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Background. Immune causes of miscarriages are not well known. Toll-like receptors (TLR) are receptors of innate immunity, situated on innate immunity cells, including epithelial cells, and capable to recognize structures of pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa) and activate immune response. Toll-like receptors, recognizing bacterial structures, are membrane receptors, which through MyD88-dependent pathway activate synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines. TLR1, TLR2 and TLR6 recognize lipopeptides of Gra...

As more and more companies invest a lot of money and effort into building their own corporate universities, the economic effectiveness of corporate universities is under increased scrutiny. However, not many researchers have addressed the issue of the evaluation of learning effectiveness in corporate universities. In our article, the main methods, applied by famous corporate universities to measure the results that corporate education delivers, are analysed. The importance of the evaluation of learning effectivene...

Background: Originality is the main specific feature of mathematical Olympiad problems. Formulating these problems requires a special kind of creativity and only a few people have this ability. They are called problem composers, and Rosen Nikolaev is one of them. H? creates mathematical tasks every day. More than 14 of them have been selected for the The National Student Olympiad in Mathematic and more than 40 for the Bulgarian Mathematical Olympiad. Such specialists are unique, not only because of their special a...

The major research objective was to study the influence of the students’ religiosity on their moral consciousness. Religion has always been the most effective and widespread means of maintaining social order. It has played a variety of roles in different social contexts and, as a subsystem of society, changed along with it depending on the specific historical circumstances. In the socialist countries, positioning itself as atheistic, the level of religiosity of the population was extremely low. Currently, there is...

In this paper we examine how cross-cultural aspects influence Kazakh and Russian students when they form the image of the manager’s profession. Our research based on the data of comparative sociological survey of Kazakh and Russian university students studying management from the first to the fourth year of study. We have found that the share of Kazakh students, who plan to work as a manager in business, or in public administration sphere, and who has an experience of such work is bigger than that of Russian stude...

The following text tries to approach the selected phenomena of theatrotherapy, as an expressive-formative approach which exactly stands on an imagined border between art and therapy. The aim is to establish this approach as an independent and unique system with its inter-disciplinal relations, especially with the field of special pedagogy and classic psychotherapeutic approaches. When comparing the text we are stemming from the research carried out by the author between the years 2006 and 2016 and also from his lo...

The article considers the peculiarities of social status of elderly population in Kazakhstan, and their need for special social services. Special social services to elderly people in Kazakhstan is considered as a practical activity, the legal framework has been indicated, the care for elderly people in social homes and centers of provision of special social services, as well as some issues concerning social work aimed at the formation of healthy lifestyle and development of new forms of social services have been s...

The purpose of the study was the evaluation of the patients suffering from obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) starting with anthropometric, biochemical, imaging data and the correlation of the serum level of leptin and adiponectin with the histopathological results. Material and method: we included in this study 20 men and 34 women diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by recent (under 6 months) hepatic biopsy, taking usual blood samples, leptin and adiponectin. Results: According to th...

In modern society, which is developing rapidly, any teacher should try to find a successful solution of his or her goals of activity, to maintain composure and to stay as a role example of tactful and calm behavior for his or her students, no matter what stressfull factors influence him or her. However, numerous research shows the fact of emotional tension in teachers, caused by endless situations of decision-making in curriculum, evaluation, and communications wits pupils, their parents, colleagues, etc… The synd...

According to literature data, there are many causes, motives and motivations for smoking. Connecting adolescent occasional smoking with sensory experience searching can be one of the most important risk factors. The less mature the personality is, the more exposure to the challenges. There is an important influence also for the socio-cultural environment in which the adolescent is socialized. Cigarette consumption might be considered as a lifestyle model. The formation of this lifestyle model in childhood and adol...

Nowadays one of the main tasks is the ability of students to self-study due to Federal State Educational Standards 3+ in the system of Russian higher education. The proper organization of students’ self-education will promote efficient education and monitoring of level of formation of the common cultural competences set by federal standards of higher education: ???-2. One of the modern directions of the organization of self-study having high potential is the use of information and communication technologies. We ha...

Background: Institutional trust is one of the fundamental issues in the Russian society. The crisis of trust towards the social institutions, which are responsible for the processes of vital importance, is becoming total. The use of such category as institutional trust is due to the necessity to react in an integrated and contextual way the processes, which are currently occurring in the system of higher education. The following study, which is based on the sociological research data, shows that strengthening of t...

