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The problem of recreating historical and cultural events and phenomena in architectural images is raised for the first time in Belarusian art criticism. The work is devoted to the scientific understanding of images of modern architectural objects that reflect the theme of history and culture in the context of the simulated environment of society. Images of modern architecture are interpreted from the point of view of reflecting the world picture in their content and visualizing the memory of peoples about the historical past and cultural assets of human civilization. The research is based on an artistic and imaginative concept that allows us to interpret objects of modern architecture in the unity of three principles – as a cultural phenomenon of the digital age, as a cultural and historical phenomenon, as well as a way, form and product of mastering and reflecting reality. The article reveals the peculiarities of interpretation of historical and cultural themes in the imagery of modern buildings. The research focuses on the technological aspect of building modeling in the context of figurative architecture of the digital age. Through the deciphering of parables, the ideas of a person and society about spiritual values are revealed.

The article generalizes and analyzes the material on gender approach in higher medical education. Taking into account acurrent national legislation and world experience on gender parity, authors light up the realization of principles of equalitybetween the participants of educational process and outline tendencies in acquisition of professional qualification, consideringthe gender aspect. ; У статті узагальнено та проаналізовано матеріал з питань гендерного підходу у вищій медичній освіті. Враховуючи чинне національне законодавство та світовий досвід з питань гендерного паритету, автори висвітлюють реалізацію принципів рівності між учасниками освітнього процесу та окреслюють тенденції у набутті професійної кваліфікації з огляду на гендерний аспект.

The article generalizes and analyzes the material on gender approach in higher medical education. Taking into account acurrent national legislation and world experience on gender parity, authors light up the realization of principles of equalitybetween the participants of educational process and outline tendencies in acquisition of professional qualification, consideringthe gender aspect. ; У статті узагальнено та проаналізовано матеріал з питань гендерного підходу у вищій медичній освіті. Враховуючи чинне національне законодавство та світовий досвід з питань гендерного паритету, автори висвітлюють реалізацію принципів рівності між учасниками освітнього процесу та окреслюють тенденції у набутті професійної кваліфікації з огляду на гендерний аспект.

This paper compares and contrasts the coverage of consumer affairs on radio in the two very different nations of China and the UK. In China, the daily programme Tian Tian 315 regularly achieves some of the highest audiences of the state broadcaster China National Radio. In 2015 it received one of the highest national awards for journalism because of its impact on the developing consumer movement in China, the largest market economy in the world, as well as on individual consumers - its listeners. In the UK one of the main fixed points in the Radio 4 schedule of the public broadcaster the BBC is the programme You and Yours, which champions consumer rights five days a week. Moneybox takes a more specialised approach to issues over personal finance and is broadcast weekly on Radio 4. All of these programmes are broadcast during daytime, in prominent timeslots. The paper uses representative extracts from the two countries to illustrate a quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of their public broadcasters' output and approach to consumer affairs, as well as some examples of radio having produced tangible results in improving the regulatory or commercial environment for listeners needing support as individual consumers. It also asks to what extent consumer affairs are represented in more general programming, including in news coverage on CNR and the BBC, and what is the appeal of this genre of speech radio when individual items may only be of direct relevance to a minority of those listening. Dr Ying Yu is a Research Fellow and Director of the Consumer Rights in China Programme at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on consumer protection from the international comparative law and private international law perspectives. Her research interests include media representations of consumer protection policy and the law of e-commerce, financial services, tourism, dispute resolution and cross-border transactions between China and the rest of the world. Professor Guy Starkey is Associate Dean, Global Engagement at Bournemouth University. He was Chair of the Radio Research Section of ECREA (2008-14). His academic publications include the books Local Radio, Going Global (2015), Radio in Context, second edition (2014), Radio Journalism (with Professor Andrew Crisell, 2009) and Balance and Bias in Journalism: Representation, Regulation and Democracy (2007). In 2014 he published Radio: The Resilient Medium at the University of Sunderland.

Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Development of policy for variable renewable energy (VRE), such as wind and solar power, could be difficult in developing countries that have limited capacity, limited technical, and fiscal resources. Sri Lanka is such a case. Although Sri Lanka has a potential to develop VRE, the development was neither sufficient nor smooth. This study explores the development of VRE in the 2000s and analyses the impacts of the cost reflective feed-in-tariffs (FITs). The study finds that VRE public policy in Sri Lanka can be improved in a number of ways: better coordination among government agencies; technology specific policy and accommodation of cost dynamics; and redesign of subsidy policies. Generally, the governance mechanism suggested in this research is an innovated structure to coordinate multiple government agencies by specifying policies according to technologies and redesigning the subsidy structures by accommodating the cost dynamics.

We develop a quantitative business cycle model with search complementarities in the inter-firm matching process that entails a multiplicity of equilibria. An active static equilibrium with strong joint venture formation, large output, and low unemployment can coexist with a passive static equilibrium with low joint venture formation, low output, and high unemployment. Changes in fundamentals move the system between the two static equilibria, generating large and persistent business cycle fluctuations. The volatility of shocks is important for the selection and duration of each static equilibrium. Sufficiently adverse shocks in periods of low macroeconomic volatility trigger severe and protracted downturns. The magnitude of government intervention is critical to foster economic recovery in the passive static equilibrium, while it plays a limited role in the active static equilibrium.

In this study, Eudragit S-100 has been covalently bound to the cellulase enzyme to form immobilized cellulase enzyme and then the effect of the treatment on ramie fabric properties is studied. The ramie fabrics treated with immobilized cellulase enzyme show lower quantities of reducing sugar, weight loss, and higher tensile strength than native cellulase enzyme-treated fabrics. Scanning electron microscopic analysis shows that the surface of ramie fabrics treated with cellulase enzyme is smoother than that of the untreated sample. Furthermore, treatment by the immobilized cellulase enzyme is less damaging to the fibres. X-ray diffraction studies show that there is hardly any loss in the crystallinity of ramie fabrics. Low-stress mechanical properties evaluated by the Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabric indicate that immobilized cellulase enzyme treatment improves the softness, flexibility, and elastic recovery of the ramie fabrics. ; This work was funded by the Galician government (Xunta de Galiza) through the I2C postdoctoral program (fellowship ED481B2014/133-0), and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant ...