scholarly journals Design and Development of a Methodology Based on Expert Systems, Applied to the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers

Diagnostics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Casal-Guisande ◽  
Alberto Comesaña-Campos ◽  
Jorge Cerqueiro-Pequeño ◽  
José-Benito Bouza-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Pressure Ulcers ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Remote Medicine

The medical treatment of chronic wounds, pressure ulcers in particular, burdens healthcare systems nowadays with high expenses that result mainly from their monitoring and assessment stages. Decision support systems applied within the ‘remote medicine’ framework may be of help, not only to the process of monitoring the evolution of chronic wounds under treatment, but also to facilitate the prevention and early detection of potential risk conditions in the affected patients. In this paper, the design and definition of a new decision-support methodology to be applied to the monitoring and assessment stages of the medical treatment process for pressure ulcers is proposed. Built upon the use and development of expert systems, the methodology makes it possible to generate alerts derived from the evolution of a patient’s chronic wound, by means of the interpretation and combination of data coming from both an image of the wound, and the considerations of a healthcare professional with expertise in the subject matter. Some positive results are already shown regarding the determination of the ulcer’s status in the tests that have been carried out so far. Therefore, it is considered that the proposed methodology might lead to substantial improvements regarding both the treatment’s efficiency and cost savings.

GENETICS AND METABOLISM

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-571
Author(s):  
Barton Childs
Keyword(s):  
Mutant Gene ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Affected Patient ◽  
Adrenal Hyperplasia ◽  
Genetic Determination ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Genetically Determined ◽  
Or Genes

IT IS the part of wisdom when about to give a dissertation which one hopes will at once instruct and entertain, to provide at the outset some definition of the subject matter. Genetics is the study of the heritable components of variation; the heritable factors which determine the range or extent of diversity. So, genetics is concerned with heritable differences and likenesses between individuals and between species. One emphasizes the differences because one can be certain of genetic determination of a particular characteristic only when it exists in a population in two or more alternative forms. It is the variants which catch the eye and hold the attention of the investigator, and which by their presence suggest more than one form of the gene or genes which determine that particular characteristic. I would like in what follows to present some examples of investigations of some aspects of genetics in human populations. ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA Several years ago Dr. Melvin Grumbach and I studied the genetics of adrenal hyperplasia, using as our material the patients of Dr. Lawson Wilkins. Since the disease occurs in more than one member of a sibship and since parents are unaffected, we suspected that it was genetically determined and that the affected patient possessed a double dose of a mutant gene; that is, the characteristic was recessive.

scholarly journals Identification of the specificity of functionality of the military-industrial complex

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-49
Author(s):  
Dmitrii Azarov
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Military Industrial Complex ◽  
Iron Triangle ◽  
Scientific Representations ◽  
Basic Transformation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Military

The subject of this research is the economic relations formed as a result of operation and development of military-industrial complex, which affect economic growth of the country. The object of this research is the military-industrial complex. The goal consists in determination of peculiarities of functionality of military-industrial complex. The author explores such aspects of the topic, as the evolution of approaches towards studying the military-industrial complex, as well as nuances of its functionality. Special attention is paid to the structure of military-industrial complex, highlighting its key components and determining interaction between them. The author’s main contribution lies in the proposed interpretation of the military-industrial complex, formulated as a result of critical analysis of relevant scientific representations on its essence, and reflecting the specifics of its functionality. The novelty consists in the analysis and systematization of scientific approaches to definition of military-industrial complex; its structural perception in form of modified scheme of O. Williamson with indication of major stakeholders and relations between them, which is based on the concept of “iron triangle”; identification of basic transformation trends of the military-industrial complex, as well as characteristics that differentiate it from other economic macro-sectors.

ON THE QUESTION OF THE CONCEPT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AND ITS RELATION TO OTHER TYPES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Татьяна Александровна Скворцова ◽  
Владислав Андреевич Сорокин
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Legal Definition ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

Предметом данной статьи является анализ понятия предпринимательской деятельности и определение соотношения предпринимательской деятельности с иными видами экономической деятельности. Исследована легальная дефиниция «предпринимательская деятельность» и определены признаки, отграничивающие данный вид деятельности от других разновидностей экономической активности. The subject of this article is the analysis of the concept of entrepreneurial activity and the determination of the ratio of entrepreneurial activity with other types of economic activity. The legal definition of "entrepreneurial activity" is studied and the features that distinguish this type of activity from other types of economic activity are determined.

scholarly journals ADMINISTRATIVE LAW MECHANISM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIVATE INTERESTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (37) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
L. Konduforova
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Legal Mechanism ◽  
Structural Methods

