348 research outputs found
Financial dollarization in Russia: causes and consequences
No full textWe review some aspects of financial dollarization in Russia, applying the main relevant theories to analyze the dynamics of several dollarization indicators. An econometric model of the short run dynamics of deposit and loan dollarization is estimated for the last decade. We find that ruble appreciation was the main driver of the de-dollarization that occurred then and of the later episode of renewed dollarization. We estimate the overall (and sectoral) currency mismatches of the Russian economy. The results show a gradual improvement of the net foreign currency position of the public sector, where we have seen significant accumulation of international reserves by the Bank of Russia and repayment of government debt. Evidence is also presented for the significant currency risk vulnerability of the nonbanking private sector. Several existing empirical studies are examined in order to assess the growth losses of the Russian economy following the crisis of 2008, which was linked with the financial dollarization.financial dollarization; currency mismatch; balance sheet effects; Russia
TTF-TCNQ-based thin films and microcrystals - growth and charge transport phenomena
No full textOrganische Materialien haben bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts hinsichtlich ihrer elektronischen Eigenschaften keine besondere Aufmerksamkeit auf sich gezogen. Größeres Interesse an diesen Materialien entstand erst durch die Entdeckung einer ungewöhnlich hohen elektrischen Leitfähigkeit des organischen Perylen-Bromin Ladungstransfer-Komplexes durch Inokuchi et al. im Jahr 1954. Diese neue Klasse von Materialien besteht typischerweise aus Donor- und Akzeptor-Molekülen, die in einer bestimmten Stöchiometrie aneinander gebunden sind. Elektrische Ladung wird zwischen den Donor- und Akzeptor-Molekülen transferiert. Um diesen Prozess zu beschreiben, entwickelte Robert Mulliken in den 60er Jahren ein theoretisches Gerüst. Abhängig von der Anordnung der Moleküle und transferierten elektrischen Ladung kann der Ladungstransfer-Komplex (oder Salz) ein Isolator, ein Halbleiter, ein Metall oder sogar ein Supraleiter sein. Noch mehr Aufmerksamkeit erhielten Ladungstransfer-Materialien mit der Entdeckung des ersten quasi-eindimensionalen organischen Metalls TTF-TCNQ (tetrathiafulvalene-tetracyanoquinodimethane) im Jahr 1973. ..
The Construction of Warfare Technology in Russian Military Thinking
No full textThe Construction of Warfare Technology in Russian Military Thinking Anzhelika Solovyeva Abstract This dissertation traces the dynamics of military-technological innovation in Russia over the last hundred and fifty years. The analysis relies extensively on primary data obtained from Russian archives, complemented by a series of expert interviews. The goal is to understand whether and to what extent Russia's respective discourses and practices constitute a distinct strategic cultural approach. The relationship between strategic culture and military- technological innovation is considered from two different, yet complementary, perspectives. From an empirical standpoint, the analysis is guided by six substantial arguments derived from the existing literature on Russian strategic culture, technology and military doctrine, interviews conducted by the author, and partially from the author's own knowledge of the problematic. In theoretical terms, this dissertation offers and graphically nuances a novel conceptual model, theorizing processes related to military-technological innovation and the role of strategic cultural frames. The last two arguments guiding the empirical focus of this dissertation are derived from the theoretical discussion. This model is subsequently applied to three case studies, with the key..
