
 Keywords: liquid petroleum gas, subsidy policy, governance, institutional analysis

Genetic variability, G × E interaction and stability for iron and zinc content in sorghum grains in advanced breeding lines

Iron (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) are essential micronutrients and play a major role in the growth and health of an individual. Micronutrients deficiencies can be alleviated by feeding the food grains which are biofortified. Sorghum is a staple food cereal supplying the daily nutritional requirements of the poorest of the poor in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Genotype × environment interaction (G × E) is major cause of inconsistency in the expression of micronutrients under different production environments. In this study, we investigated the effect of G × E on Fe and Zn along with one hundred grain weight (TW) using 20 genotypes at three target locations in India. Fe and Zn were positively correlated but negatively with TW. The AMMI (additive main effects and multiplicative interactions) analysis indicated that G × E interaction was significant for Fe and TW, and not for Zn. Two Interaction principal components IPCA1 and IPCA2 were significant for three traits and accounted for 100% of interactions. AMMI stability index (ASI) and Simultaneous Selection index (SSI) identified genotypes with least G × E. Multi-trait stability analysis identified genotypes SPV2856, SPV2631 and Phule Panchami for their superior nutritional and TW values.

Состояние производства и качества плодоовощной продукции

Abstract. Fruits and vegetables play an important role in the human diet. The purpose of the study is to analyze statistical data on the production of agricultural products and the reasons for low consumer satisfaction with the quality of fruits and vegetables and services of the SberMarket online service and develop corrective actions in the system product quality. Research methods are analysis, observation, consumer surveys and quality management approaches to reduce the number of consumer complaints about the quality of products and services. The dynamics of agricultural production in general and crop production, in particular, in Russia from 2013 to 2020 is analyzed, namely, production volumes in actual prices, the gross harvest of potatoes, vegetables, fruits and berries, as well as the share fruit and vegetable products by produced category of farms . In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been major changes in the fruit and vegetable market, in particular, the sale of goods and fruits and vegetables to certain groups of the population was carried out through online trading services. LLC “Instamart-Servis” (SberMarket) provided customer service through a website and a mobile application in one hundred and thirty-four Russian cities in partnership with the METRO Cash & Carry shopping center chain, as well as with thirty unother stores. The satisfaction of consumers with the quality of products and services of the “SberMarket” online service and with trading enterprises of the city of Ekaterinburg in 2020 and 2021 was studied. Results. The dynamics of economic indicators made it possible to identify trends and opportunities for the development of agricultural production in the country; during the coronavirus pandemic, online trading played an important role in providing consumers with high-quality fruit and vegetable products, however, data from a survey of two hundred and thirty consumers of the “SberMarket” online service made it possible to identify insufficient satisfaction with the quality of products and services, determine the causes of inconsistencies and develop recommendations for improving product quality and services of the “SberMarket” online service. Scientific novelty. The possibilities of increasing the volume of fruit and vegetable production under the conditions of Western sanctions are revealed, both through investment in infrastructure and through the expansion of consumer cooperation to consolidate the fruit and vegetable market with private households, also the necessity of using methodological approaches of quality management to identify the causes of quality inconsistencies and the development of corrective actions in order to increase consumer satisfaction with the quality of products and services of the SberMarket online service, in accordance with the requirements of GOST R ISO 9001-2015, is substantiated.

Состояние производства и качества плодоовощной продукции

Abstract. Fruits and vegetables play an important role in the human diet. The purpose of the study is to analyze statistical data on the production of agricultural products and the reasons for low consumer satisfaction with the quality of fruits and vegetables and services of the SberMarket online service and develop corrective actions in the system product quality. Research methods are analysis, observation, consumer surveys and quality management approaches to reduce the number of consumer complaints about the quality of products and services. The dynamics of agricultural production in general and crop production, in particular, in Russia from 2013 to 2020 is analyzed, namely, production volumes in actual prices, the gross harvest of potatoes, vegetables, fruits and berries, as well as the share fruit and vegetable products by produced category of farms . In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been major changes in the fruit and vegetable market, in particular, the sale of goods and fruits and vegetables to certain groups of the population was carried out through online trading services. LLC “Instamart-Servis” (SberMarket) provided customer service through a website and a mobile application in one hundred and thirty-four Russian cities in partnership with the METRO Cash & Carry shopping center chain, as well as with thirty unother stores. The satisfaction of consumers with the quality of products and services of the “SberMarket” online service and with trading enterprises of the city of Ekaterinburg in 2020 and 2021 was studied. Results. The dynamics of economic indicators made it possible to identify trends and opportunities for the development of agricultural production in the country; during the coronavirus pandemic, online trading played an important role in providing consumers with high-quality fruit and vegetable products, however, data from a survey of two hundred and thirty consumers of the “SberMarket” online service made it possible to identify insufficient satisfaction with the quality of products and services, determine the causes of inconsistencies and develop recommendations for improving product quality and services of the “SberMarket” online service. Scientific novelty. The possibilities of increasing the volume of fruit and vegetable production under the conditions of Western sanctions are revealed, both through investment in infrastructure and through the expansion of consumer cooperation to consolidate the fruit and vegetable market with private households, also the necessity of using methodological approaches of quality management to identify the causes of quality inconsistencies and the development of corrective actions in order to increase consumer satisfaction with the quality of products and services of the SberMarket online service, in accordance with the requirements of GOST R ISO 9001-2015, is substantiated.

