Regional Character Research Articles

ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ МОВНИХ І МОВЛЕННЄВИХ ЗАВДАНЬ У ПОЧАТКОВОМУ КУРСІ НАВЧАННЯ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВИ (НА МАТЕРІАЛІ КРАЄЗНАВЧОГО ХАРАКТЕРУ)

The article is devoted to the problem of language knowledge formation and speech skills of elementary classroom on Ukrainian language lessons. In the exercises proposed for this, the language assignments used as a means of forming and improving the structure of opinion of the elementary classroomand speech tasks which provide communication of the language and speech, speech and thinking are highlighted, constant training of students in statement thoughts. The authors adapted the local history material for the better perception of elementary classroomand used the texts of the regional character as a means of personal interest of the material being studied. The article proved expediency of active involvement of pupils to cognitive and speech activity as an important precondition for consolidation of their active life position, comprehension of the ideals good, beauty and love to the native land. In addition to the theoretical substantiation of the need to form elementary school linguistic and speech competence, the authors of the article cover the ways of developed complex tasks to exercises and results of conducted research. The authors suggest that quality of education process is greatly improved by fostering special creative environment. Conditions of creative environment are: 1) combined technology of content learning with integrated lesson materials to highlight cross-curriculum connections to achieve comprehensive results in elementary education; 2) deliberate assignment selection to develop basic academic competencies, critical thinking, individual interests and abilities to process and summarize information, and to spark and to maintain student interest in learning; 3) use of local history materials to study Ukrainian language to form intrinsic motivation, initiative and self-reliance in the education process; 4) innovative methods and techniques to encourage practical experiential learning rooted in local history. The authors argue that creative environment plays a significant role in activating of student creative potential. Research results may be used as input for further studies on the topic. The authors encourage future research in application of advanced methodologies and techniques for development of verbal and communication competencies while mastering Ukrainian language in elementary classroom. Aids and materials developed in this study may be used by elementary educators for developing integrated classroom curriculum and planning educational events for development of verbal, communication and local history competencies.

A Comparative Study on Criminal Sanction Against Drugs Offenders

This article seeks to compare the criminal sanction regulation upon narcotics offences between Indonesian Narcotics Law and Singapore Drugs Act. Indonesia and Singapore have shared commitments to eradicate drugs offences in its respective country. Despite their similarity, however, both countries also have different approach to be applied in their respective laws to eradicate drugs offence. Methodogically normative, a comparative is exercised in order to reveal to what extent do Indonesia and Singapore have similarities and differences in applying sanction upon drug offenders and how both countries manage to eradicate the offence. Despite its success to significantly decrease number of narcotics offences due to its strict approach in its appliaction and resulting in deterrence effect for criminal offenders, Singapore shall not be compared to Indonesia. Not only because both countries have different system of law but also face different character of region. Besides, Indonesia is much bigger than Singapore. Despites sharing differences, both country may learn, share, and cooperate each other in order to more effectively eradicate drugs offences in the both coutries

Современное социальное предпринимательство: региональные, инфраструктурные и маркетинговые аспекты

The scientific article is devoted to the assessment of the prospects for overcoming social and infrastructure deficits accumulated in the Krasnodar region on the basis of the development of the non-state infrastructure sector, capable of implementing not only modern educational standards, but also innovative pedagogical innovations. The conclusion is made that it is neces-sary to continuously improve the quality of social interactions of local and regional character as a fundamental factor determining the scale and effectiveness of local and regional social and eco-nomic processes

Desy Nurcahyanti POTENSI WILAYAH SEBAGAI KARAKTER VISUAL DALAM DESAIN BATIK GIRILAYU

The 4.0 industrial revolution currently offers traditions. Those offer options for chose to survive, join, or merge.Various forms of technology are offering unnecessity because the community has a system and local wisdomthat keeps the form of tradition in its place. One of tradition form that’s facing on offer is batik in Girilayu.Pattern character basic on regional potencies as a characteristic of Girilayu’s batik design. Meanwhile, thespecific purpose of this research is explaining the background of batik designers in Girilayu when makingdesign development, to expose and promote the regional character in the 4.0 industrial revolution era today.The focus of the research problem includes changes and design innovations carried out by Girilayu’s batikdesigners, within the last three years, from 2016 until the middle of 2019. The research method used qualitativewith a hermeneutic approach through findings that shows visual characters of Girilayu batik. That appearedas a representation of Girilayu’s community still maintains cultural nobility by exploring regional potenciesas batik’s characteristic.

