Creation Of New Technologies Research Articles

Preface

The volume includes articles reflecting the results of scientific research on improving the use, regeneration, conservation and protection of forests, creation of new technologies for the chemical processing of wood biomass and bioenergy, increasing forest productivity through the use of non-timber forest resources, expanding functions and benefits of forest ecosystems, and on the development of forest policy, economics and legislation. The research results obtained were discussed at the V PAN-RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC - TECHNICAL CONFERENCE - WEBINAR “FORESTS OF RUSSIA: POLICY, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION”, which was held at St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University in the mode of a webinar.The remote way of holding the conference did not reduce the quantity and quality of the presented scientific reports and the productivity of the event itself; moreover, it increased the number of speakers from various regions of Russia. On the days of the conference, the university celebrated two anniversaries: 100 years of the first department of forest economics in Russia, and 90 years of the Faculty of Chemistry and Technology (today known as the Institute for Chemical Processing of Wood Biomass and Technosphere Safety), which is why some of the reports were dedicated to these events. The published articles reflect results of scientific research on the effect of soil quality on forest productivity and survival rate of planting material, improving the technology of growing seedlings and creating forest plantations, and on the impact of agrotechnical and silvicultural measures on forest productivity.The results of studies of the chemical processing of wood and non-wood forest resources to create products used in technology, medicine and agriculture are presented. Forest legislation and forest legal relations in the Russian Federation have been analyzed and ways to improve them proposed.All published articles are of undoubted scientific interest for scientists and forestry experts.I would like to express gratitude to the authors of the published articles and thank the following university staff: Associate Professor S.V. Tereshchenko; Professor A.S. Alekseev, Associate Professor E.N. Kuznetsov; Professor A.N. Chubinsky; Professor D.A. Ponomarev; Associate Professor I.A. Melnichuk; Associate Professor E.G. Khitrov; and Professor V.Yu. Neshataev.Vice-rector for academic research,Candidate of Technical SciencesVasily Gedyo

Historical cataclysms of the second decade of the twentieth century and their influence on the development of scientific knowledge in Azerbaijan (1914-1917)

The First World War, putting at risk the existence of many states, led to a controversial reaction from the scientific community. On the one hand, the war suspended many studies requiring a peaceful course of life and contradicted the very humanistic content of science, on the other hand, gave a powerful impetus to the development of many branches of chemistry, physics, agriculture etc. Scientists of all countries, including Germany and Russia, were called upon to actively participate not only in the implementation of military defense projects, but also in the creation of new technologies and weapons. At the same time, the war became the main reason for the break with the practice and ethical norms of scientific internationalism that existed in the 19th and early 20th centuries.During the First World War, it became clear that a new super-powerful weapon – oil had appeared. İn the war years, Azerbaijani oil was the only energy sourse in Russia, not counting firewood, since coal exports to Russia were stopped and Ukrainian coal mines were seized by the Germans. The First World War turned out to be a watershed in human history: for the first time, an internal combustion engine working on petroleum products was opposed to the muscular strength of horses and people — and they could not resist. The article highlights the development of science, especially the oil industry in Azerbaijan during the First World War and the two revolutions in Russia that followed in 1917. The role of the world famous scientists D.I. Mendeleev, I.M. Gubkin, D.I. Golubyatnikov, the Polish engineers P.Pototsky, V.Zglenitsky in the development of new technologies in the oil business, the construction of the first oil pipelines in Russia is shown.The article discusses the activities of the Baku Branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society (BO IRTO), as well as features of its work during the war. In this society was carried out the work on the practical production of benzene and toluene from oil and coal in wartime. In addition, even before the war, the BO IRTO established the Emmanuel L. Nobel (the brother of Alfred Nobel) Prize,, whose main activity took place in Baku. The third brother Ludwig Nobel Prize was established in St. Petersburg and was awarded for outstanding achievements in the oil business. The article highlights the activities of the laureates of the Baku and St. Petersburg Nobel Prizes.

