Substantiation Of Criteria Research Articles

Some proposals on regulation of highly hazardous chemicals in articles

When developing safety regulations for chemicals, the international society is constantly searching for safer analogues of highly hazardous chemicals to use as alternatives in various products. Within the Scientific Research Work under the State Program ‘Provision of Chemical and Biological Safety in 2021–2024’, The Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of Rospotrebnadzor has developed a concept on replacement of highly hazardous chemicals in various products (food products, synthetic detergents and household chemicals, pesticides, paints and varnishes, basic chemicals) with their safer analogues. Still, we should highlight that regulation of highly hazardous chemicals in articles has not been developed sufficiently in the RF. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to provide scientific substantiation for criteria and rules for assigning chemicals in articles as prohibited and (or) restricted. Materials this study is based on are represented by the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, EEC and the EU (in particular, Decrees, Resolutions, Technical Regulations, Directives, Regulations, etc. in the field of safe management of substances of concern), as well as domestic and international databases, scientific articles and monographs containing information on the toxic properties of chemicals. In order to develop effective measures to minimize the risk of exposure to chemicals in articles and their safe management at all stages of a life cycle, the study provides substantiation of criteria and rules for assigning chemicals in articles as prohibited and (or) restricted and proposes a mechanism for the creation of a National list of chemicals of concern in articles. When created, this List will allow monitoring of their circulation on the territory of the Russian Federation, proper waste disposal, and stimulating research work to find alternatives.

Предложения по регулированию высокоопасных химических веществ в изделиях

When developing safety regulations for chemicals, the international society is constantly searching for safer analogues of highly hazardous chemicals to use as alternatives in various products. Within the Scientific Research Work under the State Pro-gram ‘Provision of Chemical and Biological Safety in 2021–2024’, The Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of Rospotrebnadzor has developed a concept on replacement of highly hazardous chemicals in various products (food products, synthetic detergents and household chemicals, pesticides, paints and varnishes, basic chemicals) with their safer analogues. Still, we should highlight that regulation of highly hazardous chemicals in articles has not been developed sufficiently in the RF. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to provide scientific substantiation for criteria and rules for assigning chemicals in articles as prohibited and (or) restricted. Materials this study is based on are represented by the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, EEC and the EU (in particular, Decrees, Resolutions, Technical Regulations, Directives, Regulations, etc. in the field of safe management of substances of concern), as well as domestic and international databases, scientific articles and monographs containing information on the toxic properties of chemicals. In order to develop effective measures to minimize the risk of exposure to chemicals in articles and their safe management at all stages of a life cycle, the study provides substantiation of criteria and rules for assigning chemicals in articles as prohibited and (or) restricted and proposes a mechanism for the creation of a National list of chemicals of concern in articles. When created, this List will allow monitoring of their circulation on the territory of the Russian Federation, proper waste disposal, and stimulating research work to find alternatives.

Attack adjudication in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: Substantiation of criteria by magnetic resonance imaging and biomarkers in N-MOmentum

Background: The N-MOmentum trial investigated safety and efficacy of inebilizumab in participants with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Objective: Evaluate the attack identification process and adjudication committee (AC) performance in N-MOmentum. Methods: Adults (n = 230) with NMOSD and Expanded Disability Status Scale score ⩽8 were randomized (3:1) to inebilizumab 300 mg or placebo. The randomized controlled period was 28 weeks or until adjudicated attack. Attacks were adjudicated according to 18 predefined criteria. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and biomarker (serum glial fibrillary acidic protein [sGFAP]) analyses were performed. Results: A total of 64 participant-reported neurological events occurred; 51 (80%) were investigator-determined to be attacks. The AC confirmed 43 of the investigator-determined attacks (84%). There was high inter- and intra-AC-member agreement. In 25/64 events (39%) and 14/43 AC-adjudicated attacks (33%), MRI was reviewed during adjudication. Retrospective analysis revealed new domain-specific T1 and T2 MRI lesions in 90% of adjudicated attacks. Increased mean sGFAP concentrations (>2-fold change) from baseline were observed in 56% of adjudicated attacks versus 14% of investigator-determined attacks rejected by the AC and 31% of participant-reported events determined not to be attacks. Conclusion: AC adjudication of NMOSD attacks according to predefined criteria appears robust. MRI lesion correlates and sGFAP elevations were found in most adjudicated attacks.