Early to mid-Holocene hydroclimate trends in the western Carpathians of Romania

In this study, we analyse a sequence from Ic Ponor ombrotrophic peat bog in the Apuseni Mountains of NW Romania using a multi-proxy approach (testate amoebae, pollen, microcharcoal, loss on ignition, magnetic susceptibility, radiocarbon dating, lithology) to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental conditions and the hydroclimate trends that occurred between 12,700 and 6220 cal yr BP. The sequence evolved from a lacustrine phase (between 12,700 cal yr BP and 12,000 cal yr BP) into an ombrotrophic peat bog (12,000–7600 cal yr BP), accumulated in drier climate conditions, with a subdued water table. Subsequently, wetter conditions occurred, with an elevated water table until 6220 cal yr BP, when the peat bog was flooded and peat accumulation paused, a depositional hiatus being marked by a clayey layer. Peat started to accumulate again ca. 100 years ago, under drier conditions. The peat bog records the local and regional responses to rapid climate change events that occurred at 11,400–11,250, 10,500–10,200, 9400–9200, and 8300–8250 cal yr BP. Our quantitative reconstruction of hydrological changes, as well as pre-existing ones for this region, show similar conditions to those that occurred in Central-Eastern Europe between 12,700 and 7600 cal yr BP, but differ from those that occurred between 7600 and 6220 cal yr BP, suggesting a distinct regional character of Middle Holocene climate conditions in Romania.

Association between happiness and psychopathology in an elderly regional rural population in Crete.

Research has shown that socio-demographic profile and psychopathology symptoms are related to levels of happiness in old age. The aims of this cross-sectional study were: 1) to investigate the effect of recent stressful life events and socio-demographic factors on psychopathological symptoms in elderly residents in mountain regions of Crete, Greece and 2) to explore the mechanism which underlies the relationship between socio-demographic factors and psychopathological symptoms, with levels of happiness in old age. To this end, we used the nine psychopathology dimensions of symptoms as defined in the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90), while the Holmes and Rahe stress inventory was administered to quantify the stressful life events. A sample of 205 elderly men and women (age=77.1±6.7 years) living in 10 remote rural and isolated villages participated in this study. Data was collected through questionnaires completed upon individual meetings with each participant, with the interviewer's assistance. Each questionnaire included the two aforesaid scales alongside questions on individual socio-demographic characteristics. Analysis of variance was applied to detect socio-demographic factors that have a significant effect on specific psychopathological symptoms. Then, path analysis was applied to quantify the direct and indirect effect of the selected socio-demographic factors on happiness levels. Stressful life events were found to have no statistically significant effect on the presence of specific symptoms (somatization, psychoticism, anxiety) in elderly adults. Furthermore, certain socio-demographic factors (marital status, smoking, family income and social activity) were found to influence happiness, which varied according to the level of psycho-emotional tension. The results suggest that somatization, psychoticism, and phobic anxiety symptoms are psychic reactions independent of recent stressful life events. Our study,despite its regional character, may contribute in the development of appropriate clinical assessment tools and interventions, helping primary care practitioners to approach elderly people living in remote villages in a more appropriate and holistic manner, improving thereby the effectiveness of their interventions.

ГОЛОВНІ ЧИННИКИ ФОРМУВАННЯ ТА АКТИВІЗАЦІЇ ГРАВІТАЦІЙНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ У МЕЖАХ КИЇВСЬКОГО ПРИДНІПРОВ'Я

Integrated assessment and analyses of gravitational geological processes impact on the technogene objects is based on a systematic approach to the analysis of the geological environment; creation of geological, mathematical and spatial models of the geological environment, development of analytical tools. The complex application of geological and geomorphological methods (structural-morphometric analysis, comparative tectonics and structural analysis), remote sensing data and GIS technologies made it possible to identify the relationship between the processes of geomorphogenesis and tectogenesis within the Middle Dnieper area, identify the causes of gravitational geological processes, and build a series of spatial models. These models describe the impact of geomorphological and tectonic processes on the natural hazards. Based on the analysis of structural and morphometric indices, the tectonic structures, which are most elevated in relief, were recorded. Using the residual relief map, located above the baseline surfaces of the respective orders, structural zones are highlighted, reflecting the relationship of tectonic and erosion and reservoir erosion processes. Digital models of base surfaces and residual topography are aimed at the detection of local structures and the study of slope processes of the territory. Neotectonic movements of not only local but also regional character were allowed to follow. The residual relief outlines the positive forms of relief confined to anticlinal folds, which refer to the positive anomalies of gravity.

