Rehabilitation Of Territories Research Articles

Międzynarodowe uwarunkowania rozminowywania terytoriów w kontekście zrównoważonego rozwoju: perspektywa ekonomiczna

The problem of landmines is becoming increasingly prevalent, with a growing impact on all spheres of society and a consequent slowing down of sustainable development planning at the international, national and local levels. Since February 2022, the issue of mine clearance has become even more relevant for Ukraine, where active hostilities are still ongoing, which requires a thorough study of the economic, social and environmental aspects of this process. In order to mitigate the negative impact of the war and possibly speed up the clearance of mines and other explosive hazards, it is important to analyse the key results of international experience in this area, which has already been gained by a significant number of countries. In order to expand on the subject of this study the example of demining territories of the seven most heavily mined countries in the world were chosen: Albania, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia and Turkey. The authors concentrated on identifying problems and highlighting the potential for further research into the sustainable dimension of demining, which is considered in this study to be the initial stage of territorial rehabilitation. In this context, the authors focus on the key results of demining through the prism of sustainable development, with particular emphasis on the economic component, as it affects the possibility of rapid resumption of economic and other peaceful use of the territories affected by armed conflicts. This formed the basis of the conclusions, where the authors substantiated ways to implement international demining experience in Ukrainian practice that lies in the inclusion of sustainable development components in strategic and operational documents at the national level. This is to lay a solid foundation for restoring the economic, social and environmental potential of territories in the context of war and post-war recovery.

From crisis to recovery: scientific endeavors of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of the NAAS of Ukraine in minimizing the consequences of the Chornobyl accident

The participation of scientists from the Institute of Agroecology and Nature Management of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine in mitigating and minimizing the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster during 1986–2024 is elucidated. It is demonstrated that the history of the development of radioecological research at the Institute originates from the early days following the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. Actually, from this time onwards, the monitoring of radiation in agricultural lands affected by accidents has begun. One of the most crucial directions of work during this period was conducting of aerial and ground radiation reconnaissance. Active efforts were made in radioecological monitoring and dosimetric control of the population. The radioactive contamination of the territory was analyzed based on landscape, basin, and landscape-geochemical principles, upon which maps of radiation contamination of the territory for 137Cs, 90Sr, and 94Pu were compiled. During the remote period of Chornobyl disaster aftermath, the team of the unit was engaged in developing countermeasures for various types of economic activities in conditions of radioactive contamination, taking into account modern trends in the development of the natural-economic complex and new economic conditions based on landscape-ecological approach. Analysis of the results of scientific activities of the institution’s staff indicates that during the post-accident period, the team of radioecologists gathered and systematized significant volumes of information, which were transformed into various databases, cartographic materials, mathematical models, methodological recommendations, regulations, drafts of normative documents, and so forth. Information was provided on the contribution of the Institute’s employees to the development of radioecology, restoration of agricultural production on radioactively contaminated lands, and rehabilitation of territories affected by the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. Furthermore, contemporary radioecological problems and threats posed by the full-scale military aggression of Russia against Ukraine were outlined, including its violation of all seven principles of radiation safety, as well as potential radiation-related hazards in the future.

Heritage and tourism development in China's former international concessions. Tianjin as a place study

PurposeBetween 1840s and 1940s, 27 occidental concessions have been created in several cities in China which represented difficult signs and memories for Chinese. Nowadays, these territories are experiencing a joint phenomenon of heritagization and tourismification which makes them experimental theaters for modern urban life and identity. Taking the former concessions of Tianjin as place study, the purpose of this study is to analyze the role of the heritage and tourism in the former concessions in city branding and more specifically the actors, approaches and products of this phenomenon.Design/methodology/approachThis research draws on the comparison and analysis of two place studies in China. The authors base their analysis on semi-structured interviews in Chinese with previously identified stakeholders. In all, 20 individuals, including developers, public authority representatives, business owners, academics and conservation association members, were interviewed. This research was completed, updated and triangulated by content analysis of Web-based materials; official documents such as urban plans, guidelines and urban and tourism strategies collected during the fieldwork, as well as non-intrusive spatial observations of the concession and its various developments.FindingsThe results of this study show that the heritage in the former concessions has become an attractive tool for the city branding through tourism development, often led by the public actors with the participation of private entrepreneurs.Originality/valueThis study looks at the hybrid dimensions of the former concessions in China. It provides a better understanding of the co-action of heritage and tourism in the processes of territorial rehabilitation, which contributes to both the practitioners and researchers in this domain.