Sobre a constituição de corpora para línguas com poucos recursos

O uso de corpora em estudos linguísticos é bastante antigo, já a área da Linguística de Corpus é relativamente nova, tendo sua origem vinculada à ampliação do acesso a computadores e, consequentemente, ao Processamento de Linguagem Natural (PLN). À medida que a área foi ganhando influência na pesquisa linguística, o conceito de corpus foi se tornando mais específico e elementos como amplitude e referência, além de legibilidade por máquina e tamanho finito, passaram a se tornar fundamentais para a composição de amostras na área. Ao mesmo tempo, no entanto, foram surgindo corpora menores e bem menos amplos constituídos com objetivos bastante distintos, como, por exemplo, para a realização de documentação de línguas ameaçadas. Partindo disso, o presente artigo tem por objetivo discutir as diferenças entre corpora “prototípicos” criados segundo os pressupostos da Linguística de Corpus, e os corpora de línguas com pouca presença digital (less-resourced languages). Mostro que os corpora de línguas com pouco recursos tendem a ser mais especializados e, dificilmente, cumprem todos os critérios exigidos de um corpus amplo e representativo de uma língua. Apesar dos limites impostos por questões específicas de cada língua, concluo que a constituição de corpora para línguas com poucos recursos, ainda que não cumpram todos os critérios propostos pela Linguística de Corpus, devem ser realizados, e os resultados devem ser aproveitados de diversas formas, seja gerando novas tecnologias, servindo de suporte empírico para teorias linguísticas ou promovendo a língua na comunidade.

Innovative Development of Subsoil Mining Complexes of Russia

In the consideration the facilities of the mining complex was approached using the interdisciplinary method based on accounting of the ecological, social, economic, technological factors. The «system of subsoil use» is considered as an aggregate developed subsoil areas and industrial production. They are united by the flow of energy, substance and information between themselves, with civil society and with natural environment. Considered two conditions for innovative development of mining complexes: formation of long-term motivation in subjects of economic activities and creation of long-term loan mechanisms. The main directions of innovative development of mining and industrial complexes are substantiated: the creation of new technologies for the extraction of minerals, advancing the world level in a number of studies, the development of public administration, the use of technogenic deposits and the restoration of damaged ecosystems, the digitization of subsoil processes, and the involvement of society in the organization of subsoil use.

Global factors influencing the innovative development of the national economy

The article is devoted to the study of global factors influencing the innovative development of the national economy, which aims to support Ukraine's global competitiveness. The article defines the internal prerequisites for the innovative decline of economic sectors of the national economy which result in social, economic, political, scientific losses, and, as a consequence, reduced demand for research activities, reducing the effectiveness of research and the pace of innovation development of the national economy as a whole. An innovative type of economy aims at maximizing the economic impact of every new or improved technology and idea. It is complex and is characterized by the introduction of fundamentally new technologies and a rethinking of the importance of components in every area of economic activity. The main purpose of the paper is to study the dynamics of innovation processes of the national economy, the factors influencing the innovative development of the national economy. The level of implementation of innovative technologies remained low. A considerable part of material and human resources is directed to ensuring the effective activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, modernization of military equipment, training of military specialists in universities and more. The long duration of hostilities in the East, the volatility of the exchange rate, the need for constant upgrading and constant upgrading of military equipment - these and other factors are inefficient spending of budget funds. Also, in recent years there has been a high interest of the population to emigrate to other, more developed countries. The loss of such categories of workers has a negative impact on the age and educationally-qualified staff structure and the pace of development of the national economy. Ukraine's IT outsourcing market has great potential, and its products can cause structural changes that will shape new trends in the Ukrainian economy. This industry has achieved such success through the constant modernization of old and the creation of new technologies and products. The most important factor contributing to the continuous development and supporting the competitiveness of the IT industry in the world market is the stimulation of creative development. Therefore, creative capacity-building should be carried out at a high level in institutions represented by the education and training system and implemented in the process of innovative development.