Management in the tourism industry as the flagship of the national and regional development of the service sector

The article describes the versatility of the service sector in the tourism industry. It is argued that a clear definition and even an idea of management in the tourism industry as the flagship of the national and regional development of the service sector has not yet fully developed in the scientific community. The complexity, significance and relative novelty of the service sector in the tourism industry, as well as the lack of fundamental work in this area, have led to the emergence and use of many terms that define its essence. Over the past ten years, the regional administration in Russia has been undergoing a clear transformation and a new approach to strategy development is being formed.As the Russian tourism industry’s market for services represents an innovative management and socio-economic platform with a regional character, new management and development technologies should be more actively developed and implemented in the most resource-appropriate territories. The problems of strategic development of the service sector and management in the tourism industry are considered on the example of the servirization of the Sverdlovsk region.

VULNERABILITY TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF BREXIT: EVIDENCE FOR POLISH AND SPANISH REGIONS

After the announcement in June 2016 that the UK would leave the EU, studies analysing the consequences of this reversal in economic integration have proliferated, mostly presenting prospective consequences for the UK economy. But Brexit will necessarily also have consequences for non-UK European countries and their regions. Given the different character and intensity of regions’ interconnections with the British economy, we assess Polish and Spanish regions’ vulnerability to Brexit in the sphere of foreign trade. We rely on the conceptual framework originally presented by Turner et al. (2003) comprising: exposure, sensitivity and resilience, which together describe the overall vulnerability to a specific phenomenon. We fill the gap in the Brexit-related literature by applying the perspective of the regions of other EU countries, engaged in trade relations with the UK. We show that geography “still matters” and due to gravity, path dependency and FDI, some regions have developed relatively stronger commercial links with the British economy. We expected to obtain the taxonomy or Polish and Spanish regions ‘mixed’ within the identified clusters of vulnerability. However, it is not the case, because clusters are mainly composed by Spanish or Polish regions, with a few exceptions, in which several Polish regions are accompanied by one or two Spanish regions. The results show greater vulnerability of Spanish (more exposed but better prepared) than Polish regions (more sensitive). While Brexit is rather perceived as a national problem, its asymmetrical impact on regions’ economy through the trade channel is a serious challenge for regional policy. It is therefore the role for regional institutions to monitor the vulnerability to the Brexit consequences and to facilitate adjustments to the exporting (and importing) companies that will be severely affected. They can be assisted in searching for the alternative export (import) markets.

Proceeding on Cases with Participation of Foreign Persons in International Procedure Law of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

This article is dedicated to one of the most interesting aspects of International Procedure Law – litigation with the participation of foreign persons. Authors focused on a comparative analysis of Russian, Kazakh and Uzbek legislation concerning the regulation of international procedural relations. Article includes two paragraphs: the first one considers international jurisdiction of Russian arbitrazh courts, Kazakh economic courts and Uzbek economic courts on commercial matters; the second one examines the recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions in commercial matters on the territory of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Authors deeply scrutinized a wide range of legal documents including domestic legislation and multilateral international treaties of regional character in order to show the convergences and divergences in Russian, Kazakh and Uzbek procedural law concerning participation of foreign persons in international commercial litigation.

Глобальные цепочки создания стоимости в электронной промышленности: региональные изменения после кризиса 2008 г.

The objective of the research is to identify the specifics of the global value chains (GVCs) in the world electronics industry after the 2008 global financial crisis. The paper analyses key indicators of GVC participation of the largest electronics exporters in three regions (Europe, North America, and Asia). The analysis is based on TiVA 2018. Major GVC tendencies after the 2008 global financial crisis are revealed. The key tendencies are strengthening the regional character of the exports in overall as well as origins of foreign value added in exports. After 2008 a decrease in mean annual export growth rates is seen. The countries increased the share of domestic value added content of gross exports before the crisis, while after the crisis they increased the domestic value added becoming accordingly less dependent on foreign exports. In most states the upward export participation index declined after the crisis. This trend indicates a post-crisis GVC reduction and the increased orientation of states to value added exports that are consumed by the target markets or higher added value components used by foreign states in their respective domestic finished products. The general tendencies for states in GVC electronics does not exclude customized approaches and specifics of their incorporation in value chains but the analysis leads to the conclusion that countries in the same region show similar patterns of GVC participation. The Asian region plays a key role in the post-crisis transformation of the value chains

