Hasil untuk "Special types of environment"

Anastasia Levina, Sofia Kalyazina, Nina Trifonova et al.

Contemporary conditions of project activity management are characterized by a high degree of dynamism, uncertainty and competition for limited resources. This requires adaptive and intelligent approaches to decision support, especially in the context of project portfolio management. This article proposes an agent-based decision support model based on a multi-agent system (MAC), in which each object of the project environment (portfolio, project, task, resource) is represented as a software agent with autonomous behavior logic. The developed architecture and operational algorithms of the system ensure decentralized decision-making, coordination of agents' actions and adaptation to changing conditions of project implementation. Special attention is paid to the formalization of agent types, scenarios of their interaction, events that initiate decision-making and appropriate algorithms for resource redistribution and task rescheduling. Model verification was conducted through comparison with traditional centralized approaches. The results confirm the effectiveness of the agent-based approach to increase adaptability, consistency and strategic validity of decisions in a multi-project environment.

Myronyak I.

The article summarizes theoretical approaches to the study of digital of digital ecosystems economy as a network form of organization of economic activity, which involves cooperation of economic entities for innovative activity in socio-economic and technological aspects. It is concluded that the study of the essential nature of the «digital ecosystem» concept should be carried out with the observance of systemic, evolutionary, institutional and network approaches. It is argued that the «ecosystem of the digital economy» is a special form organization of economic activity, the development of which occurs under the influence of digital technologies that form patterns of economic processes, technological infrastructure and institutional environment. It is emphasized that business ecosystems, entrepreneurial ecosystems and innovation ecosystems are a characteristic form of socio-economic relations, and the platform ecosystem should also be considered in the technological aspect. The properties of ecosystems are systematized, and the ecosystem of the digital economy is considered as a network organization of economic activity, which involves cooperation between firms and other economic entities for the purpose of implementing innovative activity. It is found that there are a large number of variations of ecosystems of the socio-economic environment, but the most justified are the entrepreneurial ecosystem, platform ecosystem, business ecosystem, financial ecosystem. It is concluded that the ecosystem is essentially a network form of organization of economic activity, which unites agents/entities of different types in a single environment, which, within the framework of joint activities at the mesolevel, demonstrate organizational cooperative economic behavior. The components of the digital agricultural ecosystem are substantiated as a socio-economic and techno- logical system of interdependent economic entities of the agricultural sector that interact through digital platforms for joint value creation based on adherence to cooperative economic behavior and institutional agreements, as a result of which new utility is created.

