Articles & Insights

The article reviews the current status of gas turbine units (GTUs), their thermodynamic basics, design features and the main options for technological growth. Also, such key parameters of the Brayton—Joule cycle that determine the energy efficiency of the gas turbines and combined-cycle gas turbines, including the pressure ratio, the turbine inlet temperature, and the possibility of heat recovery from exhaust gases have been analyzed. It shows the part of modern materials, cooling systems and low-emission combustion chambers to increase the efficiency and reduce the environmental stress.

In the context of the global economic transformation and the growing need for infrastructure development, states are facing limited budgetary resources required for the implementation of large-scale investment projects. In this regard, the public-private partnership mechanism is of particular importance, as it makes it possible to combine the financial, managerial, and technological resources of the state and the private sector. The attraction of private capital to infrastructure projects is becoming one of the key instruments for modernizing transport, energy, and social infrastructure, as well as for improving the efficiency of public resource management.

This article is the analysis of the Islamic banking as an alternative model to institute the financial relations based on the principles of Sharia law: it reviews the prohibition of Riba (interest), inadmissibility of Gharar (excessive uncertainty) and prohibition to finance the Haram activities. The key instruments of Islamic banking such as Murabaha, Ijarah, Musharakah, Mudarabah, Sukuk and their applicability in the realm of the economy of Uzbekistan.

This article analyses the practically significant amendments to the FIDIC Second Edition 2017 standard conditions with the 2022 amendments package as applied to public-private partnership (PPP) and public procurement contracts. Three key innovations are examined: the distinction between a Claim and a matter, the tightened definition of Dispute, and the reinstatement of the exceptionality criterion in the concept of Exceptional Event.

Some of the most dangerous risks at any production facility are the ones you can’t see — and that’s exactly what makes them so deadly.

In our new article, we break down three factors that silently and gradually damage workers’ health every single day: industrial noise, vibration, and dust. According to the ILO, more than 2.3 million people die each year from work-related causes — and a significant share of those deaths stem not from acute injuries, but from the cumulative toll of what workers simply call “the usual background.”

Why is hearing loss irreversible? What is “white finger syndrome”? Why do dust particles smaller than 2.5 microns practically never leave the body?