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The paper addresses various topics considering the identification of risks most common for financial market infrastructures. Views expressed in the article are in line with The Principles for financial market infrastructures and modern risk management developments in this field. Different approaches to identify risk appetite are considered depending on the business line of the infrastructure and main risks associated with it. The study uses comparative methods, benchmarking to market practices and recommendations....

The article presented here has its origins in the framework of R+D project Multiculturalism and Social Exclusion in Images for Children: Illustration and Pedagogy (HAR2014-53168-P. Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness). The fundamental aim of this project is to analyze the potential of children’s picture books as a complementary tool for teaching infant and primary level schoolchildren about values with regard to gender equality, multiculturalism, disability and, in general, “difference”. Set out he...

The major research objective was to analyze the problem of organization of inclusive social space from a perspective of disabled people’s social activity. Authors examine the problem of social inclusion as interdisciplinary task, whereas social activity of people with disabilities is viewed as activity caused by both internal and external factors. Methodology. This work actualizes formation of disabled people’s social demands for opportunities corresponding to principles of humanism, social equality, tolerance and...

The development and growth of the autonomy of the regions implies an increase in their degree of recognition, related to the increase of international economic relations and trade. One of these options is a free economic zone, as a particular type of state (or private) regulation of international economic relations and trade. Free economic zones around the world must include free - commercial, port, economic, banking - or duty - free shops and warehouses. Generally, they are designed to stimulate industrial export...

The article is dedicated to the issues on implementation of cooperation between the governmental bodies of the Russian Federation (RF) regions, self-governing bodies and potential developers (investors) based on the geoinformation technologies in order to support and provide the investment construction projects in the engineer prepared territories with information and in order to improve the investment feasibility features of the RF regions. The authors viewed the results on implementation of the investment projec...

Old age is associated with a number of significant losses, the loss of spouse being regarded as the most important. Seniors respond to the death of their life partners in various ways. Even though the grieving process is a highly individual matter and the manifestations of grief are multi-determined, in accordance with the existing knowledge, it is possible to postulate a hypothesis that siblinghood in old age may be an important salutoprotective factor and a source of natural (informal) social support for widowed...

The precondition for the well-functioning society and the economic success is a highly skilled labour force. Improving the level of education helps to increase the competitiveness of people on the labour market and at the same time, reduces labour shortages and increases employment in society. The objective of our case-study was to determine the contributory and hindering circumstances of continuing education. Content analysis was used as a quantitative research method, which helps to measure texts by quantitative...

The current European and international concerns on economic growth are embracing the stimulation of innovation and research, by generating new knowledge to ensure the competitiveness of organizations regardless of type, size, and operating industry. The paper addressed the issue of innovation for sustainable economic growth and investigated main factors responsible for innovation potential within Romanian business sector. The research methodology envisaged statically analysis of data by highlighting the results of...

The 2016-2018 pre-election cycle in France, the USA and Russia showed that the development of analytical methods applied to pre-election campaigns, which would take into consideration the influence of social media and the analysis of the degree of potential electors’ involvement into the Internet, are warrant. The article deals with the results of the empirical research entitled “The pre-Election Campaign Communication Model: comparative analysis of the US experience in Russia”, in which we have analyzed the elect...

Education of young people through a quality education system and in line with the requirements of the time is the main goal for each country, especially for developing countries. In the case of Kosovo characterized by the young population and at the same time with a low degree of development economy, the creation of a quality education system should be a top priority. The theoretical part of the paper deals with the advantages and weaknesses of the public and private system in secondary schools as well as the opin...

The interests of legal entities in Macedonia are protected by notaries. The notary services in Macedonia are adopted by the Law on the Notary. By accomplishing these services, the legitimate interests of natural and legal persons are also protected and on the other hand the legal certainty is created due to the nature of the notarized documents. With regard to this, the role of the notary comes into expression upon its creation, alteration and revoking of the legal relations. The legal relations are also created d...

Authors analyze the current situation connected with planning, development and realization of ethnocultural aspect in teaching mathematics in national schools of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. The mathematics teachers’ task at schools with the Yakut, Evenki, Even, Dolgan, Chukchi and Yukaghir ethnocultural component is not only to transfer to pupils the knowledge of the subject, but also to form the understanding of mathematics as part of universal culture. Experience of holding a competition of methodological deve...

The interest in Freemasonry has shifted today from the field of metaphysics to the scope of aesthetics. The method of the “new hermeneutics”, proclaimed by Ulitskaya, presupposes an appeal to the world culture codes. The mythology of Freemasonry occupies an important place, which is connected both with interest in the Silver Age, and with a common for transitional epochs attention to the problem of world evil. The principle of high game, helping to overcome the boundaries of what is visible in the name of existenc...

