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In our study we intend to analyze a part of a hagiographic source, The Life of Saint Niphon, written by Gavril the Protos in 1520 or 1521, and whose main characters are Radu the Great and Neagoe Basarab, two princes who ruled Wallachia at the end of 15th and early 16th centuries. The writing of Gavril the Protos narrates facts from the history of the country from 1504 until 1520, from a perspective that was favorable for prince Neagoe and the Craiovesti family, being an excellent example of using the past as a dev...

Currently, there is no particular or unanimously implemented regulation of crypto currency at European Union (EU) level. Crypto currency is a digital asset. From a legal point of view it is considered as a good/service or as a payment instrument. The purpose of virtual currency is to secure financial transactions by using powerful cryptography. Unlike digital payment systems or central bank systems, crypto currencies use decentralized control. However, crypto currencies are used to make global transactions and hav...

Serving English language learners (ELLs) has been a major focus of the Reading Recovery (RR) early literacy intervention since its inception in New Zealand and continues to be a focus in the United States. In 2017-18, in the United States, RR served more than 6,000 ELL students in 1st grade. A recent randomized control trial conducted over 4 years, with 6,888 students, of which 19% were ELL, concluded, The growth rate we observed in students who participated in Reading Recovery over approximately a five-month peri...

The literary portrayal of physical disability and death in the book by Czech author Daniel Rusar Spring of Cripples (Paskuda books, Bratislava, 2011) combines the means of narrative and non-narrative textual strategies and at the story level uses the contrast between emotional and deemotionalised attitudes of the protagonists to difficult life situations. The resulting textual incoherence creates a receptional situation that makes the reader’s cooperation in relation to the plot (his temporal and emotional immersi...

Ensuring a decent standard of living is one of the most important issues that any state is called upon to resolve. Taxation and other obligatory payments levied on citizens have a direct impact on the size of real incomes of the population. Experts predict that the fiscal burden on the population in 2019 in the Russian Federation will increase significantly. At the same time, the situation may worsen due to a fairly high level of inflation, the growth of which in 2019 is predicted by many experts. In addition, aga...

The article is devoted to the study of the social and natural aspects of the city environment. The city environment is recognized as the most important factor of creating and maintaining comfort in the city. The city environment forms the quality of life. Therefore, the city receives advantages in competition for residents, tourism and investment. The study examined the views of the local expert community on the most important factors that form a comfortable city environment. Research was conducted on the example ...

Increased complexity of the modern battlefield extends requirements for medical support and sustainment that often exceed the capabilities of a single nation. What are the possibilities of increasing efficiency and reducing the costs of providing healthcare to deployed troops, especially in an international environment? This article, which is focused on the experimental work of the Multinational Medical Modular Approach (MMMA), tried to answer this question. One of the methodological approaches used, was a discove...

A comparative analysis of the European language policy of multilingualism and its analogue in the Russian Federation is carried out using a systematic approach to the study of the regulatory framework and practical implementation. As a result, common features and obvious differences inherent in these political entities were identified. In the modern world, in the context of globalization in all spheres of human activity, language policy in the state or supranational education is closely related to political and ec...

The article dealt with aspects of the professional growth basic elements. The issue of the Estonian youth centers youth workers? professionality has been relevant for many years, as employees often changed. Expectations for youth work (YW) as a promotion of non-formal education and supporting the development of young people are high. There is no research explained the issues related to the youth workers professional growth, including work-load and tasks? factors. The theoretical framework of the research created R...

The article contains the results of an empirical study of Russian youth. A study conducted by the author in years 2017-2018. The study used quantitative method for collecting primary data (survey) and a qualitative method (in-depth interviews). During the survey the all-Russian sample of Russian youth of 1600 respondents was reached. The study raises questions about life values of Russian young people. Life values of young people are revealed through the study of the attitude of young people to their future, throu...

The third decade of this century will see transformations resulting from several technological, climatic, and social changes. The labour market will be entered by people born at the turn of the millennium. Being known as Generation Z, they are rather specific in many respects. With opportunities to study abroad, their language skills are at a very good level and they have no problems employing the new advanced technologies. The life values and priorities of this generation will help form the future in each country...

The given article is devoted to describing main lines and particular features of epigrammatic art development in European literature, beginning from Ancient Greek-Roman period (VII-VI cc.) up to XX century. In this connection the authors try to give a general review of epigrams specific features and diverse manifestations in the works of world known writers and poets, such as: Martial, N. Boileau, C. Marot, F. Villon, J.G. Byron, I.W. Goethe, A.S. Pushkin and others. They come to a conclusion that modern epigramma...