The subject of the article is the determination of the essence of the administrative-legal mechanism for the implementation of private interests. The purpose of the article is to formulate the concept of this mechanism and to determine its elements. This goal led to the use of formal-dogmatic and system-structural methods with which the author determines the structure of the administrative-legal mechanism for the implementation of private interests. The author offers his own definition of administrative and legal mechanism for the implementation of private interests. The results of the study can be used in legislative work in the field of protecting the rights and freedoms of participants in public relations, as well as in law enforcement.Key words: administrative-legal mechanism, administrative-legal relations, administrative-legal norms, private interests, public administration, administrative-legal means.

scholarly journals Flaws in taxation of transnational corporations using the transfer-pricing rules

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Andreevna Iugina
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Transnational Corporation ◽  
International Taxation ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Pricing Rules ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Available Information

The subject of this research is the transfer-pricing rules applied in various countries, their peculiarities and flaws from the standpoint of approach to taxation of transnational corporations overall; as well as practical issues of implementation of transfer-pricing rules for transnational corporations and fiscal authorities, namely the problems of avoidance of taxation by the representatives of transnational corporations and ambiguity of the applied approaches towards regulation. The author examines differences in the rules applied by various jurisdictions, as well as law enforcement problems emerging thereof. Relevance of the topic is substantiated by high significance of transfer-pricing rules for taxation of transnational corporations, as well as the need for ensuring universality in international taxation. The main conclusions lie in determination of substantial ambiguity in the transfer-pricing riles, associated with the lack of information on comparable transaction in the available information systems, as well as assessment of rules with regards to each individual situation. The mechanism employed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation, aimed ate elimination of flaws in transfer-pricing rules, such as consensual procedure, are expensive and often ineffective for transnational corporations. Therefore, elimination of dual taxation is achieved only in some situations. Differences of legislation on transfer pricing in various jurisdictions can also lead to dual taxation of transnational corporations. Moreover, the “arm’s length” principle do not allow reflecting synergetic effects that emerge in the context of activity of transnational corporation, and thus, definition of taxation base within the framework of acting transfer-pricing rules is incomplete.

scholarly journals Conceptualization of the phenomenon of social destructiveness from the perspective of archaization theory within the Russian socio-philosophical discourse

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-76
Author(s):  
Arsenii Belomytsev
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Destructive Processes ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Critical Overview

The subject of this article is the attempts of the Russian researchers to interpret the destructive processes in modern Russian society through the prism of development of archaization theory. Due to the lack of semantic definiteness, the concept of social archaization is often attributed to similar ones, such as “traditionalism”, “barbarization”, “patriarchalization”, “New Middle Ages", etc. The diversity of existing approaches substantiates the need to determine a certain theoretical core, which would become the foundation for further hypotheses. Special attention is given to problem of absence of a unified approach towards the definition of archaizing processes, as well as to the need for clarification and further functionality of the concept of social archaization. The novelty of this research consists in the critical overview and determination of flaws in the existing concepts of social archaization. It is demonstrated that the relevant findings of the Russian researchers do not always explain the origin of destructive processes in the Russian society. The effective practical solution to complications related to the phenomenon of social destruction is yet to be developed. The author proposes an alternative approach towards determination of the causes of archaization of the Russian society at the current stage; outlines the promising ways of reflection on archaizing trends; as well as formulates a refined definition of archaization of the modern society. The acquired results aim to lay theoretical foundation for further development and implementation of measures on overcoming destructive consequences of social archaicism.

scholarly journals Assessment of “maturity” of the taxpayer's internal control system for tax monitoring purposes

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-59
Author(s):  
Elena Vladimirovna Berezina ◽  
Anna Sergeevna Balandina ◽  
Ol'ga Svyatoslavovna Belomyttseva
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Control Procedure ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

The internal control system is examined as a variety of internal control of an economic entity on the one hand, and as the foundation for transitioning towards tax monitoring on the other. Such approach allows assessing this structure from the perspective of taxpayers, as well as from the standpoint of implementation of public function of tax control. The object of this article is the process of improving internal control system of tax obligations by the taxpayer in the conditions of digitalization of tax administration. The subject of this article is the theoretical aspects of internal control as an administrative function, as well as comparative analysis of the Russian “internal control” system with the classical COSO model. The scientific novelty consists in comprehensive research of the internal control of tax obligations, determination of its essential characteristics,  and assessment of the consequences of formalization of requirements thereof, which led to the conclusion on transformation of the internal control of the taxpayer from the area of reputational merits of the economic entity and internal administration instruments to the subject of public control by tax authorities in tax monitoring processes. It remains to be seen whether state interference in such delicate sphere of activity of an economic entity as internal control is justified. The goal of this research consists in the analysis of the effective requirements of the Federal Tax Service of Russia from the perspective of possibility of their implementation by the particular taxpayers. The article provides the examples of assessment of certain components of the internal control system based on the criteria set by the Federal Tax Service of Russia. The author formulates the definition of control procedure, carries out classification of the aforementioned criteria; develops the examples of effective design of some controls; as well as presents the examples of assessment of IT systems from in the context of extended requirements of the Federal Tax Service of Russia.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF DETERMINATION OF THE COST OF PLANTS CERTAIN KINDS WHEN CARRYING OUT FORENSIC MERCHANDISING EXAMINATIONS

