The authors conducted this study to assess the influence of the strength properties of packaging materials for baked confectionery products on the tensile strength, fracture strength, and elongation level. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mechanical properties (impact strength, fracture strength, and distance to fracture). The paper presents a brief overview of modern methods of functional and operational properties control for polymer packaging materials used for food products and describes their features. The objects of the study were samples of packaging for gingerbread purchased from trade organizations. It has been shown that quality control of polymer packaging materials for food is key in determining the possibility of their intended use. The test results allow evaluating the possibilities and limitations, optimizing the technological process, and obtaining high-quality packaging. In conclusion, the authors give recommendations to gingerbread manufacturers to increase the competitiveness of the product and meet consumer demand.

Introduction. The introduction of modern management methods in food enterprises is a response to the challenges of time and an institutionalized requirement. Statistical methods and information technologies can improve control in food safety management systems. Their combination provides maximum opportunities for leading food industry organizations. Study objects and methods. The research featured the market of ready-made high-tech solutions in process automation and existing management systems, including those based on the principles of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). The study revealed a need for a software product for HACCP in food production. Results and discussion. The paper describes a case of a meat processing plant and how the management controls the HACCP. The authors developed a universal software product that allows operators to enter information about violations and downtimes into the system. Using this product, team leaders and department heads can easily identify and eliminate the causes of hazards while controlling technological processes and receiving timely reports. Conclusion. The software was tested in a production workshop to identify the time specialists need respond to comments and solve problems. The obtained data showed a decrease in loss of time resources by 6.77% for operators and 2.4% for line managers. The highly adaptable program can be used by specialists who work with management systems for food enterprises of Kuzbass. The IBM PC-compatible software product (2.2 MB) makes it possible to work in various Microsoft Windows operating systems and use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to store data. The computer program was successfully registered with the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (State Registration Certificate No. 2018665743 of 12/10/2018).

The research featured value components of life strategies exhibited by graduates of secondary vocational education institutions. The research methods involved M. O. Mdivani and P. B. Kodess’s method of life strategies, M. Rokeach’s method of value orientations, R. Inglehart’s method modified by M. S. Yanitskiy, C. Rogers and R. Dymond’s method of social and psychological adaptation diagnostics, etc. The authors analyzed the hierarchy of values in graduates with different levels of social and psychological adaptation. The graduates were divided into groups on the basis of C. Rogers and R. Dymond’s methodology adapted by A. K. Osnitsky. The test revealed common and variable values in the structure of the graduates’ life strategies. Respondents with a high level of adaptation were purposeful and ready to take responsibility for important decisions; their scenario of the future was optimistic; socializing value type predominated; the value component included specific life values and values of professional self-actualization. Graduates with a medium level of socio-psychological adaptation adhered to conformist values; their dominant value types were socializing and adapting; they had a high level of anxiety and uncertainty about the future while showing no willingness to overcome difficulties and achieve their life goals. The values of professional self-actualization had an advantage in the long-term perspective. The authors included that graduates with low and medium adaptation levels need psychological and pedagogical support when they enter independent life.

The results of research on the development of the occupational safety and health management system in accordance with the requirements of GOST R 54934-2012/OHSAS 18001:2007 “Occupational safety and health management system. Requirements” and environmental management systems in accordance with the requirements of GOST R ISO 14001-2016 “Environmental management systems. Requirements and guidelines for use” on the example of a dairy industry enterprise. In this paper, we analyzed the company’s activities related to the environment and occupational safety and health. The necessary documentation of the environmental management system and the occupational safety and health system has been developed and integrated where possible.

Ингерентно-метафорическое соотношение бытийных категорий CONFLICT и FIRE в англоязычной лингвокультуреАннотация: В статье освещается проблема метафорической концептуализации действительности, основанной на ассоциативном соотношении абстрактных и базовых (конкретных) категорий. Метафора рассматривается как когнитивный механизм, структура, соединяющая ментальные репрезентации с чувственной и опытной основой, в формировании которой существенную роль играет культурная среда. Иллюстративным примером выступает ингерентно-метафорическая аналогия между бытийными категориями «конфликт» и «огонь», исследуемая на материале современной английской фразеологии.The article focuses on the issue of metaphorical conceptualization of reality based on the associative correlation between abstract and basic (concrete) categories. Metaphor is considered as a cognitive mechanism, a structure relating mental representations to perceptional and experiential ground which is influenced by the cultural environment. The inherently metaphorical analogy between the existential categories «conflict» and «fire», analyzed through contemporary English phraseological units, serves as an example of the stated theory.Ключевые слова: бытийные категории, метафора, когнитивная модель, фразеологическая единица, фреймовый анализ.Existential categories, metaphor, cognitive model, phraseological unit, frame analysis.УДК: 811.111'42. Контактная информация: Кемерово, ул. Красная, 6. КемГУ, факультет романо-германской филологии. Тел.