Научно-методические подходы к оценке противоаварийной готовности медицинских организаций ФМБА России в случае радиационной аварии

The purpose of the study is to develop approaches to the substantiation of criteria and methods for quantitative assessment of the preparedness of medical organizations of FMBA of Russia to work in case of radiation emergency situations. Materials and research methods. Expert (analytical) and computer-based methods were used to estimate preparedness indices for medical organizations of FMBA of Russia on the basis of consensus ideas about possible medical and sanitary consequences of radiation accidents. Research results and their analysis. A general approach to the quantitative evaluation of emergency preparedness of medical organizations of FMBA of Russia in case of radiation accidents at the enterprises and territories they serve is formulated. The peculiarity of the approach under consideration in determining the proper (baseline) level of readiness for emergency response is the identification of the scale (magnitude) of medical and sanitary consequences based on the gradation of exposure doses and the number of victims. Approaches to substantiation of federal, regional and territorial (local) levels of emergency response of medical organizations of FMBA of Russia are proposed.

Substantiation of criteria of professional suitability in patients with polyneuropathies of the upper limbs from functional overvoltage

Occupational polyneuropathy of the upper extremities from the effects of physical overload in the Russian Federation is a common occupational disease that leads to a long-term decrease in the occupational capacity of patients. But at the same time, the current regulatory documents do not contain any detailed recommendations for the examination of professional suitability in patients with this disease. The aim of the study is to substantiate the ways of improving expert approaches to determining the professional suitability of patients with occupational polyneuropathy caused by physical overload. The adequacy of two alternative approaches to assessing the professional suitability of patients with occupational polyneuropathy was assessed, the first of which allowed the patients to continue working under the influence of physical overload, and the second indicated the need to employ these patients at work without the influence of physical overload. The adequacy of labor recommendations was assessed by the dynamics of the health status of workers in different employment options. According to the dynamic observation of a group of 412 patients with occupational polyneuropathy, it was found that when they continued to work under conditions of physical overload, an unfavorable course of occupational pathology in the form of progression of polyneuropathy was regularly noted (36,1%), less often the development of new occupational diseases of the musculoskeletal system from physical overload. Among patients employed at work without physical overload, cases of progression of occupational pathology were not observed. Among patients with occupational polyneuropathy, in the majority (61.9%) this disease was combined with occupational pathology of the musculoskeletal system, occupational radiculopathies of the cervical and lumbosacral levels. Periodic exacerbations of these diseases can also lead to the need to establish contraindications for admission to physically demanding work. During dynamic observation of patients with occupational polyneuropathy in 39.5% of patients, due to the unfavorable course of cardiovascular diseases, there were grounds for determining contraindications to work under the influence of all harmful industrial factors. As a justification for contraindications to continue working under conditions of physical overload and other harmful production factors (general and local vibration, general hypothermia), the probability of progression of an occupational disease should be considered. When choosing the types of work, one should consider the presence of concomitant occupational and general diseases.

Формування системи ключових показників вимірювання ефективності діяльності портів

Introduction. Recently, the role of ports in Ukraine has been transformed from a physically strategic gateway to a participant in integrated global supply chains, accompanied by competition in the quality of services. This requires a comprehensive improvement in the performance of the organizational system of ports, in particular, to assess the effectiveness of its activities.Problem Statement. Key performance indicators (KPIs) in the port industry of Ukraine have been developed with changes in the paradigm of ports. The last transformation began with a fundamental transition of the cargo processing process from labor-intensive to capital-intensive, and the growth of world trade and increased inter-port competition have led to a reduction in port monopolies. Increased investment needs and competitive behavior have led to increased private sector participation in the provision of cargo handling services and the subsequent transition from purely state ports to lessor ports (landlord model). For landlord ports, the quality of services determines their competitive position vis-à-vis other ports and intermodal alternatives. Such ports contribute to the quality of services directly through land and water access infrastructure, as well as by providing land suitable for modern loading and unloading operations, regulating the movement of ships and land transport within the port; as well as due to charged port fees and tariffs, including private service providers. This necessitates the expansion of the system of key indicators for measuring port performance (KPI).Purpose. Scientific and methodological substantiation of KPIs system of seaports and development of proposals for their monitoring and reporting (on the example of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (hereinafter — SE «USPA»), taking into account international experience in this field.Materials and methods. The theoretical and methodological basis of the work is a set of methods and techniques of scientific research: logical generalization—determining the content of the assessment of the effectiveness of ports; analysis and synthesis - to study the peculiarities of these enterprises, to identify trends in their development in the context of determining the criteria for forming a system of indicators for evaluation; system approach — in determining the elements of the KPI system; statistical methods – to analyze the financial and economic condition of economic entities.Results. The study proposes scientific and methodological principles of forming a system of key indicators for measuring the efficiency of ports of Ukraine, which include: substantiation of criteria, definition of the list of KPIs; determining the stages of the process of their monitoring and reporting (on the example of the activities of USPA, taking into account international experience in this field.Conclusions. The proposed scientific and methodological recommendations for assessing the efficiency of ports with the help of the developed KPI system and the procedure for their application at the enterprise can be applied at state enterprises of the transport and infrastructure sector. The development of communication tools between system developers and those responsible for their implementation in order to increase the efficiency of ports is the subject of further research.Keywords: key perfomance indicators, KPI, criteria, seaport, transport infrastructure

