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Responsible implementation of environmental policies in sustainable development must have as objectives activities gentle with the environment, sustainable planning of the livestock breeding and exploitation sector. It is found that around animal farms there are unused landfills that are sources of pollution for soil, air and water. Analyzing the water sources we found their pollution with organic substances, nitrates and ammonium, and the pH was very close to the upper limit admitted. The quantities of pollutants...

The focus of this research is the system of the public space in Wroclaw - the fourth most populated Polish city. The spatial policy, expressed in the planning documents, is essential for the development of the public space. Based on the analysis of the city development plans, one can specify the principles on which the management of public space areas are established. The cognitive aim is to isolate and evaluate criteria used in planning practice in determining these integration sites. This paper gives the answer ...

The article focuses on pragmatic effects of boulomaic text-worlds as a variety of modal worlds created in advertising discourse. Text-worlds are treated as a type of pragmatically-orientated representational structures of advertising discourse establishing and maintaining relationships between agent and client as main discourse participants. The paper presents an element of a broader World-Modelling Concept [7] – one of the contemporary theories of discourse representation based on Text World Theory initially deve...

Using Internet search data may reveal intentions and expectations in various areas of scientific interest in social sciences. One of them is media studies and especially the research of media literacy, where search engines such as Google can shape the way of investigation of current social trends and academic discourse in the field. In this paper, we analyse various ways of using specific data gathered by Google and delivered by the Google Trends service. We examine whether the online activity measured by Google s...

Relevance of work is caused by processes of regionalization and integration, need of creation of innovative, competitive economy in the Russian Federation. All municipalities, relying on project management, develop programs of spatial development. It does actual the solution of questions of increase of efficiency of activity and a choice of the priority directions of development of economic entities regardless of their level. Are considered spatial development of economic zones of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) o...

Although the Czech Lands (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia) have an immense amount of accounting records preserved from the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, historians continue to disagree about which accounting system was used. Prior research indicates that unlike in the countries of Western Europe in particular, double-entry bookkeeping was not in use in the Czech Lands in the given period of time. While some authors support, in line with the neighbouring states, the view that it was single-entry bookkeeping, others...

While constructing a conceptual model of human resource assessment, organizational climate and organizational internationalization, the attention was paid to the fact that human resource assessment, organizational climate and organizational internationalization not only form a general system, but also interact. In striving to assess and describe this interaction, there was used a model of dialectical hermeneutics. This model at the level of inductive cognition allowed to extrapolate the model of human nervous syst...

France is a traditional European democracy. Its political system was relatively stable since late 1950s with two political blocs. Right – usually connected with the ideas of Charles de Gaulle and left – represented by Socialist party. The situation seems to be different in 2017. As François Hollande became extremely unpopular he decided not to candidate in 2017 anymore. Socialist party chose Benoît Hamon to be candidate but his result 6, 36 % in the first round was poor and more – the worst in the history of Socia...

Concept of connectivism and possibilities of its usage in education is very actual topic but up until now it did not get enough attention. Connectivism as a theory of education for a digital age is connected with usage of social networks. This paper is focused on the connection between social networks, homework and learning. Paper presents some of the partial results of use of social networks in education from the point of relation of the extent of intentionality to the learning skills of various age groups. Main ...

Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) play a vital role in the securing and building a sustainable and responsible business environment of a particular region. SMEs approach to the surroundings may be based on completely different activities than large enterprises apply. The paper aims to evaluate the possibilities of implementation of social responsible activities in a selected Czech SME. In an effort to increase the continued low level of ethical character of the Czech business environment, it is SMEs that can...

Background: As a result of globalization, borders between countries become only imaginary lines on the map. Due to this spontaneous uncontrolled process there is a blending of cultures whose philosophy can be more or less different from that of the majority society. The objective of this paper is to present partial results of the research grant project and to reflect on the finality of life in contemporary religious traditions. Methods: The research was funded with support of the Grant Agency of the University of ...

Emotional wellbeing during professional activity is the basis of psychological comfort at work and in life. Stress at work is an important problem because it affects the professional abilities, health of the staff, and the quality of their work. The European Union has issued a directive on the necessity of lowering work-related stress. Stress tolerance of mobile and operational staff of private security companies is becoming an acute issue. The following research question was formulated: Are there any differences ...

A series of big scandals from 1990s has drawn attention to the corporate sector and has brought about questions regarding the quality of the legislative scope of corporate governance. Apart from the active role of corporate governance as the key factor in protecting companies from corporate crime, particularly on the microeconomic level, its contribution on the macroeconomic level is also not negligible in terms of its impact on the effects of illegal business operations through the implementation of money launder...