Konstrukce válečné technologie v ruském vojenském myšlení
No full textThe Construction of Warfare Technology in Russian Military Thinking Anzhelika Solovyeva Abstract This dissertation traces the dynamics of military-technological innovation in Russia over the last hundred and fifty years. The analysis relies extensively on primary data obtained from Russian archives, complemented by a series of expert interviews. The goal is to understand whether and to what extent Russia's respective discourses and practices constitute a distinct strategic cultural approach. The relationship between strategic culture and military- technological innovation is considered from two different, yet complementary, perspectives. From an empirical standpoint, the analysis is guided by six substantial arguments derived from the existing literature on Russian strategic culture, technology and military doctrine, interviews conducted by the author, and partially from the author's own knowledge of the problematic. In theoretical terms, this dissertation offers and graphically nuances a novel conceptual model, theorizing processes related to military-technological innovation and the role of strategic cultural frames. The last two arguments guiding the empirical focus of this dissertation are derived from the theoretical discussion. This model is subsequently applied to three case studies, with the key...Konstrukce Válečné Technologie v Ruském Vojenském Myšlení Anzhelika Solovyeva Abstrakt Tato disertační práce sleduje dynamiku vojensko-technologických inovací v Rusku za posledních 150 let. Analýza se do značné míry opírá o primární data získaná z ruských archivů, která jsou doplněna řadou expertních rozhovorů. Cílem je pochopit, zda a do jaké míry představují příslušné ruské diskurzy a praktiky odlišný strategický kulturní přístup. Vztah mezi strategickou kulturou a vojensko-technologickými inovacemi je posuzován ze dvou různých, ale vzájemně se doplňujících pohledů. Z empirického hlediska je analýza vedena šesti podstatnými argumenty odvozenými z dosavadní literatury o ruské strategické kultuře, technologii a vojenské doktríně, z rozhovorů vedených autorkou a částečně z autorčiných vlastních znalostí problematiky. V teoretické rovině tato disertační práce nabízí a vizualizuje neotřelý koncepční model, který teoretizuje procesy související s vojensko-technologickými inovacemi a rolí strategických kulturních rámců. Poslední dva argumenty, kterými se řídí empirické zaměření této disertační práce, vycházejí z teoretické diskuse. Tento model je následně aplikován na tři případové studie, přičemž klíčové poznatky jsou graficky znázorněny na konci každé příslušné kapitoly: zavedení puškových zbraní se závěrovým...Katedra mezinárodních vztahůDepartment of International RelationsFaculty of Social SciencesFakulta sociálních vě
Figure 2 in Same but different: towards taxonomic status of Myotis ater (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the mainland Asia
No full textFigure 2: Phylogenetic relationships of M. muricola and M. ater in comparison to selected Myotis species obtained by the analysis of COI + cytb concatenate. Values at the nodes show posterior probabilities PP/bootstrap values BS.Published as part of <i>Kruskop, Sergei V., Solovyeva, Evgeniya N., Dudorova, Anastasia V. & Artyushin, Ilya V., 2023, Same but different: towards taxonomic status of Myotis ater (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the mainland Asia, pp. 1-18 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 87 (5)</i> on page 5, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0019, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10260005">http://zenodo.org/record/10260005</a>
Exploring the Interaction of Water with Open Metal Sites in MIL-101(Cr): a 1H NMR relaxometry and Molecular dynamics Study
No full textExploring the Interaction of Water with Open Metal Sites in MIL-101(Cr) by 1H NMR Relaxometry and ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics Simulations
No full textIn this work, we investigated the state of water in the metal-organic framework MIL-101(Cr) by combining 1H magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR, NMR relaxometry, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations based on a reactive force field. The MD simulations indicated that water molecules are coordinated to the open metal sites and are organized in shells. Through 1H T2 and T1 relaxation measurements at the fixed Larmor frequency of 21 MHz, water in the intergrain spaces was distinguished from that in the intragrain mesopores of MIL-101(Cr). 1H MAS NMR measurements showed that water in the mesopores is structurally ordered, as revealed by the presence of 1H-1H residual dipolar interaction. The 1H NMR relaxometric behavior of water located in the intergrain spaces of MIL-101(Cr) as a function of the magnetic field strength, determined by fast field cycling NMR relaxometry, was interpreted extending an existing model, generally applied to paramagnetic aqua ions in solution, to the case of Cr3+ ions fixed on the surface of the metal-organic framework. The model predicts the exchange of water between the first and second shell of a Cr3+ ion, giving access to the water residence time in the first shell that would be difficult to determine using other techniques. In the temperature interval of 25-70 °C, water residence times in the range of tens of nanoseconds were found and a limited accessibility of water to the open metal sites located on the external grain surface was observed
