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This paper deals with the technology of Augmented Reality and other innovative e-learning tools for educational purposes. In the age of the development of modern technologies, it is necessary to include the usage of gadgets in educational processes together with modern e-learning technologies, to make the routine of school life interesting and memorable, so that students feel like active participants in the educational process. The authors have created a textbook that allows students to learn the sights of the stu...

The article analyzes the use of photos in social psychology as a visual technology. The work emphasizes that this type of visual technology is used in studies aimed at studying communication, interpersonal cognition, impression management, interethnic relations. Within the framework of these areas of research, photographs of the person's external appearance are suggested, which are proposed to be evaluated, categorized as belonging to certain groups (ethnic, religious, social). The article underline that up to the...

This study seeks to improve the training process of the students in the representative football team of the University “Politehnica” of Bucharest. The paper aims at promoting a complex of methods and means for improving the strength of the lower limbs and at experimentally validating their efficacy. This scientific research purpose was to make a contribution to improving and assessing the level of development of the lower limbs muscles in the training lessons. This was due to the methodology applied in the trainin...

This paper deals with the topics of economic situation of families and the attitudes of respondents to the role of the state in social politics and social justice as the divergence factors influencing the choices of leisure-time activities in the lives of people. Our intention is to present the results of our own research which was carried out in the form of a questionnaire survey in 2016. One of its main objectives was to find out whether the economic situation of respondent's families and their attitudes to soci...

During the historical development of drama, theatrical performances took place in various settings: simultaneous medieval stages, illusional and perspective Renaissance stages, Humanist stages of palaces and academies, decorated Baroque stages. The space of drama has always retained its detachment, being a symbolic world. Theatre has the biggest power and potential to discuss the most delicate and complicated political and social issues. Its role is to be document and communication channel. Since the beginning of ...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an important role in the development of modern Russian society. Their fast development together with the convergence of computer systems with different types of communications resulted in the need to reevaluate the perception of these technologies in the spiritual sphere of a human being. This paper analyses the implementation of information and communication technologies into the spiritual sphere of the Russian society. Based on the analysis of statistical and...

Under condition of dominance of the Russian etatist political model, crisis of democratic institutions, problems of civil and political rights’ exercise by certain social groups, and with a relatively low level of political and civic engagement, the wide dissemination of civic and social initiatives could engage citizens in the tackling problems at the local, regional and federal levels. By the means of activity approach, case study and taking into account citizens' motivation the author defined civic and social i...

The European Commission has announced that Year 2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage /EYCH/. The undertaken activities are to boost the awareness of citizens as well as governments in terms of the creation of collective memory and identity of Europeans. The Commission’s assumption is the “abolition of borders”, or stepping beyond the territory of a given state or region and getting to know cultural heritage as the common good, fostering social integration. 600 years of history of the Radziwi??s, one of E...

The article deals with the issues of professional communication directly related to the psychological problem of perceiving the outside world and, hence, to the linguistic world-image (LWI), which is already present in the mind of an individual. This fully applies to the professional linguistic world-image (PLWI). The authors propose a description of the PLWI as a system, structure this system and analyze its components and their interrelations. A necessary and sufficient set of skills and abilities is determined ...

Creating good relations between teacher and their student determines the student's well-being at school. Many Polish researchers tried to identify the relations between students and teachers (?nie?y?ski 1990, Dylak 1995, ?cis?owska 2000, Brzezi?ska and Rycielska 2009, Szempruch 2012). The development of new technologies in recent years has contributed to the trend of moving communication to cyberspace. In this context, there is a positive impact of social networking in teacher contacts with students (Py?alski, 201...

Co-ownership represents an encumbrance of the entire property. Encumbrances take the form of the mandatory approval of any action involving a co-owned item to be obtained by every co-owner of real estate from other co-owners, thereby restricting the exercise of a co-owner’s property right. It should be stressed that property is an absolute right in rem, one of the fundamental rights of every individual; therefore, any restriction must be soft to the maximum extent practicable, granting the owner the widest possibl...

This paper aims to highlight the main approaches to creativity that directly influence the creative processes that occur both in plasticeducation events into creative processes itself; to expose some techniques to stimulate creativity encountered in plasticapproachof great artists, with observation of generaltechniques to develop creativity in which their attempts individual falls, andin the end -some conclusions about the quality of the environment that supports creativity and cognitive processes favoring both th...

The Faculty of Architecture of the Cracow University of Technology has been operating in the adapted building of the Cadet School since. Previously, it was the headquarters of the Kadetten Institute, built in the mid-nineteenth century during the Habsburg Monarchy, on the remains of the former, representative summer residence of Polish kings - in the village of Lobzow near Cracow. Within the walls of this architectural monument are also the remains of a medieval castellum built in 1375 by King Casimir the Great. I...