In order to detect the possible ways and obstacles in promoting diversity through the Parliament, we shall briefly introduce the issue of diversity from the perspective of political philosophy and political theory. This will help us create a better comparative framework for the case of the Republic of Macedonia and see if any of the suggestions coming from this stream of thinking are applicable in our scenario. Starting from the premise that the Republic of Macedonia is home to many ethnic groups and is hence mult...

Studying of the motivational mechanisms determining our activity is actualised again in line with those problems which exist in modern society on the way of realization of civil ideals. Reasoning about positive motivation under the conditions of society modernization, we can speak about the necessity of striving for motivational balance, which is reflected in the balanced external and internal conditions for the development of harmonious personality. Balanced conditions do not mean quiet conditions without movemen...

The publication presents the results of empirical research on technologies used in the home pages of the Irish credit institutions authorized under Irish Legislation to carry on banking business in the state according to the Irish Credit Institutions Register, Section 1 (a) in 2017. The home web pages of 10 banks were studied. Our survey reveals some interesting details about the proportion of the used web technologies. The average home page size is around 1.4 MB and the share of the images is around 50%. The shar...

The paper is part of the ‘Back Home’ research project carried out by a group of PhD students from the Polytechnic University of Milan within the framework of the Paquebot Laboratory. The goal of the present research is to reveal historical premises and sociocultural circumstances that provided the basis necessary for the development of the British post-war housing. As one of the major sociocultural and architectural phenomena in the modern history of Great Britain, the new residential development has been taking s...

The perception of Holocaust in the cultural sphere of Latvia is a peculiar segment of social memory. This topic has been expanded upon in researches of Didzis B?rzi?š. Within the framework of the topic, the opposition ours – theirs, we – them is realized, i.e. the events of the Second World War are understood and evaluated from various points of view. In this context, the role of literature in the evaluation of the historic events becomes topical. The paper examines peculiarities of the reflection of the topic of ...

Introduction: Partial edentation is a common clinical situation in adult patients over the age of 40; treatment demands are frequently between 40-50 years for women and 50-60 years for men. Esthetics is a matter of great distress for patients receiving dental treatment, especially prosthetic treatment. Non-metal clasp dentures may be proposed as an alternative. “Non-metal clasp denture” is referred as the generic name of removable partial dentures (RPDs) with retentive elements (resin clasps) made of thermoplastic...

With this article attempts to determine the impact of instruments reflecting regional differences between individual spatially limited territories. The assessment of the influence of instruments measuring socio-economic development is one of the main reasons for optimizing the process of introducing policies for better governance in administrative territorial units. The purpose of the study is to analyze the impact of the instruments which reflectings the effectiveness of the policies undertaken for the management...

This paper attempts to analyze the system and the behavior of all actors in the field of competition by determining and then analyzed its composition, degree of concentration of businesses in the same activities, bringing them about pricing, bringing them to customer, the number of businesses participating in the market, types of products or services they offer, and many other factors in order to assess the level of competition between businesses in different areas so all this with the purpose of implementation of...

The social innovation in clusters is a novelty for Romania and the paper presents a scientific method to evaluate and monitor of the social innovation performances in clusters. Clusters are drivers of entrepreneurship, innovation, economic growth and jobs. The paper intends to focus on the objectives related on the innovative capacity of clusters and of linkages that involve social relationships or networks that produce benefits for the cluster members, on the competitiveness of clusters and their potential of cre...

Art is inter-medial, its internal borders are permeable; due to this quality of semantic “frontiers” there is a constant dialogue between such different spheres of art as painting, poetry, architecture, music, cinema, and new forms of media relevant to the modern era. This work is an attempt to interpret "visible" (but not graphic-visual) poetry on the example of lyrical story by the Kazakh poet Olzhas Suleimenov, who has been writing in Russian for many years of his creative biography. The main attention is paid ...

The period we live in is commonly referred to as “postmodernity”. Both ambiguities of interpretation and modern age ambivalence of the term on the tapis compelled authors to take its ontology under close consideration by virtue of stating the ideological basis a confluence of multifaceted factors and processes is to be perceived as a unity. Prehistory of a term «postmodernity» and its diverse interpretations of divergence with Modern age ideology are covered in the article. The initial issue of the interpretation ...

The Fundamental Law of Hungary came into effect on 1 January 2012 and it has resulted in major changes in terms of the entire state organization. These changes significantly affected local authorities also. The Hungarian system of the administrative supervision accomplished a unique system. A relatively strong supervision came true so, internationally with unique device, the replacement or substitution of the decree. The previous devices remained beside this, that they were joined by new ones. The paper analyses t...

