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Physical environments that are perceivable and readable help the users to reach their destinations without getting lost on the one hand and cause them to internalize the environments in which they reside and to identify themselves with the environments on the other. This study discusses the notion of “readability” of the campus settlements that have multifunctionality, open and closed areas, etc. The study employed Lynch’s mind mapping method, and the Kanuni Campus of Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) was chosen as the pilot area and its readability was investigated.The study consists of three sections. The first section is a literature review on readability, image, mind maps, and Lynch’s image elements. In the second section of the study, the maps drawn by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students of the Department of Architecture were transformed into a separate mind map for each class. The third section presents the analyses. The study exposed the similarities and differences in the mind maps of the students in different classes. Based on the results The readability of a campus is an important design problem in campus design. While doing this, the designer should organize the image elements that create a strong image effect in everyone.

The article addresses the importance of introducing individual educational paths (IEP) in training research and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies. The idea of an individual approach of learning is enshrined in a number of documents including the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”. However, in practice, there are obstacles to the implementation of IEP: the presence of regulatory documents governing the organization of the educational process in higher education, the predominance of the group form of organizing classes, the unpreparedness of teachers for the implementation of the personalized learning model. We find it reasonable to start the implementation of IEP at the level of postgraduate training, given the relative small number of students, as well as their cognitive independence and well-developed educational skills. The design of the IEP will make it possible to better take into account the initial competencies of postgraduate students, their cognitive needs and goals in further career advancement (orientation towards teaching, research, production activities), which are largely determined by the nature and level of professional education.The article reveals the specifics of the training of research and pedagogical personnel in the postgraduate study of a technical university, identifies the factors that have an impact on the way postgraduate students build their learning trajectories, substantiates the principles of IEP design, and describes the stages of personalized learning technology. The research data on the readiness of postgraduate students to design IEP on their own are presented. The results of the survey of post graduate students and their supervisors indicate that there are sufficient grounds for the successful implementation of a personalized learning model using IEP. Postgraduate students of a technical university are well versed in information resources, actively use University’s services of the electronic educational environment. They are able to determine the goals of educational and scientific activities, assess their competencies, and analyze achievements and failures. Most of scientific advisors are ready to assist postgraduate students in IEP designing. The article analyzes the difficulties that universities may encounter when introducing a new teaching model, and substantiates the conditions for the successful implementation of IEP in postgraduate studies.

This year we celebrate the 70-th year of the chair founded in BMSTU in 1951 which name today is "Robotic Systems and Mechatronics". Evolution of the chair during the last 70 years is completely reflected the technical progress in the field of automation. From automatic drives to autonomous robots. Again with the improvement of the educational programs in accordance with the vital demands the chair managed to keep the basic traditions of the Russian engineering school based on the combination of the fundamental scientific background with the practical competence in the new technical systems design. The prominent scientists and engineers made a major contribution to the content and methods of training of future specialists in robotics and mechatronics which are acknowledged both in Russia and abroad. Nowadays robotics is transforming from perspective direction to urgent needs. The chair "Robotic Systems and Mechatronics" is completely ready to reply the new challenge of time.

Malnutrition, in all its forms, is a problem of global proportions and requires urgent action. In many parts of the world, most adolescents receive inadequate nutrients needed to meet the body’s daily requirements in terms of quantity, frequency, and quality to survive, grow and develop to their full potential. Food systems are therefore important in addressing problems of malnutrition, food insecurity and diet-related health problems. This study profiled the dietary patterns and nutrient adequacy of youths (aged 15-24 years) in Ruaka and The Technical University of Kenya using demographic questionnaires, food frequency questionnaires and a 24-h recall method. The study found that 17.6% of males and 13.0% of females skip their breakfast at least thrice a week due to too much time spent watching TV at night and waking up very late hence only having morning or afternoon snacks. In addition, many did not consume foods from at least four essential food groups according to the 24-h recall method. Thus, there is a need to educate youths and the society at large about healthy dietary patterns and the need to include at least four essential food groups in their meals in order to gain essential nutrients (both macronutrients and micronutrients) for healthy growth and development. Key words: Youth, diet, dietary pattern, fast foods, healthy eating habits, nutrition, malnutrition, food system.

Donetsk National Technical University, created in 1921, became a largest center of training of highly-qualified engineers and researchers. Facts of history of one of basic departments of the university – department of metallurgy and heat-power engineering presented. Its role in the forming and development of the leading Donbass industry – metallurgy – shown.

The main directions of scientific research on the chemistry and technology of plastic masses performed at the St.Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) are defined. The article is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor Anatoly Fedorovich Nikolaev.