The paper presents a logical continuation of the previous collection of articles about naming. This study is devoted to a complex analysis of the company naming and slogans on the basis of theoretical concepts and research experience. The structure of the research-based article illustrates the main theoretical theses and describes the practical results achieved in the course of word-forming and an etymological analysis of brand names and comparative analysis of advertisements in Russian, English and German in the ...

In 2016, more than 16.3 million migrants were recorded, while there is illegal migration in Russia, which generates serious social, economic, and political problems. The attitude of the population towards migration policy in Russia is ambiguous, and it is reflected in social networks. Social networks and blogosphere contain data to study the effectiveness of migration policy by social science. The paper deals with reflection of the international migration and migration policy in social network. The analysis of the...

Digital humanities is an activity based on a symbiosis of the humanities sciences and information technologies. This is an international activity. There are many communities implementing projects in this area. For example: Russian Association for Digital Humanities (http:// dhrussia.ru) and European Association for Digital Humanities (http:// eadh.org/). Under the flags of Digital Humanities ITMO University (Department of Graphic Technologies, Center of design and multimedia), Saint Petersburg State University (de...

In the previous Soviet Union the only and official trend of philosophy was Marxism. After Latvia and other Baltic States regained independence philosophers were free to follow a philosophical trend according to their own scientific interests. Latvian philosophers felt the urge to manifest their intention to regain the true object of investigation of philosophy and mark its origin from the Ancient Greek philosophical thought. With the aim to manifest this intention, a number of philosophers, beginning with the 1990...

Participation in culture is an important element in the proper development of children. Thanks to the encounter with culture, they develop internally, become more open to the world and other people. This is extremely necessary in the modern world, because it is very diverse. There are many institutions that popularize culture These include cultural centers, also called centers. They conduct cultural and educational activities, often connected with sports or recreation centers. The cultural institution is a library...

The scope of the study was to identify social factors influencing significant transformations of the landscape in south-eastern Poland, with particular emphasis on the rural areas of the Podkarpackie Province. The research methodology included quantitative social research (CAPI) performed in selected villages regarding the perception of tall trees in the immediate neighbourhood of respondents' residence site (house, street). An archival query on cartographic and iconographic materials of selected settlements enabl...

Historical facts are not objects. ‘Historical-real’ is constitutively representational and constitutively temporal because it is a process. The question of what is a given truth in history then becomes the dilemma of creating a representative reconstruction of the process of (past) events that is close to the ‘real’ events as they are given in that specific time. Those ‘real’ events have been conceived, represented, lived, created, and narrated. The interweaving of the theory of history and the [cognitive] theory ...

The work can be seen as a consecration, but also as a form of dehumanization, that alienates our human condition. Since the emergence of the industry in so-called "developed" countries, many people have dreamed of a humanizing job. However, the evolution of tasks and the speed of change imposed by technologies engulf many workers with anxiety. It becomes difficult for them to reconcile work and family life or civic engagement. Pope Leo XIII already denounced these constraining, competitive and monopolizing factors...

The city itself is a multifunctional and complex object that can be represented as a demographic, ecological, transport, administrative-territorial and industrial production system. Unlike a conventional city, the smart city actually means a "digital" city - a concept that has so far no unambiguous definition. Experts' opinions, however, unite in the fact that a smart city should not be perceived in the narrow sense as a city packed with technology. The technologies in this case are rather a means of achieving a c...

The knowledge economy requires that the process of building of competitive economy involves scientific achievements as a source of new knowledge. At the same time effective management of the innovation processes taking place within European regions is fundamental for European economy to establish its good position in the world. Regional innovation strategies are actually responsible for directing innovation processes. As some time has gone by and first experiences with regard to the functioning of those tools beco...

The purpose of this article is to prove the efficiency of innovative technology of teaching Russian as a foreign language, taking into account the specifics of precedent phenomena, i.e., units of discourse, which are understandable without additional explanations. The performed analysis made it possible to distinguish the following groups of precedent phenomena: autoprecedent phenomena (phenomena of the surrounding world); socially-precedent phenomena (known to every representative of a society); nationally-preced...

In the article the specificity of gifit? as a hybrid genre of New Media Art is investigated. The scientific novelty of the work consists in revealing the main genre characteristics of gifit? as the newest hybrid artifact in the contemporary audiovisual culture, as well as outlining the development prospects of this phenomenon within the New Media Art. The methodology of the research is based on using the genre concepts which sharpen the attention to the processes of hybridization in the contemporary genre generati...

