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An extensive literature is devoted to the origin of reindeer breeding; moreover, there is no common opinion on the time and centers of reindeer herding, the ways and forms of its distribution. Some researchers saw in the reindeer herding the oldest form of cattle breeding, which goes back almost to the Palaeolithic traditions. This point of view was supported by V.G. Bogoraz, G.P. Sosnovsky, V.I. Ravdonikas, N. Ya. Marr, U. Sirelius, V. Shmidt, V. Koppers, S. V. Kiselev, S.?. Tokarev and H. Paulhausen [1]. Current...

The end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century has been a period of rapid development of digital technology, which is a base for everyday functioning of the society based on knowledge. The growing importance of information caused rapid development of technologies facilitating and accelerating exchange of information, so called communicators. A new space for sharing knowledge and information has been created by the network of information and communication tools, which is now called cyberspace. It is simu...

Learning aspirations reflect personality dispositions and pupilsВ’ ability to achieve certain goals; they are the pupilВ’s ideas about these goals at school formed by the pupilВ’s self-concept and previous successes or failures. In pupils of younger school age, aspirations are strongly determined by parenting and parentsВ’ attitudes to the childВ’s school career. In the operational phase, a socio-psychological approach was chosen, according to which aspirations are not only the conscious and rational disposition o...

The aim of the presented paper is to illuminate the current situation regarding assigning homework at secondary schools in the Czech Republic and to ascertain secondary school studentsВ’ attitudes to economics subjects homework. The importance of homework given from Economics as a subject at the selected secondary schools is discussed using the results from questionnaires completed by secondary school pupils (N=239) in the South Moravian region in the Czech Republic. The data analysis of the pilot study of 15 item...

Mediation is one of the means of the alternative dispute resolution methods with the participation of one or more mediators who support communication between the parties to the conflict in order to help them reach a friendly solution to their conflict by concluding a mediation agreement. The mediator therefore does not enforce the resolutions, he does not decide the dispute between the parties, because mediation assumes that the parties are able to solve the conflict themselves and are able to judge their individu...

The author studies the motives and consequences of the terrorist attack against the French satirical weekly В‘Charlie HebdoВ’ from the viewpoint of the theory of moral/right action in ethics of social consequences, following George Edward MooreВ’s theory of right action. According to the author, it could be claimed that the action of Islamic radicals was immoral, while the actions of the Charlie Hebdo editorship were wrong. This assessment also corresponds with the motives of the reasoning, decision making, behavi...

Throughout its history, architecture has been created according to the signs memorised for years. From the time of Vitruvius and his theory to the beginning of the twentieth century, buildings were given a perfect shape corresponding to their function. Banks and governmental buildings were to be monumental, the rulersВ’ seats to intimidate the subjects with their splendour. The great avant-garde of the early twentieth century liberates art and architecture from memorised patterns. The contemporary world changes th...

The article is devoted to legal aspects of the Children's Environmental Parliament ac-tivity as of a special form of extracurricular education in Ukraine. Basing on the analy-sis of legislation as well as methodological and other documentation the author analyzes and specifies legal forms of the Children's Environmental Parliament activity. Such forms determine its special place in system of extracurricular environmental and natu-ralistic education. Considering progressive achievements of the Ukrainian environment...

Topicality. There are many philosophical theories from Descartes to Lacan that constitutes the basis of the contemporary understanding the subjective identity. Aim: to reconstruct the link between well-known Deleuzian concept of human being and transindividual philosophy presented by Simondon and its philosophical context. Discussion: The historical and philosophical destiny of the ideas of Gilbert Simondon is perhaps one of the most visible examples of post-mortem growth of the influence of the philosophy of some...

The purpose of the article is to answer the questions whether transport infrastructure in the EU countries is diverse and to what extent and whether the level of infrastructure development has changed over the years 2008-2015. A review of the literature on transport infrastructure in the EU countries and the impact of its state on the socio-economic development of the studied regions has been made. Due to its complexity, 10 indicators describing the condition of transport infrastructure in the EU countries were us...

After the military defeat of Poland, the course of the border with Slovakia changed. Germany and Slovakia signed in autumn 1939 in Berlin the Treaty, on the basis of which Slovakia regained the Northern parts of SpiВљ, Orava and Kysuce region, which had been joined to Poland between 1920 and 1938. One of the most significant problems was the determination of the definitive course of the new border. The border was determined by negotiations between the Slovak and the German side until 1940. On each section of the S...