CRITERIA, INDICATORS AND LEVELS OF NATIONAL-IDENTICAL QUALITIES FORMATION OF YOUTH STUDENT

One of the important activities of each pedagogical institution of higher education is the definition, justification and application in practice of criteria, indicators and levels of patriotism education and national identity formation. Their development and practical use are necessary for analyzing and assessing the real state of work of the national identity formation of student youth in the conditions of freelance in extracurricular time. The criteria, indicators and levels of nationally identical qualities formation of student youth are analyzed and highlighted in the article. The main criteria, indicators and levels of the national identity formation of student youth are revealed. It is found out that problem of determining the criteria, indicators and levels of formation of national-identical qualities of student youth has been solving by many scientists. The analysis of pedagogical literature shows that at this stage modern pedagogical science needs to develop and substantiate criteria, indicators and levels of nationally identical qualities formation of student youth in pedagogical institutions of higher education. It was found that nowadays there are no clearly defined approaches to identifying criteria, indicators and levels of nationally identical qualities formation of student youth. The author of the article considers the problems associated with the substantiation of criteria, indicators and levels of nationally identical qualities formation of student youth. The author singled out such criterias: cognitive, emotional, and practical. According to these criteria, indicators (cognitive, affective, and conative) and levels (high, medium, low) of nationally identical qualities formation of student youth were singled out and substantiated.

Substantiation of criteria and methods for estimating efficiency of the electric impulse process of plant material

One of the most effective ways to prepare for extracting or removing intracellular fluid from plant material is its electric impulse treatment at initial processing stage before squeezing juice, dehydrating raw materials, drying materials, etc. As the parameters and modes that determine this process can be identified only experimentally, a device including a high-voltage impulse generator was designed. Plant tissue damage degree was assessed by changing resistance and phase shift. Intensive juice extraction was observed when high-voltage impulses in the amount of up to 100 units were supplied to plant material. With continued processing and increase in the number of impact impulses, the intensity of juice yield decreased, and the expended energy was spent on heating the plant material. The evaluation method based on quantitative analysis of pulse shape of flowing measuring current is proposed. The designed digital control device allows confirming the dependence of measured electrophysical parameters on changes occurring in plant material caused by electric impulse processing. The designed algorithm can be used as the basis of automatic control system operation for electroimpulse processing of plant materials before pressing.

КРИТЕРІЇ ТА ПОКАЗНИКИ РІВНІВ ГОТОВНОСТІ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ІНФОРМАТИКИ ДО ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ

Introduction. Criteria and their indicators of levels of future computer science teachers’ readiness for professional activities are identified to determine the effectiveness of the model of future computer science teachers’ training.The purpose of the article is to substantiate the choice of criteria and indicators to characterize the levels of future computer science teachers’ readiness for profe-?sional activities. Methods. To achieve this goal, such methods as analysis and systematization of the results of scientific and pedagogical research on the future computer science teachers’ preparation of for professional activities; generalization of different approaches to the choice and substantiation of criteria and indicators of future computer science teachers’ readiness for professional activity were used. Results. To establish the level of computer science teachers’ readiness for professional activity, the following criteria have been developed. Theoretical criterion determines the formation of a system of knowledge (professional, psychological, pedagogical, methodological) about the essence of computer science teacher, where indicators are the depth and scope of students' knowledge. Technological criterion determines the presence of future computer science teachers ability to perform professional tasks necessary for productive activities in the specialty, an indicator is the level of performance of procedural actions by students. Personal criterion assumes the presence of the formation of personal qualities of the student for future pedagogical activities, where the indicators are the motivation of future professional activity and the ability to self-analysis. The corresponding indicators of computer science teachers’ readiness for professional activity characterized each of the criteria. Indicators of the theoretical criterion are "volume of knowledge" (set of facts, concepts, rules, judgments, conclusions, phenomena and processes mastered by future computer science teachers) and "depth of knowledge» (the correct ratio of the structure and elements of knowledge, understanding of the system of educational material, its most important ideas and patterns, characterizes the ability of students to use EER in cognitive and practical activities). The indicator of the technological criterion is "procedural actions" (the presence of future computer science teachers’ ability to perform professional tasks necessary for productive activities in the specialty. The indicator of the personal criterion is "motivation" (motivation to use EER) and introspection" (ability to reflect on professional activities). The originality and novelty of the work are in the development of the author's diagnostic apparatus to determine the levels of future computer science teachers’ readiness for professional activities. Conclusions. Criteria and indicators of computer science teachers’ professional readiness allow to cha-racterize the levels of readiness for professional activity. Depending on the degree of computer science teachers’ readiness, there are four levels: factual, operational, analytical-synthetic, and creative.

Problems, Conditions and Factors of Formation of Competitive Potential of the Construction Industry Enterprise

Objectives: To develop conceptual provisions and methodical bases, creating conditions for the growth of competitive advantages of construction industry companies. Methods: The study used a systematic, objective-functional, structural and optimization methods to solve these problems, expanding the scope of the subject-functional, resource and market and marketing approaches to the development and effective use of competitive potential, allowing wholistically representing the mechanism of planning and forecasting of its composition and structure, substantiation of criteria and indicators for effective use, development of marketing strategy, contributing to the assessment of alternative opportunities and selection of the most priority directions of use of the construction industry companies resources. Findings: The article defines the tactics of market positioning of the construction industry company, underlying its competitive status formation, determined by the level of investment, competitive strategy and competitive potential. A structural model of planning and forecasting competitive potential, depending on the stages of construction industry company lifecycle has been proposed. The necessity of applying marketing approach to the formation of competitive potential, based on the principle of customization, which establishes a relationship between the sovereignty of the consumers and the maximum satisfaction of consumer preferences in conditions of limited solvency and predictability of demand for construction industry products has been justified. It is proved that economic potential of the construction industry companies, being a factor of competition, becomes competitive only when its elements are structurally and functionally able to implement an effective marketing strategy and business ideas. Improvements: Article materials are of scientific and practical value for the development of instrumental database of diagnostics, analysis and assessment of the level of competitive potential; they orient the heads of construction industry companies to achieve strategic and tactical management purposes to ensure their long-term effective operation and development in market conditions.

Substantiation of criteria for oil & gas content in heterogeneous sandy-siltstone reservoirs (On an example of deposits of the Baku archipelago)

Substantiation of criteria for oil & gas content in heterogeneous sandy-siltstone reservoirs (On an example of deposits of the Baku archipelago)

Reflective Journals and Portfolios: learning through assessment

ABSTRACT Some see assessment and learning as two separate entities. However, others believe that when assessment and learning become united there is an added strength that shows that the combination is more than the individual parts. With individualised teaching and learning also being the prime concern of many educators it follows that individualised assessment also will need to be addressed. It is with this premises in mind that reflective journalling portfolio assessment have been developed in the Bachelor of Teaching course at University of Western Sydney, Macarthur (Australia). We have developed an assessment procedure through the use of reflective journals and portfolios that allows our final semester students to track their growth and development throughout the course as well as their personal understandings of what it is to be a teacher. Students who have completed this assessment have commented that they have learned more through this assessment than from any other such activity. I believe that this is because in order to complete their portfolio they have to demonstrate their learning through substantiation of criteria and then they have to orally defend their position to a committee. This paper explores these processes by examining the current procedures, discussing the current thinking and pulling together the ideal and the practical. Once the parameters have been established, the steps that have been taken towards assessment that is both a learning process and is focused on the individual in preservice education (B.Teach) in the University of Western Sydney will be discussed.