In European countries, primarily in German-speaking countries, first of all, in Germany (Dresden), the concept of engineering pedagogy (EP) has existed for more than 70 years. In Eastern Europe, particularly in the Russian Federation, the tradition of EP has more than 20 years and shows an extensive network of universities actively participating in IGIP (International Society of Engineering Pedagogy). Several universities offer the IGIP curricula and work on various projects related to majoring in engineering education and pedagogy in Russian Higher Education Institutions. In Spanish-speaking countries the concept of EP is relatively recent. Particularly, since 2014, the Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden) works in cooperation with Chilean universities to strengthen engineering pedagogy and education in the university context. This goal was concretized through two cooperation projects “Engineering Didactics at Chilean Universities” (PEDING-Project) and “Strengthening engineering training at Chilean universities through practice partner-ships” (STING-Project), both financially supported by DAAD. The main goal of this paper is to present the results of a survey about teaching needs in engineering pedagogy in a Chilean university. In general, the results showed the high level of interest and motivation that a training course on engineering pedagogy specifically oriented for the academic staff of engineering faculties may have. The project was led by the International Center of Engineering Education (CIEI) at the University of Talca (Chile) under the pedagogical support of the TU Dresden (Germany).

The October 30, 2020 Earthquake caused unexpectedly significant damage in İzmir considering its distance to the city. This paper evaluates the recorded ground motions, summarizes the performance of structures affected from the earthquake with emphasis on the reasons of damage. A detailed damage assessment was carried out by the Earthquake Engineering Research Center of Middle East Technical University to compile data on the damage of RC and masonry buildings. It was observed that majority of the damage was concentrated in the Bayraklı district due to its peculiar soil properties where many 7-10 story mid-rise RC buildings suffered heavy damage and collapse. The level of amplified ground motions combined with deficiencies of apparently non-code compliant buildings exacerbated the damage. The main reasons of damage were mainly attributed to the presence of soft stories, lack of proper detailing, poor construction quality, presence of heavy overhangs, and hence significant lack of code-compliance in essence. The influence of infill walls on seismic performance of deficient and inadequate buildings was clearly seen in this earthquake. This paper also discusses seismic code requirements in effect and their influence on the observed building performance. The recorded ground motions were compared with the code spectra to evaluate the performance of the buildings. The code response spectra were found to be well above the recorded ground motion spectra at the sites where significant damage was observed.

Introduction. The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education provides promising opportunities for individual learning. However, one can question the efficiency of using electronic resources for certain students, e.g. hearing-impaired students, if their special cognitive characteristics were not considered while designing these resources. The aim of the research presented in the publication is to develop a scientific basis and the methodology for the effective teaching of basic disciplines using various sources of information. Methodology and research methods. The presented research results were obtained using standard and adapted methods (‘10 words’ adapted technique, Schulte tables, standardized methods for studying reading skills), questionnaires, analysis of written works based on the developed criteria. A series of experiments involved students majoring in Engineering at Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University: 98 students participated in experiments with the adapted "10 words" method and Schulte tables (19 of them were hearing impaired); for the analysis of writing skills, the works of 116 students were collected (27 of them-with hearing impairment); 12 students with hearing impairment took part in experiments on reading skills. Results. For short-term memory, the results turned out to be better when demonstrating words from the electronic board than from printed sources (students with health standard: electronic board – 7.24 words; printed source – 6.39; for deaf and hard of hearing students: 6.2 and 5.8 words respectively). Based on the results of the attentiveness test (adapted Schulte tables), this indicator is better when working with tables in paper form (Student's t-test: tcr=1.97 (p≤0.05), tcr=2.61(p≤0.01), temp = 2.3). For reading skills, research has shown that students did a better job with keyword and abstracting when working with printed text (tcr=2.07 (p≤0.05), tcr=2.82(p≤0.01), temp= 2.4). As for the monitoring of writing skills, for hearing impaired students, the main monitoring criterion is emotionality (expressiveness); some features of visual perception of the sentences arrangement are also noted. Scientific novelty. The analysis of the results of these experiments will allow us to clarify the features of comparing the cognitive skills dealing with the information perception from different media when teaching people with hearing impairment. Practical significance. The results obtained allowed us to conclude that in the learning process it is recommended to combine sources of information on different media.

В настоящее время все большее внимание уделяется изучению иностранного, в особенности английского языка, что не может не отразиться на изменении подходов и методик к его качественному обучению и восприятию. Одной из важных составляющих в данном контексте должна быть проектная методика, которая позволяет просто и эффективно подойти к иностранному языку в различных его проявлениях и вариациях. Кроме того, указанная методика способствует раскрытию потенциала студентов, помогает реализовать скрытые способности, в силу чего и является важной в современных реалиях. В данной статье рассматриваются особенности проектов по английскому языку и на английском языке, которые рекомендованы к выполнению студентами технических вузов и способствуют развитию их иноязычной коммуникативной компетенции. Nowadays more attention is given to studying a foreign language, especially English, and it can’t help resulting in changing ways and methods of its efficient teaching and perception. One of the most important components in this context must be the project method which lets approach a foreign language and its variations simply and effectively. Besides, this method facilitates close students’ potential realization and because of it is rather important in modern realties. This article deals with specialties of the English language projects which are recommended to performing by students of technical universities and facilitate their foreign language communicative competence.