Names of colour in V.Nabokov’s bilingual worldview (based on the original and self-translated texts of the novel Lolita)

The article is devoted to the current problem of studying bilingual authors’ idiolects in colour aspect. This research aims to identify the features of Vladimir Nabokov’s lingua-colour worldview associated with the use of English and Russian in self-translation. Lists of colouremes of the original and translated Lolita are made; their part-of-speech facet is analyzed; dominant coloronyms are identified and compared; structural peculiarities of the selected colours in both lists are studied. The novelty of the work lies in the creation of English and Russian lexicons and frequency dictionaries of representatives of Nabokov’s color worldview, which gives objective data about the linguistic personality basing on idiolect. Along with quantitative method, the work uses the method of systematic scientific description, via which the multidimensional systematization of empirical material is conducted and the comparative method implemented in observation, comparison and interpretation techniques for the received language data. The article notes both common and specific features in the two color lexicons. With a comparable number of English and Russian colouremes, the translation language is more coloristic. Part-of-speech differences of colours are noted. In complete lists chromatic designations predominate, they are more frequent in Russian. Among the dominants achromatic colors outweigh, English achromatisms prevail. Numerous hapaxes and complex coloremes, rarely equivalent, contribute to the palette diversity. The main causes of inconsistencies are identified. The author comes to the conclusion that the ways of lexicalizing the color perceptions of the bilingual writer-translator are modified when switching to the target language that indicates differences in Nabokov’s worldview.

Альтернативный подход к измерению благосостояния населения России, или Почему ВВП для этого не подходит

The subject of the study is the state of welfare of the Russian population in the conditions of interaction between nature and society. The purpose of the work is to estimate the size of Russia's true savings through one of the alternative GDP instruments in the form of the size of true savings, which amounted to 18.5% of the gross national income of the Russian Federation for the period 2000-2018. A significant discrepancy between the author's estimates of true savings obtained and the estimates of the World Bank performed annually for a number of countries, including Russia, has been revealed, and possible causes of inconsistencies have been identified. It was found that in the period under study, the level of true savings in Russia remained positive, which indicates that the economic (optimal) limit of growth has not yet been reached and the current economic development of Russia meets the requirements of resistance to climatic influences, and the level of well-being of the country's population as a whole is acceptable. At the same time, the heterogeneity of true savings in the context of territories deserves attention, since the resource-surplus regions of Russia are leaders in traditional economic indicators, but outsiders in indicators of sustainable development and the true well-being of the population. Conclusions are drawn that the World Bank's methodology for assessing the damage caused by humanity to the natural environment does not ensure the correctness of cross-country comparisons in the main directions of economic development, and also blocks the possibility of scaling estimates to other levels of management.

Acupuncture for gastrointestinal urticaria: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis.

IntroductionThe purpose of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal urticaria (GU) and to provide a clinician's guide to GU treatment options.Methods and analysisWe plan to search multiple databases (i.e., PubMed, EMBASE, Springer, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database and Wanfang Database) for studies published before September 1, 2022. We will electronically search for all relevant studies concerning clinical acupuncture treatments of GU, including unpublished conference articles and other gray literature. The language limit of this systematic review is Chinese and English. Any reports of clinical randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for the treatment of GU will be included in the study. Two researchers will perform independent data extraction to increase the quality of the data extraction. The primary outcome was the Urticaria Activity Score 7 (UAS7). Abdominal visual analog scale (VAS) for abdominal pain, dermatological life quality index (DLQI), the total effective rate, recurrence rate, and occurrence of adverse events were secondary outcomes. We will use RevMan V.5.3 statistical software for pairwise meta-analysis and ADDIS V.1.16.8 software for Bayesian network meta-analysis. If feasible, meta-regression and subgroup analyses will also be performed to address the potential causes of inconsistency and heterogeneity. We will conduct a GRADE assessment of the quality of evidence for the interventions included in this review.DiscussionThis study may validate acupuncture as an alternative therapy for the effective treatment of GU.Trial registration numberPROSPERO CRD42022333977.