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Tbilisi, Gori, Telavi and Dusheti საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემიის ახალგაზრდა მეცნიერთა საბჭო ახალგაზრდა მეცნიერთა განვითარების ფონდი ახალგაზრდა მეცნიერთა VI ინტერდისციპლინური კონფერენცია (ქ. თბილისი, 1-2 ნოემბერი, 2018) მასალები თბილისი 2020 სარედაქციო კოლეგია: გიორგი სიორიძე (თავმჯდომარე) მარინე შავლაყაძე (თავმჯდომარის მოადგილე) ზურაბ ბარათაშვილი (სწავლული მდივანი) ვლადიმერ ბარამიძე გიორგი ბერიძე ლელა გიგლემიანი ბაგრატ გოდიბაძე თამაზ დათუნაშვილი გიორგი ვეშაპიძე ოთარ ნიკოლეიშვილი იმედა რუბაშვილი თამრიკო სუპატაშვილი ალექსანდრე სხირტლაძე თენგიზ ტეტუნაშვილი ლევან ტიელიძე მარინე ტურაშვილი ლალი ყრუაშვილი ანა ჩუტკერაშვილი ვახტანგ ჭარაია ლევან ჯიქია კრებულში დაბეჭდილი მასალების შინაარსსა და სტილზე პასუხისმგებლები არიან ავტორები. © საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია ISBN 978-9941-8-1863-9 2 შინაარსი ჰუმანიტარული მეცნიერებები გურამ ლეგაშვილი ქართლში მეფობის გაუქმება და ერისმთავრის (ერისთავთა მთავარი) ხელისუფლების „განჩინება“ ...................................... 11 ანა 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............................................................................................... 26 გიორგი მაჭარაშვილი მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილის სამწერლობო სტილის თავისებურებანი .......................................................................................................... 29 მარიამ რაქვიაშვილი ფროიდის „სიკვდილის ლტოლვა“ ჰამსუნის „მისტერიების“ მიხედვით ........................................................................................ 31 ირინა ნოზაძე „ახლოით განჩხრეკილი კაცი“ და მისი გამოძახილი ალ. ჭავჭავაძის შემოქმედებაში ........................................................... 33 ამირან ბასილაშვილი ერთი უდიური სიტყვა ქართულში (მჴიე) .................................... 35 გაბრიელ თაგაური ლოგოსი „შურის“ სემანტიკისათვის ........................................... 37 ქეთევან თევდორაძე ჩინურ-ქართული სასწავლო ლექსიკონის შედგენის პრინციპები ...................................................................................... 39 4 პანტელეიმონ სოხაძე რამდენიმე მოსზრება ეტრუსკული, ძველაღმოსავლური და იბერიულ-კავკასიური ენების ლექსიკური მსგავსებების შესახებ .......................................................................................................... 42 ხათუნა ყანდაშვილი თემის ნიშნები კახეთის 812 წლის აჯანყების დოკუმენტებში .. 44 ქეთევან შარიქაძე სინტაქსურ-სტილისტური თავისებურებები ოტია იოსელიანის შემოქმედებაში ............................................................................... 46 ელენე ლურსმანაშვილი ნაწევრის საკითხი ძველ სამწერლობო ქართულში ................ 48 ნანა ჯანეზაშვილი საკუთარ სახელთა ბრუნებასთან დაკავშირებული საკითხები ადიშის ოთხთავისა და ანბანდიდის სახარების მიხედვით ...... 49 ნინო გიორგაძე Gustar (მოწონება) ზმნა და ინვერსიის საკითხი ესპანურში ...... 51 სოციალური და ეკონომიკური მეცნიერებები მაია მანჩხაშვილი თურქეთი და მულტიკულტურული ევროპა ............................... 54 ვახტანგ გვიშიანი ახალი მსფლიო წესრიგი და სანქციური პოლიტიკა (ამერიკისა და რუსეთის ურთიერთობათა მაგალითზე) .............................. 55 5 გურანდა ლემონჯავა დაუფასებელი მწერლობა საქართველოში .............................. 57 ნინო ტალიკაძე ეკონომიკური ზრდის შეფასება საქართველოსა და ევროკავშირის პოსტკომუნისტურ ქვეყნებში (GDP per capita, HPI, IDI) ........................................................................................... 59 ზუსტი და საბუნებისმეტყველო მეცნიერებები ლიკა ბერაია აბსოლუტურად უგულებელყოფადი სიმრავლეების ალგებრული ჯამების შესახებ ...................................................... 62 სოფია მუზაშვილი ჯერადი ჰარდის გარდაქმნის შესახებ ......................................... 63 თორნიკე ცერცვაძე თერმოდრეკადობის თეორიის ნეიმანის ამოცანა მიკროტემპერატურის გათვალისწინებით ................................. 64 ნანა კვირკველია თუშეთის ეთნოკულტურული რესურსი და ეთნოტურიზმის მდგრადი განვითარების პრობლემები ...................................... 64 ქრისტინა ომანაძე, თიკო კორძახია, ანა შანშიაშვილი თანამედროვე ადამიანთა მიგრაცია და დედამიწაზე განსახლების თეორია მიტოქონდრიული დნმ-ის კვლევის საფუძველზე ................................................................................... 66 6 ნინო რაქვიაშვილი დაბერების მოლეკულური ბიოლოგია: ბუნება უპირატესობას ანიჭებს ქაოსს ................................................................................. 67 ინჟინერია და ტექნოლოგიები ნატალი სიდამონიძე, ინგა აბულაძე ფერმერული მეურნეობის მოდელირების მნიშვნელობა ქვეყნის სასურსათო უსაფრთხოებაში ......................................... 70 მედიცინა და ჯანდაცვა ნინო ჭაღალიძე რა აქვს საერთო პომიდორს, როგორც ბოსტნეულსა და საზამთროს, როგორც ხილს ........................................................ 73 ნოდარ სულაშვილი, მარგარიტა ბეგლარიანი ........................ 75 ფაქტორები, რომლებიც გავლენას ახდენენ ფარმაცევტულ საქმიანობასა და პროფესიულ არჩევანზე ................................. 75 Humanities Guram Legashvili Abolition of the reign in Kartli and the Appointment of the Authority of Erismtavari (the head of eristavis)..................11 Ana Dolidze The reasons for killing Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Kirion II .......................................................................................................... 82 7 Nino Kakalashvili The Military and Political Relationship Between Georgians and Qipčaqs in the XII-XIV Centuries .................................................... 84 Mariam Khintibidze First Ethnographic Collections of Caucasus Museum (Clothing and Accessories) ...................................................................................... 86 Edisher Japaridze Mikheil Muskhelishvili – European Politican and the first Georgian founder of Eurointegration ............................................................... 87 Shorena Shavreshiani Historical-artistic Chronotope (“Of old hearts and swords” by Aka Morchiladze)..................................................................................... 89 Ani Datunashvili Protection of moral values with bloody hands ................................. 90 Giorgi Macharashvili 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allowance of microtemperature ...................................................... 120 Nana Kvirkvelia Ethno-cultural resources and problems of sustainable development of ethno-tourism in Tusheti ................................................................. 120 Kristina Omanadze, Tiko Kordzakhia, Ana Shanshiashvili The great arc of dispersal and migration of modern human Based on mitochondrial DNA research .......................................................... 122 Nino Rakviashvili Molecular Biology of Aging: nature prefers chaos ........................ 123 Engineering and Technology Natali Sidamonidze, Inga Abuladze Importance of Agricultural Modeling for the Country's
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