The paper analyses the information openness of universities in accordance with the requirements provided by the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of education. It also considers the organization of educational activities carried out by universities and providing access to information and educational resources for students and scientific-pedagogical staff. The stages of digital learning units’ development within the framework of university courses are considered. Functional strategies for planning and conducting remote and in-class learning are investigated by the example of teaching foreign languages at a non-linguistic/technical university.

The study investigates the entrepreneurial competencies and intentions of students. Their formation is a requirement of modern times. The question arises whether students of modern technical universities get entrepreneurial competencies and whether they transform these competencies into their entrepreneurial intentions. More than 3.6 thousand students from six technical universities from Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Bulgaria, and Lithuania were surveyed. Methods of summarizing and grouping data, analysis of the structure of the population and distributions of its elements, evaluation of relationships were used to analyze the results of the survey. It was found that studying at technical universities is not an obstacle to the existence of entrepreneurial intentions among students. The respondents positively assessed their ability to recognize market opportunities for new business (the sum of the shares of positive answers exceeded the sum of the shares of negative answers by 12.4%). A positive generalized assessment was determined when assessing the ability to persuade others to invest in their business, while negative – their ability to write a formal business plan. It is proved that students who highly value their entrepreneurial abilities are much more likely to show the intention to start their own business (р < 0.001). Students’ focus on starting their own business is partly explained by the fact that they connect employment in corporations with a low guarantee of job retention. High positive integrated assessments received the following advantages of own entrepreneurship: prestige (0.302), chance to be realized (0.362), and the ability to create jobs (0.597). Acknowledgment The authors wish to thank Denislava Yordanova (Sofia University, Bulgaria), Tatjana Nikitina (Riga Technical University, Latvia), and Daiva Jurevičienė (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania) for helping to collect data at respective countries.

This paper contains answers to questions that show that the formation of creativity is vital for the future of the engineer, engineering education. At the same time, the authors explore how the creativity of future engineers should be formed in the process of studying at a technical university, and propose strategies to make creativity a part of every engineering curriculum and course. The paper presents the relevance of the program for the formation of the future engineers creativity based on the theoretical analysis of the world experience of domestic and foreign scientists. The possibilities and methods of its implementation in the process of scientific research are shown. The presented research is based on the theory of knowledge, the activity approach, the pedagogy of creativity and the methodology of scientific research. The best practices of foreign scientists in solving the problem of forming the creativity of future engineers are presented. The purpose of the study is to justify the need to create a program aimed at developing the creativity of future engineers.

A successful Green Transition requires efficient, and cost competitive technologies for converting & storing energy from renewable sources and for providing energy to the stationary and the transport sector. Solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysis (SOFC, SOE - SOC) provide high efficiencies for electricity generation and production of storage media / fuels, respectively. In addition, they are flexible and versatile, which makes them attractive in many different application areas and energy scenarios. Research on solid oxide concepts has a long tradition at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage (DTU Energy) of the Technical University of Denmark. It spans from fundamental topics such as materials & electrode development over methodology development for example in micro structural & electrochemical characterization, up to the applied level, where integration of SOC with up- and down-stream processes becomes important. Significant funding from National and European programs supported this research. The presentation will introduce highlights of recent achievements in the areas of (i) materials & electrode development to reach higher activity and better durability, (ii) cell & stack development for lowering costs and increasing robustness, (iii) power to X concepts with special emphasis on X= fuels, (iv) lifetime & diagnostics approaches for accelerating durability studies, and (v) modelling from materials to stack levels aiding lifetime evaluation and designing of stacks & systems. (i) Materials & electrode development: With the aim to reduce use of critical raw materials in SOCs, Co-free oxygen electrodes were developed based on lanthanum, strontium, and iron containing perovskite materials (LSF) applying a nano engineered hybrid catalyst coating via co-infiltration. The electrodes were integrated into cells and a high electro catalytic activity was achieved leading to power densities of ca. 1 W/cm2 in SOFC mode. Such cells with CGO infiltrated Ni/YSZ fuel electrode allowed for a stable electrolysis operation at 650 oC and -0.5 A/cm2 with a voltage close to 1.3 V. (ii) Cell & stack development: A novel, metal-based monolithic concept for SOFC stacks was developed. It is based on tape casting & lamination to build a monolithic structure thereby combining interconnect and gas distribution into one layer. Electro catalytic materials are infiltrated after sintering. This concept allows for an increase of the power density >5 kW/l, a decrease of materials costs by a factor of ca. 4-5 as compared to conventional stacks, and robustness for cycling operations. (iii) Power to X concepts: A novel and efficient route for producing green methanol was demonstrated by use of residue from the agriculture. A 6 kW SOEC stack unit produced hydrogen, which was combined with syngas from a thermal gasifier operating on straw in a down-stream methanol reactor. Methanol is considered a promising green fuel for the shipping sector. The same applies for ammonia. SOFC anodes catalyze the cracking of ammonia. This endothermal process can be integrated and tailored with the exothermal hydrogen oxidation in the electrode. The cracking of ammonia was studied on materials and stack level. (iv) Lifetime & diagnostics approaches: The long lifetimes –both required and achieved - of mature SOC generations make it necessary to develop new approaches for degradation studies and lifetime assessment. With the aim to harvest gained results from single cell durability testing over the last ca. 20 years at DTU Energy, a database was established allowing for a new evaluation of durability behavior. The database makes it possible to apply machine learning routines to reveal linear and non-linear correlations and single & combined effects of operating parameters on durability over a large range of data. The aim is to identify accelerating testing approaches and establish lifetime prediction. (v) Modelling: To further optimize the operation of an SOC and avoid degradation, a time dependent 3D stack model describing the degradation over the entire lifetime was developed. For this to be computational feasible, the model was built using the multi-scale, multi-physics homogenization concept, making it possible to simulate 40,000 hours of operation for a full 3D stack in one hour and 15 minutes. Same modelling concept was also utilized to describe local mechanical failures by use of a sub-model for the mechanical stress concentrations near assembly points inside the stack.

