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Visual elements always performed important functions in journalistic publications: they added to the information, made it more vivid and clear and helped varying the text component. Nowadays along with the development of Internet media the role of visualization significantly increased. It may perform as a complete language for communication allowing the construction of narratives along with the verbal language and provision of coherence and continuity of message. The given article considers the role of visual elem...

Water and greenery have always accompanied cities. Initially, their role was purely utilitarian, while over time, during the modern period, they started toВ—in conjunction with buildings and the open public spaces of representative squares and streetsВ—build the urban composition of many European cities. During the period of the nineteenth-century excessive densification of urban tissue linked with the sudden increase in industrial production and the influx of people into cities, greenery and polluted water practi...

Paper roots in the literary-historical research on the Romany literature for children and youth in Slovakia, which documents its footing in the Slovak literature for children and youth. Simultaneously, it points out quantitative increase and generic variety of the Romany literature (folder books, collections of poems and songs, collections of Romany folklore, Romany folk-tales anthologies, collections of modern Romany folk-tales, short stories, novels, romans, non-fiction literature genres, text-books, and spellin...

Towards the end of the 19th century, the international affirmation of Romania as a unitary state by acquiring its independence from the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the constitutional monarchy, coincided with the proclamation of the autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Within all Romanian countries, each of them with different architectural expressions and traditions, a "central" manifest, a spiritual connection between all Romanians, a unitary architectural style was required. Contrary to the E...

Japanese tourists are increasingly more interested and travel around the Baltic Sea countries including Latvia, Estonia and Finland. Compared to Central Europe and West Europe, the Baltic Sea region is safer and offers varied tourism opportunities. High potential exists in the Japanese market for Latvia, Estonia and Finland, but exploitation requires development, redesign/adaptation and promotion of suitable products which take account of Japanese customs, culture, language and expectations. The challenges on the ...

As part of the history of international relations, bilateral relations between Italy and Russia are of particular interest. Numerous studies in this field suggest certain interdependence between Russian and Italian policies over centuries. The initial part of the article is concerned with the less known historical vicissitudes of the relations. Major attention is paid to the Cold War period when the Italian Christian democrats managed, despite block policy impediments, to establish good working relations with the ...

Topicality. Russia was always one of the main subjects of political thought as one of influential factor in world policy. The report is focused on the history of American political thought that remains still unknown in this aspect. And attempts to better understanding of the roots of actual negative connotation of Russia and Russians in USA. Aim: to reconstruct the logic and basic political arguments of the negative image of Russia in America. Hypothesis: the negative discursive American practice about Russia is d...

Confidence-building is one of the main conditions of Russia-EU relations normalization. For better understanding of the ways of confidence strengthening: the concept of confidence in the context of national and foreign policy of the states; legal basis of strategic partnership between Russia and EU (the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of 1994); the contemporary state of Russia-EU relations; the reasons of Russia-EU relations deterioration; the available doubts of a possibility of strategic partners...

The article is devoted to the problems of direct democracy in Russia. As well known, the main forms of direct democracy are elections and referenda. The concepts of “suffrage”, “referendum participation” and “democracy” are interconnected and allow us to characterize status and development of the “state-society” system. Only when determining the level of implementation of electoral rights and right to participate in a referendum of citizens and the guarantee level of these rights can one determine ...

Locative constructions describe various aspects of eventВ’s positioning in the three-dimensional space according to the concrete place of its accomplishment, in particular Earth. This type of location is usually considered to be weekly connected with the characteristics of the event in question. However, this specification is highly important for the semantic interpretation of the text as well as understanding the whole structure of the situation. In the prepositional system of Russian there are many items oriente...

In 2016, more than 16.3 million migrants were recorded, while there is illegal migration in Russia, which generates serious social, economic, and political problems. The attitude of the population towards migration policy in Russia is ambiguous, and it is reflected in social networks. Social networks and blogosphere contain data to study the effectiveness of migration policy by social science. The paper deals with reflection of the international migration and migration policy in social network. The analysis of the...

In Russia, the quality and quantity of multimedia components used in content production vary across the regions. According to FriedmanВ’s core-periphery model, these differences are caused by the discrepancies in regional development. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality and quantity of multimedia materials produced by the regional mass media in the Ural Federal District. In this paper, multimedia production is understood as content creation by using texts, photos, video and audio materials, graphic...

The article highlights the issues of international student mobility and the process of choosing the country to go to study abroad. South Korea is on the third place in the list of top East Asian countries hosting international students from all over the world. The article presents the results of the research on Russian students graduated from the universities in South Korea and its motivation to study abroad. Data collection from the semi-structured interviews revised the perception of educational system of Korean...