This research aims at exploring the perceptions of the social media users about health services offered by university hospitals (foundation university) in Istanbul. The research survey has been constructed by using scales (internet, social media, servqual, employer brand) in the literature. A questionnaire was applied to 276 outpatients at this hospital. The survey responses collected in the study were analyzed and interpreted using SPSS for Windows 22.00 and AMOS 22.0 program. Confirmatory factor analyzes of the ...

An increase of influx of groups, various in social and financial status, ethnic and confessional origin, in cross-border regions makes safe environment securing of people the overriding priority of regional policy. Information and telecommunication technology, including video recording of violations of law and order and public safety are aimed to play the significant role in it. The study of the relation of the population of Kursk region as a cross-border area to the problems of video recording within the creation...

The article investigates the pragmatic function of intonation in the context of intercultural business communication. The author deploys Speech Analyzer software to consider intonation contours produced by native English speakers (British, American, Canadian) and Russian businesspeople within the lecture register. The lecture register produced in native English speaking public discourse commonly features the following four contours: (1) High + Fall-Rise, (2) Low + Low-Rise, (3) Low + Fall+Rise, (4) Low + Low-Fall....

Background: Mobbing is one of psychosocial risks; it is a serious and latent problem of many workplaces resulting in a psychological injury and an adverse working atmosphere. Increased staff turnover is a rather common consequence. The aim of our research was to determine the level of bullying in health professionals and the relationship between mobbing and intention to leave a job. Method: The research was designed as a questionnaire survey and took place in 2017. Participants should be employed in their job for ...

Tourist organizations are global corporations operating across national borders. In the tourism sector there is a trend towards globalization fueled by a variety of factors The term "globalization" refers to the fact that companies are increasingly selling products and services on a global market, that is becoming more homogeneous. Behavior patterns of consumers are becoming more and more similar, despite their national characteristics, this trend being analyzed for over two decades. Global consumers are becoming ...

Business operations in today's highly dynamic and changing environment require quick response and adaptation to new business conditions. In this context, the terms "outsourcing" and "freelancing" are emerging; due to their characteristics and new approach in the business environment, they enable different concepts of organizing and creating new business models. This paper puts in focus the problem of freelance status in the labor market competition for a business engagement. It has the task of providing a scientif...

The paper addresses the topical issues of the development of ecological tourism and its influence on the ecology and the economy of the regions involved in the development and realization of ecological tours. The paper aims to summarize and to specify the scientific approaches to identifying the essence of ecological tourism from the providers’ and customers’ perspectives, and grounding the challenges and prospects of ecological tourism development in the world. This research was based on the methods of expert ass...

Through her life dedicated to music, the composer Irina Od?gescu brought to Romanian culture a new breath of a genuine originality. Using a complex language, profoundly anchored in the modernity of the second part of the 20th century, her musical works are distinguished by an expression force that results from an inner experience that goes to the listener, managing to convince both specialists and music lovers. This particularity of her language is exceptionally highlighted in the choral work entitled Our Father, ...

Unemployment is a phenomenon that the citizens of the Slovak Republic have been encountering since the beginning of the process of economic transformation, i.e. since the end of 1989. The rate of unemployment varies by region, social group and economic cycle. With economic growth, creation of new jobs and measures adopted by the state the possibilities of becoming employed broaden, the number of employed persons rises, and the rate of unemployment falls. The role of the state, via active and flexible state policie...

The article considers the importance of a syllable’s type and syllabic structure of words in languages of different types – analytical English, agglutinative Buryat and isolating Chinese – in light of creating the whole-system typology of languages. A strong case is made for the significance of lexicality and grammaticality of language as its typological determinant. Syllable’s structure is derivative from word’s structure and is dependent on word’s degree of lexicality or grammaticality. The paper aims to define ...

The paper presents the multi-criteria approach in the design process of residential structure as a part of a multifunctional building system. The purpose of work was to broaden the field of multifunctional building system design process. Background for the presented work is to define the direction of architectural growth of the modern city center area where actually are built complex and large capacity structures with a great impact on the total urban structure. The methodology depends on the analysis of the multi...

Topicality. Russia was always one of the main subjects of political thought as one of influential factor in world policy. However, despite the efforts of populists, Russian nihilism and revolutionary movement with its terrorist elements was totally alien and not understandable for the American political thought. And the emergence in Russia of an army of nihilists, destroyers of the foundations of society was explained by the lack of civility. And till now days the political education is understood in USA from this...

A certain article aims to develop a topic of the IT and visitor interaction in terms of a museum's space. The essay evaluates a practical implementation of the IT technologies as well as its utilitarian function. The article proves that a practice of using gesture management tools as well as semantic web possibilities are the future of the European cultural landscape. Analysis of the museum’s cases within international field gives a certain opportunity to understand both current and future possibilities of the cul...