The Yenisei region is almost entirely the territory of Middle Siberia (the Yenisei basin and some neighboring areas of the Ob basin). Most of the indigenous population of the region in the XVII–XIX centuries was part of the Russian state. In this regard, it is important to trace the historical destinies of indigenous people in the conditions of Russian economic and cultural influences. People of different origins lived here. The most numerous were Turkic-speaking groups – Kyrgyzs, Kachints, Shorts, Chulym-Turk...

Background. Any chronic disease or disorder has a psychological burden on patients. Almost a third of asthmatics are psychologically distressed. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between the quality of life and the scores of depression and anxiety among inpatients with occupational asthma. Study design. A cross-sectional study of prevalence was performed among patients admitted in hospital with diagnosis of occupational asthma. Material and methods. In addition to the usual clinical and lung fu...

According to the National Authority for Persons with Disabilities, in 2017 there were 791.761 Romanians with disabilities. Disability is a dynamic construct, outlined at the interplay between medical impairments, personal factors and social and environmental barriers that impede equal chances and normal participation in the community. The goal of the current study is to catch a glimpse into internet usage among people with disabilities. Internet of Things comes as a valuable asset in helping them connect with othe...

Nowadays, design is defined as one of the main innovation tools and strategic approaches in the promotion of societyВ’s welfare and well-being in many countries, including in the European Union. Design thinking as an innovation-promoting approach that incorporates a diverse range of methods for problem solving in different contexts and on different scales is successfully applied in the United States, Europe and Asia. The experience of other countries in the application of design approach and methods might prove to...

The article presents technical solutions for the design of automated information systems that allow automating the management of municipal programs. Description of technical solutions is the content of the approach to the design of software equipment used in making managerial decisions by the municipal management authorities in the Russian Federation. A set of technical solutions can be used to prepare a technical task for the development of the system, and as a rationale in describing the characteristics of the s...

TRIZ (the theory of inventive problem solving) is an approach to generate creative solutions for problem solving, it was developed by Genrich Altshuller since 1946. Primarily he creates this theory for technical systems and problems, but then other authors use the same approach to develop theory that you can apply to advertising, public relations etc. One of the instruments in Classical TRIZ is a set of inventive principles that help to create solutions for the problem. This instrument transforms the process of fi...

The study focuses on the design of interior flower pots, which, thanks to a simple idea and suitable selection of materials, can present the contemporary possibilities. Thanks to the database of materials, a school project was developed during which students and their teachers designed interior flower pots that included a description of selected materials and other added features. Designs that met the requirements of the assignment the best were selected for presentation in this article. The individual types of in...

Place making is a concept meaning space improvement aimed at creating places that let you think of public spaces as "another place of your own". In recent years, it grew mainly within the United States, and the research accumulation is progressing. In this research, the study's target site was set up in an elementary school district in Fukuoka, Japan. At the northern end of the complex estate site, there is a parking lot site which is not currently used, and we considered it to be a community farm. In the survey m...

In the presented work the authors describe a design-project of a cafe located in the airport building. In this particular case structural features of the building do not allow use of natural lighting. People for a long time waiting for their flights are in conditions where far every artificial light source gives the optimum level of light flux. In this particular case structural features of the building do not allow use of natural lighting. Besides, staff of the cafe, working around the clock, does not have the op...

The increasing complexity of buildings and structures, the high rate of construction and the need to reduce design time, enhance internationalization and international cooperation in design and architecture, as well as many other factors triggered the rapid improvement of computer design tools. At present, this approach to design is commonly referred to as Building Information Modeling (BIM), and the related technologies and software tools are called BIM-technologies. All of the above logically leads to the conclu...

Modeling of various systems is a primary task in numerous areas of science, technology and economy. There are a large number of modelsВ’definitions and classifications. The reason for this is intensive penetration of modeling into completely different areas: medicine, sociology, economics, technology, military industry, architecture, chemistry, and power engineering etc. (full-systemsimulation). In this case, the key goal is to construct a mathematical model of the system or object under study, that is, to represe...

Competitions are a specific way how to work with gifted youth at primary, secondary schools and universities. In addition to standard school education, they represent another way of young people’s development of their knowledge, skills and abilities and contribute to finding a way for their future profession. So a teacher at each level of education is expected to know not only the potential of their students, but also the specifics of individual competitions they will participate in. Nowadays in Slovakia, compet...

Developing intercultural communication competencies in the process of teaching business communication at multicultural workplaces requires competent planning and execution of training programs. This is to enable participants to become efficient users of language and skills in international contexts. Therefore, a variety of ways to develop their international skills and competencies during their studies need to be employed in classrooms. This especially applies to the in-house corporate training settings where need...

