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XPLORED, THROUGH A THOROUGH SEARCH STRATEGY IN SCOPUS AND WEB OF SCIENCE WITH KEYWORDS LIKE "SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION," "RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION," AND "SDG 12." AFTER DATA SCREENING, IT WILL SYNTHESIZED AND PRESENTED IN THIS RESEARCH PAPER. TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR WISE POLICY CHOICES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THIS RESEARCH PAPER SEEKS TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT INSIGHTS ON THE CONDITION OF RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PRACTICES IN THE POWERFUL ASIAN ECONOMIES OF TODAY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER AIMS TO DEVOTE AN ANALYTIC EYE ON THE LIBERALIZATION COURSE ADOPTED BY THE POLISH GOVERNMENT AFTER THE FALL OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN 1989. AFTER THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION FROM A TOTALITARIAN COMMUNIST INSPIRED REGIME TO A DEMOCRATIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THE NEW POLISH POLITICAL ELITE HAD TO EMBARK IN REFORMS, AIMING TO GENERATE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND RECOVER THE BACKWARDNESS COMPARED TO THE WESTERN COUNTRIES, FROM WHICH ADOPTED THE DEVELOPMENT MODEL. THIS PAPER ARGUES THAT IF THE PROPER ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ARE DEVELOPED BY THE STATES, THEN THE POVERTY IS REDUCED, FROM THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS, AS PROPOSED BY DARON ACEMOGLU AND JAMES A. ROBINSON. BASICALLY, THIS PAPER ARGUES THAT THE ADOPTION OF INCLUSIVE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS GENERATED PROSPERITY AND ECONOMIC POSITIVE PERFORMANCE FOR POLAND AFTER THE FALL OF THE EXTRACTIVE COMMUNIST REGIME. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER AIMS TO OFFER AN ANALYSIS OF THE WELFARE STATE, USING LIBERTARIAN ARGUMENTS, WHICH ARGUE THAT THIS TYPE OF STATE IS IMMORAL AND ITS POLICIES ARE NOT JUSTIFIED, EVEN IF ITS ACTIONS APPEAR TO BE NOBLE. IN THIS ESSAY I DRAW ON THE THEORIES OF MURRAY ROTHBARD AND THE PLATFORM OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IN THE USA, BUT I ALSO DRAW ON OTHER AUTHORS SUCH AS ROBERT NOZICK AND ON HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL DATA RELATING TO THE NEOCONSERVATIVE POLICIES OF ADMINISTRATIONS SUCH AS REAGAN IN THE USA. THE PAPER ALSO DRAWS ON OTHER SECONDARY SOURCES ANALYZING LIBERTARIANISM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE PRESENT PAPER REPRESENTS A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION IN THE MOMENT OF THE END OF THE COLD WAR, FROM THE THEORETICAL LENSES PROVIDED BY THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS MODEL AS DEVISED BY DARON ACEMOGLU AND JAMES A. ROBINSON. THIS PAPER TRIES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHY THE UNITED STATES PRESERVED THE SUPERPOWER STATUS AND THE SOVIET UNION DID NOT. THIS PAPER ARGUES THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD BETTER POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS THAN THE SOVIET UNION. THEREFORE, THE SUPERIOR CHARACTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS MADE THE DIFFERENCE AT THE END OF THE COLD WAR, THE UNITED STATES BEING ABLE TO PRESERVE ITS SUPERPOWER STATUS, WHILE THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSED AND DISAPPEARED AS A STATE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE GREAT ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF GDP EVOLUTION IN ROMANIA SINCE 1989, WHEN THE COMMUNIST REGIME COLLAPSED, WITH THE AIM TO ANSWER THE RESEARCH QUESTION RELATED TO THIS GREAT ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE. IN 1989 ROMANIA HAD A GDP OF $41.45 BLN. COMPARED WITH $301.26 BLN. IN 2022, WHILE THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF "WHY IS SUCH A DIFFERENCE?" BASED ON THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK PROVIDED BY THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS, IN THE PERSPECTIVE DELIVERED BY DARON ACEMOGLU AND JAMES A. ROBINSON, MY ANSWER TO THE RESEARCH QUESTION, WHICH REPRESENTS THE PAPER HYPOTHESIS, IS THAT THE POST 1989 DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANIA WAS DRIVEN BY ADOPTING INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE ARTICLE EXPLORES IMPACT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTOR AND SCHOOL SETTING ON SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS' CAREER CHOICE IN EJIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE, NIGERIA. THE PAPER INVESTIGATES THE INFLUENCE SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS, SCHOOL SETTINGS, CURRICULUM AND GUIDANCE SERVICES ON STUDENTS' CHOICE OF CAREERS. INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AND SCHOOL SETTINGS IN SHAPING CAREER CHOICES AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN EJIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA WERE ALSO EXAMINED IN THE PAPER. THE STUDY ADOPTS A DESCRIPTIVE SURVEY DESIGN. THE POPULATION COMPRISES OF ALL THE SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN EJIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE. A SAMPLE SIZE OF FIVE SCHOOLS AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE STUDENTS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR THE STUDY; TWENTY FIVE STUDENTS FROM EACH SCHOOL WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED. SELF-DESIGNED QUESTIONNAIRE WAS USED TO COLLECT DATA ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIOCULTURAL AND SCHOOL SETTINGS ON SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS' CAREER CHOICES IN THE EJIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE, NIGERIA. AFTER SCORING, THE DATA WAS ANALYSED USING SIMPLE PERCENTAGE. THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY SHOW THAT SOCIO-CULTURAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS FAMILIES' EXPECTATIONS, GENDER ROLES, SOCIETAL NORMS, FAMILY HISTORY, SOCIETAL OPINIONS AND HER EXPECTATIONS AFFECT THE CAREER ASPIRATIONS OF STUDENTS IN THE STUDY AREA. THE STUDY'S FINDINGS SHOW THAT THE SCHOOL SETTINGS, CURRICULUM AND GUIDANCE SERVICES PROVIDED IN SCHOOLS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON DIFFERENT CAREER OPTIONS. THE STUDY ALSO SHOWS THAT SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS AND SCHOOL SETTINGS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE CAREER CHOICES OF STUDENTS IN THE STUDY AREA. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT NETWORKS AND THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ARE CRITICAL IN ASSISTING STUDENTS IN CHOOSING APPROPRIATE CAREER PATHWAYS. THE STUDY THEREFORE CONCLUDES THAT, UNDERSTANDING THESE FACTORS IS CRUCIAL FOR CRAFTING EFFICACIOUS CAREER ADVISORY INITIATIVES THAT ENABLE LEARNERS TO MAKE KNOWLEDGEABLE DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR PROSPECTS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE SEMANTIC FIELDS OF PERCEPTION AS VIEWED THROUGH THE LENS OF INTENTIONAL AND NON-INTENTIONAL VERBS IS A WIDELY USED METHOD TO UNDERSTAND PERCEPTUAL REALITY OF LANGUAGE. THIS PAPER EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND THE COGNITIVE PROCESS OF PERCEPTION AND AIMS AT SETTING UP A WIDE-RANGE EXPLANATORY RESEARCH FRAME TO THIS CONCEPT FROM A LINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW. SOME THEORETICAL INFORMATION WILL BE LOGICALLY ANALYSED THROUGHOUT THE PAPER AND ACCOMPANIED BY EXAMPLES THAT WILL FURTHER ILLUSTRATE THE PURPOSE OF ITS SIGNIFICANT RELEVANCE. THE FIRST PART OF THE ARTICLE WILL EXPLORE THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF PERCEPTION BY REFERRING TO THE DICHOTOMY OF VOLUNTARY VS. INVOLUNTARY PERCEPTION. VERBS OF PERCEPTION WILL BE THE ONLY PART OF SPEECH USED IN ORDER TO PREFACE OUR ANALYSIS OF THIS DICHOTOMY. OTHER DISTINCT PAIRS INTERSECTING THE FIELD OF PERCEPTION WILL BE ADDRESSED IN OUR ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH WHETHER DIRECT AND INDIRECT PERCEPTION ARE PERFECT SYNONYMS FOR PHYSICAL VS. COGNITIVE, CONCRETE VS. ABSTRACT AND EPISTEMICALLY NEUTRAL VS. EPISTEMICALLY LOADED PERCEPTION. THE STUDY FURTHER SHOWS THAT THE SEMANTIC FIELDS OF PERCEPTION DO NOT NEATLY CATEGORIZE THEMSELVES INTO PERFECT DICHOTOMIES. THEIR SEMANTIC CATEGORIZATION IS HIGHLY CONTEXTUAL AND DEPENDS ON THE PRAGMATIC USAGE OF LANGUAGE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE CITIZEN IN THE EXSOVIET SPACE EXPERIENCED, AT LEAST UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONFLICT, A CONSISTENTLY POSITIVE EVOLUTION, DESPITE OBVIOUS VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, OF THE FREEDOMS OF EXPRESSION AND POLITICAL ASSOCIATION. AN IMPORTANT FIELD, WHICH NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY ANALYSED AND DEVELOPED IN SEPARATE WORKS, IS THE ONE CIRCUMSCRIBED TO THE RESEARCH OF THE WAY AND LEGAL PROCEDURES FOR GRANTING AND WITHDRAWING CITIZENSHIP IN THE TWO SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO CREATE AN OVERALL VISION OF THE CONCEPT OF CITIZENSHIP, THE AUTHOR OF THIS PAPER, WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE EFFORTS IN THIS RESEARCH NICHE, MAKES A SHORT FORAY INTO THE CITIZENSHIP LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

INDONESIA WILL COMMEMORATE ITS CENTENARY OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE YEAR 2045. THE POPULATION AGED 15-64, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 70% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, HAS RESULTED IN A DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND. WHEN PROPERLY HANDLED, THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND CAN DRIVE FUTURE INDONESIA GROWTH. HOWEVER, IF MISMANAGED, IT MIGHT BECOME A THREAT. THE REALIZATION OF THE VISION FOR 2045 IS CONTINGENT UPON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS THESE VARIABLES SHAPE THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, AND DECISION-MAKING, ALL OF WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY. NEVERTHELESS, INDONESIA CONTINUES TO CONFRONT NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL OBSTACLES THAT HINDER ITS PURSUIT OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STABILITY. THIS ARTICLE THOROUGHLY EVALUATES THESE DIFFICULTIES AND PRESENTS IDEAS TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY AND POLITICAL STABILITY BASED ON SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS A RESEARCH APPROACH TO ADEQUATE REFLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT SITUATION. MORE PRECISELY, THE PAPER SUGGESTS DIRECTING ATTENTION TOWARDS (1). ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES A WELL-DESIGNED CURRICULUM, UP-TO-DATE FACILITIES, SECURE WELFARE FOR ACADEMIC STAFF, AND AN AFFORDABLE PRICE; (2). GENERATING FAIR JOB PROSPECTS; (3). ENFORCING POLICIES THAT PRIORITIZE THE WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE AND THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND (4)—ENHANCING POLITICAL REFORMS WHILE AVOIDING REGRESSION IN DEMOCRACY, NEPOTISM, CORRUPTION, AND DIGITAL AUTHORITARIANISM; (5). AND FOSTERING NATIONAL UNITY BEYOND POPULISM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO OFFER A PRESENTATION AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL CONCEPTION AS EMBRACED BY MIHAI EMINESCU, WHO IS KNOWN MOSTLY AS A ROMANIAN NATIONAL POET, RATHER THAN AS A POLITICAL THINKER AND IDEOLOGUE. FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MIHAI EMINESCU'S POLITICAL VISION, THE PAPER IS BASED ON THE VOLUME "POLITICAL WRITINGS" (SCRIERI POLITICE), MORE PRECISELY ON THE ARTICLES "STUDIES ON THE SITUATION", "THE UPPER CLASSES", "THE SUPERIMPOSED BLANKET", "THE THEORY OF WORK COMPENSATION", "REAL AND FICTITIOUS PROGRESS" AND "«TIMPUL» AND THE PEASANT PROBLEM" ("STUDII ASUPRA SITUAȚIEI", "CLASELE SUPERIOARE", "PĂTURA SUPERPUSĂ", "TEORIA COMPENSAȚIEI MUNCEI", "PROGRESUL REAL ȘI CEL FICTIV" AND "«TIMPUL» ȘI PROBLEMA ȚĂRĂNEASCĂ"), PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1880 AND 1882. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IN THIS PAPER WE WILL PRESENT SOME OF THE RESULTS OF A DIDACTICSCIENTIFIC PROJECT CARRIED OUT WITH OUR STUDENTS FROM THE MASTER'S PROGRAMMES BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2020 AND JANUARY 2021. IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THE PAPER, WE WILL MAKE A BRIEF INCURSION INTO THE LITERATURE DEVOTED TO HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WITH A FOCUS ON HUMAN RESOURCES IN HEALTH, INCLUDING HERE THE MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL FIELDS. THE SECOND SECTION, ALSO VERY CONDENSED, IS DEVOTED TO A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE CONCEPTS INVOLVED IN GROUNDING OUR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: SEL-FESTEEM AND SELF-IMAGE, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, JOB SATISFACTION, CO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, GROUP DECISION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. THE METHODOLOGY SECTION LISTS THE MAIN RESEARCH THEMES AND, CORRESPONDINGLY, THE MAIN RESEARCH QUESTIONS. THE RESULTS PRESENTED REVEAL THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO CASES OF STAFF REDUNDANCIES IN THE HEALTH SECTOR, EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN ENTIRELY NEW REGULATORY CONTEXTS, WHICH HAVE AFFECTED, TO A GREATER OR LESSER EXTENT, THE WORK CLIMATE, SELF-IMAGE, JOB SATISFACTION, PATIENT/CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE STUDY EXAMINED THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF NIGERIA POLICE ON EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY POLICING. THIS IS IMPORTANCE BECOME OF THE TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL POLICING TO COMMUNITY POLICING WHICH ARE A GLOBAL PHENOMENON