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This paper considers boredom as a non-authentic modus of human existence, which includes emptiness of life and absence of fullness, as the opposite to an authentic modus, which means living full and meaningful life. From the one hand, by contrast, it could be used as a source of inspiration. From the other hand, from the deeper point of view, it could be used as an opportunity to manage self-transformation. We also used a classification of types of boredom by M. Heidegger - from the routine to the deep existential...

The objective of the work is the application of contrastive approach in teaching English pronunciation for Slovak learners. As the global character of English language is strengthened every day, the only knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary is not sufficient as the importance of being able to lead an intelligible and practical communication plays a vital role as well. Therefore, at finding out some of the useful ways we can make an improvement in terms of teaching and learning pronunciation in English lesso...

The article discusses the main properties of spatial orientation in the traditional cultural landscape of Sakha people (Yakuts) in the Vilyui region. Particular attention is paid to the centrality, multiscale structure and anisotropy of cultural landscape at the local level. We have described characteristic features of the mental design of cultural landscape based on mythological representations and traditions of the local community. The real design of the ethnocultural landscape reflecting the natural and economi...

Domestication is a continuing process which takes place in the context of animals’ and humans’ cohabitation on same territory and should not be approached as a one-time and completed action. The control over animals’ movements in the context of the sustaining landscape is one of the main aspects of reindeer domestication. Reindeer herding is based on constant relocation of animals from place to place, implying daily short-term movements in order to bring them to a camp and to monitor predators’ movements. In case ...

Territory marking signs for the preservation of ethno-forming culture Industrial development of Siberia and the Northern part of Russia continues. The number of unauthorized penetration of oil and gas and timber processing enterprises into the territory of traditional natural resource use of the indigenous population is increasing. Part of the pollution extends through river ecosystems to the Arctic Ocean. Along the river systems, the full functioning of the traditional life activities of the indigenous peoples of...

This article focuses on development and design of class of the counterparty reliability recognition system which constitutes verification process of potential or currently existing counterparty of any scale and form of ownership. The Relevance of the development depends on organizations’ necessity for understanding of due diligence indicators in contract award. The target audience of the program is small and medium enterprises of Russian Federation and individual entrepreneurs who can gain additional competitive a...

Fairy tales have their roots in archaic society and archaic thought, thus immediately succeeding myths. Myths have close connection to their bearers and folktales are ‘displaced’ in time and space. The timelessness of the tale and lack of geographic specificity endow it with utopian connotations. The spatiotemporal indefiniteness, or such a definiteness, which is not characteristic to reality is the most essential feature of the tale genre. The particular construction of fictional space and time, the chronotope, i...

The concept of universal design that is being implemented by developed democratic societies is a strategic approach to planning and design, the goal of which is to provide all citizens with the ability to participate in public life. According to definitions, universal architecture is a type of architecture whose use is not limited by any of our individual qualities - be they physical, psychological, social, or cultural. Introduced in the 1960’s and developed in the 1990’s along with the concepts of sustainable des...

The article considers topical issues of dialogue between cultures in the context of the contradictory socio-cultural processes. Based on the study of the contemporary cultural situation, the author came to the conclusion that the dialogue is the only possible way of interaction between cultures. As an example, the author considers Russia, where pursuance of dialogue with other communities and cultures is historically inherent. The transformation of contemporary society towards enhancing information sharing and vir...

The article is devoted to the analysis of the concepts of the creatosphere and post-Fordism in the context of the creative and cultural economies of the Arctic. Interest in the Arctic space has recently been linked to the strategic interests of countries. Management paradigms of thinking - the creatosphere and post-Fordism - are proposed. The author defines the creatosphere. The creatosphere is when, with the help of knowledge, new intellectual values, innovations, humanitarian technologies are created that improv...

Background: Health and health promotion in the old age are one of the hot topic both in association with the ageing population and in the context of providing complex health care of the elderly, not only in the Czech Republic. Health promotion in the old age, as one of the dimensions of health literacy, relates (1) to getting and understanding the health-related information, (2) to the ability to take care of one`s own health, and (3) to reducing the inequality in the approach to health in the elderly population. ...

This article shows how the developed, adopted and implemented by the Party and the Soviet power in 1929, regulations, resolutions and other acts marked the beginning of the new attack stage on the religious organizations when the state bodies in fact proceeded to their complete elimination. A particularly severe blow was inflicted on the Russian Orthodox Church. One of the main arguments of the outbreak of the anti-religious campaign was the accusation of the Russian Orthodox Church of being “counter-revolutionary...

