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The aim of the study is to supplement the theses of the allocation theories and new eco-nomic geography of results the analysis of the agglomerative processes dynamics in the cities and regions of Russia. To achieve this goal the analysis of the studies on this issue was conducted, we presented theoretical back-ground, the analysis of the dynamics of agglomerative processes in Russian cities and regions was also held, and we made the appropriate conclusions. The reported study was supported by RFBR, research proje...

Nowadays, in the post-industrial economy, organizations compete between each other not only of producing goods but also of skills and ability to create, update, and use organizational knowledge and intellectual resources effectively, implementing them in the goods and services. Knowledge, skills and abilities, which provide a competitive advantage of the organization's staff, and also to the whole company. Methodological basis of the study is methods of system analysis, comparisons and analogies, logical-semantic ...

Estimation of efficiency from the perspective of an external investor draws a high enough interest in assessing the efficiency of risk management. Since the methods risk management are nontransparent information, the carrying out of empirical research is enough complicated. However, in a number of papers the elements of the assessment of so-called "market efficiency" are traceable, among which the most common factors are: the behavior of stock prices at the moment of collapse of the market, lower average cost of c...

The paper is focused on the issue of employee performance in regards to employee engagement. Several studies indicate that engagement of employees determines individual performance. In order to investigate this hypothesis, research was conducted in Slovak companies. The main objective of the research is to explore the existence of the relationship between the employee engagement in the organization and employee's performance. In order to reach the research objective, the engagement factors and indicators of indivi...

The article, touching the problems of the Byzantine style history in the architecture of historicism and modern period, is dedicated to revelation of this style in the architecture of Bulgaria, its relations with Byzantine prototypes, Bulgarian art of building and legacy of the National Revival, and comparison with Russian variant of Byzantine style, influencing on the development of the Byzantine current in the Bulgarian architecture.

The aim of the research undertaken by author is to define the unique moral essence of the legal principles and norms fixing the status of a person in criminal justice system from the point of view of their axiological genesis and their correspondence to the international law standards on human rights and to the constitutional grounds of the Russian Federation. It's methodology included the general methods of analysis and synthesis, the dialectic method, which permitted to test the criminal procedure system as soci...

At the level of the European Union there are legislative initiatives designed to create a business environment favourable to research and innovation which promotes the competitiveness of the pharmaceutical sector. When examining the compatibility with EU law of the conditions for the retail supply of medicinal products, the Court of Justice of the European Union stated that the health and life of humans rank first among the values and interests protected by the TFEU and that Member States are responsible for decid...

The aim of the research undertaken by author is to define the most adequate ways of optimization of the institute of disciplinary liability of a lawyer in Russia. Its methodology included both the general scientific methods and the specific juridical methods of cognition. The main results of the research include the original new knowledge that contains the summary and analysis of the achievements of the Russian legal ethical theory, the systematization of the samples of deontological rulemaking submitted by the Ru...

Ukraine's aspiration for European integration makes it necessary to bring the national legislation, including administrative, in line with European standards. Over the past two decades it has formed a significant body of legal rules based on these standards and aimed to establish various aspects of public administration. However, a positive regulatory effect on administrative practices was minimal, due to several factors, both legal and non-legal. Moreover, the main reasons of the revolutionary events in 2013-2014...

In the article the author analyses the position of shareholders who hold non-voting shares of the offeree company in the takeover process. By using the comparative method, the author emphasises the solutions adopted in the European and Croatian Law. According to the Takeover Bids Directive, as well as the Croatian Takeover Act, a mandatory takeover bid has to be published for the acquisition of the shares carrying voting rights in the company. By adopting this solution, the shareholders of non-voting shares are no...

In order to ensure a more efficient and more operational judicial protection of human rights and freedoms and control over the actions of public administration at the end of the twentieth century (1999) Lithuania has established functioning administrative courts. Thus, in modern and advanced democratic countries a widespread autonomous and independent special administrative justice model for resolution of arising disputes between individuals and the public administration was created. This particular article is int...

Through this study we want to highlight the Romanian legislation regarding murder and the circumstances that make the crime of murder severely punished. I analyzed only two circumstances of eight, premeditation and material interest. Each of these circumstances could be taken if specific conditions are met. There are also controversial situations in Romanian literature and jurisprudence regarding the detention of premeditation, situations which are to be analyzed in the paper and submitted to discussions to those ...

The author of this contribution deals with the competence of public prosecution service in the non-criminal field. In the first part of the contribution the author discusses theoretical basis of the non-criminal competence of public prosecution service. Then he analyzes non-criminal competence of public prosecution services of the V4 countries. In the last part he evaluates analyzed legal regulations and provides critical comments concerning in particular the new regulation of the Hungarian public prosecution serv...

