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Г’he article deals with reading treated as representation of belles-lettres embedded in the modern culture of performance; offers a review and analysis of fancy-dress forms of presenting fiction in diachrony and synchrony. The article also presents an analysis of existing aids on Russian as a foreign language and as a mother tongue, which learning guides use the forms of handling the literary text that are close to those proposed in the present article. As a result, this engenders a concept of reading belles-lettr...

Over the last few decades an increasing number of surveys have been published on the effectiveness of CAM therapies. But papers are rarely focused on the attitudes and beliefs about CAM efficacy or identifying reasons why certain techniques have been used. In Croatian scientific literature there are just few published papers about attitudes/beliefs about CAM among Croatian healthcare professionals. Without any attempt to advocate for one or the other side, this survey wants to open a dialog between both sides thro...

Current security situation declares that company necessarily needs more effectively react to current threats. They need higher education security experts who are able to identify, to analyse and to assess risks in a different environment. There is important step linking study with practice in the form of controlling methods of crisis management and eliminate their negative consequences for people, for environment and for material values. Higher education of security and safety in central Europe serve the state, pu...

The present study aims to achieve a morphogenetic theory application in the field of artistic form, thus expanding the applicability domains of this theory and in the area of interest of the arts . An interesting approach to the concept of form (studied in the biological, chemical, physical forms) and then extrapolated to any systems in which, form is involved as a fundamental notion is Rupert Sheldrake 's morphic resonance theory. He argues that not all phenomena of life are explicable in terms of physical and ch...

In the Romanian legal system, labor law, as a branch of law, consists of the individual right of labor law, which refers to the individual labor relations of the employees with their employers and the collective labor law, which refers to the collective working relations, respectively the legal regime of trade unions, patronage, collective bargaining and strike. The main laws governing the two sides of labor law are Law no. 53/2003 (Labor Code) and Law no. 62/2011 (Law on Social Dialogue). Year 2011 was very impor...

This study is devoted to the description of the ethnopsycholinguistic features of Vietnamese students, the study of their national and cultural specifics and language consciousness. Vietnamese language, like any other language, is associated with various forms of public consciousness that contain a large ethnic component. The authors study Vietnamese culture through the Vietnamese language consciousness, through the prism of the Vietnamese language, which, in turn, is considered as a form of fixing the culture and...

In this paper, we calculate the consumer surplus of the quadratic demand function p=a?bx1?cx12 and the producer surplus of the quadratic supply function p=d?ex1?gx12 where x is a crisp quantity and a, b, c, d, e, g are polygonal fuzzy numbers. Polygonal fuzzy number is generalization of triangular fuzzy number. This type of fuzzy number was introduced by Baez et al. [A.D. Baez-Sanchez, A.C. Moretti, M.A. Rojas-Medar, On polygonal fuzzy sets and numbers, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 209 (2012) 54-65.]. For a fixed parti...

Fish is not only a significant part of aquatic ecosystem, but also a delicious and valuable product, in addition, a rich source of protein, and an important source of subsistence for fisheries men. In Latvia, there are long standing fishing, fish breeding and culinary traditions, simultaneously playing a significant role in the social and economic development of Latvia and establishment of its cultural and historical heritage. Nowadays competitiveness of companies is determined by their ability to understand consu...

The active perception and assimilation of a wide Western European, Eastern European and American cultural context is one of the most important developmental trends in Latvian literary process. Translations of Russian literature into Latvian are not very demanded, though they are rather significant. Yevgeny Vodolazkin (b. 1964), Doctor of Philology, expert in Old Russian culture, author of several novels, collections of essays and literary travelogues, is among the most popular and widely read writers. “Laurus”...

The paper presents the results of a synchronic interdisciplinary study, which combines the approaches pertaining to sociolinguistics (gender studies), contrastive linguistics (the data analysed have been obtained from an unconstrained colour describing experiment, the participants of which are native speakers of Latvian and English), and cognitive linguistics. The aim of the study is to find out commonalities and differences in the way respondents – native speakers of Latvian and English – describe (rather tha...

The article deals with the current state of cooperation of a selected regional university with practice. The case study focuses on selected aspects of the trilateral relationship of students, the university, and companies. The article describes these relations, their formation, maintenance, and the roles of the individual participants of this triangle. Each member of this triangular relationship has their own visions, goals, and ideas about the form, manner, and intensity of cooperation. Each group of participants...

Currently, the socio-economic environment seems to be starting to go through a difficult situation, similar to global financial crisis that began since late 2007. In this respect, we emphasize what A. Einstein pointed out: „It is in crisis that invention, discovery and large strategies are born”. Not only the effects of the latest crisis are still felt, but, moreover, the imminence of a new global crisis that seems to spread its tentacles towards Europe is debated upon. This puts into question aspects related t...