The history of "Environmental Acoustics" research area development in the activities of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University’s "Ecology and Industrial Safety" chair in general from the end of the nineteenth century to the present time has been described. Much attention is paid to the activities of E.Ya. Yudin (as the creator of the technical acoustics scientific school at the chair) and his students as well. Have been presented the main areas of carried out at the chair research works (both theoretical and practical), related to problems of noise and vibration reduction. Have been considered the issues of technical acoustics teaching in the framework of the recently created "Environmental Acoustics" master's program, as well as the prospects for this area development at the chair in the near future.

Владение профессионально-ориентированной лексикой является одним из важнейших факторов, обусловливающих успех коммуникации в академической, деловой и профессиональной сферах, а также является средством расширения знаний в предметной области и развития экстралингвистических компетенций. В этой связи обучение профессионально-ориентированной лексике является одним из важнейших направлений повышения качества языковой подготовки специалистов технического вуза. Несмотря на возрастающую потребность в овладении иностранным языком и существенную теоретическую разработанность вопросов формирования и развития лексических навыков и учений, практические результаты обучения зачастую не соответствуют поставленным целям. Одну из причин данного противоречия мы видим в недостаточной или изолированной реализации комплекса основополагающих принципов обучения лексике, а также их современной интерпретации с учетом особенностей обучения цифрового поколения. Следует также принимать во внимание «неблагоприятные» педагогические условия обучения иностранному языку в техническом вузе, такие как временные ограничения, (2 часа в неделю 2-4 семестра в зависимости от вуза наряду с требуемым приростом словаря от 1200- 2600 единицы); низкий уровень учебной мотивации в отношении дисциплин гуманитарного цикла, быстрое устаревание методической литературы и высокая динамика развития профессиональной сферы. Учитывая вышесказанное, в настоящей работе предпринимается попытка обобщить имеющийся теоретико-практический материал, посвященный принципам обучения профессионально-ориентированной лексике, рассмотрев его через призму современного социального заказа, уточнив некоторые традиционные принципы с учет особенностей учащихся цифрового поколения, а также продемонстрировать комплиментарность и взаимообусловленность этих принципов. Proficiency in professionally-oriented vocabulary is one of the most important factors that determine the success of communication in the academic, business and professional spheres, as well as a means of expanding knowledge in the subject area and developing extralinguistic competencies. In this regard, the training of professionally-oriented vocabulary is one of the most important areas for improving the quality of language training of specialists of a technical university. Despite the growing need for mastering a foreign language and the significant theoretical development of the issues of formation and development of lexical skills and teachings, the practical results of training often do not meet the goals set. We see one of the reasons for this contradiction in the insufficient or isolated implementation of the set of fundamental principles of teaching vocabulary, as well as their modern interpretation, taking into account the peculiarities of teaching the digital generation. It is also necessary to take into account the "unfavorable" pedagogical conditions of teaching a foreign language in a technical university, such as time constraints (2 hours per week, 2-4 semesters, depending on the university, along with the required increase in vocabulary from 1200 - 2600 units); low level of educational motivation in relation to the disciplines of the humanities cycle, rapid obsolescence of methodological literature and high dynamics of professional development. Taking into account the above, this paper attempts to summarize the available theoretical and practical material on the principles of teaching professionally-oriented vocabulary, considering it through the prism of the modern social order, clarifying some traditional principles taking into account the characteristics of students of the digital generation, as well as to demonstrate the complementarity and interdependence of these principles.

This paper describes the actual problem of organizing the process of professional education of students in applied problems in their specialty. The problem is considered from two aspects: pedagogical (substantive) and technical, while the solution of learning problems is planned to be realized with the help of new information technologies. The article describes two study schemes based on two programming technologies: VBA and the Arduino platform, explores the advantages and disadvantages of each scheme, and provides examples of specific tasks and the results of a survey of first-year students, which study scheme is most suitable for professional education. The study involved first-year students of RTUFaculty of Electrical and Environmental Engineering, studying the educational course “Computer science”.