In the history of Russian literature names of F.M. Dostoevsky and M.Y. Saltykov-Shchedrin stand side by side and at the same time opposing each other. One of the painful issues, points of attraction and repulsion, points of consolidation and confrontation between the artistic worlds of the writers is their understanding of the phenomenon of power. They got their first impressions about the type of power relations predominating in Russian society at about the same time, in their youth, when they both took first ste...

Many women who give birth vaginally experience some degree of perineal trauma either because of spontaneous tearing or episiotomy. The routine midwives’ care for women with perineal trauma after childbirth is very important. Interventions of midwifery are oriented to promote healing and restore tissue. The aim of this paper was to identify, analyse and evaluate the midwives’ care for women with perineal trauma after childbirth at postpartum ward in the first days of puerperium. Research sample was consisted of 50 ...

The problems of pain diagnosis and treatment through the use of language are really acute all over the world nowadays. The quality of diagnosis and treatment directly depends on a person's ability to accurately define it. Verbal communication is one of the most powerful tools in psychology, and this tool has speech and language specific features. In Russia there is a lack of instruments for the evaluation of pain and other sensations, especially in patients with alexithymia [1] who often have psychosomatic disorde...

The Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia is one of the most known repertory drama theatres not only in Moscow and Russia but also in many countries of Europe, Asia and America. The creative life of the Vakhtangov theatre is rooted in the historical Russian culture, and at the same time it sets its gaze on the future. Just like Konstantin Stanislavsky, the world-known establisher of the Method, Evgeny Vakhtangov believed that the actor is the crucial element of any theatre performance. He also trusted that t...

Two types of state ideology are analyzed in the article: ideology of totalitarian regimes, which existed in Italy, Spain, Germany, the USSR and China in the 20th century, and modern ideology of the “consumer society”. Both of them result from ideas of the Enlightenment (rule, based on reason, omniparity, freedom and justice) and have common features. The peculiarities of the totalitarian regime, which had a tendency for suppression of dissent, and the so-called “one-dimensional society”, controlling the man as str...

Within the context of educators human resource development in the Russian Federation the new phase of development of employer and employee relations in the educational institution comes followed by the introduction of teacher’s professional standard and the productive contract with employees of educational institutions. The productive contract is a new type of labor relationships which should be based on the assessment of effectiveness of each worker’s activity. This type of labor agreement promotes the increase i...

The paper is dedicated to the topic of folk prose at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, in particular the issue of language and genre. Scientific interest in the folk literature launched on European soil since the mid-18th century. With a little delay the collection and study of folk culture gradually developed in our country, and the folk literature was at the forefront. Until then, the folk culture and art had remained beyond the official national culture. Within the national legitimacy and equality of Slova...

In the last decades the word "terrorism" became for modern society almost an everyday one. In scientific and practical understanding it means any kind of demonstration of violence carrying either mass, or special-purpose destructive character by this concept. Murders of people in places of their mass gatherings, destruction of housing stock by explosion of buildings or objects of inhabited infrastructure, causing damage to civilian infrastructure (water and food poisoning, causing irreplaceable damage to the farml...

This paper analyzes the problem of visual representation of "moon landscapes" in the poetic heritage of the French poet-symbolist Paul Verlaine. The appeal of poets and other artists of XIX century to the nocturne demonstrated new possibilities of the author's statement in the text characterized as synthetic, as a text in which different languages of art are intertwined. It declared a polycode method of representation, in which the symbolism of twilight and melancholic existence fixed the new metaphysics of the ni...

The paper studies the features of structure, content and representation means of microfield "natural time" in individual style of I.A. Bunin. Complexes of individual-author's associations that reflect the features of aesthetic cognition of nature phenomena are revealed. Along with the traditional ideas about seasonal changes in nature, there are peculiar signs of the author's style, characterized by psycho-emotional coloring and figuratively descriptive attributes. The image of nature as a national constant of Rus...

The issue of the organizational culture of geographic education nowadays is becoming more and more relevant as it relates to a number of problems in the geographical community. Such are, for example, the lack of organization of geography teachers, the poor activity of methodological unions in secondary schools, the limited opportunities for creative geography teachers, the discontinued printing of emblematic magazines, etc. Despite the fact that the activities of the Bulgarian Geographical Society were resumed, an...

The architecture of the long 19th century has long been a neglected subject-matter, international cooperation and research in the Central European cultural and historical space have focused almost exclusively on presentation of the most outstanding European works and their creators without adequate reflection in individual regions. The territory of Slovakia, in the context of a long century forming part of the Habsburg monarchy or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, however, is a territory with remarkable architectural w...

