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In recent years, the examination of the management models of companies has seen the emergence of more and more, but still not enough, choices of governance oriented, and then conditioned by, to corporate social responsibility which is that strategic vision of the company that includes in its economic objectives, not only the relationships with all its stakeholders, but supports them with social objectives, which then turn into values - measurable - for the same company. This choice is influenced by the national an...

Green public procurement has become, in recent years, a more often central topic to the attention of authorities, public and private sector. Green public procurement is a way to achieve the global goals of sustainable development - protecting the environment, encouraging innovation and clean technologies, inducing responsible production and consumption. Although in Romania the development of the Green public procurement is still in early stage (20% of the country's GDP), the law on green public procurement is an i...

The article is devoted to the analysis of the names for headwear as a part of the national costume of the Mordvins. The name of one headdress can be surely reconstructed to Proto-Mordvin. There is a large number of Turkic and Russian borrowings as well as its own derivatives in the Mordvin (ErzВ’a and Moksha languages). Thus, at the Proto-Mordvin level we can securely reconstruct two types of headdresses: pa?go В’womenВ’s headdressВ’ and the early Turkic borrowing patВ’sВ’a В‘headscarfВ’. There are several separat...

The article substantiates the necessity and possibility of implementing the principle of personalization in education, in particular, in higher education. The approaches to the definition of this phenomenon are analyzed from the standpoint of philosophy, sociology, marketing, and pedagogy. One of the current challenges is the gap between educational outcomes and employers' demands. Therefore, it becomes important to build individual educational paths that will maximally prepare graduates for a specific job. It is ...

This article addresses the causes of weakness and insufficient knowledge in relation to historiography of some types of the decorative and applied arts what can be shown from the example of ceiling lightning appliances. Bibliography on the lightning appliances as a work of art before the Electrification Epoch is truly scant. There are separate books in world literature devoted to the ceiling lamps, however, they are rather descriptive, and do not have patterns of historical development in them. The author introduc...

At the beginning of the study the concept of homelessness, which has officially appeared in post-socialist countries only in the last thirty years, is briefly characterized. The authors state that this pathological social phenomenon is only slowly entering Slovak childrenВ’s literature. The core of the study is an analysis of fictional and factual modifications of this topic. The combination of fiction and factuality is present in two books by Slovak writers Zuzana Csontosova and Nina Benova (A Stray Button, 2014;...

In an actual pandemic situation as part of COVID-19 crisis European Union face the challenge of data masking in the processing of sensitive data. European officials race to get a handle on COVID-19, the importance of collecting and sharing health data has never been poses many challenges for officials and national systems. The virusВ’ unpredictable and widespread nature makes tracing and testing critical to understanding transmission and treatment. Yet, this also poses a threat to personal health data: with data b...

Since 2016, the Czech education system has been providing education for children, pupils and students through the institute of the so-called support measures. It is a set of organizational, pedagogical, methodological measures including methods of work, material and compensatory support of the respective disadvantage. There are five levels of support measures provided by law. Granting of level II. to V. is under the responsibility of professional school counseling facilities and is the result of professional speci...

The progress of society today depends on people who are able to solve business problems creatively, be creative in science and art. The acuteness of the problem of creativity raises it to the rank of "the problem of the century". The authors turn to the analysis of fundamental works on the study of the child's creativity, which is manifested in various types of activities, including visual art. According to the ideas of V.P. Glaveanu and D. B. Bogoyavlenskaya, creativity and giftedness are closely related, so the ...

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...

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...

It is estimated that around 15% of children aged 3 to 17 have some sort of developmental disabilities, while less than 50% of children with disabilities are recognized by paediatricians before entering the primary school. Screening plays a significant role in the recognition of those children, providing the ground for early intervention and support for families. Ages and stages-3 Questionnaire (ASQ-3), as the most used screening tool for children aged 2 months to 66 months, was recently translated in the Croatian ...

The main feature of the new Millennium is the rapid development of innovative economy. This has affected engineering education, as the state and employers have formed new requirements for the quality of professional training of future specialists in the current socio-economic conditions. The article examines the requirements for employment and qualifications in the labor market of future specialists, analyzes the results of employers surveys. To determine new requirements for the quality of professional training o...

In recent philosophical research in Ethics and Moral Philosophy, scholars pay a significant amount of attention to the concept of ethical labeling products, especially to the problem of what kind of goods should be mandatory labeled. In their search for a possible criterion for mandatory ethically labeling goods, they mainly have focused on the moral issue of the consumption of products, ethical status of whose is not established in society. In this connection researches neglect the perspective where there is such...

The paper focuses on the level of knowledge of the inhabitants of the Nitra region in lay cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The authors deal with the issue of the current state of knowledge and in lay emergency resuscitation, approach lay first aid in Slovakia, including statistics of lay first aid through cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the application of an automatic external defibrillator, and teach first aid in Slovakia. The main goal of the research was to determine the level of knowledge of the inhabitants of...

