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The main purpose of this study is to analyse and examine some of the paintings of the Italian avant-garde artist Gian Carlo Riccardi. Our work will focus in particular on a psychological study of the paintings and drawings realised by the artist. Our study basically focuses on the compositions created between the 1980s and 1990s and the graphic works executed in the 2000s. The first category examines certain works characterised by intense abstractionism. The pictorial material used by Gian Carlo Riccardi is manipu...

Developing a sustainable green high-tech model for an online insurance broker necessitates a convergence of technological innovation, customer-centric approaches, data analytics, blockchain technology, and environmentally friendly practices. Online insurance brokers may improve their operational efficiency, improve client experience, promote openness and accuracy, prevent fraud, and contribute to the general sustainability of the insurance business by embracing five essential aspects. Traditionally, the insurance ...

Promoting cities only through historical heritage is no longer topical, especially for the new generations. The differentiation and promotion of a city can be achieved by organizing festivals, which could attract a constant number of tourists annually. The article wants to examine the characteristics of a festival that gives it the power to be popular and to evolve each year to attract more and more tourists. We needed to see what people cherish the most about these festivals and what values a festival needs to ha...

Color has always been an important component of a person's perception of the overall picture – this applies to art, religion, and individual worldviews. In different epochs and cultures, different, but always important meanings were conveyed with color, certain colors were associated with what was most significant and valuable for a people or a representative of a religious tradition. The blue color is exceptional in this sense – for a long time it was not paid attention at all, but once appearing on the canvases ...

The soil represents the "fragile skin" that anchors all life on Earth and from whichbiodiversity springs. The dynamic and complex ecosystem produced by the soil, wherethere are countless species of living things supports the most precious resources for lifeon Earth. It has been scientifically proven that the most used technique for protectingthe soil against environmental factors (drought, erosion) is that of mulching, whichenable the affected areas to be covered with a layer of mulch that will accelerate thenativ...

An unstable economic environment highlights the importance of financial security, which depends on external and internal factors (i.e., household members' decisions and financial choices). As financial security can be considered from various perspectives, this research proposes to analyse it from a subjective perspective considering the changes in households' financial decisions. Therefore, the study aims to explore the condition of households' financial security and the changes in households' financial decisions ...

The democratic contemporary society is one in which the respect for the fundamental human rights is essential. In the present paper we will refer to the special right of the children to benefit of financial support from his/her parents or tutors. The children are one especially vulnerable category of human beings as their mental and physical abilities are not yet sufficiently form in order for them to be independent and be able to support themselves. For a long period of time, in the first eighteen years the child...

The present paper deals with one of the world’s most pressing problems, climate change or, more realistically put “climate crisis”, debated at the conference known as COP26 that took place at Glasgow, at the beginning of November, 2021. This global summit (also referred to as the “planet saving” summit) attended by 200 countries was seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Opening this conference, the British Prime Minister at that time, Boris Johnson, said the world is “at one minute to m...

The main purpose of this correlation study is to examine the relationship of attachmentstyles with life satisfaction and place attachment in university students at University ofCatania, Italy. We used the following measures: the State Adult Attachment Measure,the Life Satisfaction Scale, and two versions of the Place Attachment Inventory for the“living place” and for the “affective place”, respectively. Results indicated that: 1) themore the students showed secure attachment and the less avoidant attachment, the m...

The homeroom teacher (HRT) is one of the main roles in the school. HRTs effective teaching and classroom management are central to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education. The main goal of this study was to examine Israeli upper secondary HRTs perceptions of the new multiple domain performance tool (USHRT-MDPT) to evaluate their work performance. The study applied a qualitative paradigm of data collection and analysis. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analyzed thematically. ...

The importance of communication in society is invaluable for modern science. Aggression, expressed in verbal and non-verbal forms, produces a particularly significant effect on the effectiveness of communication. There is no doubt, however, that communicative aggression can in no way serve the success of communication. Modern research is aimed at identifying strategies, tactics and lexical units, the use of which allows communicants to have successful and effective communication. The communicative category of miti...

Like the rest of Central Europe, Slovakia has been a multicultural and multilingual society for centuries. Although Slovak is recognized as the official language, there are many other languages spoken in the country. Due to historical reasons, the largest minority communities are Hungarian, Roma, Czech and Rusyn, but the number of bilingual and multilingual speakers varies according to the region, with the highest concentration in Western and Eastern Slovakia. In contemporary Slovakia, bilingualism and multilingua...

Today, digitalisation is widely discussed in the context of various institutions whoseoperational guidelines have made it a daily routine and a necessity for making informationaccessible to the public. The digitisation of museum collections is of particularimportance, both in terms of making them accessible to the public and for art historyresearch. However, many art objects are not only in museums, but also in churches,where, unlike the above-mentioned institutions, digitisation is not a priority and anecessity f...

