Browse

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...

The article presents the mutual relations between art and technology from the Renaissance to the interactive art of today. It indicates important factors influencing the possibilities of imaging and interpreting reality by artists, ranging from the development of oil painting techniques, linear perspective, the invention of printing and photography, to achievements related to the development of information technologies (computers, interfaces), offering a range of tools to create and co-create a work of art by the ...

The permanent and irreversible effects of changes in the face of the Earth that modern architecture should respond to, are discernible. What distinguishes the ideology of sustainable architecture is highlighting the meaning of the relationship between man and the environment. Due to their activity, people have not only a visible impact on the nature of the landscape, but also on climate change, disturbances in the functioning of flora and fauna, and even deterioration of the health of the population. Ecological, e...

The aim of the present study is to consider the perception of synagogues in the contemporary cultural space of Latgale. The study is based on the fact that Jewish cultural heritage on the territory of Latgale has been being reconsidered. At the present stage, intensive work on the restoration of the tangible and intangible Jewish cultural heritage has been being carried out, and the objects of cultural heritage have been being transferred into the sphere of tourism. The Daugavpils synagogue is a functioning synago...

The relevance of the topic researched is determined by general theoretical significance of synonymy relations in the language connections system. The object of the study is historical digression into synonymy. The subject of the study is synonymy in general. The origins of the consideration of synonymy are reflected in ancient philosophy. Ancient scientists in their reflections on the language form, on the nature of the name drew attention to the existence of several names for the same thing. This feature of the l...

The highest achievement of science is considered to be the knowledge of the laws of nature in objects and phenomena in their life cycle. A new vector of development of science-the way of synthesis, the search for strategies to expand the objective scientific rationality. Synergetics, as a powerful tool for coevolution of the various forms of knowledge, reveals the inner link between scientific rationality and Olonkho. From the point of view of physics, the argument for understanding the phenomenon of storytelling ...

By studying various sources of information about nowadays jewelry, such as published materials, websites, catalogs, exhibitions, salon collections, a digital system for collecting, selecting, analyzing Latvian jewelry design was created. Within the framework of the scientific paper, several aspects of the design of the jewelry from the point of view of the system are considered, such as the author, the pictures, the details about the jewelry, the look of the jewelry, the materials, the technologies used. The infor...

Technological needs of the modern economy significantly change the nature of engineering education. Today's engineers must be willing to work in the conditions of increasing technological processes and equipment complexity. The article discusses the main challenges and trends in Russian engineering educational development on example of Tobolsk Industrial Institute (branch) of "Tyumen Industrial University." The authors reveal the reasons for graduates' preparation quality declining in technical university training...

The aim of the submitted contribution is to propose for the staff of the EU Structural Funds Sections of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic an effective evaluation system based in particular on the motivation of employees to perform higher and better performances. The State Service Act in the Slovak Republic does not impose an obligation to perform a civil service assessment of civil servants but provides for the authorization of civil servants to evaluate subordinate ci...

The aim of the present study is to bring problems of treatment and rehabilitation of addicted people in Poland closer to the reader. The paper was aimed to indicate changes that have occurred in the last year and those which are possible to be implemented. Due to the increasing tendency for people becoming involved in drug abuse, the study was focused mainly on this social problem. It should be emphasized that the problem of addiction affects both women and men, whereas 'market' saturation in cities has led to a d...

Does humanity need certain norms and morals of life, rules of behavior, prohibitions? Why are they needed? These questions always remain controversial and open. Each ethnic group has its own specific moral norms, prohibitions, views on ethical principles, sometimes incomprehensible to others. This paper reveals the traditional ethical norms of the Sakha people behavior, to try to answer to stated above eternal questions. Authors consider a prohibition in traditional culture, based on the religious views of the Sak...

Tactical periodization is a training concept applied in the training of junior team A from “Gic? Popescu” Football Academy. As the main purpose of tactical periodization is to learn how to play, we have tried to build a complex model of training methods and means to increase team progress in terms of players’ individual quality and the quality of the team game as well. In all training sessions we have comprehensively prepared all the moments of the game, defending attack, offensive and defensive transitions, ...

In the article the author on the basis of comparison of tamg signs on medievial Turkic tribes proves unity of their ethnohistorical and political development. The important role in moving of these tamg signs migratory processes and special mechanisms of formation of Turkic tribes, characteristic for a nomadic way of life have played. Thereupon the author comes to conclusion, that the generality of historical destinies of the Turkic people is defined by the unity of historical ways, since an epoch of ancient Turkic...