In recent years, some Russian scientific journals have noted that interest in texts and literature in general written in the language of the metropolis is becoming more and more actual, in particular, in foreign linguistics (English linguistics), the scientific interest in the so-called 'Contact Literature'. A well-known American scientist of Indian origin, the author of the term 'contact literature' Braj B. Kachru writes: "Language changes as a result of the contact of languages are not limited to grammar, vocabu...

With Orthodox icons, darkness seldom occurs, and even then it is in order to emphasize some want, the want of light. Biblical scenes or characters are always bright as, according to St. Basil the Great, by approaching light, the soul itself becomes light. Darkness has come into the world as a consequence of the original sin. It does not exist in itself, since it is not part of God's creation, but lack of light. However, its presence within the created world would disturb man's view on the world at large, resulting...

This article focuses on the sacred space, on specifics of deploymentand manifestation in the profane world. About hierotopy as a method that allows to study the processes of creation of sacred space and the consciousness of people participating in the process of sacralization. Particular attention is paid to the hierotopic practice of sacralization as the method of transforming profane space into a sacred space. It is accentuatedthe difference between hierophany and hierotopy as two ways of creating a sacred space...

The subject of the paper is the training of sales managers. Sales managers represent an important category of employees in terms of meeting companyВ’s goals and achieving the required performance. The paper presents the results of the research carried out on a sample of Slovak companies. The aim of the research was to find out the current situation in the use of the selected methods of sales managers training in Slovak companies and to test statistically significant differences in the use of these methods in terms...

It is very often the case that students have problems and make mistakes while using and determining the right and consistent sample in their dissertation research. This is also the duty of the supervisor-mentor to follow the student and timely make the right intervention. The sampling technique is viewed in several aspects and it is essentially a statistical operation. It is about to economize and accelerate the process of collecting the factual material. In essence, we are dealing with a large number of populatio...

Service orientation is now becoming an important factor favorable to manufacturers competitiveness. The focus in organizational service orientation is in the whole organization-wide inherent ability to create and to deliver excellent services. It is required changes in structures and capabilities. Prior research has sought to identify service-related capabilities of manufacturers through explorative research. Although extant research on organizational service orientation, servitization and hybrid offerings has sug...

The key finding of the previous research is the fact that protests are a result of a multifactorial negative impact of socio-economic factors on an individual and group consciousness of citizens. Thus, effective counteracting protest activity assumes managing and administrating social and economic processes in order to neglect threats and overcome negative consequences of crisis in society and economy. The research reveals methodology of counteracting protest activity on the basis of cognitive maps which is an eff...

The stage set has been designed, costumes for two spectral areas. Textile design has been arranged with two independent images, two pieces of information that we observe through infra-red cameras and parallel projection. The clothes contain a hidden image that brings its own story. The consequences of introducing a dual scene is a necessity for new methods in directing, stage set and the way of articulating new and old pieces for the theater stage. Digital print of the fabric has been subordinated to arranging twi...

Intensified by poly-cultural space of translation, specific nature of scientific discourse, which increasingly invokes the phenomenon of intertextuality, precondition special relevance of cognitive text forming mechanisms aimed at ensuring scientific text perception and comprehension in what concerns semiotic and functional potential thereof. The aim of this study is to consider the intercorrelations between cognitive and linguistic structures of the medical concept “BoNTA naïve injections” within scientific ...

The article presents the results of the study, aiming at substantiation of approaches to the phenomenon definition of В«secondary citiesВ», specificity of its manifestation in emerging markets countries. The authors emphasize the importance of В«secondary citiesВ», (or secondary tiers cities) in development of national urban systems in emerging markets countries. To confirm this argument, the following factors are used: firstly, a significant number of secondary cities; secondly, intensification of polarization pr...

From the point of view of modern science, we do not know all the properties of light. We still have a very poor idea of light. Apparently, our understanding about the environment, including light, are still very primitive and simple. We know almost nothing about the surrounding nature, the cosmos, about other civilizations. In a scientific way - about the microcosm, the macrocosm and megacosm. In a popular way - about the middle, upper and lower worlds. Human organs of the senses do not sense the invisible ritual ...

In numerous international and national documents, the protection of human life is grounded with the utmost gravity and authority. An individual’s right for health is protected and prioritized in all modern national legal systems as a fundamental human right. The paper critically reviews the content of safety when providing health care. Security is of high value to society and individuals. Insuring safety and security entails providing stable institutional framework by which individual needs can be met. The paper...

