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The article is devoted to the pressing issue of the transformation of Russia’s and China’s foreign policy strategies in Central Asia in recent years. The prevailing aspect of economic approaches as the basis of practical implementation of the “strategic partnership” concept is the main feature of these two states’ policies in Central Asia. However, the two countries maintain military and political cooperation, each of them upholding its own political interests. China’s tactics is in its active support of t...

This article is devoted to the actual problem of transformation of foreign policy strategy of China in Eastern Asia during the last years. The main aspect of Chinese policy in the region are domination of economic approaches and practical embodiment of “soft power” concept. China seeks to transfer reviews about problematic points in economical interaction with the region`s countries and decisions about territorial disputes from the multilateral level to bilateral level, furthermore actively counteract to the p...

The work compares chthonic images in three cultural epic and folklore traditions - Yakut, Russian, and English. Despite some specific instances of asymmetrical chthonic features, there are, however, general and universal ones. Chthonic creatures, which initially resembled the wild and natural strength of the earth, as well as the underworld, and other similar notions, serve as mediators between the world of the dead and the world of the living. These mediators have the ability to exist in two worlds simultaneously...

Background: The main goal of this article is the study of the citizenВ’s attitudes to corruption in Russian megalopolises as a problem of the human resources quality development. On the one hand we have got an information about level of negative citizenВ’s attitudes to corruption, but on the other hand there is opportunity to give them some rules to prevent from to be corruptors. Therefore, there is one of the channels for quality development of socially responsible members of society. Methods: The author have des...

The article deals with the structure of the civil society forming in Russia. A lot of attention has been given to this phenomenon recently both in theory and in practical terms. Over the last years, major changes have taken place in the social and political life of Russia. New institutions have appeared. According to their formal features they can be assigned to the elements of civil society. However, there are some opinions that civil society in Russia is still in its infancy. The article analyses the reasons why...

Nowadays, in the context of changes in teaching, the education of a man is coming to the foreground who would learn to link the knowledge of different fields of science to the knowledge and acquisition of values that promote the social way of life, living in associations of individuals. The teacher and his personality, professional competencies, ability to create a positive climate in the classroom are significant factors in fulfilling such education. The classroom climate greatly affects the overall results of sc...

The article is dedicated to representation of such a characteristic personality trait as intelligence, particularly the image of a clever person shaped and perceived by Russian native speakers. Theoretical grounding for the research is the integration of functional and psycholinguistic approaches. The data were obtained through ???????????? ?????? ???????? ????? (????) В‘Russian National CorpusВ’ [7]) data (syntagmatic level), dictionaries of modern Russian language (word and phrase levels), two surveys based on c...

Continuous technical progress, nature being constantly enslaved by human, industrialization, the Earth's drastically changed surface have caused a global ecological crisis. Among the primary global environmental problems there is environmental pollution, water pollution with industrial, agricultural and domestic waste, soil degradation, deforestation, loss of biodiversity. The planet overpopulation leads to unsustainable use of natural resources and their depletion. Most methods of producing energy cause varying d...

Analysis of the main trends of migration flows at the level of the Russian Federation does not give a complete picture of the nature of the monitoring process. The structure of Russia includes 85 regions, which differ significantly from one another depending on the socio-economic situation. In this regard, migration flows are multidirectional. A detailed assessment of population migration requires an assessment of territorial differences. To solve this problem, the cluster analysis method was used. For the formati...

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...

The paper concentrates on a study of the cluster-based concept of regional economies development. It has been empirically proven that the cluster-based approach appears to be one of the most effective instruments for regional economic growth and businesses integration. The approach is premised on formation of territorial-industrial clusters within which a network of interacting private, municipal and state enterprises, organizations and institutions is setup which facilitates joint efforts to address particular ec...

The social innovation in clusters is a novelty for Romania and the paper presents a scientific method to evaluate and monitor of the social innovation performances in clusters. Clusters are drivers of entrepreneurship, innovation, economic growth and jobs. The paper intends to focus on the objectives related on the innovative capacity of clusters and of linkages that involve social relationships or networks that produce benefits for the cluster members, on the competitiveness of clusters and their potential of cre...

Sustainable transport has become an important concept as a reaction to global climate changes. Climate change has always belonged among main factors in human society development. Recently such global changes have been gaining speed and strength. The main motor of these changes is increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions originated in energy, industry and transport sectors. This is the reason why the Czech Republic adopted a document called Climate Protection Policy. The aim of this policy is to reduce negative ...