In May of 2021 Donetsk National Technical University celebrates 100-years anniversary. Facts of its history of foundation, formation and development presented. The role of DonNTU in training of highly qualified professionals not only for Donbass, but for the whole Soviet Union, Russia and for near 100 world countries, as well as in development of science in the region shown. It was noted that at present DonNTU is a center of training of highly qualified professionals not only in traditional for industrial Donbass industries (mining, metallurgy, machine building, chemistry and others), but also in all the directions of informationcomputer technologies, extremely important for formation of digital economics.

The article describes the promotion of the bachelor’s degree marketing program (38.03.02. «Management») in Ulyanovsk State Technical University and outlines the stages of its realization. The presented experience is of some value and can be used as part of the career guidance work of institutions of higher and secondary vocational education.

Subject. A considerable amount of agricultural innovation pursues to create sustainable production systems, including land and water resource management, the development of agri-environmental approaches to using ecological and biological processes to reduce the consumption of non-renewable resources. Despite the apparent importance of the issue, the national agriculture still scarcely uses innovation. Objectives. We investigate the enhancement of the sustainable development in agriculture through innovation. Methods. The study relies upon proceedings of foreign and Russian scholars on theoretical and practical aspects of the sustainable development in agriculture, official statistical data and documents of governmental and special-purpose programs for agricultural development in the Russian Federation. The study is methodologically based on the systems approach. Results. Agriculture is found to be in transit to the sixth wave of innovation, with its core comprising NBICS-technologies and synthesizing nano-, bio- and computer technologies, genetic engineering and cognitive ties. Biological innovation and land cultivation innovation are the most popular and sought-for, since they ensure the prolonged economic effect. We determine factors impeding the innovative development in agriculture. Computer systems and public-private partnership are supposed to be the main tools for activating innovation. Conclusions and Relevance. I conclude that, despite some disputable aspects of some innovative solutions in agriculture, sustainable development in agriculture is undeniably impossible without such innovative solutions. Rising controversies can only be resolved through further and more profound research. The State should assist in the emergence of the effective innovative environment, which would allow all agricultural market actors to actively implement innovation.

The Middle East Technical University Defocusing Beamline (METU-DBL) is being constructed in order to perform single event effects tests for the electronic components in accordance with the European...

Social media has come as a boon, and as curse of spreading false news. Fake news has always been on the horizon even earlier. Only difference is that the fake news in earlier times was more risky and dangerous. Because in those times, identifying the fake news was not only difficult but propagating about it was also difficult. In these times, even though we have fake news the controlling measures are better and convincing people about them easy. With Covid-19, the pandemic in a century, people saw the havoc fake news can play. The paper defines, classifies Fake news. It discusses all the measures taken by various social media to address this issue. It also broadly gives an overview of the technical measures taken to address the issue. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.

Work from Home" has become the new normal during the Covid'19 pandemic. The Information Technology giants companies are considering 'Work from home' as a permanent solution to the increasing rental costs and overhead costs. Work from home has not affected the productivity of the employees in most cases. IT Employees also stand to benefit in many ways in terms of flexible working, reduced travel, home atmosphere, less pollution etc. This study was taken up through a survey of 103 IT employees to understand their perception on 'Work from Home'. The study intends to identify Factors influencing their perception and the Challenges faced by them during work from home. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is the Indian MNC based in Mumbai with largest market capitalization amongst the Indian Pharma companies The study focuses on the study of the various parameters of financial performance and risk measurement of Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd during the challenging time of Covid era The financial variability of return using the Value at Risk concept based on the historical movement of the daily return has been analyzed to understand the trend of the risk related to the variability in return Also, the trend analysis has been used to analyze the movement of various fundamental financial parameters like Net Income, Operating Income Margin, Net Income Margin © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University All rights reserved

Smartphones, digital medical devices, smart bracelets, and mobile applications have emerged in the healthcare field as an effective way to help in the treatment of patients. Healthcare services are characterized by ease of use, low cost, accessibility, mobility, and reliability. The MediCare system was built to enhance healthcare services in the Iraqi environment. The MediCare system can run on smartphones or tablets that operate on Android, but it can also be used as a web application. The research team wanted to evaluate if the platform meets customers‟ needs. Therefore, a usability survey for the MediCare system in regard to healthcare services and underlying technology was done. In this paper, an evaluation and usability measurement of the MediCare system is presented. The quantitative research shows that users found that the system is suitable for their needs. The system is especially necessary now, when the COVID-19 pandemic is a global emergency. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.

The COVID-19 pandemic unwrapped several challenges, most especially in the Academic Sector. To protect students, schools all world-wide have shifted from face-to-face instruction to flexible learning. This study narrates the Davao del Norte State College's sudden transition to flexible learning, particularly the BSIT Program, and how they make ends meet. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.

Work life balance has always been challenging to achieve for every individual working in different sector especially for women as it is not easy to do day to day chores at home and office work together while working from home. This paper intent to discover the mental and physical exhaustion and difficulties and challenges encountered by employees during pandemic and small solutions or advices for it. The existing problem has pushed the employees to increase their limits to fight in such situation. And have made them capable of managing both job and home under one roof leading more towards work life integration than work life balance. Employees who have accepted the changes and embraced it and have upgraded themselves with the digitalization are able to meet all the demands relating to time, home, family, work, health and responsibilities. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.