One of the main vectors of the educational development in the digital age is to improve the quality of education and to increase the effectiveness of educational process by using new educational technologies and advanced teaching methods. A key role in this process remains for the teacher, who must master both in innovative pedagogical technologies (blended learning, collaborations, personalized training, etc.) and information technologies (MOOC platforms, learning management systems (LMS), systems for web confere...

Biocompatibility of denture base materials is a key problem in modern dentistry. Different dental alloys induce different biological and structural modifications over the gingival mucosa. The aim of our study was to determine the structural modifications over the gingival mucosa induced by dental materials using the morphometrical analysis. Our study was based on 24 gingival mucosa biopsies analyzed using the classical histological method followed by morphometrical analysis using Lucia G 4.7 software. The software...

The purpose of this work is to study new and more effective ways of teaching English to EFL students as the timeliness of the issue studied in this article is attributable to the high level of the English language proficiency which potential professionals are required to have due to high competitiveness in the context of the worldwide globalization. The article represents the analysis of advisability and effectiveness of using an authentic feature film in teaching English to EFL students of Kazan Federal Universit...

Cognitive ergonomics is considered with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, as they affect interactions among humans and other elements of a system. The development of cognitive ergonomics discipline is a result of rapid technological advances, especially in the field where a machine is considered rather as an agent with which the human should cooperate than an assistant to the human operator. The increased complexity of technical means contributes the addition of informati...

An important factor in the development of critical thinking in high school students is the availability of critically rich information in the educational texts. The problem of this study was to find some kind of universal approach, ensuring the filling of educational chemical texts with critically saturated information. In accordance with the criteria of critically saturated information formulated in the context of the dialectical method of cognition, we have selected and classified the fragments of critically ric...

This work is dedicated to the formation of the management strategy of human resources of Government autonomic health institution "Children's Republican Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan" on the basis of the implementation of the principles of process management using strategic management tools. The relevance of the study is the transition to a new stage of development of the institution in connection with the completion of the implementation of the regional program of modernizati...

The aim of media education is to increase individual and social awareness of media, show how media work, how they influence the audience and also how to use them. Such education can take place at informal and formal (school) levels. In both cases, there is an intentional educational effect on individuals with the objective to give them the tools to receive media content and decode, analyse and evaluate it. Through media education, individuals come to recognise the forms of media communication and they should learn...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate state between normal ageing and dementia. This means that subjects with MCI may get worse with the passage of time, and possibly progress to dementia. However, there are also individuals with sustained MCI whose cognitive impairment remains constant for many years, and even such who get better over time. The distinction of persons with different prognoses of MCI is a difficult task. As we do not know who is at risk, non-pharmacological interventions should be inco...

Adult education requires a special approach to learning material delivery as it targets practical life skills andknowledge. Currently teachers have started widely using various project based case studies. That is why the question "What should an andragogy instructor pay attention to when teaching project -based technology?" is very critical today. The purpose of this study was to define specific characteristics of a project based technology in teacher training. We believe that within the framework of the acmeologi...

The technology and its impact disturb life in a spectacular way both at social and professional levels, determining a new approach to the training and implicitly the selection of the human resources. New challenges appear on the horizon. As a result of technological developments and the growth of the knowledge society's role in areas beyond the classical labor market categories, the leaders of industry have introduced the "soft-skills" paradigm that is supposed to replace the old paradigm of "experience." This cha...

Medical tools are often treated as a supporting on the background of the treatment and care of the patient. Their importance is overlooked because the knowledge and skills of the doctor to the forefront. But medical tools has an important means for the recovery of a patient's health from a specialist point of view. Work tools may have a significant impact on the way the operating techniques or other treatments affect the human body. In addition, the limited work space and tools in themselves affect the physician's...

The paper deals with metacognition and metacognitive skills in university teacher students. The main goal is to identify the key didactic competences of students which lead to the development of their critical thinking. The level of pre-graduate students´ critical thinking is a determining factor for developing of this thinking in pupils at elementary and secondary schools (ISCED 2 and 3), for which teacher students are prepared. Metacognition can be defined in various ways. Almost all definitions take in consider...

The article deals with the statistical relationship between transformational leadership and initiation of interpersonal communication of senior school students. The article emphasises peculiarities of new generation school students. It is relevant to reveal the main traits of transformational leadership of new generation students and their relationship to interpersonal communication. The results of the research show that the most typical leadership of senior school students is the transformational one. The transfo...