Within the framework of andragogical approach, the authors focus on the conceptual effects of coaching methods in lifelong education to help adult learners to shift their perspectives and thereby maximize their performance. The article gives insights into the essence of person-to-person coaching technique for discovering greater autonomy in adult learning as a means of developing and using their potential to achieve external goals. The authors chiefly draw on principles of Andragogy and Adult Learning and Coaching...

This article focuses on the cryptographic traits in Western avant-garde music, as well as in contemporary music in Latvia and its neighbouring countries. The contemporary cryptic trend in music differs from ancient cryptography as follows: unlike ancient cryptography, contemporary music has a double function, its code locks and unlocks the secret signs, and unlike creators of ancient crypts, contemporary composers are highly creative when inventing new code systems while avoiding, as much as possible, the traditio...

Cognitive ergonomics is considered with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, as they affect interactions among humans and other elements of a system. The development of cognitive ergonomics discipline is a result of rapid technological advances, especially in the field where a machine is considered rather as an agent with which the human should cooperate than an assistant to the human operator. The increased complexity of technical means contributes the addition of informati...

In this article we analyse non-verbal behaviours of Russian-speaking respondents who are describing their own experiences of happiness. Non-verbal behaviours include representing gestures of different kinds. The analysis is carried out using a method of cognitive-matrix analysis which is an extension of a method that already exists, but was developed for linguistic data only. We have modified the method to meet the needs of multimodal communication studies so that it allows to analyse both speech and co-speech ges...

The paper discusses the pictorial data received in the survey in 1994 and 2012 as the result of the task consisting in drawing a picture of a representative of a given nation. Treated as evidence of mental representations, the pictures are examined on account of the occurrence of the traces of the past and studied as manifestations of dynamic collective memory of the group.

The use of ochres and pigments, derived from vegetable and mineral world, to color parts or sometimes completely the skin of the body, is a practice still in use in many populations and ethnic groups of our planet. Anthropological research carried out on the oldest languages of the world has shown that in terminology there are names only for light and darkness, so for white and black. The third color that appears is red, which sums up the shades of pink, purple, purple and orange, and is psychologically linked dir...

This paper gives an analysis of national and cultural colour semantics in Yakut phraseology. The object of the study are phraseological units that have a colour component in their composition. The research topic is chosen due to the understudied Yakut phraseological units and the need to study the national specifics of the Yakut language worldview through a colour prism. This will allow us to apply the obtained results when reading lecture courses on linguoculturology, comparative lexicology, intercultural communi...

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 cityВ’s suburbs. Currently, the process of commercial suburbanization in Nitra has several forms. The aim of this paper is to evaluate forms of commerc...

Today, one of the factors determining the success of the Russian economy includes the establishment of high-technology production, which involves the use of innovation, research and development. On the other hand, most developers of such innovations are often not interested in further commercial use of their R&D results and scientific developments, therefore, are not introduced in the economic turnover and do not reach potential consumers. The paper analyzes the situation on the todayВ’s market of new technical de...

Autistic Spectrum Disorders as a heterogeneous group of disorders in the dysogenogenesis are an object of interest in many specialties and interdisciplinary sciences. As far as the mental development disorders are examined by the psychology, the somatic and neurological disorders are a subject to pediatrics and child neurology, it seems that the problems of social cognition of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders remain in the background. Considering the fact that social work and social activities generally a...

Without being exhaustive the study aims to theoretically investigate a few aspects of communication concept inherent to the use of music in Music Therapy. The meanings of the term and the modalities in which communication finds itself in todayВ’s different types of music therapy are explored in a reflective manner. Active and receptive forms of music therapy like Orff Music Therapy, Improvisational Music Therapy, Creative Music Therapy, Guided Imagery and Music but also archaic forms like Shamanism or Romanian Dis...

The paper describes an empirical research aimed at setting up a model of such a communication scheme that will be potentially applicable in assessing the ability of people with cognitive impairment to communicate. In a wider sense, cognitive disorders can include, for example, disorders of the intellect or mild and severe neurocognitive disorders. Severe neurocognitive disorders are most common in seniors who experience memory problems, pathological changes in behavior, difficulties in understanding the language, ...

Customer service staff have to communicate daily in different situations both verbally and non-verbally, by means of personal discussions, telephone calls, e-mails. It is often said the first impression is decisive and that is why good communication skills are considered the essential condition of success of customer service staff. If the customer service staff are not able to communicate correctly, the probability of their failure increases. Explicitness, briefness, precision, completeness and politeness can be c...