Popular Legal Discourse vs Legal Media Discourse
No full textСоловьева Юлия Олеговна, кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры лингвистики, перевода и межкультурной коммуникации факультета иностранных языков и регионоведения, Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова (Москва), [email protected]
Yuliya O. Solovyeva, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Translation and Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow), [email protected]В статье рассматриваются сходства и различия двух гибридных типов дискурса: популярно-юридического и медийного юридического, которые, несмотря на наличие общих характеристик, по-разному определяют правовую реальность. Сравнение релевантных дискурсов проводится по таким параметрам как: дискурсивная принадлежность, участники общения, целевая установка, тематические доминанты общения и транслируемые ценности. Автором предлагаются различные подходы к определению места рассматриваемых гибридных дискурсов в типологии дискурсов, исходя из разницы дискурс-основ и характера взаимодействия пересекающихся дискурсов. В ста-тье анализируются цели и прагматика текстов изучаемых дискурсов. Так, целью текстов медийного юридического дискурса является информирование населения о текущих правовых процессах и изменениях правовых норм, сопровождающееся пояснением и оценкой, позволяющими манипулировать сознанием читателя. Прагматической целью текстов популярно-юридического дискурса является фиксация и популяризация правовых знаний для повышения общего уровня правовой грамотности адресата. Ценности, транслируемые через тексты популярно-юридического дискурса, и концепты, формируемые в общественном сознании, являются универсальными для многих культур мира и имеют непреходящее значение. Концепты юридического медиадискурса могут утратить свое значение, если какой-либо медиатопик теряет свою популярность. The author analyzes similarities and differences of the two hybrid types of discourse: popular legal discourse and legal media discourse, which, despite having some common features, construct different legal reality. The comparison of relevant discourses is based on such parameters as: discursive type, communication participants, the purpose of communication, dominant topics and transmitted values. The author proposes various approaches to identifying the types of the hybrid discourses in question, according to their bases and the nature of interaction of intersecting discourses. Much attention is given to the purposes and pragmatic characteristics of the texts of relevant discourses. Thus, texts of legal media discourse aim to inform the population about current legal processes and changes in legal rules along with their explanation and assessment in order to manipulate the mind of the reader. The pragmatic goal of the texts of popular legal discourse is the fixation and popularization of legal knowledge for improving legal awareness of the audience. The values transmitted via the texts of popular legal discourse, and the concepts formed in public consciousness, are universal for many cultures of the world and have long-lasting significance. Concepts of legal media discourse can lose their value if the media topic becomes irrelevant
Evaporation temperature-tuned physical vapor deposition growth engineering of one-dimensional non-Fermi liquid tetrathiofulvalene tetracyanoquinodimethane thin films
No full textWe describe the growth of high quality tetrathiofulvalene tetracyanoquinodimethane (TTF-TCNQ) organic charge-transfer thin films which show a clear non-Fermi liquid behavior. Temperature dependent angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and electronic structure calculations show that the growth of TTF-TCNQ films is accompanied by the unfavorable presence of neutral TTF and TCNQ molecules. The quality of the films can be controlled by tuning the evaporation temperature of the precursor in physical vapor deposition method. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3489098
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and the metaphysics of security communities: perspectives from Tlatelolco and Bangkok
No full textwith Adler and Barnett's unorthodox approach based on s' institution and metaphysical factors, such as common identities, norms, transactions and ideas, bringing a fresh approach to the 'academic' table. Through six qualitative one America and Southeast Asia, the author aimed to answer the following research questions: "To what extent do these NWFZs constitute two distinct 'security communities', a concept forged ?", "Can these NWFZs fall under one of the following labels describing their development path: 'nascent', 'ascendant' or 'mature' security communities?", "What is the role of collective identities, shared ideas, and ternational behavior of the state parties?". As a result, after applying the 'three tier' model and analyzing the case studies' development paths, Latin America and Southeast Asia can thus be considered 'loosely tied security communities' in their 'mature
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