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The paper presents a synthesis of the fundamental elements characterizing the bank deposits and, in particular, the deposits of the non-governmental clients. The concept of deposit as a whole, the typology and the role of bank deposits are analyzed. The study started in this paper will continue with other researches in this regard. The methods used by the authors to support the research consisted of data collection, documentary analysis, graphic representation, classification, comparative analysis. Scientific rese...

Modern society has no time for rituals or rhythms; the modern man serves his food at fast at fast-food near the workplace, surrounded, but not together, with his colleagues. Both the Romanian of the big urban agglomerations, as well as of the one from the rural space, has no time for even one of the three tables; he uses products with beautifully colored and encoded labels, because they do not know how else they could talk about: emulsifiers, stabilizers, a bunch of E-s, a whole bunch of acids mentioned on the pac...

Religion and religious environment are the factors that affect the development and psychological status of a person. It is important for adolescents, who are sensitive to changes in the environment. The purpose of the study is to highlight the factors shaping the religiosity of adolescents and their idea of God. The degree of religiosity of adolescents were studied using a questionnaire of Professor C.A. Lewis. Correlations were analyzed by Pearson product-moment correlation. Sample was composed by 320 adolescents...

Mass media is the most expanded means of communication nowadays. For decades mass media has been actively working out the strategies to influence the recipientВ’s mind. In this research the author makes efforts to make a survey of what appears to be the most efficient, acute and widely practiced expressive stylistic means applicable in the media. The key word here is expressiveness since it reflects the speaker's attitude to the events and forms the pragmatic value of the text. As modern psycholinguists believe, e...

The paper draws attention to the stylistic aspects of vocal interpretation in the historical context of the genres and forms of non-art music. The increasingly wide range of genres, along with the unstoppable development of technology and the media, gave rise to the necessity of systematization and categorization in the field of non-art music. While classic vocal techniques characterized trained singers and performing artists, the folk singers, chansonniers, singers of couplets, of musicals and jazz went their own...

The Romanian lied after the second half of the 20th century till now has manifested in different ways of expression, both as chamber works with texts of secular inspiration and with texts of religious inspiration. Thus, the lieds composed by the Romanian composers are based on songs, poems or ballads of folkloric inspiration, then the texts of the Romanian poets and also of the foreign poets. Constantin Tufan Stan, in his article published in the Music Magazin, states about lied that: 'By the broad, affective and ...

Risk management of innovative projects is one of the most difficult tasks in project management due to high degree of uncertainty in future results. One of the most important stages in risk management of innovative projects is the development of the risk mitigation program. In the research approaches to the risk management of innovative projects the methodical apparatus of each individual stage of risk management - identification, assessment and risk mitigation - is considered disconnected and often without any sp...

Thesis : Underground architecture engages our sensory system in order to depict and intensify its meaning. The motherВ’s uterus defines first space in which humans embryo evolves with no access of light, meagre sound reception, suspended in an aqueous environment. In prehistoric times caves and dugouts acted as a cramped, safe place, giving the inhabitants a sense of shelter and protecting them from animals and rough weather conditions. Later it began to adopt different meanings and functions, which often depended...

Background: On the basis of the theoretical and empirical analyses published in the scientific literature, it can be stated that the concept of successful ageing presented in educational discourses is understood differently by authors and it is focused primarily on three issues related to 1/ spirituality, 2/ fulfillment of oneВ’s own well-being, 3/ a sense of community. The article discusses research results aimed at comparing ways of understanding successful ageing in the scientific literature with ways of defini...

The aim of this article is to discuss the findings of the research carried out in the years 2012 – 2014 identifying models and conditions of succession processes in Polish family enterprises. The research consisted of quantitative and qualitative part. The studies show that in the majority of firms, although the generational change has not yet taken place (the percentage of firms in the second and next generations is exceptionally low), there is no striving for actions that would solve the problem of maintaining...

New approach to conceptualize social development and to measure its level is proposed for societies facing the paradoxical consequences of globalization. The economic and social divide between the group of the largest cities and the rest of the world supports the idea that globalization has resulted not in the В‘world societyВ’ or В‘worldwide socialityВ’ but rather in networked enclaves of globality. In the post-globalization age, the В‘coreВ’ of socioeconomic order is dispersed into networks of enclaves of global...

Increased mobility and international cooperation are crucial objectives for Latvia to foster integration to the European Higher Education Area and European Research Area, which builds the basis for Latvia to utilise its potential for education and research as well as serves as a means to build research capacity, strengthen the image of Latvian Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and promote the positive image of the country globally. The paper introduces the selected results of the study conducted in the framework...