This paper focuses on communication skills and methods in the context of crisis intervention, the aims of the paper are to detect and identify what procedures, methods and principles of work with the client are the most used by the staff of the crisis intervention in Slovakia and to analyse communication skills during crisis intervention. A quantitative research strategy has been chosen; we carried out research of procedures, methods, principles of work with the client and communication skills of professionals wor...

This paper analyzes a political phenomenon as a process of sequential information exchange which connects all groups of individuals in a dynamic system in space and time. The symbolic essence of information exchange assumes paramount importance in relation to political communications because symbols, representing imperiously significant meanings in texts, constitute grounds for identifying political objects in human perception. It is approved that in political context information is modified, constructing social m...

This article represents the result of research on the transformation of modern pilgrim practices. In a crisis of religious identity, defensive reactions on the level of social behavior and interaction of the various religious and pseudo-religious groups and communities become actual. According to the authors such reactions have both destructive and constructive potential that is proved by questionnaires and statistical analysis. The article states the emergence of new types of pilgrimage as a spiritual tourism, id...

Within a framework of the research project В‘Archaeological cultures and ethnic communities of North-Eastern Siberia: geoculture, co-spatiality and identity (interdisciplinary discourse)В’ (2017-2020) in the block III В‘Profane and sacred space of the Northern Turks and the Tungus: daily routine, communication and modern symbolic representation of the territorial identityВ’ we began the study of the communicative culture of the Tungus people in the context of their daily routine. The research strategy involves the...

As journalism is viewed as a source and transporter of the values of the society and “the transfer of knowledge”, the study of its language is crucial when attempting to give a comprehensive analysis of the changes in axiological assumptions of the society concerning migration processes. This paper sets the goal of sorting out the most common communicative strategies used by political writers and analyzes by what language means and tactics they are mostly achieved. More than 200 articles dedicated to the probl...

The report describes effective and non-effective communication tactics that implement a basic communicative strategy of the main communicant (tourism manager) a persuasion strategy. The specific nature of verbal reasoning strategy is determined in comparison with a persuasion strategy. The response (reactive) actions of the passive communicant - a client of the travel agency - are presented. A comprehensive analysis of cooperative and confrontational strategies using methods of interpretation and description, gene...

Social capital is an important prerequisite for regional development, and it influences economic growth and development of a region. In last decades, public involvement in decision making became the main attribute of regional and community planning, which follows one of the basic social capital characteristics. Social capital is a connector among individual actors, it makes reaching common goals possible in a more efficient manner. It incorporates social organization attributes such as relationships, interactions ...

The article deals with the analysis of modern film review as a genre with particular focus on its structural and linguistic features in the light of the authorВ’s category. Film review being the sub-genre of reviews (theatrical, literary, musical, technical, and many others) is a type of text that combines pure functionality (its primary task is to evaluate and guide) with elements of belle-lettre style, particularly when review focuses on a work of art. Today various types of film reviews are one of the most popu...

Comparison of metaphors in various national discourses is one of the most dynamic research areas that aims at unveiling the interplay between the increasing globalization of the metaphorical toolkit and the drive for the preservation of cultural identity and national traditions. We analyzed over 300 publications devoted to the comparative analysis of political metaphors and revealed the following approaches: (1) comparison of original metaphors and translations thereof, (2) parallel comparison of metaphors with a ...

Human development was permanently conditioned and obtained through physical motion. The physical state together with the cardiorespiratory fitness state highlight the development of the physical capacity of the human being. The explosive force (expansion/dГ©tente) is a basic parameter, which lays emphasis on the physical fitness level. This study aims to make a comparative analysis of the explosive force measurement on the inferior limbs using as measurement instrument two modern devices: the Myotest Pro and OptoJ...

Development of tourist services has a major importance in the economy of each country in order to ensure the increasing of living standards of the population. The hotels offer is focused around the accommodation, representing for more than 50% from the total of the receipts, and constitutes a service, quite. The client, who has been captured by the accommodation hotel, is presented with the whole offer, together with other services made available to him. The other services, of smaller importance represent for a cl...

Main theme of the paper is comparison of the educational trends in project management at School of economics and management in public administration in Bratislava and one of Metropolitan College, Boston University. Current situation in business area urgently requires readiness of university students to be able to apply their knowledge of project management in their professional career. Actual hiring trends in all sectors of labor market needs project management educated employees. Trends in demand of employers sho...

