Rosi Braidotti
Published: Jan. 1, 2019
What are the parameters that define a posthuman knowing subject, her scientific credibility and ethical accountability? Taking the posthumanities as an emergent field of enquiry based on the convergence of posthumanism and post-anthropocentrism, I argue that posthuman knowledge claims go beyond the critiques of the universalist image of ‘Man’ and of human exceptionalism. The conceptual foundation I envisage for the critical posthumanities is a neo-Spinozist monistic ontology that assumes radical immanence, i.e. the primacy of intelligent and self-organizing matter. This implies that the posthuman knowing subject has to be understood as a relational embodied and embedded, affective and accountable entity …
Florian R. Hertel
Olaf Groh-Samberg
Published: Oct. 12, 2019
We study the relationship between inter-class inequality and intergenerational class mobility across 39 countries. Previous research on the relationship between economic inequality and class mobility remains inconclusive, as studies have confounded intra- with between-class economic inequalities. We propose that between-class inequality across multiple dimensions accounts for the inverse relationship between inequality and mobility: the larger the resource distance between classes, the less likely it is that mobility from one to the other will occur. We consider inequality in terms of between-class differences in three areas—education, wages, and income—and in a composite measure. Building on sociological mobility theory, we argue that …
Kerilyn Schewel
Published: March 31, 2019
This article suggests that there is a mobility bias in migration research: by focusing on the “drivers” of migration — the forces that lead to the initiation and perpetuation of migration flows — migration theories neglect the countervailing structural and personal forces that restrict or resist these drivers and lead to different immobility outcomes. To advance a research agenda on immobility, it offers a definition of immobility, further develops the aspiration-capability framework as an analytical tool for exploring the determinants of different forms of (im)mobility, synthesizes decades of interdisciplinary research to help explain why people do not migrate or desire …
Miles Richardson
Holli-Anne Passmore
Lea Barbett
Ryan Lumber
Rory Thomas
Alex Hunt
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
The biodiversity crisis demands greater engagement in pro-nature conservation behaviours. Research has examined factors which account for general pro-environmental behaviour; that is, behaviour geared to minimizing one's impact on the environment. Yet, a dearth of research exists examining factors that account for pro-nature conservation behaviour specifically—behaviour that directly and actively supports conservation of biodiversity. This study is the first of its kind to use a validated scale of pro-nature conservation behaviour. Using online data from a United Kingdom population survey of 1,298 adults (16+ years), we examined factors (composed of nine variable-blocks of items) that accounted for pro-nature conservation behaviour. …
Julia P. G. Jones
Laura Thomas-Walters
Niki A. Rust
Diogo Veríssimo
Published: Jan. 1, 2019
Netflix recently launched its high-profile nature documentary Our Planet. Voiced by Sir David Attenborough in English (with Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz and other Hollywood actors voicing versions simultaneously released in 10 other languages), Netflix are making a clear play for core BBC territory. However, they claim that this is a nature documentary with a difference as it puts the threats facing nature front and center to the narrative. We coded the scripts of Our Planet, and those of three recent Attenborough-voiced BBC documentaries, to explore the extent to which threats (and conservation action and success) are discussed. The only other …
Kolesnikova L.I.
Kolesnikov S.I.
Kurashova N.A.
Bairova T.A.
Published: Jan. 1, 2015
The preservation of reproductive health of the population is an important factor of demographic policy of the state. According to some authors from 14 to 30% of couples of reproductive age suffer from infertility; male factor in such marriages is detected in more than half of the cases. As you know, in recent years there has been a significant deterioration in the main indicators of reproductive function of men. Increased the number of andrological diseases, morphological disorders of the male reproductive system, almost halved the production of sperm in men of reproductive age. The reason probably lies behind a whole …
Baranov A.A.
Namazova-Baranova L.S.
A.G. Il'in
Published: Jan. 1, 2014
The article presents submitted data of population dynamics of adolescent (10-17 years old) in Russian Federation over the period of 1995—2012. In the presence of reduction by 8,2 million of adolescent population the top-priority task of adolescent health and life maintenance was declared. The article deals with physical growth and development statistics of schoolchildren of 15-19 years old: as opposed to peers of 80-es increase of length, body weight and circumference of chest as well as reduction of muscle strength is observed. On the ground of the data analysis of authoritative statistical reporting the increase of morbidity rate by factor …
Makarov VV
Love A.J.
Sinitsyna O.V.
Makarova S.S.
Yaminsky I.V.
Yaminsky I.V.
Taliansky M.E.
Kalinina N.O.
Published: Jan. 1, 2014
While metal nanoparticles are being increasingly used in many sectors of the economy, there is growing interest in the biological and environmental safety of their production. The main methods for nanoparticle production are chemical and physical approaches that are often costly and potentially harmful to the environment. The present review is devoted to the possibility of metal nanoparticle synthesis using plant extracts. This approach has been actively pursued in recent years as an alternative, efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally safe method for producing nanoparticles with specified properties. This review provides a detailed analysis of the various factors affecting the morphology, size, …
Natalia I. Bykanova
Daria V. Gordya
Denis V. Evdokimov
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
Due to a number of negative events for the Russian economy, the process of digitaliza-tion and implementation of financial technology (fintech) may become the main com-petitive advantages to determine the growth prospects of the banking business of Russia in the short and medium term. In addition to projects implemented with the support of the government and the Bank of Russia, large Russian banks are currently investing heavily in fintech and are actively implementing innovative pilot projects. The article reveals the key technologies of digital transformation in Russia are technologies such as Big Data and predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine …
Oksana V. Vaganova
Svyatoslav V. Yevdokimov
Natalia E. Solovjeva
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
Agriculture is one of the most important priority sectors of the national economy, which provides the country's foodsecurity. But there are many problems in the activ-ities of agricultural producers, connected to the general taxation regime and the large tax burden.The purpose of this article is to study the current Unified Agricultural Tax (UAT), identify the positive and negative aspects of the application of these special tax re-gimes, as well as identify the main instruments of state support for agricultural pro-ducers.The problems that were solved during the writing these work were to substantiate the feasibility of Unified Agricultural Tax introduction for …