Recent experience of Presidencies in the Council of the European Union was characterised by direct participation of V4 countries: the Czech Republic (2009), Hungary (2011) and Poland (2011). Lessons learned also suggest that Member States of the European Union might remain in the spotlight even after completion of their Presidencies. Moreover, in the (geo)strategic regional context, the European Union and its enlargement process open up to the potential and synergies of regional initiatives. Multidisciplinary appl...

Discourse plays an important role in political systems, especially during the electoral period and electoral campaigns. National politicians often used a wide range of themes that are related to any level of the political system, just to be elected once again. In such a competitive world, discourses and buzzwords play an important role in framing behaviour and relations. The themes of regionalization, good governance, autonomy, decentralization and reforms are very popular words of politicians at national level wh...

The main purpose of this paper is to reveal main characteristics of the conflict interaction between a business and authorities in Russia. Another purpose is to verify analytical possibilities of several concepts of the conflict studies for their usefulness in the examination of our subject in the post-Soviet Russia. This analysis gives us opportunities to solve an analytical problem of the conflict analysis in Russia and to describe the content of the new business development in Russia. There are specific ties be...

Robert Fico's candidacy in the Slovak presidential election in 2014 from the position of the Slovak Prime Minister may be perceived as a challenge to restructure the functioning of the executive power. Fico's authority and political past would be in the presidential office in sharp contrast with previous directly elected presidents, who at the time of taking the Office were the small political parties chairmen. Robert Fico as the president of the Slovak Republic could actualize the government system transformation...

Improvement of social situation of Roma citizens in Slovakia has been task for Slovak political elites for decades. It seems like no government or municipality is able to prepare real solution with long term effect. The problem also existed during totalitarian era in former Czechoslovakia. The most visible and the most intensive attempts to solve the issue were those from the late 60s and early 70s of the last century. The goal was to identify the main areas that were the cause of the exclusion of the Roma citizen...

The primary objective of the drafters of the Constitution should be the drafting of a real constitution that takes into account the actual social reality of a country, its real development objectives, the report of the social forces and ensure its implementation in practice. The makers of the constitution on the occasion of the drafting of each article of the constitution should think how it complies with reality, and whether it can be implemented in practice. To devise a realistic and functional constitution mean...

This article is the pilot study of the research focused on ethical values, virtues and character values of students. The main purpose is explain research aimed at investigating university students' perceptions of ethical values, including their importance, application, usefulness, origin, benefits and need for education. For students is necessary to accept ethical values benefits in all aspects of their life and then, to be aware of these advantages and to start applying and developing them in our daily activities...

The paper is focused on the analysis of selected risks with a more detailed elaboration of systematic and unsystematic risks that need to be taken into account in the valuation of the company's capital. In the processing of risk analysis, the focus was on analyzing the development of the $eta$ coefficient, country risk, capital market, as well as financial and business risks. The analysis was performed in selected production systems of the food industry in Slovakia in the period of 2003 - 2015. The paper compares ...

The problem of environment is a global problem. Each country has its own method of monitoring it. But in spite of its specifity, Information plays a great role in preventing environments pollution and decision-making. It is formed in the system of reporting as well as ecological. The data of ecology expense will help to estimate ecology risks. So it seems very up to date to create a method of environment's risk calculation, which should be done under the reporting connected with overrated payments under the negati...

This article is devoted to the solution of the actual problem in modern conditions: the credit portfolio risks assessment of non-credit organizations. The article presents the basic principles of diagnosing short-term credit risk for corporate business. The proposed method allows estimating the influence of the financial risk condition of borrower on the organization credit portfolio on the basis of the results of the analysis. The algorithm of calculation of the short-term risk limit for corporate client was deve...

Solvency II and Basel III regulations introduced on the European level brought about certain conditions to be fulfilled by the financial entities that are offering financial services to end users. One of the biggest change due to Solvency II is for the insurance undertakers to be aware of the risks profile of the their clients and of the markets (external risks) but in the same time to evaluate and counteract the negative effects of the operational risks - these are, after 5 years or more of discussions at Europea...

At international level there is a clear concern for the comparative analysis of the academic education systems of the member states of the European Union. In this context, through this work we intend to bring into the attention of those interested a comparative study of the funding mechanism of academic education in Romania and Spain, aiming to highlight the convergence elements and the particular aspects of each of the two financing models. For this, our debate will begin with the presentation of the two paradigm...

