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Despite the exponential growth of transcultural/ translingual studies in recent decades, phenomenon of literary translingualism is still open to question. Specifically, it has been suggested that translingual practices in literature are equivalent to a “cultural bomb” that make minority ethnic groups forget their “names”. Translinguism is as old as the mythical Babylon itself. But if in the usual communication the translingual practices are evaluated rather positively (as the strategy of cooperation with t...

Concept “Culture” in the language consciousness of Yakut language speakers is analyzed with the aim to reveal the core of the concept. There are 15 stimulus words, which were revealed as a result of the analysis of 25 Russian and 25 English definitions of the word “culture”. The associative experiment is the basic method to get the world image of language speakers, the “Gestalt method” by Y.N. Karaulov is the basic to reveal the core and periphery conceptual signs of the concept. Associations of Yakut ...

The corpus of literary texts, where the Jewish theme is stated to a greater or lesser extent (Old Testament imagery, characters-Jews, facts from Jewish history, etc.), is considered the Jewish Text. In any national literature, the Jewish theme demonstrates the attitude towards Jews in a certain national environment rather than the specifics of Jewry. In Latvian literature, because of a special historical and cultural situation, there develops an original Jewish text with the structural elements changed under the i...

This paper systematizes the main results of the phase 2.2 of the original grounded theory “surviving the streets” (GT-ST). Primarily the paper includes a brief description of the main phases of this original theory and its major distinctive features, emphasizing its similarities with other scientific theoretical and research contemporary studies. The method section includes a summary of participants’ characterization [homeless (n = 38), professionals (n = 47) and previously homeless (n = 11)], instruments (ob...

This paper specifically addresses the key elements that constitute the subphase 1.2 “struggling for survival in the streets” of the original grounded Theory “surviving the streets”. The first section addresses the particularities that comprise each phase of the GT. The specific features of phase 1 are presented in more detail. The second section of the papers summarizes the research method, specifically: (i) characterization of participants [homeless (n = 38), professionals (n = 47) and previously homeless...

Modern humanitarian knowledge has increasingly paid attention to axiological aspects of human life. In search of moral values of the present, it makes sense to address to the cultural heritage of the previous eras. Restoration Comedy, emerged as a reaction to six-year puritanical dictatorship, followed by the restoration of the monarchy, is of special interest, in this sense. The peculiar attitude towards the moral standards found the reflection in comedies of manners of the Restoration era is, certainly, related ...

The security of modern society and an individual is seriously tested by a terrorist threat, which is often perceived as something external, that violates relative social harmony and order. Attempts to “seal” society, to protect it from any form of extremism, lead to huge public costs, but do not lead to the elimination of the threat. The article discusses the problem of sociocultural mechanisms of terrorism dissemination and the question of how philosophical framework of public security strategy should be chan...

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

So, quite fortunately for the history of design, a place arose at that time where these pioneering developments could take shape. We might say that the pivotal moment arrived with the renowned german Bauhaus movement (1919-1933). Nowhere else in the world was so much thought given to modern design in such a remarkable way, merging with architecture, textile and object-based developments; its focus was to give the profession of design a definitive boost. And even though the fourteen years of BauhausВ’ gender policy...

The introduction of 3D audio sound systems in commercial cinemas in 2012 aimed to revolutionize multichannel sound. A large number of loudspeakers increase spatial resolution, help to position sources more precisely and enable a three-dimensional sound experience. The new technology – mainly represented by the brands Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D – raises the question whether these new sound formats amount to a merely technical upgrade or whether the expanded possibilities of sound design lead to new ways of storyte...

The research work has the main purpose to build an assessment tool of ecosystem services of urban projects, capable of interfacing with projectВ’s Building Information Model (BIM), and able to define spatial relationships with the main components of the territory. The architect and urban designer should take account of multiple objectives in a changing environment and the balance between the built and the green infrastructure. Adopting an easy to use computational tool, the assessment starts at the early stage of ...

