Modern Features Research Articles

Glucometry and self-control skills as necessary components in the management of a patient with prediabetes in the outpatient settings

The article discusses the modern approaches to a glycemic control among outpatients with prediabetes. The risk factors for prediabetes, the possibilities of its screening, and the issues of treatment non-adherence are discussed. An attention is paid to the aspects of teaching patients the skills of competent self-monitoring of glycemia, and the use of glucometers integrated with smartphones at home. Modern features and advantages of the glucometer for self-control over the disease are discussed.

Ultrafast one-pass FASTQ data preprocessing, quality control, and deduplication using fastp.

A large amount of sequencing data is generated and processed every day with the continuous evolution of sequencing technology and the expansion of sequencing applications. One consequence of such sequencing data explosion is the increasing cost and complexity of data processing. The preprocessing of FASTQ data, which means removing adapter contamination, filtering low-quality reads, and correcting wrongly represented bases, is an indispensable but resource intensive part of sequencing data analysis. Therefore, although a lot of software applications have been developed to solve this problem, bioinformatics scientists and engineers are still pursuing faster, simpler, and more energy-efficient software. Several years ago, the author developed fastp, which is an ultrafast all-in-one FASTQ data preprocessor with many modern features. This software has been approved by many bioinformatics users and has been continuously maintained and updated. Since the first publication on fastp, it has been greatly improved, making it even faster and more powerful. For instance, the duplication evaluation module has been improved, and a new deduplication module has been added. This study aimed to introduce the new features of fastp and demonstrate how it was designed and implemented.

FEATURES OF MODERNIZATION OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

The article examines the phenomenon of modernization of the political system of the PRC. The main roots of the formation and development of the political system of the PRC are explored. The author peruses the prototype of political modernization in the PRC. Among the specific features of Chinese modernization, one can separately distinguish national traditions and norms, cultural and ideological factors. The main vectors and mechanisms of transformation of the political system in the PRC are analyzed.

Western Materialism and Modernism's Philosophical Sources

One of materialism's and modernism's most serious flaws is their failure to take a holistic picture of human life. Transcendental ideals are rejected by almost all modernist ideologists. To put it another way, there is no objective, absolute standard for truth. Truth and moral standards, on the other hand, are only relative, with validity restricted to time, location, and situation. Modernists label societies founded on divine revelation as "static" and "petrified." Change is considered a virtue in and of itself, and the sooner things change, the better. The highest virtue of modernity is being current. The primary goal of this article was to investigate features of Western materialism and modernization, as well as the underlying causes at work in the process of materialism and modernization. It begins by studying the nature of materialism and the modernization process through an examination of the core narrative of Western history. The knowledge gathered from this analysis is utilized to create a conceptual framework. The paradigm is then used to investigate the consequences of Western modernity on non-Western countries.

SPECIFIC MODERN FEATURES OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE COMPONENT OF TNC

The purpose of the article is to analyze the specific modern features of the transformation of the knowledge component of TNC. The methodological basis of the articles can be described by the variety of methods, such as comparative and synthesis methods, methods of abstract logical evaluation, system approaches, methods of detailing, groupings and generalizations, logic analysis, paired and multiple correlation techniques. The scientific-theoretical principles of building up the intellectual capital of TNCs, which are expressed in the concentration of technological priorities, the development and implementation of innovations, technologies, business models, and the formation of a holistic knowledge management system, are analyzed. Levels of knowledge utilization of TNCs are determined. The strategic vision of the TNC in the paradigm of the knowledge economy has been developed. The substantiated role of the intellectual component in the process of forming the competitive potential of TNCs, which is based on the identification of the latest features of corporate knowledge, which serve as a determining factor of economic growth, being in various forms of its manifestation: as a resource embodied (materialized) in technologies and equipment; as a constituent element of human capital, which interacts with the subjects' existing skills, experience, ability to reproduce and update knowledge, use it in their activities; as newly created knowledge, which is the result of research, development and other types of scientific activity of a fundamental and applied nature; as new goods that further contribute to the formation of new markets. The main theoretical and methodological provisions of the development of the knowledge component are formulated, the determinants of the formation of a new knowledge paradigm of TNCs are determined, and recommendations are provided for the strategic development of TNCs in the knowledge economy can be used by scientists, teachers, students, and economists who deal with the issues of the influence of the knowledge component on the development of TNCs.

