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The paper deals with a broader emphasis on sustainable environmental policy and for the fact, that security and safety of the citizens from disasters of natural and anthropogenic origin could not been done only through the classic concepts of population protection, but also through the protection of the Environment and its specific parts (atmosphere, water, biota, soil). On the basis of researches of this challenge and growing importance of environmental security all over the world, two Czech teams of experts (VSB...

To ensure the public interests by performing public administration should be a purpose of public service performed by public servants of state and municipal institutions. Hence, effective and transparent implementation of public administration by each state and municipal institutions depends on human factor. As well as, the quality of work of this human factor depends on the fulfillment of its legitimate interests. But the conception, scope and content of principle of legitimate expectations in public service of t...

The article contains the results of the analysis of legal regulation of community participation in education management in the city of Moscow, it also formulates the proposals on the improvement of the legislation under study. The research was done on the basis of a complex approach and methodological pluralism. In the course of research more than 40 statutory acts of the city of Moscow were analyzed, they were grouped according to the purpose of enactment (acts, determining the principles of community participati...

In response to the recent dynamics of society development, European states have been considering the concept of settlement as an alternative means of criminal conflict resolution. This alternative is particularly important in the context of European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/29/ES (25 October 2012), which defines the rights of crime victims as well as minimum standarts of support and defence. Criminal procedure resolves certain types of conflicts. Article 1 of the Criminal Procedure Law (henceforth the...

While respecting the variety of inter-group conflicts, most of them have a tendency to be related to political power, i.e. state power. That is because political subjects try to gain the biggest share of power possible, i.e. gain the possibility to influence its distribution, achieve certain goals and advance certain interests against the will of others. These efforts are common for individuals, groups within states, or among states. Clash of interests and opposition of goals occur and led to a political conflict....

The transformation process of the Slovak Republic from a socialist state into a democratic republic left scope and considerable potential for the creation and establishment of the charismatic leadership in terms of emerging young democracy. The development of Slovak political system after the fall of communism was the least linear in all the surrounding countries undergoing these transitions. The aim of this work will therefore mean serving an analysis of meciarism period and its main protagonist- Vladimir Meciar ...

The paper devotes to the problem of client-initiated occupational violence against workers in public administration. In Slovakia, this issue is still lacking proper attention from academic and political perspective. The aims of study: 1. To make out the extent forms and frequency of client-initiated occupational violence against public officials (in period of previous year). 2. To assess how Guidelines for prevention of third party violence and harassment at work have been adapted in branches of public administrat...

The structure of contemporary international relations is multilateral in nature and stage of the international system is rather of entropy. Changes in the system of international relations in the last two decades regrouped states as basic elements of the system, and states are now looking for a new place in the emerging new temporary balance. The symmetry of relations between the great powers is changing and radius of action of medium and small states in international relations has diminished. What are now possibi...

Legal and economic position of universities was already enshrined in 1998, by Act no. 111/1998 Coll., on universities and on changes and amendments to other Acts (hereinafter referred to as the "University Education Act"). In recent years, the autonomy of universities has been strengthened. In connection with this change, the responsibility for funding has been increased as well as for the proper management of allocated funds. Public universities receive a significant portion of their funding for their activities ...

According to estimations of relevant institutions, the private sector, experts, citizens, public administration shows lack of administrative capacity in the implementation of constitutional and legal functions. It is intense of all countries claiming to be members of the EU countries improve their governance and efficiency as a prerequisite for achieving the economic and political objectives in the functioning and in providing services to the citizens. The Government of the Republic of Macedonia should come out fr...

Whereas the concepts of human living is the fulfilment of needs, interests and values to achieve greater benefits, so the conflict is a natural part of human existence and communication, and it is therefore impossible to avoid all conflicts and their consequences. In intercultural context as well as in international relations, conflict is defined as the perceived or actual incompatibility of values, expectations, processes, or outcomes between two or more parties from different cultures. Intercultural conflict typ...

Never before was sociocultural communication as complex as it is these days. Natural character of man represented by his sociability, on the one hand, and curiousity, which make him explore and want to see and understand what is there beyond any border, on the other hand, intertwines with the deconstruction of original physical limitations and great time-space compression of our time. This creates a major common platform (and particular platforms) where plentiful and diverse cultures and their representatives meet...

The paper presents heuristic potential and philosophical interpretation of the concept of “ontological security”, developed in sociology of A. Giddens. This concept is important for understanding gaining security of the individual in risk, liquid and turbulent environment of modern society. Giddens' theory shows how transformations of classical modernity on the way to late modernity (postmodern or radicalized modernity) make social world unpredictable and unstable and change the relationship between time and s...