Cultural characteristics differ from nation to nation, and often by provinces, cities,villages - each group of people has its own traditions, beliefs and behaviors that are oftensimilar to other groups, but again specific to its members. Customs, rituals andsuperstitions as part of a particular culture define and shape the identity of consumerswho belong to that culture - they influence their attitudes, needs, habits and desires. Theseaspects of culture are embedded in consumer behavior, a complex set of preferenc...

A teacher must overcome many different obstacles during these changes when trying to improve the quality of his teaching. As part of the qualitative research, we focused both on the behavior of the pupils and on the behavior of the teacher, who, in order to improve the quality of his teaching, is trying to change his educational style, from a transmissive style to a constructivist style. In the framework of this article, we focused on the obstacles that a teacher changing his educational style must overcome. The r...

The swift evolution of education, catalyzed by the global pandemic, has driven the infusion of advanced technologies into higher education. As student expectations evolve amid global trends, a paradigm shift in pedagogical strategies is underway. This paper explores the realm of international business education and investigates the influence of generated artificial intelligence (AI) on student engagement in global virtual teams. This study analyzes the motivating factors propelling student participation in virtual...

From the beginning, through to Antiquity and the Middle Ages, mankind has started from a belief in the existence of a substantial soul. Belief in a spirit substance gradually receded, giving way to a spirit wholly dependent on matter and strictly material causes. The human psyche does not easily adapt to the times, and, despite humanity's breakthroughs and changing conceptions regarding life and the world, the nucleus of magical thinking has continued to exist and manifest itself incongruously relative to modern c...

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed just about everything in terms of how we operate personally and professionally. Now involves less physical contact and more digital touchpoints. The study looks at the third period of the pandemic in Latvia, almost two years after the initial outbreak of Covid-19 and at a point when most European countries have achieved majority/ herd immunity thanks to double vaccination. At this time, vaccination certificates have already been introduced in Latvia, which would allow the curb of ...

International relations are in a not very comfortable situation due to the general state ofhonor in today's world arena. The balances between countries and the policies of thesecountries have been disrupted. These relations, as it seems, are taking a wrong direction,because the states are not yielding up on many issues of common interest. Anotherreason is because globalism is leading to the degradation of the situation of internationalrelations, it is degenerating the relations between the states themselves. State...

The conceptual basis of the article includes descriptions, characteristics and relationships between all aspects of reflection. The aim of the work is to present the evolution, structure and learning of language since the evolution of the human species, already of a genetic order, then became cultural, therefore teachable. Culture, through the changes offered by education to intentional learning, is the engine of man's changes and evolution. From language as a biological moment of adaptation we have moved on to an...

In the modern world, sustainable consumption is developing as one of the most influential areas in economic theory and practice. The concept of sustainability is gaining particular importance for economies and their future development. In sustainability research, the focus on food consumption, and specifically fruit consumption, is a relatively new approach. The main objective of the present study is to systematize and interpret the basic determinants of the behavior of consumers of food products, as well as of fr...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine that has occurred between two of the largest exporters of food and energy in the world has had an impact to global energy and food industry in 2022. One of the biggest industries that was affected by this war is the dairy industry. The dairy industry is one of the most important agricultural industries apart from grain production in the Baltic States - Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. And the Russia- Ukraine war has had and is further impacting dairy sector in the Baltic States. Simul...

The overhead bridge crane generates transverse horizontal forces as it travels along the crane runway. Transverse horizontal forces are caused by the braking of the crab and also by the crane's own travel, which is not straight due to the imperfections of the crane and the crane runway. This kind of forces can be called forces caused by skewing of crane. There are several interpretations for the crane skewing, from which various computational models are based. Individual interpretations, however, differ both in te...

In the current security context of the Black Sea region, trade relations are affected by the imperative of international sanctions, which have imposed a series of restrictions that make it difficult for professionals to carry out commercial contracts. Through the 11 packages of restrictions established by the EU, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the supply of raw materials from the East and exports to these destinations are largely blocked. The risk of fraud is evident as long as production facilities are d...

The Treaty of Rome promoted a more cautious approach as concerns the free movement of capital in comparison with other fundamental economic freedoms. The recognized importance of the sovereign prerogatives of the states in the field of monetary policies explains why its original regulatory wording bears the signs of a reserved attitude and of an increased concern for the balance of powers distributed between the Commission, the Council and the Member States. The full liberalization of capital movements is the resu...

The world is faced with a difficult energy crisis due to the lackage of fossil fuels, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war. The regions where fossil energy resources are found and produced in the world and the regions with high-energy consumption are separated from each other. For this reason, the transportation of energy from the source regions to the regions where the use consumption is done highly brings along cost and energy security problems. The political stance of Iran and region...