Business analysis and business analytics: Development in the context of digitalization

Subject. The article addresses the analytical support for change management in conditions of orientation of economic entities to sustainable development and digital transformation of business. Objectives. The purpose is to identify modern features of business analysis, the content of the main types of business analytics, and the impact of digitalization processes on analytical activities development. Methods. The study draws on research methods, like analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, abstraction, systemic, strategic, and risk-oriented approaches. Results. The paper reveals the content, areas and tasks of business analysis in accordance with the standard of business analysis adopted by the International Institute of Business Analysis in November 2022. It assesses innovations in the field of regulation of business analysis at the global level; defines the specifics of business analysis and underpins prerequisites for its improvement under new challenges and large-scale digitalization; considers the interrelation of business analysis and business analytics, presents the systematization of the main types of analytics. Conclusions. The analysis of trends in the development of analytical activities of business entities enabled to reflect priority areas of business analytics, and perform their comparative assessment. The paper unveiled the emerging trend of divergence of business analysis and business analytics as separate types of analytical activity, and identified Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and Data Science as the most promising areas of business analytics.

Eugenics in Europe – the history of development and reasons for abandoning the doctrine of human selection on the European continent

The relevance of the study is the necessity to identify the reasons for the rejection of the knowledge of eugenics as a science and establish possible areas for the resumption of the science. In the modern world, there is a positive development in reproductive medicine, and biology and new methods of editing the human genome are being studied, which, in general, has become an urgent subject for discussion within the framework of eugenics. The purpose of the study is to identify the reasons why eugenics has almost disappeared from the study as a science on the European continent, and highlight new horizons for studying science and establishing new opportunities for reproducing methods that will affect the quality of life of people and people themselves. The historical context and prerequisites for the emergence of eugenics on the European continent were analysed, the basic principles of the practical implementation of its ideas in Europe before the end of World War II were determined, the position of science and its transition to genetics and bioethics were studied, the modern features of eugenics were highlighted, and the main trends that should be further developed in this area were established. The main methods that were used in the process of achieving this purpose include: the historical and genetic method, which allows fully considering the specific features of the emergence and development of eugenics; the comparative method, which compares the main characteristics of “old” and “new” eugenics; institutional approach, which helps to identify the main institutions involved in the study and implementation of eugenics ideas. The main results proved that in the modern world there is a place for the reproduction of the theory of human selection and that it can adopt various forms based on the political, socio-economic and cultural aspects of European states. In addition, it was highlighted that population development, mass migration, urbanisation and unstable features of the community were able to contribute to the spread of the ideas of “new” eugenics, which were established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The main preconditions for the renewed interest in the study of eugenics in the modern world were highlighted, and it was demonstrated that modern eugenics is closely related to genetics, bioethics and transhumanism. The significance of the study is to continue the development and dissemination of eugenics, the study of which should be performed using genetics, bioengineering and bioethics. The establishment and implementation of the latest theories of eugenics, considering modern technologies, will allow for more precise research, which can later be used to solve genetic problems

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY AND INCREASED COMPETITION

The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of “international scientific and technical cooperation” as an important element of international economic relations, contributing to an increase in the innovative component of economic growth. A critical analysis of the author's definitions and approaches of the UN to assess the role and importance of international scientific and technical cooperation for the world community has been carried out, modern features of cooperation have been identified, on the basis of which the trends in the development of the world technological market have been substantiated.

