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In the 1990s post-Soviet countries had to face an immensely unstable economic situation and were bound to cope with all difficulties of social adaptation to the new reality. Proceeded from the fact that an adaptive process often takes long and its fixation in the collective consciousness appears only after two of three generations, the problem of adaptation is worth investigating and thinking over. Moreover, this kind of radical transformation has had a lot of precedents in Russian history that is why the authors ...

In its analysis of various legal regulations and data from the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic concerning harassment, and namely sexual harassment, the article highlights how sociological discourses and legal decisions have reflected upon this specific form of discrimination, which is regulated by international, European as well as national means. The article first considers two major principles of sexual harassment ? 'quid pro quo' and a 'hostile working environment'; later, international, European as well ...

Background: Nursing homes with special regime provide long-stay services to persons with reduced sufficiency due to chronic mental disease or addiction to habit-forming substances, as well as to persons with senile, Alzheimer's dementia and other types of dementia who have reduced self-sufficiency due to the above stated diseases and whose situation requires regular help of another natural person. The regime in those facilities providing social services is adapted to specific needs of such persons. When caring for...

In the article the questions connected with research of a modern condition of ecological tourism and prospects of its development in Russia are considered. To date, environmental tourism is one of the most promising and rapidly developing sectors of the tourism industry, occupying one of their leading positions. The methodological basis was the work of domestic and foreign scientists studying the problems of ecological and rural tourism and the development of special protected natural areas of Russia. In this cont...

Corruption is one of the biggest challenges of the time, a worrying phenomenon for the whole society, therefore society most oppose it by trying in various ways to prevent it. Corruption as a great evil, today is present in all societies in all its forms, certainly in some countries is more extended and in some other less extended. Corruption is one of the heaviest forms as a prevalent appearance in modern societies and unfortunately, some forms of the corruption have become an everyday concern in our country. Cor...

The issue of Russian influence in the Romanian Principalities, one of the most delicate and nebulous, with great emotional impact until today, was often the subject of many spiteful reactions, but unfortunately, only the few truly specialized studies documented and analytical. Political, legal and institutional Russian influence, defined today in the formula „political culture”, it was seen from the angle of positive-negative, without understanding the nature and its role to generate a constant concern and studies...

The paper explores relations beetwen philosohical views of language and the problem of intersubjectivity in interpretation of legal text. The purpose of the paper is to show and analyse the consequences and difficulties with aplying philosophical ideas of language to legal interpretation with respect to intersubjectivity of that kind of interpretation. Author characterizes two general phlilosophical views of natural language – the structuralist view and the nominalist view. The structuralist view is based on two m...

The objective of this contribution is to investigate non-formal media education projects in the European Union. [1] The study reviews initiatives and projects in the field of media education in the Member States. The most important finding of this study is the fact that the film education, film literacy and the practical skills of filmmaking are greatly developed in the EU countries. Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania and the United Kingdom pay attention to the film literacy and film production....

Educational tourism, one of the fastest-growing tourism sectors in the world, can be developed in different areas that are characterised by accessibility and possess educational tourism resources. In order to efficiently invest in educational tourism, it is necessary to take into account economic peculiarities of a certain area. The research is aimed at constructing an economic portrait of the potential inbound educational destination ‘a modern Russian medium-sized urban area’, which has not yet received a thoroug...

The purpose of the article is to try to analyze the main online education technologies which are used today by the universities to identify their advantages and disadvantages in the educational system. The methodological approaches used by the author include the theory of synergetics and chaos, the theory of academic revolution, the concept of smart education, e-learning and open education. To achieve this goal, the methods of document analysis, statistical analysis, comparative analysis and content analysis have ...

The article presents a comparative analysis of the official industrial discourse in the late Imperial and early Soviet periods on the basis of "new political history" methodological approaches. There are different points of view in the historiography on the problem of genetic continuity of the "old" and "new" Russia. The study of production processes of the industrial discourse, its structures and context makes it possible to reveal the continuity of pre-revolutionary and Soviet industrial projects. The external b...

In the context of modern politics and social norms in Europe and in the world, it is important, now and then, to look into the ancient thought and find inspiration in the world’s classical philosophical literature. We approach here the structure and motivation of Aristotle’s two of his most important writings, Politics and The Nicomachean Ethics. We consider them to reflect the main characteristics of his rational approach on politics and morals; they enable us to see what lies at the historical foundation of thes...

Background. The relevance of this work is determined by modern trends in the development of society: the socio-psychological aspect - with each year the number of organizations and the number of specialists grow. Extremely topical are the problems of raising and maintaining a high level of psychological security in an organization associated with loyalty. However, the analysis of the relationship, the conditions that determine its formation, typology, planning of actions aimed at increasing loyalty and focused on ...