Gifted children are characterized with above average abilities in one or more domains (subjects) or with high versatility and proficiency in many disciplines. They may also be described by accelerated development and unceasing motivation coupled with the interests, persistence and enthusiasm as well as passion and creativity. J. Renzulli [1] recognizes these features as the most important predictors of outstanding achievements of gifted children. On the other hand, numerous children indicate the Inadequate Achieve...

The central counterparty (CCP) is that market infrastructure entity that comes between the parties of a transaction, becoming a buyer for each seller and a seller for each buyer, thus ensuring the proper execution of transactions in the process of settlement, or of the obligations relating to open positions. This market infrastructure entity can provide guarantee services for transactions based on financial instruments carried out both on the spot trading venues and on the venues specific to the derivatives market...

The article is devoted to colour naming study of medicinal herbaceous plants in Russian and Kazakh languages. The fundamental principles of Russian and Kazakh scientists, dedicated to studying this issue, are presented in this work. Similarities and differences in color naming of the compared languages are revealed according to analysis, which indicate the importance of color naming in linguistic world view of two nations.

The universe of Hejduk’s, is a unitary and undivided ‘reality’ of a trinitarian form, where poetry, painting, and project are interconnected and undistinguishable worlds. His is a deeply dramatic architectural universe; a sort of reliquary inhabited by angels and demons and adorned with fantasy characters, animals, machines and anthropomorphic figures. A world completely infused with a poetic soaked of a profound sense of the sacred. This tight connection between architecture and literature, in addition to marking...

The study I conducted is an analysis of how the world of jewels and precious stones was perceived in the legal system during the different ages of the Ancient Roman era. My work is therefore a survey through which I explored the Ancient Roman jewelry world under the magnifying glass of property law: from the purchase of a property right to its limitations to its claim in court thus including also a brief history on how this right, including its multiple facets such as possession and the usucapion, has evolved duri...

This article deals with the investigation of the relationship between firm size and firm growth for the firms from the subsector of pig breeding (0146 according to NACE classification), which are located in the Czech Republic. The paper aims to examine the validity of Gibrat’s law (Law of proportionate effect) which is devoted to size-growth link, in this subsector. Gibrat’s law states that growth of a firm is a random effect independent of firm size. We investigate the link during the years 2010 to 2016. The anal...

Ethics is an important ability in any profession but, considering the spectrum of responsibilities of the certified accountants, ethics should be even more important. The research concerning ethical issues related to accountants’ profession has increased in the last years. Those studies highlight mostly the nature and extent of ethical problems. This study aims to validate the different importance given to ethical behavior in accountants’ profession in Portugal, for men and women, and to understand how they also f...

Authors of the paper are focusing on American artist James Turrell's investigation of the nature of light in his conceptual projects. By the means of creating a specific immersive environment where a spectator is plunging into a unique optical space set up by light installations, the artist reconstructs a sensory synesthesia experience: a synthesis of light, colour, music and meditation. This being the case light becomes the main character of a story told by him. The artist analyses a phenomenon of perception and ...

The purpose of the article is to consider possible ways to improve the efficiency of student-centered learning in Russian universities. It is well known that the involvement of students in the management of higher education institutions (HEI), their active participation in the definition of individual trajectories of their professional training increases the motivation of students, and hence the quality of education. To do this, it is necessary not only to consolidate the principles of student self-government in t...

This paper aims at illustrating and analyzing the elements of the sacred in the symbolic structure of early twentienth-century Croatian Futurist literary texts and works of art, as well as semantic and stylistic range thereby implied within such corpora. Methodological attention is drawn to their significant reception and socio-cultural resonance, including interconnections with other aspects of artistic expression (in the interdisciplinary fields of visuality), and concomitantly with analogous manifestations in I...

Our study aim to identify the main sources of individualism, in Renaissance. We have established the conceptual relationships between greek Christian terms hypostas-enhypostas-parahypostas-polyhypostas and their metamorphosis under the influence of iudaic and gnostic philosophy. We are sketching the typology of the individual, reflected in symbolic portraiture of Adam. The individualism excludes any form of constraint and impose with necessity the idea of authenticity. We can observe the deconstruction of the esse...

Numerous factors are involved in assessments made to measure the influence of building investments on the natural environment. Most concern the period after a building development has been completed and produces a prolonged impact on nature during its useful life. As important as its future exploitation, there are factors connected with the production of building materials and structure, their transport and assembly as well as any other events associated with the execution of a building plan on site. Noteworthy is...

In the context of urban space, many new concepts now appear. There is talk of modern solutions used in urban areas. More and more information is necessary for the correct and functional management of the city. One of the most frequently used phrases is Smart City. Striving to create smart cities is now a priority. Improving the comfort of living is to be achieved thanks to the latest technologies. This is what Digital City is about to do. The digitization of the city gives the opportunity to determine the directio...

