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Secularization is a profound transformation of the society, in the sense of restructuring the relations between society and religion. Contemporary society are marked by a decrease of the role of religious institutions in the sphere of public life, by an accentuation of the general processes of individualization and rationalization as well as by the replacement of the traditional religious with innovative religious convictions and practices. The mutations in the field of values, norms, beliefs and practices of cont...

This article highlights the existence and importance of the historical aspect of Slovaks' national existence in Lowland, having specific regard to their first historical cultural and literary impulses in Nadlak. It stresses the self identifying and mediatory function of written word and its historical connection in the aspect of minority existence of (for the most part) their own development context. On the background of beneficial bibliographical attributes and theorems it mainly displays concrete interpretive an...

Background: Health literacy is currently a hot and frequently discussed topic both in the Czech Republic and worldwide. The need of improving the awareness of this topic is confirmed by the fact that individuals with a lower level of health literacy show an impaired level of health, which is reflected by an excessive consumption of unhealthy food and prolonged hospitalization. Methods: This paper presents partial results of the RVO ZSF JU Project called Health Literacy in the Selected Groups of South Bohemian Popu...

This article analyzes the innovation and technological sphere and the processes of modernization of the Arctic regions of Russia. A classification of Russian regions is undertaken, with division into four clusters. The first cluster is represented by the Russian regions encompassing Arctic territories: Murmansk region, Nenets, Yamalo-Nenets and Chukotka autonomous districts, Arkhangelsk region, Krasnoyarsk region and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The second, third and fourth clusters take into account different...

The inquiry we propose starts from the premise that classical music composers approached the texts of the psalms written almost 3 millennia ago and they rediscovered their meanings in spite of the social, territorial, linguistic, and religious changes which took place throughout history. Analyzing the musical scores of those who appealed to the text of Psalm 150, the aim of our research is to observe the multiple ways in which the psalm is musically represented in the history of music. Despite the different musica...

Presented study synthetises the research focused on the portrayal of a man in the literature for children and youth in Slovakia. Material basis for the research is both original as well as translated prosaic production published in Slovakia since mid- 19th century until 1989 (fall of the communist regime). The research findings are about to answer the following questions: 1. what is the mutual proportional representation of different types of handicap (social disadvantage and medical handicap; i.e. physical impair...

Integration is an integral feature of the modern world and one of the main consequences of globalization. The scientific substantiation of integration remains relevant when considering the impact of integration projects on the national and regional innovative ecosystem interaction leading to new industries development. The paper considers the category of “utility” and a complex of factor values as a tool for estimation of their integration effects. They include economic indicators of economic growth stabilization,...

Since the 2016/2017 school year, the Czech system of education has undergone certain changes. One of them is common education of all children within mainstream education at all school levels, including kindergarten, except for children with the severest physical or mental handicaps. Further changes include compulsory kindergarten attendance in the last year before compulsory school attendance commencement, the right of two-year-olds to attend kindergarten, and employment of nannies in kindergartens. These are majo...

The article investigates the problem of influence of processes of globalization and transformation on the world financial and credit system. Discusses is the main directions and trends of the transformation process, as well as the nature and consequences of globalization. It reveals the positive and negative aspects of globalization in the economy and specifically in the financial sector.

In this study we explore the effect of the form of space on people. We approach the problem from the concept of enclosure, and its measurement. We made enclosure measurable. Several studies have described that to enclosure, spatially different surfaces and their distances from the subject are relevant. To make measurable this effect, we developed a new index called architectural space density. This is an integral along the perceived surface, what is (mathematically) reached for a subject with the average of the su...

The paper presents mathematical model of the changing age structure of the population of the region is submitted. The population is considered as a system consisting of three groups: working age, young age and elderly age. The model is a system of differential equations with respect to shares of the above three age groups in the general population and the corresponding initial conditions. The model parameters are the coefficients of fertility, mortality and age-shifting, obtained by processing statistical demograp...

The present article looks into the issues of information economy development and methodology of enterprise management based on the functioning of new economy. The article is essentially topical as the new field of knowledge and new environment for enterprise management are being formed. The purpose of this article is drafting provisions on the subject of information economy and its impact on the whole range of enterprises’ production and economic activities management. The authors have by way of research developed...

The purpose of research - analysis of the concept of "health protection " in the Russian and international laws and regulations from the standpoint of compliance with the fundamental concepts of the law in the field of human health. The study authors was based on formal legal (normative-dogmatic) method, comparison method, logical method, the method of induction and generalization. In addition to these methods, as a specific research methods used linguistic interpretation, as well as studying the etymology of the ...