Human resources management is an important supporting function, being a preferred area of activity of the internal auditor, largely justified by the multitude of processes that are carried out and implicitly by the risks that accompany them. The approach to human resources auditing, as a discipline of study, is of particular importance because it involves measures for maintenance and continuous improvement of human resources strategies, practices and policies, all the more so as the field of human resources auditi...

This paper is focused on literary research of philological nature, scientifically grounded, that is at the same time multidisciplinarily validated from a theoretical standpoint and hence directly applicable to analogous artistic realms, such as visual arts, music, architecture, theater, spectacle, multimediality. Through close interpretative methodological approach, the present paper furnishes a variety of examples among the corpus of literary texts written by artists of diversified profiles in modern Italian cult...

Background: The study of vitamin D and the interest in its actions are growing exponentially given its broad implications in pathology. Vitamin D assessment and treatment are controversial topics that result in heterogeneous, partially contradictory opinions and recommendations. The aim of the study was to quantify the level of vitamin D among patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases through a questionnaire applied to residents of Dobrogea, perimarine area of Romania. Methods: The questionnaire included variables...

Solution focused approach to problem-solving means creating a solution instead of solving the problem. What is the difference? It logically separates the solution from the problem. It is deeply counterintuitive because in our culture problem seems to be closely related to the solution. This is why we analyze the problem thoroughly in order to find an optimal solution: we scrutinize the situation, create a plan, look for resources, carry out the plan (create the solution), and then monitor the result. It is a very ...

Joint education of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream education by means of support measures has been in place for some time in the Czech Republic. For quite a long time, these pupils have been educated in mainstream schools in the catchment area. However, Act No. 82/2015 Coll., which amends the Act on pre-school, elementary, secondary, higher vocational and other education (Education Act) and Decree No. 27/2016 Coll., on education of pupils with special educational needs and talented pupils (Amen...

In the conditions of Slovakia, the main household income is income from work. Just paid work should be a protective factor against an individual or family falling into poverty. However, various socio-economic processes create conditions in which, despite paid employment, it is impossible for a certain group of people and their families to secure an income that would allow them to fully saturate their needs. Despite the increase in the minimum wage and other measures taken by the government in recent years, accordi...

Land degradation by soil erosion, has been recognized as a major environmental threat in the southern part of the Moldavian Plateau of Republic of Moldova. Implementation of soil and water conservation practices is a very important link to sustainable land use pattern. During the communist period, being a representative catchment from the south of Republic of Moldova, the Sarata catchment was the subject of widespread land improvement projects. After 1991, a varied complex of non-conservative land use actions beca...

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...

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...

The purpose of the presented research was to analyse conversational exchanges between the speakers (protagonists) in a novel. The main objective was to revisit the conception of interpersonal rhetoric [9], illustrate its explanatory value and reveal particular practices of speakers that point to their specific communicative intentions and ambitions. The method used can be best described as pragmatic analysis designed within the analytical toolkit of interpersonal rhetoric. This method enabled the exploration of sp...

In the modern literary science, the issues connected with Soviet regime (censorship, interaction between ideology and literature, translation policy etc.) and its impact on public awareness and national culture are of great scientific importance. The present study examines and in the comparative perspective evaluates peculiarities of literary translation in oppressive socio-political circumstances experienced by Latvia during the Soviet occupation (1940-1941; 1944/45-1990/91). The focus is on John SteinbeckВ’s nov...

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...

This paper compares three similar yet distinct philosophical interpretations of the mythological motif of Narcissus admiring his reflection in water. Since these interpretations span a period of fifteen centuries, they are bound to appear in different types of philosophical discourse: In PlotinusВ’ Enneads, where the motif of a beautiful image in the water appears without NarcissusВ’ being actually named, the myth is used as metaphor of the soul seduced by sensible beauty; in FicinoВ’s commentary to PlatoВ’s Sympo...

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 ...

In the last decades linguocultural sciences, cognitive linguistics (concept), anthropocentric paradigm, such young branches of linguistics has led to the identification of ethnos and national culture by language. The role and place of the "woman-mother" in the fate of modern Kazakh language, as well as in the past, is very important. However, in the national outlook of the Kazakh people, the image of a woman in the Kazakh culture was not fully resolved. In this connection, it is important to prove that the concept...

The most recent global health crisis caused by Coronavirus spread reshaped our daily lives very quickly. Our languages were no exception in terms of change. New words and expressions started to appear in many languages along with the increased use of less usual words and expressions. This phenomenon provides an opportunity to research the limitations and the possibilities of our languages, in the line of previous studies. The objective of this study is to measure the impact of COVID-19 situation on both the Hungar...

