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STUDY OF THE TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL LOAD IN THE “KOLSAI LAKES” STATE NATIONAL NATURE PARK, KAZAKHSTAN

Lóránt Dávid Ruslan Baiburiev Armanay Savanchiyeva Sholpan Abdreyeva Alexander Artemyev Aigul Abzhapparova Aida Kaliyeva Azamat Beisakhmet

Publication Name: Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites

Publication Date: 2025-01-01

Volume: 58

Issue: 1

Page Range: 9-17

Description:

The growing popularity of ecological tourism has led to a significant increase in tourist flows and, consequently, a rise in anthropogenic impacts on the ecosystems of natural areas. This phenomenon poses challenges to the delicate balance of these ecosystems, requiring detailed study and intervention. Studying the dynamics of this process is essential to assess its impact and develop effective measures to prevent critical stress that could lead to irreversible negative changes in the natural environment. The transition to circular tourism is also a major challenge. Using the example of the State National Natural Park “Kolsai Lakes,” located in the southeast of the Almaty region of Kazakhstan, the authors proposed a comprehensive approach to determining the maximum permissible tourist and recreational load. This approach includes expert assessments, calculation methods, and systematic monitoring observations to evaluate the capacity of the park's ecological routes and paths. The research focused on ensuring that these natural areas can sustain their ecological integrity while accommodating visitors. The practical outcomes of the research included the development of recommendations aimed at reducing anthropogenic impacts on the park's routes and paths. These recommendations encompass a combination of technical solutions, organizational strategies, and managerial measures designed to balance tourism with environmental preservation. The measures proposed align with global principles of sustainable tourism and reflect the need for integrated approaches to managing natural resources. The main results emphasize the critical importance of sustainable management methods in maintaining the ecological integrity of the “Kolsai Lakes” State National Nature Park. These findings were derived from field research, where the authors conducted on-site evaluations to gather data and analyze the environmental conditions. The insights gained were systematically organized and presented in tabular form within the article. The study underlines the necessity of ongoing monitoring and adaptive management to address the evolving challenges posed by ecological tourism. By implementing the recommended measures, the park authorities can mitigate potential environmental risks while fostering a harmonious relationship between tourism and nature conservation. This research contributes valuable knowledge to the field of sustainable tourism, offering practical strategies that can be applied to other natural areas facing similar challenges.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.30892/gtg.58101-1386

New data on terrestrial gastropods (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with descriptions of two new species in the genus Euthema (Diplommatinidae)

J. M. Bichain Barna Páll-Gergely Imre Szenti M. Szabó None Kokavecz

Publication Name: Zoosystematica Rossica

Publication Date: 2025-01-01

Volume: 34

Issue: 2

Page Range: 336-353

Description:

Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber preserves an exceptionally diverse assemblage of operculate land snails. Here, two new diplommatinid species are described: Euthema convexispira Bichain et Páll-Gergely, sp. nov. and Eu. torokzselenszkyi Páll-Gergely et Szabó, sp. nov. Newly found specimens of two previously known species, Hirsuticyclus canaliculatus Yu, 2022 and Cretadiostoma caperatum Yu, Zhuo et Páll-Gergely, 2023, are described and illustrated; the specimen of the former is characterised by a distinctive spiral operculum, while that of the latter provides additional data on the morphology of the aperture and the proportions of the shell whorls. Furthermore, the article reports three specimens that are tentatively attributed here to the species Euthema cf. annae Balashov, 2021 and to the genera Euthema Yu, Wang et Pan, 2018 and Pulchraspira Yu, Salvador et Jarzembowski, 2021.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.31610/ZSR/2025.34.2.336

Placebo and nocebo interventions impact perceived but not actual proprioceptive accuracy

