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The article is devoted to the problem of seeking the criterion which can verify individual`s spiritual transformation by means of philosophical conversion on the way of gaining one`s nature. Experience of the unlimited cosmic whole which usually happens with an individual in one`s childhood as a feeling of the cosmic immensity of one`s small motherlandis takenas a criterion. The basis of such experience is declared to be imagination freed from limitation of the discursive totality. As soon as childhood experience ...

A new quality of economic growth is being formed and related to the development of digital computer technologies in the modern world. The government of the Russian Federation has taken a course to transfer the Russian economy to a digital basis. It is reflected in the program approved in 2017 "Digital Economy". Among the main end-to-end digital technologies within this program are neurotechnologies, which, together with other advanced technologies, are created to reduce the gap with the leading countries in the ne...

Economic environment is constantly witnessing a number of discussions about undervalued or overvalued cost of national currency and the impact of currency cost on the national economy and well-being. For this purpose multiple methodologies of calculating “base” (“fair”) value of national currency and its comparison with real current market value are widely used. Although, the most common method is considered to be the one, based on purchasing power parity, some other methods, such as “bigmac index”, вЂ...

The article deals with the process of childbirth and the factors affecting it. Actuality of this work is caused by the significant decline in the birth rate in Russia in 2017-2018. The article describes the institution of the family as an integral part of the socio-economic structure of society, in which changes of the whole system naturally entail changes in its elements. Groups of factors influencing the childbirth process are determined. The main attention is devoted to the analysis of the influence of economic...

This study focuses on the specific features of managerial accounting used in the Czech Republic, in particular on the typical attitude of manufacturing companies towards product costing and pricing. The objective of absorption costing is to ensure that both the direct and indirect costs of production are included in the production cost. To determine the direct production costs is relatively simple as the amount of them in a product can be measured. On the other hand, the indirect costs are impossible to measure, t...

Yakutia is a region where the largest mining projects have been implemented for several decades, but traditional activities for the North (e.g. livestock, reindeer herding, fishing, hunting and gathering) maintain their steadiness, which spawns conflicts in land and nature use. The paper is devoted to the issue of access of Yakut traditional communities to land and natural resources in the context of ensuring income and consumption on the basis of traditional economic activities. The evolution of the settlement sy...

The purpose of the study is to describe the nature of accommodation (coarticulation) of Russian and Japanese vowels based on a comparative typological study, and to characterize the manifestations of Russian-Japanese interference at the level of speech perception. The main research methods are the comparative-typological method, empirical method, method of observation, method of auditory analysis, instrumental methods, and generalization of obtained results in order to reveal phonetic interference. The analysis of...

Regarding the phenomenon of the currently extending life expectancy of the population, it can be assumed that the number of ageing persons with intellectual (and other) disability will increase. These persons, having survived their parents, need to rely on institutional support, which is frequently of a residential nature. The process of ageing of persons with intellectual disability is also associated with frequent occurrence of long-term diseases and changes in their health status. Regarding the above, it can be...

The article deals with activating methods for geography teaching in out-of-school environment in Slovakia, particularly in the Nitra City. Moreover, it focuses on the popularization of geography among different age categories via the activating methods such as didactic games and experiments. Activating methods lead teaching so that educational goals are achieved mainly on the basis of pupils' own activity with the emphasis being placed on solving problems. Teaching by exploration and discovery by pupils themselves...

The contribution is connected with the previous research realized between the years 2016 and 2017 with the group of seniors who are in danger of cognitive disorders. In this previous research basic communicative categories were set apart in order to establish and develop an interaction with clients. The aim of a following survey was to furher analyse individual manifestations of verbal and non-verbal communication and on the basis of ascertained findings to create functional models that would be helpful to workers...

Digital humanities is an activity based on a symbiosis of the humanities sciences and information technologies. This is an international activity. There are many communities implementing projects in this area. For example: Russian Association for Digital Humanities (http:// dhrussia.ru) and European Association for Digital Humanities (http:// eadh.org/). Under the flags of Digital Humanities ITMO University (Department of Graphic Technologies, Center of design and multimedia), Saint Petersburg State University (de...

The knowledge economy requires that the process of building of competitive economy involves scientific achievements as a source of new knowledge. At the same time effective management of the innovation processes taking place within European regions is fundamental for European economy to establish its good position in the world. Regional innovation strategies are actually responsible for directing innovation processes. As some time has gone by and first experiences with regard to the functioning of those tools beco...

The article is devoted to the study of the actual interrelations of education, mobility (primarily tourism) and city development. This article is not about the mobility of low-skilled labor migrants, but about the part of the population wishing to get a better education before they start looking for a place to apply their labor. The desire to receive quality education, new knowledge, and constant (lifelong) learning is one of the striking features of the post-industrial economy. Knowledge, as the main commodity of...