陳倩雲 Qian-Yun Chen, 劉惠美 Huei-Mei Liu

社會情緒學習（Social and Emotional Learning, SEL）是一個在安全及關懷性的環境中，系統性教導學生自我覺識、自我管理、社會覺識、關係技巧和承擔決定等技能的方案，對學生之社會情緒能力發展有重要影響。本研究旨在透過文獻分析與論述，探究特殊教育（簡稱特教）領域的SEL方案，藉此強調SEL方案與特教之間的關聯性，並深入論述SEL方案於特教之重要性與應用情形。分析結果發現，SEL方案的各項內涵對於不同特教需求學生皆有重要性及正面影響。在臺灣，特教領域雖已有少數符合SEL方案實施策略的介入及研究，但仍面臨較缺乏系統性實踐及足夠教師訓練計畫等實務問題，且相關研究仍然不足。目前的研究結果對於瞭解特教學生不同面向之改變是由SEL方案的哪些部分所致，仍較不足，因而無法根據特教學生的表現與需求去彈性調整SEL課程之設計。由於SEL方案旨在提高所有學生的社會情緒能力，其中也包含具有特教需求的學生，因此SEL方案應根據學生的需要，提供全面性且連續性 的服務，以支持所有學生的社會情緒能力發展。建議未來研究進一步探討如何在特教領域有效地實施SEL方案，也期望實務上有足夠的教師訓練計畫來幫助教師實施SEL方案並支持特教學生。 Research Background Social and emotional competence is not only crucial for students’ performance in school, but its impact can also extend well into adulthood. Therefore, schools need to promote the development of students’ social-emotional skills. Schools must place greater emphasis on cultivating these abilities in students receiving special education services. Special education students include those with disabilities, those who are gifted, as well as twice-exceptional students-those who possess both disabilities and giftedness. For students with various types of disabilities, social and emotional competence is often an area of weakness. Although some literature argues that gifted students do not have disadvantages in social emotional abilities, other literature argues that gifted students may have poor social emotional abilities in certain situations. Similarly, twice-exceptional students also have a clear need for support in developing social and emotional competence. Schools can enhance students’ social and emotional competence through Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs. SEL refers to the process through which children, adolescents, and adults acquire and apply the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, empathize with others, build positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. It has become a globally recognized and emphasized educational priority. However, SEL-related research on special education students was relatively scarce. Research Purpose This paper aims to review and discuss relevant literature from several perspectives: the relationship between SEL and students in special education, the implementation methods of SEL programs, the effects of SEL programs on special education students, and the current status of SEL programs centered on special education students. Through this review, the paper seeks to highlight the relevance of SEL to special education and to explore in greater depth the importance and application of SEL programs within the field of special education. Methods This study aims to review SEL programs in special education through literature analysis and discussion, highlighting their relevance and examining their importance and applications in the field. Results and Discussions 1. The Relationship Between SEL and Students in Special Education In general, SEL emphasizes the acquisition of social and emotional skills within a safe and supportive environment. These core competencies include self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Students with disabilities and twice-exceptional students often require more intensive support across all five of these domains. Although gifted students may not experience difficulties in every area, targeted interventions addressing each of these SEL competencies can still be highly beneficial for them. It can be seen that the connotation of SEL is very important to special education students. Applying SEL programs to the field of special education should be of great benefit to special education students. 2. The Implementation Methods of SEL Programs Most SEL programs focus on universal prevention, hoping to prevent behavioral problems by improving children’s social and emotional skills and preventing maladaptive and inappropriate behaviors. SEL programs should be designed to meet students’ varying needs by providing comprehensive and continuous services. Comprehensive and continuous SEL services are typically structured across three systemic tiers. Tier 1 targets all students, emphasizing the creation of supportive learning environments and the teaching of social and emotional skills. Tier 2 serves students who are considered at risk, offering more frequent or intensive, small-group interventions focused on social emotional skills. Tier 3 supports students who are already exhibiting behavioral problems, providing highly individualized and intensive interventions tailored to their specific needs. One of the strategies commonly used in SEL programs is for teachers to teach students contextually and culturally appropriate social emotional skills through systematic instruction and help students complete imitation and practice so that they can apply social emotional skills in daily life. Another frequently used strategy focuses on fostering social and emotional development by creating safe and caring environments. SEL is a multi-layered framework, and its implementation can encounter various challenges. Schools need to make reasonable adjustments based on the specific needs and feedback of implementers and students, which is the key to maintaining the quality of SEL programs. 3. The Effects of SEL Programs on Special Education Students Students in special education can effectively enhance their social and emotional competence through SEL programs. The impact of SEL programs on students with disabilities mainly lies in behavioral performance, social relationship building, and academic performance. For gifted students, the effects of SEL interventions are mainly observed in emotional regulation, social relationship building, and academic performance. Although the areas of impact may vary slightly across different student populations, the benefits of SEL interventions are positive. As for twice-exceptional students, although existing research is relatively limited, it can still be found that integrating SEL into teaching can help them think positively and improve their confidence. Therefore, SEL program intervention has positive intervention benefits for special education students. 4. The Current Status of SEL Programs Centered on Special Education Students Discussions on intervention programs and effectiveness designed with special education students as the core are relatively scarce, which deserves continued exploration in the future. According to previous studies on SEL interventions for various categories of special education students reveals notable differences in research focus. Students with disabilities are often more likely to experience emotional difficulties; however, due to the lack of effective tools to measure their emotional states, it is challenging to examine the specific impact of SEL programs on their emotional well-being. Research on SEL interventions for gifted students is also relatively limited, with few studies exploring behavioral changes resulting from SEL implementation in this group. Moreover, there are great differences among different types of special education students, but there are few studies that conduct comprehensive and in-depth explorations into the SEL needs, implementation methods and intervention effects of a certain type of special education students, nor are there any studies that compare different types of special education students. Research focusing on the effects of SEL interventions for twice-exceptional students is even more limited. On the other hand, further research can be conducted to explore the impact of specific skills included in SEL on special education students to help teachers make curriculum adjustments. Summary In the field of special education in Taiwan, although there have been practices and studies that align with SEL implementation strategies, there is still a lack of systematic approaches, and empirical research in this area remains underdeveloped. SEL programs not only align with the concepts of Taiwan’s existing special needs curricula but also offer complementary effects to address gaps in these programs. However, this requires more research to understand how to effectively implement SEL programs within the special education field and assess their impact. Additionally, sufficient teacher training programs are needed to help both special education and general education teachers use SEL programs to support special education students. Future suggestions It is suggested that future research will be more systematic in exploring the impact of SEL programs on special education students and in determining how SEL can be effectively applied within the field of special education.

