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This paper considers the aspect of adopting discriminatory behavior towards women with different ethno-religious design of the external appearance. An empirical study is presented, with the object of 807 people: 436 women and 371 men, aged 18 to 35 years. Respondents were offered a set of photographs of girls in hijab and without it (5 pairs of photographs). Three situations were proposed for each photo from the "Assessment of Acceptance of Discriminating Behavior towards Ethnic Groups" methodology, proposed by V....

Introduction: 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), refers to processes used to create a three-dimensional object in which successive layers of material are formed under computer control. 3D printing technology started in other industries (art and design, defense, aerospace) for rapid tooling and rapid prototyping, and has been adapted to work with dental. The outcome: single, personalized objects were manufactured. The aims of this paper are to provide an overview of recent advances of 3D printi...

Background: Strong competition, financial crisis, bankruptcy of contractors, all these factors affect negatively the financial situation of enterprises. Large international corporations with multiple divisions are less affected by their customers or suppliers. In the case of small and medium-sized enterprises the downfall of one customer is very important for their financial situation. Therefore, one of the possibilities that influences positively on the safety and financial condition of enterprises is the activit...

Cultural trauma appears when a group of people feels they were made some horrible event experience leading to indelible traces in their collective consciousness, leaving an imprint in their memories forever and changing their identity irreversibly. During the 20th century, first in the Western societies but soon also worldwide, people constantly were stating that they had been traumatized by some experience, event, act of violence or frightening, or just by sharp and sudden and sometimes even not very hostile expe...

The paper aims to highlight the main theories about catharsis, how this transformation occurs in the fine arts, some conclusions drawn from research in psychology that answer the question: what are the conditions under which the sublimation of aggression occurs (catharsis), and when this do not occur - in some cases there is a reverse effect - in fact, increase aggressiveness. The problem could be resolved by the psychologists rather than by aestheticians as follows: Under what circumstances and to what extent, th...

Practice of project management is continually changing in the contemporary business. Working with the small teams and often with the limited budgets, while facing frequent changes in the business requirements, project managers are under continuous pressure to deliver fast turnarounds. Following the demands of new trends in the business management, leaders in the R&D sector are optimizing and adopting different and new styles and strategies more effectively. Waterfall models are suitable for projects with very clea...

Air transport is one of the youngest transport industries, yet in a few decades of its existence, it has built a monopoly position in the transport of people, mail and some types of cargo for very long, long and medium distances. Air transport is also the main transport mode in the international transportation. There are even some destinations that are served only by air transport. For transport operators such as transport planners, airlines, airports and aircraft manufacturers, knowledge of air transport demand i...

The goal of the research is to reconstruct and recreate the elements of interior and exterior of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (1839–1864) designed by Alexander Vitberg (1787–1855). This cathedral was built in Vyatka (Russia, Kirov region) to commemorate the visit of the Emperor Alexander I to the city in October, 1824. The cathedral was blown up in 1937 in the times of atheism. The study is of a great significance as this major cathedral is part of both local and national cultural heritage. Research methods ...

The problems of pain diagnosis and treatment through the use of language are really acute all over the world nowadays. The quality of diagnosis and treatment directly depends on a person's ability to accurately define it. Verbal communication is one of the most powerful tools in psychology, and this tool has speech and language specific features. In Russia there is a lack of instruments for the evaluation of pain and other sensations, especially in patients with alexithymia [1] who often have psychosomatic disorde...

Playing by ear, or picking by ear is a certain performing artВ’s activity based on a reproduction of a known music piece, without the written music (or not looking at a score). While playing by ear, different types of musicianВ’s activity are synthesized, which make him/her more like a universal musician of past centuries who was a composer, a performer and an improviser in one person. Playing by ear allows a music teacher to greatly enrich the repertoire of music lessons, including in it the unpublished works. In...

The most important condition for stable social and economic development of the state is the support of small and medium-sized businesses, including the basis of ensuring the availability of financial resources. If the business does not have the possibility of direct financing through the banking system, factoring becomes an effective tool for replenishing working capital; existing competition on commodity markets determines the need for a flexible interaction between the supplier and the buyer in the conditions of...

Social space is heterogeneous; it is represented by a variety of different cultures and subcultures. All the variety of subcultures represented in the modern urban space can be divided into groups, depending on the nature of the prevailing activity linking the members of the subculture. Recently many subcultures related to the use of computers have emerged. The entertainment industry offers a huge variety of computer games to a modern person, which predetermines the number of people involved in this subculture. On...