Ferenc Köteles Orsolya Drozdovszky Áron Horváth Blanka Aranyosy Attila Szabo

Publication Name: Plos One

Publication Date: 2024-08-01

Volume: 19

Issue: 8

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

Changes in performance caused by positive and negative expectations (i.e., placebo and nocebo responses) were found to play an important role in many aspects of motor performance. This study aimed to test the impact of placebo/nocebo responses and the assumed moderating role of dispositional optimism and anxiety on proprioceptive accuracy, an essential aspect of motor functions. 78 undergraduate university students completed questionnaires assessing dispositional optimism, state anxiety, and motivation to cooperate, then were randomly assigned to three experimental groups. A sham subliminal electric stimulation was applied with claimed positive (placebo group, n = 26), negative (nocebo group, n = 26) or neutral (control group, n = 26) impact on proprioceptive accuracy. Proprioceptive accuracy was measured with active and passive versions of the Joint Position Reproduction task before and after the intervention. Expected and perceived changes in performance were also assessed; changes in state anxiety, optimism, and motivation to cooperate were used as control variables (covariates). Mixed analyses of variance indicated that the experimental manipulation did not affect actual proprioceptive accuracy but impacted expected and perceived performance. Adding the covariates to the models did not substantially change the results. Further, no significant association emerged between actual and perceived change in performance in the active test, and only a weak correlation was found in the passive test. Expected performance did not predict actual performance but predicted perceived performance in both tasks. The results suggest that only perceived (subjective) aspects of proprioceptive accuracy are susceptible to placebo and nocebo interventions.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307072

Certain regulatory and efficiency issues of public utility companies in Budapest

Laszlo Vasa Csaba Lentner Molnár Petronella

Publication Name: Public and Municipal Finance

Publication Date: 2020-01-01

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Page Range: 14-24

Description:

Capital cities of the world are usually characterized by a concentration of the majority of the population and most of the public administration and economic life. Therefore, the efficiency and quality of public service delivery in their administrative territories make a difference. The study examines public service companies in Budapest, Hungary's capital, with the focus on their sectors of activity to describe their system, which may provide good foundations for a prospective international comparison. This study explores sector-oriented reports of state- and municipally-owned public utility companies providing services within the administrative territory of Budapest and evaluates them in terms of total assets, finance, profitability and efficiency. The study looked for an answer to the question of how the tighter state regulation and control adopted after 2010 affected their management, and what influence the price regulation of consumer public utility charges, imposed since 2013, had on companies' activities.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.21511/pmf.09(1).2020.02

Assessing the influence of financial repression on Bangladesh's financial development

Jewel Kumar Roy Md Yousuf Kamal Hossain Mohammad Bin Amin Mohammod Ullah Sayeed Bin Kamal Chowdhury

Publication Name: Multidisciplinary Science Journal

Publication Date: 2026-07-08

Volume: 8

Issue: 3

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

We investigate how financial repression affects financial development of Bangladesh over the period 1980-2022. Employing VECM, we find that repression policies negatively affect financial development, meaning that controlling the financial sector counteracts financial progress. Following the results, we recommend some policies. To accelerate financial progress, policymakers need to rethink on these restrictive policy instruments. For emerging nations like Bangladesh, this paper offers the first empirical data on the connection between financial repression and financial development.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.31893/multiscience.2026140

HISTORY OF HUMAN GENETICS IN NUTSHELL: FROM MENDEL TO CRISPR-BABIES

Mónika Nogel

Publication Name: Medicine and Law

Publication Date: 2022-01-01

Volume: 41

Issue: 4

Page Range: 599-610

Description:

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna in 2020 for the development of CRISPRI, a method for genome editing. CRISPR/ Cas9 was initially developed in 2012, just six years later a Chinese researcher claimed that twin girls had been born via genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9, shocking the scientific community. This situation is reminiscent of the reaction to recombinant DNA in the 1970's where the scientific community aimed to impose a voluntary moratorium on experiments involving recombinant DNA until the potential risks were clear. Just a year later the moratorium was lifted. This teaches one very important lesson: science is a uniquely human endeavor and challenges traditional ideas and values. The aim of this article is to show that there are lessons to be learned from the history of science.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: DOI not available

The Role of Economic Growth and FDI in Ecological Footprint and the Load Capacity Factor: Evidence From Türkiye

