Fundamental Scientific Research Research Articles

Characterization of ferromagnetic semiconductors and valley polarization in janus VBXS2(X = N, P) monolayers

The manipulation of the valley degree of freedom has attracted increasing attention in both fundamental scientific research and emerging applications. Here, we employ first-principles calculations to investigate the structural stability and electronic properties of Janus monolayers of VBXS2 (X=N, P). These materials exhibit characteristics of ferromagnetic semiconductors, with their valence band maximum located at the K/K′ point. Due to the combined effects of inversion symmetry breaking and time reversal symmetry breaking, VBNS2 and VBPS2 exhibit exotic spontaneous valley polarization in their top valence bands, measured at magnitudes of 48.6 meV and 47.6 meV, respectively. Consequently, this phenomenon potentially enables the observation of the anomalous valley Hall effect (AVHE). The unique electronic and valleytronic properties exhibited by Janus VBXS2 suggest a feasible experimental avenue for exploring ferrovalley (FV) and valley-related Hall effects within a two dimensional lattice.

Exciton-harvesting enabled efficient charged particle detection in zero-dimensional halides

Materials for radiation detection are critically important and urgently demanded in diverse fields, starting from fundamental scientific research to medical diagnostics, homeland security, and environmental monitoring. Low-dimensional halides (LDHs) exhibiting efficient self-trapped exciton (STE) emission with high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) have recently shown a great potential as scintillators. However, an overlooked issue of exciton-exciton interaction in LDHs under ionizing radiation hinders the broadening of its radiation detection applications. Here, we demonstrate an exceptional enhancement of exciton-harvesting efficiency in zero-dimensional (0D) Cs3Cu2I5:Tl halide single crystals by forming strongly localized Tl-bound excitons. Because of the suppression of non-radiative exciton-exciton interaction, an excellent α/β pulse-shape-discrimination (PSD) figure-of-merit (FoM) factor of 2.64, a superior rejection ratio of 10−9, and a high scintillation yield of 26 000 photons MeV−1 under 5.49 MeV α-ray are achieved in Cs3Cu2I5:Tl single crystals, outperforming the commercial ZnS:Ag/PVT composites for charged particle detection applications. Furthermore, a radiation detector prototype based on Cs3Cu2I5:Tl single crystal demonstrates the capability of identifying radioactive 220Rn gas for environmental radiation monitoring applications. We believe that the exciton-harvesting strategy proposed here can greatly boost the applications of LDHs materials.

Incentivizing Healthy Food Choices Using Add-On Bundling: A Field Experiment

Problem definition: How can retailers incentivize customers to make healthier food choices? Price, convenience, and taste are known to be among the main drivers behind such choices. Unfortunately, healthier food options are often expensive and not adequately promoted. However, we are observing recent efforts to nudge customers toward healthier food. Methodology/results: In this paper, we conducted a field experiment with a global convenience store chain to better understand how different add-on bundle promotions influence healthy food choices. We considered three types of add-on bundles sequentially: (i) an unhealthy bundle (when customers purchased a coffee, they could add a pastry for $1), (ii) a healthy bundle (offering a healthy snack, such as fruit, vegetable, or protein, as a coffee add-on for $1), and (iii) a choice bundle (the option of either a pastry or a healthy snack as an add-on to coffee for $1). In addition to our field experiment, we conducted an online laboratory study to strengthen the validity of our results. Managerial implications: We found that offering healthy snacks as part of an add-on bundle significantly increased healthy purchases (and decreased unhealthy purchases). Surprisingly, this finding continued to hold for the choice bundle, that is, even when unhealthy snacks were concurrently on promotion. However, we did not observe a long-term stickiness effect, meaning that customers returned to their original (unhealthy) purchase patterns once the healthy or choice bundle was discontinued. Finally, we show that offering an add-on choice bundle is also beneficial for retailers, who can earn higher revenue and profit. Funding: This research was supported by the James McGill Scholar Award Fund, the Scale AI Chair Program, IIVADO (Institut de valorisation des données) Fundamental Research Project Grant, and two Discovery Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2023.0336 .