The paper is devoted to the issues of tax accumulation and its role in shaping the amount of local government taxes in Poland. Therefore, the research covered taxes forming the tax system which entirely contribute to the budgets of local government units. The basic objective of the study is an in-depth analysis of the concept of the classic institution of tax law in question. The implementation of this research intention, however, required reference to the relationship between tax accumulation and the obligatory e...

The aim of the article is to evaluate whether the construction of the income tax in Poland indicates the implementation of the principles of social justice to which Article II of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland refers. In order to achieve the pursued objective of the paper, it was analyzed how the amount of the income that is not the subject of individual income tax and the poverty lines in the years 1995-2017 related to each other. The above relationships were compared with relationships in selected co...

In the last decades, there has been a discussion about teachersВ’ professional development in Slovakia but also in the European context. Researches show that Slovak teachers have lost their professional status in Slovakia. Their initial and continuing education is strongly theoretical and formal, the development of their practical skills and team working is not supported. As a research team, we have created a Model of professional development of teachers in schools which reflects actual problems of teachersВ’ prof...

The information age shifts focus in professional education from teaching to studying. Consequently University students are to organize their independent learning. One of the most productive ways of self-learning is making ample use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)-aided education. In the Russian Federation the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” no 273-FZ introduced in December 2012 imposes an obligation of using various technologies including ICT. Vast application of Inter...

The theoretical study presents partial results of the project "Management of the discipline in the classroom at the primary school". The main objective of the project is to create, apply and evaluate an optimal model of discipline management in the classroom, which influences the effectiveness of teaching and leadership in the field of self-control and self-regulation. The positive learning climate in a classroom requires the teacher to focus on modifying but especially on preventing unwanted pupils' behaviour. Th...

The paper deals with and analyzes the efficiency of certain body strength development procedures using weight training exercises on mesomorph subjects aged 19-21 from the University Politehnica of Bucharest. The purpose of the research is to determine which of the mesomorph subjects being situated in the three groups obtained superior results at the barbell squat exercise by using different body strength development procedures. The procedures used in the research are the following: the procedure of weight training...

The article examines the characteristics of behavior in a conflict of students of various nationality backgrounds. The research goal is to reveal potential possibility of studentsВ’ conflict prevention in a multinational institution. The research objective is to elicit specific conflict behavior types adhered to the students of different nationalities. The article represents the results of an empirical study of the characteristics of behavior in the conflict of the students. The two nationalities that were viewed ...

Contemporary process of general education shifts focus from teaching large groups of pupils to organize their independent learning. Teacher Training Universities are to prepare pre-service teachers for organizing pupils’ independent work in order to assist a better development of the child’s abilities. Application of tutoring support in primary, secondary and high school is one of the effective means to achieve these goals. This task is set in the Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” (2012), which st...

Background – Rapid development of interdisciplinary academic connections highlights the importance of written communication. The necessity of the latest data sharing, on the one hand, the scientific achievements promoting, on the other hand, make an ability of health care professionals to written speech activity salient. Materials and Methods – The study is aimed at professional written speech activity of health care professionals. Quantative and statistical methods were used. The progress of respondents was b...

Municipal school is the second home for our children where they learn the material and spiritual values, where their intellectual development is formed. When designing such a construction site, in addition to the anti-terrorism protection, which is topical today, it is necessary to create systems of engineering and technical support of the building at a high level, to which, in the present paper, we propose application of energy-efficient technology for delivering natural light to rooms with permanent presence of ...

The purpose of this article is to determine and present complex information regarding the technical aspects of housing for seniors, both from the theoretical angle and from the angle of subjective viewpoints of the seniors, with a specific focus on the Czech Republic. Firstly, we deal with the technical requirements for housing buildings in general, and secondly, we characterize the specificities regarding housing places for the elderly. Our emphasis on the group of seniors, i.e. those aged 65 and more, is derived...

Spatial orientation is one of the parts that are heavily affected by the visually impaired. The ability to orientation and move around is a key skill for visually impaired individuals and needs to be trained from a very early age. Modern times and the associated development of different technologies allow individuals to become increasingly self-sufficient. Both conventional rehabilitation and compensatory procedures and aids are used to compensate for loss of vision. We would like to focus on introducing the issue...