Heritage is central to all humankind and to any community. Throughout millennia the distribution of cultural background, necessary skills were done by way of a tradition. In a tradition as well as in other developments of social life a historical link between new and old on-going process of continuum and consistency is true to take place. At present the subject of conservation and consolidation of the younger generation cultural values appears to be currently central more than ever. A young gentleman in a contempo...

This article describes topical issues of ethno-cultural methods of teaching Tatar language in the system of higher education. Tatar language as the state language of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation is studied in higher education institutions and for this purpose textbooks of communicative and ethno-cultural orientation have been developed. In the process of studying Tatar language, foreign-language (including Russian-speaking) students almost master both the speech and socio-cultural competence...

The development of cultural competence can be affected by various factors. Bearing this in mind, two groups of factors can be distinguished: internal and external. The aim of the current article is to analyse the factors that influence the development of the cultural competence of pre-service teachers of foreign languages. The research was conducted in 2014 as part of the doctoral research and involved 504 respondents, i.e. pre-service teachers of foreign languages at the five largest Lithuanian universities. The ...

Background: Health literacy is currently a hot and frequently discussed topic both in the Czech Republic and worldwide. The need of improving the awareness of this topic is confirmed by the fact that individuals with a lower level of health literacy show an impaired level of health, which is reflected by an excessive consumption of unhealthy food and prolonged hospitalization. Methods: This paper presents partial results of the RVO ZSF JU Project called Health Literacy in the Selected Groups of South Bohemian Popu...

Since the 2016/2017 school year, the Czech system of education has undergone certain changes. One of them is common education of all children within mainstream education at all school levels, including kindergarten, except for children with the severest physical or mental handicaps. Further changes include compulsory kindergarten attendance in the last year before compulsory school attendance commencement, the right of two-year-olds to attend kindergarten, and employment of nannies in kindergartens. These are majo...

Oncological disease is a serious illness that affects not only the sick individual but also the family system. Oncological illness has an impact on all dimensions of life, but also on the processes and functions of the family system, on individual members of the family community. The aim of the research was to find out how a family with a cancer patient works. We focused on identifying the impact of oncological illness on the quality of family life, the needs of a family with a cancer patient, and the overall func...

Grammar is viewed as an essential element for communication because it shows how language is used. The process of grammar teaching is more successful when it deals with grammatical points that can be used for communication. The communicative view of language extended the structural view of language adding situational and functional aspects. When teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) the four language skills - listening, reading, speaking, and writing, are usually stressed equally while in English for Specifi...

Nowadays launched worldwide programs for the gifted comprise 2-10% of population that is significantly less than the existing necessity. The most number of the potentially gifted children remains unrevealed because either the necessary diagnostic research is not conducted or the used methods are not capable of revealing the potential (hidden) giftedness. This is especially typical of rural schools of the Russian hinterland. In this paper we present methodological basis for creation a system for identifying and dev...

Literary evidence and the results of our personal observations of patients with osteochondrosis are given in the article. Symptoms of spinal cord disorders and spinal nerve root disorders such as radiculopathies and dorsalgia are described here. It is known that osteochondrosis is a widely spread disease. At this disease, not only bone and cartilage items of the spinal cord suffer but also spinal roots do which leads to pain, automatic and vegetative disorders. Radiculopathies is one of the most serious variants o...

In the development of modern pedagogy and other disciplines, we can note two main vectors. On the one hand, it focuses on the preservation of its traditional content (adherence to the principles of humanization, fundamentality, continuity and universality), on the other hand, tries to meet the challenges of the time, in particular, is focused on making creative character of educational process. In this article we consider the possibility of developing creative thinking in students, with the involvement of differen...

The author of the article studies the option of boosting students' motivation and improvement of their communicative competences in a group work, carried out in the form of a psycholinguistic training in the language of speciality, namely English. The phenomenon of a psycholinguistic training is viewed by the author as an acute modern pedagogical and psychological method of influence which helps perfect professional interaction, self-development, growth of leadership qualities and skills of cooperation. The traini...

Problem statement: In this paper we aimed to demolish the modern „myth” stating that when it comes to optimize the motor potential, „high-tech”, machine-assisted training is compulsory. This myth is wide spread in modern society. Many people believe that, in order to reach his maximum physical potential, one has to train with last-generation fitness machines. We strongly believe that old school, Progressive Calisthenics may be a viable alternative for improving several aspects of the motor potential of the student...

The aim of the work is to identify the actual contents and methods of training future music teachers for professional activities in a multicultural educational environment. Object of research: the bases, an entity of a method of culturological interpretation of spiritual traditions of music and results of its implementation in musical and educational process. The main form of introducing different layers of society to the traditions and values of the peoples of the world is intercultural dialogue and joint work cr...