Research on Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Method for Frontier Fundamental Research Project for Future Aircraft Engines

The evaluation and management of frontier fundamental research projects for future advanced aircraft engines are challenging due to the need to balance assessing the innovative potential and technical risks with considering their long-term effects and inherent uncertainties. This study presents a comprehensive evaluation indicator system for evaluating frontier fundamental research projects for future advanced aircraft engines, integrating the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) to balance innovative potential with technical risks. The AHP is used to determine weights for the evaluation indicator system based on a survey of technical experts. By incorporating expert ratings and weighted criteria, the FCE method synthesizes comprehensive evaluations and effectively avoids traditional scoring biases and simplistic averaging methods. A case study on a major project is conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in highlighting the significant achievements and potential for innovation gaps. The results show that the AHP-FCE method proves robust in identifying complex, prospective research, providing a strategic tool for policymakers to prioritize impactful aircraft engine research and ensuring investment in projects with significant breakthrough potential.

Exploring marine-based compounds as cross-linkers to improve the biocompatibility and sustainability of chitosan-based hydrogels

Chitosan is one of the most promising natural polymers, its fundamental scientific research is growing uninterruptedly and has been applied in a wide and varied range of domains, including biomedical and water treatment applications. Therefore, the search and implementation of non-synthetic and non-toxic cross-linkers for chitosan-based hydrogels is crucial for the development of more sustainable and biocompatible materials. Herein, an alternative approach has been developed to explore and exploit methanolic and aqueous extracts from five red seaweed species as covalent cross-linkers for chitosan-based hydrogels. The formation of a gel could be denoted for all extracts, whereas the protein-rich methanolic extractions afforded instantaneous gel-forming ability and greater stiffness and stability. The obtained hydrogels present large porous system with high degrees of swelling up to ca. 3000 %, and were successfully applied as dye adsorbent to remove industrial dye methyl orange withing a circular process with adsorption capacities of 728.46 ± 66.17 mg/g. Furthermore, cytotoxicity and cell-adhesion studies revealed the biocompatibility of the hydrogels and their potential applicability for tissue-engineering. This work demonstrated that methanolic and aqueous extracts from different red seaweed species could replace toxic cross-linkers. Furthermore, the unexpected ability of some extracts could pave the way for the development of new formulations for additive manufacturing, in particular for 3D printing approaches.

Enhanced trion emission from WS2 monolayers directly exfoliated on Ag nanohole arrays

The extraordinarily large exciton binding energies of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted significant attention in both fundamental scientific research and innovative technology development. TMD-metal nanostructures have been fabricated to control excitonic behaviors as well as improve the light-matter interaction in TMDs. WS2 monolayers are integrated with periodic Ag nanohole (AgNH) arrays prepared using a template stripping method. The ultrasmooth and contamination-free surface of the template-stripped Ag layer allows for the direct exfoliation of WS2 flakes on the AgNHs. Surface plasmon excitation increases optical absorption in WS2/AgNH, as evidenced by reflectance, PL, and Raman measurements, along with numerical calculations. Furthermore, the AgNH structures significantly increase the trion-to-exciton emission ratios from the WS2 monolayers on them. Nanoscopic surface photovoltage mapping of WS2/AgNH using Kelvin probe force microscopy can visualize electron accumulation at the suspended WS2 region under light illumination, which triggers the formation of trions. All the results highlight the capability of WS2/AgNH to boost trion emission through plasmon-induced concentrated light and a built-in potential gradient. This work introduces a simple and efficient strategy for fabricating TMD-metal integrated systems to control their excitonic behaviors.

0– – hidden-heavy tetraquark states via QCD sum rules* *Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12247113), the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M723117), and the Specific Fund of Fundamental Scientific Research Operating Expenses for Undergraduate Universities in Liaoning Province, China (2024)

In this study, we evaluated the mass spectra of the prospective hidden-charm and hidden-bottom tetraquark states in molecular configuration via QCD sum rules. In our calculation, the nonperturbative condensate contributions are considered up to dimension eight in operator product expansion. It is found that there could exist 4 possible hidden-charm tetraquark states with masses , , , and GeV. Their corresponding hidden-bottom partners are found lying at , , , and GeV, respectively. The possible tetraquark decay modes were analyzed, which are expected to be measured in BESIII, BELLEII, and LHCb experiments.

