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The fundamental model of level-based development of affective-behavioural complexes (ABC) is presented in the edition. The practical issues of the ABCs’ assessment and their correction in children with affective disorders and autistic spectrum disorders are analyzed in the book.

The model has been developed based on the data of systematic observation of 439 children’s development with behavioural disorders, emotional disturbances, autistic spectrum disorders, psychotic states. The unique authorial method of observation with therapeutic actions is described. It allows to analyse qualitatively and quantitatively recordings of children’s behaviour and emotions and their development. The book contains many photos of key affective patterns of human behavior and drawings made by children during their psychotherapeutic sessions with the author.

This textbook introduces readers to the history of lean manufacturing, its principles, and key tools. Lean manufacturing is a concept for effectively managing enterprise operations. This methodology has now gained widespread acceptance and recognition worldwide. Many Russian manufacturing companies are implementing lean manufacturing approaches and are interested in hiring specialists in this field. Particular attention is paid to the practical aspects of implementing this management method at manufacturing facilities.

This textbook provides a consistent presentation of the fundamental concepts of modern biological anthropology—the science of humans as a biological species, their origins, and biological variability across time and space. Humans are also studied as a biosocial phenomenon, as the manifestations of their biological nature are largely mediated by the social environment. The textbook is organized according to the main sections of biological anthropology: human evolution, population anthropology, developmental anthropology, and constitutional anthropology.

The issues of anthropogenesis, anthropological differentiation, ontogenesis, and human constitution are examined with due consideration of the most recent data. The book contains reference and educational material.

This is the first textbook in both Russian and foreign literature to provide complete information on the achievements of modern experimental embryology based on research in molecular genetics including mechanisms underlying individual development, embryonic induction and animals cloning. The book also shows individual scientists’ contribution to ontogeny; special attention is paid to Russian researchers, their priority developments and the scientific schools they have founded.

The textbook has been written based on a course of lectures read by the author at the biology faculties of Moscow and Novosibirsk universities.

For students and postgraduates studying biology, genetics, embryology, molecular biology and researchers who study the problems of ontogeny.

This two-volume textbook prepares secondary school students for the Unified State Exam in biology, as well as for the additional university entrance exam in biology. Particular attention is paid to covering those sections of the school biology curriculum that pose the greatest difficulties for students. At the same time, the presentation is quite accessible to both schoolchildren and applicants.

This textbook is intended for university applicants majoring in Fundamental and Applied Biology.

This monograph presents a biogeographic overview of 31 mountain biomes (orobiomes). The orobiomes are depicted on the scientific reference map "Biomes of Russia" (2015; 2018). The biogeographic characteristics of 35 biomes in the lowland part of the country were previously published in the book "Biodiversity of Biomes in Russia.

Lowland Biomes" (2020). For each orobiome, its position in the natural structure of the region is briefly described, along with altitudinal spectra and data on flora (vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens), vegetation, fauna (mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians), animal populations for the entire biome, and its geographic variations. The monograph reflects the relationship between the ecological conditions of orobiomes and their altitudinal zones with the quantitative characteristics of ecosystem biodiversity, their current status, and the state of their study. Information on specially protected areas (SPAs) is also provided.

The monograph provides a unified scientific basis for summarizing existing information and gaining further knowledge about the biodiversity of biomes at the species and ecosystem levels, which is important for both the theory and practice of monitoring and improving the country's environmental protection network.

This textbook presents the fundamental concepts of modern biophysics regarding the physical and physicochemical mechanisms of interactions underlying biological processes. It examines the kinetics and thermodynamics of biological processes, the intramolecular dynamics of proteins, and the biophysics of membrane processes.

This book is a fundamental textbook (in two volumes) on biophysics, which presents the basics of modern biophysical science.

The first volume sets forth the theoretical foundations of biophysics. It places special emphasis on the problems of mathematical modeling of biological processes at different levels of living matter organization. It considers physical features, dynamic and electronic properties of the structural unit of living matter – the macromolecule as well as physicochemical mechanisms of energy transformation in biostructures.