Problems of Generating Productive Employment in the Youth Labor Market as a Dominant Risk Reduction Factor for the NEET Youth Segment in Kazakhstan

NEET (not in employment, education, or training) unemployment is one of the newer, most relevant, and least studied modern features of the youth labor market, making it an urgent problem to be solved. The purpose of this study is to identify the barriers to creating productive employment in the youth labor market, with a view to reducing the NEET youth segment in Kazakhstan. Our aim is to identify the impact of employment and unemployment parameters in the youth labor market in order to reduce the NEET youth segment in Kazakhstan. The article analyzes the indicators of youth participation in the labor force, defines the features of the youth labor market based on segmentation by age, and identifies the dynamics of youth employment, including the type of economic activity. Particular attention is paid to the NEET youth category in Kazakhstan, providing a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of the youth labor market for the period 2001–2021. The portrait of Kazakhstani youth in the category of NEET unemployment was determined based on an analysis of labor market indicators. Our study identifies the barriers to generating productive youth employment, allowing policymakers to reduce the NEET youth segment in Kazakhstan.

Modern features of the delivery complicated premature rupture of membrane at term

Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is diagnosed in 6–26.5% of full-term pregnancies. An analysis of the characteristics of labor and the frequency of complications in tPROM could allow us to identify «weak» points and optimize the managing this category of patients.The aim of the study was to assess the characteristics of labor during full-term pregnancy (at 37.0–41.0 weeks), complicated by premature rupture of the membranes.Materials and methods. A prospective analysis of the course of labor and the postpartum period was carried out in 425 patients with singleton pregnancy in cephalic presentation, 37,0–41,0 weeks of gestation, women of low and moderate risk groups, without contraindications to vaginal delivery.. As a complication of the pregnancy, 310 of them had PPROM (main group) and 115 women in labor went into labor with intact fetal membrane (comparison group). The features of the delivery and postpartum complications were analyzed.Results: The features of delivery patients with PROM was the longer duration of rupture – 4.7 times higher than in the comparison group (p<0.001), the second stage of labor – in the main group more an average of 7 minutes (p=0.008). The frequency of abnomally labor activity in the main group, such as abnormally slow or protracted labor (primary and secondary), was 2 times higher than it was in the comparison group. The diagnosis of «cervical dystocia» was observed in 27 cases (8.7%) only in the group with PROM. In the main group, oxytocin was used in 165 patients (53.2%), which is more than 2 times higher than in the comparison group – 25 (21.7%, p<0.001), respectively, the total dose of oxytocin used was higher at vaginal delivery: 8 .06 (0.44) U and 1.06 (0.46) U (p<0.001). The differences in this parameter at patents of both group with C-section were not signifcant. Medical analgesia in the main group was required 2 times more often than in the comparison group (83.5 and 43.5%; <0.001).The problem of tPROM is a higher percentage of operative delivery and obstetric trauma. Thus, in our study, the incidence of C-section was 54 cases (17.4%) compared with the another group – 2 cases (1.7%), vaginal operative delivery – 20 cases (6.5%) and 3 (2.6%)%) respectively (Xi=21.88; Df=2; p<0.001), cervical ruptures: 11.3% (p=0.002), episiotomies: 8.3% (p=0.099). The frequency of postpartum septic complications was comparable in groups, but high level of leukocyts and antibiotic therapy were more often in patients with PROM.Conclusion: the management of labor in patients with PROM is associated with a high percentage of the use of oxytocin, antibacterial therapy, various methods of medical analgesia, and operative delivery.