Shuang-Yen Lee, Chin-Lung Wang, Sz-Sheng Wang

A threefold extremal transition $Y \searrow X$ consists of a crepant extremal contraction $φ\colon Y \to \bar Y$ with curve class $\ell \in \operatorname{NE}(Y)$, followed by a smoothing $\bar Y\rightsquigarrow X$. We consider the Type II case that $φ$ contracts a divisor $E$ to a point and prove that the quantum cohomology $QH(X)$ is obtained from $QH(Y)$ via analytic continuation, regularization, and specialization in $Q^\ell$. Besides roots of unity, special $\mathrm{L}$-values appear in $\lim Q^\ell$ whenever $\bar Y$ admits more than one smoothings. Further techniques are employed and explored beyond known tools in Gromov--Witten theory including (i) the canonical local B model attached to $Y \searrow X$, (ii) existence of semistable reduction of double point type for the smoothing, (iii) the modularity of the extremal function $\mathbb{E} := E^3/\langle E, E, E\rangle^Y$, and (iv) periods integrals of Eisenstein series. Our study provides a geometric framework linking classifications of del Pezzo surfaces, Ramanujan's theta functions, and Zagier's special ODE list via Type II transitions.

Gregorio Baldi

A survey of special curves, special subvarieties of $\mathcal{M}_g$, and related topics. A large portion of the text discusses various possible interpretation of the word 'special' in this context by giving also concrete examples. One highlight is the bi-algebraic viewpoint for atypical intersections appearing in Hodge theory as well as, more recently, in Teichmüller theory.

Muhammad Ilyas, Shaheen Abbas, khalid Hussain Malik

Muhammad Ayoub Khan, Razzaq Abdul Manan, Muhammad Panezai et al.

Gubarev Ruslan V.

The article highlights the importance of developing a logistic mechanism with a focus on ensuring the development of enterprise activities. The importance of such a mechanism is determined by a number of factors in the formation of the internal environment of the enterprise and its ability to adapt to market challenges. Particular importance of the logistic mechanism lies in the definition of rational managerial decisions that provide for a stable increase in the efficiency and development of the enterprise with a focus on meeting the interests of end consumers. Considerable attention is paid to the aspects of establishing the commodity turnover of enterprise, which are determined by the market challenges of building a logistics system and also trends in competition and changes in the consumer needs of buyers. It is emphasized that the logistic mechanism is a set of elements (principles, functions, tasks, etc.), which are aimed at achieving the aim and priorities of development of the enterprise. According to this approach, the built logistic mechanism is focused on creating an attractive environment for the development of new types of enterprise activities, which are largely related to digital technologies. Special attention is paid to the aspects of informatization of the enterprise’s logistic system and it is concluded that the management of logistic flows will increasingly involve the transition to digital platforms and networks in order to choose optimal and more efficient routes for the supply of products. Also, the main guidelines of the logistic mechanism include the systematic management of all flow operations and their coordination with the strategic goals of the enterprise’s development, achieving minimum costs, while saving the time and volume of delivery, increasing the efficiency of using the resource provision of the enterprise and its optimization when establishing new directions of product logistics.

Vadim K. Weinstein, Steven M. LaValle

This paper formally defines a robot system, including its sensing and actuation components, as a general, topological dynamical system. The focus is on determining general conditions under which various environments in which the robot can be placed are indistinguishable. A key result is that, under very general conditions, covering maps witness such indistinguishability. This formalizes the intuition behind the well studied loop closure problem in robotics. An important special case is where the sensor mapping reports an invariant of the local topological (metric) structure of an environment because such structure is preserved by (metric) covering maps. Whereas coverings provide a sufficient condition for the equivalence of environments, we also give a necessary condition using bisimulation. The overall framework is applied to unify previously identified phenomena in robotics and related fields, in which moving agents with sensors must make inferences about their environments based on limited data. Many open problems are identified.

mohammad bermeh, Mohammad Naghi Imani, Saeed Alizadeh et al.

