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In plate 141 For the Sexes - the Gates of Paradise, copy D, Blake by asking: “Does thy God O Priest take such vengeance, as this” refers to the story of Count Ugolino as it is described in Dante’s Divine Comedy - Inferno Canto XIII (33). The subject of Blake’s preoccupation is the conflict between the Devourer and the Prolific as it was developed in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell in 1789. The conflict between the adverse forces of life, good versus evil, formed ‘two different kind of philosophies’- as...

FOREWORD SWS International Scientific Conference on Art and Humanities ISCAH is interdisciplinary forum, focused on the SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE 2030 AGENDA in front of one UNCOMPROMISED, ECOLOGICAL and SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. The change needed to move to an environmentally sustainable world, and in particular to a zero-net economy, is truly unprecedented and requires a global industrial and technological revolution with consequences in every aspect of society. But the belief that only engineering can provide the nece...

FOREWORD SWS INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SCIENCES -ISCSS 2021 is focused on the SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE 2030 AGENDA,MULTICULTURALISM, and the CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES in frontof one UNCOMPROMISED, ECOLOGICAL and SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. The effective use of research in the wide range of modern social sciences and the enhanced link between research in various fields, the so-called “interdisciplinarity” can significantly improve the public policy, guided by universal values and principles, such a...

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) provides many benefits to companies, perhaps most importantly that as a result of its influence, civil organizations, the media and other stakeholders will be less likely to attack the company; it can therefore be understood as a form of risk management. CSR in fact reduces the risk of tightening regularly the rules; working with government can bring benefits to the company itself or to business life in general. In addition, trusting relationships reduce transaction costs, whe...

Self-harm is a frequent and very problematic behavior that expresses the adolescent's specific relationship to himself and especially to his/her body. The present study focuses on the ambivalent relationship between art and self-harm. The subject of the research is the analysis of selected factors of illustration and artistic expression of self-harm in society (especially in art or on social networks) and their influence on the growth of self- harm, especially in the young generation. We present psychological conc...

The experience of developed countries demonstrated that without a strong agriculture insurance market you cannot have a modern and strong agriculture industry in your country. For a farmer, in order to work the land intensive with high quality technology they need big investments. Taking into account these big investments it is very important that the farmer should take into account the associated climate risk which if it is not insured can be very devastating for the farmer. In the last decade the climate change ...

In the frame of the realized research based on the constructivist approach to teaching mathematics at primary and secondary schools, among other aspects, the idea was to focus on one of the key and important activities of the teacher, such as the analysis of pupils' problem solving. In this contribution, the written form of the pupils’ solutions has been focused and shown. According to the missing practical experiences in the mathematical areas, pupils investigated some properties (principles) in a series of mat...

Since the breakout of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, post-secondary education in Croatia has been held almost exclusively online. Therefore, teachers and students had to adapt to the entirely way of education. Online classes were held by using web-conference tools (MS Teams, Zoom, Moodle webinar), while class materials and online exams were available through learning management systems (Merlin, 2co2, Moodle). In this paper we present the results of surveying students of electrica University of Rijeka, and studen...

n Italy we are witnessing a positive development in the protection of animals that involves more than just criminal law. It has just been announced (at the end of June) that the Senate of the Republic has expressed itself in favour of amending and supplementing the text of an article in the Constitution - a fundamental rule of Italian law - which would recognise the protection of animals Furthermore, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union protects animals as В«sentient beingsВ» and this is a fundament...

Antibiotics represent one of the most used classes of medications since the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928. A significant percentage of antibiotics and their metabolites are excreted in the urine, leading to a high concentration in the kidney that may often cause renal impairment. Medication-induced nephrotoxicity represents one of the most common causes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients. Clinical manifestations are variable, ranging from mild to severe forms, requiring re...

Learning is a result of brain activity, a neuro-phenomenon that can be analysed in response to a variety of research questions. This article aims at focusing on the teacher’s working scope, explaining what neurodidactic actions of the teacher contribute to learning. The obtained results demonstrate that the learning process, which we intend to construct in accordance with neurodidactic principles, can be analysed according to four main factors: students’ neurostimulation, perception and consolidation of teachi...

The study focuses on architectural motifs in the selected sample of illustrations by Slovak artists and the reception of such motifs by junior school aged children. Fantasy architectural motifs are relatively frequent in the illustrations to fairy tales however, their detailed descriptions are not so often present in the fairy tales’ texts. The study introduces basic types of architectural motifs in fictional literature for children relative to whether the illustrators took inspiration from history or from real ...