The purpose of the research is to compare the main two important stock market indices for the Tokyo Stock Exchange: the Nikkei Stock Average Index (NIKKEI 225) and the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX), both from the composition, calculation methodology and base value, but also taking into account the changes in volatility using the asymmetric Generalized Autoregressive Conditionally Heteroscedastic processes. The paper tracks the application of time series analysis in financial markets. To do this, I chose the Toky...

The conditions for the formation and effective use of human capital are the leading factors in innovative development, the determination of a countryВ’s competitiveness, and the social and economic well-being of citizens. In the context of globalization, there is a growing role for the study and adaptation of the social and educational policy tools used by countries that are leaders in the knowledge economy. The data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies have made it possible to...

In its analysis of various legal regulations and data from the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic concerning harassment, and namely sexual harassment, the article highlights how sociological discourses and legal decisions have reflected upon this specific form of discrimination, which is regulated by international, European as well as national means. The article first considers two major principles of sexual harassment ? 'quid pro quo' and a 'hostile working environment'; later, international, European as well ...

Over the past few years, the European countries have reformed their pension systems in order to make them able to cope with the challenges put forward by aging. As a consequence of the reforms, the pension systems have become more complex, the old age income being obtained today through cumulation of benefits provided by more types of pension schemes. Most often the changes were oriented towards ensuring financial sustainability of the system, sometimes forgetting that the purpose of a pension system is to provide...

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 paper provides a construction grammar perspective to identifying meaning of prepositions in Russian. It describes performance of an interpreter uncovering meanings of prepositions in “master” — preposition — “slave” constructions. In contrast to the classical linguistic methodology focusing on the simplest units of different language levels, modern studies practice synthetic methods trying to catch and describe language structures which integrate different language units: words, collocations, etc. Co...

The agronomist Arthur Young wasnВ’t a traditional Grand Tourtraveler. The report of his journey in France and Italy is published inTravels during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789. Undertaken more particularly with a View of ascertaining the cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of the Kingdom of France. The pages written by Young about the Piedmont are very interesting. His approach to the region was different.Infact, the great Italian cities, their buildings and famous antiquities, seem relegated t...

Nowadays, some contemporary houses are becoming extraordinary through individual design and may be presumed as manifestos or icons. At some locations the design is driven by the site: the houses either open to the adjacent neighborhood or expose the site's advantages. The 'house with a view' or 'view house' is a term often used by architects to describe their design for an extraordinary house which explores the element of the view in the house idea. The author discusses the term 'house with a view' and proposes a ...

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...

This paper considers the implications of a new method for managing the development of a region. This method employs the В«smart specializationВ» concept and results in the formation new booming sectors in the economy of region. The formation of these sectors is based on integration of В«breakthroughВ» and intellectual technologies into the processes of production and management, both in traditional regional sectors of specialization and new sectors. We consider a transition to multi-sectoral model to be a primary ...

The research presented in this article is part of a PhD project, whose objective was to identify a set of characteristics to be implemented while creating an inclusive indoor children's play space. This article aims to create an interview guide directed at children, inquiring their preferences regarding the possible characteristics of a play space for them. In order to do that it was necessary to first understand the main existing characteristics of children's play spaces, in order to verify those thare are transv...

The article presents the results of interdisciplinary exploratory research aimed to develop the methodological approach to the typology of contemporary urbanization processes for natural resource regions of Siberia. Youth's perception of urban space safety factors as a specific condition determining the urbanization of territories of the Siberian natural resource regions is taken into account. An example of Krasnoyarsk region is studied. The reported study was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Gover...

The aim of this paper is to explore the necessity of seeking new conceptual approaches to the management of spatial development of territories to confront the global challenges. The radical changes that have occurred in the modern world formed new trends resulting in cluster and network models in the development of territories. The general trends that influence territorial development are: global synchronization of technologies in advanced industrial sectors, convergence in sciences and technologies, transformatio...