The 'angelification' of girls: Winx Club as a neo-liberal Catholic project

Abstract This article examines and contextualizes the socio-economic model and values system from which the transmedial, transnational text that we call the Winx Project derives and in which it is produced. The Winx Project centres on an animated television series for girls and tweens, Winx Club, produced in Italy and distributed in 150 countries worldwide, but includes spin-off television formats, films, live and interactive entertainments, an amusement park and merchandising and fashion to compose a multifaceted, multiple 'text'. This plural text is employed to measure the functionality of the Winx Club within a global and transnationalized discourse of neo-liberal economics on the one hand and, on the other, a local context that reaches deep into the regional character of Social Catholicism to purvey on a global scale its ethics and values system.

Influence Of Yeast And Lactic Acid Bacteria On The Content Of Volatile Compounds And Other Oenological Parameters Of Wines

Abstract The effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast on the content of volatile compounds, ethanol, glycerol and volatile acidity of wines as well as the importance of inoculation with non-Saccharomyces and S. cerevisiae yeast for improving the aromatic complexity and characteristic features of wines were discussed in the paper. Moreover, the consequence of sequential inoculation of S. cerevisiae and lactic acid bacteria Oenococcus oeni on the content of volatile compounds, diacetyl, acetoine, volatile acidity, degradation of malic acid, content of diethyl succinate, ethyl lactate, biogenic amines was presented. The advantage of simultaneous inoculation, which is the reduction of fermentation time, was emphasized. The work highlights the role of indigenous strains of yeast and lactic acid bacteria in increasing the regional character of wines. The importance of enzymes produced by yeast and bacteria, as well as the increased interest in the ability of non-O. oeni species, such as Lactobacillus and Pediococcus, to perform malolactic fermentation were also discussed. 1. Introduction. 2. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. 3. Effect of yeast and lactic acid bacteria on oenological parameters of wines. 3.1. S. cerevisiae. 3.2. Non-Saccharomyces. 3.3. Lactic acid bacteria. 4. Summary

Proceeding on Cases with Participation of Foreign Persons in International Procedure Law of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (The end)

This article is dedicated to one of the most interesting aspects of International Procedure Law – litigation with the participation of foreign persons. Authors focused on a comparative analysis of Russian, Kazakh and Uzbek legislation concerning the regulation of international procedural relations. Article includes two paragraphs: the first one considers international jurisdiction of Russian arbitrazh courts, Kazakh economic courts and Uzbek economic courts on commercial matters; the second one examines the recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions in commercial matters on the territory of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Authors deeply scrutinized a wide range of legal documents including domestic legislation and multilateral international treaties of regional character in order to show the convergences and divergences in Russian, Kazakh and Uzbek procedural law concerning participation of foreign persons in international commercial litigation.

Динамика распределения тяжелых металлов и мышьяка в пылевом аэрозоле и почвах Северного Таджикистана