AND THE NIGERIA POLICE CANNOT BE AN EXCEPTION. THE STUDY ADOPTS THE DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICAL MODEL AS A WORKING FRAME USING A WELL-STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE AS A PRIMARY MODE OF DATA COLLECTION. IN ANALYZING THE DATA COLLECTED, THE STUDY MAKES USE OF STATISTICAL PACKAGE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPSS) TO MAKE A LOGICAL MEANING OF THE CAUSAL FACTORS COMPLICIT OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF NIGERIA POLICE ON EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY POLICING. THE PAPER NOTED THAT NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE PERFORMS BELOW PAR, AND THAT THIS IS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE WIDESPREAD INEFFICIENCIES, CORRUPTION, INJUSTICE IN DEALING WITH SUSPECTS, SPORADIC OVERUSE OF LEGAL FORCE, BAD TEMPER, BULLYING, AND OTHER IMPUNITY-ABUSING VIOLATIONS OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS. THIS MISUSE OF POWERS WHICH CREATES NEGATIVE POLICE IMAGE AND POLICE-PUBLIC RELATIONS. THE PAPER HOWEVER CONCLUDED THAT THIS SITUATION CAN ONLY BE ALTERED IF AND WHEN THE POLICE ARE COMMITTED TO TREATING PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND CARING FOR THEIR BASIC RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. THE POLICE SHOULD PUT UP UNRELENTING EFFORT TO CHANGE THEIR REPUTATION AS A FORCE THAT IS PREDATORY, HARSH, CORRUPT, AND UNDERPERFORMING. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE PAPER AIMS TO ANALYZE AND PRESENT THE SECURITY IMPACT OF THE MIGRATION PHENOMENON, REFERRING TO ITS TWO MAIN REASONS, THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MIGRATION PHENOMENON, THE ANALYSIS WILL FOCUS ON ITS IMPLICATIONS IN TWO DIFFERENT CONTINENTS AND COUNTRIES WITH STRONG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH NOT ONLY HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE AND SYSTEM OF VALUES AND BELIEFS BUT ALSO A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SYSTEM. THE MODELS OF NOMAD INTEGRATION IN THE UNITE ARABS EMIRATES AND GERMANY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE CURRENT ANALYSIS AND WILL REVEAL THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICIES AND UNDERTAKEN MEASURES ON REFUGEES AND THE PRESERVATION OF INTERNAL SECURITY. MOREOVER, THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS WILL HIGHLIGHT BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE READER A CLEAR AND CONCISE IMAGE OF THE MIGRATION PHENOMENON. THE EMPIRICAL DATA USE TO ANALYZE THE IMPLICATION OF THE MIGRATION PHENOMENON WILL INCLUDE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, SPECIALIZED PAPERS AND PRESS ARTICLES THAT PROVIDES RECENT AND RELEVANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE. AS WE NOTICED THE INCREASING LEVEL OF COMPLEX INTERDEPENDENCIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF ASYMMETRIC THREATS HAVE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE RECENT DYNAMICS OF PEOPLE MOVEMENTS, LEADING TO MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT OF POPULATION FROM WAR THEATERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO SAFE AND DEVELOP COUNTRIES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO ADDRESS THE SUBJECT OF THE ROMANIAN INTERVENTION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR BY USING THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ON BANDWAGONING AS DELIVERED BY RANDALL L. SCHWELLER. THE QUESTION THAT THIS PAPER IS TRYING TO ANSWER IS RELATED TO THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE ROMANIAN INTERVENTION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN 1916, BY SWITCHING SIDES AND ENTERING INTO AN ALLIANCE WITH THE ENTENTE AGAINST THE FORMER ALLIES FROM THE CENTRAL POWERS. STARTING FROM THE MEANING OF BANDWAGONING PROPOSED BY RANDALL SCHWELLER, THIS PAPER ARGUES THAT THE ROMANIAN INTERVENTION FROM 1916 WAS MOTIVATED BY PROFIT, AS AT THE FINAL OF THE WAR THE ENTENTE PROMISED TERRITORIES FOR ROMANIA, AS WELL AS A BETTER PLACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE SEMANTIC FIELDS OF PERCEPTION AS VIEWED THROUGH THE LENS OF INTENTIONAL AND NON-INTENTIONAL VERBS IS A WIDELY USED METHOD TO UNDERSTAND PERCEPTUAL REALITY OF LANGUAGE. THIS PAPER EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND THE COGNITIVE PROCESS OF PERCEPTION AND AIMS AT SETTING UP A WIDE-RANGE EXPLANATORY RESEARCH FRAME TO THIS CONCEPT FROM A LINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW. SOME THEORETICAL INFORMATION WILL BE LOGICALLY ANALYSED THROUGHOUT THE PAPER AND ACCOMPANIED BY EXAMPLES THAT WILL FURTHER ILLUSTRATE THE PURPOSE OF ITS SIGNIFICANT RELEVANCE. THE FIRST PART OF THE ARTICLE WILL EXPLORE THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF PERCEPTION BY REFERRING TO THE DICHOTOMY OF VOLUNTARY VS. INVOLUNTARY PERCEPTION. VERBS OF PERCEPTION WILL BE THE ONLY PART OF SPEECH USED IN ORDER TO PREFACE OUR ANALYSIS OF THIS DICHOTOMY. OTHER DISTINCT PAIRS INTERSECTING THE FIELD OF PERCEPTION WILL BE ADDRESSED IN OUR ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH WHETHER DIRECT AND INDIRECT PERCEPTION ARE PERFECT SYNONYMS FOR PHYSICAL VS. COGNITIVE, CONCRETE VS. ABSTRACT AND EPISTEMICALLY NEUTRAL VS. EPISTEMICALLY LOADED PERCEPTION. THE STUDY FURTHER SHOWS THAT THE SEMANTIC FIELDS OF PERCEPTION DO NOT NEATLY CATEGORIZE THEMSELVES INTO PERFECT DICHOTOMIES. THEIR SEMANTIC CATEGORIZATION IS HIGHLY CONTEXTUAL AND DEPENDS ON THE PRAGMATIC USAGE OF LANGUAGE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THERE IS, PERHAPS, NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW FOR US TO APPRECIATE THE FACTOR OF THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT IN UNDERSTANDING THE PECULIARITIES OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD. AT VARIOUS TIMES, IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT WHAT WORKS IN A PART OF THE WORLD MAY NOT WORK, IN THE SAME WAY, IN ANOTHER PART, EVEN AS GLOBALIZATION CONTINUES TO ATTEMPT TO DEFINE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WHOLE WORLD. THE ARTICLE EXAMINES HOW INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE HAS INFORMED HOW NIGERIANS' ATTITUDES DEFY THE GLOBAL OUTLOOK BUT DETERMINE THEIR SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES THROUGH A RE-INTERPRETATION OF THEIR SITUATIONS USING THE UNDERSTANDING, SKILLS AND PHILOSOPHIES GARNERED IN THE PROCESS OF RELATING WITH THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE PAPER CAPTURES THOMAS' SOCIOLOGICAL THEOREM OF 'IF MEN DEFINE SITUATION AS REAL, THEY ARE REAL IN THEIR CONSEQUENCES'. IN DOING THIS, THE PAPER EXAMINES HOW POLITICS, SOME ECONOMICPRACTICES AT THE MARKET PLACE AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR REDEFINE AND REINTERPRET GLOBAL EXPECTATIONS FOR SURVIVAL. THUS, THE PEOPLE'S 'SUBJECTIVE' INTERPRETATIONS HAVE BECOME 'SCIENTIFIC' WITH LITTLE RECOURSE TO