The second volume (Chapters 15–30) deals with the physicochemical mechanisms of major processes that occur in organisms. It discusses in detail the issues of biological membrane structure and functioning, bioelectrogenesis, muscle contraction, reception, electron transfer and energy transformation in biomembranes. It considers the mechanisms of primary phases of photobiological processes including photosynthesis, sense of vision, photochemical reactions in biopolymers.

For students, postgraduates and multi-discipline specialists who are interested in the physicochemical foundations of life processes.

The book is devoted to philanthropists’ and art patrons’ contribution to the development of Moscow University in the pre-revolutionary period (1755–1917). It presents various forms of assistance to the university from financing the construction of buildings, dormitories, donations of collections and books to creating charitable societies and establishing scholarships for ‘necessitous’ students. The narrative includes many well-known and lesser-known figures whose support has contributed to the transformation of Moscow University into Russia’s leading scientific and educational institution.

For professional historians, culturologists and a wide range of readers.

The book is devoted to the issues of modern multidimensional calculus of variations. The central place in it is occupied by the presentation of the original methods developed by the author for the explicit finding of multidimensional extremals of functionals and the study of their topological properties. The book is unique in that it presents a solution to the spectral multidimensional Plateau problem in a form accessible to a wide range of specialists.

For mathematicians specializing in topology, global calculus of variations, functional analysis, theory of differential equations, Lie groups and algebras. It can serve as the basis for special courses and special seminars.

This textbook provides a summary of the theoretical part of the course "Microalgae Biotechnology," developed for students of the Faculty of Biology at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The course reflects the current state of biotechnology, based on the cultivation of phototrophic microorganisms for the production of a wide range of bioproducts and the recycling of various wastes. The book summarizes both global practices in industrial microalgae cultivation and the authors' 25 years of experience. It covers the physicochemical and biological principles of industrial microalgae cultivation and their processing into bioproducts, as well as the use of microalgae cultures for environmental protection and achieving sustainable development goals.

The textbook is focused on revealing the essence of culture through the meaningful variety of its forms. The authors considered their main goal to involve the reader in the exciting world of multiplicity of cultural meanings. Various stages of the history of culture are analyzed by modern methods of humanitarian knowledge.

The publication is intended for students of humanitarian faculties studying the history of culture as a general educational discipline, as well as for all those interested in the patterns of development of world culture.

This textbook covers both traditional fungal biotechnologies, such as the production of organic acids, ethanol, food products and alcoholic beverages, yeast biomass and fruiting bodies of edible mushroom species, a number of enzymes, vitamins, and antibiotics, as well as new areas of mycobiotechnology, particularly the production of composite materials, nanoparticles, biofuels, and biologically active substances for medicine.

The textbook, the first edition of which was published in 2001, can be used for the course "Ecology and Geochemical Activity of Microorganisms", as well as various disciplines of the ecological profile. The main emphasis is on the central concept of the ecology of microorganisms - the microbial community, its structure and patterns of functioning. The publication briefly presents traditional issues of general microbiology: the organization of the prokaryotic cell, the physiology and metabolism of microorganisms, biodiversity and the characteristics of individual groups, which are considered primarily from the standpoint of ecology. The publication is intended for students studying in the areas of "Biology", "Fundamental and Applied Biology", as well as for a wide range of natural scientists.

The manual outlines the main ideas of the special theory of relativity. It is shown how their consistent use makes it possible to formulate relativistic dynamics, electromagnetic field theory and relativistic quantum mechanics. In this regard, the book will be useful when studying the relevant sections of theoretical physics.

It is intended for students and postgraduates of physical specialties of universities, as well as for anyone interested in the theory of relativity.

