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In the article, modern Siberian art is considered in terms of reflecting the concepts and styles of Russian post avant-garde, which covers all the artistic trends of the second half of the XX c. In the political and economic conditions of the second half of the XX c. the art in Russia was divided into “formal” and “informal”, which consequently caused developing and reflection the idea of the artistic and cultural protest in the artworks of the representatives of the “informal” art. The author’s task is to study t...

INTRODUCTION: The support of cardiovascular health constitutes an important part of the strategy of national and multinational health projects. Nurses-educators can play an important role in primary prevention of cardiovascular health. GOAL: The extensive research project is focused on the educational activities of the nurse in cardiology, on preventive interventions, on the modification of influenceable risk factors in persons with high risk of origination of cardiovascular diseases and in cardiovascular patients...

The Hungarian Act on Criminal Procedure in force (hereinafter: Act) was modified by the Hungarian Legislator in 15th of September, 2015. The reason of this modification was that the illegal crossing of border and the related acts were declared as criminal offences by the legislator at the same time in the Hungarian Criminal Code. These criminal offences are: illegal crossing the closing of border, damaging the closing of border and hindering the building of closing of border. The aim of the Hungarian Government to...

The article deals with the statistical relationship between transformational leadership and initiation of interpersonal communication of senior school students. The article emphasises peculiarities of new generation school students. It is relevant to reveal the main traits of transformational leadership of new generation students and their relationship to interpersonal communication. The results of the research show that the most typical leadership of senior school students is the transformational one. The transfo...

The aim of the paper is to indicate the essence of the concept of sustainable development as a new paradigm in the theory of management science. Different paradigms reflect different interpretations and aspects of modern management which are changing faster and faster. The twenty first century poses many challenges to management. Nowadays, the reconciliation of economic, social and environmental aspects is one of the most difficult problems in the area of modern enterprise management since, in the science of susta...

Managerial factors with a particular influence on the exploitation technologies of cattle for meat and milk are largely dependent on the exploitation systems implemented in the farms, because the rigorous compliance of the farm activities contributes to the formation of conditional reflexes regarding the rest, feeding and drinking of the cattle. A particularly important role is played by the nutrition of pregnant females who in the last three weeks of gestation will be fed differently depending on the expected max...

At the end of XX - beginning of XXI century in the conditions of Azerbaijan’s transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented one the chaotic development of residential areas in Baku has intensified due to the insufficient control in urban planning. It was accompanied by destruction of numerous architectural monuments, increase in building density, a severe reduction of public spaces and green zones. To prevent these negative trends in urban development of Baku the State program "The new principles of urban...

Heritage is central to all humankind and to any community. Throughout millennia the distribution of cultural background, necessary skills were done by way of a tradition. In a tradition as well as in other developments of social life a historical link between new and old on-going process of continuum and consistency is true to take place. At present the subject of conservation and consolidation of the younger generation cultural values appears to be currently central more than ever. A young gentleman in a contempo...

Is it necessary to worry about ageing and old age? Can we do something to enjoy well-being in a mature age? These questions are being answered by scholars of positive psychology who study the factors of successful ageing and happiness in old age. The outcomes of their research sound promising. They state the number of people in the so-called third age is increasing and that people are not born wise but they become wise due to living a full life. Additionally, the elderly are often happier than the young and in old...

The regularities of the evolution of the theory of sustainable socio-economic development of regions in Russia and foreign countries are revealed. It is concluded that the foundation of the modern theory of sustainable regional development of foreign countries is the fundamental provisions of neoclassical, neo-Keynesian and institutional theory, as well as spatial economics. They are the base of highly developed countries’ regional policies, aimed at ensuring sustainable, balanced social and economic development o...

The article is devoted to the issues of constitutional goals definition and constitutional values in the sphere of public power organization in modern Russia. The authors note the special role and importance of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in determining constitutional goals and values and reflect on how effectively the Constitutional Court manages the mission of the determinant of goals and the creator of values. Also, the authors tried to understand the issues, including: the necessity and ...

This article is a summary of recent happening in the Middle East concerning Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Yemen and their connection, international relations, politics and economics. It gives a glimpse into the world of the tensions in the Middle East. The article is about international political dysfunction, financial interest and the debt that destroys the global economy and the financial system. This article tries to highlight why it came to the present status and gives a review of the past situations that...

This article describes topical issues of ethno-cultural methods of teaching Tatar language in the system of higher education. Tatar language as the state language of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation is studied in higher education institutions and for this purpose textbooks of communicative and ethno-cultural orientation have been developed. In the process of studying Tatar language, foreign-language (including Russian-speaking) students almost master both the speech and socio-cultural competence...

