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A translator is a mediator between a recipient and an addressant. Such incumbency demands on the translator to be sensitive to all peculiarities of the source texts. Undoubtedly, dealing with translation one needs to elaborate special skills, which are taught in special establishments and on a special program “Translator in a sphere of professional communication”. Most students understand professional translational activity unclear and tend to catch this field of activity rapidly. However, translation is due to th...

Objective: The aim of this study was to find out there is a link between ZG and hypertension. Methods: In the electronic databases Ebsco Academic Search Complete were searched for primary studies that used validated measures to assess health literacy in patients with hypertension. The search for the research studies was based on a combination of the following keywords: health literacy, hypertension, measurement, information, and knowledge. Exclusion criteria: not a primary study, does not concern research on hyper...

This paper aims to evaluate the effects that Stretching exercise may have upon Adult`s Physical Fitness and overall Well-Being. The research was oriented in two directions. The first step was an inquiry aiming to reveal the effects that participants perceive in both Physical and Psychological areas after practicing Stretching exercises. Revealed benefits were: Well-being, prevention and control of Joint and Lumbar Pains, somatic and psychic Relaxation, Body Pattern, Introspection, Presence, Sense of ease, Control ...

At present, education is being brought to the forefront of any society to shape the pupils' and students' personality in terms of both intellectual and moral improvement, to teach them to know themselves, other people, develop their independence, creativity and critical thinking. In Slovakia for the education an important matter is the subject of Civics, which, according to the State Education Program ISCED 2, is the subject to be sought for pupils to understand themselves and others, to help them navigate the wor...

There are two fields of state social policy linked in this paper – migration policy and policy of the social protection. This paper is relevant for the terminology of social sphere. For the state, which wants to implement integration policy towards migrants, it is necessary to examine the establishing of care for migrants in one subsystem of social protection – social assistance. The main objective of this paper is to examine measures (instruments) of social assistance and their application in the life of a migran...

The purpose of the research was to develop and implement master level students assessment procedures considering learning outcomes. Today learning outcomes are at the forefront of educational change. They represent a change in emphasis from ‘teaching’ to ‘learning’. Thus, because learners are at the center of the educational process, this approach is often referred to as learner-centered. A great deal of the assessment research in recent years has focused on innovative forms of assessment. The research is intended...

The aim of the paper is to point out the social need to elevate the ethical culture through knowledge, development of ethical skills and professional ethics, which exists over higher education. The evolution of an ideal professor guided in all the fields of culture constitutes a challenge for university teaching, with a peculiar emphasis on professional ethics. This research offers a conceptual theoretical approach concerning the development of applied ethics. It includes the explanation of two forms of these type...

Being one of the most multi-ethnic areas of Russia, Tatarstan is home to representatives of over 115 ethnic groups, including 8 nationalities, and a “bridge” of tolerance between different religious communities, nationalities, cultural backgrounds and people. Therefore, it is very important to construct a cultural interaction between different people where their needs should be recognized and united in terms of gender, race, belief, age, disability, and culture. The modern role of a language teacher in the educati...

The article mainstreams the problems and prospects of transformation of the educational process, caused by the occurrence of informative and educative clusters (Open Online Courses). The system of high academic education is currently on the verge of radical transformation. The main sources of such transformations are technology and globalization. Acceleration of innovative processes, in various sectors of the modern society, acts as the catalyst for the changes in the methods of acquiring and producing knowledge. ...

In thi¾ paper are empha¾ized the achievement¾ and academic deci¾ion of a ¾tudent who ha¾ a belief in hi¾ / her ability that may be over or undere¾timated. The behavior and attitude of mo¾t ¾tudent¾ i¾ more or le¾¾ contrary to academic integrity ¾tandard¾. Thi¾ i¾ al¾o the ca¾e in large univer¾itie¾, where elite ¾tudent¾ are no exception. In thi¾ context, it i¾ analized the effect of optimal deci¾ion¾ regarding a ¾tudent and it¾ dynamic evolution, the po¾itive influence of committed cour¾e participant¾ ("peer effec...

The possibility of attending a regular classroom close to home, having sufficient support from the school and creating the conditions for a full-featured development should be a matter of course for equal inclusion in society. In Slovakia, there are no optimal conditions for the education of children with different needs in mainstream education. The authors of the article describe the issue of inclusion of children with special educational needs which has been a topical topic for several years, not only in pedagog...

Social integration of youth from placement centers is a problem still faced by th e soc social assistance system in Romania, and the strategies adopted so far failed to fully resolve this issue. A lot of young people after the age of 18 years leaving placement centers receive no support from family and their integration capability is reduce reduced. Th is study aimed to explore the possibilities of social integration of young people who leave placement centers in Romania and especially their perceptions of their c...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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)...

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 ...

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...