The paper gives the overview on the research of project managers in the spectre of the project management standards in the small, medium and big enterprises in the Slovak Republic. Authors of the paper state the importance of the Corporate Social Responsibility from project manager’s point of view in the researched companies as a part of building environmental and social responsibility. Study included in the paper consists of quantitative and qualitative research of 272 selected small, medium and big enterprises...

In the context of urban space, many new concepts now appear. There is talk of modern solutions used in urban areas. More and more information is necessary for the correct and functional management of the city. One of the most frequently used phrases is Smart City. Striving to create smart cities is now a priority. Improving the comfort of living is to be achieved thanks to the latest technologies. This is what Digital City is about to do. The digitization of the city gives the opportunity to determine the directio...

This article deals with the development of knowledge management theory. The relevance of the article is due, in fact, to the powerful development of the digital information economy and its impact on all areas of the stateВ’s economy. The purpose of the article is to develop theoretical statements about the knowledge management system as a component of the enterprise management system as a whole. Issues related to the design of knowledge management systems, including descriptions of various methods, technologies an...

Creativity constitutes an important feature in teachers' development, enables for application of the original methods in work and for creating the climate of openness and independence. However, researchers quite frequently notice that creative functioning, correlated also with non-conformism, is often coupled with low social competences, which results in incomprehension, rejection and criticism from co-workers. On the other hand, some investigators point out that creative teachers are expressive, have a lot of co-...

The article reflects the theoretical basis of the creativity phenomenon in music education. It draws attention to similarities and differences in the phenomenon of creativity and creation as with the sensitive author Belo Felix – a distinctive personality of music pedagogy in Czech and Slovak environment. On the basis of relevant results, it focused on the methodology of managing and developing children's musical creativity. The article emphasizes the play as a specific kind of activity in the school environment...

Gifted children are characterized with above average abilities in one or more domains (subjects) or with high versatility and proficiency in many disciplines. They may also be described by accelerated development and unceasing motivation coupled with the interests, persistence and enthusiasm as well as passion and creativity. J. Renzulli [1] recognizes these features as the most important predictors of outstanding achievements of gifted children. On the other hand, numerous children indicate the Inadequate Achieve...

The recent sentence of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation on the well-known case of Massimo Giuseppe Bossetti, in which thousands and thousands of genetic profiles were analysed, offers an occasion for a number of observations on the subject: on the one hand, on the genetic proof and its value in the Italian criminal process and, on the other hand, on the role of the DNA database which in Italy, in contrast to other European situations, as yet contains few profiles. In fact, even if active since 2017, it only ...

The relevance of the research topic is due to the need to analyze the role of education in the system of values of modern youth in the context of the main directions of development of innovative society, the key of which is the formation of innovative personality as a specific social type. The background of the study was the author's previous research on the analysis of innovative development of the Russian Federation, the implementation of the main strategic documents related to the innovative development of the ...

Urban sustainability has been a topic of keen interest to both the scientific community, as well as practitioners around the world. However, despite increased efforts in recent years, the debate continues over its clear definition and especially its measurement and monitoring. As the concept of urban sustainability is deeply rooted in its physical context and the territory scale taken into consideration, a wide variety of studies, diagrams, graphic models or value maps have been proposed, as each researcher and na...

Cuba is one of the fastest developing tourist regions in the Caribbean, this dynamic growth in tourist traffic is caused by the increased investment in the tourism infrastructure. Since the '90s a trend in the tourist infrastructure can be observed, where building all-inclusive hotels in the coastal region has become increasingly popular. In Cuba's case those were usually closed areas – tourist enclaves, where only foreign tourists and cuban staff could reside. Thus the tourist regions were located in isolated p...

Modern theories of elites not always adequate and timely cover the diversity of elite groups practices with their scientific analysis, especially those who belong to the number of non-political elites – the elites of science, culture and religious societies. Each elite professional community needs its own separate set of criteria of elitism, reflecting the specificity of their occupation. The political elites cease to be the fashion to the elite breeders. Increasingly they are beginning to adopt the criteria of ...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the cultural heritage in order to promote and develop cultural tourism in Transylvania. An important region of Romania with a population of different ethnic groups (Romanians, Hungarians, Germans, Slovaks, Armenians, Roma) had a continuous multicultural background and history. Known as Transilvania (in Romanian language), Transylvania (English), Erdely (Hungarian), Siebenburgen (German), this region holds a cultural heritage of inestimable value. Starting with fortified chur...

