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In this article the author analyzes the influence of amendments in the religious sphere of postsoviet society on strengthening anomie in it. Among factors, that influence anomie and characterizes the religious sphere state of the modern Russian society, he names the existence of many religious confessions due to missionery activities, traditional confession restoration (Orthodox, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Lutheranism), actualization of religious identity matter, phenomena of “out of confession heresy” and interrel...

This article is devoted to a critical analysis of modern theory and practice of building economic indices in the national system of strategic planning. It is generally accepted that economic indices serve to characterize the most important dynamic processes in the national economy, and the dynamics of changes in economic indices makes it possible to determine the rate of change of the most important macroeconomic indicators and proportions. Since strategic planning is aimed at obtaining internally consistent descr...

There is a system of interactions between demographic processes and regional social and economic development. On the one hand, they must be taken into account when determining the prospects for the economic and social development of the country and its regions, on the other hand in the process of making and implementing management decisions. The impact of demographic processes on sustainable social and economic development can be traced in the following main directions: • In the reproduction of labor resources - n...

The paper aimed to discover several ways to modify the benchmarking method in order to increase its usage rate in Romanian enterprises. This increase would generate economic benefits for companies and for the entire society. Therefore, we have briefly presented in introduction several features of the modern benchmarking method retrieved in the specialty literature. Then we have developed a research in two fields: the academic environment and the industrial one. On one hand, we have collected the opinions of the ac...

The article presents the problems of Russia’s foreign policy governance between the February and October revolutions of 1917 in the Russian liberals’ opinion. The liberal opposition supported the government in the main issues of tactics and strategy of the foreign policy activity. One can speak about the identity of positions of the Russian liberals and autocratic government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a range of foreign policy issues only in the context of the time period of years 1907-1914. The liberals s...

The author of the paper discusses the subject of the importance of big-box stores in small towns in the second half of the XX century and the beginning of the XXI century. The goal of the paper is to point out whether – and if so, then in what manner – the placement of large area retail buildings influences the spatial structure of small towns. Particular focus was directed towards the changes that have occurred over the past 25 years (after the change of the socio-economic regime in Poland) and the retail buildin...

This article is concerned with the study of fuel and energy companies’ influence on the regional development. The base material sector is the basis for the development of productive forces and increasing the competitiveness of the Russian economy. Correlation analysis of indicators for the period 2000–2015 used in the article allowed to make an objective assessment of the energy sector state, as well as to identify the dependence of oil companies’ revenue on various factors. The analysis revealed the significant f...

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...

The article explores the figurative possibilities of the Russian hydronym Volga and its Tatar equivalent Idel as aesthetically significant elements of the poetic works language. The urgency of the work is due to the lack of publications in which these hydronyms would be analyzed from the point of view of realizing their figurative potential in the artistic text, and also the need to consider this issue for a more complete description of onomastic units and further development of the theory of artistic speech. The ...

The topicality of the subject matter is conditioned by the modern tendencies towards globalization and the active development of the new information technologies that exert considerable influence on the development of modern towns and the decrease in the significance of the national economy. The article presents the analysis of the work of foreign authors which emphasize the leading and even dominant role of towns and urban creativeness in the life of humankind. The role of the extension and development of the cre...

The relevance of the research subject is proved by transformation of social communication under the influence of social and technological progress factors. In our opinion, this process requires studying, as it directly influences public consciousness, creates new images of reality, determines the framework of interaction between the person and the social environment. We draw on M. McLuhan's ideas about the dominating role of communication in public relations, concepts of the sociotechnical imaginaries after Sh. Ja...

The article describes the effectiveness of education system, which is the foundation element in the process of human capital formation. Nowadays higher education stands as the main element of a stable development in the modern world. It is intended to use its great potential to reproduce human capital. Education is the most efficient way to increase labor quality and productivity. This idea is massively supported by the human capital theorists all over the world As the result of the fulfilled analysis the authors ...

The first period of Estonian independence lasted for 22 years, beginning in 1918. Starting from 1940, the Republic of Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union for fifty years. Our case study examines the activities of Baptists in the Estonian parliament during this period from the viewpoint of ethics and sustainability. Content analysis was used as a qualitative research method. The content model is based on Talcott Parsons’ AGIL paradigm [1], which determines four imperatives for the continuity of social systems:...