Performance measurement is a central theme in business management. There are four broad areas of inquiry. The first focuses on accounting as a performance measurement system that generates various reports for various purposes. The second is concerned with strategic measurement systems including both financial and non-financial measures designed, selected, implemented, used, and maintained by organizations. The third considers the role of performance measurement systems as part of management control systems. The fo...

The paper covers comparison of process making decision on shared care in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. It speaks about all elements of this chain including not only members present in the courtroom but also links having indirect influence on the final decision of the court about shared care. Almost a quarter of families with small children must deal with family breakdown, which can be described as potentially one of the most pressing social problems. Most of the children after a divorce is in a custody o...

{{The aim of the present study}} is to trace the logic of selection and the specificity of the actualization of the names of professions as a basis of comparison (the component, to which something is compared) on the Russian and Latvian literary material. {{The material of the study}} is the comparisons used by two chronologically and thematically related writers – Anna Brigadere (1861 – 1933) and Ivan Shmelev (1873 – 1950). The Latvian writer and playwright A. Brigadere surprisingly actively introduces comp...

The paper deals with the competitiveness of Slovak spa facilities and partly also with the competitiveness between Slovak and Hungarian spas. The main aim of the paper is to process and analyze the competitiveness in Slovak spa facilities through the use of all available information. The paper is divided into three parts. The first part summarizes the theoretical background of the examined issue; itВ’s focused on theoretical knowledge about tourism, spa tourism and balneology. It also deals with the theoretical kn...

According to Italian Legislative Decree no. 201/2011, the unfinished works are public works whose construction had been started but had not been completed or even if completed, it is not usable by the community. Unfortunately the national tradition has shown too often the creation of works partially unused and often obsolescent. From March 2013 the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport started the national census-register of unfinished public works. At the end of 2015, were listed more than 800 works, needing a...

The paper deals with an experimental application of computational linguistic analysis of Czech text in psychological assessment and psychodiagnostics. The paper presents the design and methodology of an interdisciplinary research CPACT (Computational Psycholinguistic Analysis of Czech Text), as well as its predecessor and pilot study QPA-FPT (Quantitative Psycholinguistic Analysis of Formal Parameters of Czech Text). The CPACT research aims to understand the relations between a personВ’s personal characteristics a...

This article discusses the concentrations in Republic of Macedonia in the 2014 and 2015 with regard to the developments in concentrations. The discussion is primarily focused in the legislative framework of the developments as well as in the relevant case law during the time period 2014-2015. This paper reviews the meaning and ways of creating concentrations and gives concrete examples of the practice in Republic of Macedonia. Further on, this paper continues with the various types of concentrations. Concentration...

The article focuses on the research of the Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy concerning the conceptional understanding of peace in the Antique ages. Theses of the brilliant Greek and Roman philosophers like Heraclitus, Xenophon, Aristotle, Socrates, Cicero, Polybius, and Marcus Aurelius are being analyzed and introduced as the arguments for the conclusions which demonstrate crucial points of vision of peace not only for ancient philosophers, but for the ancient people on the whole. The topic is both historical an...

The philosophic doctrine of Immanuel Kant was innovative for its historical period. It harmoniously consisted of both social and political aspects, which could lay the stable foundation for the political stability in Europe for many decades. Unfortunately, his treatise “To the Perpetual Peace” had a vivid tone of social romanticism and political Utopia. Frankly believing in construction of the non-conflictive society based on humanistic and legal principles, the great German philosopher ignored the contradicti...

The article is devoted to the study of the axiological sphere of students. The reflection of life plans and expectations, ideas of success in the sphere of professional self-realization, according to the authors is directly related to the realization of the value of self-development. The thematic justification of the professional and value orientations of young people within the framework of sociological and social-psychological approaches to the study of student youth is determined firstly by the importance of th...

The article is based on a description of historical trends in design of machine tools and presents contemporary possibilities for their design solutions. Czech lands were in terms of the engineering industry at a high level. There arose a large number of machine tools, which have been internationally awarded. Since the emphasis on overall aesthetic expression, the machines were designed by engineers and industrial designers. Changes of the shape and the materials used have been over the years due to the new possib...

Based on empirical experience there is performed a theoretical modelling of interaction of organization and global environment in joint prospect of human resource assessment, organizational climate and organizational internationalization. Having researched the influence of human resource assessment on organizational climate in Lithuanian public sector, there was constructed a conceptual model describing human resource assessment, organizational climate and organizational internationalization. During creation of th...