Each of issues of loneliness and sociality is widely analyzed nowadays. The aim of the paper is to analise them as antithetical or mutually influenced and overlapping poles of human being and existence, i.e. as phenomena of philosophical anthropology. Seeking answers on atributive character (or denying it) of sociality and loneliness is alaborated within essentialist and existentialist methodological approaches. Despite of the mostly accepted viewpoit on definiton of man as social being within essentialist approac...

In the article the problem of definition of extremism and theoretical interpretation of its essence is observed. Modern theoretical extremism researches are characterized by a remarkable variety of methodological approaches and concepts. The attempt to classify them just in the group around the problem of radicalization of social and political movements into violent extremism might result in enumeration of several dozens of sociological and other social theories. Whereby, the notion of extremism maintains its conc...

Naturalism is a view that everything that exists is Nature. There doesn't exist any other reality, apart from the natural one. Naturalists require that all phenomena be expressed taking into account only their natural causes. Natural causes are the ones that are accessible for scientific cognition. Science (physics) tries to describe this reality basing on observation and experiment as a foundation for creating theoretical constructs (theories) pertaining to natural phenomena. Mark Steiner, in his book entitled Th...

The paper is devoted to the explication of the inner mechanism of the teleological method in its relation to values as the principle of historical cognition as it is presented in H. Rickert's philosophy. The problem of the principles and methods of historical cognition is extremely important for contemporary philosophy as its crucial points concern not only basic grounds of historical cognition itself but also the very being of Mankind. One can see that nowadays among historians and philosophers there is not commo...

The purpose of the article is to consider the possibility of using the notion “refraction” in the research of literary translation as a kind of intercultural communication. The author introduces this notion in philosophy of translation in reference with the notion “typological dominant of text”, which is defined as the essential property of a text differentiating it from other types of texts. The typological dominant of literary texts is named “poeticity”. The notion “refraction” is used metaphoric...

Nowadays password 'sustainable development', for all the validity of the idea became fashionable slogan, because its actual, highly demanding requirements imposed are often impossible to apply from day to day in economic, technological and legal context of a particular country. Responsive architecture is the first step towards sustainable design, when the architect takes into account the status quo and makes decisions on basis of the analysis of current, available technological possibilities and financial capabili...

Considering the user's importance during the creation process in design and the fact that we live in a society where diversity reigns, in order to have a greater guarantee of success in a project, it is imperative to use a participatory methodology. However, when those users are children under school age it is necessary to pay special attention to possible necessary adjustments, especially from the point of view of communication. It is intended to build a communication code focused on child audience so that it can...

A main concern of contemporary cities in developed countries is to provide an urban environment that encourages non-motorized transport. However, depending on the socio-cultural background of the city under study, specific parameters may demand to be considered. This paper tackles the study and assessment of the environmental qualities of Taipei city urban environment from the point of view of its walkability. The examination of the potentials of urban ambiances in Taipei city and the sensory stimuli they provide,...

Although the studio based learning in architectural education is founded on the interaction between the tutor and the design student, there are few studies on the means and methods to facilitate this interaction. The well-known methods are one to one and public tutorials and from the tutors' side, all function for articulating what they think is important for the effective development of the student project. Within the specific system of limited guidance in the final semester design studio at Gazi University, Depa...

The environmental factors directly affect the persons' perception, comfort, and concentration in working environments. Accordingly, in home office environments, room settings can enhance the preference of the working environment. With this in mind, differently designed home office environments, were assumed to influence the perceptual performance of design students. To verify this hypothesis, six different home office room pictures, were tested by eliciting responses to seven bipolar semantic differential items on...

The rapid development of metropolises is pushing the prices of real estate higher and higher, as areas closer to their centers become more attractive to real-estate developers for the purposes of constructing high quality office and residential complexes. The inhabitants of these areas who are not wealthy enough to purchase a larger dwelling and for whatever reason choose to remain in them, are forced to inhabit smaller and smaller residences and apartments. The article attempts to examine the phenomenon of micro-...

There had been some researches made related with the effects of the physical settings within the offices on the behavior of the employees by now. This paper has been trying to carry this topic one step further by researching the effects of the physical settings within the offices on the motivation of the employees by considering the motivation theories existing in the literature. To be able to increase the awareness; case studies are used in addition to the literature to be able to reveal the real life experiences...