Background: Nowadays young people have to take longer way to adulthood. They try to get a degree, a good job and get married. They can reach the traditional adult roles minimum 5 years later than 30 years ago. This new term is called “emerging adulthood” which is between the adolescence and young adulthood. Emerging adulthood is characterized by freedom, unsettled life, freedom to discoveries and from consequences, low level of risk perception and risky health behaviour. Therefore, health promotion has to work wit...

Health concepts are dealt with by a multitude of professionals: presenting, analyzing, systematizing, debating, adding new and meaningful elements and then re-analyzing, debating and systematizing them [9]. There are few basic concepts like health that most people define as very simple, but experts beliefs this issue are very complex and multi-dimensional. The European Union's White Paper sets out important strategies for school health promotion, which provides as a guideline for Member States. In addition to the ...

In this paper I am going to investigate the influence of Hegelianism in process philosophical theories such as Simondon's Ontogenetic Theory or the dialectical shape assumed by the Systems Theory. First, I will outline the common points between Simondon's philosophy and the Systems Theory, with a particular reference to the concepts of «analogy» and «transduction». I intend to show how these notions lead their respective theories close to Hegel's idea of Being. Second, I will notice that both Simondon and systems ...

In this article the mechanism of formation and functioning of creative spaces of territorial formations of the Russian Federation. This mechanism is considered as part of the concept of development of territorial entities and economic security of the country. The proposed mechanism will contribute to innovative development of territories associated with environmentally friendly use of former industrial buildings in the city, former industrial areas and improving the quality of life of the population, which will be...

This study examines the relationship between conflict and the effectiveness of work groups. The authors used multi-dimentional models of intra group conflict and performance groups. The first model includes three levels of conflict such as interpersonal conflict (between individuals), microgroup conflict (between some individuals and non formal subgroups within a group) and group conflict (between some individuals and a group). Each of these levels contain within them two types of conflicts — job conflict and subj...

This paper gives an analysis of national and cultural colour semantics in Yakut phraseology. The object of the study are phraseological units that have a colour component in their composition. The research topic is chosen due to the understudied Yakut phraseological units and the need to study the national specifics of the Yakut language worldview through a colour prism. This will allow us to apply the obtained results when reading lecture courses on linguoculturology, comparative lexicology, intercultural communi...

The authors of thepaperturned to the topicalissue of the collective memory. It is highlighted that the politics of memory or historical politics is a subject of transformationaccording to the present political discourse. Collapse of the Soviet Unionledto the revision of common history ofthe post-Soviet countries and deepenedthe contradictions in collective memory narratives between the Russian and post-Soviet tradition. It is stressed, that such 'strugglefor the common history' could often serve as a prelude to se...

The Sections 85 and 368 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the Republic of Latvia [3] prescribes only several cases when a person can be exempted from payment for defence provided by the state in criminal procedure. Sometimes the defendant refuses from a defender by the moment he gets to know that by the process termination, he will be recovered a payment for the defence provided him by the state. For instance, a refusal from an advocate during the agreement process mainly occurs with an aim to exempt a particular p...

The purpose of this publication is to present a set of strategies, based on the lessons learned from the devastating flood that occurred on 19 of June 2014 in Asparuhovo district to the city of Varna, Bulgaria to improve flood resilience of local people. For this purpose, a methodological approach based on the concepts of risk and risk management at the catchment level is applied. The first concept presents risk as the result of the societies’ exposure to flood hazards in time, space, and their vulnerability. The ...

The study is devoted to the pragmatic meaning of environmental terms in French within texts on agricultural technologies. The intention to introduce neologisms has been analyzed and ways to update environmental terms in speech at different levels of communication have been discussed: in particular, within the expert community of specialists in agriculture (scientific publications); in communication of experts with decision-makers (administrative documents, reports, requests); in texts addressed to consumers (popul...

The goal of the article is to determine the factors that cause changes in the attitude of the youth toward migrants based on the regular monitoring results. It deals with the socio-cultural consequences of modern migration processes and their influence on the modern communicative space as well as on the youth value system and priorities. A ten-year social survey shows that the youth value system is volatile and dependent on both external and internal factors. The expansion of anti-migrant attitudes of young people...

In modern society, the trend toward the spiritual impoverishment of a person, indifference, lies is firmly established. Meanwhile, it is well known the word has a moral nature. As a consequence, the study of language units with the projection on the moral principle is associated with the idea of the necessity of strengthening the spiritual foundations of the modern person, of a native speaker. Language, in turn, determines a person belonging to a particular national culture, which is reflecting his mental and mora...