Analysis of the effectiveness measures provided in small river valleys in terms of geo-ecological revitalisation of landscape features

In the article are considered various classifications of watercourses (according to the degree of technogenic transformation, length and area of the catchment basin), which are objects that are part of various specially protected natural territories within urban areas. The qualitative differences between the concepts of "rehabilitation" and "recovery" are determined. The choice of natural territories (the valleys of the Chermyanka River and the Gorodnya River and adjacent territories) used in the study is justified. The geoecological condition was assessed (climatic, hydrographic, geological, hydrogeological conditions of territories, landscape and geomorphological features of objects, the existing state of soil cover, surface waters and bottom sediments were considered,engineering-geological and geoecological processes and phenomena were identified) of the sections of the small rivers Chermyanka and Gorodnya on the territory of natural parks of the city of Moscow, as well as an analysis of the quality of existing measures for the ecological rehabilitation of the section of the Gorodnya River valley complex from Borisovskaya Dam to Lublinskaya Street, which were carried out more than 15 years ago. The authors have identified a certain number of problems related to the functioning of natural complexes of small rivers and their degradation due to negative natural processes that do not depend on human activity (waterlogging, silting), associated with the consequences of human stay near rivers (pollution of water bodies and territories) and not quite correctly applied methods of ecological rehabilitation of territories, as well as inherited degraded state of the natural complex. The authors provide recommendations for improving the effectiveness of measures to ensure a satisfactory geoecological condition of small rivers and developed a unified methodological concept of geoecological rehabilitation of natural territories within urbanized territories.

Telerehabilitation As An Opportunity In Physiotherapy:

Telerehabilitation (TR) represents a new opportunity for physiotherapists to provide acceptable and high quality healthcare to their service users. The emerging evidence in the literature suggests the opportunity to integrate TR into the physiotherapy professional practice, even beyond the COVID-19 emergency, to ensure continuity of care up to the patient’s home and increase access to rehabilitation. One of the areas of application of TR is the management of non-specific low back pain (NLBP). NLBP has a high prevalence rate in the global population and it represents approximately 90% of low back pain cases. It is associated with the risk of chronicization, if not adequately managed, and extremely high costs associated with the treatment. Objective: to develop a proposal for a diagnostic-therapeutic care path (DTCP) on the use of TR in the management of patients with low back pain, taking into consideration the Italian legislation and the best scientific evidence available in the literature. Materials and methods: the bibliographical research in the literature was carried out on the electronic databases MEDLINE, PEDro, Embase, Trip database and Google Scholar was used to access the full-text of some articles. Discussion: the proposed DTCP for the management of the patient with low back pain takes into account the strengths and limitations of TR described in the literature and may represent a national reference model for the application of TR in patients with NLBP who access the outpatient territorial rehabilitation service. However, this proposal needs to be adapted to the specific socio-legislative regional context.

Telerehabilitation As An Opportunity In Physiotherapy:

Telerehabilitation (TR) represents a new opportunity for physiotherapists to provide acceptable and high quality healthcare to their service users. The emerging evidence in the literature suggests the opportunity to integrate TR into the physiotherapy professional practice, even beyond the COVID-19 emergency, to ensure continuity of care up to the patient’s home and increase access to rehabilitation. One of the areas of application of TR is the management of non-specific low back pain (NLBP). NLBP has a high prevalence rate in the global population and it represents approximately 90% of low back pain cases. It is associated with the risk of chronicization, if not adequately managed, and extremely high costs associated with the treatment. Objective: to develop a proposal for a diagnostic-therapeutic care path (DTCP) on the use of TR in the management of patients with low back pain, taking into consideration the Italian legislation and the best scientific evidence available in the literature. Materials and methods: the bibliographical research in the literature was carried out on the electronic databases MEDLINE, PEDro, Embase, Trip database and Google Scholar was used to access the full-text of some articles. Discussion: the proposed DTCP for the management of the patient with low back pain takes into account the strengths and limitations of TR described in the literature and may represent a national reference model for the application of TR in patients with NLBP who access the outpatient territorial rehabilitation service. However, this proposal needs to be adapted to the specific socio-legislative regional context. The integration of TR to traditional clinic