Background: Sepsis is a severe medical condition associated with multiple organ failure. Acute kidney injury is a severe and frequent complication in patients with sepsis, especially in the elderly, causing prolonged hospitalization and additional costs. Aim of study was to evaluate clinical features, risk factors, evolution and costs of AKI induced by sepsis in elderly .Material and methods: A retrospective study was performed over the past 6 months based on medical records in our Nephrology department and Nephro...

The article highlights the way of adapting the constructive techniques in the Banat high plain (South-West of Romania) during the colonization of the territory from the 18th century by the Habsburg Empire. Due to the lack of other natural resources, earth was the preferred building material for realizing the new settlers housing. The study pursues the analysis of physical properties (granulometric curve, characteristic humidity, plasticity limit, compression strength ) of local earth mixed with natural fibers used...

The author presents project, the aim of which is adaptation of folklore songs for voice and piano by contemporary Slovak composer Pavol KrВљka. The project is the result of pedagogical practice needs. All songs were composed for specific interpreters in the specific key e.g. a baritone. The project gives a chance to other voice groups of a tenor and a bas to include songs to their repertory. The same principle works also in case of the adaptation for female voices.

In the previous study the authors suggested and examined the principles of architecture's integration into nature (i. e. the principle of preservation of the place, regeneration of biocenose, interaction of environments, harmonization, using of natural-born forms, seamlessness, rational consumption, consolidation of forces). They have been used intuitively during the whole mankindВ’s history of creating an artificial environment. The aim of this paper is to show how the principles of architecture's integration int...

Medieval towns, besides featuring a typical urban-architectural layout originating from medieval locations, were equipped with a characteristic repertoire of public facilities, such as the town hall, stalls, the town church, monastery complexes, hospitals, guild buildings, department stores. Such an organized socio-spatial area defended the defensive walls against numerous threats in those times. Despite the defortification carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries, many European towns have preserved their defens...

Negative demographic evolution, which applies also to the Slovak Republic, can be reversed to a certain extent by a well-set immigration policy. Integration policy plays an important role in immigration policy. An appropriately set integration policy is a prerequisite for an increase in the number of migrants to have a positive impact on the economic development of the host country. Failing to integrate migrants into the host country's society results in marginalization. The article analyzes the current situation ...

The article analyses advertising discourse with an emphasis on the pragmatic properties of Russian language units belonging to different levels of the language system. The author focuses on the rhetoric impacts made by advertisements on the potential customer. To this end methods of functional linguistics are applied to advertising samples in Russian (given in transliteration and translated into English). Within this framework units of the phonetic, lexical and syntactic levels of the Russian language are under an...

This article sets forth the problem of attitudes towards women in connection with their ethno-religious characteristics of the processing of their appearance (for example, hidjab (Islamic head-cover)) and sex and age of respondents. Research design. The object of the study were 794 people (350 male; 444 female), aged 18 to 40 years (mean age 27 years), residents of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Methods. The study used the author's questionnaire, which consisted of stimulus material (2 sets of photos of 5 girls; in one ca...

The concept of the dynamic nature of the system of a person's relations (Myasishchev, 1995) [1] and the social-psychological approach to appearance, its assessments and self-assessments (Labunskaya, Drozdova, 2017) [2] served as the methodological preconditions of the study. The goal of the study was studying the age-related dynamics of a person's assessment of the components of his/her appearance and its integral characteristics. Methods of the study: 1) V. Schutz Interpersonal Relations Questionnaire [3]; 2) met...

There are two well-known anomalies about initial public offering companies; abnormal initial returns to outside investors and long-term underperformance. These two well-documented anomalies are still unsolved puzzles which attract great attention in corporate finance research. This leads to generation of many possible explanations with different hypotheses. Beside many other theories and perspectives, agency theory related explanations for these anomalies is a flourishing and fruitful area for further research. In...

Architecture of the Alchemists’ House, which was carried out according to a design of Dariusz Koz?owski in Mochnackiego street in Cracow, inspired cogitation on architecture parlante and threads of significance in architecture of the post-functionalist era. Architecture parlante was born in France and it means „speaking architecture” – expressing through its form, details and general character of a building, content and meaning carried by the architectural work. Turning to the past, postmodern architecture r...

In modern philosophical and psychological works alchemy is present as a phenomenon the essence of which is mysterious and incomprehensible. Alchemy and the philosopher's stone today in society is perceived as Magnum ign?tum (the Great Unknown). The subject of the work. Depending on the approach, the subject is determined and interpreted. The subject of this work is the legend of the 13th century alchemist Raymond Lully and his lover Ambrosia de Castello. The aim is to establish the transformational structure of th...