Sustainable development is a way of developing a human society that aligns economic and social progress with full environmental conservation. One of its pillars is the Economic Pillar, which consists of all economic activities in a given company, interactions between them and between the environment and society. The aim of the paper is to specify and analyse the contribution and effectiveness of business co-operation through regular offline networking meetings in the given locality with an impact on the economic p...

The aim of the article is to present the methods supporting the internationalization of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the Czech Republic. The SME sector in this country is identified, and the methods used in this country to support internationalization are presented. The article assumes that supporting small and medium-sized enterprises is crucial for the success of the internationalization process. Currently, the foundations of the modern economy are companies from the sector of small and medium...

The immaterial products of today environment is overpopulated with 'tools' for enter-taining, education, creativity, geographic orientation and so on. Everything is designed to create layer over layer of wich we name 'reality'. From a philosophical point of view, our world is becoming an 'opera aperta' of information for developers, companies, aca-demics and individuals. But is it so? Are transacted data part of an one piece of work? Could such data became artwork? As part of my doctoral approach of education and ...

Introduction: Tobacco smoke and second-hand smoking exposure, at home or in school during childhood and adolescence, increases the risk of respiratory illness. Youth smoking is mostly associated with parents, and their smoking behavior. Also, there are other influences: social environment, targeted advertising, easy access to cigarette products, no control over age limit in purchasing cigarettes, lack of knowledge about the effects of smoking. Material and method: To evaluate the influence of the environment, soci...

The research study offers an analysis of the public opinion of citizens of the Slovak Republic focused on the results of the referendum vote in the United Kingdom in 2016, in which the British voters decided to leave their country of the European Union. The study also presents prevailing opinions, attitudes, preferences and values of the Slovak people on the possible impacts of Brexitis in Great Britain on Slovaks or on the future of the European Union. We used the questionnaire method in the research. The survey ...

In the doctrine and judicial practice, it has been stated that the performance of the obligations stipulated in synallagmatic contracts must be made simultaneously by both parties. Therefore, the refusal of one of the contracting parties to perform its own obligations breaks the balance that must exist between the reciprocal performances of synallagmatic contracts so that the other party is also entitled to cease performing its own obligations. Thus, the exception of non-performance consists in the possibility for...

This article analyses the sustainability of legislation providing the developments of the Estonian national language and foreign languages. The model for content analysis designed by the authors is based on the AGIL paradigm or AGIL model by Talcott Parsons, which states that the continuity of a social system requires the balance performance between four components of the system: adaptation (A), goal attainment (G), integration (I) and latent pattern maintenance (L) or values. Our results demonstrate that the Stra...

Nowadays, companies deal with a dynamic process of adapting economic sectors to the EU requirements and conditions as well as to internal domestic regulations in terms of corporate sustainable activities, including identifying, measuring, estimating and disclosing various information. Ongoing economic changes determine conditions under which todayВ’s business is conducted also in the area of municipal management, and impose the necessity to implement innovative organizational, financial and accounting solutions. T...

The 2030 agenda for sustainable development addresses the challenges of economic, health and development inequalities within and among countries and regions, by defining an ambitious framework to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies in all over the world. In the pursuit of establishing win-win cooperation between all countries and all regions of the world, the framework envisages 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to achieve sustainable development in a balanced and integrated manner of all key dimen...

The permanent covering of a floor generally provides a wearing surface on top of a support structure, with shape, appearance and materials chosen mainly for architectural, structural and economical reasons. At the same time each flooring choice is unique, and it means and does a lot more than just supporting weight and offering surfaces to walk on. Modern floorings propose strategies and specialized solutions in order to recommend the perfect link between technology and customers. Flooring alternatives, from tradi...

In last two decades, sustainability is one of the most important subject in our society. Retrofitting and reduction of CO? emisions from residential buildings is becoming an anchor of interactive approch to global, environmental and socio-economic policy. There are several measures taken to increase the energy efficiency, both for new buildings and for existing buildings, such us the 20 –20 –20 EU Policy andthe Nearly Zero Energy Buildings goal set bythe Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EC, wh...

Sustainable building structures are one of presumptions of long-lasting and environmental friendly urban areas. Building structures are affected by many contrary impacts within their lifetime, i.e. weather, human, animal, vegetable, fungal and environmental interventions, natural and non-natural disasters. Timely and appropriate maintenance or other remedial measures could be selected using up-to date diagnostics or monitoring methods. One of the big issues of the building sustainability can be found in durability...

Background: Understanding the individual food preferences is critical for creating tailored strategies to promote individual healthy eating behavior. Individual sensory liking appears to be an important determinant of dietary intake. Taste preferences influence satisfaction and satiety, and may consequently influence weight status and psychological balance. The purpose of this study was to identify the association between taste preferences (sweet, salt, sweet and fat, salt and fat) and the histrionic personality s...