ОПТИМІЗАЦІЯ ЕКСПЛУАТАЦІЙНИХ ВЛАСТИВОСТЕЙ ВОГНЕЗАХИСНОГО ПОЛІМЕРНОГО ІНТУМЕСЦЕНТНОГО ПОКРИТТЯ

Study of the effect of intumescent complex compounds on the basis of aminoderivatives of 2,4,8,10-tetraoxа-3,9-diphosphaspiro[5,5] undecane on the flame retardant properties and water resistance of the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer in the flame retardant polymer compositions. The structure of intumescent compounds has been confirmed by the methods of elemental analysis and IR spectroscopy, the flame retardant properties of the intumescent systems have been investigated using the method of thermogravimetric analysis. Methods of synthesis of intumescent compounds based on 2,4,8,10-tetraoxа-3,9-diphosphaspiro[5,5]undecane and urea, melamine, dicyandiamidе and mixtures there of have been developed. The synthesized compounds have been shown to enhance the flame retardant properties of the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, exhibit an intumescent effect and participate in the construction of a char thermal insulation layer. It has been shown that the water resistance of fire retardant systems with the participation of intumescent complex compounds is much higher than the systems of ammonium polyphosphate / melamine / pentaerythritol composition. The expansion coefficient of intumescent systems containing of intumescent compounds to decrease by 10 - 20% after hydrothermal effects, while, as the expansion coefficient of the traditional intumescent system in the same conditions is reduced by 40%. According to the results of accelerated hydrothermal tests, the stability of polymeric intumescent coatings with the participation of intumescent complex compounds to the action of moisture under conditions of temperature difference was determined. The obtained results indicate the prospect of using the investigated intumescent compounds for the creation of new technologies of intumescent coatings for wood with a long operation life.

Environmental Regulation and Enterprise Innovation: A Review

AbstractThe impact of environmental regulation on enterprise innovation is closely related to the competitiveness of the enterprise and sustainable development of the regional economy, but existing research does not provide a consistent view. This paper summarizes the impacts of environmental regulation on enterprise innovation from the perspectives of technological innovation, product innovation, system innovation and ecological innovation. We find that the impacts of environmental regulation on enterprise innovation behaviour are complex, and that the impacts can be reflected together by the four aspects above and even by their interaction. Moreover, the impacts are not limited to the creation of new technologies, products, and systems but also include their adoption and application. In particular, whether the Porter hypothesis is true and which versions of the Porter hypothesis environmental regulation causes in enterprise innovation depend on enterprise characteristics, means of environmental regulation, and enterprises' strategic behaviours in an enterprise ecosystem. Finally, we propose five potential research directions: quantifying the degree of enterprise innovation caused by environmental regulation, the impacts of environmental regulation on sustainable economic development from an enterprise ecosystem perspective, the impacts of enterprise innovation on environmental regulation, the role of enterprise initiative in the relationship between environmental regulation and enterprise innovation, and social security issues and the integration of eliminated enterprises resulting from environmental regulation.

THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE KEY SUB-INDUSTRIES AMONG COASTAL METROPOLITAN CITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA: AN APPLICATION OF THE LOCATION QUOTIENT TECHNIQUE

The future of a stable and viable economy within South African Metropolitan cities will depend on the strengthening of key industries coupled with technological advancement. The aim of this paper is to identify key industry clusters in all four coastal metropolitan cities of South Africa namely Cape Town, eThekwini, Buffalo city, and Nelson Mandela Bay. Location quotient analysis is employed as a method to determine the industries that are playing key roles in the economic development and growth of the metropolitan cities. This paper uses a four-point 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017 as the latest employment data available and a five-year interval is used as optimal data in terms of capturing potential structure change in the local economy of the coastal metropolitan cities in South Africa. Findings of this paper show that sub-industries in the manufacturing and service sectors have been the main drivers of the economic development in these metropolitan cities. Despite the creation of new technology, new business and new jobs to spearhead economic development in South Africa, the results obtained from this study indicate that some of these metropolitan cities are actually characterised by economic stagnation in some of their sub-industries that are supposed to be the key role players in economic growth. Keywords: Location quotient, industry cluster, metropolitan cities, South Africa.

ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ РАЗВИТИЯ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА РОССИИ: ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННЫЙ АСПЕКТ

The development of technological entrepreneurship is necessary since new technologies and the level of knowledge are the factors determining the macroeconomic indicators, along with capital and labor. It is essential to identify the effectiveness of the development of technological entrepreneurship as an institution that transforms the research, development, and intellectual property into ready-made advanced production technologies. The paper studies the interrelation between the resources available to technological entrepreneurship (the level of costs for research and development, intellectual property) and the results in the form of the creation of new technologies. The author carried out the analysis at the national and regional levels. For this reason, two new indicators are calculated: the ratio of the number of patents for inventions to the number of the developed advanced production technologies; the ratio of the number of the developed advanced production technologies to the internal costs of research and development. At the national level, the author studied the change in these indicators for 2000–2018, determined trends and dynamics peculiarities. The study identified the influence of changes in the methodology of statistical accounting in 2011–2012 on assessing technological entrepreneurship efficiency. At the regional level, the author studied the variants of indicators of the effectiveness of technological entrepreneurship development, evaluated the nature of the distribution, and concluded on the degree of regional asymmetry. The paper includes the analytical grouping of Russian regions by the effectiveness of technological entrepreneurship development and its use of the resources of the national innovation system. The key features of the national dynamics of technological entrepreneurship efficiency are the improvement of the efficiency of the usage of intellectual property (patents) in general over the period and the unstable nature of this indicator in the last 5–7 years. At the regional level, the author noted a right-sided asymmetry in the distribution of both indicators and identified the regions with the highest and lowest efficiency of technological entrepreneurship development. The study showed that technological entrepreneurship efficiency does not always coincide with the positions of a region in the innovative development ratings.

ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ ИННОВАЦИОННОЙ ТЕХНИКИ В ЖИВОТНОВОДСТВЕ

Livestock production has been steadily increasing in recent years. Increasing the number of cattle and increasing the productivity of cows can reduce the import of milk and dairy products. The role of animal husbandry in providing rural population with jobs is shown. The implementation of the adopted programs to stimulate the development of animal husbandry will be successful only if innovative scientific achievements in mechanization and automation, technology for keeping and feeding animals are used. The creation of new technology should be based on modern scientific achievements and experience. The System of machines in animal husbandry developed by scientists of the Institute of mechanization of animal husbandry with the participation of a number of institutes of the country for the coming years presents the directions of technical progress in mechanization and automation, machine complexes and the effectiveness of their application in farms with different levels of concentration of objects.

A novel computer application for scrap reporting and data management in the manufacturing of components for the automotive industry

The automotive industry is constantly growing with the continuous creation of new technologies in the components industry, also requiring a greater quality control during their manufacturing process. The scrap data management is fundamental to being able to have a sense of where the main production problems are and when to act on them in order to improve processes and reduce scrap costs, getting continuous improvement. In this work, a computer application was created and implemented to manage the information regarding scrap data reporting. Current procedures for reporting and processing scrap data followed a very complex set of steps that made much of the reported information inconsistent and in some cases not even correctly reported, leading eventually to a dataset whose reliability was affected. To address these problems, a computer application for scrap reporting and data management was then created which integrated all existing procedures into one application and standardized all reporting and data processing procedures. In this way, it was possible to optimize scrap reporting and data analysis processes, improving reliability by 76% and, combined with all of this, reduce the time and associated costs related to scrap data treatment procedures by about 75%.

