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Italy has been particularly affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. There have been, and continue to be, many deaths, raising the problem of contagion management within the workplace and new corporate organisational practices to be adopted to minimise the risk of contagion. From the criminal point of view, for some years now, legal entities - including, of course, companies, have also been liable for the death or serious or very serious injuries of its workers, in violation of the regulations on their health and safety...

Under the influence of the law of the European Union, in the Slovak Republic, special attention has been drawn to consumer protection for some time already. Consumer protection is provided for in several laws. Particularly resonant is the protection of consumers from unfair contractual terms, as laid down in the Civil Code (Act No. 40/1964 Coll.) and the Civil Litigation Procedure (Act No. 160/2015 Coll.). In the Civil Code, unfair terms are defined by the general clause. Also included is demonstrative enumeration...

The main aim of the authors of this paper is a synthetic presentation of the assumptions of modern security science called “securitology”, widely promoted by security researchers in Poland. The authors borrow, reproduce and adapt their categories, which at the same time try to make them more specific with regard to the basic problem, which is security related to such care, control and supervision, as well as management, which allow for the persistence, survival, development and improvement of any system. This rese...

The effects of COVID-19 are currently pushing many economies into recession, affecting almost all countries and many billions of people worldwide. In order to recover from the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 and to promote regional development in Latvia, business lending plays an important role in our days. At present, the total amount of loans issued by credit institutions in Latvia has decreased compared to the previous analogue period, and according to statistics from the Finance and Capital Market Commiss...

Comprehension of the Czechoslovak nomenklatura elite in the historical consciousness or in the national memory can be advanced by showing the examples of the impact of the political regimes on the interpretation of the symbolic role of the individual elite members. The contribution draws on those concepts and methodological approaches that have been employed by the number of historians and historical sociologists such as historical consciousness, collective (social) memory and national memory; a major incentive fo...

There is a growing body of literature evidencing the link between students’ fixed intelligence mindset and different mental health indicators (i.e., negative emotions) [1] however, little is known about the nature of this relationship. Dweck’s theory emphasizes that mindsets exert their greatest effect on behavior and emotions when self-threat is imminent [2], suggesting that self-evaluations might also be implicated in conveying mindsets’ effect. Thus, the present study (N = 276) proposed to investigate two self-...

The paper presents the experimental data obtained on two groups of students, one for the experiment and the other as a witness. For this purpose, two classrooms and a school gym were used, organized in halochamber regime, respectively in normal microclimate conditions. The groups were differentiated by sex and age, comprising children born in 2006 and 2007, at the age with the highest growth rate. Harmonious physical development was pursued by correlating two biometric characteristics (weight and thoracic perimete...

The purpose of the article „Presentation of the Coronavirus pandemic in financial statements of entities for the year 2019 and prevention of fraud“ is to substantiate the possible options for reflecting the effects of COVID-19 in the financial statements for 2019 and to suggest preventive measures against fraud. In this connection, the Coronavirus pandemic is defined as a material, non-adjusting event for the financial statements as at 31.12.2019. This is to be disclosed in the notes, if management has approved th...

This study investigates the state of management accounting practices in Russian mid-sized companies. The paper builds on previous reports [1], [2] and describes the contribution of management accounting to corporate success by looking at the relationship between the state and intensity of management accounting practices and financial performance of a company as measured by its return on equity. Data was collected by survey. Although the answers were quantified, the study is interpretive and exploratory, with an ai...

The main scientific research in the article is to investigate which are the main factors that influence customer satisfaction in the automotive area. The methodology was based on the data collected through customer satisfaction questionnaire. The manufacturer developed the questionnaire and send it to the customers. Step 1: establishing the group that will fill in the questionnaires. Automobile customers from two different countries filled in the two questionnaires sales and service. Step 2: establishing more deta...

Floods are the most common disaster in the Slovak Republic and cause great material damages. For this reason, it is important to give specific attention to them. In case of their occurrence, it is necessary for municipalities to be capable to respond to these situations. In this context, the Ministry of the Interior has developed and implemented a system of nationwide deployment of forces and resources of fire brigades in the Slovak Republic. In essence, it is a system of organization and deployment of fire brigad...