Assessing archaeological and cultural potential is a key milestone to shaping a complex study that can impact sustainable tourism within a particular geographic area. The study aims to identify monuments capable of meeting the requirements of cultural and tourist activity through: accessibility, originality, seniority, maintenance or level of rehabilitation and promotion. The analyzed geographic area is the historical and geographical province of Romania, Dobrogea. It is a province with a great historical backgrou...

Both novels are controversial and difficult to interpret due to their critique of the cultural, philosophical, and religious dimensions of the aestheticization of sexuality and gender from the perspective of human freedom and individuality. Our goal is to discover how both writers address this problem indirectly but openly, using irony, to show the insufficiency of the traditional, aesthetic fulfillment of the human being that we see, for example, in Don Juan. Moreover, it shows something that seems natural as som...

The subject of the paper is cultural development on a contemporary social stage in the context of cultural and communicational exchange. The authors underline the role of mass media as one of the factors which form a new structure of the world. They make it by means of systematical, historical, comparative research methods. Also, the authors determine that every culture is unique and cultural factor dominates in communication. Communications are linked with the peculiarities of ethnic processes; this fact is evide...

The article summarizes the results of national surveys conducted in three Russian cities (Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and Chelyabinsk). Based on the results of the study, the article provides the overview how contemporary youth in Russia percepts the ideas about the cultural and historical path of Russia, the value field of actual Russian culture (moral guidelines, the basis of integration, spiritual unity) and priorities of the state cultural policy. The authors point out the key trends in the self-determination of mo...

A contemporary multicultural society needs multiculturally educated teachers who are able to pass on their knowledge to the pupils. Teaching foreign languages should educate individuals not only from the linguistic point of view but also in cultural terms. Culture is a specific feature of every country. It includes music, paintings, sculptures, films, architecture, etc. The presence of the Culture Studies in teaching foreign languages develops three basic levels: pupils' empathy and understanding, factual knowledg...

In the era of modern scientific and information revolution, the energy warfare (armed warfare) takes on an anachronistic face, and the destruction of opponent, at first glance, takes on an invisible form, which is referred to as the term “information warfare”. This warfare involves, often against their will and often unconsciously, the entire human society, whole states and nations with circles of authority, administration, economic, cultural and scientific spheres (anthropotechnical method). Destructive infor...

The contributions have taken into account positive and negative effects of globalization and have drawn on current knowledge in the academic field of intercultural awareness and intercultural communication. They have been theoretically rooted in the specific definition of culture which has been compared to an iceberg: (1) one part of culture (values and assumption) is beneath the surface; (2) another part of culture (observable behaviors) of the culture is visible. The first part of the paper has highlighted Germa...

The contributions have taken into consideration positive and negative effects of globalization and have drawn on current knowledge in the academic field of intercultural awareness and intercultural communication. They have been theoretically rooted in the definition of culture which has been compared to an iceberg: (1) one part of culture (values and assumption) is beneath the surface; (2) another part of culture (observable behaviours) of the culture is visible. The first part of the contribution has highlighted ...

The purpose of this paper was to determine the extent of occurrence and frequency of partner violence in students' romantic relationships, including the issue of whether there are differences in the forms of violence (psychological, physical, sexual), as well as willingness to seek and to provide help in case of violence. Methods: The study involved 104 female and male students (average age was 22.6) enrolled at the University of Mostar. The following measurement instruments were used in the research: Dating Viole...

It is acknowledged that design adds value and plays a role in creating competitive advantages. European Commission recognizes that design is an activity of people-centred innovation by which desirable and usable products and services are defined and delivered. Nevertheless, there is ongoing debate over how design adds value, and what it means for users. This paper aims to decode the use, value, and impact of design on public service development and users in Latvia. In-depth interviews with executives from ten nati...

Backgroud: The autoimmune process presents lesional similarities between chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and chronic periodontitis. The development of non-specific autoimmunity in periodontal disease is correlated with microbial aggression in the periodontal plaque. The increased incidence of periodontal lesions found in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis suspects pathogenic intercorelation. Methods: The study included patients of both sexes with periodontal disease: group 1 - associating chronic autoimmu...

During the last decades, the paradigm of management accounting and control has noticeably changed from “number-crunching”, assuming mostly a technical role of an accountant, towards strategic partnership within a management team. Leadership is mentioned as one of the four building blocks of the professional competency framework, determined by Global Management Accounting Principles [13]. Besides this “internal” trend within a profession, an external trend of increasing influence of social and organizationa...

The article is devoted to current problems of the legal regime of protection zones of land of communications in Ukraine. Land of communications is part of the lands of industry, transportation, communications, power supply, defense and for other purposes, as one of the nine categories, in which all lands of Ukraine are divided depending on their intended purpose. According to Article 75 of the Land Code of Ukraine, land of communications are used for construction of aerial and cable telephone and telegraph lines a...