Courses of English for special purposes (ESP) tend to focus on fostering communication skills applied to future professional spheres. These skills are the backbone of soft and employability skills, being on the top target list of the university education at large. Although, soft skills alignment with university curricula throughout the world is the state of the art for now, in Russia, the shift towards soft skills is only at the outset. The literature review of soft skills prompted the authors to single out indisp...

Pervasive changes seem to bring about an increase in the social demand for talented and gifted individuals able to digest an overwhelming delug of information. Such individuals are characterised by a high degree of independence, openness to new experience as well as rational thinking. This state of things implies some educational practices. It might be said that schools, by virtue of their missions, are expected to teach students to effectively apply and make use of the knowledge and skills acquired during the lea...

The article describes the study conducted with the intention to facilitate the development of learnersВ’ speaking skills through test-taking strategies while teaching English to energy engineering students at Surgut State University (Russia). This study specifically determined the methods to improve studentsВ’ language competence in general and their speaking skills in particular. The research indicated that there is a significant difference in the level of English language competence and speaking skills of the st...

Intergenerational learning is based on the interaction between participants belonging to different generations and mutually beneficial learning while learning goals are stated for respective generations. Intergenerational learning in families living in socially and economically disadvantaged environments emerges as an opportunity for adult learning in a life-long learning prospect. The paper presents the results of a qualitative research exploring how intergenerational learning develops personal attributes in adul...

Background: Ski resort is a kind of tourism destination and can be defined and understood in many different ways. The common feature of all ski resorts is dominant role of the offer for winter sports (alpine and cross-country skiing, snowboarding) participants in the destination product. However ski resorts are diverse due to different natural and legal conditions, their size, technical equipment, age and other factors. The concept of community and corporate models of ski resorts is an attempt to explain that diff...

The article presents the methodology developed by the author for determining the region's investment priorities for the purpose of selecting industries for inclusion in the investment portfolio. For the regions of Russia, classified in the author's typology to the problem type, as an optimal goal-oriented investment policy aimed at forming the target investment attractiveness of the region, taking into account its specific specific properties and assuming the organization of targeted work with investors. The regio...

This paper unfolds the process of the development and testing of a questionnaire designed to investigate the communication styles in couple relationships. An extensive literature review was conducted previously to questionnaire design. The tool comprises 32 items rated on a five-point Likert scale ranging from total agree to total disagree. The items are grouped in 4 scales corresponding to four communication styles: assertive, manipulative, aggressive and passive. 8 items load on each scale. The first version of ...

In the modern economy competitiveness is set as one of conditions of economic recovery. Facilitation of competitiveness may be advanced by the means of clusters, which are set as one of key priorities in strengthening and developing innovations in the whole Europe. Facilitation of competitiveness of fisheries sector cluster is a topical issue at the level of the EU. Strengthening the competitiveness of the sector cluster may better advance not only achievement of the EU Common Fisheries Policy goals and ensuring p...

Information communication technologyВ’s and online journalismВ’s advancement has led to significant changes in editorial work organization, as well. A specific online editorial office, where employees are taking care only about online editions, social networks and other new distribution channels, has been separated from the common editorial office structure in large media. The paper discusses the editorial work in traditional and online editorial office; what is more, we compare basic systems and processes of oper...

The parallel development of the digital society and the ideas for sustainable development provokes courier companies to seek innovative solutions based on ecofriendly practices that correspond to the technological changes that take place in the major players in the realization of products, which are the merchants. The aim of this paper is to reveal the place of the courier companies as the main logistics intermediaries in the context of the omnichannel commercial strategy and to outline the trends in the sector fa...

Nowadays, universities play an important role in research, development and generation of technologies as well as in regional development. In the direction of increasing the creative economy, the university, as a research center, a technology maker, is becoming the main core of economic growth. The study aims to analyze the dynamics of the creative economy in the university centers in Romania, the objective of the research being the evaluation of the creative capacity of each university center. It was created a dat...

The aim of the study was to find out the opinions of general public and healthcare professionals relating to primary prevention, and the patients` approach to their own health. Development of Health Literacy under the Conditions of the Czech Health Care System A quantitative method using a non-standardized questionnaire was chosen to meet this aim. This questionnaire was based on the standardized questionnaire called The HLS-EU-47 of the HLSEU Consortium for the European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU), which is d...

This paper aim to introduce a project Development of independent movement through tactile and auditory means. The projectВ‘s purpose is an adaption of people with visual impairment to the modern technologies and to make these technologies available for newly designed teaching aids and didactic procedures. Making these technologies available to a wider spectrum of users will result not only in a socialization but also in the independence of people with visual impairment. The project focuses on the development of 3D...

