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Closely linked to the economic developments that followed after the Second World War, the emergence of golden shares was conceived as a way of preserving in favor of the public power the control over the companies initially owned by the state and subsequently privatized. They are shares that grant the state, as a shareholder, special prerogatives in companies that operate in strategic economic sectors (public security, defense, energy, telecommunications). Recognizing the state (minority in capital!) privileged fa...

The socioeconomic development of a state is determined by the level of education and skills of a younger generation. Formation of students’ necessary professional competencies is the main task of a higher education system, which can be achieved by integrating two types of activities in learning process as scientific and educational. Currently, the importance of students’ research activity is increasing, it is becoming an integral element of the entire educational process in a higher education, an important compone...

Sustainability accounting is a way of accounting that considers the economic, social, and environmental impacts of an organization's activities. Key theoretical concepts and practices in sustainability accounting include triple bottom line accounting, environmental accounting, social accounting, integrated reporting, materiality, and assurance. Common sustainability accounting indicators include carbon footprint, water usage, waste generation, energy consumption, social impact, biodiversity, economic impact, and s...

Human trafficking is one of today’s most acute problems affecting many countries worldwide. While anyone can fall victim to human trafficking, most victims are women and girls subjected to sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is taking on new forms and threatening fundamental human rights and values. Amnesty International published a report on the state of human rights in 154 countries in 2021/22, listing human trafficking as one of the areas where human rights violations are particularly acute.The Protocol to P...

This research aims to study the sculptures and installations of the Italian multimedia and avant-garde artist Gian Carlo Riccardi (1933-2015). Our psychological study will particularly consider the ‘rooms’, installations created by the artist with simple objects and recycled materials such as paper, cardboard, plexiglass and predominantly iron and wood using the logic of the ready-made. The artist's sculptures and installations are constructed and represented through painted and coloured walls depicting abstract r...

This article wants to examine the typology of a young adult, the student, from past to present and future. We examined the lives of individuals that have in the present the same goal, or we might say having the same priorities, those of being a student and their life beyond that. We wanted to examine what in the past caused what they do in the present or what they want to do in the future. We also wanted to examine the differences between these two nations, even though we have a lot of similarities, and we are muc...

The article describes a qualitative inquiry in the form of a case-study based within a performance as research paradigm. The study entailed the implementation of a performance art piece by the author in which migration was viewed as a phenomenon rooted in the personal experience of space and time. It also exploited tropes central to the author’s previous performances: walking and the use of “poor” objects. For the performance, the author walked a total of 42 kilometres over two nights, cut up sections of wire mesh...

The study explores the role of emojis as nonverbal cues in conflict resolution and misunderstanding prevention in online communication on Reddit as indicators of speech aggression. Employing a mixed-methods approach and conducting both quantitative and qualitative analyses, the research investigates the frequency and patterns of emoji use in conflict and non-conflict threads, as well as their impact on conversation tone and outcomes. Findings reveal that positive emotion emojis, gesture emojis, and sarcasm/humor/i...

This study aims to develop eco-friendly car seats using hanji yarn. To this end, fabricsfor car seats were woven with polyester yarn as the warp and 100% hanji yarn dyedwith gallnut, acacia, mulberry leaves and indigo (Indigofera tinctoria) as the weft. Thefollowing conclusions were drawn after evaluating the anti-fogging properties, odor,antimicrobial activity, and UV protection effects of the fabrics. First, all four types ofnaturally-dyed hanji fabrics showed excellent anti-fogging properties at 10 percent orle...

In the present paper we aim to analyse the new regulations regarding the whistleblower in Romania and in the European Union. First we will present some general aspects regarding the necessity of whistleblowing in democratic societies. Then we will analize the content of the Whistleblower Protection Directive 2019/1937: who can be an whistleblower, object of whistleblower disclosures and means of protection. After that, we will refer to the particular case of Romania, where the first law in this matter entered into...

Both in art and in science one can identify paths of development that lead in the same direction. This parallel development can be proposed on the basis of a comparison between the evolution of painting and the development of the theories of physics, recognizing, for example, a conceptual parallelism between the birth of perspective and the Galilean scientific method, as well as between impressionism and quantum mechanics. Another case in which it is evident that art and science move in the same direction is the d...

