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Considers the principal shortcomings in the teaching of psychological disciplines for future teachers and what to do with the system of psychological training. Offers an alternative way to renovate the psychological training of future teachers. Aims at refocusing attention on what kind of knowledge of psychology these teachers should acquire. (CMK)

An assessment of the noncarcinogenic risk to the health of the population in Rostov-on-Don was carried out from observations at fixed stations of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of the Russian Federation, in particular, according to the data of the Rostov Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring for 2015–2017. Analysis of the data showed that the greatest contribution to the risk of health problems for the city's population is currently made by suspended matter, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and formaldehyde. Motor transport is the main source of air pollution in the city. To assess the noncarcinogenic risk within the city limits, three independent districts were identified according to the population's activities and, as a consequence, the resulting impact on human health: the first is located in the central part of the city; the second is in the industrial area; and the third is in the residential area. According to the results of the risk assessment of chronic intoxication, it was found that suspended matter is the most dangerous issue in the first and second districts. In the third, the most dangerous substance is formaldehyde. The total risk of immediate issues in the first and second districts is defined as the maximum risk associated with exposure to suspended solids, while in the third it is exposure of carbon monoxide. The results of the assessment of the noncarcinogenic risk allow us to conclude that in the central part of Rostov-on-Don the level of atmospheric air pollution in 2015–2017 reached dangerous values for human health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to our estimations, Russia can use up to 24 million tons of straw as fuel every year without harming either crop farming or agriculture. Straw as biofuel can be used for co-combustion with coal, including low-grade coal and coal waste (slurry). Taking into account the low bulk density of straw and granulometric composition of slurry (the particles are of size up to 0.2 mm) it makes sense to process this fuel into pellets, which are easy to transport and store. The feeding of pellets into a boiler furnace can be easily mechanized and automated. However, straw differs from wood and wood wastes by a high content of chlorine, silicon, phosphorus, and potassium. The presence of these compounds in straw contributes to the formation of slag agglomerates in the furnace, coherent deposits on the boiler heating surface and corrosion under these deposits. For the efficient combustion of biofuel with low-melting ash in boilers with furnaces with a small height the main combustion process should be carried out in the regime of a fixed, forced ventilated bed. Then, after a certain period of time, a bed must be transferred into a state of turbulent fluidization, and then returned to its original state. So the objective of the present work is to study the process of pellets combustion in such a bed (let's call it a pulsating bed). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The first results obtained through the university small satellites program developed at Moscow State University (MSU) are presented. The space environment was investigated aboard two MSU microsatellites designed for scientific and educational purposes, Universitetsky-Tat'yana and Universitetsky-Tat'yana-2. The scientific equipment is described to study charged particles in near Earth space and atmospheric radiations in ultraviolet, red, and infrared optical wavelength ranges. The dynamic properties of fluxes of charged particles in microsatellite orbits are studied and findings are presented regarding specific parameters of solar proton penetration during the geomagnetic disturbances. Experimental results are considered concerning flashes of ultraviolet (UV), red (R), and infrared (IR) radiation that are transient light phenomena in the upper atmosphere. The space educational MSU program developed on the basis of the Universitetsky-Tat'yana projects is reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]