GIS provide enormous opportunities in the field of analysis of territories on the basis of thematic maps and satellite images when planning medical services in remote areas. The article considers the problems of providing a planned, emergency medical care outside of the city, as well as ways to optimize traffic routes, taking into account remoteness, natural and climatic factors, vegetation terrain, soil and soil, terrain, bodies of water permeability, the technical characteristics of vehicles on the bridge obstac...

The article presents a multifactor optimization model of balance sheet indicators of a company. The model enables to develop measures aimed at enhancing creditability of a potential borrower. The first steps offered in our research are the identification of all the items of balance sheet to be corrected and planning of measures for affecting the items of concern. The task of optimization is developed consisting of target function formulation and constraint system establishment. Under such constraints the model con...

Rapidly changing environment and intercommunication is becoming an increasingly important topic of large organizations business strategy choice. Calahane et al. [1] on organization climate research has stated that the organizational climate is the individual's collective perception in the common system of the work environment and the framework. Today's business leaders require high flexibility, agility and responsiveness what builds organization`s psychological climate. Kurt T. Dirk and Donald L. Ferrin [2] meta-a...

The article discusses the problem of choosing the system and general applied software for the support of distance learning by the teacher and the principles of the choice between proprietary and free software for its subsequent use in the educational process. Remote forms of instruction are formulated and appropriate recommendations are given. Distance learning more and more covers today not only extended education, but also main education itself, in particular, systematically they are applied in a case of the pos...

This paper studies the trends in higher education and internationalization policies in context of Singapore and Russia. The main idea of this research is analysis and comparison of education system policies in Singapore and Russian Federation in order to discover the key differences and possibilities for future development and growth factors. Correlation analysis of the economical and educational statistical data reveals common principles responsible for the economic success. Problems and possible actions in the a...

Financial health of companies is a topic that has been historically studied under various conditions. However, the current economy is a living organism and, the conditions affecting the financial health of companies are changing dynamically. There are many ways how to evaluate the financial health of a company. In addition to the use of the ratio indicators, complex models using one numeric indicator expressing the financial health of the company can be applied. These include, for example, bankruptcy and credibili...

The research focuses on the study and the identification of significant relationships between the observed peaks of the creative activity in such fields as art, music, literature, philosophy, science and technology. To establish the relationship between the development of cultural fields and development of society the structural-demographic theory was used, according to which a state goes through integration and disintegration phases during its existence. According to this, we propose the hypothesis that a phase o...

The problem of choice practically affects all aspects of human life. Public interest to the topic of decision-making process has been continuously and extensively escalating over the last decade. This study explores the basis of conflict in choice of decision-making strategy and provides a thorough research analyzing how matriculates choose what universities to apply to and what strategy they are inclined to use when doing so. The article provides results of such research and represents collected data on more than...

Following the Carolingian reform and until the first true Gothic, churches remained predominantly introverted structures with thick walls, looking unto their inner life, the liturgical event. The stone skin delimited the mundane from the divine and created the space to experience the Light of Christ and the sense of the presence of God, unknowable through reason alone, Deus absconditus. The interior space of the church was a hidden jewel that came alive under the light, be it natural or artificial, with its column...

This paper explores the literature on social investment. Social investment is a form of implementing social responsibility and investment in human development. The effect of social investment is determined by the quality of life and has comprehensive direction for the development of social reproduction, because the system of social investment in its parameters beyond national interests. We provide empirical evidence of the influence of social preferences on formation of the investment portfolio of large Russian co...

Under the conditions of global business and permanently growing Information technology (IT) sector, Information Systems (IS) have gained a very important role for companies in order to support their operations, data organization and communications, coordinate decision-making processes and business management as a general rule. There may be differences among IS education programs due to the fact that both technical and business colleges offer Information Systems courses and degrees. IS education goes beyond softwar...

It is a well-known fact that schenkerian principles of analysis and musical thinking open comprehensions of the musical works that are not reachable by using other methods of analysis. Breaking a piece down into manageable fragments and identifying strategies for sight reading, learning and memorizing are steps that have to be identified and completed that could be possibly leading to the development of the brain functions that are essential to instrument playing but also for the cognitive control of behavior. The...

The aim of our study was to assess the relation between anxiety levels, lifestyle characteristics and irritable bowel disease (IBS) in instrumentists, as well as finding the prevalence of symptoms IBS in this group. Material and method. We performed a cross-sectional survey on instrumentalists studying in "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. We used validated questionnaires for music performance anxiety – Music performance anxiety inventory for adolescents and for the irritable bowel disease - the ...