Zafer Adali Ayyüce Memiş Karataş Xin Zhao İlkay Güler Gökçen Aydinbaş

Publication Name: Acta Montanistica Slovaca

Publication Date: 2025-01-01

Volume: 30

Issue: 1

Page Range: 193-208

Description:

Proposed sustainable economic development and growth have been among the leading and desired objectives of policymakers. Thus, various investigations have been conducted, considering different social, political, and economic factors to lessen environmental degradation and improve biocapacity. Within this context, Türkiye is one of the most essential cases because of its location and role in the global supply chain, emerging countries' members, and the severity of the environmental situation. Thus, the study employs the Fourier ARDL, FADL co-integration tests, FMOLS estimations with Fourier Terms, and Fourier Toda-Yamamoto analysis to investigate the role of economic growth and FDI in ecological footprint and the load capacity factor along with considering some control variables over the period between 1982 to 2021. As a result of the investigations, it is concluded that the economic growth, the FDI, and the remaining variables do not promote impact the load capacity factor. However, the considered variables pressure the environment when the ecological footprint is regarded as the environmental indicator, and the pollution haven hypothesis holds for Türkiye. To reverse and mitigate the harmful effects of economic activities, efforts, and policies should be made toward environmentally friendly forms of production, trade, FDI, and renewable energy sources.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.46544/AMS.v30i1.15

Quasi-Optimization of the Time Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem by Intuitionistic Fuzzy Model and Memetic Algorithm

Peter Foldesi Boldizsar Tuu-Szabo Ruba Almahasneh Ĺaszĺo T. Ḱoczy

Publication Name: Studies in Computational Intelligence

Publication Date: 2020-01-01

Volume: 872

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 239-253

Description:

The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is an NP-hard graph search problem. Despite having numerous modifications of the original abstract problem, Time Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem (TD TSP) was one of the most realistic extensions under real traffic conditions. In TD TSP the edges between nodes are assigned higher costs (weights), if they were traveled during the rush hour periods, or crossed the traffic jam regions, such as the city center(s). In this paper we introduce an even more real-life motivated approach, the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Time Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem (IFTD TSP), which is a further extension of the TSP, and also of the classic TD TSP, with the additional notion of using intuitionistic fuzzy sets for the definition of uncertain costs, time, and space of the rush hour—traffic jam region affecting graph sections. In IFTD TSP we use fuzzy memberships and non-memberships sets for estimating the vague costs between nodes in order to quantify the behavior of traffic jam regions, and the rush hour periods. Since intuitionistic fuzzy sets are generalizations of classic fuzzy sets, our approach may be considered an extension and substitution of the original abstract TD TSP problem, even, of the (classic) Fuzzy TD TSP. Lastly, DBMEA (Discrete Bacterial Memetic Evolutionary Algorithm) was applied on the IFTD TSP model, the results of the simulation runs based on some extensions of the benchmarks generated from the original TD TSP data set showed quite good and promising preliminary results.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34409-2_14

A memetic version of the bacterial evolutionary algorithm for discrete optimization problems

Peter Foldesi Boldizsar Tuu-Szabo Ĺaszĺo T. Ḱoczy

Publication Name: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Publication Date: 2020-01-01

Volume: 945

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 44-55

Description:

In this paper we present our test results with our memetic algorithm, the Discrete Bacterial Memetic Evolutionary Algorithm (DBMEA). The algorithm combines the Bacterial Evolutionary Algorithm with discrete local search techniques (2-opt and 3-opt). The algorithm has been tested on four discrete NP-hard optimization problems so far, on the Traveling Salesman Problem, and on its three variants (the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows, the Traveling Repairman Problem, and the Time Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem). The DBMEA proved to be efficient for all problems: it found optimal or close-optimal solutions. For the Traveling Repairman Problem the DBMEA outperformed even the state-of-the-art methods. The preliminary version of this paper was presented at the 3rd Conference on Information Technology, Systems Research and Computational Physics, 2–5 July 2018, Cracow, Poland [1].

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18058-4_4