In this article, the authors review the ethical and legal aspects of screening of newborns for hereditary diseases in the context of the implementation of this medical technology as a specific medical service. In Russia, screening of newborns for phenylketonuria started in 1985, and since 1993 for congenital hypothyroidism, since 2006 - screening for cystic fibrosis, adrenogenital syndrome and galactosemia. In Russia this medical service is one of the services “imposed” and obligatory for all children born regardl...

In a circular economy we have to rethink, redesign, reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover the waste through a circular economy which is generating a valuable chain between raw material producer and consumer. Economic circular models could be shaped into short cycles, long cycles, cascades, pure cycles, dematerialized cycles and production on demands. Using these models and adapt them for agriculture we save a lot of resources, being able to decouple substantially production by resource extraction. An agri-food syste...

Background Sprain ankle is a common musculoskeletal injury, characterized by partially or completely tear of its ligaments, due to sudden stretching, which commonly occurs when the ankle is suddenly twisted, during sportive activities (running, jumping), at athletes or by stepping off an uneven surface, at sedentary people. Purpose of this study, was to show the efficiency of physical exercises programme in sprain ankle treatment, by studying the speciality literature. Methods The 22 subjects, represented by seden...

This paper aimed to determine the efficiency of Body-weight exercises in the physical training of the students who practice volleyball. The experiment was conducted during the academic year 2017-2018, for 28 weeks, one lesson per week. The working sample consisted of 40 students, divided into two groups. Both groups took similarly volleyball lessons, acquiring their specific skills according to the UMF Carol Davila Volleyball Program. The difference consisted in the strength training approach. The Control Group pe...

Poultry rearing has always been an integral component of social systems around the world. It is also the fastest and most flexible among the livestock sectors. It has expanded and globalized over a period of 15 years in countries of all income levels owing to its ever-growing demand. Rural poultry is estimated to be the livelihood of about one billion poor farmers of the world in areas experiencing food insecurity. It contributes to about 80% of poultry stocks in under-developing and developing countries; improvin...

Today’s research upon efficiency of user interaction with large web portals has established links between webpage popularity and crucial elements of webpage design, such as page layout and navigation on the portal, or, more narrowly, menu design. But despite their established importance, the two aforementioned elements of web design are next to never studied together, and their relative roles in rising webpage ranks are virtually unknown. In this paper, we assess pages with high betweenness centrality within the s...

Currently relevant are the issues of improving the intellectual management of the educational process in the structure of subject mathematics teaching. The solution of this problem is aimed at ensuring the individual needs of each student in self-education and self-actualization, at the activation of cognitive, intellectual, motivational processes in the context of the new digital educational paradigm. The leading idea of the study is the development of an automated intelligent learning system in mathematics (ILS)...

In the context of stimulating personal development, an individual approach to each individual is very important. Considering this approach with respect to modern academic education, it is worth implementing a master-student tradition, lost today with the massification of education. Based on the literature analysis, the following two approaches can be indicated to build personal knowledge. The western strategy focuses on the development and transfer of explicit knowledge, built in a created system of knowledge mana...

Background: Infertility is consistently associated with reduced quality of life. This brings about a negative impact on emotional, social, and physical functioning. Moreover, the infertile individual is often faced with feelings of resentment, anxiety, uncertainty, or grief. So far, various psychological interventions have validated their effects on the psychological functioning of infertile participants, yet very few creative-expressive techniques have been documented. Accordingly, art therapeutic interventions t...

The education and science system is among the priority areas for modernization and development of digital economy for the close future. It requires detailed consideration of the features of training specialists most demanding in the digital economy. Currently, of particular interest is the definition of directions, profiles and specializations of students education, which will require special approaches and methods not only in terms of the organization of the educational process of bachelors, but also in terms of ...

The development of modern society at the level of post-industrial relations requires not only the creation of the foundations of the digital economy and the introduction of advanced scientific achievements (hi-tech), but also a qualitative change in the system of training professional personnel. In this regard, the role of universities and, in particular, of faculty members, which are facing new challenges, is growing. It is not so much about changing educational programs, but about changing the very principles of...

Thematic outline is one of the basic concepts of structural evolution of classical music. This is obvious more or less in almost any type of transformation and is very clear when the melody of the theme can be expressed in a different profile without repeated melodic speech directly, but indirectly through links of specific notes or common intervals. From this point of view, in this paper we approach the piano sonata K. 545 by W. A. Mozart starting from Reti’s concept, the thematic process. The main idea of this s...