The textbook reveals ideas about the subject and structure of the science of journalism. The basis is the characteristic of the essence of mass information activity. Such fundamental issues as the social role of the media, the peculiarities of the functioning of this social institution based on the requirements of the information order in a democratic society are outlined. A special place is given to the freedom of the media and journalistic activity, ensuring information security through the optimal functioning of various social types of media, counting on their effective performance of the role of the "fourth power".

For students of higher educational institutions.

The book by Y. V. Yanushevskaya, Ph. D. (Philosophy), a specialist in axiology, is composed of diff erent genres of philosophical prose. In a relaxed manner or with scientifi c rigor, the author presents her view on the essence of emotional, lyrical, poetic and artistic value – for the fi rst time giving them an independent, substantial status and linking creative imagination and artistry with virtuality.

The experience of thinking about value is inscribed in the cultural context of the information society; correlated with the idea and the crisis of classical humanism; comprehended in connection with the most pressing issues of our time. What is the future of aesthetics as a relation to the world? Will artistic knowledge continue in a technocratic society? What is the basis of a holistic valueoriented development of individual? How does the idea of theosis correlate with the doctrine of postman? According to A. Badiou, the turn of the XIX and XX century was the ”era of poets”; so why are these days the era without poets?

”Will the world save beauty?” – the main question of the book, intended for a wide range of readers interested in philosophy, poetology, modern poetry and art.

Correspondence between Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich (future Alexander II), the 19-year-old heir apparent to the Russian throne, and his father Emperor Nicholas I during the former’s 1837 tour of Russia is an interesting historical document. The content of the letters allows the reader to take a fuller and, most importantly, a more vivid look at both personalities - the young heir apparent and the autocratic monarch, to see the Russia of the1830s, its cities and towns with their inhabitants of every class and rank.

For specialists in history and all those who are interested in Russian history.

This publication is the first, which has no analogues in Russian, educational and methodical manual for working with video materials of children with mental development disorders. The author's long-term experience of using video recordings in research, diagnosis and psychotherapy of children is summarized. The history, theory and practice of organizing video recordings of psychological observations and therapeutic classes are considered. The technique of analyzing video recordings of children's behavior and emotions in interaction with a specialist in the method of assessing the development of affective-behavioral complexes in the light of domestic traditions of pathopsychology and taking into account the achievements of ethology and psychoanalysis is revealed. The manual is illustrated with frames from the author's scientific and practical work, therapeutic classes, video materials, a detailed analysis of which is carried out within the framework of several training courses taught at the Faculty of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The manual is a methodological supplement to the book "Affective-behavioral complexes: observation, assessment and development", and also provides the necessary educational and practical material for the courses "Mental development disorders in children", "Emotional and personality disorders in childhood", "Clinical and psychological studies of early development", a workshop on pediatric clinical psychology.

For students, specialists working with children, researchers of child development and parents, as well as for a wide range of readers interested in issues of mental development in norm and pathology and modern methods of its diagnosis and correction

The new volume of the oldest academic yearbook opens with an article by R.M. Shukurov, where he proposes an attempt to give a general description of the Byzantine culture in its attitude to multilingualism and readiness to master foreign languages. New article by academician of RAS S.P. Karpov, written on the material of the Italian archives, is dedicated to the slave trade in Venetian Tanya. Other topics that attracted the attention of the authors of the volume include various aspects of the interaction of Christianity and paganism in the late Roman Empire, the limits of jurisdiction of church departments of the East and the West, the role of Byzantine gold in the value system of greedy to him nomadic barbarians.

The art criticism articles, which traditionally occupy a prominent place in the publication, this time are mainly devoted to the history of the manuscript book and the evolution of the decoration of Byzantine churches, and are side by side with similar studies by historians and archaeologists. In this work, S.V. and A.A. Bliznyuk, D.A. Chernoglazova and A.V. Zakharova demonstrate the fruitful cooperation of specialists of different qualifications.

For professionals and a wide range of readers interested in the history of Byzantium and its centuries-old bonds with other world.