The scientific-educational approach, combining the educational point of view with the scientific criticism of the educational approach, was formed, oddly enough, in the study of alchemy, and views the latter as a stage in the development of chemistry. It is this approach which combined the ideas of the Enlightenment with natural science and its history and became the basis for the formation of a classical view of the Hermetic tradition. This approach is based on the reality of the object of alchemy, proving that i...

Alchemy is oriented towards В‘traditionВ’, and the latter can be understood very widely, including myths, superstitions, legends, parables. Any tradition at a certain level of development, in order to take the next step, turns to the study of itself, realizing the reflection of its sources, bases, concepts and methods. This approach is denoted by the word В‘traditionalВ’. For the present study this group of materials, on the one hand, acts as sources, on the other hand, as research, that is, the study of esoteric ...

The study is aimed at revealing the deep meanings inherent in the artwork "Adoration of the Magi" by Leonardo da Vinci with the help of the system of the artistic universalism. The main methods used are comparative-historical, structural-semantic, iconological and formal analysis. A special role was assigned to the practical definition of the inner design concealed by the artist in various symbolic images. On the example of the work-sketch "Adoration of the Magi” is made a comparison of the images with the mytho...

The article deals with a study focused on the production of products with an emphasis on the use of environmentally friendly and recycled materials. Eco-design and the environmentally friendly product lifecycle are being increasingly taken into account and given greater emphasis considering the limited raw material resources of the planet. The properties that must be met by newly selected material were determined by the material analysis of selected products and their components. It was not just for the sake of ex...

Motivation has been the subject of numerous books on human resources management. However, it is not frequently discussed in the energy sector, and particularly not in the mining industry. The ongoing restructuring processes in the Polish mining industry make it impossible to identify a consistent motivational scheme. The existing programmes, due to the ever-changing operational conditions of mining companies, are maladjusted to employeesВ’ expectations. This article attempts to evaluate the expectations of miners ...

The present paper analyses archaeological and anthropological materials of the Middle Bronze Catacomb culture found in kurgan cemeteries of the Lower Volga area. The specific features of the burial rite, artifacts and cranial pathologies are related to possible migrations of members of some Catacomb cultures from the territories of the North Caucasus, Caucasus and North Pontic area into the open steppes of the the Lower Volga region. Along with innovations in such areas as bronze metallurgy, ceramic production, tr...

This paper presents the application of systems approach engineering methodology in the reconstruction of the Roman water supply system. The application of a systems approach and systems analysis methods provides a reliable analysis and the reconstruction of the Roman water supply system, its operation and sustainability. Considering the Roman water supply systems of the city of Salona and the DiocletianВ’s Palace have not been completely preserved, a problem occurs in their reconstruction and analysis of their ope...

Managerial behavior and the operating philosophy of the firm's executive level characterize entrepreneurial orientation, enabling entry into new markets. Three dimensions most frequently used to describe entrepreneurial orientation are innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking. Most of the earlier research on entrepreneurial orientation aggregates its features into a single construct to examine its impact on the companyВ’s performance. In this study, the dimensions of the entrepreneurial orientation were deco...

This paper represents an integrated urban design and social management model which transforms the maintenance of urban public green areas into an urban activity and encourages the students and other citizens to carry out activities by means of a shared, planned, scheduled and regionalist method within the cities. The aim of the study is to explore the potential of education regarding the sustainability of urban public green areas and the appropriation of urban green spaces to generate environmental consciousness. ...

The universal right to travel, alongside with the right of developing one’s personality – in addition to the right to rest and enjoy relaxation – as an expression of the universal human rights – form the fundamental reason for social tourism. The main objective of this paper is to define social tourism, which through the objectives, population targets and achievements thus far obtained, is seen as one of the most important vectors that bring these rights in practical application. Within this approach, socia...

Research which is presented in this paper mainly concentrates on “gated housing settlements” focusing on resident’s urban walking experiences. Today, in Turkey as well as in other countries round the globe, there is a rise and growing popularity in gated housing settlements. In many parts of the world, there are some differences and similarities when comparing them, but their main characteristics is that they are isolated from public urban spaces. They have extended walls around and gates with securities whic...

The most important capital of modern enterprises is information, knowledge and intellectual capital, while at the same time in process of building the competitive advantage, the role of material components decreases. Knowledge in the enterprise is partly its property but mostly its owners are employees. Therefore, it is crucial to provide employees with appropriate working conditions in which they could fully use their potential. This may require, among others, such activities as: changing the organizational cultu...