The article considers the importance of a syllable’s type and syllabic structure of words in languages of different types – analytical English, agglutinative Buryat and isolating Chinese – in light of creating the whole-system typology of languages. A strong case is made for the significance of lexicality and grammaticality of language as its typological determinant. Syllable’s structure is derivative from word’s structure and is dependent on word’s degree of lexicality or grammaticality. The paper aims to...

The article presents the mutual relations between art and technology from the Renaissance to the interactive art of today. It indicates important factors influencing the possibilities of imaging and interpreting reality by artists, ranging from the development of oil painting techniques, linear perspective, the invention of printing and photography, to achievements related to the development of information technologies (computers, interfaces), offering a range of tools to create and co-create a work of art by the ...

The permanent and irreversible effects of changes in the face of the Earth that modern architecture should respond to, are discernible. What distinguishes the ideology of sustainable architecture is highlighting the meaning of the relationship between man and the environment. Due to their activity, people have not only a visible impact on the nature of the landscape, but also on climate change, disturbances in the functioning of flora and fauna, and even deterioration of the health of the population. Ecological, e...

The aim of the present study is to consider the perception of synagogues in the contemporary cultural space of Latgale. The study is based on the fact that Jewish cultural heritage on the territory of Latgale has been being reconsidered. At the present stage, intensive work on the restoration of the tangible and intangible Jewish cultural heritage has been being carried out, and the objects of cultural heritage have been being transferred into the sphere of tourism. The Daugavpils synagogue is a functioning synago...

The relevance of the topic researched is determined by general theoretical significance of synonymy relations in the language connections system. The object of the study is historical digression into synonymy. The subject of the study is synonymy in general. The origins of the consideration of synonymy are reflected in ancient philosophy. Ancient scientists in their reflections on the language form, on the nature of the name drew attention to the existence of several names for the same thing. This feature of the l...

The highest achievement of science is considered to be the knowledge of the laws of nature in objects and phenomena in their life cycle. A new vector of development of science-the way of synthesis, the search for strategies to expand the objective scientific rationality. Synergetics, as a powerful tool for coevolution of the various forms of knowledge, reveals the inner link between scientific rationality and Olonkho. From the point of view of physics, the argument for understanding the phenomenon of storytelling ...

By studying various sources of information about nowadays jewelry, such as published materials, websites, catalogs, exhibitions, salon collections, a digital system for collecting, selecting, analyzing Latvian jewelry design was created. Within the framework of the scientific paper, several aspects of the design of the jewelry from the point of view of the system are considered, such as the author, the pictures, the details about the jewelry, the look of the jewelry, the materials, the technologies used. The infor...

Technological needs of the modern economy significantly change the nature of engineering education. Today's engineers must be willing to work in the conditions of increasing technological processes and equipment complexity. The article discusses the main challenges and trends in Russian engineering educational development on example of Tobolsk Industrial Institute (branch) of "Tyumen Industrial University." The authors reveal the reasons for graduates' preparation quality declining in technical university training...

The aim of the submitted contribution is to propose for the staff of the EU Structural Funds Sections of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic an effective evaluation system based in particular on the motivation of employees to perform higher and better performances. The State Service Act in the Slovak Republic does not impose an obligation to perform a civil service assessment of civil servants but provides for the authorization of civil servants to evaluate subordinate ci...

The aim of the present study is to bring problems of treatment and rehabilitation of addicted people in Poland closer to the reader. The paper was aimed to indicate changes that have occurred in the last year and those which are possible to be implemented. Due to the increasing tendency for people becoming involved in drug abuse, the study was focused mainly on this social problem. It should be emphasized that the problem of addiction affects both women and men, whereas 'market' saturation in cities has led to a d...

Does humanity need certain norms and morals of life, rules of behavior, prohibitions? Why are they needed? These questions always remain controversial and open. Each ethnic group has its own specific moral norms, prohibitions, views on ethical principles, sometimes incomprehensible to others. This paper reveals the traditional ethical norms of the Sakha people behavior, to try to answer to stated above eternal questions. Authors consider a prohibition in traditional culture, based on the religious views of the Sak...

Tactical periodization is a training concept applied in the training of junior team A from “Gic? Popescu” Football Academy. As the main purpose of tactical periodization is to learn how to play, we have tried to build a complex model of training methods and means to increase team progress in terms of players’ individual quality and the quality of the team game as well. In all training sessions we have comprehensively prepared all the moments of the game, defending attack, offensive and defensive transitions, ...