In the beginning human rights are divided into two kinds: rights of first generation (civil rights and political rights) and second generation (economic rights and social rights). There wasnВ’t contradiction or alternative nature between the two 'families', but the second В‘familyВ’ (economic rights and social rights) was practical phase of the first В‘familyВ’. Nowadays, it is only possible to В‘bearВ’ the rights of freedom, as an expression of enhancement of individual prerogatives, the one and only dimension of...

Many factors distort teachersВ’ assessment and evaluation of students in the process of education. These distorting factors include the phenomenon where teachers stigmatize the varieties students bring from home, and according to my hypothesis during educational assessment studentsВ’ performance is judged against this variety even in cases where factual knowledge is to be measured. Therefore, in my research I examine the extent to which studentsВ’ vernaculars influence the validity of the evaluation and teachersВ’...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze cultivated surfaces and obtained production in Romanian West Region of Development performing after that a SWOT analyze of this sector. Romanian West Region has two areas of major importance in Romania's vineyard production, namely Minis-M?derat and Reca? vineyards, which have a quality recognition through Denominated Origin and Geographically Indication, but also a considerable amount production for export. It is observed that even if the surfaces are not representative the...

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 Second Vatican Council was followed with concern and with interest in communist countries, especially by those responsible for managing the relationship between State and Church. The works of the Council, its decisions and documents and then the implementation of those documents had the potential to affect and destabilize the religious policies of this regimes declared atheist. The communist regime in Bucharest was no exception and tried that the "aggiornamento" targeted by the Catholic Church would not spread...

In the given article the socio-cultural aspects of learning English as a foreign language are viewed. By taking a socio-cultural approach to vocabulary teaching strategies the authors argue that social mobility, globalization, and the Internet cause changes in pronunciation, orthography, grammar as well as vocabulary. As over 1400 entries from all around the world have been published in the Open Dictionary during 2016, it spawned Brexit-inspired forms (flexit, Nexit, Quitaly, Scexit); social media (virtue signalin...

Eleven examples of a special type of jewellery – flat, double spiral, bronze wire earrings have been recorded in monuments dated to the late Hunno-Sarmatian period. This paper analyses the main characteristics of the jewellery in question and their area of distribution. It also focuses on a likely source of origin within the culture of the Altai people. We note that neither prototypes nor analogues have been found at Altai sites dated to the Early Iron Age and Middle Ages. Nor have analogues been found in adjace...

Social media have become a driver for substantial changes in a number of fields, including business, education and learning practices. They are present in a dominating way in lives of young people in Bulgaria. This study examined the university students’ perceptions/adoption of social media based on the example of the students at the University of Economics – Varna (UE-Varna), Bulgaria. Data was collected and analyzed from online survey of 378 undergraduate students both from bachelor and master degree programm...

The “Ring” cycle by Richard Wagner marked the bicentenary of the composer in Riga, the city he used to live and work for few years between 1837-39, bringing back the Latvian capital to the Wagnerian geography with contemporary opera productions staged between 2006 and 2013. The aim of the paper is to summarize the impact of the “Ring” project to the operatic culture of Latvia, to the international career development of young Latvian artists and cultural branding of Latvia, Riga and Latvians, showing the pr...

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...

The debate about post-war reconstruction has been ongoing during the last six years of the ongoing Syrian war. The increasing volume of destruction in different big cities has created a need for new ideas and innovative building solutions. Many studies have tried to suggest solutions comparing other countries ruined by wars such as post-WWII case studies from Germany, Poland, Italy, and also Bosnia after the Balkan War. The case studies have considered similarities and differences demanding innovative ideas and no...

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...

Architecture is often criticized for providing a self-referential and autistic result [1], prevailingly focusing on formal and aesthetic criteria, failing therefore in offering a valid spatial response to its end-users. The dwelling is directly affected by this deficiency, suffering from a detachment of dwellerВ’s real and authentic needs. Interceding between resident and residence, the architect is subjectively influencing this relationship. Developing empathic abilities inside the profession must begin with arch...