Given the recent economic downturn and the limited scope of monetary policy to provide additional stimulus for the economy, fiscal policy was regarded as the main tool for the economic recovery. The mix of expenditure and revenue measures has important implications with respect to output growth, as well as to other key macroeconomic variables. The literature on the determinants of successful fiscal consolidations generally favours spending-based over revenue-based adjustments and in particular, the empirical liter...

Urinary Tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infection among the worldwide women. The aim of this study is to make a comparison between the performances of 2 methods - Disc Diffusion Agar (DDA) and E-test, for antimicrobial susceptibility testing on Escherichia coli (E. Coli) isolated in women urine samples with UTI. Methods: The study group comprised 78 females (aged 25-65 years), with clinical symptoms of UTI. They were examined in the private clinic during 1.01-1.04.2015 and were included in the stud...

The paper describes the results of a research study focusing on the attitudes of university students to health and lifestyle. The research method was an optimised version of ATER semantic differential standardized for the Czech population. The research study involved students from the Faculty of Education, Palacky University, Olomouc in fields of study primarily associated with health promotion at the turn of 2014 and 2015. These were students of the Bachelor's study Health education with a focus on education, fol...

Based on the neo-institutional methodology, the article analyzes the peculiarities of the behaviour of elites in Georgia and its impact on the economy in the process of post-Soviet institutional transformation. This process was taking place in Georgia under the strong influence of political and economic elite which was characterized by “normative fetishism,” without taking a public interest into account. The concentration of violence potential seized by elites and diverse forms of abuse of institutions – the...

Stress has become a growing problem, frequently encountered in everyday life. Many indulge in everyday problems, while others try to find solutions to relieve the stress caused by different responsibilities or inconveniences. The bases of the capacity to do physical exercises independently are set during the practice of formal physical education and then continued during the practice of non-formal and/or informal physical education. This study was designed to investigate the beneficial role sport and physical acti...

Social workers may experience a higher level of stress in their profession of the ensuing burnout syndrome more than comparable working groups. The authors refer about the presence of burnout syndrome among social workers (women) in the context of health moderators. According to the nature of work the study file (was divided into 3 groups: 28 social workers- officers, 25 were working as caregivers at a home for the elderly and 28 were informal caregivers. The results of the study research file confirmed (pursuant ...

The study is focused on corporate philanthropy, one aspect of the extensive concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR requires corporations to optimize rather than maximize their profits, taking into considerations a triple bottom line of economic, social, and environmental values. CSR has been characterized as the concept in a variety of ways such as legally complying with the letter of the law, complying with the social and environmental codes of conduct engaging in corporate philanthropy, and the br...

In public discourse we often encounter teachers, ministers, caregivers, psychologists, pedagogues speaking about the negative consequences of parents' migration for their children. Do we indeed have a problem of euro-orphans indeed and scope of formal and informal childcare in Poland. The situation of a child whose parents migrated is undoubtedly difficult. Lack of one or both parents affects the entire development and upbringing of the child. Can caregivers replace a parent? What does a child miss most when the p...

Developmental dyslexia is a cognitive difficulty with the written form of language; it specifically impairs the individual's ability to read, write and spell, despite adequate instruction, normal intelligence and intact sensory abilities. Much of our current understanding of dyslexia pertains to difficulties with the English language. In learning to read English, the child first has to become aware of the sound structure of language –that spoken language is composed of words which, in turn, are composed of sylla...

We live in the world, which, being rich in various nations and cultures, communicates and collaborates using not only technology but also trying to behave in a similar way by sharing the same preferences regarding music, clothes, entertainment, etc. According to Lewis [1], people of different nationalities might have difficulties communicating with each other due to the difference in their traditions and norms. When it comes to values and anti-values, the situation is more similar. But how similar is it? The autho...

Health education has been included in the system of elementary education of the Czech Republic since the development of the curricular document entitled Framework educational programme for elementary education (education has followed this document since 1 September 2007). In order to ensure uniform quality of education for all pupils, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic started to develop Educational standards. The standards were developed according to the results of international res...

The development of today's business environment is influenced by the emergence of new technologies and the associated the rule changes of competition and social development accompanied by changes of preferences in the file of socially-accepted values. Individual businesses (in order to maintain their current competitive position and business performance) must quickly and flexibly react to this turbulent development by adequate changes (innovations) in their social behavior. It is necessary to create conditions wit...