In history of architecture and urban planning, there are examples of theoretical projects that had much higher impact on history of building construction art than actual buildings realized by authors of such theoretical projects. During 10th Architecture Biennale in Venice, in 2006, Italian architects presented an original concept of city VEMA, located near Verona and Mantua, positioned on a cross axis along Lisbon–Kiev and Berlin–Palermo line. The model of the ideal city that has crystalized in theoretical archit...

Higher education institutions are accountable for recalibrating education systems to enhance social cohesion and entrepreneurial skills which generate value creation for economy, culture and society. The paper attempts to model the processes needed to transform the teacher-centred learning (TCL) into student-centered learning (SCL) based on the well-known SIPOC (Supplier-Inputs-Process-Outputs-Customers) technique from the quality management domain. The research methodology was built on two objectives: i) qualitat...

The article discusses the role of art in the city, particularly its transformative role in merging the processes of public participation and the regeneration of public spaces. It discusses the practical aspects of citizen engagement in the artistic projects in public city space. The process of promoting social participation in creating public space and public art, involving a variety of artists and forms of expression leads to experimentation in the public sphere. This experimentation results in an improved qualit...

We live in a time of intense turmoil, doctrinal reevaluations of all sociological systems and philosophical concepts, which attempt to encompass within one unit the three fundamental dimensions of existence: God, man and the world. Under the avalanche of destructive theories, all the "strong" foundations of philosophical theories and traditional religions lose their firmness. We are witnessing a conceptual dissolution of the contemporary world that tends to melt in an ocean of relativism regardless of any effort t...

The voice of every child is individual and depends on its anatomic and psychical qualities. Therefore, the aim of teacher is to show the direction for correct formation of the voice and to disclose individual vocal abilities of every child. The aim of the research is to reveal peculiarities of teaching singing to junior school children in the context of various musical activities. The methods of the research include semi-structured interview with teachers, qualitative content analysis and educational project. On t...

The world is continually changing, and one of the determining factors is technological progress, which has also led to the formulation of a specific ideology. Yet, it is precisely the ideology of technological progress that has thrown humanity into a moral crisis and has led to the emergence of new phenomena, such as resource diminution, environmental pollution, forest destruction, acid rains, greenhouse effects, ozone depletion, massive garbage accumulation, mass unemployment, excessive armament storage etc., rep...

Osijek is one of the bigger cities in Croatia, and is considered to be the capital of eastern region of the country. Orientation to the European cultural values and the affiliation to the Austro-Hungarian cultural circle are often mentioned as the part of its identity. Today’s city administration states that their mission is to “develop Osijek as a European metropolis influencing the entire macro-region where it belongs geographically “. Also, their vision is „Osijek - a city of satisfied people … an economically ...

Municipal school is the second home for our children where they learn the material and spiritual values, where their intellectual development is formed. When designing such a construction site, in addition to the anti-terrorism protection, which is topical today, it is necessary to create systems of engineering and technical support of the building at a high level, to which, in the present paper, we propose application of energy-efficient technology for delivering natural light to rooms with permanent presence of ...

Today’s comparative analysis of professional journalistic cultures has quite developed methodologies but relies on national level of comparison, which might be misleading. We test whether, in Russia of 2010s, the structure of professional journalistic community is as diverse and fragmented as the media system itself – and, thus, whether it can be perceived as a whole, unlike journalistic cultures in the West. The cleavages include generational ones as well as value-based ones, the latter being reflected in journal...

This article is directed to consideration of ecological development factors in hospitality. Authors provide and analyze the data of authoritative research such as World Tourism Barometer and Statistical Annex, Environmental performance index 2017 Report, and others. They confirm the growth of tourist flow in general and increasing share of ecological hotels and objects. The information about consumer preferences changing in hospitality is also provided. The second part of article is devoted to determining the key ...

The article considers the peculiarities of the location of wintering and winter pastures on lower reaches of Syrdarya and their differences from other regions. Wintering places were chosen on river valleys or near lakes, mountain hollows or between sand dunes with enough pasture places and protected from the wind. The size of winter pastures depended on the number of livestock and farm size. The places, where winter houses stood, passed by inheritance. Some Kazakhs used to live in nomad tents in winter. Many winte...

Stalking is becoming a substantial social pathology in contemporary times. Nowadays, stalking adopted a form of cyberstalking, which means harassment or intimidation using contemporary communication channels, such as sending a large number of e-mails to the person who does not want it. There have been numerous publications in the scientific literature that described stalking, emphasizing its sociological, psychological and legal effects. These studies have revealed e.g. the causes of stalking or characterized stal...

The turn of the 21th century has presented a new, significant phase in the functioning of the villas built in the suburban districts of Gda?sk around 100 years ago. Current favorable economic and political circumstances have contributed to an intensification of building investments, including conservation work on historical buildings. Establishing a general conservational concept for the historical villas requires an in-depth analysis of the historical sources and architectural research due to the frequent and sig...