The article discusses the complex character of manipulative potential of stylistic devices in English and Italian fashion advertisements. By conducting semantic analysis, it was found out that positive and negative connotations, denotative and connotative meanings have a certain persuasive effect on the audience. Materials consist of 250 fashion advertisements in English and 250 in Italian derived from Vogue, Elle and Cosmopolitan online magazines issued September 2022-January 2023. The work relies on descriptive ...

Alternative lifestyles, gender identities and fashion statements are gaining theirlegitimacy in mainstream social life in many cultures. However, even in those marginalsocial circles (LGBTIA+) there are inequalities where crossdressers are at the verybottom of perceived social status. As a result, crossdressing has not been studiedsufficiently neither from scientific nor from artistic viewpoint. Scientific researchpublications mentioning crossdressing are mostly addressing literature, film and theatreaspects of cr...

The present paper wants to analyze the perception of communism. It is structured in two main parts: the theoretical preliminaries and the case study. In the first part, we will build a theoretical base about the main concepts that influenced the cultural world and daily life during the years of communist dictatorship in Romania. In the second part, we analyzed a database composed of photographs of objects chosen by the respondents as significant for the period we are talking about. We want to see what are the reas...

The social policy and social support are closely related to the development of the nonprofitsector of social services. The article deals with the problems of financialsustainability of NGOs in Russia. The main research method was expert interviews(N=72) in different Russian regions. The findings demonstrated that a significant part ofRussian NGOs is experiencing the financial problems. One of the most popular ways offinancial stability of the non-profit sector are grants, primarily from the President'sFund. Repres...

What kind of educational significance does the appreciation of paintings have? In order to answer this question, it is important to answer what and how visitors are learning in the painting appreciation. Neuroscientific research is important. However, while brain function mapping using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows us to understand which part of the brain processes the specific stimulus of viewing a painting, what kind of stimulus is transformed to what kind of recognition cannot be answered....

Thinking and learning are a basic prerequisite for the formation of geographical knowledge and the solving of geographical problems in geography education. They are complex processes that are influenced by a number of factors. Thoroughly modern geodidactics pays attention to their key features and fundamental interrelationships from the point of view of pedagogical psychology, refracted through the prism of geography and its spatial dimensions, in the context of which student interests have an undeniable role in d...

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) can employ a wide variety of teaching approaches and methodologies in order to meet the learners’ specific needs. Job interviews simulations have been successfully used for the past few years as an end-course examination of our ESP students. One of the main objectives of this activity is to enhance their professional communication skills, which encompasses a complex skill set, focussing on increasing their self-confidence and self-esteem at the same time. In addition to improvin...

In sacred musical works we find structures and composing solutions that introduce a specific action, similar to visual elements. What are the means for the architectural and sound space that create a sacred space? Are there playing in common? I answer this question on the basis of contemporary architecture (e.g. Church of Light by Tadao Ando in Ibaraki/Japan, Fritz Hoger’s Kirke in Berlin/Germany, Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears by Stephane Aboudaram in Syracuse/Italy) confronted with music dedicated to th...

The current trend is the development of all technologies, including the use andapplication of drones. Drones are a boon in many industries and a helper in any humanendeavor that seeks to make work easier more efficient and more accountable.Transport infrastructure which is an important elite sector is a great ally for the use andapplication of drones. The development of this technology in all sectors of transport is avery beneficial tool for improving the environment within the transport infrastructure aswell as f...

Eco-tourism and geo-tourism are both important sources of income for biodiversity conservation, geo-heritage conservation and local economic development. These activities also play important role in public education and awareness building on important ecological problems. Yet these activities might also have significant negative effects on local biodiversity, potentially undermining conservation goals. Modern technologies provide opportunities to reduce recreational pressure on sensitive ecosystems, simultaneously...

The article deals with the manipulative potential of speech means of English business discourse in the media space. The study is a relevant topic, since the concept of business media discourse as a separate type of discourse has not yet been singled out. The material of the study comprised the public speeches of businessmen, commercial staff and economists for the period of 2021-2023. The authors resort to the method of functional discourse analysis, which substantiates the selection of speech means by a communica...