ACTIVITIES OF ISLAMIC CLERICS REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN IN THE PROCESS OF RESOCIALIZATION OF CONVICTS

In the light of the modern approach to working with convicts, the main activities of Islamic clerics with persons serving sentences are singled out, aimed at the formation of a religious worldview, spiritual and moral education, as well as their integration into the system of social relations and inclusion in society. The educational value of religion and the main approaches to improving the organizational foundations of the activities of penitentiary institutions, with the leading role of Islamic clerics, are increasing. For this reason, it is becoming important to implement basic social, moral and religious measures in penitentiary institutions aimed at correcting the personality of convicts and developing qualities that ensure their inclusion in the life of society at a socially acceptable level. Effective re-socialization involves building a unified system of educational work in correctional institutions and providing assistance to persons after serving their sentences to adapt to society. The purpose of the article is to analyze the systematic activity of Islamic clerics of the Republic of Bashkortostan (RB) on the re-socialization of convicts, which is based on secular laws and religious norms. Materials and methods. The sources of the research are general scientific theoretical methods: analysis of sociological and psychological-pedagogical literature, materials and publications of pedagogical and periodical press, dissertations on the subject of research, regulatory and educational and program documentation; empirical methods: study, analysis and generalization of practical experience of Islamic clerics of the Republic of Belarus; Bibliographic methods: annotation, peer review, citation, thesis, etc. Results. The article provides a pedagogical analysis of views on the problem of resocialization of convicts; the role of religion in the spiritual and moral education of the persons considered in the work is determined, the activities of Islamic clerics with persons who are in penitentiary institutions and after their release are revealed; the main types of joint activities of correctional institutions, public organizations and religious associations aimed at organizing an effective educational system with convicts, contributing to positive re-socialization and the formation of a full-fledged member of civil society, are revealed. The materials can be used in working with people who are in correctional institutions, when providing them with assistance after serving their sentence (socialization, employment, etc.), for working with employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Funding. The study was supported by M. Akmulla Bashkir State Pedagogical University within the framework of the competition for fundamental and search scientific research in priority directions (Order No. 123/n dated 30.05.2022).

Prospects to study hyperon-nucleon interactions at BESIII* *Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (11935018, 11875054, 12165022), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences (QYZDJ-SSW-SLH003), and the Fundamental Research Project of Yunnan Province, China (202301AT070162)

The prospects to study hyperon-nucleus/nucleon interactions at BESIII and similar colliders are analyzed in this paper. Utilizing the large quantity of hyperons produced by the decay of 10 billion and 2.7 billion collected at BESIII, the cross sections of several specific elastic and inelastic hyperon-nucleus reactions can be measured via scattering between hyperons and nucleus in the dense objects of the BESIII detector. Subsequently, the cross sections of the corresponding hyperon-nucleon interactions can be extracted from further phenomenological calculations. The interactions between antihyperons and nucleus/nucleon, including scattering and annihilation, can also be studied using the method proposed in this study. The results will definitely benefit the realization of precise probes for hyperon-nuclei/nucleus interactions and establish constraints to study the potential of strong interaction, the origin of color confinement, a unified model for baryon-baryon interactions, and the internal structure of neutron stars. In addition, the desirable prospects of corresponding studies in the future Super Tau-Charm Factory (STCF) are discussed and estimated in this study.

A perspective of recent advances in PECVD-grown graphene thin films for scientific research and technological applications

The purpose of this review is to provide a perspective on some of the recent advances in applying graphene thin films, including monolayer and multilayer graphene sheets synthesized by a scalable approach based on plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), to scientific research and technologies. The technological applications present here include the use of graphene in flexible electronics, for anticorrosion of metals, and for Si-based technologies including superlubricity and optoelectronics. In the case of fundamental scientific research, we demonstrate that periodic patterns of nanoscale strain distributions in monolayer graphene can lead to local giant pseudomagnetic fields as well as global modifications to the electronic properties of monolayer graphene, including strain-induced valley Hall signals and quantized Landau levels in the absence of external magnetic fields, edge states, as well as increasing electronic correlation with increasing strain. These findings suggest new approaches towards developing emerging quantum states with tunable electronic correlation based on graphene straintronics.