The word security is nowadays a very inflected term. Security is addressed not only on a global level, but also on a regional level and, last but not least, on an individual level. This term is applied in all areas of our lives. Nowadays, up to fifty security types are defined. Each kind of security has its specifics. Security against intentional threats requires forceful action and sustained readiness. Insecurity against unexpected threats, an emphasis is placed on checking the status and conditions, adherence to...

The main goal of our article is to present partial results of a qualitative study aimed at identifying health literacy of a group of citizens of the South Bohemian Region living below poverty line. Another goal consists in describing the relation of health literacy of the poor with selected socio-demographic variables. The partial results are presented not only in the context of health care but also in the context of health and social care. Health literacy is influenced by many factors, both at individual level an...

In economy based on knowledge, a combination of employeesВ’ skills and experience as well as their engagement in the process of acquiring competences, is not only a factor that shapes the organizational culture but the one which allows for confirming the effectiveness of entrusted tasksВ’ completion and group work management. Human resources management is an activity which increases both the quality and efficiency of work. It enables increasing the effectiveness of an enterprise and, in consequence, gaining compet...

Health education has been part of lower secondary education in the Czech Republic for a decade. It is included in the Framework educational programme for elementary education under the educational are Man and health. The purpose of Health education is to promote an active and responsible approach to health, shape adequate lifestyle habits, develop studentsВ’ health literacy, and take a formative role in the prevention of risk behaviour. The objective of the research study entitled В‘Health education from the persp...

Digital games are among the fast-growing market segment. It is a contemporary phenomenon of entertainment, relaxation, but also of competition, business and, last but not least, it would be inappropriate to omit the educational function of games. Therefore, it is extremely important for academics to pay attention to various aspects and to try not only to describe but also to clarify the causality of individual aspects of the games. This is precisely why the contribution is devoted to selected elements that include...

Approximately from the beginning of the 21st Century China has changed its approach towards UN peacekeeping missions, and has become more active, especially in Africa. This process has been accompanied by sharp rise of Sino-African trade. These two parallel processes created the need or better to say a suitable environment for establishment of the first permanent Chinese military base on African soil. The need for this base has been further increased by Chinese experience from operation of evacuation of Chinese ci...

Background: The aim of this article is to discuss selected concepts of establishing and transforming business models and then to present the business model transformed with their use for a selected sector. Method: Selected methods of linear and algorithmic designing used in the process of organization creation and strategic plans establishment were analyzed. They were referred to the specific economic sector, covering both the tourist services and health resort treatment in health resorts. Results: To illustrate t...

Background: The number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic amounts to about 4-5% of the population (i.e. 493 000 persons by 31. 12. 2016, Czech Statistical Office, 2018). The largest numbers consist of persons from Poland, Ukraine, Vietnam, Slovakia, Germany and Russia. The generation of immigrants above 50 years of age is an interesting and diverse group of persons who are often perceived as seniors and face ageism in different areas of life. The generation of foreigners of that age constitutes a group of ...

This paper deals with the topic of selected social determinants and their influence on the choice of leisure-time activities. Our intention is to present the results of own research which was carried out in the form of a questionnaire survey in 2016. One of its main objectives was to find out whether the selected social determinants (gender, age, education, fathers and mothers education and employment status) have the influence on choice of leisure-time activities within different types of social groups. For this ...

The paper deals with selected aspects of educational differences in physical training methods employed in the training process of hearing-impaired pupils. Training methodology issues related to the physical training process in pupils with hearing impairment are hereby addressed. A number of specific model situations pertaining to the didactic process in physical education are presented, including examples and recommendations for practice. The problem areas related to motor skills training in hearing-impaired stude...

In most cases the uncertainty of future business development makes it hard for an investor to opt for the one of many enterprises to invest. In conditions of uncertainty it is recommended to invest in companies with a good reputation, since such investments are regarded as less risky. In such a situation the attention is increasingly turned to the companies which meet the consumersВ’ needs: trade, food production, construction. It is known that the value of business is considered to be the main indicator of the co...

Background: At the moment Internet technologies play a virtually primary role. The global network opens up a new social reality - a virtual space that becomes a platform for experiments with our self image. The Internet as a part of everyday activities contains a range of opportunities for personal development, but nature of human transformations depends on the choice of the Internet - activity, on conditions of this activity and, of course, on psychological characteristics of users. The study of the peculiarities...

The article deals with the influence of the special intervention exercise programme focused on specific physical activities among hearing-impaired young people. In terms of methodology, an experiment with a single experimental group was selected as the basic empirical procedure. The key experimental factor was the specific physical used to collect data was a survey aiming to determine participantsВ’ interest administered at the beginning and at the end of the experiment. The hypothesis, which assumed that in resul...