Starting from the role of the feudal judges in the distribution of justice in Wallachia and Moldova, briefly reviewing the evolution of the legislative codification of their mission in the resolution of disputes brought before the courts, this paper analysis through the method of historical and comparative research, the orientation of the Romanian legislator towards the expansion of the freedom of the judge in finding out the truth and avoiding any judicial error. Without any doubt, it`s main task is to correctly ...

This paper provides an overview of the workshop The Shame of Prometheus, ArtificialIntelligence between limits and opportunities. Conducted on May 30, 2023, focused onthe intersection of artificial intelligence, the myth of Prometheus, and humanistic culture.Guided by the question "how can philotechnology coexist harmoniously withphilanthropy?", our primary objective was to inspire the audience to contemplatemutually beneficial interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (AI). From apractical standpoin...

In the present paper we aim to analyse the ethical implications of digitalisation in the public administration system. The present day society is heavily influenced by the digital techniques and these techniques are now present in many aspects of our lives (social life, banking, shopping, healthcare and so on). The digital technologies are advancing quickly and, together with them, the process of digitalisation in public administration is moving fast forward. Compliance with the ethical norms on the digital public...

The present paper is part of a broader research project, which aims at investigating the interviews given by Ana Blandiana, who is one of the most influential contemporary Romanian poets and a well-known dissident of the dictatorial regime of the 1970s and 1980s. These interviews were collected between 2019 and 2020 and subsequently grouped into three main categories, related to poetry, prose and essays. The resulting material was published in a volume entitled “Cartea cu delfini” (The book with dolphins) in 2021....

Ever since it was developed, the internet facilitated communication between individuals and created new ways of interaction by removing the barriers of space and time. Nowadays, people have a wide range of social networks which they can use for various purposes, one of the most popular social networks being Facebook. In this regard, people in general, and students, started to use Facebook not only to communicate with friends or family members, but also for educational and romantic purposes. All around the world, s...

The objective of this study is to examine the interactive effect of risk-taking propensityand previous emigration experience on the emigration attitudes of young Bulgarians.The relationship between risk-taking propensity and emigration attitudes has not beenexplored in the prism of prior emigration behavior in Eastern European countries likeBulgaria - a sending rather than receiving country. Additionally, risk propensity isexamined as both a generic and domain-specific construct. A national survey,representative o...

One of the most compelling of all cultural and economic institutions, advertising is a genuine entertainer whose dramatic performance allows for the intrinsic and interdependent relationship between representational, interactive and compositional meanings. Traditional portrayals of the female body in advertising have been heavily relying on non-verbal modes generating a multiplicity of problematic messages co(n)textualized by extra-linguistic features that interact within the cognitive environment of the target au...

Achieving gender equality is a social issue common not only to developing countries but also to developed countries. How can this gender inequality be overcome, and what role can community education play in it? This is precisely the question addressed in this paper. This paper reviews the situation of women in Japan from the perspective of inequality. Japan reveals that it is a country with large inequalities in labor and political and social participation. The role of education in this transformative practice is ...

Years and writing signatures apart, it would seem that Charles Dickens’s Hard Times has very little to do, if anything, with Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and/ or with Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let me Go for that matter. And yet, all of these three novels operate, in various degrees, with what seems to have always been a common life principle for many, regardless of the temporal or geographic co(n)text at hand. Dicken’s Hard Times portrays characters who prioritize facts, figures, and material gain ove...

Nowadays is the industrial by-products processing is very actual topic in food industry, because of the cost reduction and profit raising of companies. In the slaughterhouses producing a huge amount of by-product during the product manufacturing activities, that it could be processing for valuable main products for example cosmetics or petfood product and biogas or natural fertilizers. The first most important question the determination of the main processing direction, next step is the determination of the direct...

In this article we propose a new perspective of the concept of localisation that may be envisaged as a stage in the process of translating musicology texts. While most scholars have approached the concept and employed the term within the GILT paradigm [2] [3] [10], we believe this new perspective of localisation does not conflict with or diminish its current status. On the contrary, a potential semantic broadening may even help to distinguish it from other terms such as “adaptation” or “translation” [2] [8]. Thus,...