The D?browa Basin is a geographical and historical area established in the 19th century and located in southern Poland, with rich sports traditions. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present the profiles of sportspeople from the D?browa Basin who in the period of communism won medals for Poland at the Olympic Games. They are competitors born on the territory of the D?browa Basin or in a given Olympic year representing sports clubs, associations and organizations from the area of the Basin. A basic research me...

Oncological disease is a serious illness that affects not only the sick individual but also the family system. Oncological illness has an impact on all dimensions of life, but also on the processes and functions of the family system, on individual members of the family community. The aim of the research was to find out how a family with a cancer patient works. We focused on identifying the impact of oncological illness on the quality of family life, the needs of a family with a cancer patient, and the overall func...

The governments of all countries are pressing towards improving of the welfare of their citizens. The high level of welfare demonstrates the right direction and good ongoing socio-economic policy. For many decades, welfare has been evaluated mainly in terms of economic factors, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the main metric for gauging the quality of people’s lives. Researchers are seeking to assess more precisely the welfare of the population, avoiding usual economic indicators. The interest in alternat...

Previous research in the field of protest activity showed that protests are result of a multifactorial impact of socio-economic factors on the individual and group consciousness of citizens, taking into account the cognitive and axiological refraction of the surrounding reality which differs drastically for different regions, time periods, other circumstances. The key finding is the fact that any protest activity is conditioned by nonlinear influence of social and economic factors which form particular patterns of...

Grammar is viewed as an essential element for communication because it shows how language is used. The process of grammar teaching is more successful when it deals with grammatical points that can be used for communication. The communicative view of language extended the structural view of language adding situational and functional aspects. When teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) the four language skills - listening, reading, speaking, and writing, are usually stressed equally while in English for Specifi...

The basic reasons of destruction of capitalism dealt with in this article on samples of K.Marx’s, W.Sombart’s, P.Sorokin’s, J. Schumpeter’s and other economist’s texts: (1) the actions of the proletariat, the problems of capital accumulation, flow of economic resources (Karl Marx), (2) the anthropological foundation (Werner Sombart), (3) withering away of the entrepreneur function, destruction of the institutional structure and the social base of capitalism, decrease of economic stimulus to the labour (Josef Schum...

The historical consciousness of the nation is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Under the historical consciousness in science is understood as system of knowledge, the totality of ideas, views, traditions, rituals, customs, ideas, concepts, on the basis of which representatives of the people form their worldview, ideals, beliefs and value orientations, awareness of their place in the world. The idea of self-government of the Yakut people passed a long historical path - from the entry of Yakutia into the Russi...

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia in the process of decision making, regularly bases its decisions on the constitutional principles of separation of powers, rule of law, equality and non-discrimination, free elections and political pluralism, human rights and freedoms, freedom of the market, humanism, social justice and solidarity, as well as other principles. These principles are explicitly laid down in the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia as the fundamental values of the constitution...

The authors explore the problem of identity as a result of the interaction of subjects in the process of communication. The authors allocate various types of identity depending on the historic stage of the existence of the human community. They distinguish ethnic identity, religious identity, linguistic identity, national identity, cultural identity. The authors select such form of identity as transcendental identity and consider it to be the ultimate form of identity and the most significant on a contemporary soc...

Architecture is often criticized for providing a self-referential and autistic result [1], prevailingly focusing on formal and aesthetic criteria, failing therefore in offering a valid spatial response to its end-users. The dwelling is directly affected by this deficiency, suffering from a detachment of dweller’s real and authentic needs. Interceding between resident and residence, the architect is subjectively influencing this relationship. Developing empathic abilities inside the profession must begin with archi...

At present, in the energy sector, the development and introduction of clean, safe, affordable energy-efficient technologies requires significant efforts and long time even for small scale projects. Sustainable and efficient use of energy requires increasing the share of renewable energy sources, use of clean generation technologies. Most countries face the following energy problems: the use of environmentally harmful energy sources that pollute the atmosphere, periodic interruptions in the electricity supply, heat...

The interdependence of spatial structure and economic development is gaining momentum in the current period when there is competition between the regions of Europe based on uneven economic development and growth. Clusters therefore become a new way of addressing the economic growth of the regions, unemployment and financial stability, which is moving towards a new organization of the economic area. Clusters are seen as one of the means of increasing innovation performance, of increased competitiveness of enterpris...

Nowadays launched worldwide programs for the gifted comprise 2-10% of population that is significantly less than the existing necessity. The most number of the potentially gifted children remains unrevealed because either the necessary diagnostic research is not conducted or the used methods are not capable of revealing the potential (hidden) giftedness. This is especially typical of rural schools of the Russian hinterland. In this paper we present methodological basis for creation a system for identifying and dev...