Remote mental health rehabilitation: Social Health Educators between experience and innovation

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, in our country strict containment measures have been put in place to safeguard, first and foremost, vulnerable swathes of the population, including people affected by psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, a large part of Mental Health Centers activities, territorial rehabilitation, counselling sessions, aid and psychoeducational activities, social skills training, workshops, as well as family support, monitoring and network activities with rehabilitation centers workers and users have been rearranged in another modality, namely the socalled “remote modality”. Despite the undisputed and essential value of human contact and face-to- face relationships, the work reported here shows the importance, for Mental Health Services, of employing communicative modalities, like the current alternative virtual ones which, after the initial difficulties were overcome, have been appreciated, further implemented and widely used by now because of their efficacy, so much so that it is thought that they could eventually be combined with traditional modalities.

Remote mental health rehabilitation: Social Health Educators between experience and innovation

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, in our country strict containment measures have been put in place to safeguard, first and foremost, vulnerable swathes of the population, including people affected by psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, a large part of Mental Health Centers activities, territorial rehabilitation, counselling sessions, aid and psychoeducational activities, social skills training, workshops, as well as family support, monitoring and network activities with rehabilitation centers workers and users have been rearranged in another modality, namely the so-called “remote modality”. Despite the undisputed and essential value of human contact and face-to-face relationships, the work reported here shows the importance, for Mental Health Services, of employing communicative modalities, like the current alternative virtual ones which, after the initial difficulties were overcome, have been appreciated, further implemented and widely used by now because of their efficacy, so much so that it is thought that they could eventually be combined with traditional modalities.

Исторические аспекты административно-территориального устройства Калмыкии в контексте взаимоотношений с Астраханской областью по вопросу реабилитации калмыцкого народа

Introduction. The paper explores historical aspects of Kalmykia’s administrative and territorial structure with due regard of its relations to Astrakhan Oblast in the context of the Kalmyk people’s territorial rehabilitation initiated in the early 1990s. Materials and Methods. The work employs the historical descriptive and comparative research methods. It focuses on one archival document — the opinion letter of September 20–23, 1991 by Yu. Oglaev, Cand.Sc. (history) and Associate Professor at Kalmyk State University, dealing with ‘Working Papers on Territorial Rehabilitation of the Kalmyk People’ issued by the Commission of Astrakhan Oblast Soviet of People’s Deputies. Results. The article examines arguments of Astrakhan Oblast authorities aimed at undermining attempts of Kalmykia’s government to raise the question of territorial rehabilitation. Specifically, it gives some data on territorial transformations of ‘enclave’ settlements in Kalmykia before December 1943 and after the 1957 restoration of the ethnic autonomy. Conclusions. The historical aspect of territorial disputes between the two Lower Volga regions after 1957 basically rests on that Astrakhan Oblast government refused to recognize the proclaimed (reclaimed) borders (some part) of Kalmykia as of 1957. The idea of returning two districts integral to the Kalmyk ASSR as of 1943 back to the republic was articulated by Kalmykia’s executives in the Government of the RSFSR after 1957, and the era of perestroika attached somewhat sociopolitical features to the issue — only to eventually end in nothing. However, the history of territorial transformations of settlements in the border areas of Kalmykia and Astrakhan Oblast do require further scientific insights, as well as the use of distant pastures by neighboring regions — special emphasis thereto be laid on economic, environmental and land-related consequences experienced by the republic.