Background: Working capital is an element that has a significant impact on the financial security of an entity, its profitability and the efficiency of its asset management and its selected liabilities. Working capital management is designed to keep an enterprise engaged in its day-to-day “financial health”. This is a complicated and time-consuming process because it involves the management of current assets and current liabilities. Therefore, it is important to choose appropriate management strategies for individ...

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...

Nowadays the need to create (or construct) new ethical norms emerges constantly in the spheres of politics, medicine, ecology, demography etc. But can we call normative ethics (i. e. ethics which not only describes and explains facts of the society’s moral life but also postulates certain moral norms and principles) a science? The majority of contemporary logicians will answer negatively. According to them normative ethics cannot be a science since it is impossible to give scientific (logically correct) proof of i...

The main objective of this article is to inquire ourselves about the environmental aspects that engage the architectural process on the understanding that they involve much more than physical context. The context has an atmospherical component that embodies psychological, technological and cultural parameters. The atmosphere goes beyond the concept of environment. It includes the synergies generated precisely in the limit of building and context, the facades: the blurred environmental boundaries where dialogue sta...

Even now, 2,000 years after his disappearance, the Latin poet Ovidius Publius Naso continues to remain one of the most appreciated writers of verses that belong to the ancient Roman period. Considered to be one of the most influential sources of inspiration in European culture, Ovid's work and especially Metamorphoses stimulated the imagination of some of the greatest creators of universal culture in various artistic fields such as poetry, literature, visual arts, or music. In 1951, composer Benjamin Britten made ...

Less than a year after re-codification of civil procedural law, the first amendment to civil procedure, the Civil Litigation Code, Act 160/2015 Z.z., has been passed. The amendment applies to the right of the party to act before a court using his/her native language or the language the party can understand. The presenters of the legislative proposal substantiated the need to amend the law by reasons of its harmonization with the existing rules of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages which is bi...

In terms of linguistic exploration, the language of advertising has been thoroughly studied. Advertising as a form of communication in contemporary societies is discussed in its social and cultural context which is inseparable from the language itself. Although the visual in advertising has gained the supremacy nowadays, the language still has the important part as far as the impact of the advertisement’s message on the consumers is concerned. Regarding that, the research objective in this textual analysis is to o...

It is known that the information acquired before the journey is essential for building visitor expectations and behavior. With its increasing role as information and communication tool, internet has become a key factor for destination image formation. Specialized travel websites in particular have a major contribution to building and communicating destination image, especially those with user generated content. Perceived as more objective, personal visitor experiences shared online are much more convincing and inf...

Two – thousandth years of history of Christianity proved that a main criterion of a value of church architecture was not based on architectural precursors. This architecture was sacred because it was a carrier of a „truth of God” and – like a liturgical mysterion and iconography art – it was a theological comment. It was a codified language of the transposes of religions essences and orders, into the form of architectural expression. This was in an East Christianity and this happens there up to this day. This pape...

The entrepreneurial intention issue is considered nowadays as an important source of corporate sector growth and competitive advantage of enterprises. The strengthening of intentions towards entrepreneurship should be developed by educational system, achieving the strongest intensity at higher education level. Identification of factors influencing the entrepreneurial intention among students could lead to improvements in education system to be more entrepreneurial oriented. The main aim of the paper is to identify...

Improving the quality of the teacher's professional competences is currently the subject of professional discussion in Slovak education. The intention is to improve and expand the theoretical and practical teacher training. Examination and reflecting on the issue of evaluation of the work of pupils in the process of education is considered to be an important aspect of undergraduate study. Effective and objective evaluation of the process and the results of education are among the basic pedagogical competencies. Th...

The purpose of this study is to determine the peculiarities of migratory activity of the population in the 21st century. In this study, attention will be paid to the main factors determining the migratory activity of the population. Determining the key factors will provide a practical opportunity for describing and analyzing extremely dynamic and constantly changing processes by the degree and intensity of their manifestation in the changing world. The monitoring of migration flows will be carried out in a retrosp...

Mechanical systems for producing mechanical vibrations gained more and more the role of training equipment and the vibrations obtained have an effect on muscles, facilitating the contraction or relaxation reflex depending on the possibilities of adjusting their parameters. Vibration platform training generates a tonic stretch reflex in all the muscles involved in the effort. During this reflex, the muscles contract and relax at very high speeds and the amount of active fibers reach 95% of muscle fibers involved in...