A technological analysis of stone knapping process gives rise to a revision of the traditional in archaeology thesis by F. Bordes: "The Levallois is a technology; the Mousterian is a culture "."The phenomenon of Levallois" is interpreted in this article as a sacral, nonutilitarian process, which stands out among various technologies employed in the Middle Palaeolithic. The Levallois can be considered a phenomenon that marks the beginning of a new stage in our history, when a sacred status was attributed to an act ...

In the recent decade a noticeable increase of hotel industry interest in corporate social responsibility issues has been observed. As a result the growing number of hotel enterprises have been developing programmes and defining social and environmental goals, as well as preparing appropriate reports on their implementation, referred to as social responsibility reports (SRRs). The purpose of the article is to determine the degree of hotel industry interest in preparing SRRs and to analyse the content of nonfinancia...

The article introduces the concept of andragogy ethics as a peripheral andragogy discipline. Discussion of this concept is an expression of the interdisciplinary approach (andragogy, ethics and psychology). It justifies the need to study the development of moral character of adults in the contemporary. The concept studies a human being in current global challenges that neoliberal policies are not able to sufficiently cover. Strengthening of ethical and value dimensions as well as influencing adults through andrago...

Background: Recently, health literacy, in connection with trans-cultural problems and associated cultural competences, has become a hot topic of a number of specialties as a result of the globalized world, where the frontiers between individual states have become just imaginary lines on the map. The trans-cultural approach is closely associated with the individuals` integration in the society. The Romany, whose care of health has often been problematic, represent the most numerous minority in the Czech Republic th...

Backgound: The kidney is an essential organ in regulating the electrolyte balance. With the progression to advanced renal insufficiency, disturbances occur, with frequent increases in the level of potassium, which lead to a significant increase in morbidity and mortality in this group of patients, most commonly by cardiovascular complications - arrhythmias and sudden death. Since chronic renal failure has become a global problem and is frequently under-diagnosed, it is very important to have a correct diagnosis an...

Teaching Romanian as a foreign language has a long tradition at the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and the course is devised for the Preparatory year students who want to study Romanian intensively for 2 semesters. After they graduate the Preparatory year and they obtain a certificate of attendance, they follow differents faculties or universities. What brings them together is the Romanian language, general Romanian on the first semester and on the second semester they follow the Romanian for Specific Purpose...

This text is a trial to embrace the problem of the passive construction in East Europe, including Poland, in terms of economic and legal conditions and the experience gained through centuries of traditional construction. The researches, focused on the analysis of source literature, compared and grabbed analogies between modern solutions of energy-saving construction and traditional solutions of vernacular architecture in Podlasie region. The emphasis was put on those features of passive house, which allow to lower...

Rehabilitation after brain injury involves many professionals from hospitals, general practices and local structures. The present paper presents new approaches in rehabilitation education of medical professionals in the framework of an Erasmus + project entitled “Interdisciplinary cooperation in rehabilitation of children and youth with acquired brain damage NEUROPED-REHAB”. The project is based on collaboration between hospitals and research centers from France, Denmark and Romania and intends to describe a compr...

The purpose of research was to assess trends and problems in the formation and development of state control over the targeted and rational use of budgetary funds in Russia. To achieve this goal, the Russian Federation normative legal acts from 1993 to 2017 were studied, as well as practitioners' and theorists' expert assessments directly involved in the process of state financial external control mechanisms formation. During the study, the authors identified the following trends in the external state financial con...

The modern urban planning needs to be flexible and take into account the urban environment transformation during the mega-event organization process. Most of the researchers agree that, so called, mega-events have the significant influence on different aspects of the host city’s life. Major of them also tend to evaluate the character and the degree of this impact. The research represents quite comprehensive data. The approaches used for selecting and grouping the impact of mega-events are chosen randomly. The auth...

Students of non-linguistic universities are currently being exposed to ever more extensive English classes. With this category of students, the least developed methods of teaching Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) are the ones designed to develop the skills of specialised terminology usage. Since terminology forms the core of a professional language, it can be viewed as a conglomerate of its basic attributes and properties. Terms are the most mobile layer of the vocabulary, subject to constant and intensive enr...

This paper is concerned with linguacultural peculiarities of slogans featured in advertising discourse. Advertising discourse finds its way into all kinds of institutional communication thanks to its thematically unrestricted nature, genre distinctiveness and its propensity to capture the most inconspicuous manifestations of the ever-changing world. This type of discourse is considered most exemplary as it can reflect the latest trends of socio-linguistic realia within a single slogan, which is viewed as a composi...