Adequate administration of the bank requires management not only to know well the financial status of the institution, but also to plan and control the operational processes and to take managerial decisions about the efficient allocation and utilization of the available resources. New requirements are set up aimed at provisioning of information in the bank management system, but also new challenges arise in relation to the accounting and information process for budget planning, accountability and control in order ...

The European Union (EU) and the USA have two very different models of personal data protection (European terminology) or information privacy law (American terminology). EU law has a defined and clear concept of personal data and a general law to protect this fundamental right. Meanwhile, the USA does not have a uniform definition of information privacy or personally identifiable information (PII); and it has only some sectorial laws to protect privacy in some markets. Personally identifiable information is one of ...

One of the greatest challenges at the current stage of Russian regions development is the transformation in the structure of production markets demand and supply. On the one hand, technological innovations caused by changing consumerВ’s needs affect the demand and supply equation parameters in the production and resource markets. On the other hand, imposing of international economic sanctions against Russia has stimulated shifts in both the demand for competitive domestic products and the supply of domestic goods ...

The aim of this paper is to outline the issue of grasping sustainable development in practice. The institutional system applies this term with pertinent sonority, which entices the general public. Where did the term sustainable development actually come from and what does its application involve with respect to land planning or planning the development of the agglomeration itself, and how can the individual institutions and the public get involved? To answer these questions, one must know the basic principles of s...

Educational tourism, one of the fastest-growing tourism sectors in the world, can be developed in different areas that are characterised by accessibility and possess educational tourism resources. In order to efficiently invest in educational tourism, it is necessary to take into account economic peculiarities of a certain area. The research is aimed at constructing an economic portrait of the potential inbound educational destination В‘a modern Russian medium-sized urban areaВ’, which has not yet received a thoro...

Lean Management (LM) has been presented as a one of the methods for improving the competitiveness of manufacturing companies. Today, observations show that, despite the many benefits of implementing LM tools, relatively few companies make a decision to -employ them. Although considerable research has been devoted to lean manufacturing, rather less attention has been paid to conditions of its implementation. It is important to know the drivers and barriers of the implementation of lean, however, diverse business co...

Introduction. A significant percentage of children (i.e., 5 to 8%) may present a significant language delay and/or impairment (Tomblin et al. 1997) which is not directly linked to any intellectual or cognitive disability. In such cases, children receive a diagnosis of Primary Language Impairment (PLI). Considering these numbers, it is extremely important to have reliable batteries of tests suitable to characterize and quantify such linguistic impairments in affected children. To the best of our knowledge, however,...

The concept of organizational culture is of maximum interest worldwide. The wish for performance growth in forms generated in the seventh decade of the 20th century preoccupations for the analysis of this concept. A particular aspect of organizational culture is the culture of the school organization, the school presenting specific, particular aspects. Analysing the organizational culture of the school institution, Elena Vacarescu School, starting from the model of Geert Hofstede, we found the following: В• Averag...

The article deals with the economic driving forces that provide students with possibilities to choose an optimal educational path. In our research we combine the theory of human economic behavior and the methodology of increasing efficiency of the human capital. We develop an econometric model of optimization for higher education and individual choice-making of educational paths. The proposed model is tested with the support of a specially established software on the basis of the real statistic data for more than ...

Background: The members of statutory bodies of corporations are responsible for the damage caused by them personally and unlimitedly within the period of their function. Legal claims for compensation can be submitted by the company, shareholders, creditors, bankruptcy administrator or employees. The negative consequences of decision made by statutory body can occur even after longer period of time and can influence other subjects (e.g. husband, wife, heirs). Directors and officers liability insurance covers damage...

The proposed text focuses on the conflict analysis and application of current typologies and methods within its framework. It sums up the overview of the most relevant methodological approaches and tries to highlight their limits in the analysis of the current conflicts, which have by far more different characteristic features than in the past. At present time the characteristic features of military conflicts have appreciably changed in comparison with military conflicts which have been happening in the past. Expe...

The article evaluates the convergence-divergence of indicators of economic development processes in circumpolar countries. The object of the study is the indicators, which evaluate the economic processes in member countries of the Arctic Council: Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, Russia, USA, Finland, and Sweden. The processes of convergence-divergence were researched in all eight member-countries of the Arctic Council based on statistics from 1990 through 2014. The following indicators, analyzing economic process...