The purpose of the current research is to analyze the dimensions and components of organizational culture based on normative and individual variables in the managers of education headquarters in Tehran province. According to its purpose, the research method is applicable; and in terms of execution method, it is qualitative, descriptive-exploratory; and in terms of its nature, it is among foundation data research. The statistical population of this research includes 12 experts who are well-informed and proficient in the subject of research in the field of management and have a valid scientific background in this field. Sampling method used in this research was non-random purposeful. The method of data collection is referring to documents, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. For data analysis, Atlas ti software was used to code the interviews. The results showed that in the normative dimension, there are 10 categories: organizational justice, work maturity, ambiguity avoidance, external supervision, decision-making, job promotion, masculinity or feminism, concentration (power distance), customer orientation, productivity with 57 indicators; and in the Individual dimension also has 10 categories: sense of belonging, responsibility, individual creativity, communication, participation (teamwork), identity, self-control, motivation, conflict, interaction in 61 indicators and in 6 categories that include causal conditions, communication conditions, background factors, intervener factors, strategies, consequences were identified.Extended abstractIntroductionJust as people in the society have certain beliefs, values ​​and behaviors that represent their personality; organizations also have common assumptions and basic beliefs that shape their culture. Culture has been defined as the set of spiritual achievements of a nation. Culture is a human invention and made by human hands. This finding reflects the existence and identity of a society (Mirza Mohammadi, 2021). Organizational culture is the personality of the organization and it is considered as the basic infrastructure for transformation and change, and managers should understand its relationship with national culture and strive for organizational cohesion by taking advantage of its strategic role. Organizational culture is an interwoven set of basic assumptions, common inferences and collective wisdom that is formed in the context of previous experiences and findings in facing internal or external issues and serves as a guiding light and an invigorating source plays a role in shaping the behavior of employees and architecture of the present and future of the organization (Mohammadiyan & Shahsavari, 2019).Education is a continuous activity, comprehensive and for everyone, which leads to human growth and development, cultural enrichment and the excellence of society, and therefore, innovation should always be created in it. In other words, education is not specific to an exclusive period and time of life and has no time limit, so it must always be renewed and updated (Safaei et al, 2020). For organizational innovation, development and transformation, one of the important organizational conditions that must be considered in policies and implementation of programs is related organizational culture. The author's many years of experience in executive affairs shows that lack of paying attention to organizational culture has not always led to the desired results of innovation, development, organizational transformation and change in organizations (Hamzeh & Hamzeh, 2016). An organizational culture able to respond to environmental changes can lead to optimal organizational performance.According to the above materials, the researcher asked the main question: what are the dimensions and components of organizational culture based on normative and individual variables in the managers of education headquarters in Tehran province? Theoretical FrameworkOrganizational CultureCulture is a set of customs, standards and individual and social behaviors; therefore, while culture is the effect of many parts of religious views, it is also considered the cause of many conditions and situations. Due to the progress of communication tools and the ever-increasing expansion of their use in many social phenomena and developments, the role of culture has become far greater than in the past; in such a way that culture now plays a decisive role at the domestic, regional and international levels and is one of the tools that governments use to achieve their goals and objectives; in this way, cultural dominance is not a new phenomenon. Cultural policy in the general and customary sense includes a set of goals, principles, priorities and executive policies (Mirza Mohammadi, 2021).Normative and individual variablesIn the conceptual definition of norms, most sociologists are more or less unanimous that norms (forms) are the rules of social behavior that guide a person in social actions. Observing these patterns and rules of behavior expected by the society's culture, and avoiding them is punishable (Khabbaz Yazdiha et al, 2020).Zebardast et al, (2022) investigated the relationship between the transformational leadership factors of educational group managers on the effectiveness of university faculty members through organizational culture. The results showed that the relationship between transformational leadership style of managers and organizational culture was significant and the mediating variable of organizational culture has a significant effect on the relationship between transformational leadership style and the effectiveness of faculty members. It can be said that transformational leadership does not have a direct and significant effect on effectiveness in the final research model. However, transformational leadership affects the effectiveness of faculty members through organizational culture.Yusefi et al, (2022) investigated the impact of individual and normative variables on ethical leadership. The results of the research show that value, job satisfaction, motivation, personality, creativity, components were individual components, and organizational communication, organizational culture, organizational structure, decision-making styles, roles and expectations, goals and strategy were normative components that had a significant impact on ethical leadership.Research methodologyThis research is applicable in terms of purpose, qualitative in terms of execution method: descriptive-exploratory type, and data-based in terms of its nature. The statistical population includes 12 experts and specialists who are well-informed and proficient in the subject of research in the field of management, and have a valid scientific background in this field. Non-random purposeful sampling method is used to determine the samples and determine the experts.Research findingsThree types of coding were used to analyze the data obtained from the interview as well as theoretical foundations, which are: open coding, axial coding and selective coding. For analysis, Atlas ti software was used to code the interviews. The results showed that in the normative dimension, 10 categories were identified: organizational justice, work maturity, ambiguity avoidance, external supervision, decision-making, job promotion, masculinity or feminism, concentration (power distance), customer orientation, productivity with 57 indicators; and in the individual dimension also 10 categories: sense of belonging, responsibility, individual creativity, communication, participation, identity, self-control, motivation, conflict, interaction in 61 indicators, and in 6 categories that include causal conditions, communication conditions, background factors, intervener factors, strategies, consequences.ConclusionThe present research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the dimensions and components of organizational culture based on normative and individual variables in the managers of education headquarters in Tehran province. The results of this research are correspond with the results of Turki et al, (2021), Eimani et al, (2021), Van Dung HA (2020), Yusefi et al, (2020), Mohebbi et al, (2023), Zebardast et al, (2022). Mohebbi et al, (2023) showed that in educational organizations, organizational culture plays an important role in producing teamwork culture and achieving the benefits of the process of participation and collaboration. Educational systems have a special place according to their goals and mission, the most important of which is the training of efficient human resources for other institutions of society; and universities are the most important and key educational organizations that, in addition to training human resources, respond to the social needs for the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge and technology.According to the results obtained in three dimensions, the following suggestions are presented:- The motivation of managers to create team and collaborative activities should be improved. The opportunity to grow, develop and acquire new effective professional skills and knowledge for managers should be provided for the managers. The conditions of sustainable competitive advantage should be designed. The ground for continuous improvement of organizational intelligence in order to realize the learning organization should be prepared. Individual development and strengthening positive behaviors of managers should be considered. By creating a positive organizational atmosphere, the cooperative structure of the organization should be strengthened. Agility of the organization structure according to the suitability of the job and competence of the people and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the rules and regulations by simplifying matters should be considered. By supporting individual values ​​and de-stressing people, internal motivation and sense of belonging to the organization should be improved. Influence in decision-making and implementation by delegating authority should be considered. The position of managers in the organization should be changed to facilitator and leader. Try to create an active, effective and sustainable teaching and learning environment. Macro vision, goal setting, strategic planning and management, foresight, future research and future-recording and problem solving ability should be taken into consideration as important points for choosing staff managers.