In the article the author on the basis of comparison of tamg signs on medievial Turkic tribes proves unity of their ethnohistorical and political development. The important role in moving of these tamg signs migratory processes and special mechanisms of formation of Turkic tribes, characteristic for a nomadic way of life have played. Thereupon the author comes to conclusion, that the generality of historical destinies of the Turkic people is defined by the unity of historical ways, since an epoch of ancient Turkic...

The paper is devoted to the issues of tax accumulation and its role in shaping the amount of local government taxes in Poland. Therefore, the research covered taxes forming the tax system which entirely contribute to the budgets of local government units. The basic objective of the study is an in-depth analysis of the concept of the classic institution of tax law in question. The implementation of this research intention, however, required reference to the relationship between tax accumulation and the obligatory e...

The aim of the article is to evaluate whether the construction of the income tax in Poland indicates the implementation of the principles of social justice to which Article II of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland refers. In order to achieve the pursued objective of the paper, it was analyzed how the amount of the income that is not the subject of individual income tax and the poverty lines in the years 1995-2017 related to each other. The above relationships were compared with relationships in selected co...

In the last decades, there has been a discussion about teachersВ’ professional development in Slovakia but also in the European context. Researches show that Slovak teachers have lost their professional status in Slovakia. Their initial and continuing education is strongly theoretical and formal, the development of their practical skills and team working is not supported. As a research team, we have created a Model of professional development of teachers in schools which reflects actual problems of teachersВ’ prof...

The information age shifts focus in professional education from teaching to studying. Consequently University students are to organize their independent learning. One of the most productive ways of self-learning is making ample use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)-aided education. In the Russian Federation the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” no 273-FZ introduced in December 2012 imposes an obligation of using various technologies including ICT. Vast application of Inter...

The theoretical study presents partial results of the project "Management of the discipline in the classroom at the primary school". The main objective of the project is to create, apply and evaluate an optimal model of discipline management in the classroom, which influences the effectiveness of teaching and leadership in the field of self-control and self-regulation. The positive learning climate in a classroom requires the teacher to focus on modifying but especially on preventing unwanted pupils' behaviour. Th...

The paper deals with and analyzes the efficiency of certain body strength development procedures using weight training exercises on mesomorph subjects aged 19-21 from the University Politehnica of Bucharest. The purpose of the research is to determine which of the mesomorph subjects being situated in the three groups obtained superior results at the barbell squat exercise by using different body strength development procedures. The procedures used in the research are the following: the procedure of weight training...

The article examines the characteristics of behavior in a conflict of students of various nationality backgrounds. The research goal is to reveal potential possibility of studentsВ’ conflict prevention in a multinational institution. The research objective is to elicit specific conflict behavior types adhered to the students of different nationalities. The article represents the results of an empirical study of the characteristics of behavior in the conflict of the students. The two nationalities that were viewed ...

Contemporary process of general education shifts focus from teaching large groups of pupils to organize their independent learning. Teacher Training Universities are to prepare pre-service teachers for organizing pupils’ independent work in order to assist a better development of the child’s abilities. Application of tutoring support in primary, secondary and high school is one of the effective means to achieve these goals. This task is set in the Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” (2012), which st...

Background – Rapid development of interdisciplinary academic connections highlights the importance of written communication. The necessity of the latest data sharing, on the one hand, the scientific achievements promoting, on the other hand, make an ability of health care professionals to written speech activity salient. Materials and Methods – The study is aimed at professional written speech activity of health care professionals. Quantative and statistical methods were used. The progress of respondents was b...

Municipal school is the second home for our children where they learn the material and spiritual values, where their intellectual development is formed. When designing such a construction site, in addition to the anti-terrorism protection, which is topical today, it is necessary to create systems of engineering and technical support of the building at a high level, to which, in the present paper, we propose application of energy-efficient technology for delivering natural light to rooms with permanent presence of ...

The purpose of this article is to determine and present complex information regarding the technical aspects of housing for seniors, both from the theoretical angle and from the angle of subjective viewpoints of the seniors, with a specific focus on the Czech Republic. Firstly, we deal with the technical requirements for housing buildings in general, and secondly, we characterize the specificities regarding housing places for the elderly. Our emphasis on the group of seniors, i.e. those aged 65 and more, is derived...

Spatial orientation is one of the parts that are heavily affected by the visually impaired. The ability to orientation and move around is a key skill for visually impaired individuals and needs to be trained from a very early age. Modern times and the associated development of different technologies allow individuals to become increasingly self-sufficient. Both conventional rehabilitation and compensatory procedures and aids are used to compensate for loss of vision. We would like to focus on introducing the issue...