Background The publication presents the results of an analysis of the technological and material construction solutions of insular Venice, in addition to their destruction and securing methods. Corrosion is a natural process of the environmentВ’s influence on materials, which produces chemical or physicochemical reactions causing damage to a given structure. The first materials to undergo destruction are those that are most susceptible to corrosion. The rate of the infliction of corrosive damage to multi-element s...

Within the framework of the scientific paper, the technologies used in the manufacture of jewelry in the last 13 years in Latvia have been studied; the research was carried out using the field research method. The data used is aggregated in the database created by the author and used in the Internet environment, which contains information about the jewelry created by Latvian authors, such as materials, photographs of jewelry and others. In the period until June 17, 2018, data on 857 photos of Latvian jewelry were ...

The following article is a structural analysis of TelemannВ’s Advent and Christmas Cantatas from the Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, 1725-6 and 1731-2 liturgical years. The solo sacred cantatas are investigated in their context of Lutheran Liturgy, evaluating TelemannВ’s cantata form, the vocal Fach, the instrumentation and the text, thus offering a guide to singerВ’s performance. The outcome is a better understanding of TelemannВ’s choice for vocal expression. These collections stand as great recipes for acquiring me...

Temporal specification of events presents a number of aspects which may be expressed separately or jointly in prepositional constructions. Russian prepositions with meanings from the temporal semantic domain usually phrase the relation to some moment of time as a simultaneity, precedence or forwardness. The form of the temporal mark may be explicit specifying some particular moment such as the time of day and date or the period of time expressed in time measures as well as implicit referring to other event. Some p...

The relevance of the study is confirmed by the fact that the development of the domestic metallurgical industry depends on the development trends of the world metallurgy. Iron ore is the main raw material for the production of ferrous metals. Geopolitical processespropose new demands to forms and methods of strategic management in metallurgical industry. The aim of this study is analysis and dynamic development assessment of ferrous metals in different countries of over the world. To achieve this goal the followin...

The article deals with the issues of professional communication directly related to the psychological problem of perceiving the outside world and, hence, to the linguistic world-image (LWI), which is already present in the mind of an individual. This fully applies to the professional linguistic world-image (PLWI). The authors propose a description of the PLWI as a system, structure this system and analyze its components and their interrelations. A necessary and sufficient set of skills and abilities is determined ...

In this work the terms prapatti and tawakkul are considered as similar ones in sense and value in the Vai??ava and Sufi religious and philosophical traditions. Both terms mean the condition of self-surrender to God which lead the devotees to the spiritual realization in the scope of the particular tradition. The doctrine of prapatti take a special place in Vai??avism. It origins arise at least from P?ñcar?tra sa?hit’s and religious poetry of the ??v?rs (aprox. 6-10th cent.). It is regarded as the alternative pa...

The intensity and frequency of the daily activities of the population is a direct consequence of the townВ’s physical size growth. Urban dynamics depend both on the physico-geographical characteristics of space and on human behavior as the "pressure factor". The town of Botosani it was mentioned for the first time, by the chronicler Grigore Ureche, in 1439, as the largest fair in Moldavia. Situated at the intersection of important commercial roads of the time, the affirmation of urban life has been linked to trade...

Territory marking signs for the preservation of ethno-forming culture Industrial development of Siberia and the Northern part of Russia continues. The number of unauthorized penetration of oil and gas and timber processing enterprises into the territory of traditional natural resource use of the indigenous population is increasing. Part of the pollution extends through river ecosystems to the Arctic Ocean. Along the river systems, the full functioning of the traditional life activities of the indigenous peoples of...

The terrorism can be considered as the political or security problem, but it is also the kind of crime, although it is very specific crime. However, considering it as the crime, we can also think about it in the connection with criminological categories as the prevention, for example. When we look at latest terrorist attacks, we can name their several common features. For example, tools, which were used for commitment of these crime, were very simple, because perpetrators attacked by firearms, stabbing weapons or ...

Based on current security risks developed countries of the world have defined critical infrastructure as an asset or system whose disruption or destruction should have adverse effect on the performance of economic and social functions of the state, and thus on the quality of life of residents in terms of the protection of their life, health, security, property, as well as the environment. The objective need to ensure protection and defence of important national infrastructure assets against traditional threats suc...