Stochastic dynamics mass spectrometric structural analysis of poly(methyl methacrylate)

Polymers such as poly(methyl methacrylate), comprising of all-carbon backbones are regarded as ubiquitous functional materials mainly due to their low cost, unique physical properties, and impressive robustness. The latter properties are results from relative chemical inertness of the polymer backbone carbon–carbon bonds. The highlighted stability crucially challenges not only innovations to plastic recycling polymer materials, but also developments of reliable analytical protocols for determining both quantitatively and structurally polymers. Despite, the fact that there are numerous applications of mass spectrometric methods to polymer science, the analysis involves chiefly annotation of monomers of polymers and additives, owing to the fact that the additives are low molecular weight analytes. The exact structural determining of end-chain groups, particularly highlighting chemically substituted end carbon–carbon bond represents significant challenge even utilizing the superior features of the analytical mass spectrometric instrumentation. This study, in the latter context, illustrates innovative stochastic dynamics approach and model equations capable of not only determining unambiguously substituted carbon–carbon end chain of the entitled polymer but also to predict mass spectra of its derivatives: thus, extending crucially the applicability of the method to many fields of the fundamental scientific and industrial research. The latter claim is argued still at the beginning of the study with the achieved method performances showing |r|=0.99998. The study utilizes experimental and theoretical mass spectrometric data on high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; high accuracy quantum chemical static methods, molecular dynamics; and chemometrics.

Інформаційні технології для забезпечення захисту права інтелектуальної власності: адміністративно-правові аспекти

The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of technologies designed to protect intellectual property rights. The scientific basis for the study of information technologies for ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights is analyzed. Attention is paid to the close connection between the development of information technologies and challenges to the protection of intellectual property. This issue is considered in the context of administrative and legal aspects of such protection. The author formulates proposals aimed at improving administrative and legal acts in the area under study. The trends in the development of intellectual property law are analyzed, revealing a range of directions for its further advancement, notably expressed in the processes of globalization of legislation and the transition from protecting rights fixed on material carriers to protection of information. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the transfer of modern technologies is one of the main avenues for the creation and utilization of intellectual property, which is also provided for in international legal acts. The stimulation of creating fundamentally new technologies and developments, along with their broad industrial utilization, greatly depends on a systematic approach to structuring the strategy for the development of the national innovation system. This system integrates fundamental scientific research and the commercialization of their results, employing legal mechanisms for the circulation of property rights over intellectual property objects. Particular attention is paid to the legal regime of blockchain protection. Attention is drawn to the complexity of legal protection of the blockchain, which consists of both information and intellectual property. It is indicated that this object is a system for recording, storing and processing information and a technology for performing actions in the digital environment. It is proved that blockchain is a value associated with objects with exclusive rights and has the ability to issue invoices. It is emphasized that blockchain can be considered within the framework of the Law on Information - as an information product in the form of a document containing information.

Simulation-guided design of a target-cooling system for cyclotron-based isotope production

Isotopes are an important aspect of modern medical and scientific research and cyclotron-based isotope production is of particular interest. Cooling devices are required to manage the heat generated by high-energy particle beams to ensure that they can be delivered securely. However, there is considerable scope for further advancements in the design of cooling systems. Therefore, this study uses simulations to investigate the design of innovative cooling systems. Various designs and materials are considered using a variable four-sector collimator and various particle-beam conditions. Thus, new design principles and material and structural optimization strategies are proposed, which can be used to improve the stability and efficiency of isotope production. The results provide insight into technical challenges and may contribute toward advances in medical diagnostics, radiotherapy, and fundamental scientific research. In particular, they can guide the development of isotope-based technologies in nuclear medicine.