Legal Regulation of the Administrative Territorial Structure of National Autonomies in 1977–1991 (the Example of the South of Russia)

The historical and legal aspects of the administrative-territorial structure of the national autonomies of the South of Russia in the period from the adoption of the Constitution of the USSR in 1977 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991 are investigated. The constitutional foundations, acts of the supreme bodies of state power of the RSFSR on the issues of the administrative-territorial structure of autonomies were analyzed. The legal specificity of the regulation of the issues of the administrative-territorial structure in relation to the autonomous republics and autonomous regions has been revealed. The examples of the regulation of the administrative-territorial structure are given on the example of the autonomies of the South of the RSFSR. In 1990-1991, political and legal processes of sovereignty had a significant influence on the reform of the administrative-territorial division. The specificity of the autonomy of the South of Russia was in the problems of territorial rehabilitation of the repressed peoples and territorial disputes.

Restoration of national autonomies of repressed peoples in the RSFSR in the late 1950s in the context of legal succession theory

The liquidation of autonomous republics, deportation of peoples to the Siberian and Central Asian regions, subsequent restoration of the national statehood in 1957-1958 remain relevant topic in studying the history of statehood of Russian peoples in the Soviet period. The subject of this article is examination of the question of continuity, legal succession and continuation of autonomies in southern of RSFSR after being restored in 1957. This is related to the fact that in discussing socially significant issues in the southern republics of Russia, arises the question of whether restoration (formation) of the autonomies of repressed peoples in the late 1950s should be considered the beginning of a new stage of statehood or continuation of the stage prior to deportation. Another aspect is territorial integrity of the republics, or rather the problem of territorial rehabilitation, when a number of territories during restoration in 1957 stayed in the neighboring regions. Analysis is conducted on the normative acts of USSR and the RSFSR, as well as archival documents on the history of national statehood of the regions. The author concludes on applicability of the concept of legal succession to the restored autonomous republics (Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Chechen-Ingushetia) of repressed peoples in comparison to those existed prior to deportation period. Karachay-Cherkessia marked succession to the former Karachay Autonomous Oblast and Cherkess National Okrug.

Appropriateness of a physiotherapic treatment protocol for the axillary web syndrome, applied in a territorial rehabilitation service

The “Axillary web syndrome” (AWS) is an early complication following breast cancer surgery with axillary lymphnodes dissection.To apply an appropriated physiotherapic protocol to deal with patients having AWS who show up in territorial rehabilitation service.The enrolled patient underwent quadrantectomy and right axillary lymphadenectomy surgery resulting in painfulshoulder, functional limitation and a clinical picture that gave evidence for AWS, and for this she was addressed tothe territorial rehabilitation service.The rehabilitation treatment carried out was composed of active and passive mobilization of the upper-right limb ofthe cervico-dorsal segment together with self-mobilization exercises (MAPEA), that lasted two months with a threemonth follow-up.The outcomes of reference were the numerical rating scale (N.R.S), the Constant-Murley Scale (C.M.S.) and the EuroQoL questionnaire (EQ-5D).After two months of treatment, the results show an improvement in both functionality and pain in the upper limb andin the patient’s quality of life, in particular: 43% on the N.R.S scale, 59% on the C.M.S. scale and 81% on the EQ-5Dquestionnaire.After three-month follow-up, the improvement was 75% in the N.R.S, 27% in the C.M.S. and 23% in the EQ-5D.The description of the clinical case afflicted with AWS and the treatment protocol applied, highlighted the goodperformance of the results, notably as concerns patient’s quality of life. This result could represent a starting pointfor creating clinical trials aimed at building appropriate rehabilitation courses in territorial rehabilitation services

Appropriateness of a physiotherapic treatment protocol for the axillary web syndrome, applied in a territorial rehabilitation service