The transition of justice to the digital age is a necessary step, especially in the field of cross-border case management, in order to ensure the efficiency and resilience of justice systems. One of the concrete measures adopted in support of the digitalization of justice is represented by the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 25, 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the member states in the field of obtaining evidence in civil or commercia...

The study of child growth has been and still is the object of attention and analysis byexperts in psychological theories and beyond. The first to describe childhooddevelopment was S. Freud, to which other scholars have joined such as Erikson,Winnicott, Spitz, Bowlby, A. Freud, M. Klein, Piaget (for intelligence), Vygotskij (fordevelopment cognitive), Chomsky (for language) and, among the pedagogists, as wellas Montessori, Pati. The latter, from a mere pedagogical point of view, was interested inthe growth levels o...

The ISCAH conference proceedings is an annual edition, published since 2014. The 9th volume of the ISCAH2022 conference proceedings represents the research works of contributors to the VIIIth SWS International Scientific Conference on Arts and Humanities (ISCAH2022), held in the period of 23-25 May 2022, Congress Center „Paradise Blu“ Albena, Bulgaria. For the 9th edition of the SWS International Scientific Conference on Arts and Humanities - ISCAH2022, for a period of one year, were submitted more than 80 papers....

This paper aims to analyze and discuss a concerning aspect regarding virtual worlds and their dangers, specifically. Many teenagers transcend themselves into artificial, phantasmagorical worlds. Set-ups such as vivid, evergreen maps containing different NPCs (non-player characters) that offer you missions for you to advance your progress and gain experience and gain more powerful items, potions, armor, or weapons to progress into the game are always present. Mobs (living entities within the game) are meant to be p...

Climate change in the era of 5.0 is becoming more significant. Society will need more power than before to keep enormous data information. Also, cooling of the servers and processors will become vital for data manipulation not only for society but also for business. The gathering and measurement of that information could be done by sustainability accounting in era 5.0. In terms of assessment, sustainability accounting can provide data and insights into a company's environmental and social effects, as well as its s...

Effective landscape management could have an impact on the regional economy, but to do this, the framework for analyzing and assessing the impact of landscape on different economic sectors and regions in a country needs to be outlined. Opportunities should be sought to provide new tools through which the government and non-governmental sectors can develop effective strategies. On the other hand, the public sector could be modernized organizationally and at the same time collective actions with the private and NGO ...

The Theatre of the Eighth Day from Poznan has been the phenomenon of the Polish independent theatre. It was founded in 1964 by students of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan. As the student’s theatre of poetry, for the first few years it operated under the direction of Tomasz Szymanski. The change of the stage form began two years after the group was founded, when Zbigniew Osinski became involved with him. He brought fascination of the Grotowski's method. The Theatre of the Eighth Day marked their disagre...

The Roman Catholic Church had a special influence. During the economic and cultural upswing, an abbey built in Cluny became a sample in the church building during the 9th–11th century. Various trends in the cathedral building existed in different regions of Western Europe. On the Baltic Sea coast, the Pope of Rome and the Holy Roman Emperor started to spread the Catholic faith by the mid-12th century. In cities, cathedrals took the leading position and replaced monastery churches in the 13th century. The commercia...

The city environment surrounds its inhabitants with various technical means that support them every day. These means include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), that is drones. The presence of drones in cities, including smart cities, may cause controversy among residents related to the threat to the safety of using drones, interference with privacy, emitted sounds, monitoring, and other discomfort. Therefore, in the stage of increasing drone prevalence of the use in smart cities, the social perception of them by res...

Becoming a psychologist requires more than just acquiring the necessary competences.The emotional labour undergone when preparing for this job may be higher than in anyother specialty as it mainly requires one to solve their own personal issues beforehelping others deal with their own so as to dispute the counter-transfer. Allpsychotherapy schools start with at least one year of personal development. Knowing allthese, there is a large number of students enrolled in Psychology study programmes whostart their univer...

The theory of attachment brought to front stage the need of the child to form stableconnections with persons capable to offer protection, love, acceptance. Sometimes,during this process, the child has give up parts of his/her authentic self in a lenghtyprocess of adapting to the harsh reality he/she lives in. The pattern of attachment,formed in early childhood, relative to the representative persons in his/her life, tends tobe maintained also during the lifetime and to influence the manner of interacting withother...