The purpose of the study is to analyze the common and the different features in development of the large agricultural farms and the place of these farms in the agriculture of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The economic analysis methods and techniques, especially the time series and a comparative method was used in the study. The Lorenz Curve was created for the evaluation of the income differences in the groups of various agricultural farms. The Eurostat and FADN data for 10 CEE was used, coveri...

The cluster approach as an instrument of consolidation of the existing advantages of economic entities is designed to solve several existing problems of the Russian economy. These are equalization of the existing imbalance of regional economic development, giving additional impetus to the development of the innovation sector, etc. The decision of the working group on the development of public-private partnership in the field of innovation at the Government Commission on high technologies and innovations of 22.02.2...

This article presents the perception of professional competences of secondary education teachers from the point of view of wide and open professionalism. We pay our attention to the understanding of the concept of a competence and we define each competence according to the career standards. These career standards were accepted and approved by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic in 2017. The career standard defines teacher competences in three dimensions: the dimension of t...

Companies producing lenses for glasses and contact lenses operate in the sector of high technologies, consequently, the production has high added value. Sustainable development requires a more rapid development of medium high and high technologies sectors. One of the options is development of production of optical vision correction means in Latvia, which would increase the proportion of medium high and high technology manufacturing in the common structure of manufacturing. The analysis was performed guiding by the...

The present stage of evolution processes puts forward to the social conscience a problem of determining a further way for Russian society development because today it became urgently needed to rethink the accumulated experience and relevant transformation of the country economy management system for the purpose of national sustainable development. Transition of western countries to the fourth technological mode of social relationship development requires a new society to be built that is based on principle of lega...

The main purpose of these studies was to prepare for the publication of a textbook on the subject of "quality Management", widely used for the training of students in the areas of training MGUPP: В«Computer science and engineeringВ», В«Applied informaticsВ», В«Automation of technological processes and productions (in the food industry)В», В«BiotechnologyВ», В«Food products from vegetable raw materialsВ», В«Food products of animal originВ», В«Technology of production and organization of public cateringВ», В«Standar...

Following political changes in the 1990s, in many Polish cities, large state-owned enterprises were liquidated or privatized (not always with a good result). The situation in which, the main employer in the region collapsed, is dangerous for the city. While in the prosperous larger centres, the multiplicity and variety of functions may partially "take over" the former employees of the closed company and mitigate the occurrence of crisis phenomena, in small towns it means a serious problem, especially if their prev...

In works on the project management theory and project activity standards, questions of project cost efficiency diagnostics are not included in project works contents and regulations, standing down to providing specific project characteristics. Meanwhile project success and deviations emerging thereat will directly impact on its efficiency level. We propose to carry out assessment of project cost efficiency (for example, their net present value, NPV) in interrelation with the basic project characteristics – the c...

The changes in the socio-economic system of the Russian Federation and its regions have brought us to focus on the dynamics of these changes through the selection of main indicators characterizing socio-economic crisis, latent processes and choice of ways out of the crisis. We consider the current state of the system taking into account external trends. Using traditional statistical indicators for this purpose is not always justified. Negative trends that accompany the development of economically advanced countrie...

The relevance of the subject and the research problem is conditioned by the following needs: (1) in the sociocultural context, to convincingly substantiate the pedagogical effectiveness of the dialogue system of higher professional education; (2) in the theoretical context, to substantiate the dialogical organics of pedagogical discourse, the methodological provisions of the dialogue concept of education, and radically revise the educational goals and results of training professional managers in the face of increa...

The material of Yakut literature is a great illustration to the problem of the dialogue between cultures. Typological parallels can be found between Yakut Olonkho and other peoples` heroic songs, for example, Turkic heroic songs and European archaic significant sites like Celtic legends and Scandinavian Poetic Edda. The old comparative linguistics exceptionally found similarity reasons of artistic-literary phenomena in immediate connections, migratory subjects or mythological archetypes. But representatives of the...

The article considers topical issues of dialogue between cultures in the context of the contradictory socio-cultural processes. Based on the study of the contemporary cultural situation, the author came to the conclusion that the dialogue is the only possible way of interaction between cultures. As an example, the author considers Russia, where pursuance of dialogue with other communities and cultures is historically inherent. The transformation of contemporary society towards enhancing information sharing and vir...

The article reveals the essence of the use of interactive technologies in teaching students. The definitions of the concept of "dialogue learning" were established. Dialogue training is a specially organized process of joint search for knowledge, in our case, when considering vocational training, this is a process of joint search for a solution to the task. The article emphasizes the advantage of interactive technologies, which consists in the fact that such forms of studies maximize the motivational component in ...