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Along with paintings, drawings, and prints representing workshops and studios in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe, written sources also provide important information concerning the different typologies, functions, and organization of the creative and entrepreneurial spaces of the artist in early modern times. These spaces were often the stage of significant social and cultural exchanges with patrons, commissioners, and collectors, in which art-related explorations coexisted with science-oriented exp...

The teaching assistant has been used very often in the Czech education system in recent years, and we find his presence in almost all types of schools. In the future, we can expect an ever-increasing quality and quantity of these workers. The teaching assistant meets in his practice and will very likely continue to meet with social and health tasks. According to current legislation in the Czech Republic, acts of a social nature are part of the profession of teaching assistant. However, we can still (not very rarel...

this article shows how in the last two decades UNESCO had started to recognize the nonprofit international association the Fédération Internationale des éhicules Anciens (FIVA) historical cars as part of its world heritage initiative. FIVA was founded in 1966 and its aim is the preservation, restoration, use and culture of mechanically propelled road vehicles. In 2017, FIVA was recognised by UNESCO as the body for Historical Vehicles and related Culture. The 1895 Carl Benz patent "car with internal combustion engi...

The overpainted layers reveal the artist’s working process, the way he created his work in different phases until the final painting. Photographing paintings in near-infrared spectrum (NIR/IR reflectography) also provides protection against counterfeit art paintings. This paper investigates the intrinsic properties of colorant twins based on the InfraredArt theory, which expands the knowledge about the light absorption response in the visual (V) and near-infrared spectrum (NIR). The key support for the establishme...

The article deals with the impact of advertising communication on the consumers' mind. The article presents the results of a study focused on the features of constructing the image of the family in advertising. Advertising has a strong impact on large seg

In this paper, I will approach the connections I have discovered between two composers born in different centuries and cultures, belonging to distinct historical periods, but having certain biographical resemblances, similar compositional conceptions and multiple stylistic options. Gustav Mahler and Alfred Schnittke have in common the combination of various musical styles and different sources of inspiration, the integration of folkloric elements in musical contexts with new aesthetic features and the approach to ...

Children are growing up in a digital environment and, from early on, they get used to watching films and images first and foremost, well before they learn to read. The screen keeps entertaining even very young “illiterate”. Slowly but steadily the screen becomes the child’s best friend and their main window onto the outside world, as determined by digital addiction. It contains moving pictures and is predominated by fascinating narratives. Therefore, within the framework of this study, it seemed important to find ...

The objective of the paper was to present the perception of teachers in schools for pupils with disability concerning the pandemic, the requirements of the educational process as well as the impact on pupils’ families. The research is an observational-descriptive cross-sectional study. Given the nature of the study, there was no need to establish and include a control group. The design of the study was selected in order to obtain research data as soon as possible given the topicality of the social and educational ...

The main benefits of Industry 4.0 for more efficient use of resources are the reduction of energy and raw material consumption of production, increased productivity in production, optimization of logistics routes and technological solutions for decentralized production systems. The basic and necessary condition for the implementation of intelligent production systems and services is digitalization. If we focus on sustainable development, then we are talking about sustainable production. Sustainable production desc...

European theatre was born in the 6th century BC in Athens. Since then, the theatre art continually develops new concepts, forms and styles but keeps looking for a kind, understanding, dedicated audience. In the era of modern technologies, it develops fast

The general rationale of this article applies to the interest in the visualisation of the historical heritage during the Empire period in France, the trends of retrospectiveism in contemporary art and design, and the need to explore the phenomenon of 'grand style', the idea of which is emerging today in art salons around the world more often. The year 2021 marks the 200th anniversary of the Emperor's death. In this respect, women's costume of the beginning of the XIX century in France is still a relevant research ...

The purpose of this paper is to present the role of education in the professionalization of public administration, based on which the hypothesis was set that ethics education increases the professionalization of public administration. The methodology used in the paper to verify the hypothesis includes scientific methods of deduction and induction, methods of analysis and synthesis, and mathematical-statistical methods in the processing and presentation of the research results. Special emphasis is placed on the cas...

The core of this article is that ideas and mastery of artistic techniques are of par im-portance when making a work of art according to Stanley William Hayter. Our question was then, where do ideas come from and how can we bring them to the surface? This study is about how Hayter showed that ideas are directly related to images. Influenced by Jungian ideas of the collective unconscious, he made use of automatic drawing and the technique of engraving, giving a new use to the burin on a copper plate to make them eme...

The article presents the results of the study of visual communication formats of fashion brands in social networks. The main effects of communication are considered; the results of the analysis of cases containing the techniques and means of visual commun

The successive enlargements from 2004 and 2007 of the EU had extended its borders, leading not simply to the creation of a new and longer Eastern border, but also to a new border regime in the form of the European Neighbourhood Policy. With the enlargements the EU became a close neighbour of criminal groups originating from the Eastern neighbourhood, which by undertaking criminal activities have became a serious threat to the European welfare state system, leading to the implementation of consolidated security mea...

The article deals with the issue of multimodality and its impact into innovative perspective of transdisciplinary social semiotic research. We are aimed at the identification of new features of multimodality resulted from creative modification of familiar

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) provides many benefits to companies, perhaps most importantly that as a result of its influence, civil organizations, the media and other stakeholders will be less likely to attack the company; it can therefore be understood as a form of risk management. CSR in fact reduces the risk of tightening regularly the rules; working with government can bring benefits to the company itself or to business life in general. In addition, trusting relationships reduce transaction costs, whe...

Since the breakout of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, post-secondary education in Croatia has been held almost exclusively online. Therefore, teachers and students had to adapt to the entirely way of education. Online classes were held by using web-conference tools (MS Teams, Zoom, Moodle webinar), while class materials and online exams were available through learning management systems (Merlin, 2co2, Moodle). In this paper we present the results of surveying students of electrica University of Rijeka, and studen...

The effects of ionizing radiation on the basis of cellular losses of radiation to the body can cause disease changes of various kinds, which can manifest themselves over several days, weeks, and others over the years to decades. From the point of view of an integrated organism, the effects of ionizing radiation extinguish deterministic effects, where the effect occurs naturally after reaching a certain radiation dose and stochastic effects, where the probability of damage increases as the radiation dose increases....

As a teacher I have directly conducted research to experiment with new methodologies in teaching to demonstrate that even children or kids can be able to create a drawing and therefore an object in 3D and improve their skills in addition to creativity by developing real problem solving skills. A new teaching methodology therefore requires helpingstudents not to be afraid of making mistakes by encouraging them to move forward on their learning path. Going from the ideal to the real and even better from the virtual ...

Nowadays music has become an inseparable element of modern audiomarketing strategies. It is intentionally introduced into commercial spaces to influence consumer behaviour by triggering appropriate physiological, affective and cognitive responses. In order to determine the possible selected dependencies, experimental studies were carried out in natural conditions in one of the chain clothing stores located in a shopping mall in Warsaw, where an audiomarketing strategy is implemented on a daily basis. Three situati...

The subject of the study is the identification of psychosocial factors and the needs of seniors with cognitive impairment in a situation of persistent pandemic Covid 19. The theoretical basis is the clinical aspects of the target group and the conceptual approach to social health. The paper specifically describes the partial results of a part of longitudinal research, continuously implemented since 2013 within specialized research projects for universities at the Institute of Special Education Studies, Faculty of ...

The basis of the country's educational policy today is the competence approach. It is enshrined in the state‘s educational standard and respectively in the new curricula in all subjects: through the indicated expected learning outcomes in the form of competencies; through the proposed recommended percentage distribution for the different lessons; through guidelines for specific assessment methods and forms; through the sample activities that support the acquisition of key competencies and the implementation of int...

In-store music is regarded as an effective tool of marketing communication and social control. According to the marketing theory appropriately designed music(scape) can mediate two contrary effects: namely approach and avoidance behavior. The first one includes all positive behaviours that might be directed at a particular place, such as a desire to stay, explore and affiliate, joy of shopping, returning, spending money, time spent browsing, loyalty etc. Avoidance behaviour reflects the opposite. What role in thes...

Learning is a result of brain activity, a neuro-phenomenon that can be analysed in response to a variety of research questions. This article aims at focusing on the teacher’s working scope, explaining what neurodidactic actions of the teacher contribute to learning. The obtained results demonstrate that the learning process, which we intend to construct in accordance with neurodidactic principles, can be analysed according to four main factors: students’ neurostimulation, perception and consolidation of teaching m...

Digital technology development has been emerging in the last couple of years. Moreover, the pandemic period has accelerated the implementation of various video conferencing systems. Nowadays, virtual collaboration became imperial not only in the secondary, but in the higher education as well. Wide variety of digital platforms have become common practice in adult education regardless the age category of learners and educators. Furthermore, the digital disruption radically has changed how the educators and learners ...