Молекулярные и клеточные механизмы воспаления при подагре

В обзоре проанализированы механизмы подагрического воспаления и разрешения острого воспаления при подагре, и то, как их понимание способствует созданию новых технологий лечения подагры. В первой части обзора анализируется кристалл-индуцированное воспаление при подагре, которое связано с активацией инфламмасомы NLRP3 в макрофагах, состоящее из двух этапов: 1) синтез компонентов инфламмасомы; и 2) сборка инфламмасомы. Проанализированы сигналы, активирующие синтез компонентов инфламмасомы, которые генерируются при взаимодействии кристаллов урата мононатрия с макрофагами. Описаны этапы инициации воспаления при подагре: синтез компонентов инфламмасомы, про-каспаз и про-IL-1β. IL-1β - основной эффекторный цитокин, который запускает не только воспалительный ответ, но и вызывает вазодилатацию сосудов, привлечение нейтрофилов к месту отложения кристаллов и еще большее усиление острого воспалительного эпизода через TLR-зависимую активацию NF-κB (фактор транскрипции). Рассматривается роль растворимой мочевой кислоты в активации инфламмасомы NLRP3. Подчёркнуто, что в разрешении острого воспаления при подагре основную роль играют те же клетки, что и в развитии классической воспалительной реакции: макрофаги и нейтрофилы. В обзоре рассмотрены сигнальные пути, которые переключают воспалительный ответ на разрешение и завершение воспаления: AMPK- (AMP-активируемая киназа) зависимый путь; антивоспалительные цитокины TGFβ1, IL-10 и IL-1Ra; белок аннексин А1 (AnxA1) и α1-антитрипсин (ААТ). Описаны способы терапевтического блокирования воспаления при подагре с помощью ингибиторов инфламмасомы и ингибиторов IL-1β. Изучение механизмов подагрического воспаления и его разрешения привело к идее о разработке методов репрограммирования иммунных клеток и адаптивной иммунотерапии подагры, методов, которые при других заболеваниях, таких как рак, уже показали выдающиеся возможности лечения больных.The review analyzes mechanisms of gouty inflammation and resolution of acute inflammation in gout and shows how their understanding contributes to creation of new technologies for the treatment of gout. The first part of the review addresses crystal-induced inflammation in gout, which is associated with activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages. The crystal-induced inflammation consists of two stages, 1) synthesis of inflammasome components and 2) inflammasome assembly. The review analyzes signals activating the synthesis of inflammasome components, which are generated by the interaction of MSU (monosodium urate crystals) and macrophages. Stages of inflammation initiation are described, including the synthesis of inflammasome components, pro-caspases and pro-IL-1β. IL-1β is the main effector cytokine of gouty inflammation, which not only triggers the inflammatory response but also induces vasodilation, attraction of neutrophils to the place of crystal deposition, and even a greater potentiation of the acute inflammatory episode via the TLR-dependent activation of NF-κB (transcription factor). The role of soluble uric acid in the activation of NLRP3 inflammasomes is addressed. The main role in resolving acute gouty inflammation belongs to the same cells, macrophages and neutrophils, that contribute to the development of inflammation. The review focuses on signaling pathways switching the inflammatory response to inflammation resolution and termination, including the AMPK (AMP-activated kinase) signaling pathway, the TGFβ1, IL-10 and IL-1Ra anti-inflammatory cytokines, the protein annexin A1 (AnxA1), and α1-antitrypsin (AAT). The authors described in detail the techniques for therapeutic suppression of inflammation in gout using inflammasome and IL-1β inhibitors. Studying the mechanisms of gouty inflammation and its resolution has resulted in development of methods for reprogramming immune cells and adaptive immunotherapy of gout. These methods have already shown outstanding therapeutic potential for patients with other diseases such as cancer.