The present study has as aim the identification of the level of emotional intelligence and personality traits at the future teachers as well as establishing the connections and differences between these variables depending on the level of education of the participants. The participants at the study are exclusively female, future teachers, high school and faculty graduates’ practitioners and non-practitioners, having ages between 18 and 35 years old, M = 21.89, AS = 4.89. Group 1 is made of 74 high school graduates...

Current discussions about future vocational teachers’ perspectives usually imply the notion of a strong personality and a competent professional. The idea of professionalism is inseparable from the idea of self-authorship the central issue of which is the formation and development of personal interior voice not only of students, but of young teachers as well. Self-authorship is regarded to be more than a skill that can be taught; it requires a transformation in young teachers’ attitude towards nature of knowledge,...

Introduction. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease with progressive erosive joint damage. The sometimes reduced effectiveness of conventional immunosuppressive treatments, their multiple adverse effects, and the overall difficulty in managing sinusoidal clinical panel (with critical periods or “peaks” and intercritical periods with varying degrees of activity) motivated the search for therapeutic alternatives for controlling the underlying disease. Material and methods. This is a prospective obse...

Aim: Purpose of this study was to explore the perception of motherhood among adolescent girls in Slovakia. Differences in perception of motherhood according to demographic factors and reproductive plans were examined as well. Method: Data collection was carried out at four high schools in central Slovakia; 200 female students were included in the research sample (age 18.35±0.48). The semantic differential was used in order to measure the perception of motherhood, containing 10 rating scales (7- point Likert scales...

Training device prototype is primarily intended conditions research and the specifics of each part of the car and practical training cutting operations using a hydraulic recovery device. In practice, in delivering persons in traffic accidents, most often occurs to cut A, B, and C posts what they prove past experience and statistics. Since 2010 occurred several changes in the automotive industry from the point of view safety standards. Accelerate to incorporate high strength steel to vehicles is resulted in strengt...

Purpose - The aim of this paper is to investigate the match between the students’ skills in high school, the skills to be acquired in tertiary education and the relevance of these skills on the labor market. Design/Methodology/Approach – Quantitative methods: questionnaires. The questionnaires were applied in two different regions from Romania: the most developed and one of the most deprived. A 5 Likert scale was used for investigating their perceived skills (5 means the best). For the actual skills, the responden...

The relevance of the research topic is due to the need to analyze the role of education in the system of values of modern youth in the context of the main directions of development of innovative society, the key of which is the formation of innovative personality as a specific social type. The background of the study was the author's previous research on the analysis of innovative development of the Russian Federation, the implementation of the main strategic documents related to the innovative development of the ...

The goal of the work is to map out important external and internal factors that are involved in testing and evaluating the proper pronunciation of English language teaching at Slovak schools. Particularly in language education, it is clear the external legislative influence of the European Union, which determines the reference framework and the levels of language learning which are binding on all Member States, as well as basic Slovak laws on education and training, methodological guidelines on the evaluation and ...

Nowadays, it is already well known that people live longer than they did in the past. In relation to this trend, i.e. the aging of the population, it is not any different for people with visual impairment. Visual impairment affects the quality of life of people, not just seniors, but across the whole life of the individual. The aim of the review study was to analyze the research findings of the issue of the quality of life of people with visual impairment in the elderly age by means of the selection, evaluation an...

In difficult and stressful situations, people apply different remedial strategies. Most often these are active strategies: planning, active coping, positive reevaluation and development (Oginska-Bulik and Juczynski 2009). As a consequence of stress, activities are undertaken containing cognitive components, concentration on the problem, emotions and individual (Seoul 1999). Opposite the young people, the Internet offers enormous possibilities today, which allows unlimited access to all kinds of information, but al...

Throughout Europe almost half a million people choose to acquire food products from a network of community supported farms, thus changing the ways in which food products are produced, processed, distributed and valued in everyday life. The community supported agriculture (CSA) has a ten-year history in Romania (starting with 2008) as a concept linked to ethical consumption, solidarity and revival of traditional values. The study is based on case studies of how the concept was implemented in Romania, challenges for...

This article summarizes our current understanding of the construct of individual QOL as it pertains to persons with hearing (HI), visual (VI) or physical impairment (PhI) based on systematic review of expert articles discussing Quality of Life research. The article discusses what we have learnt about the QOL construct from the specific subjective point of view from persons with hearing, visual and physical impairment. The recent analysis is also directed on comparing generalized theoretical constructs with individ...

Objective of the study Identification of maternal-fetal outcome in women with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis associated with vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and postpartum. Material and methods: The study included a group of 36 pregnant women diagnosed with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and normal thyroid function. Patients were monitorized starting with the first trimester of pregnancy and postpartum. In the first trimester, the serum levels of TSH, FT4, antithyroperoxidase antibodies (TPOAb) and antithyro...