Приведены результаты исследования по определению содержания тяжелых металлов (ТМ) в форме свободных элементов или оксидов, а также мышьяка в пробах атмосферного аэрозоля и почв северного Таджикистана за период с 2013 по 2019 годы. По результатам сравнительного анализа элементного состава аэрозоля и почв выявлена их межгодовая изменчивость, свидетельствующая о том, что особенности временных вариаций носят региональный характер и, в основном, определяются динамикой изменения содержания ТМ при смене воздушных масс. Анализ элементного состава проб методом рентгенофлуоресцентного анализа показал наибольшее содержание в аэрозоле стронция (376,8 ppm), цинка (2159,5 ppm), меди (118,8 ppm), оксида марганца (796,7 ppm) и ванадия (124,3 ppm) - зафиксировано в 2013 г.; оксида железа (5,3 %) и мышьяка (23,7 ppm) - в 2014 г.; никеля (66,7 ppm), хрома (112 ppm) и оксида титана (0,67%) - в 2015 г.; свинца (124,7 ppm), и кобальта (19,9 ppm) - в 2017 г. Содержание в почве элементов первого (мышьяк, свинец, цинк) и второго классов опасности (медь, никель, кобальт, хром) значительно превышает ПДК во многих районах. Обсуждаются возможные источники загрязнения ТМ, которые, в основном, имеют антропогенный характер (автомобильный транспорт, предприятия металлургической промышленности, открытые хвостохранилища и др.). The article presents the results of determining content of heavy metals (or metal oxides) and arsenic in samples of atmospheric aerosol and soils of northern Tajikistan collected during 2013-2019. The results of a comparative analysis of the elemental composition of aerosol and soils highlighted their interannual variability, indicating a specific regional character of temporal variations which are mainly determined by dynamics of changes in the content of the examined substances affected by air mass changing. X-ray fluorescence technique has been used for analysis of the elemental composition of the samples and revealed the following highest concentrations of the examined substances in aerosol: strontium (376.8 ppm), zinc (2159.5 ppm), copper (118.8 ppm), manganese oxide (796.7 ppm), and vanadium (124.3 ppm) as measured in 2013; the highest content of arsenic (23.7 ppm) - measured in 2014; nickel (66.7 ppm), chromium (112 ppm), and titanium oxide (0.67%) - in 2015; lead (124.7 ppm) and cobalt (19.9 ppm) - in 2017. The measured concentrations in soil samples for the substances belonging to the first (arsenic, lead, zinc) and second hazard class (copper, nickel, cobalt, chromium) are found to exceed the levels of the corresponding maximum permissible values for many sampling locations. Possible sources of heavy metal and arsenic pollution are discussed, which are mostly of anthropogenic origin (automobile transport, metallurgical industrial enterprises, open tailing dumps, etc.).

The Hollerroute – landscape awareness as a driving factor in regional development

The Holler Landscapes are a European testimony of a marsh and dyke landscape through land reclamation starting in the High Middle Ages. This Dutch originating cope cultivation were found in many places in Europe, but spread particularly in Germany and Poland. These landscapes had, and for most of their part still have in common that they were created by Dutch water experts – most often on demand from local authorities, like archbishops or kings – and are therefore called Holler Colonies. The tangible landscape heritage was often linked to the import of many Dutch society features (e.g. related to laws, habits, equal rights of men and women), making the Holler Colonies a unique document to the intangible heritage as well. Today, the remainders of these landscapes give an important testimony to European economic and social history. These landscapes were predominately shaped during the great clearances in the High Middle Ages, with some of them, in particular Poland, dating from a later period. Of course, not all landscapes and associated traditions have survived until today. Several Holler landscapes have been completely transformed by more recent land reclamation processes or due to abandonment. The examples that still bear the vivid impression of the land transformation are therefore not only a unique but as well rare testimony of tangible and intangible heritage of European history. The article focusses on an awareness raising process that took place in the Altes Land (Lower Saxony, Germany) within the last 15 years: After a difficult beginning, finally the understanding of the historical transformations and of the particularity of this traditional cultural landscape became a trigger towards local and regional development strategies. The awareness on the Dutch landscape heritage lead to an identification process among the inhabitants and last but not least, triggered local development. It helped finally to start the will to sustain the historic regional character, allowing a sustainable economic development, and is accompanied by tourism and awareness building measures. One of them is the “Holler Route” – a project recognized within the European Year of Cultural Heritage, which will develop, among others, teaching materials about Holler Landscapes which will be integrated into the official geography curriculum for schools and will be available at the online-education server (NibiS) of the Federal State of Lower Saxonia.

Growth in the docks: ports, metabolic flows and socio-environmental impacts

Shipping carries virtually all internationally traded goods. Major commercial ports are fully integrated into transnational production and distribution systems, enabling the circulation of massive flows of energy and materials in the global economy. Port activity and development are usually associated with positive socio-economic effects, such as increased GDP and employment, but the industry’s continuous expansion produces adverse outcomes including air and water pollution, the destruction of marine and coastal environments, waterfront congestion, health risks, and labor issues. In its quest to marry economic growth and environmental sustainability in the maritime industries, proponents of the newly coined blue growth paradigm assume the negative impacts of ports and shipping to be fixable mostly through technological innovation. This paper questions the validity of the premise that the unlimited growth of the port and shipping industries is compatible with environmental sustainability and analyses the feasibility of technological improvements to offset the sector’s associated negative impacts. Based on insights from ecological economics and political ecology, ports can be described as power-laden assemblages of spaces, flows, and actors, which produce unequally distributed socio-ecological benefits and burdens at multiple scales. Focusing on the case of the Port of Barcelona, this study argues that the continuous expansion of port activity increases seldom accounted-for negative socio-environmental impacts, acquiring an uneconomic character for port cities and regions. In contrast, de-growth is presented as a radical sustainability alternative to ocean-based growth paradigms. The paper concludes by discussing its prospective ‘blue’ articulation in the context of maritime transportation while offering some avenues for future research and policymaking.