Probiotics as one of methods for dairy wastewaters’ treatment intensification

Despite the rapid production growth, creation of new technologies improving production quality, the problem of increasing amounts of wastewaters with specific composition and qualities has not solved yet. Wastewaters formed at dairy plants have high concentrations of some contaminations. Qualitative indices of these wastewaters, such as pH, COD, anionic surfactants, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, differ dramatically from domestic wastewaters’ ones. Wastes and product residuals, dumped into sewage system, aggravate this situation. Nowadays, many plants do not have any local treatment plants, which can cope with polluted effluents, while existing ones cannot provide with required degree of wastewater treatment. This article presents the research of probiotics’ influence on the qualitative composition of dairy wastewaters using Belgian probiotic “Pip Plus WATER”. Besides, based on the experimental research results, a technological scheme of local treatment plant that can be realized at dairy plants is proposed.

Evolution of the fractal structure

The principles of fractal geometry are applicable in the development of new designs based on fractal shaping and the evolution of fractal structures. It’s necessary to use new materials to design fractal structure. The evolution of the structure is characterized by optimization of the initial geometry in the process of iteration. Thus, the fractal structures of older generations from innovative material have the best indicators of reliability. The aim of this study is to develop new designs using the principles of fractal shaping. To reduce the weight of the elements of the building frame in parallel with the evolution of the structure, it is necessary to explore innovative materials with certain material properties. The development of fractal structures requires the creation of new technologies and materials.

Development of Manufacturing Technology of Photo-Dielectric Sensitive Element of Ultraviolet Range on the Basis of Thin Films of Zinc Oxide

The development of ultraviolet radiation is essential for solving scientific and practical problems. A large number of application areas related to the registration of ultraviolet radiation requires the expansion of the list of materials used and the creation of new technologies for the production of ultraviolet radiation detectors. Zink oxide thin films are widely used in recording and measuring devices for the ultraviolet range, due to its wide bandgap (3.37 eV) and unique optical characteristics. The purpose of the work is to create a technology for the manufacture of photodielectric sensing element of the ultraviolet range based on zink oxide thin films. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set and solved: to obtain an experimental sample of the photodielectric-sensing element of the ultraviolet range, investigate the photoelectric effect in zinc oxide films obtained by reactive magnetron sputtering, determine the optimal voltage and frequency of the measuring signal for the operation of the photodielectric sensing element of the ultraviolet range. The article describes the equipment and the sequence of technological operations for the production of thin films of zinc oxide and conducting electrodes by magnetron sputtering. The optimal voltage and frequency of the measuring signal for the sensing element are investigated. The spectral sensitivity of the element in the ultraviolet range was determined.

Digital Transformation and 3D Printing of Transtibial Load-Bearing Prosthesis in India: Recent Advances, Challenges and Future Perspectives

The field of rehabilitation and assistive technology has witnessed various approaches and changes in the course of its evolution. Traditional materials like wood or heavy metals have been replaced by resins and plastics. The need to deliver assistive devices has quickly resulted in the creation of new technologies like 3D printing and digital transformation, internet of things IoT. This article addresses the development of applying digital transformation and 3D printing techniques to produce socket designs for weight bearing transtibial prosthetic system. It also focus on efficacy of the load-bearing transtibial sockets, design philosophies involved, materials used and the forthcoming challenges. This initiative involves experienced clinical prosthetists, product designers, digital modelers and additive manufacturing engineers working toward this application.

CONVERGENCE AS METHODOLOGICAL BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TRANS-PROFESSIONALISM OF ACTIVITY SUBJECTS