В статье рассматриваются вопросы здоровьесбережения студенческой молодежи в техническом университете; устанавливаются, разбираются успехи, проблемы и пути их решения в здоровьесберегающей среде вуза. Для получения информации был проведен SWOT-анализ организации данной среды, определены степень профилактики, поддержания и сохранения здоровья студенческой молодежи в техническом университете в процессе подготовки будущих специалистов в рамках очного обучения, а также дистанционного в условия пандемии. Был использован метод PSDM (Решения проблем и принятия решений): были установлены возможные решения проблем развития синдромов хронической усталости и эмоционального выгорания у студентов-архитекторов в процессе очного обучения и ухудшения состояния здоровья студентов вуза в процессе дистанционного обучения. Был применен метод психолого-педагогической диагностики - тестирование в онлайн-формате, в результате которого были выявлены проблемы здоровьесбережения в процессе дистанционного обучения. Установлены и применены способы решения данных проблем (использованы универсальные упражнения в условиях ограниченного пространства), определены методы использования дистанционного обучения как средства здоровьесбережения в условиях карантина, а также как средства инклюзивного образования для студентов с временными нарушениями здоровья, рассмотрены перспективные варианты здоровьесбережения студентов в гармоничном сочетании дистанционной и традиционной форм обучения в будущем. The article deals with health-saving issues of students at the technical university; identifies and analyzes the progress and problems in health-saving environment of the university. To obtain information, the authors conducted a SWOT analysis of the organization of this environment, determined the degree of prevention, maintenance and preservation of the health of students at the technical university in the process of training of future specialists in full-time education, as well as distance learning in the context of the pandemic. The authors also employed the PSDM method (“Problem Solving and Decision-Making”), during which possible solutions to the problems of the development of chronic fatigue syndromes and emotional burnout in architecture students in the course of full-time training and health deterioration of the university students in the process of distance learning were identified. Moreover, the authors employed the method of psychological and pedagogical diagnostics, as a result of which the problems of health saving in the process were identified. Methods for solving these problems were established and applied (universal exercises were used in conditions of limited space), methods of using distance learning as a means of saving health in quarantine conditions, as well as a means of inclusive education for students with temporary health problems, were considered, promising options for health preservation of students in a harmonious combination of distance and traditional forms of education in the future were considered.

"Given article reveals a topic of the teaching mathematics’ features at a technical university. The teaching mathematics’ problem is an urgent one that needs to be addressed immediately, in the near future today’s students will have to develop all branches of science and technology in the Kazakhstan, and they are quite negatively regarded to the mathematics study, and hence they have low grades of academic performance. Scientists around the world have repeatedly proved that currently without knowledge of the mathematical apparatus the science’s movement is impossible, since mathematics provides powerful methods for knowledge of the world, as well as for studying its laws. In order to apply mathematics as a research method, it is very important to realize and master the essence and interconnection of ideas and concepts, and for this we suggest developing interest to the mathematics study. The given article proposes methods of mathematics study development constructed by the authors and analyzes the obtained results. "

The article deals with the problems and prospects of using benchmarking as a tool for solving quality problems of a technical university educational process. This research is carried out during the implementation of the project «Capacity building for the internationalization of a technical university by means of digital learning technologies» approved by the priority «Scientific foundations» Mangilik el «(education of the XXI century, fundamental and applied research in the humanities)» and funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant No. АР08052214). Within the framework of the Project, benchmarking was selected as the main tool for the effective implementation of internationalization at Karaganda Technical University. The author discloses the main content of the «benchmarking» concept, presents the goal, scientific methods and potential of the project, considers the main types, principles and phases of benchmarking. Tyumen Industrial University was chosen as a competing institution, due to the similarity of the higher education systems in post-Soviet countries. When comparing and analyzing the possibilities of benchmarking, the following key aspects were considered: the content of educational courses, the way of students’ and teachers’ thinking, the use of available resources and quality control of training offered.