This research paper proposes a non-invasive hybrid brain-computer interface (hBCI) applicable in rehabilitation. In the first section of this research paper, the theoretical information about BCI and hybrid BCI are explained. A non-invasive hybrid BCI is a combination and parallel usage of electroencephalography (EEG - electrical activity of the brain) and additional technology. In this research paper, the additional technology is surface electromyography (sEMG - electrical activity of muscles). In this proposal, ...

Modern education of students in the domain of the Earth Sciences has changed for recent years. Working with coordinate space is the basis for teaching students in the cartography domain. But modern work with space is the technology of working with remote sensing data, and the natural sciences, and the methods of classical cartography, and the modern design techniques. Compilation the maps of nature - this is a complex process that covers different areas of knowledge and skills. Compilation of nature maps, in parti...

The current study aims to trace the influence of the addition of dietary fibers from cranberries over nutritional and sensory properties of white bread. Cranberries, in the form of fresh and frozen fruits had been added due to high fiber content, thus aiming to achieve a functional product with superior properties for people with digestive problems, those who are prone to diabetes, healing colon and prevent constipation operation, reduces the risk of colon cancer, reduce the risk of breast cancer, reduce the risk ...

Introduction: Management of the health of oral tissues is a main prerequisite in dentistry. Nanotechnology, an emerging interdisciplinary field with rapid development, has become one of the most favoured technologies in dental applications. This review aims at defining the role and potential of bio-nanomaterials in dental medicine. It describes the basic concept of nanomaterials, latest innovations in nanomaterials and their applications in dentistry. Materials & methods: To validate these issues, current literatu...

The writers of the article try to prove the necessity to teach Science and Technics History Course for a modern innovation engineer formation. They use general scientific research methods such as analyses and synthesis, comparative and also historical methods, such as narrative, historic-genetic, typological, structural and systematic approach. The authors claim that the given course is necessary for modern specialists as in technical as well as in humanitarian sphere to form their wide scientific knowledge, high-...

The aim of this article is to describe health care in areas of armed conflict related to medical planning and preventive medicine and, above all, to consider the serious ethical problem in the area of medical support, when, to whom and how to provide health care during armed conflict. In the context of the place and type of armed conflict (we distinguish a symmetric armed conflict - two opposing armies and an asymmetric armed conflict that can be conceived as an encounter in which one side has a surplus of militar...

In recent years, trafficking in human beings has been steadily increasing in Romania, and our country has become a origin country, but also home and destination for large traffic networks. Changes in political, social and cultural fields have led to an increase in poverty and unemployment, as well as an unequal distribution of the male and female in the labour market. According to the studies published by the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (ANITP), in 2016 the number of victims was 756, 14% lower t...

The ability to provide a variety of services to trafficked persons is a key component of extracting the individuals from this environment. Organizations provide different services to victims and are able to provide these services based on their area of expertise. For example, some organizations are able to provide legal services, some counseling for trauma, medical and dental services, food and clothing . In addition, the aim of this article is to highlight the Pro Sentret NGO outreach model, Norway, which can be ...

Digital natives shape their world and shake fundamental beliefs in society, making it obligatory to rethink the schooling, employment and communication aimed at triggering a positive reaction from this new category of technologically immersed young people. The study aims to highlight, based on literature review and on field research, the values of Romanian students belonging to this category, in direct link to their expectations regarding future employment. Students were asked to identify experiences that they cho...

Today's, Europe is facing considerable challenges induced by technological and digital advancements which require a highly-qualified and flexible workforce able to support upward economic and social convergence between and within Member States. These challenges point out the necessity of investigating and structuring significant initiatives at European Union (EU) level with particular regard to overcoming Romania Higher Education (HE) bottlenecks and drawing up desirable improvements solutions. The paper is based ...

The purpose of the present study is to use analytical activities while reading a literary text to influence the personality of a foreign language learner. The teacher's tasks are not only to facilitate perceiving, comprehending, memorizing or reproducing processes, but to foreground personal capacities of deep understanding, rethinking and reconsidering as well as to empower reflecting and self-reflecting. The research uses multi-paradigmatic and interdisciplinary approaches; general scientific methods (analysis a...

This paper substantiates the relevance of the influence of ergonomic culture on the labor functions of future teachers of modern school and the author's developments in the implementation of the labor functions of future teachers in modern school. The problem of teacher participation in creating a safe and comfortable educational environment of a modern school is considered. The mechanism of the influence of the ergonomic culture of students of the psychological and pedagogical university on the labor functions of...

The significance of outreach and its impact in reaching victims is the focus of this article.Within the anti-trafficking field, outreach is an important topic and has been further developed by organizations to better address the difficulties that the crime of human trafficking present. The understanding and general awareness of human trafficking is fairly new. To address the growing problem of human trafficking, anti-trafficking organizations have devised outreach methods aimed at more effectively identifying, app...