ERP is the acronym of Enterprise Resource Planning, essentially an integrated management of the fundamental processes of a company, and comprises a multitude of factors, such as: hardware, software, personnel, functions, processes, etc. In the last decades, the term ERP has been identified with ERP integrated software systems that enable the integration of all processes and information from a company into a one software platform. The ERP software represents the pillar of any modern company, because its own set of ...

Museums are essential memorial institutions that keep information about the lives of our At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, human resources are already a very important part of the factors of production. Apart from land, labor and financial capital, human resources are sum of the unique capabilities of individuals, which can be both inherited and acquired, can be expanded by appropriate investment and lead to the production of goods, both public and private. In today's modern theory, people are less seen ...

The modern world has been a witness of the surge in migration processes leading to the various problems. Therefore "migration tension" and its causes became the key issue in the contemporary Russian and European historiography. The article deals with stereotypes of mutual perception that existed between native inhabitants and evacuated people during the Soviet-German conflict of 1941-1945. Stereotypes in this sense are fixed images of local people used as clichés and complicating people's adaptation in the regions...

The objective of this chapter is to examine the long run relationships between public debt and macroeconomic stability in the period of 2002 to 2010. In this research I use Johansen’s cointegration analysis and Vector Error Correction Model (VECM-henceforth) in order to test the long run effect of fiscal policy on real economic activity. Reviewing the literature, from both developed and countries in transition, I find that there is large disagreement concerning the empirical evidence for the effect of fiscal polic...

The teaching and ethical competences represent the most important aims of university programs for preschool and primary education teachers. Introductory knowledge in ethical theories is based on students` arguing and on interactive activities. Students analyze ethical principles, design case-studies to illustrate these principles or judge behaviors that violate them. Students are involved in cooperative activities of building the teacher`s ethical profile or in analyzing the main provisions of the Education Law. T...

There are many of challenges for good governance and democracy in 21st century - fake news, post-truth argumentation style, rise of populism through social media, rise of populism in reality, etc. The backbone of problem is not fragmentation of views and opposition to government in power - on contrary - this always will be the source of fruitful decision making in democracies; the problem is ability to deliver information from government to people and vice versa to ensure objective discussion. So called Digital Ag...

The idea of implementation of Electronic Health Record systems on national scale “e-Health” has started in all three Baltic States at the same time, in 2003. But the progress of the system development is very different – Estonia had started mandatory use of e-Health in 2009, Latvia on 2018, but the Lithuania is still on its way. The research involved analyze of e-Health development and implementation process in Latvia and comparison with Estonia, with the aim to discover the differences and identify hindering fact...

An intellective and convulsive spirit (in Madura and Cartage, where he attended his secondary studies, and also in Milan, where he attended Platonist circles), Augustine passed from the knowledge of the sensible world to that of the intelligible, irrevocably fascinated by wisdom perceived as a modus vivendi. He aspired to happiness, yet he did not fully understand it until he was able to know himself. By gaining self-knowledge he understood that there is someone, beyond himself, who helped him discover himself as ...

Job satisfaction (JS) can be more difficult to measure in the health field in view of the complexity of roles, duties and responsibilities. Objectives: To determine the psychometric properties of Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) for the medical field, with different job levels. Materials and Methods: A 20-item five-option Likerttype draft questionnaire on MSQ was distributed for anonymous self-reporting by medical and paramedical staff of two hospitals in the Arad County region of Romania (n=307). The ou...

Terrorism is one of the greatest threats of modern times. Following September 11, it has especially imposed great fear and concern around the world. This paper will discuss the fight against terrorism by the world's largest organization, the United Nations, as the fight against this phenomenon has not proved successful by states individually. The fight against terrorism by the UN will be addressed by dealing with legal aspects including international legal mechanisms and instruments to combat terrorism. Additional...

The aim of this work was to obtain and analyze information concerning the perception of the landscape by children from one of the Kenyan slums. The paper presents the results of research carried out at the MCEDO school located in the Mathare slum (Nairobi, Kenya). Research was carried out in January 2015. The preparation stage consisted in making contact with the school management, preparing the materials needed to carry out the workshops, selecting respondents and conducting the library query. The research consis...

Describing the Mozart style, the Austrian conductor-authenticator Nikolaus Harnoncourt compared his music with a mirror, which reflects the most bitter conflicts of humanity, while remaining unresolved. According to the conductor, the strength of the moral impact of Mozart's music is due to the transfer in his works of genuine multifaceted human characters, which provided the problems presented in them, where the issues of opposition to good and evil occupy one of the leading places, acute relevance in the conditi...