Введение. Актуальность исследования обусловлена потребностью в изучении особенностей организации образовательного процесса в современном техническом вузе в рамках «третьей миссии» университетов, четвертой промышленной революции, задач цифровизации экономики России, подготовки инженерной элиты будущего. Представлены особенности организации образовательного процесса в современном техническом вузе. Рассмотрены внешние факторы глобального, общероссийского, регионального и локального (на уровне образовательных учреждений) характера. Цель – выявить ключевые особенности организации образовательного процесса в современном техническом университете. Задачи исследования: 1) выявить ведущие направления и тенденции развития современных университетов; 2) систематизировать современные представления об особенностях организации образовательного процесса в современном техническом вузе; 3) обосновать требования, предъявляемые к абитуриентам современных технических вузов. Материал и методы. Теоретические – абстрагирование, анализ, конкретизация, обобщение; эмпирические – изучение и обобщение педагогического опыта, изучение продуктов деятельности, контент-анализ. Результаты и обсуждение. Представлены наиболее существенные особенности организации образовательного процесса в современном техническом университете. Заключение. Обоснованы специфические особенности современного образовательного процесса в техническом нестоличном вузе, наиболее существенно влияющие на него, в условиях повышенных ожиданий по подготовке квалифицированных кадров для развития экономики России, а также дефицитов и вызовов как глобальной, так и отечественной, в том числе региональной, повестки. Теоретическая значимость работы связана с выявлением и описанием ведущих тенденций развития отечественных университетов в фокусе четвертой промышленной революции, цифровизации экономики России, изменения образовательной парадигмы и глобальной конкуренции в сфере экспорта образования и академического превосходства. Introduction. The relevance of the study is due to the need to study the features of the organization of the educational process in a modern technical university within the framework of the «third mission» of universities, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the tasks of digitalizing the Russian economy, training the engineering elite of the future, it is impossible without researching the features of the organization of the educational process in a modern technical university. The article presents the features of the organization of the educational process in a modern technical university. The external factors of a global, all-Russian, regional and local (at the level of educational institutions) character are considered. The aim of the work is to identifying the key features of the organization of the educational process in a modern technical university, which have a significant impact in modern conditions. Research objectives: 1) identify the leading directions and development trends of modern universities; 2) systematize modern ideas about the peculiarities of the organization of the educational process in a modern technical university; 3) substantiate the requirements for applicants to modern technical universities. Material and methods. Theoretical – abstraction, analysis, specification, generalization; empirical – study and generalization of pedagogical experience, study of the products of activity, content analysis. Conclusion. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the substantiation of the specific features of the modern educational process in a technical non-capital university, which most significantly affect it, in the context of increased expectations for the training of qualified personnel for the development of the Russian economy, as well as deficits and challenges, both global and domestic, including regional, agenda. The theoretical significance of the work is associated with identifying and describing the leading trends in the development of domestic universities in the focus of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digitalization of the Russian economy, changes in the educational paradigm and global competition in the export of education and academic excellence.

Start-up ecosystems are emerging rapidly worldwide. The speed of technology innovation and the diversity of business ideas keep the start-up landscape in constant flux. While many emerging start-ups are in the areas of electronics and information sciences, the field of mechanical engineering has huge potential that has yet to be exploited. Today’s mechanical engineering students need to be well positioned to recognize and seize potential start-up opportunities. This study examines the involvement of Indian mechanical engineering students in campus start-ups and the challenges they face in nascent entrepreneurship. Structural equation modelling was applied to a sample of 396 final-year undergraduate mechanical engineering students from the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University in Kerala. Data collection was achieved through a questionnaire developed on the basis of existing literature, feedback and market research. The findings highlight the currently prevailing barriers and best practices, and recommendations are derived for leveraging the nascent entrepreneurship potential of the mechanical engineering discipline. The negative effects of the barriers are positively moderated by the activities of campus-based entrepreneurship centres. The study results provide insights into the role of universities, higher education departments and government agencies in promoting a sustainable campus start-up culture through entrepreneurial learning.

In the article, in the context of the practical relevance of the regional economy, the preferred employment of students of a modern technical university, located at a considerable distance from the capital region, is considered. The author identified statistically significant preferences in the life projects of students of a technical higher educational institution of the Southern Federal District, emphasizes the relevance of involving young people in productive activities in order to strengthen the labor potential of Russian regions through the effective adaptation of graduates of professional educational institutions. According to the author's research, graduates of technical higher education institutions in 2020 are considering a variety of employment strategies, which confirms the high mobility of youth labor resources. The author's concept consists in an annual indepth social diagnostics and examination of the preferences of Russian students in the labor market in order to develop practical measures of management influence on the formation of professional preferences and strategies for the employment of young engineering and technical personnel from the departments for career guidance and employment of universities, business, executive and legislative authorities

The paper deals with tasks and features of using the project-based method in the educational process at the university in general as well as in the frameworks of teaching foreign languages. The author points out advantages of this method and certain challenges that a teacher may face while implementing it. Some practical variants of using the project-based method are also analyzed in application to teaching foreign languages.

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to show an improvement in resistance (permeability) and durability (residual strength) of modified wood compared to natural wood.Design/methodology/approachA relevance way to increase the durability and resistance of wood is processing with polymers. Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin) and the Norilsk State Industrial Institute researched the resistance of elements of mine treatment plants made of wood modified with synthetic polymers. The study was carried out according to V.A. Kucherenko. Modification of such species as birch and pine can significantly increase wood resources by extending its service life and improving its physical and mechanical properties. Latex-organosilicon modifier was used as a modifier.FindingsLatex clogs the capillaries of wood, preventing the penetration of aggressive solutions into it, and potassium methyl silicate interacts with hydrophilic OH groups, increasing the water-repellent properties of the surface of cells and wood capillaries.Originality/valueThe results of long-term and predictive tests of modified wood in aggressive environments of treatment facilities are presented. As a result, diffusion of aggressive media into the wood becomes more difficult and its resistance and durability increase.