The importance of the cohesion of the therapeutic group has been previously identified as a necessary condition for ensuring the efficacy of rehabilitation in the therapeutic community. This paper deals with the drug addiction treatment of inpatients (n=402) in a cross-cultural dynamics. Primary data were collected in Peru, Nicaragua and Czech Republic for the period between September 2013 and August 2014. Using a “Dimensions of Change Instrument” scale, the results show a significant difference in opinions of...

Dynamic sociology is the sociological approach that studies the effects of the social forces present and operating in social and cultural systems on the personality systems of individuals, determining the different forms of psychological organization which they assume through cultivation or primary and secondary socialization processes. The paper tries to explain how the original idea of dynamic sociology formulated by Howard Washington Odum in 1947 has developed into current social theory through the integration ...

The purpose of this research is to develop the models of psychological supports for diabetic patient through peer supports with an aim to design peer supports. Since the functions of the peer supports are context-dependent, the models need to be tailored to each context. In order to identify the context-dependent models, incremental approaches are taken. Firstly, context-independent models are assumed with reference to previous findings. Secondly, the models are applied to designing peer supports. Thirdly, the app...

In recent years, both in the scientific literature and in public speeches of public figures around the world more and more often using the terminology, either directly or indirectly related with the notion of demographic security. At the same time, several states are actively involved in the work aimed at the development and adoption of legislation regulating the principles and methods of providing demographic security. The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of demographic security. Considered and analyzed i...

Background: Despite the remarkable technical advances in renal nursing and renal replacement therapy, mortality and morbidity remain high in patients with chronic kidney disease, fact particularly true in older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), who often have a great number of coexisting diseases. In this population, life expectancy and quality of life may be rather poor, raising important ethical issues about the decision of initiating or withdrawing renal replacement therapy. Aim of study: was to eva...

Based on our previous studies of foreign literature dealing with person centered psychotherapy (PCP) in specific groups of clients and based on our own experience from working with clients with intellectual impairment, we were interested in the conditions of providing psychotherapy to clients with intellectual impairment within the person centered approach (PCA). The paradigms forming the system of care for intellectually impaired adults in the Czech Republic have brought us to several questions. The question of d...

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon of human trafficking for sexual exploitation by capturing the evolution of the phenomenon in a changed political-economic context after Romania joined the European Union. The data analyzed were obtained in a qualitative research ANIMANOVA (2009-2012) coordinated by The Partnership for The Equality Center Bucharest. Based on the interviews with professionals and victims from Romania we will present the changes in the magnitude or...

For several decades, aging of the population in many countries of the world has been visible. This is particularly evident in Western Europe where people aged 60 and 65+ account for about 1/5 of the population. A further increase in the number of people in this age group in the world is anticipated. According to forecasts, by 2050 the number of elderly people will still grow intensively. Forecasts of the Department of Economics and Social Affairs of the United Nations estimate an increase in the number of eldest p...

The damages of musculoskeletal system arising as a result of incorrect ergonomic arrangement of man – machine interface are current problems nowadays. The article discusses the application of ergonomic evaluation methods of routine working position. These include standardized methods but also physical methods Rapid upper limb assessment (RULA) and Rapid entire body assessment (REBA). They were used for evaluation of hand manual work completion lightweight components. The positions were considered separately for ...

This article is connected with main problem of dynamic social practices and their relationships with everyday means of life. Health of society and a person are connected through culture practices. The main goal of research is investigation of a social typical opinions and behavior of people as social actors who can understand reasons and consequences their usual activity. The research based on results of sociological research of 418 people (citizen of Yekaterinburg). We used questions about meanings of healthy foo...

Situation of aging and appearance of the 1st generation of elderly who prefer other consumer practices than medical services reflects in the article. The article highlights the results of our study which deals with the elderly, their information practices in Russia and trend of its utilization. The main goal of our quality research on a base 22 deep interviews was to evaluate the need of elderly computer users to continue them elaboration. The analysis of computer literacy training programs for elderly people led ...

The paper focuses on some aspects of the intimate relationship between personality and vision. The aim of our article is to relocate the eye pathology and its understanding, through the perspective of those who live with this problem. The eye pathology is reported to the suffering human being, who is aware that he risks to lose the richest source of information, an important support of social life and relations, and, of course, he risks to lose the pleasure of seeing. The article also presents some aspects concern...

Festivities and holidays have to be regarded as the antithesis of everyday life and routine. Nowadays social isolation is one of the reasons leading to the collapse of the most popular traditions followed by a human. The social change initiated by historical and political events, progress and development, on the one hand, and decline of moral and ethical values, on the other, marks out the contemporary epoch as the one shaped by loneliness and †mental' paralysis. The shift that might become crucial in the percep...