The paper analyzes the challenges of the external environment for economic actors, which are transformed into special requirements of employers for employees. The main purpose of this stage of the study is to identify the components of a comprehensive behavioral model that determines the competitiveness of an economic actor in the new conditions of the modern VUCA-world and are characterized by their proactive position with respect to uncertainty. Moreover, the pool of tools and behavioral patterns are classified ...

The key characteristic of the modern economy is the rapid development of all its branches. Automobile transport plays a special role in the development of the economy and is widely used in all sectors of the national economy. Recently the dynamic socio-economic development of the country has led to a significant increase in transport activity. Currently, transport is entering the stage of renovation and development. The system-creating role of transport has been significantly increased, the interrelationship betwe...

Military force and diplomacy have been conventional tools of advocating one’s national influence on the international arena for a long time. As a result of economic cooperation broadening and information technologies development economic and cultural interaction is coming to the fore. This gives us an opportunity to speak about the special role that strategic communication plays in the contemporary international relations and global politics. The pivotal role in the structure of the understanding of strategic comm...

The role of the interwar Czechoslovak elites in the historical consciousness or in the national memory can be advanced by showing the examples of the impact of the political regimes on the interpretation of the symbolic role of the individual elite members. The contribution draws on those concepts and methodological approaches that have been employed by the number of historians and historical sociologists such as historical consciousness, collective (social) memory and national memory; a major incentive for choice...

The current trend in medicine is focused on the enhancement of basic skills and development of new skills as requested by the labor market. This aspect is crucial for growth and competitiveness of the medical field and in this context vocational education must be able to react to the demand for advanced vocational skills. A growing number of reports draw attention to the need of adjustment of the offer in medical education to labor market needs and the knowledge-based society. In the light of these previous resear...

Apart from intelligence, motivational and emotional factors, what else can promote the achievement of higher academic performance – that is an intriguing question. It is possible that a highly motivated student with advanced cognitive skills cannot meet the requirements of certain school subjects and performs lower than their own expectations. Metacognitive awareness, metacognitive knowledge, which is the knowledge of cognitive processes and the ability of applying them properly, i.e. metacognitive regulation, the...

Today, motorcycle response units are operating in 20 European countries. Based on sta- tistically relevant data, it is proven that the ambulance of the motorcycle response units in the same traffic conditions is half the departure time faster at the address compared to the classic ambulance. Other benefits of motorcycle response units is also promptness in lifelife-saving operations, independence of work at the place of intervention and significantly lower operating costs. Motorcycle response unit is intended for ...

The paper represents comparative study on digital skills and social inclusion among educators and learners in adult education sector in selected EU and non-EU countries. Adult education in the 21st century faces many new challenges that result from the growing possibilities of using and integrating ICT in every aspect of both professional and personal life. The great potential lies in the development of ICT integration in the professional environment and the activation of professional life and adult education. An ...

Stratified economic complex Euclidean space on a set of economic functioning states, reflected in the phenomenological complex Euclidean space as a complex phenomena of economy, is «bubbly» saturated with a complex quality phenomena through dialectical vector information flow of TQM (Total Quality Management). The convergence of complex quality phenomena in the temporal dynamics of the functioning state of economic phenomena is observed and managed by the economics quality paradigms. The economics quality paradigm...

Omeka is an application that allows publishing digital collections. Dublin Core vocabulary is structured based on an abstract model. Understanding these elements lead to a good description of digital collection and it is possible to organise digital exhibitions. Students from Digital Media specialization at the Transilvania University of Bra?ov, Romania, attended the course Management of Digital Repository. During this course, the students had to make a digital exhibition using OMEKA software. At the end of the co...

In this era of globalization, the world has gradually reduced inequalities in life expectancy. Alongside this development, a key aspect of a sustainable society is the level of human health throughout life. In this study, we aim to look at the relationship between healthy life years, Eurostat's European structural indicator for expressing healthy life years or life expectancy without disabilities (these focus on the quality of life spent in a healthy state, rather than the quantity of life, as measured by life exp...