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A plethora of indices and indicators is used in modern social sciences to evaluate the general trends and specific aspects of society. Alongside with core social and economic measurables, such as inflation and compensation, unemployment, and technical indicators, many generalized indices reflect the state and dynamics of social climate. While easily accessible, such indices, however, are often limited to fragmentary reflections of social climate, are subjective, and lack standard interpretation scales. The notion ...

The basis of the paradigms Environmental Sociology uses roots in the 19th-century social thought. It is possible to elucidate the conceptions of the Classical Sociology theoreticians which constitute the basis for “Environmental Sociology”. Although ideas directly in relation to the environment were not included in the studies of Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber, it is possible to apply their paradigms to “Environmental Sociology”. Since Classical Sociology Theories take an important place in the b...

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 thermopla...

The paper deals with analyses of sports activities in pubescent (12 – 15 years old) pupils in the Czech Republic and some EU countries. The aim of the study is to analyse, to verify and to identify the status quo of children’s interest in locomotive activities at basic schools and their attitude to these activities including determinants that shape the attitude. The study is done with help of kinatropological research. We chose a method based on questionnaire survey and following analyses and syntheses of gaine...

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

During 2016, the international migration to Russia was consistently increasing as it was observed in recent years. Estimated migration growth is about 280,000 persons per year. Access to medical care is an important measure of the integration of international migrants, thus there is need to study factors facilitating and hampering engagement of migrants into health care as well as to study the ways of obtaining medical care practiced by migrants. The study was realized in Saint Petersburg and in Moscow. Nine exper...

Introduction: Excess body weight adversely affects human health and the body strives to adapt to any increase in weight. Therefore the aim of this study was to determine physical performance and presentation of the cardiovascular and respiratory fitness under the conditions of maximum exercise load in obese and overweight men. Methods: The study involved 12 obese men (OM), 12 overweight men (OWM), and 12 men with normal body mass (NBM). All subjects were of a similar age. After determining the somatic data, the re...

This paper reports on empirical survey data conducted with 437 Croatian adolescent participants in 2017. A total of 194 male (44,4%) and 243 female (55,6%) adolescents in the age from 15 to 19 years old were examined. The research is aimed at studying the relation between risky behaviour and adolescent beliefs and value orientations, with special emphasis on the most important risk and protective factors. Results show multiple significant statistical differences based on gender, with boys reporting significantly h...

Introduction: 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), refers to processes used to create a three-dimensional object in which successive layers of material are formed under computer control. 3D printing technology started in other industries (art and design, defense, aerospace) for rapid tooling and rapid prototyping, and has been adapted to work with dental. The outcome: single, personalized objects were manufactured. The aims of this paper are to provide an overview of recent advances of 3D printi...

Playing by ear, or picking by ear is a certain performing artВ’s activity based on a reproduction of a known music piece, without the written music (or not looking at a score). While playing by ear, different types of musicianВ’s activity are synthesized, which make him/her more like a universal musician of past centuries who was a composer, a performer and an improviser in one person. Playing by ear allows a music teacher to greatly enrich the repertoire of music lessons, including in it the unpublished works. In...

The concept of organizational culture is of maximum interest worldwide. The wish for performance growth in forms generated in the seventh decade of the 20th century preoccupations for the analysis of this concept. A particular aspect of organizational culture is the culture of the school organization, the school presenting specific, particular aspects. Analysing the organizational culture of the school institution, Elena Vacarescu School, starting from the model of Geert Hofstede, we found the following: В• Averag...

The role of the Diagnostic Center is to help children and parents to identify the most common causes of child behavioral disorders and to promote the development of their social skills. The Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic states that the role of the diagnostic centers is to involve children in the re-socialization, reeducation and also in the diagnostic process. Resocialization is the process of reeducation, the task and the goal is to alleviate or overcome the long-term social need of t...

The paper is a presentation of selected results of the second stage of research project KEGA 014EU-4/2016 – ?Preparation of the content and structure of subject disciplines focused on the development of knowledge and skills of graduates from non-economic health service fields of study”. The focus is on the current need of graduates in health service fields of study for the knowledge of economics and entrepreneurial skills. To identify educational needs while considering the current situation in an organisation...