The communicative approach in teaching languages presuppose studying the forms of speech etiquette, rules of behavior in everyday life and rules of communication with people of different social groups. Knowledge of the ways to express different illocutionary acts and the ability to use these means is a key to successful communication. The "compliment" is one of the most important categories in the theory of speech acts. The purpose of this study was to describe an illocutionary act "compliment" on Russian language...

One of the contemporary famous architect Le Corbusier pointed out the time dimensions in architecture. He described it in his theoretical studies Vers une architecture first published in 1923 (English version titled Towards a New Architecture). In the same time some modern visionary composers reacted the references between space and music underlining a spacious character of sounds and inventing the new forms based on the spacious dimensions of music. My paper is about the possible connections between modern music ...

The fight against poverty and social exclusion to a large degree refers to housing exclusion connecting with the lack of access to decent and affordable rental housing for vulnerable or low-income households. Last transformations of housing systems in many countries have lead a further increase in social polarization and segregation. Hence, the importance of social housing for social cohesion has been acknowledged in key international and European laws and policy statements. The paper presents the role of municipa...

In the financial contracts the parties are not on equal terms because the financial client expresses his willingness to conclude the contract on the basis of information provided by the intermediary. For the European legislation clients must be classified by intermediaries as retail, professional and eligible counterparties. The classification proposed by the intermediary may be rejected by the client, who may ask to be classified differently. When a client’s request to be classified in a certain category is autom...

The development of the attractiveness for the Compostela Ways for thirty years corresponds to an important socio-cultural phenomenon. After having given some markers of the success of the Compostela Ways (number of pilgrims, etc.), we try to highlight the different motivations of the participants. We propose a typology of these different “pilgrims” or walkers. By analyzing situations of information and communication, we will study the aspects of identity and the relationship with others but also with oneself (bett...

One of the urgent problems of modern linguistics is the question of how language picture of the world is reflected in the grammatical level. Traditionally, it is mainly discussed the issues related to lexical semantics. This content vocabulary plan serves as the material for the finding and further study the specific features of the national perception of the world, national thinking. The article throws light upon the omens with the structure of syncretic sentences (transition between simple and complex) in which ...

The paper presents the concept of genres structure in Russian oral scientific communication and is aimed at researching their specific linguistic and extralinguistic features including prosodic aspect of speech. In the frames of the development of pragmalinguistics and the theory of speech genres during the last decades, the concept of “oral scientific (professional) communication” gains the important place in society linguistic life and becomes more and more relevant in studies of academic discourse and public sp...

The article is devoted to analysis of the specific of negotiation between adults and adolescents in conflicts connected with teenagers’ misbehavior in different social situations. These are the survey’s results and practical counselling and mediation experiences presented in the article. Possibilities to negotiate difficult issues between teenagers and their peers, teenagers and adults depending on their age, education, experience and gender were explored. The factors of negotiations’ failure and success have been...

Recent years have shown the increased importance in Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting, especially among large multinational corporations. The European Di-rective 2014/95/EU requires that so-called ‘large public-interest entities’ – companies with more than 500 employees – start reporting on their non-financial indicators. How-ever there is a ‘significant flexibility’ in the disclosure of non-financial information, since no agreed-upon guidelines on CSR reporting exist. As companies are free to report...

R?dolfs Blaumanis’ personality as well as literary works created by him lay a firm foundation for the Latvian classical literature. Writer’s views and texts reflect the rural and urban environment of the end of the 19th c. and the beginning of the 20th century, focusing on the juxtaposition of townspeople and countrymen, the patriarchal and industrial life rhythms, addressing family and marriage problems, as well as exploring the relationships between the Latvians, Baltic Germans, Russians, and Jews. Folklore is a...

The paper examines the current migration processes in Russia: the demographic structure of migrant population in Russia, the impact of labor migrants and recent government regulation in this area. Low birth rate and population ageing are the main reasons for the evolving problem of labor shortage. It can be partly solved by external inflow of labor migrants. However, migration processes powerfully influence current fiscal politics, ethnic and religious conflicts. Being at the edge of a multilevel crisis, Russia sh...

The aim of the paper is to introduce how to implement gamification elements into an online digital platform to create a digital, user experience based university course. First a brief introduction to gamification, game design elements and advantages are introduced. To understand the advantages of the different game elements (e.g. points, leaderboards, freedom of choice) to use, pilot tests were held for 2 semesters, in which 118 and 156 students participated. In these pilots, some of the course elements were teste...

The article is based on a description of historical trends in design of machine tools and presents contemporary possibilities for their design solutions. Czech lands were in terms of the engineering industry at a high level. There arose a large number of machine tools, which have been internationally awarded. Since the emphasis on overall aesthetic expression, the machines were designed by engineers and industrial designers. Changes of the shape and the materials used have been over the years due to the new possib...