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This volume examines how foreign language learners and teachers think about citizenship and interculturality. It presents a new theory of intercultural citizenship and demonstrates how it can be fostered in practice. It describes how teachers in schools and universities can work together across continents to develop new curricula and pedagogy

A number of researches in recent years have been aimed at revealing the factors that influenced the iconographic program in the apses of the basilicas in Rome as well as at a new, deeper understanding of the semantics of the depicted themes. The paper is focused on the mosaic compositions in Roman apses; it is intended to demonstrate three typical aspects (liturgical, stylistic and political) of the visual papal strategies that are reflected in the encrypted "messages" of the pontiffs in different times. Both iconographic models and inscriptions within the composition – liturgical texts, quotations from scripture – are studied in the connection with the liturgics. In the context of the stylistic analysis, the author considers the pictorial tools used by the Roman artists, thus trying to reveal their appeal to the heritage of the past. A manifestation of such a reference was reflected, particularly, in the widespread adoption of paleochristian models and schemes, which succeeded the reform of the Church, proclaimed by Gregory VII, and also were connected with the concept of Ecclesia primitiva. The political aspect of visual communication is represented in the selection of images of the Roman Church that appeared in the apse. The author seeks to understand the causality associated with the chosen iconographical program and the historical and political situation.

The growing vehicle fleet, which is the largest consumer of the hydrocarbon fuels and the emitter of toxic substances and greenhouse gases, creates the serious environmental challenges that require an integrated approach to solve them. Simulation of the alternative scenarios for the traffic flows distribution allows evaluating the impact of various schemes of the road traffic organization and changes of the road infrastructure on the state of atmospheric air. It is necessary to consolidate the application of the legislative, economic and management mechanisms, orienting parties responsible for the negative consequences of the car operation to implement the optimal technological solutions. Possible economic incentives for the manufacturers of the vehicles, fuel producers, and the car owners are discussed, which enable to improve the environmental safety of the motor vehicles operation. The proposed model of an environmental fuel tax has been tested in the evaluating of the annual value of the possible additional tax revenues from a number of Russian refineries. The introduction of the proposed tax model can significantly reduce the negative consequences of vehicles operation. © 2017 WIT Press. ; Government Council on Grants, Russian Federation ; The work was supported by the Act 211 of the Russian Federation Government, contract № 02.A03.21.0006.

The problem of training students with health issues is the most relevant today. Education at the university should be carried out in conditions that allow students to adapt and fulfill their educational needs. In this regard, one of the promising directions for improving the performance of students with various health issues is the organization of physical and health-improving activities. Systematic sport activities stimulate positive reactions in the system and functions of the body, forming necessary motor coordination, physical qualities and abilities aimed at life support, development and improvement of a disabled person's body. The personalized approach to planning and organizing classes with such students contributes to the belief that physical education is an objective living need for them, a way and condition for living a full life. In the process of training, the future specialist gets the necessary knowledge and skills for health preservation, which in future allows them to have a career in the professional sphere, stimulates self-understanding and self-prediction of their activities

A year ago the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued its Plenum Decree No. 49 «On some issues of applying legislation regulating environmental damage remediation». The paper examines several sections of the decree, including Section 13 (on damage compensation by recovery of costs and (or) making the defendant liable for site remediation), Section 14 (on the court's use of fees and environmental damage assessment methodologies) and Section 18 (on the possibility of making the defendant liable for environmental remediation if a remedial action plan is already in place), as well as forensic practices involved in their enforcement. The authors conclude that substantive remediation of environmental damage requires the assessment of potential costs of remedial action by means of forensic environmental investigation and preparation of recultivation and other remedial project plans. ; Год назад Пленум Верховного Суда Российской Федерации принял Постановление № 49 «О некоторых вопросах применения законодательства о возмещении вреда, причиненного окружающей среде». В статье рассмотрены пункт 13 (о возмещении вреда путем взыскания причиненных убытков и (или) путем возложения на ответчика обязанности по восстановлению нарушенного состояния окружающей среды), пункт 14 (о применении судами такс и методик исчисления размера вреда, причиненного окружающей среде) и пункт 18 (о возможности возложения на ответчика обязанности по восстановлению нарушенного состояния окружающей среды при наличии проекта восстановительных работ) указанного постановления пленума и судебная практика, связанная с их применением. Сделан вывод о том, что для реального восстановления нарушенных объектов окружающей среды следует устанавливать стоимость восстановления таких объектов путем проведения судебной экологической экспертизы определения стоимости восстановления и готовить проекты рекультивационных и иных восстановительных работ.