Metasurface with all-optical tunability for spatially-resolved and multilevel thermal radiation

Abstract Manipulating the thermal emission in the infrared (IR) range significantly impacts both fundamental scientific research and various technological applications, including IR thermal camouflage, information encryption, and radiative cooling. While prior research has put forth numerous materials and structures for these objectives, the significant challenge lies in attaining spatially resolved and dynamically multilevel control over their thermal emissions. In this study, a one-step ultrafast laser writing technique is experimentally demonstrated to achieve position-selective control over thermal emission based on the phase-change material Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST). Ultrafast laser writing technique enables direct fabrication and manipulation of laser-induced crystalline micro/nano-structures on GST films. Thermal emission can be precisely controlled by adjusting the pulse energy of the ultrafast laser, achieving a high thermal emissivity modulation precision of 0.0014. By controlling thermal emission, the ultrafast laser writing technique enables multilevel patterned processing. This provides a promising approach for multilevel IR thermal camouflage, which is demonstrated with emissivity-modulated GST emitters. Remarkably, ultrafast laser-induced crystalline micro/nano-structures display geometric grating features, resulting in a diffraction-based structural color effect. This study demonstrates the effective use of laser-printed patterns for storing information in both visible and infrared spectrum.

Harnessing Gravity‐Induced Instability of Soft Materials: Mechanics and Application

AbstractThis work offers a comprehensive overview of how gravity affects soft materials, with a particular emphasis on gravity‐induced instability. Soft materials, including biological tissues, elastomers, and gels, are characterized by low elastic moduli and the ability to undergo significant deformations. These large deformations can lead to instabilities and the emergence of distinctive surface patterns when even small perturbations are introduced. An in‐depth understanding of these gravity‐induced instabilities in soft materials is of paramount importance for both fundamental scientific research and practical applications across diverse domains. The underlying mechanisms governing these instabilities are delved in and elucidate the techniques employed to study and manipulate them. Further, the gravity‐induced wrinkling and the Rayleigh‐Taylor (RT) instability in soft materials are zoomed in, highlighting how altered gravity environments impact natural and synthetic systems. Lastly, current and potential applications are underscored where gravity‐induced instabilities are already making an impact or may hold promise in the near future. In sum, the exploration of gravity‐induced instabilities in soft materials paves the way for innovative applications and advancements in a wide range of fields.

Neurovascular coupling impairment as a mechanism for cognitive deficits in COVID-19.

Components that comprise our brain parenchymal and cerebrovascular structures provide a homeostatic environment for proper neuronal function to ensure normal cognition. Cerebral insults (e.g. ischaemia, microbleeds and infection) alter cellular structures and physiologic processes within the neurovascular unit and contribute to cognitive dysfunction. COVID-19 has posed significant complications during acute and convalescent stages in multiple organ systems, including the brain. Cognitive impairment is a prevalent complication in COVID-19 patients, irrespective of severity of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Moreover, overwhelming evidence from in vitro, preclinical and clinical studies has reported SARS-CoV-2-induced pathologies in components of the neurovascular unit that are associated with cognitive impairment. Neurovascular unit disruption alters the neurovascular coupling response, a critical mechanism that regulates cerebromicrovascular blood flow to meet the energetic demands of locally active neurons. Normal cognitive processing is achieved through the neurovascular coupling response and involves the coordinated action of brain parenchymal cells (i.e. neurons and glia) and cerebrovascular cell types (i.e. endothelia, smooth muscle cells and pericytes). However, current work on COVID-19-induced cognitive impairment has yet to investigate disruption of neurovascular coupling as a causal factor. Hence, in this review, we aim to describe SARS-CoV-2's effects on the neurovascular unit and how they can impact neurovascular coupling and contribute to cognitive decline in acute and convalescent stages of the disease. Additionally, we explore potential therapeutic interventions to mitigate COVID-19-induced cognitive impairment. Given the great impact of cognitive impairment associated with COVID-19 on both individuals and public health, the necessity for a coordinated effort from fundamental scientific research to clinical application becomes imperative. This integrated endeavour is crucial for mitigating the cognitive deficits induced by COVID-19 and its subsequent burden in this especially vulnerable population.