Lorenzo Magnani

<i>Locked</i> and <i>unlocked</i> strategies are illustrated in this article as concepts that deal with important cognitive aspects of deep learning systems. They indicate different inference routines that refer to poor (locked) to rich (unlocked) cases of creative production of creative cognition. I maintain that these differences lead to important consequences when we analyze computational deep learning programs, such as AlphaGo/AlphaZero, which are able to realize various types of abductive hypothetical reasoning. These programs embed what I call locked abductive strategies, so, even if they present spectacular performances for example in games, they are characterized by poor types of hypothetical creative cognition insofar as they are constrained in what I call <i>eco-cognitive openness</i>. This openness instead characterizes unlocked human cognition that pertains to higher kinds of abductive reasoning, in both the creative and diagnostic cases, in which cognitive strategies are instead unlocked. This special kind of “openness” is physically rooted in the fundamental character of the human brain as an open system constantly coupled with the environment (that is, an “open” or “dissipative” system): its activity is the uninterrupted attempt to achieve the equilibrium with the environment in which it is embedded, and this interplay can never be switched off without producing severe damage to the brain. The brain cannot be conceived as deprived of its physical quintessence that is its openness. In the brain, contrary to the computational case, ordering is not derived from the outside thanks to what I have called in a recent book “computational domestication of ignorant entities”, but it is the direct product of an “internal” open dynamical process of the system.

