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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 children’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; ...

Josef Skvorecky is one of the most significant representatives of the Czech writers who published their works in the exile. Josef Skvorecky’s constant interest in the development of Czech society in recent decades is, among other things, the source of his work The Life of Czech Society, which is the subject of interest in this article. The book is a living testimony to a relatively recent period that was very difficult for the Czech nation. The analysis of the work makes it possible to follow Skvorecky’s mastery o...

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-...

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 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...

Although the book: The Renaissance Englishwoman in Print. Counterbalancing the canon. Haselkorn and Travitsky, eds., University of Massachusetts Press, 31 January 1990, appeared/was published in the 90’s through its seventeen (17) essays on women as writers or/and as objects of representation in the English Renaissance, it presents and analyses the ways women were treated in the traditional canon and in the writings - interpretation(s) of these writings. The book is divided in five (5) parts (the outspoken woman, ...

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...

The purpose of the research is analyzing models of epistolary narrative used in contemporary women's life writing on the example of texts by Latvian writer Margita Gutmane, Romanian author Irina Grigorescu Pana, and Canadian prose fiction writer Alice Munro. Methodology of the research is comparative analysis of narrative elements used in auto/biographical texts. The elements of the epistolary genre – letter, diary, personal notes, etc. – are used with the aim of creating the effect of authenticity and enhancing v...

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...

An objective of clinical legal education (CLE) is to stimulate students to take the active part in the learning process to develop legal skills that will be of great aim once they complete the law school and start to work in the practice. The CLE offer students the unique way of learning about the law by analysing the law in a real-life context. With the help of the CLE the students learn that some members of the society do not have equal opportunity to access the justice to protect their subjective right which gi...

In contemporary creation for children and young people there is an increasing production of works with intermedia characteristics. Interdisciplinary cooperation of experts in the field of individual types of art is required in order to analyze, interpret and evaluate it. Monika Kompanikova, an experienced and awarded author for children and adults, created a multimedia project for children called Toddler Punk: Tulino’s Musical Stories (Monokel Publishing House) in 2019. The project includes a collection of fairy t...

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 ...

The popularity of augmented reality (AR) in schools worldwide has been growing constantly in the recent years. Many experiments have shown that through AR teachers are able to improve learning outcomes for the students through increased engagement and interactivity. AR tools have been successfully applied in many subjects like Science, Math, History and Geography. However, there is one very special place where AR can encourage curiosity, inspire critical thinking and intense creativity of the students. This place ...

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 ...

Nowadays when the European Union faces some daunting challenges, with Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic merely being some of them, the research of the means and ways of its image structuring in British media is of a particular interest taking into consideration some historical reasons as well. The online versions of the published materials of the British periodicals (2017-2020) as well as some news sites, dedicated to the assessment of modern state of the EU, its future and its relationship with the United Kingdom ...

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 (Erz’a and Moksha languages). Thus, at the Proto-Mordvin level we can securely reconstruct two types of headdresses: pa?go ’women’s headdress’ and the early Turkic borrowing pat’s’a ‘headscarf’. There are several separate Turkic...

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...

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 aim of this research is to identify the effect of the COVID 19 pandemic on the relations of church state and international law. I am researching the state of religious freedom in the 21st Century in my overall research by studying international human rights law, state laws and religious laws. Through my general research I set up 5 state models to identify church and state relations, namely: pure, cold, coordinated, enemy, and unity depending on each state’s attitude towards religious observance and practice. I...

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...

This research aims to sediment the personal knowledge acquired in the field of aesthetics and philosophy, increasing their significance in the context of joining another field worthy of analysis, namely music. In order to reduce the generalization tendency that affects the previously mentioned fields, in this research we will try an analysis of the most important wagnerian work, Tannhauser, through the prism of an aesthetic perspective. The main theme of the research will be the aesthetics of the tragic, which we ...

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...

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...

This abstract focuses upon the main iconographic Street Art works created in Rome to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini. A further point of analysis will be the Street Art works in relation to their level complexity and how well-acquainted the street artists who created them were with the works of Pasolini. This study concerns Street Art works in Rome due to the fact that Pasolini spent the majority of his life there. In his novel The Ragazzi and his films Accattone and Mamma Roma...

In order to preserve and improve the value of protected areas it's needed the management for which they have been designated. Management actions have shown that they cannot always be effective. The changes are generated by random causes: environmental transformation, new threats or other factors. Activities planned or carried out in the protected area are considered threats only if they affect or degrade the values for which the protected area was established. In the initial phase, understanding the evaluation of ...

This paper aims at focusing on cognitive meaning of Carlo Levi’s work, based on his evidentiated historiographical, socio-cultural, ethnographic and anthropological interest, with the objective of exploring how the traces of memory, suggesting nostalgic attitude, but also dualistically drawn toward the future, are aspects which substantiate his pictorial search and reflection on art matters. Concomitantly, the purpose is to elucidate compositional elements of literary derivation or those that reflect themselves on...

For centuries, the monuments of megalithic prehistoric cultures have been rediscovered and identified in many parts of the Mediterranean basin. These monuments point to the spread and development of early agriculture and denote the diversification of the monuments created by these ancient cultures, their adaptation to availability of the local building materials, and the diversity of traditions. In this context, such megalithic monuments have not been studied mainly because they have been identified only in certai...

Public space is a general term that can be expressed in various ways. However, any definition is based on the assumption that these are spaces accessible to everyone without restrictions. Public space therefore serves a general purpose, regardless of ownership of that space. One of the types of public spaces is also an extra-level connection - an underpass. The underpasses provide an alternative way to safely overcome potentially dangerous locations due to a certain barrier - especially busy traffic. For the comfo...

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...