The legislation of European Union member states is not harmonized in terms of defining, evaluating and addressing fraud, lacking a unique, generally accepted definition. The paper has several aims. First, it has been provided a comprehensive definition of fraud as an unlawful act, by gathering the views of several audit, accountant and fraud examiners professional bodies. Then it has been presented the fraud triangle, the recurrent patterns of fraud committing and the profile of the fraudster by investigating past...

We identified factors that influence the ability and desire of people to engage in physical culture. We studied their impact on the classes of various physical activity forms. We used the data of The Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE), 25th wave (2016). The sample size is 1893. There are several Russian and foreign papers about determinants of physical activity. We used it to highlight the necessary factors. We used the multinomial regression for modeling. It helped us to f...

Increasing competition mean that the importance of the company's intangible assets, such as image and reputation, is growing. Image and reputation are categories often identified with each other, but there are significant differences between them. An image is a set of ideas and associations about the company created in the minds of the audience, while reputation is the opinion of the company and its activities, arising as a result of indirect and direct contacts with stakeholders. Building both, image and reputati...

The central counterparty (CCP) is that market infrastructure entity that comes between the parties of a transaction, becoming a buyer for each seller and a seller for each buyer, thus ensuring the proper execution of transactions in the process of settlement, or of the obligations relating to open positions. This market infrastructure entity can provide guarantee services for transactions based on financial instruments carried out both on the spot trading venues and on the venues specific to the derivatives market...

At present, education is being brought to the forefront of any society to shape the pupils' and students' personality in terms of both intellectual and moral improvement, to teach them to know themselves, other people, develop their independence, creativity and critical thinking. In Slovakia for the education an important matter is the subject of Civics, which, according to the State Education Program ISCED 2, is the subject to be sought for pupils to understand themselves and others, to help them navigate the wor...

The process of company management requires the implementation and constant development of effective, structured and scalable set of instruments. These instruments must be continuously improved and updated under current conditions of intensifying competitive environment. The integral parts of such a set must reflect and be representative in the following aspects: economic and financial state of the enterprise, climate and culture codes inside the company and the current state of affairs in the company environment. ...

One of the most important challenges today is to support student’s critical thinking and soft skills development. Many researches point to a deficit of these skills among graduates. The article is focused on the presentation of the research of the impact of the selected teaching method, namely project teaching (project-based learning), on the student access, development of their soft skills and ability of critical thinking. The article compares the results of final testing. In the first part, the focus is on a b...

Object: is to formulate provisions that basically would constitute an integral and consistent view of the role and significance of developing the legal framework for international cooperation in the context of responding to natural disasters. Methods: special historical methods, such as specific historical, comparative historical and chronological methods, as well as historical and legal and complex methods, which allowed to go beyond formal research and study the development of the legal field of the internationa...

One of the most important tasks of psychological support of the child in the educational space is to create the most comfortable conditions for effective education and development. Particularly relevant is the problem of creating a favorable, psychologically safe environment. All researchers of the phenomenon of safety emphasize the significance of the characteristics of the communication process as a condition that may contain threats to a safe environment. Also, the quality of interpersonal relations impacts the...

Participation in competitions has numerous advantages on studentsВ’ psychological characteristics. Beyond the attractive rewards, attending competitions contribute to the development of social, cognitive skills and to the refining of metacognitive skills. Participation in contests promote the transformation of metacognitive skills: planning, time management, self-monitoring and evaluation of performance. The aim of the current study is the investigation of differences between metacognitive skills of students atten...

Domain specific knowledge such as visual art has been claimed to have an impact on the performance of various visual tasks. The limited amount of research led us to investigate where the reaction times (RT) of art- and non-art school students have been measured and compared. Data were collected from students from 3 Romanian art- and non-art high-schools. The design of the study is quasi- experimental. The purpose of this research was to investigate such difference in RT between students with different backgrounds ...

Thesis and antithesis, Stravinsky and Schoenberg, two complex personalities that marked the evolution of universal music, establish the subject matter of this article. The music on psalm texts signed by the two great composers can be considered valuable hints for the construction of the musician's profile by emphasising the origin of the musical choices, projected in the sound reality through the thorough imposing appearance of the two personalities. The differential typologies we will discuss relate to musical at...

The term "digital dementia" refers to the relationship of diminishing cognitive abilities of man and his excessive involvement in relation with social networks activities and cyber reality as such. The authors believe that the term "digital dementia" reveals some of the causes of loss of critical thinking, which correlates with an increase in young generation's interest in conspiracy theories. The article argues that it is precisely the loss of critical thinking that is associated with the phenomenon of an increas...