This paper explores the phenomenon of isolation in modern digital society. The topic wasdeveloped with a group of 90 IT design students in two generations. The positive andnegative aspects of isolation are presented through the eyes of the students of the ZagrebUniversity of Applied Sciences. An initiative and incentive is the project entitled Isolatedpeople and communities in Slovenia and Croatia - Isolation (IPS-2022-02-3741). Theproject itself examines the contemporary isolation in both countries, Slovenia andC...

Introduction: The present research takes shape from the increasingly strong need to methodically probe the facts, the creators, the productions, the exhibitions and the editorial and press activities in the period between 1958 and 1968 in the province of Frosinone. Materials and Methods: The analysis is made by comparing the phenomenon under study within the broader national scenario. The importance of the topic lies in the dynamics of development that it assumes in close relation to the changed social values and ...

Urban pollution caused by traffic has become a global issue in recent years. Urban pollution is significantly influenced by weather conditions, and the study examines the impact of meteorological parameters such as temperature, solar radiation, precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and wind speed on the pollution levels of O3, NO, NO2, NOx, and SO2 in summer compared to winter. During summer, the average concentration of O3 is higher than in winter, while the average concentrations of NO2, NO, NOx, which are precur...

The infectious diseases are mainly the consequence of the existence of the microbialworld, essential for life on our planet. Microbes need a superior animal to multiply andspread to survive. The pathogens are therefore the biological agents responsible for theonset of the disease condition in the host organism. The infectious disease appears to bethe consequence of the interaction between pathogens and specific defense systems,immune response, and nonspecific (inflammation) of the host.West Nile virus (WNV) belong...

This paper deals with the use of fuzzy clustering techniques to effectively segment potential customers and existing customers in business opportunity management. Customer segmentation plays a key role in modern businesses, enabling personalized marketing and sales strategies. Traditional clustering methods often wrestle with uncertainty and overlapping customer data characteristics. In this article, we propose the use of fuzzy clustering algorithms to overcome these limitations and provide a more flexible and acc...

This study highlights the importance of criticism in the practice and education of interior design. Unlike other disciplines related to the visual arts, the fact that the discipline of interior architecture has not developed a separate and distinct intellectual whole with its own rules has affected the place of criticism in both the profession and education. Therefore, in order to be a step towards the elimination of these deficiencies, different approaches that could be a source for the development of interior ar...

Statistics on overall satisfaction with work-life balance show an EU average of 79%. This figure is higher than average in more than half of the EU countries, including Estonia and Lithuania. In Latvia, this indicator is only 73%, thus Latvia is in the 6th place from the end among the EU countries, which confirms the need to find solutions to support a worklife balance. Objective of the paper is to characterise a work-life balance from theoretical aspect and to provide an assessment of influencing factors among st...

Tourism is a short-term hobby that is characterized mainly by traveling to nearby, but also more distant locations. It is associated with recreation, rest, but also with active activity. The increased concentration of tourists in these locations brings with it both positive and negative effects. A positive influence is mainly the economic impact that a location sought after by tourists brings stabilization and the possibility of job growth, reduction of unemployment, development of local business and economic grow...

Engineering is a highly cognitive activity and as such has long been treated andeducated in solely cognitive domain. However, the role of emotions in engineering hasrecently been closely examined. Engineering is creating products, services and systemsfor people to use. In their use people engage emotionally as well as cognitively.Therefore in defining project requirements attention must be paid to emotional needs ofusers as well as their functional and cognitive needs. It is known that user’s mentalconcept of a pr...

Disputes between family members are particularly suitable for peaceful resolution,especially disputes concerning children. Croatian family law has a long tradition ofproviding assistance to families facing divorce and consequences of dissolving familyunion. According to Family Act of 2015 there are two institutes aimed at consensualresolution of family law conflicts - institutes of obligatory counselling and familymediation. Since children are especially vulnerable in situations of family conflict it isof the utmo...

The principal purpose of the study is to analyze the role of coping strategies in lifesatisfaction, resilience, and perceived self-efficacy in life skills in 89 Italian adolescentsduring the post pandemic by Covid-19. We used the self-report and anonymousquestionnaire consisting of the following scales: a) Perceived Self-efficacy in Life SkillsScale; b) Satisfaction with Life Scale; c) Resilience Scale for Adolescents; d) CopingInventory for Stressful Situation. Results showed that: task-oriented coping strategypo...

In my paper, the version of Urizen’s creation and existence particularly refers to/concerns the contrast/conflict between energy and reason. In Blake’s mythological system, Urizen is a false God which represents the distortion of truth and concerns the pragmatic, unspiritual apprehension, and appreciation of the mundane world as a creation of falsity which must be accepted by humans in order to survive, to secure life and multiply. Urizen creates and lives in an alienated and enslaving realm, a distorted mental st...