The paper deals with the theoretical reflection of digital gameplayers (sub)culture. The authors examine these aspects in connection with the media studies and also with the theory of digital games. The main objective of this paper is to point out the status of digital gameplayers community in a current socio-culture reality. The introductory part of the study defines the key terms as the audience, subculture, gamer and digital game. In the next part of the paper the authors explain the problematic of gamers´ subc...

Psychological approach in the research of the inter ethnic relations increased, and takes central places in researches, especially among the middle that are multicultural. Taking into consideration the previously research for the existence of different types of nationally or different form of a national closeness Rot and Havelka are noted the existence of five forms of national closeness [1]: 1. Exceptional closeness national 2. Eminent national closeness 3.Increase reusable national closeness 4.The general (all h...

Tax fraud can be characterized as deliberate circumvention of rules to avoid paying taxes. Illegal avoidance of tax payments and their circumvention results in tax evasion. The main reason for the existence of tax evasion is the inconsistency between the state's interest (in maximizing the tax collection as much as possible) and the taxpayer's interest (in paying as low tax as possible). Tax frauds and their personal backgrounds, sophisticated forms, extensive structures and so on are always a step ahead of nation...

Under the current unstable market economy conditions, every business entity must constantly monitor the development of its financial situation, competition, get new customers and offer new products and services. From the point of view of financial managers, it is the continuous monitoring and assessment of the financial situation of the business entity. Given the dynamically changing economic environment, it is essential to monitor enterprise performance analysis not only in terms of the past, but also to focus on...

The development of cultural competence can be affected by various factors. Bearing this in mind, two groups of factors can be distinguished: internal and external. The aim of the current article is to analyse the factors that influence the development of the cultural competence of pre-service teachers of foreign languages. The research was conducted in 2014 as part of the doctoral research and involved 504 respondents, i.e. pre-service teachers of foreign languages at the five largest Lithuanian universities. The ...

Regeneration of areas, previously used by industry, is a social and spatial necessity. Current efforts to redevelop industrial wastelands and abandoned buildings raises broader views than just architectural and construction issues. In an urbanizing world that is increasingly driven by a stressed free market, how does the concept of industrial heritage adaptive reusing relate to contemporary sustainable city and its public space? How industrial areas can be turned into cultural districts? This contribution is tryin...

Secularization is a profound transformation of the society, in the sense of restructuring the relations between society and religion. Contemporary society are marked by a decrease of the role of religious institutions in the sphere of public life, by an accentuation of the general processes of individualization and rationalization as well as by the replacement of the traditional religious with innovative religious convictions and practices. The mutations in the field of values, norms, beliefs and practices of cont...

This article highlights the existence and importance of the historical aspect of Slovaks' national existence in Lowland, having specific regard to their first historical cultural and literary impulses in Nadlak. It stresses the self identifying and mediatory function of written word and its historical connection in the aspect of minority existence of (for the most part) their own development context. On the background of beneficial bibliographical attributes and theorems it mainly displays concrete interpretive an...

Background: Health literacy is currently a hot and frequently discussed topic both in the Czech Republic and worldwide. The need of improving the awareness of this topic is confirmed by the fact that individuals with a lower level of health literacy show an impaired level of health, which is reflected by an excessive consumption of unhealthy food and prolonged hospitalization. Methods: This paper presents partial results of the RVO ZSF JU Project called Health Literacy in the Selected Groups of South Bohemian Popu...

This article analyzes the innovation and technological sphere and the processes of modernization of the Arctic regions of Russia. A classification of Russian regions is undertaken, with division into four clusters. The first cluster is represented by the Russian regions encompassing Arctic territories: Murmansk region, Nenets, Yamalo-Nenets and Chukotka autonomous districts, Arkhangelsk region, Krasnoyarsk region and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The second, third and fourth clusters take into account different...

The inquiry we propose starts from the premise that classical music composers approached the texts of the psalms written almost 3 millennia ago and they rediscovered their meanings in spite of the social, territorial, linguistic, and religious changes which took place throughout history. Analyzing the musical scores of those who appealed to the text of Psalm 150, the aim of our research is to observe the multiple ways in which the psalm is musically represented in the history of music. Despite the different musica...

Presented study synthetises the research focused on the portrayal of a man in the literature for children and youth in Slovakia. Material basis for the research is both original as well as translated prosaic production published in Slovakia since mid- 19th century until 1989 (fall of the communist regime). The research findings are about to answer the following questions: 1. what is the mutual proportional representation of different types of handicap (social disadvantage and medical handicap; i.e. physical impair...