The article reflects not just a personal concern of the author of the fate of social and philosophical thought in the era of the tectonic social shifts. This article discusses the problems of modern social and philosophical knowledge, as an appeal to the ontological foundations of sociology and the need for a new perspective on the social phenomena underlying the sociological theories (personality, society, social structure, etc.) taking in account intense social changes in the society of the XXI century. Sociolog...

Social policy of the state is usually identified with the social policy of the government. It focuses on promoting employment, social protection, improving living and working conditions. It creates conditions and participates in balanced development individuals, groups and communities. Social policy is a part of modern society and deals to solve various problems in different areas. The aim of the article is to point out the social policy in election programs of coalition political parties in the Slovak Republic. A...

Shirley Jackson is an author of many fictional and semi-fictional texts and had a great interest in the supernatural. Her novel “The Haunting of Hill House” (1959) is praised by many horror fiction writers, such as Stephen King, as one of the great novels of supernatural in the last hundred years. The notion of the literary genre of horror is based on the effect it produces on the reader: it provokes the reader’s emotional and/or physical response, such as fear, anxiety, revulsion, etc., by exposing him or her to ...

Image is a key factor in attracting first-time visitors, and the environment of a destination plays an essential role in their decision to re-visit it. The aim of the study is to ascertain the moderating effect that cognitive and affective components have on the overall image and relationship with destination loyalty. Twenty-four distinct constructs are identified, five of which are about the cognitive aspect, eleven are about the affective aspect, five are about the overall image of Bulgaria as a spa and wellness...

In the paper we focus on three literary works for children and youth in Slovak translations. Cecil Bodker (Silas and the Black Mare, 1977; Slovak translation in 1979 [1]) represents Danish literature in this particular selection, Ivona Brezinova (Boy and the Dog, 2011; Slovak translation in 2011 [2]) represents Czech literature and Alan Marshall (I Can Jump Puddles, 1956; Slovak translation in 1978 [4]) is the sample of Australian literature. In addition to their artistic persuasion and belonging to the literature...

Modern studies show that today’s education is focused on the development of the personality of a student. This is due to the fact that at the moment the most important aspect in the process of receiving knowledge is learning the methods of it, which are based on analysis and forecasting. This is guided by the educational process for the development of probabilistic style of thinking that all adequate solutions in the conditions of limited information, and when the decision-making process itself is based on the pro...

Migration is a process in which individuals and groups of people leave their homes for various reasons, which generally puts them to some disadvantages. The introduction of the study outlines the types of processing of the topic of external and internal migration in the original Slovak literature for children and youth from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. Migration as a disadvantageous social problem has gained new literary modifications especially after 2010. In three parts of the stud...

The theme of the research is topical in today’s challenges in the fight against terrorism, international crime and in maintaining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states in the context of hybrid war as well as other aggressive activities. The legal framework for emergency regimes has been researched in the aspects of national border security and internal security. The legal analysis method to investigate legal regulation in the field of emergency regimes in Latvia and the EU, the historical method of r...

The problem addressed in the article is ambiguity and its subtypes. Depending on the intention of employing ambiguity in different types of discourse, one can identify several subtypes of ambiguity – strategic, constructive, destructive and manipulative. Broadly speaking, any kind of intended ambiguity can be considered manipulative since the speaker when generating an utterance aims at achieving a particular goal or effect. Strategic ambiguity can be defined as a deliberate choice of words or language structures ...

A contemporary multicultural society needs multiculturally educated teachers who are able to pass on their knowledge to the pupils. Teaching foreign languages should educate individuals not only from the linguistic point of view but also in cultural terms. Culture is a specific feature of every country. It includes music, paintings, sculptures, films, architecture, etc. The presence of the Culture Studies in teaching foreign languages develops three basic levels: pupils' empathy and understanding, factual knowledg...

holistic system in psychology, where motivation, metacognition, learning skills and regulation of internal (e.g. concentration) and external resources (e.g. time) are evenly important in the prediction of academic success in university. Objective: To study the predictors of self-regulated learning (learning skills, motivation and resource regulation) in academic performance among STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine), respectively non-STEMM undergraduates (N= 106). Method: The study wa...

In the paper, we propose an original approach to financial statements fraud risk assessment based on the augmentation of existing risk-oriented audit concept towards taking into account the behavioral aspects. We propose to divide the fraud factors into two groups. The first includes environmental factors. The second involves the individual characteristics of the people who are responsible for financial statements reliability. In the second group, we are identifying the basic individual features that associated wi...

Immediately after the collapse of socialism, post-socialist education remained relatively good. With the end of negative ideological pressure, however, adverse changes began that, unfortunately, have survived. We can identify five negative changes. First came the melding of what was previously the separate training of teachers in primary and secondary schools. Then came the rejection of a predetermined number of graduates within certain disciplines. Third, schools became financed according to their student enrollm...