PixTextGAN: structure aware text image synthesis for license plate recognition

Rapid progress on text image recognition has been achieved with the development of deep-learning techniques. However, it is still a great challenge to achieve a comprehensive license plate recognition in the real scenes, since there are no publicly available large diverse datasets for the training of deep learning models. This paper aims at synthesising of license plate images with generative adversarial networks (GAN), refraining from collecting a vast amount of labelled data. The authors thus propose a novel PixTextGAN that leverages a controllable architecture that generates specific character structures for different text regions to generate synthetic license plate images with reasonable text details. Specifically, a comprehensive structure-aware loss function is presented to preserve the key characteristic of each character region and thus to achieve appearance adaption for better recognition. Qualitative and quantitative experiments demonstrate the superiority of authors’ proposed method in text image synthetisation over state-of-the-art GANs. Further experimental results of license plate recognition on ReId and CCPD dataset demonstrate that using the synthesised images by PixTextGAN can greatly improve the recognition accuracy.

SOCIAL-GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTORAL FIELD OF THE WESTERN UKRAINIAN REGION

Based on the study of national and foreign sources, the peculiarities of electoral field formation were investigated. The article reveals the behaviour of the voters of a certain territory in the context of ideological commitment, electoral activity, conditions and factors that influence the choice of people. Thus a tradition of electoral activity and the collective memory of the party favour is formed. The analysis of existing approaches to the study of the mentioned problems was carried out. Four electoral cadences were chosen for investigation over the period 2006-2019 years. It helped to determine changes in the elections interest (vote), commitment to a certain type of ideology, which was analysed according to a proportion of voting for a group of political parties with close ideological views.The manifestation of mass political consciousness, which shows itself through the electoral culture, allows us to estimate at the territorial level, the population's attitude to certain ideologies and political orientations.The study considers electoral commitment to all major political parties. We used five groups to divide parties, based on political, social and economic components. A comprehensive socio-geographical analysis of electoral practices allows us to make predictions about the socio-political development of Ukrainian society and to identify and propose ways to overcome electoral delimitation in Ukraine.The basis of the article is a theoretical and methodological development of leading experts in the field of modern political geography, electoral geography and other sciences that study the peculiarities of electoral processes. There were used such scientific methods of research as analysis and synthesis, statistical, generalization, abstraction and others.Materials of Central Election Commission were used in this article for the period 2006 - 2019 years.Conclusions were made regarding certain territorial attachment of the electorate.Grouping of administrative units was implemented according to the level of electoral culture formation based on certain ideological direction.Our studies allow to note a tendency of electoral activity gradual alignment and consistency of regional character assessment of the electoral process, which suggests the formation of a common problem field of electoral culture. Based on our research, a higher formation level of electoral culture demonstrate areas of Galician region (Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Ternopil); in east-Podilsk regions and areas of multi-ethnic character (Transcarpathian, Chernivtsi) electoral culture is an indicator of social cohesion process around a particular range of views and ideas, guided by pro-European and pro-Ukrainian views. Stabilization of cultural and political identity and gradual changes therein are shown by comparing dominant political options with selected social and economic data. The comparison should also allow for a reasonable prediction of future gains and losses for each political option.

Frameworks for Formation and Stability of Kurgan Regional Arboretum Phytocenosis

The article is devoted to solving the problem of biodiversity conservation in the framework of increasing sustainability of natural plant communities in arboretum being an artificial protected area. Research and application have accumulated significant knowledge on various aspects of the above problem, specifically, preserving biodiversity including vegetation, monitoring biodiversity and preserving phytocenosis, plant interaction in phytocenosis, causes of disturbed biodiversity and reducing phytocenosis stability, etc. The research objective is to theorize the frameworks for phytocenosis formation, identify the factors influencing phytocenosis stability, conduct observations and experimental research on the factors affecting the formation and stability of the Kurgan regional arboretum phytocenosis. The models of the way different factors influence the resistance mechanisms of the Kurgan regional arboretum phytocenosis are built as a result of studying research materials and differ from the theoretical model in the fact that the proven distinctions were found in the ratio of limiting and background factors reflecting their regional character.