After decades of well-developed public housing programs in the Yugoslav socialist state, the socio-political shift of the 1990s introduced new challenges into the housing domain: privatization, ownership redistribution, and market liberalization. These processes were accompanied by deindustrialization as well as economic and refugee migrations, which caused a new housing crisis. The withdrawal of the state from housing investment on the one hand, and the instrument of the ‘detailed urban plan’ on the other, le...

As a teacher I have directly conducted research to experiment with new methodologies in teaching to demonstrate that even children or kids can be able to create a drawing and therefore an object in 3D and improve their skills in addition to creativity by developing real problem solving skills. A new teaching methodology therefore requires helpingstudents not to be afraid of making mistakes by encouraging them to move forward on their learning path. Going from the ideal to the real and even better from the virtual ...

Contemporary polymer composites exert polytrophic influences on workers’ bodies. Among them there is a unique composite based on low molecular silicon-organic oligomers, namely, EPO-TEK 330 compound. Effects produced by this compound on a body remain unkn

The main issue of the study is scientific explanation of the causes, strategies and mechanisms of renovation of art as holistic aesthetic system. The objective of the study is to specify and describe the strategy and mechanisms of artistic experimentation in Russian Pre-Romanticism and explain the dialectics of interaction of two (identical equation and contraposition) aesthetic systems in Russian Literary Process of the late XVIII century period. The research design is based on complex approach, involving combina...

Aims: to determine correlations of the serum level of B lymphocyte activation factor in patients with thyroid autoimmune disease and vitamin D deficiency. Material and method: The study included a number of 52 patients, distributed in 2 groups - Group 1-

Prague focuses on the training of professional counsellors, while also focusing on identifying, analysing and characterizing the educational needs of employers and employees. It also finds suitable ways to obtain a new qualification, to extend, change or innovate an existing qualification, etc. In this context, the authors focus on the profession of a police soldier, being traditionally understood as purely male work. The Military Police of the Czech Republic was established in 1991 and its tasks include, for exam...

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic introduced restrictions that challenged companies to restr cture to stay in business. The company managers’ ability to initiate changes in work organization is crucial to ensure the companies’ existence and successful business continuity. The research aims to study the development trends and problems of work organization in Covid-19 conditions. To achieve the aim the legal framework for work organization was studied, changes in work organization in the Baltic States and the ...

Artificial intelligence and its use is an integral part of modern business development, that makes it possible for companies to operate successfully in a competitive environment. This study identifies factors that influence consumer satisfaction with the u become more competitive. The study uses both secondary data analysis and expert interviews, chat bot user mapping and a survey. Within the framework of the research, the situation in the field of using chatbots in Latvia and in the world is described. The study ...

City branding is a topic discussed very much in tourism and also in marketing, its impact being visible in both fields. While tourism is concerned with city branding because it can help destinations attract more tourists and make more profit, the marketing field is trying to find new ways to promote, position and differentiate city brands in order to gain a competitive advantage in this overcrowded market. On the other hand, city brands can also provide benefits regarding consumption behavior of customers, who are...

Beginning with the ideological premise that a flat, a place to live, was a basic human right, the socialist state assumed the obligation of securing this particular right for its citizens. Therefore, in the midst of the post-war housing crisis, Yugoslavia (of which Croatia was one of the constituent republics) introduced the so-called 'socially organized strategies of housing construction.' The financial aspect of these strategies, often defined through the syntagm 'state-financed' or 'publicly-financed,' consiste...

The mission of civil protection is, to the extent stipulated by the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic no. 42/1994 Coll. on civil protection to protect life, health and property and to create the conditions for survival in the event of an emergency and during a declared emergency. EU Member States have committed themselves to exchanging information on various infectious diseases. The programs of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control in this regard support the development of specifi...

Introduction: Today, for the construction of a dental bridge, modern technologies and materials allow both the aggregation elements and the bridge body to be made in a single stage in the prosthesis of small or medium edentations. In the practice of makin

Cloud technology is the backbone of the delivery pipeline of just about every digital service today, from social media and streaming entertainment to connected cars and autonomous internet of things (IoT) infrastructure. Studies show the expectations are more than 15 billion IoT devices to be connected to Cloud services by 2029. Upcoming or new ultra-fast networks such as 5G and Wi-Fi 6E mean that more IoT data will be streamed to and from applications hosted in the cloud. Cloud services and infrastructure essenti...