Introduction: Pregnancy is a period that imposes intense requirements on womenВ’s bodies. Anxiety is a very common problem of a pregnant women. It results from indefinite reasons and feelings, which are typical for pregnancy. The aim of the study was to investigate the anxiety symptoms of pregnant women. Methods: A standardized questionnaire, the Beck Anxiety Scale (BAI), was used as an exploratory method to measure symptoms of anxiety in pregnant women. CronbachВ’s ? for the BAI was 0.68. The participants were 30...

Nowadays, it has become evident that teaching a foreign language is ineffective if cultural aspects are ignored. A language being the instrument for cross-cultural communication serves as the medium for culture cognition. The English language is accepted as the language for international cooperation in a wide array of activities including political, social, and educational areas. In such circumstances, the simultaneous teaching of a foreign language and culture focused only on the Anglo-Saxon environment would cre...

In modern science there is a large number of typologies of universities. The most of them are linear, vertical. Typically, such typologies are based on quantitative characteristics. The rating of universities as one of the methods of their typologization is based on the same criteria. The Russian Federation today is divided into 8 macro-regions - federal districts, each of which has its own unique economic, political, cultural, social characteristics. The educational space of each of the macro-region has a number ...

An important factor in the development of critical thinking in high school students is the availability of critically rich information in the educational texts. The problem of this study was to find some kind of universal approach, ensuring the filling of educational chemical texts with critically saturated information. In accordance with the criteria of critically saturated information formulated in the context of the dialectical method of cognition, we have selected and classified the fragments of critically ric...

The analysis of stepping qualifies within the current scope of biomechanical researches that complete the set of investigations concerning the posture deficiency prophylaxis and recovery. This paper aims to compare the main stepping indicators of students with deficient posture with those of healthy students, bringing additional impartial information on the posture assessment. To reach such target, a research was carried out during the academic year 2016-2017, in which students diagnosed with deficient posture and...

There has been an increasing interest in studying associations among physical fitness, motor coordination and physical parameters in early childhood over the past decades. Available research data on the relationship between childhood obesity and motor competence at early ages remains rather inconclusive. The aim of the study was to analyze the association between physical fitness, motor competence indicators and somatic parameters in primary school-aged children. Data were collected from 213 prepubertal children. ...

The paper focuses on joint education of students with autism spectrum disorder in elementary schools. The paper presents the results of a research study, the principle objective of which was to assess the attitudes of teachers to the process of integration of students with autism spectrum disorder. The purpose of the research study was also to determine whether there was an association between the teachersВ’ attitudes to the integration of a student with ASD in the context of the teachersВ’ experience with educati...

Business digitalization nowadays is not only the recent trend but sooner the changes in human being minds putting all the processes in on-line mode. Digital marketing becomes completely necessary not only for business companies but also in the field of higher education. In Latvia, 71% of the population in the age 15 – 74 in average are using Internet in everyday life ((TNS Latvia Digital, 2016). The digital marketing with it’ alternative definitions as on-line or internet- or web-marketing, is becoming one of t...

Pituitary tumors often manifest through their local extension, involving the optic chiasm or the optic nerve and producing subsequent visual field alterations. Bitemporal hemi-anopsia is the most common visual field (VF) lesion in pituitary adenomas. According to tumor size and the degree of involvement of the optic chiasm, a variety of field modifications can occur. In the non-secreting pituitary adenomas patients, these alterations may very well predate the clinical features. The aim of this study was to report ...

The article deals with the potential of original feature films and television series to develop lingvopragmatic competence of foreign students of economic specialties in the field of business communication in conditions of a) real language environment of the Russian university (traditional learning), b) combined real and virtual language environments (blended learning). The named audiovisual sources, which usually performed the function of illustrative material in teaching Russian as a foreign language, are propos...

In recent years, both sports performance and sports sciences have progressed a lot. In this context, the assessment of coordination abilities is an extremely difficult action, because they are particularly complex and are found in a multitude of situations. The most significant techniques used to assess them are kinaesthetic sensitivity (measured with the kinesimeter) and the sense of balance. From a physiological point of view, postural balance is attributed to static kinesimetry and is achieved by the dynamics o...

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...