Paradigm Shift: New Approaches to Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders

A significant increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), both worldwide and in our country, dictates the need to search for modern and effective methods of prevention, diagnosis and medical care for such patients. At the same time, the results of numerous biomedical research in the field of autism are not reflected in practical healthcare. Aims of this work — substantiation of new approaches to the organization of medical care for people with ASD. The results of promising areas of autism research in the field of genetics, epigenetics, metabolomics, microbiome and multimorbidity, which marked a paradigm shift in the understanding of autism spectrum disorders, and requiring implementation in practice, are analyzed. Based on the concept of 7-p pediatrics (programming child development and health, preventive, predictive, personalized, participatory, multiprofessional, progressive), the necessity and possibility of implementing the results of scientific research into real clinical practice of managing children with autism are substantiated. The results of fundamental scientific research in the field of ASD, revealing their complex and multifaceted nature, allow us to talk about a paradigm shift in understanding this disorder Based on a new concept of medical care — 7P-pediatrics — the results of scientific research can be translated into real clinical practice, including diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive and rehabilitative effects on autism, as well ase programming of the optimal trajectory of the cognitive-behavioral phenotype of children with neurodevelopmental features, including ASD.

ОТ ЛОМОНОСОВА ДО НАШИХ ДНЕЙ. ЗАМЕТКИ О РАЗВИТИИ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ НАУКИ В РОССИИ В КАНУН 300-ЛЕТИЯ РАН

The article, based on extensive factual material, presents the history of the development of economic science since the creation of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1724. The role of the great Russian scientists M. V. Lomonosov L. Euler, D. I. Mendeleev and many others is revealed in the application of economic knowledge in the interests of strengthening the Russian state. The contribution of scientists from the economics section of the Academy of Sciences to solving specific problems of the country’s economic development at different historical stages is analyzed. The activities of the North-Western Section for Promoting the Development of Economic Science at the Department of Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences are presented. The significant contribution of the Institute of Regional Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the implementation of fundamental scientific research and its practical implementation in the development of regional development strategies and the creation of a unique model for assessing and improving the quality of life of the population based on the use of quality economics tools is shown.

ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ПОЛИТИКА ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО СУВЕРЕНИТЕТА

It is shown that a new world economic structure is being formed as a result of intensive scientific and technological progress regulated by special laws. The leading place in the new way will be occupied by countries with the most developed scientific and technological complex. The new scientific and technical policy should be aimed at creating such a complex, first of all, at ensuring the development of fundamental scientific research, ensuring the acquisition of new knowledge necessary for the creation of new technologies, the development of education and culture. It is necessary to improve the research and development management system, develop the scientific and technical potential of the regions and scientific diplomacy.

Management of scientific projects financed from the state budget

Relevance. For the state-of-art technologies and achievements to become a reality, it is necessary to carry out fundamental scientific research, which is funded using state funds, since expanding the knowledge base that forms the basis of revolutionary progress requires significant investments. Purpose. In view of the foregoing, the purpose of the article is to study promising areas and methods for improving the efficiency of the management system for scientific projects implemented at the expense of state funds. Applied research issues are considered on the example of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Methodology. The methodological base is a set of methods and principles of scientific knowledge, general and special techniques, as well as special methods for studying phenomena and processes in the project management system. Results. The research result is the improvement of scientific statements concerning the development of coordination and methodological support for project-oriented management of state-funded scientific research, as well as the development of an algorithm, approaches and recommendations for their implementation in a real situation. Special attention is paid to the peculiarities of creating an effective and flexible information loop, which allows tracking data within each stage of a scientific project, control the progress of work, as well as ensures the organization of interaction between participants using web technology. The article also formalizes the task of knowledge management in projects, taking into account the training and competence of the participants. Conclusions. Thus, the study offered an algorithm and a number of recommendations for more effectively managing state-funded scientific projects. The practical significance of the findings lies in the possibility of their use by the state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan to improve the quality of management of scientific programs and projects and increase their impact in a wide range of expected effects. Keywords: project management; vector paradigm; target-oriented approach; research; innovation; economy