The concept of patient’s rights itself was fairly known before the last four or five decades, and medical malpractice of all kinds made the aggrieved party to seek redress at a court; but no special legislation, apart from rare exceptions, has ever existed to anchor the patient’s rights before the late 20th century. In the civil law tradition of the 20th century, especially its earlier decades, doctors could be held criminally or civilly liable for a wide variety of malpractice, including unauthorized medical ...

The COVID 19 pandemic gave us a major lesson in terms of readiness to answer critical situations, especially in the health sector. Regulations and restrictions in this period decreased dramatically the access to classic medical services and leaded to a sudden shift for online medical services. Digitization of the complex decision-making process of diagnosis and treatment is probably the most challenging paradigm shift in medicine; it requires radical changes in legislation, infrastructure, skills, abilities and co...

While CSR reporting in Romania is quite recent and came as an obligation recommended by the European regulators, the focus on defining a set of standards in the field of financial investments, shaped by strong social and corporate responsibility, is an organic development within the companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. In order to assess the financial impact of CSR programs implemented by listed companies in Romania during the 2018-2020 time frame, we shall analyze data for 25 listed companies on the ...

In the context of political correctness, we can also discuss the bullying to which some countries and populations are subjected, about the individual one. The problem of the toilet in the yard can be approached also from this perspective of bullying and public shame, not only as an economic indicator. The fact that the evolution of the development of countries is measured in relation to the number of households or people who still have a toilet in the yard has become a discriminating factor for populations in less...

With a view to modernising state management in the last decade, Lithuania has focused mainly on observing the experience of how foreign countries have handled state management and the development of the self-government system. Lithuania did not gain exper

The successive enlargements from 2004 and 2007 of the EU had extended its borders, leading not simply to the creation of a new and longer Eastern border, but also to a new border regime in the form of the European Neighbourhood Policy. With the enlargements the EU became a close neighbour of criminal groups originating from the Eastern neighbourhood, which by undertaking criminal activities have became a serious threat to the European welfare state system, leading to the implementation of consolidated security mea...

Digital technology development has been emerging in the last couple of years. Moreover, the pandemic period has accelerated the implementation of various video conferencing systems. Nowadays, virtual collaboration became imperial not only in the secondary, but in the higher education as well. Wide variety of digital platforms have become common practice in adult education regardless the age category of learners and educators. Furthermore, the digital disruption radically has changed how the educators and learners ...

Assessing students’ learning is one of the most important responsibilities a teacher can have, as well as being one of the tasks teachers spend more time doing. Thus, assessment skills are a primary tool that every teacher should master. The set of assessment skills is known as assessment literacy. Several studies point to the fact that initial teacher education has serious shortcomings in preparing future teachers for the assessment-related tasks. It seems clear that, for the development of skills in assessment...

The theoretical problem of a study is scientific description and typology of historical strategies in search of harmony between human and the world, reflected in European socio-cultural projects and ecological practices of XVIII to XXI centuries. The obje

The present paper discusses Environmental Performance Enhancement Programmes (EPEPs). EPEPs are mandatory for installations with negative environmental impact, which are enlisted as sites for the implementation of Best Available Techniques (BATs) but do n

The mission of public administration in the broadest sense of the word is to serve the citizens by fulfilling their demands. On the other hand, in order to fulfill this mission, it must prepare a pool of employees who accept and are able to provide these services ethically. Focusing exclusively on ethics in public administration, this study presents the efforts made by the Albanian governments in reforming the public administration, starting with the government of Ismail Qemali until 1930. This study not only give...

Radon exposure at schools may have a considerable public health impact. The exposure and respectively the health risk is related with CRn and time. The schools are buildings with public access, where the children spent long period of life. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the indoor radon concentrations as an important air pollutant in school buildings of Kardzhali districts, Bulgaria, as a first step in controlling and reducing the children exposure. The measurement of radon concentration was made i...

Educational environment is the most important factor that affects student’s motivation, ambitions, and their emotional state. It can also be a detrimental factor to student’s persuasion of higher education and can demotivate students from staying in health care. [1]. This research paper used literature review to find studies that used Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire, which was developed by Sue Roff, to evaluate learning environment. [2] The questionnaire was translated into Cze...

The article focuses on the evaluation of therapeutic and therapeutic-educational approaches from the perspective of patients of psychiatric units (Military Hospital Olomouc, Psychiatric Hospital KromД›Е™Г­Еѕ) in the process of addiction treatment (drugs and drug-alcohol combinations). The subject of the research is the factor of evaluation of semantic differential of the following interventions: dramatherapy, progressive stages of treatment (0-3), medication, psychotherapeutic group, self-management - therapeutic ...