Soloidenko Halyna

The aim of the study. Theoretical generalization of views and forecasts of specialists regarding the further development of scientific and methodological activities, the introduction of innovative forms and methods of methodological workin the new information and communication environment. Dissemination of NBUV’s experience in developing and updating instructional and methodological documents, modern criteria and indicators for evaluating library activities. The research methodology. The use of general scientific (analysis, generalization) and special research methods (comparative-historical, retrospective, problem-chronological) contributed to the achievement of this goal. Scientific novelty. The article analyzes the state of scientific and methodological activities in the works and studies of domestic scientists. The experience of the NBUV, other national and scientific libraries in the development and implementation of new approaches to determining the mechanism for evaluating the effectiveness of scientific and methodological work is presented. It is proved that the implementation of the outlined tasks requires the improvement of the basic functions, methods, techniques and forms of library work by developingregulatory documents, providing organizational and methodological assistance in all areas of activity; study, implementation and dissemination of library experience; advanced training of library specialists. Conclusions. Domestic scholars emphasize the need for further development of scientific and methodological activities, which is an important condition for the library’s demand in society. It is noted that currently in Ukraine there are processes of rethinking the nature of the needs of libraries in methodological support, the formation of a new concept of methodological work which involves the active activities of libraries in the information and communication environment. Emphasis is placed on the importance of integrating methodological work with modern types of management activities - innovation and marketing. It turns out that the effectiveness of scientific and methodological activities today directly depends on a clear idea of the vectors of development of the modern library.

Siqi He

The branched deformations of immersed compact special Lagrangian submanifolds are studied in this paper. If there exists a nondegenerate $\mathbb{Z}_2$ harmonic 1-form over a special Lagrangian submanifold $L$, we construct a family of immersed special Lagrangian submanifolds $\tilde{L}_t$, that are diffeomorphic to a branched covering of $L$ and $\tilde{L}_t$ convergence to $2L$ as current. This answers a question suggested by Donaldson. Combining with the work of Abouzaid and Imagi, we obtain constraints for the existence of nondegenerate $\mathbb{Z}_2$ harmonic 1-forms.

Daxin Tan, Guangyan Zhang, Tan Lee

This study aims at designing an environment-aware text-to-speech (TTS) system that can generate speech to suit specific acoustic environments. It is also motivated by the desire to leverage massive data of speech audio from heterogeneous sources in TTS system development. The key idea is to model the acoustic environment in speech audio as a factor of data variability and incorporate it as a condition in the process of neural network based speech synthesis. Two embedding extractors are trained with two purposely constructed datasets for characterization and disentanglement of speaker and environment factors in speech. A neural network model is trained to generate speech from extracted speaker and environment embeddings. Objective and subjective evaluation results demonstrate that the proposed TTS system is able to effectively disentangle speaker and environment factors and synthesize speech audio that carries designated speaker characteristics and environment attribute. Audio samples are available online for demonstration https://daxintan-cuhk.github.io/Environment-Aware-TTS/ .

Margaret Tedford

This article explores how ideas of environmental consciousness are explored within two Old English prose versions of The  Life of St Cuthbert, alongside an Old English poem Guthlac A and a Latin version of The Life of St Guthlac. It  seeks to challenge the assumptions of monolithic belief in the early medieval period and to situate an ecocritical analysis  within the context of contemporary focus on the Anthropocene. The article analyses episodes of interaction between the  human and non-human in the texts, reading them through this dual lens. It argues for a complexity of beliefs regarding man  and nature in the early medieval period that is characterised by a theology of both dominion and duty of care.

Michel Brion, Emmanuel Peyre

We say that a smooth algebraic group $G$ over a field $k$ is very special if for any field extension $K/k$, every $G_K$-homogeneous $K$-variety has a $K$-rational point. It is known that every split solvable linear algebraic group is very special. In this note, we show that the converse holds, and discuss its relationship with the birational classification of algebraic group actions.

A. F. Santos, Faqir C. Khanna

In this paper the differential cross section for Bhabha scattering in the Very Special Relativity (VSR) framework is calculated. The main characteristic of the VSR is to modify the gauge invariance. This leads to different types of interactions appearing in a non-local form. In addition, using the Thermo Field Dynamics formalism, thermal corrections for the differential cross section of Bhabha scattering in VSR framework are obtained.