The article presents the methodology developed by the author for determining the region's investment priorities for the purpose of selecting industries for inclusion in the investment portfolio. For the regions of Russia, classified in the author's typology to the problem type, as an optimal goal-oriented investment policy aimed at forming the target investment attractiveness of the region, taking into account its specific specific properties and assuming the organization of targeted work with investors. The regio...

The behavior of local economies during the economic crisis is one of the greatest concerns in the scientific world. The study aims to highlight the patterns of evolution of local economies from Romania, which have a spa tourism function (officially in 2016 there were attested more than 30 territorial systems with spa tourism functionality), for the period 2009-2016, a period marked by a decline for most local economies. In the present paper we intend to quantify how spa tourism contributes to increase the adaptive...

The article presents the concept of anticipatory management of career development of graduates of higher educational institution. It is an important element of university strategic management system and providing its competitiveness in the regional, national and international educational services market. It is proved that forming of skills of planning of professional career and effective employment at early stages of training, development and their enhancement throughout all term of training, carrying out various ...

This article is dedicated to olonkhosuts – carriers and keepers of epic tradition of the Sakha people who from the depths of centuries have created and have kept epic stories about epic heroes of an Aiyy in live oral tradition and have kept for us the Yakut heroic epos, a masterpiece of oral and non-material heritage of all mankind. The Yakut epos – olonkh? is the greatest monument of folklore reflecting in a bright art form the way of life, the world outlook and moral principles of the people, first of all, their...

In the context of an increased traffic volume and number of pedestrians on the streets and roads, we can observe an increase in the number of road traffic accidents involving road users, particularly children and adolescents. Children and adolescents get involved in road traffic accidents mainly due to ignorance of the rules of safe behavior on the streets and roads or traffic violations, as they do not comprehend the consequences of these violations. Therefore, it is very important to develop a sense of disciplin...

Falls constitute a serious problem primarily in elderly persons. The highest prevalence of falls can be expected in hospitalized persons and falls are considered undesirable and hazardous incidents that may have serious impact on the expected therapeutic outcomes. The assessment of risk of falls provides basic information to determine the right interventions efficient for preventions. The nursing activities of care for patients endangered by fall include: identification of risk of fall in the admitted patient, its...

Abstract. The paper explores the cold as a vital attribute of civilisation. The authors criticise the common understanding of the cold as a source of misery, and the North as a place of primitiveness and backwardness. On the basis of the method of „Wissen-schaftslehre“ by J.G. Fichte, the authors produce the idea of the existence of the collec-tive superconsciousness of the northerners that specifically expresses the freedom. The authors conclude on the basis of cosmism philosophy that the cold can be regarded as ...

This paper focuses on captions for visuals as a specific type of scientific microtext and provides functional, semantic and structural analysis of this linguistic phenomenon in English scientific texts. For our research, we used captions for visuals in monographs and edited volumes, as well as collections of scholarly articles published in the last decades (1990-2010). Papers in scientific journals were deliberately ignored, because in this type of publications authors are generally restricted by the journal style...

Nowadays, due to the fact that the industry has evolved considerably the engineer has to perform measurement and control operations, both in the product design stage and in the consumption process. In order to be able to accomplish these activities easily and in the shortest possible time, an engineer must possess a range of cognitive, psychomotor, sensory and physical skills. Through the physical education and sports lesson in the technical higher education, it is possible to have the positive transfer of the stu...

The article considers the criteria of instructional materials selection, the use of technological means of multimedia presentations for the content development of English for Special Purposes at Peter the Great St. Polytechnic University. In the article the authors focuses on Corpus software application for the analysis of structure-teaching material in engineering is described in order to assess its lexical content from the point of view of information, efficiency and relevance of professional vocabulary used wit...

Water and greenery have always accompanied cities. Initially, their role was purely utilitarian, while over time, during the modern period, they started to—in conjunction with buildings and the open public spaces of representative squares and streets—build the urban composition of many European cities. During the period of the nineteenth-century excessive densification of urban tissue linked with the sudden increase in industrial production and the influx of people into cities, greenery and polluted water practica...

For a long time the interest in environmentally friendly materials in architecture is no longer limited to the use of renewable and natural substances such as wood, stone, straw, or reusable materials, such as metals or glass. Today the so-called naturals and the materials compatible with the idea of sustainability constantly appear on the market in new forms. Increasing awareness of the necessity to limit the building sector’s negative impact on the environment at all possible levels changed the way designers, ar...

The principles of efficiency evaluation of executive bodies’ activity in economic development of a subject in the RF (Russian Federation) are based on integration and synergy of the adopted in the RF principles of strategic planning in the state industrial policy as well as on the principles of efficiency evaluation in specific components of public administration. The paper explores the limitations in employing state regulation tools to solve economic development problems; substantiates the need to create the regi...