Corporate culture is an important element of almost any company: most researchers, both theorists, and practitioners underline the key role of corporate culture in the success and prosperity of any organization. Speaking about corporate culture, we mean firstly the combination of values and perceptions prevailing in the organization, and also norms and patterns of behavior that determine the status and activities of employees. Evaluation of the level of development of a corporate culture and the mutual dependency ...

Hard coal in Poland is a fuel used mainly for the production of electricity. For this reason coal is essential to ensure the country's energy and social security. Currently there are 80 000 workers employed in the Polish mines (as of 31.12.2016) who maintain their families, drive the economy and pay taxes. The annual cost incurred by the state in connection with the functioning of only one unemployed person is approx. 2100 EURO taking into account only the health insurance costs, opportunity costs [1]. Mining is t...

The Church of Most Holy Trinity in Klimkovice was build in 1522 – 1529. According to the chronicles local Catholics built the church in late gothic style. Protestants took over the church after the change of owner of the manor in the early 17th century, and according to the principles of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. The truss of the church and wooden ceiling were exchanged between 1615–1617 (dendrochronologically dating). On the west side was built a wooden four-sided tower, which was removed at the turn of ...

The paper deals with an analysis of the types of housing and the related problems with the existence of different views of housing. The need for housing is undoubtedly a basic human need. Satisfaction of housing needs is a developed lifelong and continuous process of housing itself and its related activities. The main importance of living is that the activities associated with it allow the realization of these other human needs. This need cannot be confused with the mere need of having a dwelling. The dwelling is ...

The innovative potential of Russian small business is not completely realized that is indicated by the comparison of its innovative activity with small entrepreneurship in many developed countries. The development of measures to support and stimulate the activity of small enterprises in Russia is attended, and the priority task is the search for mechanism to increase the participation of small enterprises in innovative transformations of economy. The aim of this research is to analyze development factors of small ...

Due to the fact that the innovation system integrates the set of many interconnections of subjects of property, and that subjects often have directed to one side interests, so the defining approach to the research of the issue of interaction of institutions and property should be the “integrated approach” to the issue of cooperation of subjects of property that is represented in the article. The innovation economy, submitting to quite certain patterns and well-defined laws, changed traditional ideas and concep...

Creating and maintaining a strong investment climate in the economy is the important initial precondition for solving problems to ensure economic growth and competitiveness of the country in terms of its integration into the world economy. Despite the fact that the Russian market has the potential to become attractive for foreign investors, it is characterized by unpredictability, which prevents the flow of foreign investments into the country. Our retrospective analysis showed that the formation of a positive inv...

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

The traditional natural resource management of the Arctic regions increases the risks of ecological safety of the northern territories and indigenous peoples. The goal of the research is to determine the impact of inefficient nature management on the population of Arctic zone by the example of Krasnoyarsk Krai northern areas. A panel data analysis has been selected as the research methodology which integrates the possibilities for both time-series analysis and spatial observations allowing considering individual h...

The purpose of this study is to provide a description of the nature of palatalized and nonpalatalized consonants in the Russian and Japanese languages on the basis of comparative-typological studies as well as to characterize the manifestations of Russian-Japanese interference at the speech perception level. The basic research methods are the comparative-typological method, empirical method, generalization of analysis results to identify the phonetic interference, method of phonological oppositions, and rules for ...

Having as a starting point the multiple choice test passed at the beginning of the academic year, the results of the present statistics will underline the fact that the level of knowledge of English in the case of Computer Science from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University is a very good one, ranging from B1 to C2, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The test contains varied multiple choice questions, including vocabulary, reading comprehension and use of English, it has 80 questions to...

The process of Macedonia's EU membership requires undertaking concrete steps to follow current developments regarding retirement policies. This issue is not lacking treated in government programs or in programs of political parties running for executive power, however, it remains to be only in the context of daily political interests and unfortunately there is no sustainable solution. Since Macedonia's membership in the European Union requires a series of measures and activities, is immanent need to achieve a scie...

The role of the Diagnostic Center is to help children and parents to identify the most common causes of child behavioral disorders and to promote the development of their social skills. The Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic states that the role of the diagnostic centers is to involve children in the re-socialization, reeducation and also in the diagnostic process. Resocialization is the process of reeducation, the task and the goal is to alleviate or overcome the long-term social need of t...

Migration is nowadays much discussed topic in Europe. Despite the fact that in the past migration has been associated with development, it is now more associated with uncertainty, fear and resistance of many inhabitants in European developed countries. In different parts of the world, causes of migration are different. However, factors that motivate people to emigrate can be unified into several: political instability, low standard of living, poverty, diseases, armed conflicts, religious contradictions etc. Factor...