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 351-359
Author(s):  
О. S. Obolentseva-Krasivska
Keyword(s):  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Market Relations

Flowers, ornamental plants, planting material (saplings) and other plants with regard to which the market with possibility of carrying out independent adequate marketing was formed, are the subject of evaluation by the experts in field of forensic merchandising. With the development of the market and market relations such goods as flowers, planting material and others are increasingly encashed in the market of Ukraine and become the objects of forensic merchandising examinations and expert researches. Special feature of merchandising researches of the plant origin objects is the use of the comprehensive approach to the estimation of their quality and cost. Researches are carried out with the purpose of determination of properties, consumer value, conformity to standards and specifications of plants certain kinds. When studying a considerable variety of flower plants, one distinguishes scientific and industrial classifications. In merchandising flowers industrial classification of flower ornamental plants which provides distribution of flower plants to the separate groups similar on biological properties, the agricultural technician of cultivation and practical application in gardening is used. During carrying out merchandising examinations on an establishment of consumer properties of certain kinds plants, namely establishments organoleptic indicators of quality and quantity of flower decorative production given for research, the expert checks conformity of this production to requirements of normative and technical documents. Requirements to quality of flower production are normalised by standards depending on production kind – cutf lowers, pottery blossoming plants, pottery decorative sheet plants, sprouts of flower decorative production, planting material, seeds of flower ornamental plants. At carrying out merchandising researches of flower decorative production, plants and saplings it’s necessary for merchandising experts to pay special attention on definition of quality indicators and a grade of plants according to standards, and also to consider data concerning age of a plant, novelty of a grade and origin country of production.

scholarly journals Approach towards classification of the types of legal responsibility

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Konstantin Evgenevich Shilekhin
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Close Link ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Tax Fraud ◽  
Definition Of

The subject of this research is the social relations in the context of bringing to legal responsibility, as well as normative legal acts and scientific literature that reflect such relations. The problem of classification of the types of legal responsibility is relevant in the context of substantiation of the autonomy of its individual types. The attempts to substantiate the autonomy of one or another type of legal responsibility entail the revision of the grounds for classification. The goal of this article consists in revealing the natural grounds for definition of the concept of “legal responsibility” to build consistent and exhaustive classification. The main conclusion lies in determination of the criterion for classification of the types of legal responsibility. Emphasis is placed on the social relations underlying the legal relations, namely legal relations in the area of bringing to legal responsibility. On the example of responsibility for committing tax fraud, the article demonstrates the failure of attempts to find qualification criteria on the basis of the normative legal acts outside the entirety of social relations. The article determines the close link between social relations in the economic sphere, as well as their impact upon legal relations emerging in the context of bringing to legal responsibility as a whole and administrative responsibility in particular.

scholarly journals The potential of sustainable development of agro-industrial enterprises: understanding of the essence and components

2018 ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Piliavskii ◽  
Mykola Mohylat
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Development Potential ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Further Development

The subject of research is the theoretical basis for understanding the essence of the potential and practical approaches to the formation of its componentsfor sustainable development of the enterprises, particularly in agricultural industry. The purpose of the research is to study the essential characteristics and components of the enterprise’s sustainable development potential, and to foremost determine the interaction of economic, social and environmental sub-potentials at the level of enterprise. Results of the research. Author's interpretation of the concept of enterprises’ sustainable development potential is proposed. It has been revealed that in the list of components of sustainable development potential, the innovative component acquires special significance, and forms an innovative field for the further development of economic, environmental and social potential.It has been determined that an innovative field in agro-industrial production should be formed by the large processing enterprises of agricultural industry.In order to further stimulate them, innovators should participate in management of innovative companies and be supported by the state.Summarizing of the essence and the author's definition of the terms «social» and «environmental» potentialof the enterprise’s sustainable development was provided.The basic structures of economic and social potential for sustainable development of agro-industrial enterprises have been developed.The interconnection between economic, social and environmental components of agro-industrial enterprises’ sustainable development has been exposed. Field of application of the results – the enterprises of agricultural industry, and further scientific research on evaluating the components, and forming the organizational and managerial directions of agro-industrial enterprises’ sustainable development potential’s use. Conclusions. The results of studying the theoretical views on the content of «enterprises’ sustainable development potential» phenomenon indicate a triple determination of the process of its creation and functioning.It is determined by the dynamics of the structure and direction of public needs, and also by the possibilities of interaction of one factor (environmental and social) with another (economic), providing balance between them.

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