Educational environment is the most important factor that affects student’s motivation, ambitions, and their emotional state. It can also be a detrimental factor to student’s persuasion of higher education and can demotivate students from staying in health care. [1]. This research paper used literature review to find studies that used Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire, which was developed by Sue Roff, to evaluate learning environment. [2] The questionnaire was translated into Czech, ...

The overall theoretical problem of the study is systematization of art history methods and approaches involved in description and analytics of ancient Christian architecture within the frame of the European XVI–XVIII centuries aesthetic thought. The specific challenging issue the article addresses is the role of Palladian art history and art criticism tradition played in formation of national school of Christian architecture studies and architectural art criticism in Russia. The object of the study is the heritage...

After decades of well-developed public housing programs in the Yugoslav socialist state, the socio-political shift of the 1990s introduced new challenges into the housing domain: privatization, ownership redistribution, and market liberalization. These processes were accompanied by deindustrialization as well as economic and refugee migrations, which caused a new housing crisis. The withdrawal of the state from housing investment on the one hand, and the instrument of the ‘detailed urban plan’ on the other, led to...

During the past century, the main building of the State Hermitage has undergone signif-icant historical metamorphoses: the fall of the residence of the Russian imperial family, the October Revolution of 1917, World War II, and finally gaining the status of one of the most important Soviet and later Russian museums. A lot of literature has been writ-ten about the history of this place, including scientific works about the extensive collec-tion of this museum, including a magnificent collection of Italian paintings ...

A postage stamp is a security that goes down in history. The stamp we are presenting was designed and issued in Croatia, EU, on 24 September 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic in Croatia. This stamp contains new values through IRD, and that is exactly what we show and offer to philatelists. The stamp "100 years of otorhinolaryngology" has artistic beauty and scientific innovation in the development of twin colorants. In the visual solution of the stamp are embedded hid...

Background: Being effective is very important for any organisation. With a given number of inputs, more efficient companies can create more outputs than less efficient ones leading to better use of resources. Improving efficiency increases firm competitiveness. This paper focuses on the link between the firm’s economic efficiency and firm size. Only a few studies are examining this relationship, and the authors of this article revealed no study investigating this link on data of the Czech companies. Methods: Data ...

The concept of patient’s rights itself was fairly known before the last four or five decades, and medical malpractice of all kinds made the aggrieved party to seek redress at a court; but no special legislation, apart from rare exceptions, has ever existed to anchor the patient’s rights before the late 20th century. In the civil law tradition of the 20th century, especially its earlier decades, doctors could be held criminally or civilly liable for a wide variety of malpractice, including unauthorized medical inte...

The main field of study for the article topic is the innovation clusters concept, a brief history about clusters and how are becoming more and more essential for innovation development. The functioning of innovation is based on cooperation and collaboration between entities, allowing orchestration of activities, new technologies and adopting solutions based on the market needs. Proximity is often correlated with cooperation, better use of nfrastructure and built of science and tech parks as a way of increasing eco...

The process of organization and functionality of one of the most important attributes of any modern democratic legal state, i.e. the state power, is based on certain principles. The principle of separation of powers is universally acknowledged as such a fundamental principle, thus it is generally established in the constitutions of democratic states. Upon restoration of Independence1 the state power in the Republic of Lithuania is also implemented based on the doctrine of separation of powers. Particularly increas...

The article focuses on the evaluation of therapeutic and therapeutic-educational approaches from the perspective of patients of psychiatric units (Military Hospital Olomouc, Psychiatric Hospital Kroměříž) in the process of addiction treatment (drugs and drug-alcohol combinations). The subject of the research is the factor of evaluation of semantic differential of the following interventions: dramatherapy, progressive stages of treatment (0-3), medication, psychotherapeutic group, self-management - therapeutic comm...

The paper presents main aspects related to the evaluation of management efficiency, implemented within protected areas, especially those belonging to the ecological network Natura 2000. It aims to monitor progress in the management of protected areas, as they have experienced exponential growth in the last decade due to the rate of extinction of species and the destruction of ecosystems. In order to maximize the potential of protected areas, biodiversity conservation is considered to improve the management plan by...

Giftedness is inherent in man, distinguishes him from other living beings. Learning the natural foundations of giftedness, we approach the understanding of the origin of man, the conditionality of development and freedom. This paper uses practice-based research, critical analysis of literature and observations to investigate the various issues involved with the application of contemporary art in the study of child's giftedness. The methodology of the study was to use the method of variance analysis to process empi...