The article deals with the economic driving forces that provide students with possibilities to choose an optimal educational path. In our research we combine the theory of human economic behavior and the methodology of increasing efficiency of the human capital. We develop an econometric model of optimization for higher education and individual choice-making of educational paths. The proposed model is tested with the support of a specially established software on the basis of the real statistic data for more than ...

The theory of social treaty is one of the basic socio-political doctrines of the Enlightenment in Europe and in Russia. Different models of relations between the authorities and society are reflected in the treatises of European and Russian thinkers of the time. However, the concept of the social treaty represents the constantly changing ideological construct, "a tacit agreement", created, sought and spoken in various texts of culture. The author intents to observe the odic poetry of the XVIII century, the field o...

The article considers the features of production development in the conditions of the sixth technological order and the related needs in changing the level of education and training of human resources. Particular attention is paid to the training of management personnel, which will determine the efficiency and effectiveness of new production structures. It emphasizes the need to reassess the profile of the competencies of management specialists. In the mandatory managerial skill set one should assign skills that d...

One of the derivative securities is IRS and this implies the values of these instruments are determined by the assets that are underlying. IRS’ are a derivative security, and it implies their valuation is determined by the underlying assets. In that regard, assets refer to interest rates and loans. A swap involves the exchange of two cash flow streams by two parties. On the contrary, when dealing with swap interest rate, the cash flows refer to the payments of interest based on an amount of money. In this context,...

Doubleness is one of the most spread artistic methods of constructing a personality in European culture, which has a rich tradition. It received a special universal status in the era of Late Romanticism. In Romanticism, doubleness is an embodiment of a tragically incomplete breakthrough of a man to the eternally beautiful and perfect in those times, when the world started to be perceived as terrible and hopeless. Modernity presented a specific variation of Romantic doubleness; a double of the turn of the 19th – 20...

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 Bauhaus’ gender policy ...

In a lease agreement, when it comes to determine the residual debt at a given date in case of insolvency or continuous arrears (i.e. an early termination, before the maturity of the lease plan), often the contract decides upon the penalties and some lump sum refund for impairment. Accounting purposes require both the lessor and the lessee to calculate separately for the amount of the outstanding debt and the agreed-upon for the impairment and the penalties. In this paper, the authors propose a model for a precise ...

The aim of the submitted work is to detect relevant opinions, knowledge and impulses in the spectrum of filmologic reflection related to documentary film from its beginnings up to the stage of looking for new perspectives in new conditions. The accessible literature only randomly or marginally deals with the position and importance of individual personalities, groups, movements and profile theoretical works and their influence upon the development of documentary cinematography practice. Even less attention is paid...

The Lena-Amga interfluve of Central Yakutia is characterized by taiga-alas landscape. A feature of this area is a plain covered mainly larch taiga, the uniformity of which the thermokarst basins of alases violate. Alas represent a rounded or elongated hollow formed by years of soil defrosts, the bottom of which is covered by extremely nutritious for cattle meadow grass. The vegetation of alas represents meadow and praire system. For now days, Alas are the most important places for agriculture. A large number of ol...

Preservation of monuments of cultural inheritance is one of the priorities of cultural policy all over the world. It is especially important to preserve historical monuments in the regions possessing unique specimen of world level cultural phenomena in their original interpretation, unusual for the capital city. Nowadays architectural monuments, which are at the same time objects of cultural heritage and part of the current city environment, need more careful attitude, protection and reconstruction of their histor...

At the beginning of World War II, Hungary was still keeping its neutrality. However, in June 1941, it entered the war against the Soviet Union as a result of urging by the Germans and pushing by the Hungarian military leadership. The government was afraid that Hitler would support the neighbouring states (Romania, Slovakia) in their territorial disputes against Hungary if Hungary did not take part in the war. Hungary did not have any conflict with the Western Powers. In December, 1941, however, Great-Britain procl...

Nowadays, automobile traffic reaches such levels, that one of the biggest topics of the bigger and the smaller cities is its optimization. From this problematic arises a question as: how can we streamline traffic in the city? Or with which way can we get the traffic out of the city, to reduce the impact of the transit traffic to the city center. Automobile traffic often achieves critical numbers, which impact is in creation of traffic jams and the city can easily become impassable. The solution could be find in le...