Integration is an integral feature of the modern world and one of the main consequences of globalization. The scientific substantiation of integration remains relevant when considering the impact of integration projects on the national and regional innovative ecosystem interaction leading to new industries development. The paper considers the category of “utility” and a complex of factor values as a tool for estimation of their integration effects. They include economic indicators of economic growth stabilization,...

Since the 2016/2017 school year, the Czech system of education has undergone certain changes. One of them is common education of all children within mainstream education at all school levels, including kindergarten, except for children with the severest physical or mental handicaps. Further changes include compulsory kindergarten attendance in the last year before compulsory school attendance commencement, the right of two-year-olds to attend kindergarten, and employment of nannies in kindergartens. These are majo...

The article investigates the problem of influence of processes of globalization and transformation on the world financial and credit system. Discusses is the main directions and trends of the transformation process, as well as the nature and consequences of globalization. It reveals the positive and negative aspects of globalization in the economy and specifically in the financial sector.

In this study we explore the effect of the form of space on people. We approach the problem from the concept of enclosure, and its measurement. We made enclosure measurable. Several studies have described that to enclosure, spatially different surfaces and their distances from the subject are relevant. To make measurable this effect, we developed a new index called architectural space density. This is an integral along the perceived surface, what is (mathematically) reached for a subject with the average of the su...

The paper presents mathematical model of the changing age structure of the population of the region is submitted. The population is considered as a system consisting of three groups: working age, young age and elderly age. The model is a system of differential equations with respect to shares of the above three age groups in the general population and the corresponding initial conditions. The model parameters are the coefficients of fertility, mortality and age-shifting, obtained by processing statistical demograp...

The present article looks into the issues of information economy development and methodology of enterprise management based on the functioning of new economy. The article is essentially topical as the new field of knowledge and new environment for enterprise management are being formed. The purpose of this article is drafting provisions on the subject of information economy and its impact on the whole range of enterprises’ production and economic activities management. The authors have by way of research developed...

The purpose of research - analysis of the concept of "health protection " in the Russian and international laws and regulations from the standpoint of compliance with the fundamental concepts of the law in the field of human health. The study authors was based on formal legal (normative-dogmatic) method, comparison method, logical method, the method of induction and generalization. In addition to these methods, as a specific research methods used linguistic interpretation, as well as studying the etymology of the ...

The D?browa Basin is a geographical and historical area established in the 19th century and located in southern Poland, with rich sports traditions. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present the profiles of sportspeople from the D?browa Basin who in the period of communism won medals for Poland at the Olympic Games. They are competitors born on the territory of the D?browa Basin or in a given Olympic year representing sports clubs, associations and organizations from the area of the Basin. A basic research me...

Oncological disease is a serious illness that affects not only the sick individual but also the family system. Oncological illness has an impact on all dimensions of life, but also on the processes and functions of the family system, on individual members of the family community. The aim of the research was to find out how a family with a cancer patient works. We focused on identifying the impact of oncological illness on the quality of family life, the needs of a family with a cancer patient, and the overall func...

The governments of all countries are pressing towards improving of the welfare of their citizens. The high level of welfare demonstrates the right direction and good ongoing socio-economic policy. For many decades, welfare has been evaluated mainly in terms of economic factors, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the main metric for gauging the quality of people’s lives. Researchers are seeking to assess more precisely the welfare of the population, avoiding usual economic indicators. The interest in alternat...

Previous research in the field of protest activity showed that protests are result of a multifactorial impact of socio-economic factors on the individual and group consciousness of citizens, taking into account the cognitive and axiological refraction of the surrounding reality which differs drastically for different regions, time periods, other circumstances. The key finding is the fact that any protest activity is conditioned by nonlinear influence of social and economic factors which form particular patterns of...

Grammar is viewed as an essential element for communication because it shows how language is used. The process of grammar teaching is more successful when it deals with grammatical points that can be used for communication. The communicative view of language extended the structural view of language adding situational and functional aspects. When teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) the four language skills - listening, reading, speaking, and writing, are usually stressed equally while in English for Specifi...

The basic reasons of destruction of capitalism dealt with in this article on samples of K.Marx’s, W.Sombart’s, P.Sorokin’s, J. Schumpeter’s and other economist’s texts: (1) the actions of the proletariat, the problems of capital accumulation, flow of economic resources (Karl Marx), (2) the anthropological foundation (Werner Sombart), (3) withering away of the entrepreneur function, destruction of the institutional structure and the social base of capitalism, decrease of economic stimulus to the labour (Josef Schum...