According to World Health Organization (WHO) data since the start of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) pandemic approximately 75 million have become infected with HIV and around 32 million people have died of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-related illnesses. Thus, HIV problem became as one the most important issue worldwide. Countries and organizations are uniting in their fight against the virus. Therefore, the strong partnership between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government, as we...

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...

Chandeliers as objects of decorative and applied art were developed in the process of historical evolution to express with much clearance the artistic and stylistic ideas of the time in which they were forged. In all interiors the chandelier was the dominant part, which attracted attention through its shape, size and design decisions. Among the many types of lamps, the chandelier plays the most significant role in the compositional organization and decoration of the palace interior. The thing is, that the evolutio...

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...

The tendency to increase the volume of Bank transactions and losses from theft committed using electronic means of payment indicates the need to ensure the security of non-cash transactions. The article presents the basics of the modern concept of fraud prevention using electronic means of payment, formulated on the basis of studying the experience of foreign countries, current trends, and prospects in the field of non-cash Bank transfers. For the purpose of writing the article, the authors used foreign and Russia...

The study deals with the topic of otherness in literary work for children and youth in Slovakia. The gradual incorporation of otherness into the literature for children and youth is one of the possible ways to strengthen the inclusion of people with disabilities in society. The literature for children and youth on the topic of human otherness shows the way, in which it is possible to acquaint children with this important issue, and accordingly prevent the social exclusion of handicapped individuals. By offering a ...

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 В«bubblyВ» 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 paradi...

Non-verbal elements of communication are part of every interpersonal communication. This also applies to the interpreting process. We can see non-verbal elements mainly in consecutive interpreting, in which the speaker, interpreter and listener form the so-called trichotomy (they are in the same place at the same time. The situation in simultaneous interpreting is different because the interpreter is usually В‘invisibleВ’ in the booth). The subject of this article is the influence of paraverbal system on the quali...

Under the conditions imposed by the knowledge society, in order to start a strategy with real chances of success in product and service innovation, it has become increasingly clear the need for companies to participate in networks, alliances and collaborations to reduce the rising costs of technology transfer. There are different types of RDI agreements that companies can make directly with R&D institutes, universities, other organizations, public-private partnerships, which may be different depending on the finan...

From ancient times, the poly-vocal singing, as one of the manifestations of music production in various forms, has been accompanying the life of the Slovak people. It has become a part of the Slovak musical culture and of the national cultural heritage as well. Despite its long tradition, it is currently slowly disappearing from daily life in our families. Therefore, it is important that we ensure the conditions for its preservation and development, by supporting a singing culture in Slovak schools. Our long-term ...

The subject of the study is the identification of effective factors of altered communication of seniors with acquired cognitive impairment in the context of the possibilities of music therapy intervention. Epistemological starting points are clinical aspects of the target group, further verified and functional non non-pharmacological approaches to its representatives and theories and methodologies of expressive approaches. The paper specifically describes the partial results of one of the parts of longitudinal res...

This article introduces the issue of machine translation, its basic concepts and principles. It explains the principles and approaches to post-editing, which is still an integral part of machine translation (MT) process. Although the quality of machine translation is still improving, MT outputs are not flawless. Machine translation is designed to help translators with their work – it provides them with rough translations and, afterwards, mistakes and discrepancies are corrected by translators or post-editors. MT...

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...

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 ...

This work was supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science under the National Research Programme "Healthy Foods for a Strong Bio-Economy and Quality of Life" approved by DCM # 577 / 17.08.2018". Wine has been produced in Bulgaria for about 5000 years. The first wines were transported to our region from the Middle East. During the Thracian times wine was a part of daily life and pagan rituals in our territory. Organic production has existed since the 1980s. It develops in almost all countries in Wes...

This paper aims to examine the reading comprehension skills of Hungarian bilingual primary school pupils in Slovakia. Hungarian is the largest ethnic minority in Slovakia therefore it possesses extensive native language school networks. The purpose of this research is to determine the pupils reading habits, and to discover the differences between the respondentsВ’ self-assessment and their actual performance in reading comprehension. The survey consisted of two parts. As a method of sociological data collection, w...

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...

Over the past two decades, research on the impact of global environmental change has underscored the increasing effects of climate change and the associated natural disasters on mental health. The present article aims to highlight the correlation between the mental health of the studied population and the way in which the subjects relate to climate change. The objective of the research was to investigate whether people with high scores on the Romanian version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21R)...

Starting from intrinsically related realities such as secularization, globalization specific to modernity, postmodernism announces a reinterpretation of historical reality and religious. In response to the tendency to relativize truth and authority, as well as to question the acceptable limits of reason, postmodernism inevitably entails fundamentalist movements of a religious nature in response to crises of social and individual identity, which continue at a different level. specific opposition to the values of mo...