The institutionality of discourse as a qualitative parameter of its functioning has already become an axiom for linguists. However, the problem of studying the mechanisms of discourse impact in social practices remains relevant. The instrumental function of discourse is not limited to influence. It is active in the construction of many types of social and interpersonal relationships. What mechanisms and technological programs can control the process of discourse influence? What is the role of event concepts, cogni...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the preferable qualifications according to the needs of entrepreneur in various careers and Thai Qualifications Framework of Higher Education (TQF). This framework focuses on 5 aspects of learning which are ethical and moral development, acquisition of knowledge, development of cognitive skills, development of interpersonal skills and personal responsibility and development of analytical and communication skills. This exploratory research investigates 55 workplace...

The article reflects the results of investigation the phenomenon “childfree”, the movement joining the people who voluntary refused from childbearing. During the analysis of motivational orientations, worldview positions and axiological guides of the ideology followers it was revealed a special kind of childfree. These are so-called “regretting mothers” – women having children but regretting of their birth. A wide discussion of this problem began after the publication of the study results of the Israeli sociologis...

Commercial suburbanization belongs to one of the most dynamic processes affecting development of cities as well as its population. Nitra, similarly to other cities in Slovakia, has faced remarkable boom of commercial suburbanization in recent years. New retail stores, logistic centres, industrial halls and further tertiary facilities establish their premises on the city’s suburbs. Currently, the process of commercial suburbanization in Nitra has several forms. The aim of this paper is to evaluate forms of commerci...

The results of a comparative study of preferences in coping strategies are presented, as well as their connections with the characteristics of the frustration of four groups of Russian urban student youth - students of the senior classes of the secondary school, students of the construction college, psychology students and working young men and women who receive further education in the field of "Psychology". The relevance of studying the stated topic is explained. We used the methods of survey, testing ("Ways of ...

The article describes significant changes in corporate governance in the Czech recodification of the Czech private law. In the Czech Republic, from 1992 to 2014, the Act No. 513/1991 Coll. the Commercial Code, regulated only the dualistic (two-tier) model of joint-stock companies internal structure. Currently, the dualistic model and the newly regulated Czech monistic (one-tier) model of a joint-stock company is regulated in the new Act on Commercial Companies and Cooperatives (“the Business Corporations Act“) No....

Literary evidence and the results of our personal observations of patients with osteochondrosis are given in the article. Symptoms of spinal cord disorders and spinal nerve root disorders such as radiculopathies and dorsalgia are described here. It is known that osteochondrosis is a widely spread disease. At this disease, not only bone and cartilage items of the spinal cord suffer but also spinal roots do which leads to pain, automatic and vegetative disorders. Radiculopathies is one of the most serious variants o...

The article tackles the problem of linguistic means that correlate to the cinematic art of montage. Within the research, we focus on linguistic means that make elements of narrative discourse look like a film. The author chiefly draws on Theory of Montage initially developed by N. Utilova and expanded upon by contemporary Russian linguists. The author also relies on the works of R. Richardson’s ‘Literature and film’ (1969), B. Kawin’s ‘Telling it again and again. Repetition in literature and film.’ (1972), J.L. Fe...

In the development of modern pedagogy and other disciplines, we can note two main vectors. On the one hand, it focuses on the preservation of its traditional content (adherence to the principles of humanization, fundamentality, continuity and universality), on the other hand, tries to meet the challenges of the time, in particular, is focused on making creative character of educational process. In this article we consider the possibility of developing creative thinking in students, with the involvement of differen...

The contribution of the author deals with the topic of presumption of innocence in the means of Slovak criminal law. The author indicates the sources of law in Slovak legal system which includes the principle of presumption of innocence. The principle of presumption of innocence is one of the most important principles applied in the Slovak criminal proceedings. The first chapter further analyses the principle of presumption of innocence in the Slovak legal system, by analyzing its content and nature, the procedura...

The design and construction phases for the realization of a large yacht, today, are involving a growing number of actors, each one with his own special skills, know how and language. Even the old concept of shipyard is evolving in a more fragmented and composed reality.These processes require a strategy in order to optimize communication and exchange of awarness among all the parties involved. Cultural, strategic, economics, technique and even social considerations have to be done in order to develop communication...

The purpose of the research is to define the current impact of cyber weapons on international security, which is affected by the existence of cyberspace, from where are emerging new security threats. The research is divided into two main parts. In the first theoretical part, we used the descriptive method to characterize the main cybersphere threats in form of selected types of malware. The second part of the paper is dedicated to the analysis of the concrete malware which were discovered and which have had an imp...

