Russian State University for the Humanities

About: Russian State University for the Humanities is a education organization based out in Moscow, Russia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Computer science & Population. The organization has 384 authors who have published 541 publications receiving 4658 citations. The organization is also known as: RSUH & RGGU.

Analysis of the demand for the results of scientific activity in the main areas of Earth Sciences

Abstract: The paper analyzes the importance of geological knowledge for solving a wide range of practical problems. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of the research of scientists and specialists in 2012–2018 in Geology, Geophysics, Geography, Mining, Geodesy and cartography on the basis of RSCI databases (Russian science citation index). The analysis was carried out taking into account a number of scientometric indicators: the publication activity of researchers – the annual number of their publications, as well as the citation of these publications and the demand for the results of their work. Features of publication activity are revealed: high values of its indicators for Geology and Geophysics and minimum values – for Geodesy and cartography; thus the number of publications on Geography and Mining approximately coincide. For Geology, there is stability in the number of publications since 2015, while in other analyzed industries there is a decline in the number of publications since 2017. Citation rates for all years under review are continuously decreasing. At the same time, in the field of Geophysics, citation rates are 3–4 times higher than similar indicators for Geography, and 7–9 times – indicators for Mining. The most popular are the results of research in Geophysics, the least – in the field of Geodesy and cartography. НАУКОМЕТРИЯ. БИБЛИОМЕТРИЯ Научные и технические библиотеки, 2020, No 2 93 At the same time, if the annual demand for the results of studies in Geophysics exceeds similar indicators for Geography by 15–20%, for Geodesy and cartography – about 1.5 times. Low demand for all areas of research in 2018. The reason is obviously the same as for the small citation indicators this year: the delayed "response" of the scientific community to the publications of the current year.

Results of the Economic Transformation in the Social Consciousness of Russians

Abstract: . The economic transformation of Russia gave birth to a number of negative effects, such as shadow economy, corruption, increasing bureaucracy. These phenomena are explained by economics and sociology as deviant, aberrant. The causes of these phenomena are explained either by history (the Soviet past), or by psychology (culture shock). These explanations ignore the existence of a society with its own structure, laws, functions. This article attempts to fill this gap. An attempt is made to prove that the negative phenomena in the current economic model are "normal" - functional. This explains the economic transformation of Russia and allows to rethink systematically role and place of the negative phenomena in society of reforming countries.JEL Classification: A13, A14, Z13Keywords: market reform, economic transformation, informal personal interactions, adaptation, latent function, "network society".IntroductionThe economic transformation of Russia heated debates of philosophers, economists, political scientists. These discussions are interesting, but, in our opinion, lopsided, since they lack the sociological vision of this transformation. Their one-sidedness is expressed in the statement of the negative factors of the occurred transformation, without serious reflection. These sciences lack methodological concepts to describe these phenomena. The sociology possesses them.Sociological vision formulated in the late 19th century by Emile Durkheim (1994) in the expression "attribute to social through the social", in our view, allows obtain a deeper understanding of the transformation occurred. In the 20th century the ideas set forth by Emile Durkheim, were most fully realized in the ideas of structural functionalism of Talcott Parsons (2002), Robert Merton (2006). Therefore, in our work, we start from the provisions of structural functionalism.The purpose of this paper is to explain systemically the occurred transformation of the Russian economy and society. We proceed from the following theoretical and methodological aspects of structural functionalism.1. Social Society is a complex system with a number of sub-systems within it. Each subsystem for its normal functioning is based on its own rules, values. At the points of contact between the different subsystems of society there is a conflict of values and are born "gray zones" - anomie.2. Phenomenon, if it exists for a long time - is functional. If this isn't a clearly destructive phenomenon, it is useful to system latently.When analyzing the economic transformation of Russia, we based on the following works on the impact of the economy on society. This is primarily the work of Karl Marx, "The British rule in India" (1955); Karl Polanyi "The Great Transformation" (2002) and M. Burawoy "Transit without transformation: involution of capitalism in Russia" (2009).To fulfill this goal, we will solve a number of problems.1. On the basis of opinion polls conducted in 1990 and 2012, we follow the transformation of estimates of economic reforms in the minds of the population. We also point out the public's opinion about the success of these reforms, its negative and positive sides.2. Consciousness of population is subjective, therefore, in order to clarify the objective changes, we apply to the official statistical data for 1990 and 2012, to build an objective assessment upon these data, of the transformation occurred.3. We'll compare the results of sociological research and statistics and identify relevance or divergence of it with each other.4. And finally, we'll make an attempt to systematically describe the identified paradoxes of consciousness and the economy evaluations of the Russian population.As an empirical basis we have used:1. The data opinion poll was conducted on 24-31 May 1990, using questionnaires. 1,525 people in 17 regions of the USSR (Arkhangelsk, Ashgabat, Baku, Volgograd, Grodno, Zaporozhye, Irkutsk, Chisinau, Moscow, Moscow oblast, Orel, Riga, Rostov-on-Don, Semipalatinsk, Tbilisi, Chelyabinsk, Yakutsk) were questioned. …

The Algebra of Hidden Relations as a Means of Modeling Statistical Databases

Abstract: An analogue of relational algebra is considered that is used to model databases when attribute values are not completely visible to the user but only up to a certain equivalence relation on domains. This case is important for so-called statistical databases, when it is necessary to provide and comprehensively analyze the summarized information on data stored in a database, but the user does not have access to personal data in the database. Similarly to the relational approach, this case introduces the concept of a hidden relationship and a system of operations with hidden relationships. Some correlations between these operations are shown and the query language is defined.