The objective of the article is to present the issue of legislative incohesion between the spatial policy of the commune and issued administrative decisions, based on a specific case study. The implementation of the spatial policy included in the Study of the preconditions and guidelines of spatial development of the commune is only possible by means of local plans of spatial development. In the case of their lack, administrative decisions are issued which are not necessarily (and often are not) in accordance with...

Regarding the phenomenon of the currently extending life expectancy of the population, it can be assumed that the number of ageing persons with intellectual (and other) disability will increase. These persons, having survived their parents, need to rely on institutional support, which is frequently of a residential nature. The process of ageing of persons with intellectual disability is also associated with frequent occurrence of long-term diseases and changes in their health status. Regarding the above, it can be...

A conceptual paper is presented, which subject is time, one of the most used and useful phenomenon for humanity. Paradoxically, it is also one of the most mysterious, unknown and controversial object of research in many domains of science, as well as philosophy and theology. Such situation confirms very sophisticated and uncertain nature of time. By inspiration of diversity of time approaches in main sciences, the enrichment of time management in projects is proposed, through more flexible approach to the time nat...

The paper is dedicated to some aspects of veneration of sacred objects: the Heaven (Tengri), mountains, hills, caves, stones, water sources, trees. Along veneration of sacred objects of natural landscape, an important place in the beliefs of Kazakhs occupies veneration of ancestors, warriors-heroes, cultural heroes. The vast area around their burials, are considered sacral, within which it is forbidden to tear plants, to hunt for wild animals and on which it is necessary to keep cleanliness. Traditional ritual beh...

Currently, there is a huge selection of apartments in the real estate market. Buyers of apartments have to take into account a large number of factors influencing the quality of apartments on offer. It is often very problematic for both buyers and real estate agencies. The paper suggests a new instrumental approach based on one of the methods of multi-criteria comparative analysis to evaluate the consumer appeal of apartments. The proposed instrumental approach proves to be very effective as it compresses a large ...

The article presents the results of a study of using precedent units as a frequency type of evaluative statements in modern Russian media discourse. An analysis is made of the functional features of precedent units as evaluating tools applied to modern Russian media texts. In this work, the following research methods were used: descriptive analysis, continuous sampling, contextual analysis and structural-component analysis. The descriptive-analytical method, including observation, comparison, generalization and in...

Financialization is a phenomenon that when applied to non-financial entities means the increase of importance of financial motives in the decision-making processes of enterprises. It is about generating a dominant part of revenues within financial operations, and not within the operational and financial activities. The ideas discussed in this paper is the issue of Polish businesses activity financialization. The goal is the attempt to assess whether financialization concerns Polish non-financial entities. The anal...

The most effective means of teaching mathematics, based on information technology, dynamic geometry software (DGS) are internationally recognized. The purpose of this study is the theoretical grounding of methodological features, the development and pilot testing of the effectiveness of the methodology for teaching the geometry of students in basic school using DGS. The article formulated conceptual approaches to the teaching of geometry in the basic school with the use of DGS, defined the forms of organization of...

Currently, there remains the uncertainty of action of the entity in creating a system of internal control committed to the facts of economic life, accounting and preparation of accounting (financial) statements. To reduce this uncertainty from our point of view tools of management accounting and controlling can be effectively used. Management accounting will enable the economic entity reasonable assurance that ensures the efficiency and effectiveness of its activities, including an optimum financial and operationa...

Following political changes in the 1990s, in many Polish cities, large state-owned enterprises were liquidated or privatized (not always with a good result). The situation in which, the main employer in the region collapsed, is dangerous for the city. While in the prosperous larger centres, the multiplicity and variety of functions may partially "take over" the former employees of the closed company and mitigate the occurrence of crisis phenomena, in small towns it means a serious problem, especially if their prev...

Introduction: In Europe the prevalence of Parkinson´s disease has been estimated between 65.6 per100 000 inhabitants and 12 500 per100 000 inhabitants. It is one of the most widespread diseases affecting, of course, the patients` quality of life. The aim of our research was to determine the level of quality of life and depression as well as their mutual relationship in patients with Parkinson`s disease, and further to compare the variables monitored with a control group. Method: We adopted the quantitative researc...

In the first part of my paper, I will present the project ‘Petrarch Commentary and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, c. 1350-c. 1650’ and its provisional research findings. This project, founded for 3 years, starting January 2017, by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, aims to reconstruct the corpus of all the exegetical works on Petrarch’s Italian literary production. This vast and variegated material includes commentaries, academic lectures, glossaries, annotations, and all the other forms of exegetical works...