Purpose of the study: The need for knowledge, skills, expanding the established functionality of a professional is increasing more and more. That is why young professionals-trans-professionals, who are able to realize themselves not only in one sphere but who are ready to delve into problems of other, absolutely "foreign" for the scientific and technical fields and cooperate effectively with specialists of these areas in one team, will be responsible for creation of new technologies determining the wellness of our country. The article is aimed at the analysis and generalization of foundations of the convergence and identifying its sense-creating content in the development of trans-professionalism as an integral characteristic of the activity subject in a rapidly changing social-professional environment.
 Methodology: The leading methods in the study of this problem are the theoretical and methodological analysis of the subject and the problem of the research based on the study and logical generalization of scientific literature. Description of the phenomenon of convergence and trans-professionalism was carried out based on multidimensional, transdisciplinary, project and process approaches.
 Results: The results of the study are content components of trans-professionalism of the activity subject, justification of the convergence theory as a fundamental basis of integration of educational content and new technologies as well as technology foresight of the formation of trans-professionalism of subjects on the basis of convergence.
 Applications of this study: Materials of the article may be interesting for methodologists, Methodists, and teachers of the continuous professional education system.
 Novelty/Originality of this study: The components that allow combining the different parameters of the activity subject, showing its qualitative change in the problem field of trans-professionalism, are stated to be the content components of trans-professionalism for activity subjects. The methodology of convergence provides a synergistic effect of the interaction of social-humanitarian and natural sciences. Improving the process of development of trans-professional competencies of activity subjects is associated with the development of new technologies - tools and methods.

O aporte de venture capital e a predisposição de startups brasileiras em inovar

Resumo O objetivo desse trabalho é verificar se o aporte de venture capital influenciou a predisposição de startups brasileiras em inovar. O argumento central recai na indicação teórica de que o aporte de venture capital consiste em um dos mecanismos de financiamento mais adequados para estimular atividades de inovação em empresas. Metodologicamente, adotou-se postura mista, na qual a etapa quantitativa serviu para delimitar as principais dimensões a serem exploradas na etapa qualitativa. Dessa forma, foram aplicados questionários em empresas de um fundo de venture capital e, em seguida, selecionadas aquelas dentre as participantes da primeira etapa para realização de entrevistas. Os resultados indicam que o aporte de venture capital tem como objetivo central a inserção comercial de tecnologias já desenvolvidas ou em fase de desenvolvimento pelas empresas, deixando de priorizar ações de pesquisa e desenvolvimento que permitam a criação de novas tecnologias para a competição futura das empresas aportadas.

Unsteady-state operation of reactors with fixed catalyst beds

Abstract The review is dedicated to the research and development work made in USSR and Russia in the area of catalytic processes with artificially created unsteady-state conditions. The paper discusses the reverse-flow operation of catalytic reactor, forced feed composition cycling and sorption enhancement of catalytic reactions. It is demonstrated that under proper choice of process concept and control strategy these approaches may result in creation of new technologies with improved efficiency, lower capital and operation costs, higher process stability under variation of process conditions and increased target product yield in thermodynamically limited reaction and complex reaction systems.

Fifth international scientific and practical conference «Transfer of Innovative Technologies 2019»

In May 2019, the 5th International Scientific Conference on Transfer of Innovative Technologies was held, which became a logical continuation of the Underwater Technologies Forum, which for four consecutive years was held at the Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture under the slogan Impact of Water on the Environment and Innovative The main focus is on the integration of domestic and foreign experts in the development of theory, research, the creation of new technology and technologies, the use of the latest energy-efficient environmentally friendly technologies. Original ideas, new proposals, non-standard solutions, creative projects were considered. Methods of research and prediction of the properties of innovative materials, structures, technological processes, new approaches to the design, production and operation of industrial, civilian objects, infrastructure, energy, ecology, computer and information technologies are proposed. Original works and authoritative reviews on innovative technologies in construction, architecture, other fields of science and technology are presented. More than a hundred applications were received, including from scientists, manufacturers and experts from Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Australia, China, in the thematic areas: Architecture, Infrastructure, Construction, Engineering, Information Technology. The results of the competition program by nominations are summarized: Innovation project, Presentation, Publication. The best works are recommended for publication in international scientific journals Underwater Technologies: Industrial and Civil Engineering and Transfer of Innovative Technologies. Agreement was reached between KNUBA, Silesian University of Technology (Zabrze, Poland) and Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (Zhenjiang, China) for the joint publication of scientific journals. The importance of international cooperation in various fields and transfer of innovative technologies is emphasized.