Strategic directions of balanced economic growth of entrepreneurial entities

Purpose. The purpose of the paper is to study and describe some characteristics of the balanced economic growth of entrepreneurial entities (small, medium and large enterprises), draw valid conclusions and reveal future perspectives, which will allow us to balance their sustainable dynamic development and be able to mobilize and effectively manage our own resources.
 Results. In both developed and developing countries, the role of small and medium enterprises is important. Small and medium-sized businesses are the main driving force in business development. In many countries of the world (including EU countries), small and medium entrepreneurship is considered as the main strategic direction of inclusive growth, employment, and economic development. The problem of economic growth of enterprises in the market economy is an urgent issue. Despite many innovative offers, the activities of the country’s enterprises, the growth of their scale requires more efforts. One of the main guidelines for ensuring the sustainable economic growth of enterprises is to ensure the economic efficiency of the leading sectors of the country’s economy, the enterprises included in them. In the conditions of modern globalization, as a result of the strengthening of competition, the issue of the development of the innovative economy came to the fore. The role of the leading directions of the country as a whole, as well as their individual enterprises, is essentially increasing. They determine the country’s specialization in the world economic system. Such enterprises determine the national competitive advantage.
 Scientific novelty. While working on the research issues of the paper, as a result of theoretical and empirical research, the following were improved and complexly investigated: modern approaches to the study of ensuring the balanced economy, components of the balanced indicator system, balanced economic growth models, as a result of which the modern features and challenges of the economic growth of Georgian enterprises were revealed. Besides, in this study, the theoretical foundations of the balanced economic growth research are analyzed; the peculiarities of the balanced growth of enterprises in the conditions of globalization are defined; the ways of balanced economic growth of enterprises, its financial and economic indicators, models and perspectives are determined; the mechanism of sustainable development of enterprises is identified; as a result of studying the functions of a small and medium-sized enterprise, its strengths and weaknesses have been identified; the factors hindering the development and internationalization of the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises have been identified; the main recommendations for the development and internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises of the country have been developed.
 Practical value. The conclusions and recommendations formed as a result of the conducted research can be used as a starting point for the balanced economic growth of the country’s business entities, small and medium enterprises.

ВЛИЯНИЕ ГЛОБАЛЬНОЙ ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИИ НА СТРУКТУРУ МИРОВОГО И НАЦИОНАЛЬНОГО РЫНКОВ ТРУДА

The purpose of this article is a meaningful analysis of modern features and trends of the world and domestic labor markets in the conditions of total digitalization. The processes of active development and large­scale introduction of digital technologies today are a global trend for almost all countries of the world. At the same time, according to expert opinion, serious technological and economic development based on the processes of digitalization cannot but have a significant impact on the structural changes taking place both in the global and national labor markets. What are the current features of the changes taking place in the labor markets? What are the prospects for professional labor markets? The answers to these questions are more exciting than ever today for both business owners and HR specialists.

Human self-determination in higher education: possibilities of antropological and technological solution of the problem

Introduction. The purpose of this article is to argue dialogue philosophy and pedagogy, when these both knowledge decide problem of a person’ self-determination in social institute of education. Materials and Methods. Philosophical concept of a person is offered as methodology for researches of pedagogical self-determinate’s problem. The focus are two abilities of a person. There are reflection and transcending. The study of the famous philosophical anthropologists (G. Zimmel, M. Scheler, Z. Bauman, M. Foucault, V. Podoroga,L.G., Tulchinskii and etc.) makes an opportunities to receive the wealth theoretical material. The first, this material concerns impossibility of human’s logical determination because a human can be identified only ontologically. This definition concerns the way of his being. The secondly, the article affirms an education as authentic way of person’s being, which gives him constant incompleteness and endless desire for self-detrmination. The way of comparative analysis is used to find differences between the concepts of a person and his self-determination in classical (metaphysical) philosophy and in modernity postmetaphysical philosophy. The way of conceptual analysis helped to express the key concepns of the topic – humun, education, self-dtterminate. Results and Discussion. The determination of education and seff-determination as the way of person being have the next conclusions. The First conclusion concern specific characteristics of a person (reflective intelligence and transcending, permanent formation of oneself and search for one's essence. The second conclusion is the next. The social institute of education originates and historically develops as the aid to a person at his educational way of being. A person receives educational knowledge and the methodology and the technology of teaching and learning is developed here. The presented material can contributes to the practical solution of self-determination as pedagogical problem. Philosophical methodology promotes analysis of pedagogical practices, focused for the solution of subject’s formation, comprehension of identity and student’s identification, his re-identity and re-determination. These processes are relevanted today. Conclusions. The conclusion is made about the necessity for cooperation between philosophy and pedagogy. Notable features of modernity (rizomaticity – j. Deleuze, displacement of center and periphery – J Derrida, fluidity – Z. Bauman) make it possible to comprehend pedagogical ways, what take into consideration modernity understanding of a person and his self-determination. The question about the actions the pedagogical techniques and role of human’s inner peace requires special attenttial.

