This paper is concerned with the relationship between beliefs and economic performance and explains the differences of country performance in global economic growth over the past two decades based on the composite bel...This paper is concerned with the relationship between beliefs and economic performance and explains the differences of country performance in global economic growth over the past two decades based on the composite belief index comprising the beliefs on trust,social justice,competition and work-leisure.By influencing personal motivations,beliefs shape society and the institutions and policies of a country in the form of collective ideology.Beliefs demonstrate great differences across countries and change with time,which helps explain the country and intertemporal differences of growth.This paper also found that China s composite belief index is very high,which helps explain China's economic growth miracle.展开更多
The statement that the world’s ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating due to human intervention and global warming is nowadays commonplace.Some of the ecosystems most heavily impacted are inland salt lakes.The salt lak...The statement that the world’s ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating due to human intervention and global warming is nowadays commonplace.Some of the ecosystems most heavily impacted are inland salt lakes.The salt lakes are among the most valuable and fascinating ecosystems on Earth,and their study has both basic scientifi c interest as well as applied aspects.展开更多
The paper presents the main conclusions of the Russian monograph “Geochemistry of Phosphorus” (2020). Based on statistical processing of ~6100 sample averages (from ~190,000 analyses), new estimations of World avera...The paper presents the main conclusions of the Russian monograph “Geochemistry of Phosphorus” (2020). Based on statistical processing of ~6100 sample averages (from ~190,000 analyses), new estimations of World averages (Clarke values) for Р<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, % (and P, %), phosphorus-titanium module (P<sub>2</sub>О<sub>5</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub>), phosphorus-calcium module (P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>/CaO), phosphorus-iron module (P<sub>2</sub>О<sub>5</sub>/Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>), and phosphorus-total iron module (P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>/Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> + FeO). Many estimates have been made for the first time. In addition to the new Clarke estimates, sometimes very different from previous ones, the work carried out has led to a number of new conclusions. In particular, the titanium geochemical barrier for phosphorus has been first estimated, all the 11 genotypes of phosphogenesis have been named and characterized, five genetic correlations of phosphogenesis have been described, lithochemistry methods have been successfully applied to characterize the phosphorites. Due to the large breadth of generalization, the monograph has a large theoretical and applied value.展开更多
Historians of the future will probably define the year 2017 as a watershed moment in the development of globalization and the first year in the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.At the beginning...Historians of the future will probably define the year 2017 as a watershed moment in the development of globalization and the first year in the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.At the beginning of the year,when Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening session of the World Economic Forum展开更多
文摘This paper is concerned with the relationship between beliefs and economic performance and explains the differences of country performance in global economic growth over the past two decades based on the composite belief index comprising the beliefs on trust,social justice,competition and work-leisure.By influencing personal motivations,beliefs shape society and the institutions and policies of a country in the form of collective ideology.Beliefs demonstrate great differences across countries and change with time,which helps explain the country and intertemporal differences of growth.This paper also found that China s composite belief index is very high,which helps explain China's economic growth miracle.
文摘The statement that the world’s ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating due to human intervention and global warming is nowadays commonplace.Some of the ecosystems most heavily impacted are inland salt lakes.The salt lakes are among the most valuable and fascinating ecosystems on Earth,and their study has both basic scientifi c interest as well as applied aspects.
文摘The paper presents the main conclusions of the Russian monograph “Geochemistry of Phosphorus” (2020). Based on statistical processing of ~6100 sample averages (from ~190,000 analyses), new estimations of World averages (Clarke values) for Р<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, % (and P, %), phosphorus-titanium module (P<sub>2</sub>О<sub>5</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub>), phosphorus-calcium module (P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>/CaO), phosphorus-iron module (P<sub>2</sub>О<sub>5</sub>/Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>), and phosphorus-total iron module (P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>/Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> + FeO). Many estimates have been made for the first time. In addition to the new Clarke estimates, sometimes very different from previous ones, the work carried out has led to a number of new conclusions. In particular, the titanium geochemical barrier for phosphorus has been first estimated, all the 11 genotypes of phosphogenesis have been named and characterized, five genetic correlations of phosphogenesis have been described, lithochemistry methods have been successfully applied to characterize the phosphorites. Due to the large breadth of generalization, the monograph has a large theoretical and applied value.
文摘Historians of the future will probably define the year 2017 as a watershed moment in the development of globalization and the first year in the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.At the beginning of the year,when Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening session of the World Economic Forum