For many years, Germany has been distinguished by a large surplus on the current account which has now reached almost 8% of the country's GDP. Since 2016, this surplus is the largest in the world and contributes to longstanding global trade and investment asymmetries as well as serious macroeconomic imbalances within the euro area. The main purpose of this study is to analyse the state of Germany's current account in 2000-2017 in order to identify and systemize the most important factors affecting the current acco...

Paper's aim is to shed a light on theoretical and practical aspects of taken measures by the Russian government on agriculture business optimization in Southern Russia. Moreover, the paper develops methodology as recommendation for the small agriculture business in Russia based on economy theories, previous studies in the area of agriculture business development. This study analyses federal and regional governmental initiatives and programs addressing optimization of small agriculture business in the period of eco...

In this paper we present the results of an ongoing educational project which was started in the year 2016 in Samara State University of Economics, Russia. The purpose of this study was to monitor and assess the changes in the students’ Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) level attained through two different approaches: blended Learning approach and Traditional Classroom method. In Russia English for Specific Purposes (ESP) clearly dominates in tertiary educational institutions. Thus, the research was based on ESP course. T...

This article aims to identify and evaluate Polish achievements in implementing sustainable development in the context of Goal 12 of the 2030 Agenda, that is, creating patterns of sustainable consumption and production. The current set of synthetic substantive and complementary indicators, established by the UNO, were used to measure the progress of this implementation. The research period covers the period 2010–2016. The authors analyzed legal acts, institutional reports, statistical data, dynamics and ratio analy...

A human being is viewed from various perspectives. The individual is considered as a multidimensional being. The persons with visual impairment can be exposed to a number of stimuli that influence their biological nature (physiology of the organism), psychological nature (personality), social nature (socialization, inclusion) and spiritual nature (values, belief). We aimed at the different areas of the everyday life in the student with visual impairment. The main objective of the paper is to achieve a deeper under...

The article is part of research on rationalist tendencies in contemporary architecture. The subject of the following considerations is the concept of order in relation to the architectural form. Raising the subject is to systematize knowledge and draw attention to the issue of order as a general principle and a tool for shaping architecture. Some creators willingly submit to the rigor of laws and rules, perceiving order as a kind of liberation, while others reject order as being excessively restrictive. The text i...

The article studies the festive culture of Latin America, analyzes its shaping under the influence of Spanish festive traditions which were spread to this region. The article shows how the urban environment was changing to correspond with ideas and goals of certain holidays and considers cultural and semantic aspects of Latin American processions similar to European "Entries", both secular and religious. During holidays, local artists depicted the features of urban space, landscape elements, local architecture and...

The paper touches upon problems of liguocultural adaptation of Chinese students to training at a Russian higher school in terms of learning Russian as a foreign language (RFL) at a preparatory stage. Chinese students are known as one of the most difficult contingents of Russian universities, which is largely explained by fact that they speak not only a different language, but also have other culture, other pedagogical tradition, family, school and university training. Against the background of an increase of the n...

Transhumanism is the movement for a radical change in human nature: physiology, emotions and feelings, intellect, etc.; it exists for several decades. Transhumanism as a project of human transformation is impossible without the use of high technologies. These include cloning, genetic engineering, cognitive technology, nanotechnology, information technology. It is important that Transhumanism uses scientific developments, but is not limited to them. The ideologists of Transhumanism try, firstly, to explain the reas...

With a history spanning over more than 200 years, the traditional ensemble of three instruments known in Romania under the name of Transylvanian Trio gathers instruments of different sizes and shapes, encompassing a specific repertoire, unique in the Romanian area. In order to collect this specific repertoire, for its preservation and promotion, a Transylvanian Trio Festival takes place in Cluj County every year, bringing together the local ensembles of this type. The present paper analyzes the audience’s percepti...

The article deals with the process of applying heuristic methods of training in vocational education. For this purpose, the main features of heuristic technology were identified. It is noted that the student's work acquires efficiency in his ability to evaluate his actions, bring the solution to the end, while noting the importance of flexibility in thinking, the ability to update and organize information in the task at hand. The definitions of the concepts "heuristic rules", "heuristic task" are distinguished. Th...

Globalization is one of the major trends of today’s world, and at the same time a challenge, not only to the tourism industry, but also to tourism education. The modern civilization model is focused on overcoming intercultural barriers, national, language and cultural boundaries, on integration of the best national cultural achievements. The aim of this paper is to discuss the necessity of building intercultural competence for the effective performance of tourism employees in a multicultural environment. The fact ...

In the sixteenth century, after the austerity of the medieval atmosphere,and the perfect harmony of the Renaissance forms, the rich and cultured commission of the European courts began to turn towards new architectural and expressive solutions. These new expressions, had a substantial purpose: to amaze, to distance themselves from such elegant perfection as if one wanted to declare a certain "boredom" towards the now consolidated splendor. Today, in the yacht design world we are witnessing what we could call a for...

This article analyses the sustainability of legislation providing the developments of the Estonian national language and foreign languages. The model for content analysis designed by the authors is based on the AGIL paradigm or AGIL model by Talcott Parsons, which states that the continuity of a social system requires the balance performance between four components of the system: adaptation (A), goal attainment (G), integration (I) and latent pattern maintenance (L) or values. Our results demonstrate that the Stra...

The article reveals the essence of research activity and the process of its organization at the university in the context of the competence approach. The concepts of "competence" and "competence approach" are defined. It is established that the essence of the competence approach implies not only the acquisition of knowledge and skills by the students, but also the ability to apply them in practice. The article also highlights the principles of the teachers’ work, as well as the scientific research principles in a ...

The technology of keeping reindeer has its own characteristics that directly affect the productivity of reindeer husbandry. The main condition for further increase in the number of reindeer and increase their productivity is the rational use of pastures, that is, compliance with the correct methods of keeping and grazing reindeer. For the organization of the most complete and correct use of fodder grounds it is necessary knowledge not only of productivity of pastures, but also changes of vegetation under the influ...

Modern information technologies keep changing our world and bringing a new quality to it. A new type of culture has emerged – information culture, which reflects the specifics of social relations in a modern society. The paper raises the issue of information culture formation and its impact on the development of personality in the course of information socialization. The paper analyses possible perspectives and consequences of social interaction of people within information culture at the main stages of formation ...

The theoretical study presents partial results of the project "Management of the discipline in the classroom at the primary school". The main objective of the project is to create, apply and evaluate an optimal model of discipline management in the classroom, which influences the effectiveness of teaching and leadership in the field of self-control and self-regulation. The positive learning climate in a classroom requires the teacher to focus on modifying but especially on preventing unwanted pupils' behaviour. Th...

The global transport landscape is generally experiencing a transformative time, likely due to a combination of new technologies and society driven innovations. these changes gradually convert the meaning of products and services related to mobility, altering ex-pectations for the consumer involved in the process [1]. This study intends to describe the processes and design methods used by the DIT lab., a joint laboratory of the DesignCampus of the University of Florence and Trenitalia com-pany s.p.a., which deals w...

The expectations of teachers and their professional activities are currently changing, and new professional standards are being implemented, including EC Supporting Teacher Competence Development, UK Teachers’ Standards, Transforming American Education, and Russian Teacher Professional Standard. An analysis of these standards reveals wide variations in their functions and application, but all of them define teachers’ competences in terms that are both country-specific and universal. One of these universal metrics ...

The current labour market in Latvia features shortage of professional labour due to demographic, emigration, payment, education and other reasons. An emerging tendency is that employees change their jobs more frequently, the mean duration of employment in a company is dropping, and companies experience higher levels of personnel turnover. Research reveals that it is the first six months of employment that have the crucial influence on the job performance of new employees and their intent to stay in the organisatio...

The assessment of the road infrastructure projects are based on life cycle costs, which consist of capital and social costs. Social costs are monetized negative impacts of users, environment and society. At present, a lot of tools exist for economic efficiency assessment of road projects. However, there are some differences in distribution and valuation of individual social costs components. This distribution depends on used assessment tools. The valuation of economic efficiency of road section project I/72 Zbojsk...

Engineer and painter François Albanis Beaumont (1753-1811) travels on the most famous routes of the Grand Tour. Albanis Beaumont writes and draws. His approach to the region was different. In fact, the great Italian cities, their buildings and famous antiquities, seem relegated to second place, nevertheless he is a critical observer. The descriptions of the trips of Albanis Beaumont across the Alps are rich of topographical, economic, geological, anthropological and historical information. The traveller, however, ...

Today the definition ‘Transnational Literature’ is used by some Russian philologists to determine the layer of Literature that can not be unequivocally attributed to a particular national literature. If, for example, the works of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are directly connected with Russian Literature and culture, then there are still difficulties with regard to Literature created by non-Russian writers in Russian. During the Soviet period, Russian-language Literature (Russophone Literature – alternative term) was st...

The exception to contractual non-performance is perceived in the doctrine as a defense or remedy available to a contracting party which, by simply invoking this exception, may block the claim brought by the other party (which has not executed its own obligations), in order to oblige the party that invokes the exception to perform its own contractual obligations. With respect to third parties, the exception to non-performance may be invoked against them, where the claim results from the contract (when the third par...