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIFICS OF DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL TOURISM IN RUSSIA

Introduction. The study of industrial tourism is relevant due to its significant role in solving socio-economic problems at the level of enterprises, regions and the national economy as a whole. The development of industrial tourism contributes to the growth of the prestige of working professions, the demand for the products of domestic producers, the creation of new jobs, the development of tourist infrastructure, the increase of the investment attractiveness of enterprises and regions, solving the problem of uneven spatial development of territories with insufficiently developed tourist and recreational potential. Such a wide range of problems necessitates the use of an integrated approach to the analysis of the specifics of the development of industrial tourism in Russia, which is the purpose of this study. Methods. In the article the authors used methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization of data, an integrated approach, which made it possible to identify modern features, constraining factors and prospects for the development of industrial tourism in Russia. Results. The essence, goals and classification of types of industrial tourism are characterized. Its significance and advantages of development for various groups of stakeholders are determined. Modern trends in the development of industrial tourism in Russia are considered by means of an analysis of the information support system for industrial tourism. Conclusion. Industrial tourism is one of the most popular areas of development of the domestic tourism industry. Its development is characterized by significant advantages for enterprises of various sectors of the economy, regions of the Russian Federation, the tourist market and consumers of tourist services.

Intelligent information system for providing the stability of the functioning of technological equipment in the event of random failures with minimum costs

To ensure the stable operation of the technological equipment of an infocommunication company, it is proposed to consider a strategy for managing the costs of maintaining equipment in case of probable failures. An analysis was carried out under the conditions of uncertainty of the appearance of failures on the example of the functioning of the network of one of the leading infocommunication companies in Kazakhstan. Based on this, an optimization-computational model was created, the input parameters of which are the failure probabilities of the basic equipment of an infocommunication company, and the output parameters are the value of the optimal equipment replacement time and the objective function. The choice of the objective function is reduced to minimizing the time for attracting and storing equipment components. The problem of failure management is formulated as a continuous stochastic optimization problem. This article is devoted to the development of a unique mathematical model that solves the problem of failure management. The developed software implementation of the task of managing inventory of equipment in case of random failure shows the calculations of the proposed mathematical model, minimizes the costs of maintaining equipment and most corresponds to the conditions for the functioning of an infocommunication company, taking into account modern features of economic fluctuations in the financial market and the rapid development of IT technologies.

The Collapse of Communism as the End of the Modernity Project? Post-Soviet Transformation Narratives of the Lithuanian Population

The article analyses how Lithuanian inhabitants remember and assess the post-communist transformation and searches for the narratives that can be interpreted through the lens of modernization theories. The paper draws on a dataset of 43 biographical interviews collected in 2021 in Panevėžys city and Panevėžys district. Employing the method of thematic narrative analysis, four dominant narratives of post-soviet transformation were identified: “demodernization”, “real modernization”, “continuation of neo-traditionalism” and“continuation of modernity”. In the narrative of “demodernization”, the Soviet regime is seen as the true modernity, and the post-Soviet transformation is perceived as a process of demodernization, when progress is replaced by stagnation or regression, manifested in the decline of industry and the disappearance of other attributes of modernity. In the narrative of “true modernity”, on the contrary, the Soviet era is seen as a false or failed modernity characterized by inefficiency and backwardness, and the features of modernity are attributed to the new order emerging after the restoration of independence. The narratives of “continuity of neo-traditionalism” and “continuity of modernity” observe similar features in both the Soviet era and the period of transformation, but the former emphasizes the neo-traditionalist or “anti-modern” features of both periods, such as inefficiency, corruption, and privilege, while the latter sees both periods as progressive in their own ways.

Memory-Efficient Recursive Evaluation of 3-Center Gaussian Integrals.