The principles of harmonization of sound and visual components in multimedia advertizing are considered. Five main indicators on which it is expedient to establish compliance with the subsequent harmonization are offered. The emphasis is placed on timbre characteristics of a sound component. The technique and algorithm for practical use are offered.

Among different extant written sources of Tibetan music, namely, theoretical works, notations and manuals, the “Treatise on Music” written in the thirteenth century by prominent Tibetan scholar Sa skya Paṇḍita Kun dga' rGyal mtshan (1182—1251) is the earliest and most informative one. As this work includes three chapters almost entirely dedicated to the theory of vocal music production and composition techniques (with a small part relating to musical instruments), the treatise seems to be very important ...

In the late 40. of twentieth century, there was discovered the possibility of music creation by means of electronic tools. Ten years later – during the Internationale Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik – there were held lectures of electronic music. The lectures bounced wide repercussions among the participants of meetings in Darmstadt. In the context of whole legacy and available comments of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio, or Gyorgy Ligeti, one can be argued that the experience in experimenting with...

The present research aims to study the works of outstanding modern conductor N. Harnoncourt during the period of the late XX c. and early XXI c. for example of productions of the opera wrote by Mozart "La Clemenza di Tito" and identify basic principles and regularities of the dynamics of the style. The methodology of the study was the comparative method, that enabled a comparative historical and cultural analysis of the phenomena of Opera art of modern time. N. Harnoncourt in his work the of Mozart's Opera "La Cle...

This article is about different Multimedia 360В° technologies and some examples, how to use of Multimedia 360В° technologies for filming of different events (theatrical performances, musical concerts, city excursions, etc.). Also described the experience of technological base of Multimedia 360В° technology, created by team of center design and multimedia (ITMO University).

South Yenisei during Russian exploration of Siberia at the beginning of the 17th century was part of the North-Mongolian state ruled by Altyn-khans. However, until recently the name of these rulers was known only in connection with one archaeological site in the area. It was a large fortification surrounded by a stone and earth wall on the right bank of the Yenisei River near the estuary of the Sizaya River. Currently, though, it stands to reason that there is the second object of a similar kind detected, a fortif...

Khakass-Minusinsk Basin is known due to a large number of archaeological objects of different types and ages. Among them there are mountain fortresses which were called В«sveВ» by indigenous people. The fortresses were used in the Middle Ages and the early Modern period. Quite a number of fortresses were built at the confluence of the Belyi and Chernyi Yus Rivers in the north of Khakassia. They could have protected a very important object presumably located in the square made by the valley called Albany on the rig...

The community rites performed in the sacred space of the extra funerary votive crucifixes become social artifacts of social communication, supporting the interpersonal relationships within the same nation or community. The direct experience on the subject has been proven by designing, developing and disseminating the project on "Votive Crucifixes and Border Crosses. Their Role and Meaning in the Life of Rural Settlements in Olt County". The project was developed by the Olt Center for Preservation and Development o...

This paper is focused on both the anthropological and biblical theme. The work aims to present a few aspects of the disciple's figure in the Bible, especially in the Gospel of Saint Mathew. In the Gospels, the disciples followed the Saviour and were witnesses of his wonderful words and deeds. After they learned at the school of Jesus, they were sent to continue the work of spreading God's Kingdom. With respect to the theme, the first step is analytical: some general elements of the identity regarding the disciples...

The purpose of this study is to present some aspects of the symbolism of human clothing in the Book of Revelation. The theme is biblical with regard to anthropology. The work has as starting point some general considerations about the various symbolisms in Revelation, especially the anthropological symbolism. As exemplification, we use a short exegesis of three images: The Son of Man (Revelation 1:12-20), the Woman crowed with 12 stars (Revelation 12); the clothes of saints (Revelation 7:12-17; 19:7-8). The analys...

This article deals with the classification and typology of the stone altars. These objects are quite common for the nomadic tribes of Eurasia from the seventh to third centuries BC. They are widespread in the forest-steppe of the Dnieper region, Northern Black Sea region, Volga river basin, in the Ural and Kazakhstan steppes and Aral Sea region. In this article stone altars, which were found in the territory of the Southern Urals, are regarded. Most of the finds come from burial complexes or were found accidentall...

The cults of solar theology were more prominent in the territory of Serbia in the Late Roman period. The expansion of Christianity was slow so the strong church organization could not have been established in Naissus before of Milan edict. Pagan monotheistic ideas were close to some concepts of Christianity particularly those implying the equality between rich and poor in eternal paradise after death. Nevertheless, contrasts in the concepts of these religions were big and irreconcilable and resulted in decisive vi...