It seems that over the years in the Italian legal system, the legislator has never provided a clear legal concept of the environment that can be taken as a safe point of reference. Indeed, the environment is defined differently in different laws - sometimes indirectly or per relationem - and this creates considerable difficulty of interpretation. Particularly since the mid-seventies in Italy there has been a significant increase in legislation protecting the essential elements of the biosphere (water, air and soil...

Academic and labour market success are determined not only by higher academic performance but also by participation in extra-curricular activities and the results achieved there. The involvement in different competitions related to specific school subjects or fields of study does not only contribute to deepening one’s knowledge in that particular field. Competing with the top representatives of a certain field also promotes the improvement of higher level cognitive processes. Participation in competitions has a de...

The economic and political instability in many countries, the growth of unemployment, the decline in social security and the intensification of migration processes have formed trends in the spread of kidnapping, human trafficking, the use of their slave labor and other crimes aimed at personal freedom. The organized, international and transnational nature of these crimes, as well as their spread in many states, predetermined the need for cooperation between law enforcement agencies of various countries in the fiel...

The topicality of the current study lies in the fact that international standards and documents that have been accepted by the European Union education sector emphasize the need to ensure equal pay for equal work and the importance of non-discriminatory treatment, while Latvian planning documents identify tasks to eliminate inequalities, with an emphasis on education system reform - introduction of teacher motivation system, teacher salary system improvement or development of a new salary system. The current teach...

In the last decade, the research of a scientific text from the perspective of communicative function has become a focal point of linguistics. Great attention is paid both to the analysis of the text formation mechanism and to the principles and legitimacy of the creation of specific scientific text genres. Unfortunately, there are still few studies in Latvia dedicated to the structural and semantic analysis of various scientific texts. Therefore, the current study focuses on linguists' reviews of doctoral theses a...

This study aims to reach and illuminate at the first level, dramaturgically and comparatively the librettos of the comedians playwriters of the Italian 18th century Carlo Goldoni and Carlo Gozzi. The Venetians playwriters are two of the "fundamental cornerstones" of world theater history, which affected the work of the modern and postmodern world dramaturgy and stage practice. This theatrical production, placed in the context of the original boom of comedian theater in Europe in the 18th century, simultaneously wi...

This article proposes to create a connection between two seemingly contradictory universes: the art of sculpture and the art of music. The creation of one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, Constantin Bra?ncu?i, became an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists from different domains, especially for musicians, Romanian composers creating diverse symphonic works inspired by the artist’s sculptures. Background: In the history of art, Bra?ncu?i makes a striking turn. He adopts a unique attit...

When Steve de Shazer and his team applied the Wittgensteinian philosophy in therapy, they revolutionized the field while they discovered brief therapy. Was it an accidental coincidence? What was the role of Wittgensteinian philosophy in creating the theoretical and practical space of brief therapy? What are the exact consequences of treating a one on one meeting as a language game - let it be a therapy session, a coaching, or a personal meeting between the leader and a team member? Can we revolutionize one on ones...

Objective: Assessment of iodine and thyroid status in a group of pregnant women in the perimarine area of Romania, the geographical area without iodine deficiency. Undetected or untreated thyroid dysfunction can be associated with a number of materno-fetal complications. The administration of iodinated compounds in pregnancy requires individualization. The ratio of urinary iodine concentration (UIC)/urinary creatinine (UCr) may be an objective criterion for evaluating iodine nutrition in the perimarine area. Mater...

In the service industry, regardless of the market sector, the quality of service is of paramount importance. Museum staff members interact with visitors and influence their perception of the service. However, communication and customer relationship management are not the only factors; museum visitors are also influenced by a museum’s atmosphere. Hence, the reoccurring visits of a museum visitor varies depending on these factors. This research is exploratory in nature and aims to identify the most important paramet...

The article highlights the fact that for responsible tourism as the first and foremost benchmark for the tourism industry the obstacle is the challenges caused by the excessive growth of global tourism, also called "overtourism". It is emphasized that in order to mitigate the adverse consequences of this phenomenon, the authorities and the business community of the tourist destinations shall make active focused efforts to assess this phenomenon, the state of the tourism industry and its development prospects. The ...

The paper presents the experimental data obtained on two groups of students, one control, in two normal classrooms and respectively in the gym, outdoors and another in the same type of rooms, but with a halochamber regime, differentiated on the two gender and age, including children born in 2006 and 2007, at the age with the highest growth rate. The primary data obtained were recorded in a tabular system, followed by their processing and graphical representation of the evolution over time of functional characteris...