To improve the efficiency of Gaussian integral evaluation on modern accelerated architectures, FLOP-efficient Obara-Saika-based recursive evaluation schemes are optimized for the memory footprint. For the 3-center 2-particle integrals that are key for the evaluation of Coulomb and other 2-particle interactions in the density-fitting approximation, the use of multiquantal recurrences (in which multiple quanta are created or transferred at once) is shown to produce significant memory savings. Other innovations include leveraging register memory for reduced memory footprint and direct compile-time generation of optimized kernels (instead of custom code generation) with compile-time features of modern C++/CUDA. Performance of conventional and CUDA-based implementations of the proposed schemes is illustrated for both the individual batches of integrals involving up to Gaussians with low and high angular momenta (up to L = 6) and contraction degrees, as well as for the density-fitting-based evaluation of the Coulomb potential. The computer implementation is available in the open-source LibintX library.

The New in the Old: Celebrating Fifty Years of Modernization of Indian Tradition

The most startling feature of Modernization of Indian Tradition is that it was so ahead of its times when it appeared in 1973 that most of us missed its full import. In those years there was, in the main, a simplistic understanding of modernisation as its markers were primarily technological achievements and western lifestyles, even affectations. In this book, Professor Yogendra Singh broke away from such formulaic renditions and instead proposed a social and relational view of modernisation where the principal emphasis was on how people interacted with one another and not on prowess facility with superior technical facilities or exterior presentation. Today we can appreciate the relevance of this approach for the drawbacks of correlating modernisation with things has proved to be inadequate, when not misleading, as it gives a skewed appreciation of the subject. Consequently, Enlightenment too gets a fresh coating for it now largely centres around the conditions of knowledge generation, which includes interpersonal relationships, and not on finished products of science. A person may, therefore, be very knowledgeable yet may remain quite un-modern when interacting with others.

Does the Development of the Digital Economy Promote Common Prosperity?—Analysis Based on 284 Cities in China

Common prosperity is the essential requirement of socialism and an important feature of Chinese-style modernization. Data from 284 cities in China from 2011 to 2020 were collected to construct an evaluation system of the digital economy and common prosperity and establish relevant econometric models to explore their impact, spatial spillover, and mechanism. It is found that: (1) the digital economy has an obvious role in promoting common prosperity, this promotion role is dynamic and nonlinear, and the digital economy’s promotion is more obvious in low-level digital economy regions; (2) the digital economy has obvious externalities, and there is a spatial spillover effect in the process of promoting common prosperity; (3) resource allocation efficiency plays a mediating role in the process of promoting common prosperity development in the digital economy. Finally, countermeasures and suggestions are proposed in four aspects: strengthening the development of the digital economy, increasing investment in digital infrastructure, enhancing the digital governance capacity of the government, and building a digital economy demonstration zone. The research results deepen the understanding of the digital economy and common prosperity and provide some insights for the ultimate realization of common prosperity.

Measurement of Common Prosperity of Chinese Rural Households Using Graded Response Models: Evidence from Zhejiang Province

Common prosperity is an important feature of Chinese-style modernization. The difficulty and focus of promoting the construction of common prosperity in China lies in rural areas and rural households. How to evaluate the common prosperity of rural households is becoming an important research topic. Based on the perspective of meeting the people's needs for a better life, this study designed 14 items or indicators from the dimensions of affluence, commonality, and sustainability. The common prosperity of rural households is regarded as a potential structure. Based on the survey data of 615 rural households in Zhejiang Province, graded response models were used to estimate the discrimination and difficulty coefficient, and an indicator selection and characteristics analysis were carried out. The research results show that there are 13 items suitable for measuring the common prosperity of rural households, and these indicators have strong distinguishing ability. However, different dimension indicators have different functions. In particular, the affluence dimension, the sharing dimension, and the sustainability dimension are suitable for distinguishing families with a relatively high level of common prosperity, a medium level of common prosperity, and a low level of common prosperity, respectively. Based on this, we propose policy recommendations such as building diversified governance strategies, formulating differentiated governance policies, and supporting the corresponding basic policy reform.