The objective of the paper is to present an overview of the findings about applicable models (algorithms) in the area of Breaking Bad News (BBN). The paper presents an overview of selected models with an emphasis on their practical application. The overview was produced by means of an analysis, comparison, discussion and synthesis of relevant findings. The search procedure was performed in line with the specifics of the research strategy using keywords (aimed at methodologies, procedures, and models applied in rel...

In our research, we dealt with the phenomenon of teacher burnout in Hungary. It is a great issue, due to the parliamentary regulations of the public education in Hungary, where the teachers are working in a volatile environment, in which the challenge for them is to provide value by educating the younger generation. This increased pressure from the society increase the level of frustration, and teachersВ’ mental health may decline, while burnout syndrome may develop. Our future purpose is to create an intervention...

The Millennial generation comprises the majority of learners in the traditional university setting. This group of learners appears to have a different learning style and expectations towards university teachers when compared with previous generations of learners. In the present paper, the authors discuss the current challenges that millennial learners present. The aim of the research is to examine the expectation of Millennial students towards the role of university teachers in higher education. The research was b...

The paper examines the psycho-emotional state of tourists under conditions of cultural and educational tour to the Perm Region of Russia. The basic concepts of tourism are presented as well as analysis of literature concerning the assessment of the status of tourists. The paper proposes the method of assessment the state of the tourists under conditions of cultural and educational tour and presents the analysis of indicators. In today's world, cultural tourism provides mankindВ’s moral and educational unity, promo...

Nowadays, in the context of changes in teaching, the education of a man is coming to the foreground who would learn to link the knowledge of different fields of science to the knowledge and acquisition of values that promote the social way of life, living in associations of individuals. The teacher and his personality, professional competencies, ability to create a positive climate in the classroom are significant factors in fulfilling such education. The classroom climate greatly affects the overall results of sc...

Within the framework of andragogical approach, the authors focus on the conceptual effects of coaching methods in lifelong education to help adult learners to shift their perspectives and thereby maximize their performance. The article gives insights into the essence of person-to-person coaching technique for discovering greater autonomy in adult learning as a means of developing and using their potential to achieve external goals. The authors chiefly draw on principles of Andragogy and Adult Learning and Coaching...

Cognitive ergonomics is considered with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, as they affect interactions among humans and other elements of a system. The development of cognitive ergonomics discipline is a result of rapid technological advances, especially in the field where a machine is considered rather as an agent with which the human should cooperate than an assistant to the human operator. The increased complexity of technical means contributes the addition of informati...

The paper describes an empirical research aimed at setting up a model of such a communication scheme that will be potentially applicable in assessing the ability of people with cognitive impairment to communicate. In a wider sense, cognitive disorders can include, for example, disorders of the intellect or mild and severe neurocognitive disorders. Severe neurocognitive disorders are most common in seniors who experience memory problems, pathological changes in behavior, difficulties in understanding the language, ...

This paper focuses on communication skills and methods in the context of crisis intervention, the aims of the paper are to detect and identify what procedures, methods and principles of work with the client are the most used by the staff of the crisis intervention in Slovakia and to analyse communication skills during crisis intervention. A quantitative research strategy has been chosen; we carried out research of procedures, methods, principles of work with the client and communication skills of professionals wor...

This article represents the result of research on the transformation of modern pilgrim practices. In a crisis of religious identity, defensive reactions on the level of social behavior and interaction of the various religious and pseudo-religious groups and communities become actual. According to the authors such reactions have both destructive and constructive potential that is proved by questionnaires and statistical analysis. The article states the emergence of new types of pilgrimage as a spiritual tourism, id...

Human development was permanently conditioned and obtained through physical motion. The physical state together with the cardiorespiratory fitness state highlight the development of the physical capacity of the human being. The explosive force (expansion/dГ©tente) is a basic parameter, which lays emphasis on the physical fitness level. This study aims to make a comparative analysis of the explosive force measurement on the inferior limbs using as measurement instrument two modern devices: the Myotest Pro and OptoJ...

Main theme of the paper is comparison of the educational trends in project management at School of economics and management in public administration in Bratislava and one of Metropolitan College, Boston University. Current situation in business area urgently requires readiness of university students to be able to apply their knowledge of project management in their professional career. Actual hiring trends in all sectors of labor market needs project management educated employees. Trends in demand of employers sho...