The transition from Gothic to Renaissance usually explained in the canonical architectural criticism as the (re)discovery of Greco-Roman culture fostered by humanism. Faced with this traditional view, the proposed paper attempts to show that the change, rather than disciplinary, was due to the emergence of a new structure of thought. In Europe, this change entailed moving from a world and a transcendent space to another scientist, as reflected in the passage of the space/divine light of Gothic cathedrals to the sp...

Smartness becomes a characteristic of further successful development for any territorial unit – beginning with the EU as a whole through to individual local territorial units in each its Member State. One of the priorities regarding smartness is the expansion of innovative activity, which promotes an increase in the competitiveness of any territory in the global market. Latvia as one of the EU Member States is not notable with high characteristics of innovative action (GCI). For this reason, an important researc...

The timber architecture trails of the borderlands and the inclusion of the preserved Orthodox and Catholic churches, as well as unique timber synagogues on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List has contributed to the development of cultural tourism in Poland and in the neighboring countries. Open-air museums have been established around these timber structures and their staff have started to seek new ways of advertising their exhibitions through marketing. The aim of their management is to increase the popularity of...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the reasons why students from Hacettepe University, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design who have been to Italy have decided to participate in the Erasmus Student Exchange Program. The methods used in the study include interviews and questionnaires conducted on the students who participated in the program. Through these methods, it was examined why the students have attended the Erasmus student exchange program; have choses Italy, and Italy's cont...

The paper presents various aspects of the process of transience in architecture: technical, functional, social and civilizational. Both the transience and the tendency to nomadism are intrinsically linked with the architecture of buildings and cities. However, the perception of these processes is largely associated with hard to define, subjective assessments.

Investment incentive is one of determinants for attraction of foreign direct investments. Due to relatively identical or uniform conditions, incentive is the instrument for governments to gain some advantage in comparison to other countries. The most proclaimed argument to use incentives is the job creation. These jobs would be not created, if the incentives were not provided for foreign investors. On the other hand, incentives themselves mean expenditures that have to be paid in effort to create such jobs. Thus, ...

The paper analyses Romania's destination image communicated in international tourism promotion campaigns, through seventeen TV commercials. The authors analyzed and compared the main destination attributes and the holistic country image communicated in each campaign. The results highlight the way national tourism promotion strategies position Romania within the international travel market.

The aim of the research undertaken by authors is to define the optimal way of interaction of civil society institutions and criminal proceedings in Russia. Its methodology included both the general scientific methods and the specific juridical methods of cognition. The main results of the research include new knowledge about the possibility to implement into the criminal proceedings the institutions which can exercise effective control over the course of the investigation, and to promote the administration of just...

The article is concerned with the problem of uncertain treatment of collaboration and cooperation strategies and complications connected with this approach. The key issue for this problem resolution is an ability to adequate recognition of conflicting parties interests and separation their interests from positions. To realize what is the level of analyses depth adequate to the particular situation is complicated. This is traditionally one of the most important and difficult issues not only for beginners in mediati...

The paper analyzes the Amendment of 328/2002 Coll. Act, the adoption of which had been planned for ten years. Up to 2013, the policemen and soldiers in their best active years were leaving for retirement pension and the state kept losing its skilled and highly active policemen and soldiers with long-term experience. The here discussed Amendment plans to deal with these unwished consequences. The paper therefore sums up changes in social security of policemen and soldiers in Slovak republic that are anchored in afo...

Illegal employment brings about negative social phenomena in relation to dependent activities of individuals performed under an employment relationship. Natural persons who work illegally are unable to bear their burden of producing evidence regarding their entitlement to wages and holidays, allowance for meals, as well as other entitlements under the relevant labour laws. The purpose of the paper is to present the legislation related to illegal work and illegal employment in the Slovak Republic which is the key i...

The paper discusses the questions related to the establishment and functions of programs of political parties. It also reveals a general problem of these programs of the parties, which are represented in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The result of the study is an idea to change the regulatory requirements imposed on the programs of political parties of the existing legislation in Russia.

The purpose of the paper is to point at the chosen problems which must be dealt with by the society when regulating the acceptance of information in connection with the protection of humanity and human dignity, mainly with the emphasis on the harmonic development of juveniles. Topic of the paper, which is anchored in the area of administrative law , offers the distinctive overlaps to the area of constitutional or family law and directs to multidisciplinary or international law research of the issue, concept and le...