This paper presents the preliminary results of scientific survey on unique social phenomenon – the nomadic way of life of reindeer herders in Yakutia. Main trends of nomadic way of life’ changes in Yakutia were outlined on base of collected archival and published sources, statistical data and field materials. Firstly, the situation with conceptual approaches on nomadic way of life was analyzed. Authors recognize that from the very beginning of the Russian Arctic exploration the lifestyle of nomads was in the spotl...

The interior acoustics has nowadays strong impact at the architectural design of public use buildings. Among them, churches seem to be especially important, due to their religious, spiritual and cultural role in the society and overall importance in life of individuals. Moreover, in a present-day religious communication and celebration ‘the statement’, thus speech, seems to weigh over the chant and organ pipe music. Such approach has substantial influence on contemporary design of churches, introducing significant...

The goal of the paper is to present the research project ZGO2016_001 called “Health Literacy in Selected Groups of the South Bohemian Population”. The study deals with health literacy relating to social, cultural and gender differences in the population of the South Bohemian Region, the Czech Republic. Our target group includes school children and teenagers. The improvement of health literacy is one of the goals of Health 2020. Most of the tools for the assessment of health literacy were only tested with adult pop...

In this article we analyse non-verbal behaviours of Russian-speaking respondents who are describing their own experiences of happiness. Non-verbal behaviours include representing gestures of different kinds. The analysis is carried out using a method of cognitive-matrix analysis which is an extension of a method that already exists, but was developed for linguistic data only. We have modified the method to meet the needs of multimodal communication studies so that it allows to analyse both speech and co-speech ges...

The quality of live is an interesting and important social topic but to measure the life quality is currently a complicated issue. Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is a measure of a country’s economic output that accounts for population. It tells you how prosperous a country feels to each of its citizens. However, it is not a complete measure of economic welfare. The Human development index (HDI) was created with a goal to emphasize that not only economic growth but also people and their abilities could be ...

Over the past ten years, immigrants represented 70% of the increase in the workforce in Europe. Highly skilled labor migration is an important part of all migration flows. Skills are a pathway to employability and prosperity. Skills gaps and mismatches are striking. Many people work in jobs that do not match their talents. At the same time, 40% of European employers have difficulty finding people with the skills they need to grow and innovate. Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by a fusion of technologi...

Due to the fact that the innovation system integrates the set of many interconnections of subjects of property, and that subjects often have directed to one side interests, so the defining approach to the research of the issue of interaction of institutions and property should be the “integrated approach” to the issue of cooperation of subjects of property that is represented in the article. The innovation economy, submitting to quite certain patterns and well-defined laws, changed traditional ideas and concepts o...

Being multiethnic and multi-religious society should be considered a strong point for any society on earth. The Republic of Macedonia has had the “honor and challenge” of having a very heterogeneous population in terms of its ethic and religious composition. The demographic structure of the population in the country is very specific, since all religions can be found among all ethnic groups with the country. Although the country is divided alongside ethnic lines, such lines become very blur when it comes to religio...

Mergers and acquisitions are one of the indicators of economic development of the country. In the global economy growing trend of global integration, manifested in the entry of companies into new markets while increased competition both national and international. Russia's participation in globalization has made her an active participant in the mergers and acquisitions in the global economy. The aim of the study is a comparative analysis of current trends and global trends of the Russian market of mergers and acqu...

Cancer is a dreaded disease due to its magnitude, prevalence and incidence. In connection with this, a number of theories have emerged that explain the possible causes of the origin and development of this disease. Enormous burden enters to life of cancer patients with the onset of disease. Disease has not only a biological, but also a psychic, social and spiritual component, and disease affects all these components of life at the same time. It is not just the diagnosis itself and its impact on the health of the i...

This article is based on the theoretic ideas of Kazan linguistic school about syntagmatic relations and describes the syntagmatic relationships of the lexemes meaning “morality” contained in the novels of one of the most shocking and replicable modern writers Sergei Minaev. Realizing the author's intent, Minaev's novels are always a kind of challenge to the conventional wisdom; they seek to provoke the reader's reflection about ongoing social changes, in particular, in terms of moral principles and criteria. The m...

The corpus of literary texts, where the Jewish theme is stated to a greater or lesser extent (Old Testament imagery, characters-Jews, facts from Jewish history, etc.), is considered the Jewish Text. In any national literature, the Jewish theme demonstrates the attitude towards Jews in a certain national environment rather than the specifics of Jewry. In Latvian literature, because of a special historical and cultural situation, there develops an original Jewish text with the structural elements changed under the i...