The aim of the paper is to determine the level of the lower body explosive power of older school girls. Regular population as well as girls playing various sports such as football, volleyball and handball were tested. The measurements were made in November 2017. The monitored parameters were the vertical jump T-flight length and the height of the vertical jump in the three tests. Diagnosis was performed using the Optogait jump ergometer. Basic statistical characteristics were used for data processing. In the final...

The article deals with the peculiarities of information compression in the process of professional activity of a biologist (as a representative of the natural-science direction) and philologist (the representative of the humanitarian sciences). As the main method of research the semantic charting of the text, based on the psycholinguistic experiment, was used. The analysis of the themes and microthemes wording was based on the principle of matching/ mismatching of the wordings with the words from the whole texts: ...

Topicality. Russia was always one of the main subjects of political thought as one of influential factor in world policy. The report is focused on the history of American political thought that remains still unknown in this aspect. And attempts to better understanding of the roots of actual negative connotation of Russia and Russians in USA. Aim: to reconstruct the logic of one of political argument of the negative image of Russia in America. Hypothesis: The USA authorities did not want to put up with the fact tha...

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...

The trial of the Nazi war criminals who committed their crimes in the North-West of Russia was held in Leningrad in the winter of 1945 - 1946, simultaneously with the trial in Nuremberg. Its course was covered by all the major city newspapers: Leningradskaya Pravda, Smena, and Vecherny Leningrad. The criminal proceedings were attended by journalists, photographers, filmmakers, and newspaper cartoonists. In addition to regular reports on the progress of court sessions in the print media, op-ed articles, and intervi...

We live in a time of intense turmoil, doctrinal reevaluations of all sociological systems and philosophical concepts, which attempt to encompass within one unit the three fundamental dimensions of existence: God, man and the world. Under the avalanche of destructive theories, all the "strong" foundations of philosophical theories and traditional religions lose their firmness. We are witnessing a conceptual dissolution of the contemporary world that tends to melt in an ocean of relativism regardless of any effort t...

The article is devoted to the answer to the question, what priorities prevailed in the process of restructuring hard coal mining in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in which this sector had a significant share in the structure of the economy (Poland, Czech Republic and Romania)? The analysis was based on the study of the relationship between the level of coal prices on the European market and the level of employment. The hypothesis of the article is that in the Central and Eastern European countries, s...

On the example of the Civil Code Opchinska naredba od zlocsinstvah i njihovih pedepsah printed in Budim in 1788, which is in fact the translation of the Criminal Code by Joseph II originally entitled Allgemeines Gesetz Гјber Verbrechen und derselben Bestrafung, it is possible to outline the ways in which the Age of Enlightenment influenced various aspects of life of all people in the empire, to show how the law and the punishment of felonies was regulated, and especially to track the historical development of the ...

The concept of an “in-between-city” (Zwischenstadt) interprets the urban sprawl in Europe as a new, evolving model of urban development, taking the form of urbanized landscapes, which does not correspond with the traditional understanding of urban design. The actual shape of an in-between-city reflects the today’s technology and economy generating new lifestyles: global trends coexist with the locality in a strong relation. The qualification process concordant with the new logic of space creation requires new...

The history of food consumption offers a wide range of thematic and disciplinary facets, lending itself to approaches in economic and environmental, scientific and technical, social and religious history. The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the history of a typical product in a Southern Italian Region, Puglia, to allow us to show the relationship between agriculture, local alimentary tradition, agro-food industry and governmental policies. The idea is to bring out, through the history of a local product, the i...

People employed in an enterprise are its most important resource. They have unique knowledge and skills that they bring to the company thanks to their participation in the production process. These factors combined with predispositions for work, using appropriate methods of motivation, can be a source of competitive advantage for the company. The efficiency and effectiveness of the company's operations depends mainly on the employees of the organization and employed management, as well as the atmosphere at work, r...

The village and the agrotourist area presents itself as an area of real attraction, where are meat all the elements specific to the local development. The agrotourist activity and the economic and social development of rural area are in a relationship of correspondence and reciprocity. So, the intensification of tourism activity is the result of the general development of the rural areas, development which is also determined at his term by the development of tourism. The potential of rural areas represents an adva...

In business management, the critical issue is identifying those activities that are drivers of value. One of the indicators stakeholders are interested in is return on equity (ROE). For managers, it is important to identify those activities that affect its growth or decline. The aim of the study is disaggregation of the ROE indicator on the parts depicting the operating activities through Return on Net Operating Assets (RNOA) and non-operational activities through financial leverage and spread. Then more detailed ...