The paper covers comparison of process making decision on shared care in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. It speaks about all elements of this chain including not only members present in the courtroom but also links having indirect influence on the final decision of the court about shared care. Almost a quarter of families with small children must deal with family breakdown, which can be described as potentially one of the most pressing social problems. Most of the children after a divorce is in a custody o...

The article is devoted to the study of the axiological sphere of students. The reflection of life plans and expectations, ideas of success in the sphere of professional self-realization, according to the authors is directly related to the realization of the value of self-development. The thematic justification of the professional and value orientations of young people within the framework of sociological and social-psychological approaches to the study of student youth is determined firstly by the importance of th...

Information and communication technologies now provide a wide range of opportunities for improvement of the educational process, but the constant evolution of information and communications technology, including its implementation in education, places new demands on teachers who have to be prepared to work with modern didactic tools and technologies, and at the same time create appropriate educational materials for such tuition. That is why new demands are placed on the teacher in this modern teaching paradigm and...

New technologies play a key role in the development of every sphere of the modern world, especially speaking of such technologies as robotics. Robots have the potential to be the next effective add-on to traditional education. The tangibility of robots and the excitement they bring into the classroom environment is considered conducive for learning. New training tools, mainly based on the use of information technologies, have appeared in the last 20 years, and the development continues, renewing the variety of edu...

Research-based learning becomes increasingly important in the era of knowledge-based society: Labor market requires that graduates could quickly and adequately navigate through diverse information landscape, search and process data, adapting it to the emerging tasks and contexts. To this end university-based educational process is supposed to laid particular emphasis on studentsВ’ research activities. Scholars agree that properly delivered training could develop the students' ability to conduct research by collect...

The article concerns the most important feature of В«social competenceВ» essence as country cultural and social value and environment. The problem of social competence studying as a modern phenomenon is relevant and useful, because it defines the criteria of the individualВ’s success in all social life spheres. In scientific discourse has found a clear interpretation of В«social competenceВ» phenomenon essence, as an integrative personality quality that combines axiological understanding of social reality, social ...

The aim of the work is to identify the actual contents and methods of training future music teachers for professional activities in a multicultural educational environment. Object of research: the bases, an entity of a method of culturological interpretation of spiritual traditions of music and results of its implementation in musical and educational process. The main form of introducing different layers of society to the traditions and values of the peoples of the world is intercultural dialogue and joint work cr...

ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) presents challenges that affect everyday life and learning for pupils as well as their teachers and parents. Much has been written and researched when it comes to the disorder, with some conclusions resulting in great debate and controversy. Experts on ADHD offer a number of suggestions to help pupils with reading and writing. Paper presents some ways to provide pupils with secondary “fidget” activities, ones that don’t distract pupils from the task at hand but ...

The problems of crimes against families, which include domestic violence, have been present in society for many years. Nevertheless, with all changes in functioning of society and progress in the systems used to prevent violence and help both victims and offenders, it is worth analysing this topic further. On the one hand, the social awareness of the problem of violence and methods to react if it is observed are improving. On the other hand, violence is perceived as a problem concerning only women: it is often hea...

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...

Background Faculty of Dental Medicine is teaching facility that is the favorite option for comprehensive dental treatments due to their reputation, affordability and professional competence of the clinicians. The dental care delivered to the patients is primarily by the students under guidance of experienced faculty clinical educational staff. The need to teach students about providing good quality dental treatment to the patients is a major concern for clinical training faculty. Because the success of an oral hea...

Financial literacy is a certain level of knowledge and skills in the financial sector, which in conditions of market economy enables the citizen to rationally assess the real situation and make the right life decisions. The problem of increasing the level of financial literacy in recent years and especially after the aggravation of the global financial crisis has become one of the priority tasks for governments in many countries, including the Russian Federation. The results of the conducted studies indicate that ...

The purpose of this article is to attempt of the authors which is based on an analysis of current theoretical approaches to develop a model for the professional identity of civil servants, which will contribute to the systemic and structural solvation of the problems of the public administration system. In the methodological plan, numerous studies do not give an unambiguous definition of the concept of professional identity, nor a single understanding of its essence. Special attention is paid to the acmeological a...