In the study of professional choice of a graduate of particular importance are researchers of household strategies in the education sphere. As the household strategies, we consider the effective usage of available resources (economic, social and cultural assets) in reaching the goal. The goal, in this aspect, is defined as the optimal choice of educational and professional paths, taking into account the real possibilities and social benefits. As shown by the results of many sociological types of research when choo...

The article focuses on analysis of the innovation environment of regions in Central Europe, using the example of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Our own research is based on data of NUTS II and the construction of an aggregate indicator, which maps key economic, labour market and innovative indicators relevant for describing the innovative potential of the regions. The main sources of data were Eurostat and national statistics offices in selected countries. Metropolitan regions have a higher inno...

Values can be defined as general standards, as measures of goodness or desirability, as higher order norms (Carrow et.al., 1998). Social values are moral goals to which we commit ourselves. Sociological theories and those about collective deviation today speak about the risk society, moral panic (Thompson), moral breakdown, etc. Education plays a central role in the development and dissemination of basic values. Instances or international institutions implement certain social values that serve the building of a ha...

The purpose of the paper is to explore the impact of children’s congenital maxillofacial pathology on the social development of young patients. We applied many survey techniques to measure attitudes. We conducted a 2-stages study among adolescents with congenital maxillofacial pathology at the medical and social rehabilitation center. Important advantage is that we also included in the random sample former adult patients of the center and the parents of the children. At the first stage, for the attitude questions ...

The research is determined by the increase of the quantity and changes in qualitative characteristics of developmental disorders in children with cognitive epileptiform disintegration. According to the definition of K.Yu.Mukhin, cognitive epileptiform disintegration (CED) is considered as a symptomatic complex of acquired disorders of higher mental functions (HMF) in children associated with severe epileptiform activity on the EEG in the absence of epileptic seizures. There are several actual problems connected wi...

Many authors (e.g. Aaker [1], Keller [2]) have highlighted the importance of the brand among the company’s exploited assets. A number of papers dealing with the company brand and its valuation as a company’s important intangible asset highlight the growing importance of this asset within the company’s exploited set of assets. The focus is particularly on the brand ability to influence the consumer behavior and thereby achieve economic advantages compared to competitors in the form of higher profit margins, a highe...

Introduction: A birth plan is a way to express a maternal preferences during childbirth. Sometimes doctors and midwives show a feeling of distrust of birth plans. The aim of this work is to find out how is used birth plan in practice. We focused mainly on the degree of respect birth plan by midwives and maternal satisfaction with the use of birthing plan. Methods: The research method was a questionnaire of its own design. One for women who used the birth plan during labour, second one for midwives. The questionnai...

One of the important goals set up by school is the formation of communicative-aesthetic, cognitive and creative abilities of students. Moreover, Russian schools have practically no specialization subjects (apart from the lessons of drawing and singing) aimed at the solution of this problem, hence, the skills and forms of aesthetic understanding the world and aesthetic communication are actively developing in the process of the Russian language studying. In this situation visual texts, namely the reproduction of fi...

Background: Intensive, gradual world economic globalization processes are giving rise to ever more stringent objective factors for the successful functioning of all the structural systems of the international market including the locus of the formation of consumer demand. From this angle, the issue of establishing and managing consumer preferences on the part of marketing technologies in our opinion is going out of date to a certain degree. The primary consumer consciousness development vectors of the Y generation...

The paper focuses on the factors influencing the process of teaching students with hearing disability at university. A qualitative approach was used in this preresearch. It was realized through an interview with university teachers and with using a semi-structured questionnaire. The aim was to describe the factors influencing the communication between the university teachers and the student with hearing disability, to identify the forms of cooperation between the subjects and the form in which the students are mad...

Space recycling is one way of reducing the suburbanization and preventing investment pressure on valuable natural areas. One of the challenges of territorial development of the European Union indicated in the Territorial Agenda 2020 is to reduce urban sprawl through the reuse of land called recycling of land, which includes urban regeneration, the use of areas abandoned, unused or derelict lands. Changes in the global economy, reducing coal mining, ecological solutions resulted in changes taking place in cities, b...

Objectives: The main goal of the current study was to analyze the structural validity of the parent version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The instrument was used for a general screening to identify children with behavioral, social, emotional problems and ADHD symptoms, in a Hungarian minority population from Transylvania. Methods: A sample of 102 parents completed the SDQ questionnaire for elementary school children, mean age M(SD)=7.55(1.54), 57.3% female, 42.7% male, being a Transylvania...