Diplomacy has been an extremely important in the development of civilization from its beginnings to the present days. More broadly, diplomacy presents the design and implementation of the foreign policy, models of the foreign policy, international negotiations and professional activity performed by diplomats. The paper presents the development of the diplomacy from its origins in the era of nation Maya, throughout the Middle Ages, specific forms of creating and building relationships that have developed within the...

The article analyzes the works performed by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, a Russian artist, whose artistic ascent took place at the turn of the 20th century while Russian intellectuals were actively engaged in identifying the specific features of Russian cultural identity. The article also provides a short description of the works by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin in the context of visual arts theory and performance. The analysis of the artist's works brings to light visual images of the Russian cultural identity that they ...

Direct relationship of the development of foreign trade and FDI was confirmed by a correlation analysis. The coefficient of correlation was 0.97. A strong relationship (R=0.97) showed between the turnover of foreign trade and GDP, as well as between the share of export and GDP, and the share of import and GDP, where the coefficient of correlation reached the value of 0.99. The GDP growth rate indirectly affected the unemployment growth rate. The relationship between these parameters was weak, as the coefficient of...

Information technology is currently one of the most important labour productivity drivers to increase economic efficiency. The aggravation of the geopolitical situation occurred in Russia over the past few years has demonstrated the vulnerability of the domestic financial sector and some other national economy branches to foreign manufacturers and suppliers of various software that led to the intensification of import substitution in this area. The conducted analysis has revealed that information technologies crea...

The paper is a presentation of selected results of the second stage of research project KEGA 014EU-4/2016 – ?Preparation of the content and structure of subject disciplines focused on the development of knowledge and skills of graduates from non-economic health service fields of study”. The focus is on the current need of graduates in health service fields of study for the knowledge of economics and entrepreneurial skills. To identify educational needs while considering the current situation in an organisation...

In recent years, the hard coal mining industry is increasingly practicing outsourcing according various types of work. These practices are not necessarily well perceived by miners because they can affect their wages indirectly or directly. First of all external employees treat work in mining company as a source of a quick income. Therefore, external companies often calculate their employees compensation not based on a working time but on the basis of a specific, accomplished task. Such employment is called piecewo...

Under the current unstable market economy conditions, every business entity must constantly monitor the development of its financial situation, competition, get new customers and offer new products and services. From the point of view of financial managers, it is the continuous monitoring and assessment of the financial situation of the business entity. Given the dynamically changing economic environment, it is essential to monitor enterprise performance analysis not only in terms of the past, but also to focus on...

Greenhouse gas emissions produced by agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery and forestry activities continue to increase, although not as fast as emissions produced by other human activities. The paper analyzes the impact of agricultural, livestock, fishery and forestry human activities on greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is to build a model of greenhouse gases being changed due to human activitiesВ’ factors. As a theoretical model the authors have chosen ADL-model (auto-regressive-distributed-lags-model), in wh...

The purpose of this article is to identify the difficulties of written medical discourse genres that may be encountered by a medical discourse translator and should be introduced to the intended translators in this field. For this purpose, a survey of professional translators was conducted to identify the most common genres of medical discourse which they encounter in their professional activities. It resulted in the following list of medical discourse genres: instruction for medical use, case history, medical dru...

The paper deals with the issue of employee training and development for sales managers. Training and development of sales managers is from the point of view of human resource management very important as it can directly affect the company's business results. Managing a team of salespersons is difficult and it requires a wide range of knowledge and competences such as team motivation, goal setting, evaluation of teamВ’s success, effective communication, and more. In order to determine the current situation in the f...

This article deals with problems of the ancient settlement of Northern Yakutia. Across the Arctic of Yakutia, in the basin of river UГ©lГ©, Anabar, Olenek, lower Lena, Indigirka, Kolyma and Islands of the Arctic Ocean discovered and excavated hundreds of monuments of stone and early metal ages in ancient times, the main migratory paths were rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean, which originate from Central Yakutia. Currently in the Arctic Yakutia there are about 20 sites of mammoth hunters, especially in the basin...

This article is dedicated to the question of finding conceptual basis of prehistoric architecture. The author tried to discern the reasons why it came to existence and the principles of its functioning, as well as developing architectural spaces of permanent structures. The remains of ancient constructions, made from mammoths’ skulls, tusks and larger bones dug into the soil, served as the subject of the research. “Bone” structures like these are the phenomena of the Paleolithic era. These monuments of prehis...