GLOBALIZED EXPECTATIONS. IN THIS WISE, THE' IDEAL', GLOBAL, IS CONFRONTED BY THE 'REAL', INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, AND, AT THE END, DEFINING THE CONSEQUENCES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER IS DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT, ANALYZING WHETHER THIS DICTATORSHIP REALLY BELONGED TO THE PROLETARIAT OR WHETHER IT SERVED OTHER INTERESTS, GIVING RISE TO A NEW RULING CLASS. DID THE LEININIST REVOLUTION SUCCEEDED IN ITS AIM TO PUT THE BASE FOR A STATE AIMING TO BUILD A CLASSLESS SOCIETY, OR IT WAS DIVERTED - VOLUNTARILY OR NOT - TO OTHER AIMS AND FUNCTIONS? BUILDING ON THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MARX AND ENGELS, WHO COINED THE TERM "DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT", LENIN ADAPTED ITS THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING TO THE CONTEXT OF THE RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION. LENINIST THEORIES ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE HE ARGUED THAT A PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION CAN TAKE PLACE EVEN IN A WEAKLY INDUSTRIALIZED STATE LIKE RUSSIA, WHICH IS A DISTORTION OF THE MARXIST THEORY THAT THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED STATES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER WILL BE CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF FEMINISM THROUGHOUT THE 19TH CENTURY OF THE ENGLISH LITERATURE, DISCUSSING THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERCEPTION ON THIS TOPIC. THE 19TH CENTURY WAS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF THE BRITISH HISTORY, NEVERTHELESS IT WAS A CENTURY OF CHANGES FOR WOMEN. THROUGHOUT THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, LITERATURE HAS DEVELOPED AS WELL AS THE SOCIETY AND THE POSITION OF WOMEN WITH RESPECT TO MEN. THIS PERPETUAL FIGHT FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN HAD A STARTING POINT AND THIS WAS THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT. THERE HAS BEEN A GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. THEREFORE, THE WORD "FEMINISM" CAN EVOKE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE MEANINGS FOR THOSE WHO TRY TO DISCOVER ITS ROOTS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON LONELINESS. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY APPLYING AN INTERVIEW GUIDE, TO WHICH SPECIALISTS RESPONDED. THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH REFER TO WE DEFINE LONELINESS, WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF LONELINESS, THE METHODS OF INTERVENTION. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING SOCIAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19, WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE WHOLE WORLD AND AT ALL LEVELS, WAS IN FACT AN UMBRELLA UNDER WHICH CORRUPTION FOUND "FERTILE GROUND" TO FLOURISH. WE REFER HERE IN PARTICULAR TO CORRUPTION IN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM, WHICH, THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF "COVID-19 PRODUCTS" AT PRICES FAR ABOVE THE NORMAL LIMIT AT THE TIME, LED TO THE ENRICHMENT OF SOME AND THE IMPOVERISHMENT OF OTHERS. THUS, EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES, WHICH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE RULES RECOMMENDED BY GRECO PRESIDENT MARIN MRČELA, ARE BROUGHT TO ATTENTION THROUGH A PUBLICATION FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND SPECIAL REPORTS OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS. AFTER RESEARCHING OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, BOTH BEST PRACTICES, CORRUPTION RISK ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, AS WELL AS THOSE CONTAINED IN THE CASE STUDY, WE CAME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN MARCH 2020 HAS FOSTERED CORRUPTION, GRAND CORRUPTION AT THE LEVEL OF POLITICS, BUT ALSO PETTY CORRUPTION AT THE LEVEL OF HEALTH SERVICES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE PRESENT PAPER AIMS AT DEMONSTRATING THAT COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHICH IMPACTED THE WORLDWIDE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, WAS, IN FACT "AN UMBRELLA", WHICH THE CORRUPTION FOUND "FERTILE SOIL" TO FLOURISH. THIS WAS THE CASE, MAINLY OF THE CORRUPTION IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH THROUGH THE ACQUISITIONS OF SO-CALLED COVID-19 MEDICAL PRODUCTS FOR PRICES WAY BEYOND USUAL LED TO ENRICHING SOME AND IMPOVERISHING OTHERS. THUS, THE AUTHORS BRING TO THE READERS' ATTENTION, THROUGH SOME OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS, A REPORT OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, AN AGENCY INTENDED TO FIGHT CORRUPTION. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, ON BOTH GOOD PRACTICES, ASSESSING THE RISKS OF CORRUPTION AND THE INVESTIGATION JOURNALISM, WE REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARED IN MARCH 2020 FACILITATED THE CORRUPTION, BOTH THE CORRUPTION AT POLITICAL LEVEL AS WELL AS THE PETTY CORRUPTION. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER WILL PORTRAY SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL TRAITS ENCOUNTERED IN THE WORK OF A. C. POPOVICI REGARDING THE TENSIONS BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY. CULTURED, CONTROVERSIAL, RELENTLESS, AND HIGHLY COMBATIVE IN HIS CONDUCT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, POPOVICI WAS, AT THE SAME TIME, A COMPLEX THINKER, WHO SOUGHT TO PROMOTE A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COUNTER-MODEL THAT WOULD PREVENT WHAT HE SAW AS THE LEVELLING INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRATIC MASS POLITICS, AS WELL AS THE ULTIMATE COLLAPSE OF THE NATION. THIS PAPER WILL FIRSTLY EXPLORE THE RECEPTION OF HIS SECOND MAJOR WORK, NATIONALISM OR DEMOCRACY, BOTH DURING HIS LIFETIME AND FURTHER ON. SECONDLY, THE PAPER WILL DEPICT THE IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF POPOVICI'S WORK, IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES OF HIS THOUGHT. THIRDLY, THE PAPER WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE IDEOLOGICAL OPPOSITES TO POPOVICI'S VISION, WHICH FUELLED HIS PERSISTENT ATTEMPTS TO SET HIMSELF AGAINST THE INCREASINGLY DEMOCRATIC CURRENTS OF HIS TIME. THE PAPER WILL THUS SHOW HOW POPOVICI REPRESENTED MORE THAN A SIMPLY REACTIONARY TAKE ON THE CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF DEMOCRACY ITSELF, BUT ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE OF A WIDER CURRENT WHICH SOUGHT TO MAKE SENSE OF THE LEVELLING TENDENCIES THAT WERE TEARING DOWN EXISTING REALITIES AND ELITES, AND, AT THE SAME TIME, CREATING NEW ONES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE CONCEPT OF COMPETENCES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY IS A RELATIVELY NEW ONE, WHICH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT CHALLENGES OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, REPRESENTS A REAL INTEREST FOR THE EDUCATION SYSTEMS. FOR THIS REASON, A LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION OR ECONOMICS ONE, IN NUMEROUS STUDIES AND RESEARCH, HAVE TRIED TO DEFINE THE SKILLS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED IN THE 21ST CENTURY. THESE ATTEMPTS TO DEFINE THE TERM COMPETENCES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY BY ORGANIZATIONS WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND PRIORITIES HAVE LED TO DIFFERENT, NON-UNITARY APPROACHES, USING THE SAME TERMS WITH MANY DIFFERENT MEANINGS, CAN LEAD TO CONFUSION AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS. THIS PAPER SEEKS TO IDENTIFY COMMON AND DIVERGENT POINTS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES TO BE OVERCOME IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE TERRORIST PHENOMENON HAS ENJOYED A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLICITY LATELY, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY, AS MORE TERRORIST ATTACKS HAVE BEEN MATERIALIZED ACROSS THE WORLD, BY DIFFERENT TERRORIST GROUPS. THE EVENT THAT CHANGED, HOWEVER, THE TOTAL PERCEPTION OF THIS PHENOMENON, BOTH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE RESEARCHERS, THE POLITICAL LEADERS AND THE MEDIA, IS REPRESENTED BY THE ABOMINABLE TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES, IN SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. SINCE THEN, DUE TO THE PARTICULARITIES OF THE ATTACKS AND THEIR IMPACT ON A PLANETARY LEVEL, MOST OF THE STATES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE INITIATED CONVERGENT EFFORTS TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS AND TO ESTABLISH THE SECURITY STATUS ON A GLOBAL LEVEL, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE STARTED A COHERENT AND FOCUSED FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. IN PARALLEL, WELL-DEFINED NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES WERE CONCEPTUALIZED AGAINST THIS UNCONVENTIONAL THREAT FACED BY HUMANITY AND, IN THIS CONTEXT, MOST OF THE STATES INVOLVED GRANTED INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS, ADDITIONAL POWERS TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS CITIZENS. THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE WAY IN WHICH THE MULTIVALENT CONCEPT OF SECURITY IS BEING APPROACHED IN IMPORTANT COUNTRIES OF THE ASIAN CONTINENT, BY HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST CONCERNING THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE GIVEN TO THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL OR MILITARY SECURITY. ALSO, THE SAME PAPER OVERVIEWS THE APPROACHES OF THE TERRORIST PHENOMENON FROM AN ACADEMIC, INSTITUTIONAL OR MEDIA POINT OF VIEW, AT THE LEVEL OF SOME ASIAN STATE ENTITIES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SINCE STUDENTS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY MORE MOTIVATED TO STUDY ENGLISH FOR THIS DOMAIN IF THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, NEEDS ANALYSIS IN CORPORATE COMMUNICATION IS CRUCIAL. FOR THEIR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH COURSE, A GROUP OF 50 MASTER'S STUDENTS FROM THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AT "CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI" UNIVERSITY OF TÂRGU-JIU WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF OUR PAPER'S NEEDS ANALYSIS. WE USED A QUESTIONNAIRE TO COLLECT THE DATA FOR OUR STUDY, AND AFTER ANALYZING THE RESULTS AND DETERMINING THE LINGUISTIC REQUIREMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A CUSTOMIZED ENGLISH COURSE THAT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN HELPING THEM IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH. THE INFORMATION WE GATHERED FROM THE DATA CONVINCED US THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO COMPREHEND LEARNERS, THEIR WORK SETTINGS, EXPECTATIONS, AND LEARNING PREFERENCES WHEN CREATING ANY COURSE OF THIS KIND. WE ALSO CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IN ORDER FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE ALL NECESSARY LANGUAGE SKILLS, THE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH COURSE SHOULD BE STRUCTURED AROUND THE MANY SITUATIONS THEY ARE ALREADY OR WILL BE IN AT WORK. WE THINK THAT A COMPLETE REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS SHOULD COME BEFORE EVERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATION COURSE IN ENGLISH BECAUSE DOING THESE ANALYSES MORE REGULARLY WILL BOOST STUDENTS' PROFICIENCY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT MODEL REPRESENTS A CHALLENGE, BUT ABOVE ALL A NECESSITY AND AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS, THE TRANSITION TO THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY AND THE COVID 19 CRISIS. THE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PAPER IS TO HIGHLIGHT AN INNOVATIVE SET OF CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES REGARDING UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE INNOVATIVE APPROACH REGARDING THE MANAGERIAL SYNAPSE, WHICH IS BASED ON A SYSTEMIC, HOLISTIC INTERPRETATION BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY, STAKEHOLDERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, TO GENERATE NOT ONLY BETTER RESULTS, BUT ALSO A SYNERGY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. DURING THE WORK I ANALYZED THE POSITIVE, TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EFFECTS GENERATING NEWLY CREATED VALUE BOTH FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDER. THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION IS REALIZED IN THE STUDY AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE STUDIES AND SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN THE SPECIALIZED LITERATURE, AS WELL AS BY EXPLORING THE OFFICIAL WEBSITES SPECIFIC TO THIS FIELD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN THOUGHT. WE NOTICE THAT MANY OF THE EVENTS WITH A NEOEURASIAN IDEOLOGICAL SUBSTRATUM OCCUR FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM AND WITH THE COMING TO POWER OF VLADIMIR PUTIN. IT SEEKS TO POSITION RUSSIA AS THE UNDISPUTED GEOPOLITICAL PIVOT BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE EAST. THE PAPER PRESENTS SOME STATEMENTS MADE BY THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, EVALUATED BY THE IDEOLOGUE ALEXANDER DUGHIN, AS MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A NEW GEOPOLITICAL APPROACH. CERTAIN RECENT MOMENTS IN THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY FIELD OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESES OF THIS PAPER, REFLECTING VERY WELL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPT OF NEO-EURASIANISM. IN THE AUTHOR'S OPINION, THE EMERGENCE OF NEO-EURASIANISM IN RUSSIA IS DETERMINED BY THE NEED TO DEFINE AND CONSOLIDATE THE SPHERES OF INFLUENCE. IT IS MAINLY MOTIVATED BY ETHNOCENTRIC