Persons with disabilities, constituting one of the largest minorities in the world, experience a difficult situation on the labour market and are particularly vulnerable to marginalization resulting from unemployment. In Poland, similarly to other countries, persons with disabilities are characterized by the significantly low activity on the labour market. They are more frequently unemployed and less often take up work comparing to people without disabilities. The survey and the subject literature review carried o...

The paper presents analogies of self-formations in architectural design linked to the theory of David Bohm on dialogue. Due to Bohm, dialogue offers an effective method for holistic understanding and scientific achievements emerging in an interactive participative self-formation-process. In the field of structural engineering, the scientific community uses the term self-formation in the context of “Active Bending”. This paper presents elastic bending as a creative form-finding tool for complex curved micro-arc...

The paper observes a psychological phenomenon called “self- identification” of a human being connected to the characteristics of a personality: life senses and self-management ability. Self- identification is interpreted as an indicator of a person’s own activity and guided by self-management and meaningful life. This ability is available in a desire to choose, follow one’s own way of living and meet external challenges flexibly, while keeping maintaining a tendency to self-development. The combined value-me...

In recent times, in the context of the contemporary anthropocentric linguistics, when the study of the pragmatic aspect of the language system functioning becomes particularly relevant, many linguists turned to an issue of particles that are the universal explicators of the semantic and pragmatic meanings (refer to works of A. Wierzbicka, T.M. Nikolaeva, I.M. Boguslavskiy and others). Despite very active and rather fruitful studying of particles, that for a long time had remained on the periphery of research inter...

In the therapeutic use of modelling from clay, effective factors of multisensory therapeutic approaches overlap with the principles and processes of art therapy. Clay as a medium offers various sensory stimuli, including dispersed touch, temperature and smell. These inputs may serve as triggers for memories or emotional associations and as means of change. Art therapy can intentionally work with the sensory qualities of the material realizing their potential in art-therapeutic creation. This qualitative study expl...

Water, as one of the fundamental elements of nature, has been used to decorate the spaces of cities since ancient times. Water features refer to associations with nature, thanks to which they elicit positive experiences among the users of urban space, as well as a feeling of relaxation and a pleasant sensation of being in contact with nature. The article presents the process of the influence of water features within urban space on the human senses and on the possibilities of producing specific sensory and emotiona...

The diversity of learning styles and sensory preferences of students should be reflected in the teaching and learning processes using student-centred methods, such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to achieve an active and effective education. The UDL method has been tested and implemented at the Faculty of Architecture, the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava, mainly within the subject Universal Design (UD) during the winter semester in 2017. The aim of our research was: (1) to verify the pre...

The paper deals with the linguistic peculiarities of sentiment analysis of documents in Arabic. Automatic definition of emotive component in a large corpus is highly relevant today. At the same time, the theory of emotions in linguistics has not been sufficiently developed yet, therefore there is an urgent need to improve the computer methods of sentiment analysis for carrying out sociolinguistic research. In the framework of this study, we try to determine the patterns inherent in the Arabic language, which must ...

Sentiment analysis for the French language remains an under-developed research area. At the same time, sentiment analysis works well for identifying conflictual discourses in English. Today, identifying sentiment in social networks and microblogs, including Twitter, is a growing area of studies, but despite French is one of the most popular post-colonial languages online, the studies of user sentiment in this language are still rare enough. Also, there are practically no studies that would link sentiment analysis ...

System comprise Elements, relationships, and purposes. Precisely because of the complexity of the system, when we solve complex problems, if we use simple thinking, the result will not be satisfactory. Therefore, systematic thinking is a better way of solving complex problems. As Stefan Moritz said, “Service Design is not a new specialist design discipline. It is a new multi-disciplinary platform of expertise”, service design is a complex platform. In order to create a systematic concept or service, the servic...

The subject of the research relates to how the shame is developed in view of the human species, personВ’s socialization and the differentiation from other animals. Its purpose is also to identify the role of shame in the course of forming a personВ’s cultural system in the context of ontogenesis. Various definitions of shame are given and its distinction from fear and guilt is clarified. In addition, we discuss the origins of shame, the types of shame and the means to overcome it. We point out, that the early form...

Alberto Burri is an Italian artist who worked in the post-war period; his works belong to the current called "arte informale", that is, contrary to any form. His artistic research ranges from painting to sculpture, where he always focused on the expressiveness of materials, while making his works with common materials. His career initially developed as works in separate series, where each series used a different material. This is precisely the great strength of Burri's work, as each material becomes itself the mai...