Tourism is one of the fastest growing and largest sectors of the global economy and has important economic, social, cultural and environmental effects. Slovakia is among the countries with high rates of unemployment in Europe, but has a lot of natural and cultural wealth. Fragmented and diverse socio-cultural and environmental aspects of rural areas in Slovakia offer a variety of business and employment opportunities in the tourism and traditional folk arts and crafts to anticipate the diversity of interests of to...

Over the last twenty-thirty years, innovation topic has received increasing focus. This is a policy domain that has changed radically as understanding of the correspondence between economic performance, innovation and technological transformation has grown. The ongoing process of globalization provides persistent reasons for increasing national contest for the “localization” of innovations: as business becomes transnational, the attractiveness of countries innovation systems and technological capacities become a s...

The purpose of this article is to characterize the final stage of the evolution of artistic forms of folk art of the twentieth century Yakutia related to the processes of transformation of contemporary culture in the 1990-ies. The process of autonomization of culture was associated with the sovereignty of the Republic of Sakha (1990) and is expressed in the tendencies of ethnocentrism. However, market relations and the process of revival of traditional culture has intensified the phenomenon of ethnic consolidation...

This paper is part of an ongoing doctoral study that looks into the approaches employed by gallery educators at Balai Seni Visual Negara (BSVN) in conducting their educational programmes to a number of special education teachers from a school that specialises in special education. As such, the three primary aspects that function as the focus of the study are: i) perceptions of gallery educators upon the expectations of the school principal, the teachers, and the parents; ii) the organization of the programme in BS...

The article deals with the problem of semantic relations of definite/indefinite nouns based on the example of the Russian printed mass media. These relations have rich potential for the investigation of this category from the point of cognitive approach. The novelty of the study is in the authors' attempt to represent the frame structure of morpho-syntactic category of definiteness/indefiniteness in the language of modern Russian media texts. The ground for the study of the above mentioned category is in its conce...

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) must now be included among the fundamental mechanisms of industrial globalization. They are seen by many as a relatively fast and efficient way to expand into new markets and incorporate new technologies, know-how and better managerial techniques. Cross-border M&As facilitate the international movement of capital, goods and services, technology and the integration of affiliates into global networks. We analyze in the paper, the influences of the financial and trade libe...

In last years, European Union countries increase requirements for barrier-free accessibility of the environment. Such environment adaptation has become almost a matter of course in current needs. Slovakia as a country remains poor in the field of such accessibility. Physically disabled people represent in tourism small segment, which have not received sufficient attention yet. On the other hand, their participation in tourism field has a growing tendency from a development point of view. Significantly, proportion ...

Sex education is absent in the curricula of Slovak education system, which is no longer sustainable. So far, public and professional debate on the introduction of sex education always ended in irreconcilable attitude of the churches and experts. The result was the unanswered question of sex education in order to avoid further conflicts. Our research focuses on creating the current and relevant concept of unsolved problem of sex education that would be acceptable for all parties in interest. To achieve this goal, t...

Since Prehistory, artistic representations have gained a key place in the understanding of everyday life, but in recent times there have been changes that affect, among others, to their original religious, social, political or educational functions. The main goal of this paper is to identify the most important and recent discourses of art following the hypothesis that there is a certain degree of dissociation between the functions of today art compared to those of its past based on its new forms of socialization w...

The author of the article studies the option of boosting students' motivation and improvement of their communicative competences in a group work, carried out in the form of a psycholinguistic training in the language of speciality, namely English. The phenomenon of a psycholinguistic training is viewed by the author as an acute modern pedagogical and psychological method of influence which helps perfect professional interaction, self-development, growth of leadership qualities and skills of cooperation. The traini...

My key idea consists in stating that philosophy these days is in need of new orientations based on humanistic potential of philosophical wisdom. I would like to pay attention to the practical value of the philosophical wisdom. In accordance with the methodological approach we need to identify the diverse characteristics of philosophical wisdom to offer the complex definition of this concept. The focus is shifted to the area of cogitative constructions to the sphere of philosophical wisdom. It is especially importa...

In most part, the tourist sites are now constituted, in entities somewhat broken by traditional traditions and occupations, by the local specifics, which can only have negative effects both for the present and especially for the future. Keeping a rural world, with everything that is significant in economic, social, cultural, aspect involves the initiation and development of this form of tourism. In parallel with the agrotourism development process, have amplified the elements of infrastructure, cultural elements, ...