Interdisciplinarity is widely considered necessary to solving many contemporary problems, and new funding structures and instruments have been created to encourage interdisciplinary research at universities. In this article, we study a small technical university specializing in green technology which implemented a strategy aimed at promoting and developing interdisciplinary collaboration. It did so by reallocating its internal research funds for at least five years to “research platforms” that required researchers from at least two of the three schools within the university to participate. Using data from semi-structured interviews from researchers in three of these platforms, we identify specific tensions that the strategy has generated in this case: (1) in the allocation of platform resources, (2) in the division of labor and disciplinary relations, (3) in choices over scientific output and academic careers. We further show how the particular platform format exacerbates the identified tensions in our case. We suggest that certain features of the current platform policy incentivize shallow interdisciplinary interactions, highlighting potential limits on the value of attempting to push for interdisciplinarity through internal funding.

Reduction of time for commercial wood cultivation and increasing the productivity of plantations is an urgent direction of scientific research considering supply of forest resources in the country and the growing need for timber. One of the ways of intensive forest reproduction is the creation of forest plantation crops. Plantation of forest crops involves the cultivation of technically valuable tree species in a shorter period of time. Our country has experience in the creation of forest plantation crops, but due to the reorganization in the forest industry, many areas were left without proper care. However, for 34 years research scientists at the Mytischi Branch of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (formerly Moscow State Forest University) have been systematically monitoring the growth and development of spruce forest crops created in 1984 with intermediate agricultural use between the rows. The method of creating test crops is aimed at providing the most favorable conditions for growth and development of the main tree species in the first years after planting, the use of the natural growth of plantations during the entire period of crops cultivation, cost optimization for frequent silvicultural care, obtaining stands with high economic and aesthetic properties, prevention of wood defects. The article presents the technology of creating spruce crops, which is a distinctive feature of this method. We analyzed changes in the diameters and heights of trees grown by creating forest crops in the traditional way and with the use of intermediate agricultural use between the rows. The reliability of differences in the average values of independent samples was assessed, confirming the advantage of the spruce test crops. Their species composition is 100 % spruce, the absolute taper of which is 2.13 times less than those created by the traditional method. A higher probability of obtaining trunks with a volume of more than 0.02 m3 by creating test crops has been established. The results of statistical processing of experimental data indicate the prospects of the method of planting spruce forest crops with intermediate agricultural use between the rows, which contributes to the formation of high-quality stands. For citation: Savchenkova V.A., Vasilyev S.B., Nikitin V.F., Aksenov P.A. Рroductivity of Forest Plantation Crops. Lesnoy Zhurnal [Russian Forestry Journal], 2021, no. 1, pp. 35–45. DOI: 10.37482/0536-1036-2021-1-35-45

Theoretical aspects of the formation of a future engineer’s professional and applied physical culture in a technical university are based on the fact that professional and applied physical training should be focused on the process of professional development and implemented along the lines of “training goal → competence → readiness for work.” For this purpose, the concept of professional and applied physical training of bachelors was explicated as a mechanism for implementing the formation of professional and applied physical culture of bachelors in a technical university, aimed at developing professionally important physical and personal qualities, as well as adaptive abilities of future engineers, ensuring their readiness for work

En este artículo se presenta una recopilación de las mejores prácticas aplicadas en la experiencia del llenado de autoevaluación en el Programa Educativo (PE) de T.S.U. en Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, área Multimedia y Comercio Electrónico de la Universidad Tecnológica de Tlaxcala, donde se contó con la participación de todas las áreas que brindan servicios al PE y el Personal que lo conforma, aplicando la metodología SCRUM. This paper presents a compilation about the best practices to apply in the self-assessment experience in Education Program (EP) of Higher Technical University in Information and Communication Technologies, Multimedia and ECommerce area at the Technological of Tlaxcala University, where it attended of every area that supply services at EP and the people that integrate it, applying SCRUM Methodology

The study sought to examine students’ dressing styles and common attributes assigned to them. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. The study areas were the University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Moi University, Technical University of Mombasa, Maseno and Karatina Universities. Multiple sampling procedures were used to select 566 students who participated in the study. Data were collected using questionnaires, focus group discussions and observation checklists. Results show that majority of respondents bought their own clothes with funds provided by the parents or guardians. The most outstanding feature that informed choice of dress was aesthetics, followed by comfort and design. Vests, bare chest tops and shorts were considered modest while high-slitted skirts, miniskirts, unbuttoned shirts, boob-tops, tumbo-cuts, skin-tight dresses and trousers and Bermuda shorts were found to be immodest. Recommendations have been made to develop guidelines on the choice of dress for students in institutions of higher learning to enhance personal grooming.

Bridges with embedded continuous shear connectors are getting more and more being used as a solution for the question of short-span bridges. They bring advantages such as low construction height – which can be helpful in reconstructions; easy construction process due to the prefabrication and overall effectivity of the beams with such cross-sections. At Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Civil Engineering several types of the connectors have been designed and tested. In this article, one of them is presented. Its geometry as well as geometry of the beam; analytical study; the tests performed at Laboratory of Excellent Research and FEM analysis and briefly described.