Dan Han, Stanislav Molchanov, Yanjmaa Jutmaan

In this paper, we study the Galton-Watson process in the random environment for the particular case when the number of the offsprings in each generation has the fractional linear generation function with random parameters. In this case, the distribution of $N_t$, the number of particles at the moment time $t=0,1,2,\cdots$ can be calculated explicitly. We present the classification of such processes and limit theorems of two types: quenched type which is for the fixed realization of the random environment and annealed type which includes the averaging over the environment.

P. A. Kislyakov, E. A. Shmeleva, O. Gowin

Introduction. In modern society, there is a growing demand for the spread of prosocial practices, among which the leading role is given to the volunteer movement. In this regard, the actual pedagogical task is the education of a prosocial person - a member of the public, whose activity is focused on the gratuitous societal service and is resulted from altruistic motives. Students are potential members, who can be involved in such activities. Student community is considered as a special social group, which is characterised by the highest degree of civic activity, the desire for self-organisation and self-realisation in various spheres of life.The aims of the research presented in the article are to identify and analyse the attitude of youth to different types of volunteering; to justify the need for support and development of the volunteer movement as one of the main conditions for the safe and sustainable existence of society.Methodology and research methods. The research was based on personal and socio-cognitive approaches to the process of education of the new generation, as well as on the key provisions of the theory of social security. The methods of focus group research, interviews, questionnaires and Internet surveys were employed as tools for information collection. The data obtained were generalised and processed using qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis, including content analysis, percentage analysis, correlation analysis through Pearson coefficient and factor analysis (principal component method, varimax rotation). The calculations were made with the use of the statistical software package SPPS 17.Results and scientific novelty. The phenomenon of volunteering is considered as an important factor of social solidarity and social trust and as a form of safe prosocial behaviour of the individual. Based on the responses of respondents, who took part in the surveys, typical ideas about the motivation of the volunteer, his or her personal qualities and conditions of familiarising with various volunteer practices are identified, studied and generalised. The authors built up a psychological profile of a modern young man, capable of voluntary selfless acts for the benefit of others. Three groups of factors of formation of prosocial behaviour in the youth environment are allocated: social and ecological, educational and civil, cultural and religious. The types of volunteer activities are ranked according to the degree of their influence on the social well-being of the people around them in society according to the potential of gratuitous benefit for other people. From the perspective of the Russian Government and student community, it was revealed that there are some differences in assessing the potential of volunteerism in terms of the importance of selfless actions that contribute to human well-being in society. Conflicting priorities defined by the survey participants, and, the range of activities proclaimed in the Concept of development of volunteerism (volunteering) in the Russian Federation until 2025, can be connected with students’ insufficient awareness on voluntary projects or can be indicative for the risks of socialisation of young people.Practical significance. The present research, on the one hand, enriches the field of knowledge about the essence of safe prosocial behaviour of the individual and, on the other hand, this study has a practice-oriented significance, as it can serve as a basis for the development of methods of psychological and pedagogical impact on the development of human readiness for prosocial behaviour, implemented through voluntary activity.

Paliy Tatyana P. , Pronchenko Elena N.

The processes of globalization occurring in the information environment and the active introduction of modern information technologies have marked a new era in the development and functioning of relevant mass media. Mass media is a complex system of information sources, recipients and addressees, which are interconnected by various communication channels and information flows. In modern society, the media resources are widely used to achieve various goals, ranging from reporting facts and events and ending with entertainment and advertising. Mass media accumulates the experience, desires and needs of millions, and at the same time affects not only the worldview, ideals and values of the audience, but also the actions of individual citizens and the collective actions of society as a whole. At all times, special media attention has been drawn to various kinds of conflicts. Conflict coverage in the media belongs to complex multi-level sociopolitical processes. And this is not accidental, since the media can serve as a tool for the emergence and development of a conflict, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, contribute to its prevention and resolution. This article focuses on this vital topic of contemporary sociolinguistics as a communication conflict. Media discourse is often the scene of the development and escalation of the conflict. Taking into consideration the large number of local and international conflicts, media coverage, principles and basic concepts of the foundations of conflict-communication come to the fore. Different types of conflicts are analyzed and systematized in the article, as well as real examples of functioning of conflicts in real situations are provided. A comparative study of the principles of linguistic tolerance is an extremely promising direction in view of the great variability of linguistic models serving to implement the principles of tolerance in different linguistic cultures, as well as the actual social order of modern society, which is compelled to function in conditions of various kinds of conflicts.