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FOOD SECURITY ISSUES IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS PARTICULARITIES IN GEORGIA 格鲁吉亚2019冠状病毒病大流行中的粮食安全问题及其特殊性

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.02

Tamila Arnania-Kepuladze, Giorgi Kepuladze

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SMART CITIES AND CITY LOGISTICS 智慧城市和城市物流

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.11

S. Kirsanov, L. Prigoda, D. Radovanović

{"title":"SMART CITIES AND CITY LOGISTICS","authors":"S. Kirsanov, L. Prigoda, D. Radovanović","doi":"10.12709/mest.11.11.02.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12709/mest.11.11.02.11","url":null,"abstract":"Because of the constant influx of people, big cities are growing, and life in them is getting more challenging. City governments face increasing challenges related to the citizens supplying water and food, energy, public transport, roads, health services, and others for waste removal, recycling, and storage. Cities adapt to new conditions by using new technologies and innovative solutions. Cyber-physical systems, digitization, networking, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and blockchains are tools that can help smart cities function. In this review paper, based on a review of relevant literature, the authors discussed some possible models for meeting the logistical needs of citizens in Smart cities. They focused on Smart-city technologies. The subject matter of this article is very complex and covers several disciplines, such as management, transport, and information technologies. Few have mastered the necessary knowledge in all these areas. The authors wish that this multi-dimensional presentation of the current situation will be helpful to those who deal with the organization of life in cities, logistics, or the application of information technologies in business organizations, but also ordinary citizens who are not yet familiar with these problems. The article should allow the reader to see the complexity of last-mile delivery and encourage it to use its potential to get involved in solving this problem.","PeriodicalId":105489,"journal":{"name":"MEST Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123610980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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PORT AND RAILWAY CONNECTIONS AND THE HINTERLAND CONCEPT 港口与铁路的连接及腹地概念

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.05

Selcuk Duranlar

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AYN RAND: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 安·兰德:提问和回答

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.03

W. Block

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A PROTOTYPE DESIGN OF A DEDICATED SMART HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 一种专用智能家居能源管理系统的原型设计

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.01

F. Al-Naima, Hassanain H Kareem

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MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE RUSSIA AND UKRAINE CONFLICT ON THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF SERBIA 俄罗斯和乌克兰冲突对塞尔维亚国内生产总值的宏观经济影响

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.06

Ljubomir Miljkovic, Dragana Trnavac

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ALLEVIATING POVERTY THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HOMO ENTREPRENEUR, ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE, AND STATE 创业扶贫:人属企业家、创业文化与国家

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.10

M. Bogdanović

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FINANCIAL LITERACY AS A FACTOR IN IMPROVING THE WELL–BEING OF THE POPULATION - A REGIONAL ASPECT 金融知识是提高人民福祉的一个因素，这是一个区域性的方面

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.07

Tatyana A Paladova, Lyudmila A Mamiyok

{"title":"FINANCIAL LITERACY AS A FACTOR IN IMPROVING THE WELL–BEING OF THE POPULATION - A REGIONAL ASPECT","authors":"Tatyana A Paladova, Lyudmila A Mamiyok","doi":"10.12709/mest.11.11.02.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12709/mest.11.11.02.07","url":null,"abstract":"The article is devoted to the study of the population's financial literacy as the basis of family well-being. In modern conditions of the expansion of the use of financial services, the complexity, and the emergence of new and difficult-to-understand financial instruments, the issues of financial literacy of the population have become extremely relevant for most countries of the world. Ensuring personal financial security is becoming an important factor in people's economic well-being. The paper studies and summarizes the essence of the concept of financial literacy, highlights the main features of a financially literate person and identifies and considers the main components of financial literacy. It is shown that the role of financial literacy in Russia is sufficiently large and raising its level among citizens is an important task facing the state, the solution of which is very important both for the state and for the economy and citizens. Indicators of the level of financial literacy of the population of the Russian Federation, the dynamics of changes in the level of financial literacy of the population, and the dependence of the level of financial literacy on age have been examined and analyzed in the research.","PeriodicalId":105489,"journal":{"name":"MEST Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128335509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION – SMEs ASPECT 区块链技术及应用-中小企业方面

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.04

Z. Čekerevac, Petar Cekerevac

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IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION ON THE WORLD ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT 数字化对世界经济发展的影响

MEST Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.12709/mest.11.11.02.08

L. Reunova, Zarema Namitokova, M. Alikaeva

{"title":"IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION ON THE WORLD ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT","authors":"L. Reunova, Zarema Namitokova, M. Alikaeva","doi":"10.12709/mest.11.11.02.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12709/mest.11.11.02.08","url":null,"abstract":"The choice of this research topic is reasoned of the relevance of the digital economy in the modern world. It impacts the economies of various countries, both at the micro and macro levels, as well as their economic growth trends. The relevance of a systematic study of digitalization is a priority both at the global and regional levels. The aim of the study is a statistical assessment of the impact of digitalization on world economic development, as well as a digitalization assessment on all levels of the world countries. To achieve this goal, the following research tasks were identified: to assess the current level of development of the digital economy, study the impact of digitalization on GDP, and identify trends and prospects for digitalization as a global process. The methodology of the research conducted by the authors is based on general scientific methods of cognition: analysis and synthesis, historical and comparative methods. The study of the state and development of the digital economy conducted by the authors made it possible to identify and determine the motivational direction of introducing digital technologies by organizations and companies, due to obtaining competitive advantages. All conditions and opportunities have been created in full to implement the development of the digital economy in many countries.","PeriodicalId":105489,"journal":{"name":"MEST Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123303378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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