Vladimir Savchenko
Human genome evolution
The article states that human genome evolution was happening due to the transformation of coding sequence of DNA, appearance of new genes from repeats and pseudogenes, through the loss of genes functions or changes in the mechanism of their regulation, transcription and translation.

Valery Yevarouski
Philosophical perspective of anthropogenesis
The author analyses the essence and key stages of social and cultural evolution of a human being from the point of view of historical and philosophical reconstruction.

Ilya Levyash
Human being interpreted by Friedrich Nietzsche
The author of the article focuses on Nietzsche’s concept of superman and concludes that he is opposed to the aristocratic superman of Goethe’s character.

Sergii Gordun
Creationism, evolutionism and the Bible
The passage from the Bible about the creation of the world and a human being can be interpreted in accordance with creationism and evolution theory. The church enables everybody to adhere to the theory that is closer to them provided they believe in God.

Alexander Krot
The Darwinian theory from the point of view of synergetics
Taking into account the current state of science, including the achievements of synergetics, the Darwinian theory needs to be corrected. The evolution of a human being couldn’t last for millions of years, and the theory of self-organization proves this fact.

Sergei Sergeev
Belarus in the key international ratings: current state and prospects
Based on the «Doing Business Report – 2013» and «Paying Taxes 2012» data the article focuses on the assessment of the position and prospects of Belarus in these ratings. In order to achieve a higher position Belarus has to improve the regulatory framework to make business easier to run and to increase the efficiency of tax administration which is of the utmost importance for the influx of foreign investment.

Anton Slonimsky, Marina Slonimskaya
Clusters: Italian experience and Belarusian possibilities
The authors of the article research the experience of Italy in respect of innovation clusters and their influence on the increase of innovation activity of economic entities and competitiveness of regions.

Tarbiz Aliev
Investments in the manufacturing industry of Azerbaidzhan
The article alalyses the oil strategy of Azerbaidzhan that is directed at the increase of an influx of foreign investment to the republic.

Alesya Kasyan
Success of the research to practice
The head of the Laboratory of Protein Hormones of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Oleg Sviridov is interviewed about the development and manufacture of competitive test-systems and reagents for making diagnoses in medicine and veterinary.

Irina Emelyanovich, Zhanna Komarova
The debatable club «Science and society»
The round table with the participation of prominent scientists is dedicated to the problem of interrelation of science and society, adequate assessment of a scientist by different social strata.

Irina Chervinskaya
Mechanisms of domestic market protection in Belarus
The paper focuses on the approaches to the protection of the domestic market in the WTO. It presents the issues of adaptation of the Belarusian economy to the world practice of the use of anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures.

Alena Drounina
Correlation between economic beliefs and national economic development

The article describes how economic beliefs vary along with the national differences in economic development and modernization. It’s established that a greater human capital is associated with economic efficiency; less civil social capital and a more governmental social capital is connected with greater economic efficiency and favourable views of the business world.

Zhanna Komarova
Life in action
The director of the Scientific and Technical Center “Mining Equipment” Pavel Mariev, Hero of Belarus, is interviewed about the role of science in the development of the domestic mining equipment and the prospects of mining production in Belarus.

Еlena Kudina
Gel-forming organosilicate materials
The paper deals with the materials used in remedial cementing. It’s shown that one of the prospective ways of creating new backfill materials is modifying alkali silicates solutions with organic reagents. A short overview of the fields of applying gel-forming materials is also presented, and the structure and properties of organosilikate gel-forming compositions and gels produced on their basis are investigated.

Vyacheslav Buko, Oksana Lukivskaya,
Elena Belonovskaya
Anti-fibrotic therapy of liver chronic disease
The article presents the modern view on the mechanisms of liver fibrosis including fibrogenesis, angiogenesis and fibrolysis. The authors formulate the main trends of actual pathogenetic therapy of liver fibrosis and describe mostly prospective antifibrotic compounds. The role of pituitary tumor transforming factor in liver fibrosis, newly discovered in the laboratory, is shown. The data on high antifibrotic activity of nor-ursodeoxycholicacid and some other compounds are also presented.

Halina Pirahouskaya
Changes in climatic conditions and their influence on crop productivity in Belarus
The paper presents the data on the amount of precipitation, the amount of rainless periods, temperature and hydrothermal coefficient over a long-term period (1981-2012) in the central and south-eastern parts of Belarus. Analysed is the influence of these factors on the productivity of crops cultivated in lysimeter experiments on sod-podzolic and peat soils with different particle-size distribution.

Lidia Tegako
Role of the Serbian Matrix in retaining Slavonic cultural identity
The author of the article dwells on the international project, the Serbian Matrix, implemented by the oldest research, literal and cultural center of Serbia with the participation of Belarusian scientists.