The historical consciousness of the nation is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Under the historical consciousness in science is understood as system of knowledge, the totality of ideas, views, traditions, rituals, customs, ideas, concepts, on the basis of which representatives of the people form their worldview, ideals, beliefs and value orientations, awareness of their place in the world. The idea of self-government of the Yakut people passed a long historical path - from the entry of Yakutia into the Russi...

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia in the process of decision making, regularly bases its decisions on the constitutional principles of separation of powers, rule of law, equality and non-discrimination, free elections and political pluralism, human rights and freedoms, freedom of the market, humanism, social justice and solidarity, as well as other principles. These principles are explicitly laid down in the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia as the fundamental values of the constitution...

The authors explore the problem of identity as a result of the interaction of subjects in the process of communication. The authors allocate various types of identity depending on the historic stage of the existence of the human community. They distinguish ethnic identity, religious identity, linguistic identity, national identity, cultural identity. The authors select such form of identity as transcendental identity and consider it to be the ultimate form of identity and the most significant on a contemporary soc...

Architecture is often criticized for providing a self-referential and autistic result [1], prevailingly focusing on formal and aesthetic criteria, failing therefore in offering a valid spatial response to its end-users. The dwelling is directly affected by this deficiency, suffering from a detachment of dweller’s real and authentic needs. Interceding between resident and residence, the architect is subjectively influencing this relationship. Developing empathic abilities inside the profession must begin with archi...

At present, in the energy sector, the development and introduction of clean, safe, affordable energy-efficient technologies requires significant efforts and long time even for small scale projects. Sustainable and efficient use of energy requires increasing the share of renewable energy sources, use of clean generation technologies. Most countries face the following energy problems: the use of environmentally harmful energy sources that pollute the atmosphere, periodic interruptions in the electricity supply, heat...

The interdependence of spatial structure and economic development is gaining momentum in the current period when there is competition between the regions of Europe based on uneven economic development and growth. Clusters therefore become a new way of addressing the economic growth of the regions, unemployment and financial stability, which is moving towards a new organization of the economic area. Clusters are seen as one of the means of increasing innovation performance, of increased competitiveness of enterpris...

Nowadays launched worldwide programs for the gifted comprise 2-10% of population that is significantly less than the existing necessity. The most number of the potentially gifted children remains unrevealed because either the necessary diagnostic research is not conducted or the used methods are not capable of revealing the potential (hidden) giftedness. This is especially typical of rural schools of the Russian hinterland. In this paper we present methodological basis for creation a system for identifying and dev...

The institutionality of discourse as a qualitative parameter of its functioning has already become an axiom for linguists. However, the problem of studying the mechanisms of discourse impact in social practices remains relevant. The instrumental function of discourse is not limited to influence. It is active in the construction of many types of social and interpersonal relationships. What mechanisms and technological programs can control the process of discourse influence? What is the role of event concepts, cogni...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the preferable qualifications according to the needs of entrepreneur in various careers and Thai Qualifications Framework of Higher Education (TQF). This framework focuses on 5 aspects of learning which are ethical and moral development, acquisition of knowledge, development of cognitive skills, development of interpersonal skills and personal responsibility and development of analytical and communication skills. This exploratory research investigates 55 workplace...

The article reflects the results of investigation the phenomenon “childfree”, the movement joining the people who voluntary refused from childbearing. During the analysis of motivational orientations, worldview positions and axiological guides of the ideology followers it was revealed a special kind of childfree. These are so-called “regretting mothers” – women having children but regretting of their birth. A wide discussion of this problem began after the publication of the study results of the Israeli sociologis...

Commercial suburbanization belongs to one of the most dynamic processes affecting development of cities as well as its population. Nitra, similarly to other cities in Slovakia, has faced remarkable boom of commercial suburbanization in recent years. New retail stores, logistic centres, industrial halls and further tertiary facilities establish their premises on the city’s suburbs. Currently, the process of commercial suburbanization in Nitra has several forms. The aim of this paper is to evaluate forms of commerci...

The results of a comparative study of preferences in coping strategies are presented, as well as their connections with the characteristics of the frustration of four groups of Russian urban student youth - students of the senior classes of the secondary school, students of the construction college, psychology students and working young men and women who receive further education in the field of "Psychology". The relevance of studying the stated topic is explained. We used the methods of survey, testing ("Ways of ...