The “Axillary web syndrome” (AWS) is an early complication following breast cancer surgery with axillary lymph nodes dissection. To apply an appropriated physiotherapic protocol to deal with patients having AWS who show up in territorial rehabilitation service. The enrolled patient underwent quadrantectomy and right axillary lymphadenectomy surgery resulting in painful shoulder, functional limitation and a clinical picture that gave evidence for AWS, and for this she was addressed to the territorial rehabilitation service. The rehabilitation treatment carried out was composed of active and passive mobilization of the upper-right limb of the cervico-dorsal segment together with self-mobilization exercises (MAPEA), that lasted two months with a three-month follow-up. The outcomes of reference were the numerical rating scale (N.R.S), the Constant-Murley Scale (C.M.S.) and the EuroQoL questionnaire (EQ-5D). After two months of treatment, the results show an improvement in both functionality and pain in the upper limb and in the patient’s quality of life, in particular: 43% on the N.R.S scale, 59% on the C.M.S. scale and 81% on the EQ-5D questionnaire. After three-month follow-up, the improvement was 75% in the N.R.S, 27% in the C.M.S. and 23% in the EQ-5D. The description of the clinical case afflicted with AWS and the treatment protocol applied, highlighted the good performance of the results, notably as concerns patient’s quality of life. This result could represent a starting point for creating clinical trials aimed at building appropriate rehabilitation courses in territorial rehabilitation services.

Appropriateness of a Physiotherapic Treatment Protocol for the Axillary Web Syndrome, Applied in a Territorial Rehabilitation Service: Description of a Clinical Case

The “Axillary web syndrome” (AWS) is an early complication following breast cancer surgery with axillary lymph nodes dissection. Case Report: The patient is a 69-year-old woman, retired ex-employee, with outcome surgery right axillary lymphadenectomy with shoulder pain and functional limitation with diagnosis AWS it where it was recommended the physiotherapy. The patient had improvement in terms of shoulder function and pain and quality of life. Conclusions: The description of the clinical case afflicted with AWS and the treatment protocol applied, highlighted the good performance of the results, notably as concerns patient’s quality of life. This result could represent a starting point for creating clinical trials aimed at building appropriate rehabilitation route in territorial rehabilitation services.

ZONING OF THE TERRITORY OF BELARUS THROUGH POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF MANIFESTATION OF NATURE AND NATURE-ANTHROPOGENOUS HAZARDS OF LITHOSPHERE CLASS

The schemes of modern endogenous, exogenous and technogenic geological processes, intensity, frequency, and the area of their spread, the caused disturbances of natural and man-made complexes, an impact on public health, the level of proposed costs for rehabilitation of territories were used for the analysis of the possible consequences of realization of nature and nature-anthropogeneous hazards of lithosphere class. The zoning of the region with the allocation of areas with low, moderate, increased, high, very high and very high in the zones of active faults, the degrees of adverse consequences of development of extreme types of modern geodynamics was carried out using the mentioned data.

New Methods of Assessing Damage from Environmental Pollution

The process of developing methods for the economic assessment of environmental damage is subject to the requirements of world society, the policies of leading countries. The authors disclosed the existing approaches to the economic assessment of damage and showed the need for their development. The need for ecological rehabilitation of territories contaminated in past periods led to the creation and practical use of methods for the economic evaluation of past damage. The authors proposed a new approach to the economic assessment of past damage, which takes into account economic and assimilation factors. In addition, the article proposes a method for the economic evaluation of damage from emergencies, taking into account the cascading effects of the damage caused to the environment, the economy, the society and natural resources. The proposed method allows considering the indirect damages transmitted in the selected directions of the assessment taking into account the time factor.

Ресурсный потенциал техногенных отходов горно-обогатительных комбинатов Южного Урала