Students’ critical thinking ability includes deductive and inductive thinking, the ability to pla experiments, precise assumption identification, all of which are essential cognitive abilities for prosperity in everyday life and for further career success. Previous studies concluded that students, who participated in extracurricular activities, such as competitions, have higher levels of critical thinking abilities than their non-attending peers. The im of this study is the investigation of the predictive power ...

Metacognitive processes influence not only success in learning, but also contribute to career success. One of the main aims of education is the improvement of higher-order cognitive abilities like metacognition. Earlier studies demonstrated that extracurricular activities, such as experiences acquired during competitions, improve metacognitive skills. The aim of our correlational, cross-sectional study is the establis ment of the explanatory power of different types and levels of competitions for the variability o...

In our paper, we discuss the potential of Solfege as a means for the development of music literacy and musical abilities in pupils of primary and secondary schools. The aim of this study is to explore Solfege, to bring its brief historical introduction and to investigate its benefits in the experiment with extended music education. The main method used for obtaining the information was the document analysis, and statistical analysis of the data gained in 1997, during the 10th year of an experiment aimed at increas...

The overpainted layers reveal the artist’s working process, the way he created his work in different phases until the final painting. Photographing paintings in near-infrared spectrum (NIR/IR reflectography) also provides protection against counterfeit art paintings. This paper investigates the intrinsic properties of colorant twins based on the InfraredArt theory, which expands the knowledge about the light absorption response in the visual (V) and near-infrared spectrum (NIR). The key support for the establish...

The main field of study for the article topic is the innovation clusters concept, a brief history about clusters and how are becoming more and more essential for innovation development. The functioning of innovation is based on cooperation and collaboration between entities, allowing orchestration of activities, new technologies and adopting solutions based on the market needs. Proximity is often correlated with cooperation, better use of nfrastructure and built of science and tech parks as a way of increasing eco...

This paper analyses Brentano’s aesthetical approach to two questions concerning value. The first, whether all presentations essentially have a positive intrinsic value. Thesecond, if there is a kind of relation between two presentations that assigns higher value to one of them. The results Brentano came to are that, first, there are certain conditions inquality judgement of presentations for them to have intrinsic value. Second, Brentano introduces six main types of relations, explaining why he attributes higher...

The Renaissance is a pinnacle of European humanistic culture that can only be erased from human history at the risk of destroying the very meaning of history. Of the same evidence, however, is the fact that the rinascita was due to a series of political, cultural and social conditions that, emerging from the Italian land, were different in all countries where it was propagated, and almost absent, appearing in short, decorativ spurts, in others. What united them in the most concrete way was the generous idea of hum...

The paper examines Karel van Mander’s consistent descriptions of artistic incompetence, technical mediocrity, and creative failure in Het Schilder-Boeck – or The Book of Painting, first published in Alkmaar 1604 – in the attempt to understand the functionality of his remarks – from an aesthetic, ethical, and pedagogical standpoint – as cautionary tales for apprentices and young patrons. It will be argued that, by establishing a sharp distinction between “excellent masters” and “mediocre painters,вЂ...

In Portugal, tourism revenues in 2019 accounted for around 8.5% of Gross Domestic Product, before the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the sectors that directly influence this weight of tourism revenues is accommodation. Tourism business units have suffered a severe setback since the beginning of the global pandemic. However, it is generally believed that the sector will return to the 2019 level around 2 23. Although for investors in general the profitability of their investments is their main objective, in most sectors ...

The Lugoj Cavalry Barracks are located in Timis county, part of the Banat region located in the west of Romania. Considering their historical and architectural value, the Lugoj Cavalry Barracks were studied as part of the classification procedure for their inclusion in the national Historical Monuments Registry. The barracks are an architectural ensemble that consist of several distinct buildings. The aim was to completely diagnose the barracks as a whole and follow their individual evolution, in order to establis...

this article shows how in the last two decades UNESCO had started to recognize the nonprofit international association the FГ©dГ©ration Internationale des Г©hicules Anciens (FIVA) historical cars as part of its world heritage initiative. FIVA was founded in 1966 and its aim is the preservation, restoration, use and culture of mechanically propelled road vehicles. In 2017, FIVA was recognised by UNESCO as the body for Historical Vehicles and related Culture. The 1895 Carl Benz patent "car with internal combustion e...