Increasing disparities of development are a characteristic of the countries of Eastern Europe. Understanding the mechanisms that lead to the amplification of these phenomena, is a central topic of scientific research in the area of territorial management. The study aims to develop a new methodology to analyze the concentration trend of the poorest administrative units from Romania, the results obtained contributing to a superior understanding of a complex of determinants of polarized development. The analysis inte...

An essential component of national wealth and the most important part of the country’s economic capacity are the fixed funds. Fixed assets form the basis of any industry, which produces output, delivers services and executes work. Production facility renovation is one of the crucial tasks to be fulfilled in order to develop exchange relations and maintain the current economic growth rate. The present study: 1. Provides an original definition for the term “investment potential of renovating basic production asse...

The main objective of the paper is an analysis of the educational structure of the population on the basis of selected macroeconomic indicator. The OECD argues that the better education results in increasing productivity, improving the job prospects and more even distribution of results in reducing income inequality and poverty [7]. The selected macro-economic indicator is the rate of unemployment for the individual counties. A precondition for the existence of statistical dependence between structure and register...

The article describes the methodology for modeling global problems of the world economy. The main methodological provisions: the existence of the history of the problem development, the mutual influence of the problem development process, the influence of factors on problem development. The mathematical model of global problems of the world economy is formed on the basis of the system approach. A particular feature of the system approach is the choice of the system of indicators that assess global problems, the ch...

The submitted article analyses the current situation concerning implementation of methods of continuous improvement in industrial companies. The results are based on a survey carried out in 2016 - 2017. The survey was carried out in industrial companies employing 250 to 2,500 employees, mainly in joint stock companies and limited liability companies, with majority of Czech capital. It mostly concerns companies focused on automotive industry both from the production point of view as well as from the finished produc...

Today innovation activity is considered as one of the main conditions for the modernization of the economy and one of the main indicators of competitiveness of the state. The article presents the comparative analysis of innovative activity of Russia and foreign countries and shows the global innovation index of Russia. Based on the analysis, the strong and weak points of the innovation system of Russia have been identified, the main problems hindering the development of innovation activities in Russia have been re...

The basis for each successful economy is the performance and competitiveness of its core enterprise entities. Rising competition, which is caused by growing globalization processes, forces enterprises to evaluate their performance not only from the point of view of past financial results, but at the same time to compare their achieved results with competition in the relevant sector. Enterprises are exposed to ever stronger competition from globalization, leading to increased flexibility of all actors in the nation...

Internet and Internet marketing are currently the most used and most effective promotion tools, as well as tools of attracting new consumers in any area of business. In the current strongly saturated market it is also necessary to constantly develop innovative changes and create new markets that encourage consumers to purchase behaviour. Determinant of success is to understand the requirements and desires of consumers and be able to assume their future expectations. An important starting point for understanding th...

This article summarizes the experience of using testing to assess students' knowledge of engineering disciplines at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Authors suggest using the matrix of the test, which should be taken into account when drafting tasks in mid-term and final tests to diagnose the academic achievements of students of engineering disciplines. Attention has been paid to the didactic principles of diagnostics of the author's test. The modern requirements for assessing the validity of...

Marketing activities and their utilisation are inevitable part of almost all companies operating in current high competitive market. If the company wants to be successful and sell their goods and services, it needs to be visible for its potential customers. To support demand and product offer the implementation of tools of marketing and communication mix is important. Tourism sector is no exception. The main aim of the article was to focus and point out the marketing tools and activities that are used by tourist i...

Parking policy should be part of an integrated revitalization strategy. An integrated approach requires the implementation of processes that influence the determination of the value of parking indicators. It is also important to implement projects that will indirectly contribute to improving the situation in degraded areas. One of such actions is the implementation of a parking policy that aims to eliminate the problem of congestion in city centers. There are no mandatory indicators for the minimum number of parki...

The paper deals with prepositional constructions with numerical actants and circumstants in the Russian language. Statistical corpus-based characteristics of prepositional constructions are provided, the regular types of categories of dependent numerical groups are described. Prepositions are one of the key subsystems in the language system, and without its formalization, it is impossible to implement meaningful technologies for automatic text analysis. Prepositions in Russian have not been getting much attention ...

The article reflects the results of a study in the dynamics of public expenditure in the education sector of the Russian Federation. The article deals with mechanisms, problems, priorities and prospects in financing and developing the education sector in the Russian Empire and the USSR. Comparison of the periods showed that in the imperial period the system proved its necessity, which resulted in the emergence of social needs in education and the transition from facultative acquisition of knowledge to a functionin...