Objective: To assess the industrial waste resource potential in the districts of ore mining and processing enterprises (GOK) of the Southern Urals. Methods: Chemical analysis of samples of water and soil was conducted. Results: The samples of slag were collected and analyzed near an old copper plant in Sibay, the samples taken from stock piles and tailing dumps of Uchalynskiy, Gaiskiy and Burybayevskiy ore mining and processing enterprises. It was established that mineral separation plants’ waste contain 0,3-0,4% of zinc, 0,2-0,3% of copper, 20-35% of sulfur, and more than 35% of iron. The analysis of water samples taken from an old open pit and soil collected in the district of copper pyrite deposit Kul Yurt Tau indicated high content of S, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Pb etc. in total dry solids of water samples after after boiling down, high concentration of the above mentioned elements were detected, the latter indicated severe contamination of soil and water in the deposit’s area. Practical importance: The recycling of old GOK waste might be the solution to the existing problem, taking into account the fact, that at present deep-seated deposits of copper and zinc are exploited with a high level of economic costs. The tailing dumps of the Urals’ enterprises considerably excel many other deposits in total reserves. With technological development of beneficiation, waste may undergo recycling with the extraction of useful mining elements, while the remaining rock may be applied in the production of construction materials or returned to the places of ore mining. Moreover, the utilization of raw materials’ extraction and processing waste (on an industrial scale) will provide ecological rehabilitation of territories exposed to negative impact of facilities used for economic activities.

THE AKKI CHECHENS: HISTORICAL INFORMATION

The problem of rehabilitation of repressed peoples became topical in the post-Soviet period on the back of cardinal social, economic and political transformations of the Russian society. In the post-Soviet Dagestan, the proclamation of the principles of openness, democracy and perestroika in the 1990s sharply revealed interethnic problems. The Law “On Rehabilitation of Repressed Peoples” (1991) was aimed at solving the most difficult problem in the national policy of the Soviet state, when people were repressed on the basis of evidence-free accusations. Among them there were the Akki Chechens, who lived in Dagestan and along with the entire population of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR were forcibly evicted from their historical places of residence to the republics of Central Asia. Despite the fact that in 1957 the Akki Chechens were rehabilitated, the issues of their socio-economic and territorial rehabilitation remained unsolved, and this fact worsened the interethnic climate in the republic. It should be noted that the adoption of the above-mentioned act of law also contributed to the deterioration of the nature of interethnic interaction in places of residence of the repressed Akki Chechens and the Avars and Laks who were forcibly resettled to this territory in 1944. Consequently, it is important to study the historical aspect of this issue, therefore, in the framework of this article, basing on archival materials, the authors analyze resettlement, number and role of the Akki Chechens in the political, administrative and territorial structure of the republic, as well as the formation of the Aukhovsky District on the eve of their repression.

Overcoming the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukrainian agrosphere

The contribution of scientists of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS in overcoming and minimizing the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster has been elucidated. It was shown that the history of Radioecology Research Institute dates back from the first days after the Chernobyl accident. Analysis of the institution employees research activities shows that during the post accident period the radioecologists team has collected and systematized a lot of information. It has been transformed into various databases, cartographic materials, mathematical models, guidelines, regulations, draft regulations etc. Information on the Institute employees’ contribution to radiology development, restoration of agricultural production at the radioactively contaminated lands and rehabilitation of territories affected by Chernobyl NPP accident has been presented

Processing Old Tails of the Lead–Zinc Concentration Plant

The results of the investigation into the possibility to utilize the sands of tailing storage formed due to the manufacturing activity of the flotation lead–zinc concentration plant are presented. The ore part (average content of Pb is 0,21 %, Zn – 0,50 %, Au – 0,17 g/t) has the recovering value in tailings, and the nonmetallic part (contains up to 65 % quartz and 20–25 % feldspar and chlorites) has the consuming value. Sulfides are utilized into commercial selective concentrates into two stages: (i) a sulfide product is recovered from them by gravitational methods using a module-type mobile installation in the burial place of tailings and (ii) the sulfide product is processed along with the currently mined ore or individually at the stationary plant of flotation technology of the acting production. A distinctive feature of the equipment for the gravitational technology is the use of screw-type separators and steeply inclined closed channels for the separation in thin-layer working zones. The novelty of the flotation technology is in the application of the jet principle of construction of concentration cascades and environmentally safe separation mode based on sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate permanganate. The possibility is shown of using the nonmetallic part of tailings in the composition of backfilling of the developed mining space as well as in the composition of asphalt concretes. The results of the investigation prove the possibility of the complete utilization of old tailings of the lead–zinc concentration plant, which corresponds to requirements of resource saving and environmental rehabilitation of territories.