The study focuses on academic rituals as part of university culture in Romanian universities. It also tries to underline the role of academic rituals as communication instruments for the universities, both public and private. The latter category adopted the common ceremonies for academic life to gain legitimacy and recognition as part of the higher education area. The analysis focuses on a series of rituals identified in the Romanian universities, mainly the opening of the academic year, the graduation ceremony, a...

The paper deals with academic discourse as a process and product in the higher education institutions, with focus on academic writing. The introductory part of the paper contains the literature review of the linguistic background to the topic of academic writing, in particular approaches in Slovak, British, and American sources. The features and genres of academic discourse are discussed from theoretical and practical aspects, and the need for developing learnersВ’ knowledge and skills in this area is justified. T...

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...

The focus of the research is accessibility of the public space designated in the legal documents generating social policy of Wroclaw city. Integration and expansion of social development constitute one of the main objectives of economic development, both at the national and local level. Spatial planning should satisfy basic social needs and provide room to interpersonal relationships. Accessibility is one of the most important features defining areas of public space. Depending on various points of view from which ...

The importance of accounting profession in modern capital markets is unquestioned as owners, managers and potential investors make decisions based on the products of accounting system. The correctness of these decisions undoubtedly depends on the quality of work performed by accounting professionals. An analytical study design was implemented in order to formulate the results of the study and to test the hypothesis that in the presence of free service provision idea, the accounting profession is not regulated in a...

Throughout the life people have always been treated with care and caution to such phenomena as thunder storm. This fact associated with that person in a long time could not explain the nature of these phenomena. However, these acoustic and optical phenomena formed the basis of many people's predictions. The authors of this article explored the question of the main characteristics to which attention in the preparation of the forecast was drawn. It is established that the frequency response is the first thunderstorm...

This article presents preliminary results of research into the acoustic insulation of internal concrete slabs. The analyses were designed to answer the question whether concrete slabsВ—as a material commonly found in architectureВ—can also serve as an element that improves acoustic comfort in the room. Concrete is a building material that is being consistently used in architectural spaces, not only as a structural element, but more commonly as a decorative element in the form of lining. Theoretical studies indicat...

The purpose of scientific research is the study of acoustic Landscape as part of the national culture. The Old Tatar settlement is one of the historic districts of Kazan; the architectural ensemble consisting of mosques which were the main location of social life of Tatars. We applied the methods of audio and video recordings, study of historical materials, descriptions, and recollections of old residents of this historical and cultural center of Kazan; the method of emotional immersion in the sound environment fo...

The financial market is one of the most important segments of the economics because it has been serving as a channel through which funds are transferred between particular economical entities. Financial system is a part of the economic system whereby for the latter it is important the financial sector to be as stable as possible. The article is dedicated to a theoretical base of the financial market regulations and it describes situation on the financial market from short term as well as long term perspectives. Ba...

Activity-based costing as a management method has been a very much discussed topic in the field of allocation of logistics costs in recent years. Activity-based costing is a kind of method that can accurately calculate costs. This method has been imported to solve problems that logistics service providers come across. The paper aims to present an innovative management approach to logistics cost calculation for warehousing for a chosen logistics service provider. It is based on research of world literature, in-dept...

There are only a few instruments related to career among the Hungarian sample from Transylvania. Moreover, instruments that assess career maturity are not available in Hungarian language. That is why the main purpose of the study was to translate and adapt Career Maturity Inventory form C for Hungarian students from Transylvania. In addition, the effects of gender and age on career maturity were examined. Both university students and high school students were assessed. During the Bachelor program, university stude...

Studying of socio-pedagogical and psychological issues of foreign students adaptation in Russian higher education institutions allows to determine the contradictions between: the demand of organization of educational support in first year of training that effectively promotes social adaptation and immaturity of these issues in higher school pedagogics; the demand of Russian higher education system in theoretical developments on issues of social adaptation of foreign students and the lack of educational background;...

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...