The aim of the research will focus in the determinant factors that are playing a key role in opening and making barrierizment in doing business. Entrepreneurship today is one of the most important promoters of economic development in the world, specifically in Kosovo, faced with challenges, barriers and numerous changes produced by the competitive environment and the knowledge economy. Seen from this point, entrepreneurship today represents one of the main axle of stability, sustainability and longevity of the cou...

In this article we explore the evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and the current trends in the 2020s. In the 1990s, ERP systems become known as an important progress over the preceding Material Requirements Planning (MRP II) systems, and offered improved technology, functionalities, and integration of key business processes. The main architecture of these systems shifted to client/server, while graphical user interfaces (GUIs) were introduced, and thus they became ...

Digitalization plays important role in our lives and restaurants and other catering placesuse digital tools (websites, social media) to promote their services.The aim of the paper is to elaborate scenarios for catering places to attract theirpreferred audience via using digital tools.The research methods involve central trends and location measures, ANOVA, crosstabulationanalysis and correlation analysis. There are both secondary and primary dataused in the research. The primary data come from the survey conducted...

The question of whether we can know that God exists simply by thinking about it has been explored by various philosophers throughout history. Let’s examine the ideas of Plato, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Rene Descartes, and Lucian Blaga on this topic. Plato’s philosophy centered around the idea of forms or ideal concepts. While he did not explicitly argue for the existence of a monotheistic God, he believed in a transcendent realm of perfect forms that served as the ultimate source of r...

Author of almost one hundred libretti for opera composers of the first half of the 18th century, Felice Romani has perfected a poetry technique that allows a successful combination of music and verse, thus becoming the favourite librettist of the belcanto authors Donizetti and Bellini. His stories are not original, but he masters the ability to adapt his sources in a light yet potent poetry with a strong impact upon the audience. Anna Bolena, put into music by Gaetano Donizetti, presents the tragic story of Henry ...

Due to the war in Ukraine and restrictions on the hydrocarbons export from Russia by the European countries, uranium companies are again becoming an interesting sector in terms of investment. Consequently, it is important for investors to have accurate forecasts of uranium sector. This article applies machine learning algorithms such as the Random Forests and the Support Vector Machine to predict future URA ETF prices for the next five periods. The study was conducted using data on the ETF Global X Uranium for the...

The paper deals with the exile view of Czech literary criticism in the past decades, reflected in two essays: one by Igor Hajek, and the other one by Kvetoslav Chvatik. Igor Hajek (1931–1995), a Czech literary critic, who went to exile in 1969, played a significant role in presenting Czech literature abroad. Kvetoslav Chvatik (1930–2012) was a Czech philosopher, aesthetician, art historian, and literary theorist. Hajek taught at universities in the English-speaking world, while Chvatik worked in a German-speaking ...

During the Renaissance, symbolic art flourished, and emblems were an important sort of emblem during this time period. Dialogo dell’ Imprese Militari et Amorose, Paolo Giovio (1483-1552)’s work on emblems, was written during the development of the chronicle of his book Historiarum (1550-1552). It is an important aspect of the establishment of Giovio’s system of historiographical thought and aims to establish a model for the display of iconic pictures. The Dialogo is of tremendous relevance in cross-field studies d...

The principle of the rule of law is constantly evoked by the jurisdictions that have thecompetence to control the implementation and observance of the limitation of thepowers of the state, as well as the guarantee of human rights. The internationalization ofthe principles of the rule of law and the protection of human rights occurred in Europethrough the European Union and the Council of Europe, which did not limit themselvesto listing common values, but established a series of sanctions for their violation. TheCo...

The construction industry is undergoing a digital transformation that requires changes to traditional business processes. This transformation involves the use of digital models, which necessitates a shift in communication practices among construction partners. All participants in the construction process must have an interactive overview of construction progress and changes at any given time, which creates new challenges such as data protection, responsibility, and competence for construction changes. This researc...

Working from home (with several term variations: home-based work, homeworker, telecommuting) has become a major trend in recent years and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This topic is extremely relevant and interesting for both the corporate world and society, capturing the attention of many researchers. This paper provides more details on the transformations in communication and the importance of new digital tools and technologies that have become indispensable for corporate success in this new working p...

The research addresses the possibility of using storytelling in developing abilities and skills of bilingual children. The ability of children to read and listen with understanding in several languages is reflected in a positive sense in the development of their personality and language characteristics. In our research, we monitored the enlargement of a vocabulary range in different languages, the use of symbolic elements of speech compared to their age, and the use of other language devices on a research sample o...