The educational system in Romania has known many transformations in the last 25 years of democracy. The orientation towards the European values, to multiculturalism, and also the liberalization of the work market, all in all let to a reevaluation of the domestic values and traditions. Family is one of the most important paradigms of establishment in this period of transition in the Romanian society. Without this important segment of our social existence the institutions implicated in the politics of education coul...

Background Our research aim was to emphasized different neurological patterns at athletes, by evaluating the parameters of somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) and compare the obtained results, in order to demonstrate the influence of specific professional training over the cortex. Methods The tested subjects were a group of 21 male athletes, with an average age of 19 years, which practiced fencing or handball, for at least 6 years, homogeneous regarding age, height, weight and training regime. We used the Nihon K...

The aim is to construct a functional model of a centralized admission campaign in Russian universities. As a research tool used methodology for functional modelling IDEF0. The main result was the functional model, decomposed into blocks "Enter data in the federal information system to ensure the state final examination and receiving", "Carry the exam and the state final exams", "Enter the competition results", "Carry entrance examinations in higher educational institutions", "Conduct national competition". The mod...

Media play an important role in shaping public opinion about social problems and issues related to social work. There is a strong believe among social workers in Slovakia that media has been reporting negative picture of social work profession. The paper explores how the social work profession is portrayed in print media in Slovakia. The author analyzed the 5 most popular newspapers. Articles from year 2016 containing key words „social work“ and/or „social worker“ were analyzed (N=105). Content analysis was used. ...

The increasingly noticeable Polish population ageing is attracting more and more interest in the problems of ageing. Successful ageing means reaching an old age with insignificant risk of disabilities and illnesses, with high intellectual and physical fitness and maintaining high level of activity. Meeting the needs is the most basic human act that is regarded as extending the humanity. On the one hand, it is expressed by solidarity and commitment to support other members of society and overcoming difficult situat...

This paper presents a novel approach in training for orthopaedic surgeons, developed within the ERASMUS + research project 2015-1-RO01-KA202-015230, ERASMUS+ VET "Collaborative learning for enhancing practical skills for patient-focused interventions in gait rehabilitation after orthopaedic surgery”. Considering that classical education of orthopaedic surgeons, which is based on lectures, self-study, workshops and cadaver dissections, followed by supervised practical training within daily practice, quite often res...

The paper focuses on some medical and sociological problems of Inborn Gender Identity Disorder Syndrome (IGIDS), the so-called transsexualism. It reflects on an in-depth reading of publications exploring the question of transsexualism, as well as the experiences resulting from medical care of such individuals. In short, the analysis bases on both medical experience in diagnostics and treatment of people with this syndrome, as well as several publications in the field of social sciences. The aim of the paper is an ...

Our paper tackles the long-discussed processes of internationalization and globalization that is taking place in the sphere of higher education. The purpose of the research is to determine the underlying factors in students’ choice of a university and a country of study. We carry out comprehensive evaluation of attractiveness of high education in the world according to the student mobility criteria. A research of English-language programs offering by the Russian top universities included in the QS World University...

The priority of universal values, life and health of a person, free development of personality finds reflection both in organization of educational process that strengthens attention to a problem of education humanization and personalization of training. In this regard the inclusion becomes one of the priority directions of modernization of modern education in changing Russia. In article the task of finding of new means and methods in training of deaf and hearing-impaired students in discipline “English” is set. O...

The purpose of the article is to try to analyze the main online education technologies which are used today by the universities to identify their advantages and disadvantages in the educational system. The methodological approaches used by the author include the theory of synergetics and chaos, the theory of academic revolution, the concept of smart education, e-learning and open education. To achieve this goal, the methods of document analysis, statistical analysis, comparative analysis and content analysis have ...

Rapidly changing environment and intercommunication is becoming an increasingly important topic of large organizations business strategy choice. Calahane et al. [1] on organization climate research has stated that the organizational climate is the individual's collective perception in the common system of the work environment and the framework. Today's business leaders require high flexibility, agility and responsiveness what builds organization`s psychological climate. Kurt T. Dirk and Donald L. Ferrin [2] meta-a...

The article discusses the problem of choosing the system and general applied software for the support of distance learning by the teacher and the principles of the choice between proprietary and free software for its subsequent use in the educational process. Remote forms of instruction are formulated and appropriate recommendations are given. Distance learning more and more covers today not only extended education, but also main education itself, in particular, systematically they are applied in a case of the pos...