SENTIMENTS TO EXTEND ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE BEYOND POLITICAL BORDERS AND TO FOSTER FEELINGS OF PROTECTION AND SECURITY. NEO-EURASIANISM MEANS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOREIGN POLICY CONSENSUS BASED ON POLITICAL CULTURE AND NATIONAL AWARENESS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER WILL PORTRAY SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL TRAITS ENCOUNTERED IN THE WORK OF A. C. POPOVICI REGARDING THE TENSIONS BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY. CULTURED, CONTROVERSIAL, RELENTLESS, AND HIGHLY COMBATIVE IN HIS CONDUCT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, POPOVICI WAS, AT THE SAME TIME, A COMPLEX THINKER, WHO SOUGHT TO PROMOTE A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COUNTER-MODEL THAT WOULD PREVENT WHAT HE SAW AS THE LEVELLING INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRATIC MASS POLITICS, AS WELL AS THE ULTIMATE COLLAPSE OF THE NATION. THIS PAPER WILL FIRSTLY EXPLORE THE RECEPTION OF HIS SECOND MAJOR WORK, NATIONALISM OR DEMOCRACY, BOTH DURING HIS LIFETIME AND FURTHER ON. SECONDLY, THE PAPER WILL DEPICT THE IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF POPOVICI'S WORK, IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES OF HIS THOUGHT. THIRDLY, THE PAPER WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE IDEOLOGICAL OPPOSITES TO POPOVICI'S VISION, WHICH FUELLED HIS PERSISTENT ATTEMPTS TO SET HIMSELF AGAINST THE INCREASINGLY DEMOCRATIC CURRENTS OF HIS TIME. THE PAPER WILL THUS SHOW HOW POPOVICI REPRESENTED MORE THAN A SIMPLY REACTIONARY TAKE ON THE CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF DEMOCRACY ITSELF, BUT ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE OF A WIDER CURRENT WHICH SOUGHT TO MAKE SENSE OF THE LEVELLING TENDENCIES THAT WERE TEARING DOWN EXISTING REALITIES AND ELITES, AND, AT THE SAME TIME, CREATING NEW ONES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE CONCEPT OF COMPETENCES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY IS A RELATIVELY NEW ONE, WHICH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT CHALLENGES OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, REPRESENTS A REAL INTEREST FOR THE EDUCATION SYSTEMS. FOR THIS REASON, A LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION OR ECONOMICS ONE, IN NUMEROUS STUDIES AND RESEARCH, HAVE TRIED TO DEFINE THE SKILLS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED IN THE 21ST CENTURY. THESE ATTEMPTS TO DEFINE THE TERM COMPETENCES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY BY ORGANIZATIONS WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND PRIORITIES HAVE LED TO DIFFERENT, NON-UNITARY APPROACHES, USING THE SAME TERMS WITH MANY DIFFERENT MEANINGS, CAN LEAD TO CONFUSION AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS. THIS PAPER SEEKS TO IDENTIFY COMMON AND DIVERGENT POINTS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES TO BE OVERCOME IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the technical state of the device for the alignment of a coal-mining machine after the technical expertise. The rehabilitation to which the control cabinet will be subjected will be carried out by performing the intervention works that will restore the normal operating parameters of both the structural part and the functional part. In the paper are presented: the means of verification of the device and the proposed technical solutions for the repair of the device. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

in this paper presents the technical state of the platform of uplift-descent the mechanism of the coal extraction machine, n following technical expertise. The rehabilitation to which will be subjected of the platform of uplift-descent the mechanism will be done by performing the intervention works which will restore in the normal operating parameters both the structural part and functional part. Also, in the paper are presented: the verification methods of the mechanism as well as the proposed technical solutions for the repair of the mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER AIMS TO DISCUSS A SERIES OF SYMBOLS AND CONCEPTS ABOUT MAN AND LIFE THAT SADOVEANU INSERTS IN HIS NOVEL, NUNTA DOMNIȚEI RUXANDA. THE ROMANIAN WRITER EXPERIENCED A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGED ONCE HE ENTERED THE FREEMASONRY. ALTHOUGH THEY MAKE UP AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING UNIVERSE, THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY FORGOTTEN UNDER THE VEIL OF SILENCE. THE NOVEL NUNTA DOMNIȚEI RUXANDA HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED SO FAR THROUGH THE LENS PROVIDED BY THE MASONIC TEACHINGS WHOSE CORE, AS SADOVEANU TELLS US, RESIDES IN ESOTERICISM, THEIR DEEP MEANING THUS REMAINING HIDDEN. THIS PAPER AIMS TO HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY THOSE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED OVER TIME. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LANGUAGE IS A MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH THOUGHTS ARE ORGANIZED AND TRANSMITTED. IT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISM IN HUMAN INTERACTION, COMMUNICATION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SOCIETY. FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING REFERS TO THE TEACHING OR STUDY OF A LANGUAGE OUTSIDE OF THE ENVIRONMENT OR LOCATION IN WHICH IT IS COMMONLY OR FUNCTIONALLY SPOKEN. THE CURRENT STUDY IDENTIFIES THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. THESE CHALLENGES ARE SHAPED BY VARIOUS FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, BACKGROUND, MOTIVATION, ATTITUDE, PERSONALITY, TIME, AND A RANGE OF OTHER FACTORS, WHICH MAY LIMIT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. AS A RESULT, FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING HAVE EVOLVED FROM TEACHER-CENTRED TO LEARNER/LEARNINGCENTRED ENVIRONMENTS. RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS MUST IMPLEMENT VARIOUS STRATEGIES, APPROACHES, AND TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO AVOID LIMITING THEIR ACTIVITY TO A SIMPLE TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE, AND FOCUS ON DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE SKILLS THAT WILL BENEFIT STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. THIS PAPER EXAMINES PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING (PBL) AS ONE OF SUCH MODERN TEACHING METHODS WHICH FACILITATES LEARNING THROUGH A PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH. THERE ARE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING WHICH MUST BE ADHERED TO WHEN TAKING A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING APPROACH: COLLABORATIVE, CONTEXTUAL, CONSTRUCTIVE AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING. THE ROLE OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM IS THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY. THE AIMS OF THE CURRENT PAPER ARE THREEFOLD. FIRST IS TO IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A CLASSROOM. SECOND IS TO EXAMINE MORE CLOSELY THE ROLE OF THE PBL METHOD AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING WHILE EXEMPLIFYING COMPREHENSIVELY HOW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IS USEFUL IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM. THIRD IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND HOW IT IMPACTS ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE RADICAL REFORM PROJECT PURSUED BY A.C. POPOVICI. A ROMANIAN INTELLECTUAL WHO BECAME KNOWN AS A CONTROVERSIAL, YET RESOURCEFUL POLITICAL THINKER IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, POPOVICI'S MOST FAMOUS PROJECT CAN BE FOUND IN HIS PERSISTENT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE AUSTROHUNGARIAN EMPIRE THROUGH A PARTICULAR PERSPECTIVE. THIS WAS A PERSPECTIVE WHICH MIXED FEDERALISATION WITH NATIONALISM AND A CONSERVATIVE, ELITIST OUTLOOK WHICH WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY HIGHLY CRITICAL OF WHAT IT SAW AS THE LEVELLING EFFECTS OF WESTERN UNIVERSALISM AND DEMOCRACY. THE PAPER LARGELY FOCUSSES ON IDENTIFYING THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS IN THIS REGARD, SUCH AS FEDERALISM, ETHNO-NATIONALISM, AND RACE, WHILST ATTEMPTING TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE MOST RELEVANT SOURCES WHICH WERE INSTRUMENTAL FOR THE FORMATION OF POPOVICI'S VISION. MOREOVER, AS MOST OF THE AUTHORS WHICH HAVE APPROACHED POPOVICI IN ANY SERIOUS, SYSTEMATIC FASHION ARE HISTORIANS BY FORMATION, THE PAPER SERVES TO INTRODUCE THE STUDY OF HIS THOUGHT TO CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SCIENTISTS. DESPITE THE INHERENT CONTRADICTIONS AND POTENTIAL ISSUES ONE MAY UNCOVER IN POPOVICI'S PROJECT, THE PAPER CONCLUDES THAT HIS THOUGHT, INVOLVING FEDERALISM, ETHNIC TENSIONS, AND THE IMPACT OF MODERNITY, IS WORTH REVISITING. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE PRESENT PAPER SEEKS TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. TO UNDERSTAND THESE FACTORS, THE ARTICLE WILL FIRST DEFINE WHAT IS MEANT BY A SECOND LANGUAGE, AND SECONDLY, EXPLORE THE PROCESS OF ITS ACQUISITION. IT WILL ULTIMATELY EXPLAIN THE CRITICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRING A SECOND LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIZE THE DISTINCT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ITS ACQUISITION. THE CLASSIFICATION WILL COMPRISE OF INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL, FACTORS. THE EXTERNAL FACTORS DISCUSSED WILL INCLUDE INPUT, INTERACTION, SOCIAL CLASS, SOCIAL FACTORS, AND SOCIAL SETTING. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SHARED FACTORS OF ETHNICITY, GENDER, SOCIAL CLASS AND SETTING, INPUT ROLES, AND INTERACTION WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE INTERNAL FACTORS EXPLAINED IN THE PAPER ARE FACTORS RELATED TO MENTAL AGILITY THAT CONSIDER THE EFFECT OF THE LEARNER'S EXISTING FIRST LANGUAGE. FINALLY, INDIVIDUAL FACTORS WILL INCLUDE THE PERSONALITY OF THE LEARNER, AGE, EXPERIENCE, AND COGNITION. ALL OF THESE FACTORS WILL BE ELUCIDATED. THE PAPER WILL REVIEW STUDIES CONDUCTED PREVIOUSLY BY AUTHORS SEEKING TO EXAMINE THE PERSPECTIVE OFFERED IN A BID TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ACQUISITION OF A SECOND LANGUAGE. IT WILL SEEK TO IDENTIFY KEY CONCEPTS, AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE THEME OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND THE ROLE OF THE INFLUENCING FACTORS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO OFFER NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORIES AND REVIEWS ALREADY DONE, AS WELL AS HYPOTHESES, AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE ACQUISITION OF A SECOND LANGUAGE ARE CONCERNED. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS ESSAY ANALYSES THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION BETWEEN 2001 AND PRESENT BY USING THE ARGUMENTS FROM DEFENSIVE REALISM, MORE EXACTLY, FROM THE BALANCE OF THREATS THEORY, AS COINED BY STEPHEN WALT. IN THIS PAPER I WILL TRY TO REVEAL THE REASONS THAT DETERMINED THESE STATES TO JOIN THE SCO, GIVEN THEIR DIFFERENT INTERESTS. IN ANALYZING THE REASONS OF JOINING THE SCO, I WILL USE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS OF BALANCING AND BANDWAGONING, IN ORDER TO SEE IF THOSE STATES HAVE HAD DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS TO ENTER IN THIS ORGANIZATION OR IF THEIR DECISIONS WERE DETERMINED BY THE ALMOST THE SAME REASONS. THEREFORE, I ARGUE THAT RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA, KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZTAN, TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN AND PAKISTAN ENTERED IN THE SCO BASED ON DIFFERENT SECURITY CONCERNS AND SOME OF THEM ADOPTED A BALANCING BEHAVIOR, WHILE OTHERS BANDWAGONED WITH THE SOURCE OF THREAT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE RELEVANCE OF AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE SUSTENANCE OF PEACE IN AFRICA. DUE TO THE PERCEIVED "FETISH" NATURE OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION BY THE ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS, AFRICANS IN AFRICA TEND TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE LATTER. YET CONFLICTS PERVADE THESE "NEW" RELIGIONS. IRONICALLY THE AFRICANS IN DIASPORA SEEM TO HAVE FOUND RELEVANCE IN AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY EMBEDDED IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION DUE TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TO HAVE A CAREER, TO HAVE A GOOD CAREER MEANS TO ACHIEVE A GOOD POSITION IN SOCIETY, IT MEANS TO POSITION ONESELF HIGHER IN THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY, IN THE PROFESSIONAL HIERARCHY. CAREER MANAGEMENT IS A PROCESS, IT IS AN ART BUT ALSO A SCIENCE OF BUILDING OUR OWN PATH TO PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS. WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR PROFESSIONAL ASPIRATIONS, OUR OWN VALUES, OUR PLACE IN SOCIETY AT A GIVEN TIME, HOW WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY, THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE. BOTH OUR OWN CAREER ASPIRATIONS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE ORGANIZATION IN WHICH WE WORK ARE IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING OUR CAREERS. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND CAREER ASPIRATIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING THEM WITH JOBS, CAREER PATHS AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT SUIT THEM. IT IS NECESSARY, FOR A COMMON DEVELOPMENT: BOTH OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OF THE EMPLOYEES, TO HAVE A CONCORDANCE BETWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION. ENHANCING THE VALUE OF EMPLOYEES AND MOTIVATING THEM WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN WHICH THEY WORK. THE PAPER PRESENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING CAREER MANAGEMENT BOTH IN COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALLY BY EACH EMPLOYEE AND PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POST COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES THE COMBINATION OF TWO PEDAGOGIC APPROACHES INVOLVING ELEMENTS OF A PRESENT-PRACTICE-PRODUCE METHODOLOGY AS WELL AS TASK-BASED LEARNING IN ORDER TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN AND EASILY REMEMBER THE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PEDAGOGY OFTEN DEPENDS ON THE SUBJECT TO BE TAUGHT, ON LEARNERS' NEEDS AND ON ADAPTING TO THE ON-THE-GROUND CONDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM. IN THE FIRST PART, WE WILL COMPARE TWO TEACHING MODELS THE PRESENTATION-PRACTICEPRODUCTION AND THE TASK BASED LEARNING CONSIDERING BOTH EFFECTIVE TO STRUCTURING AND PLANNING LESSONS. IN THE SECOND SECTION OF THE PAPER, WE WILL PRESENT SOME LEARNING THEORIES SUCH AS, SCAFFOLDING, ETYMOLOGY AND MNEMONICS, SOME VISUAL TOOLS WHICH HELP LEARNERS' UNDERSTANDING AND MEMORY BECAUSE IT FITS WITH THE BRAINS METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION. THE LAST PART WILL FOCUS ON THE VOCABULARY EFL STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN IF THEY FACE A REAL LIFE MEDICAL SITUATION. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MY PAPER IS STRUCTURED IN THREE PARTS. THE INTRODUCTORY PART PRESENTS THE CONCEPT OF POST COLONIALISM. IT WILL BE A PRESENTATION OF THE MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS CONCEPT, OF THE POST-COLONIAL THEORY AND OF THE RELATION BETWEEN POST COLONIALISM, HYBRIDITY AND NATIONALISM. THE FIRST PART OF THE PAPER PRESENTS THE CONCEPT OF HYBRIDITY WHILE THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH THE CONCEPT OF NATIONALISM. HYBRIDITY AND NATIONALISM ARE TWO CLOSELY RELATED NOTIONS AND THEY BOTH CHARACTERIZE THE INDIAN SOCIETY. IN THE FIRST PART OF THE PAPER, THE CONCEPT OF HYBRIDITY WILL BE EXPLAINED. THIS PART WILL START WITH A GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE TERM HYBRIDITY AND THEN THE RELATION BETWEEN IT AND OTHER BRANCHES OF THE SOCIETY. IT WILL ALSO PRESENT THE RELIGIOUS, LANGUAGE, IDENTITY, CULTURAL ASPECTS OF HYBRIDITY. CONCRETE EXAMPLES FROM THE INDIAN SOCIETY WILL BE PRESENTED IN THIS PART. THE SECOND PART OF THE PAPER PRESENTS THE CONCEPT OF NATIONALISM. THIS PART WILL BEGIN WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE IDEA OF NATION, OF THE CONCEPT OF SHARED COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE WITH A PRESENTATION OF THE IDEA OF NATION AS A POWERFUL MEAN OF PRESERVING THE IDENTITY OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE. IT ALSO UNDERLINES THE OPPOSITION BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND HYBRIDITY IN THE INDIAN SOCIETY. THE FINAL PART OF THE PAPER WILL BE THE CONCLUSIONS AND THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the issue of the use of blog as a modern marketing management tool on the selected European virtual market. The paper defines basic concepts and context with the subsequent analysis of major players operating on this market. In the context of findings based on the analysis, recommendations for subjects - organizations and individuals planning to use or using blogs as a modern tool of marketing communication to increase their visibility and improve their reputation on the virtual market - are then drawn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO PRESENT, IN A BRIEF MANNER, THE STEPS TAKEN BY ROMANIAN INSTITUTIONS IN THE MATTER OF PREVENTING AND COMBATING TERRORISM, A SCOURGE OF THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, WHICH HAS ITS ROOTS ANCHORED IN THE REALITIES OF HUMAN HISTORY. IN THE FIRST PART OF THE PAPER, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE CURRENT NATIONAL COMPETENCES ON THE ISSUE OF PREVENTING AND COMBATING TERRORISM, ADDRESSING IN THE NEXT CHAPTER ISSUES RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE LANDMARKS OF THE ANTI-TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN ROMANIA, BOTH BEFORE THE EVENTS IN DECEMBER 1989, AS WELL AS SUBSEQUENTLY, UNTIL NOW. THE PAPER PRESENTS A RICH NATIONAL CASE LAW ON THE ISSUE OF PREVENTING AND COMBATING TERRORISM, HIGHLIGHTING THE ACTORS INVOLVED, OPERATING MODE, THE SPECIFIC WAYS OF COUNTERING AND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE RESPECTIVE TERRORIST ATTACKS WERE INITIATED. THE FINAL PART OF THE PAPER PRESENTS SOME PERTINENT CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE NECESSITY OF THE INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS TO PREVENT AND COUNTERACT THE POTENTIAL TERRORIST ACTIONS, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NATIONAL MEASURES TAKEN TO ENSURE THE SOCIAL SECURITY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"A CIVIL WAR IS A BATTLE BETWEEN THE SAME CITIZENS IN A COUNTRY. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WAS FOUGHT FROM 1861 TO 1865 TO DETERMINE THE INDEPENDENCE FOR THE CONFEDERACY OR THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNION. BY THE TIME ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1861, IN THE MIST OF 34 STATES, THE CONSTANT DISAGREEMENT CAUSED SEVEN SOUTHERN SLAVE STATES TO THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND FORMED THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. THE CONFEDERACY, GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE SOUTH, GREW TO INCLUDE ELEVEN STATES. THE STATES THAT REMAINED DEVOTED TO THE US WERE KNOWN AS THE UNION OR THE NORTH. THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION THAT IS NEVER COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR IS WHAT CAUSED THE WAR. THERE WERE MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE GROUNDBREAKING, BLOODY, AND POLITICAL WAR. IN THE 19TH CENTURY THERE WAS A POPULAR DOCTRINE OR BELIEF THAT THE WESTWARD EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES NOT ONLY COULD HAPPEN, BUT THAT IT WAS DESTINED TO STRETCH FROM COAST TO COAST."[1] THIS PAPER IS DEVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR PARTS CLOSELY CONNECTED. THE FIRST PART PRESENTS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND INTENDS TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. WHAT WERE THE REASONS BEHIND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR? 2. WHICH WERE THE MAIN FIGURES, AND BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR? 3. WHICH WERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR? THE SECOND PART OF THE PAPER PRESENTS AN EMBLEMATIC FIGURE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY: THE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HERE ARE PRESENTED HIS LIFE, POLITICAL ACTIVITY, ASSASINATION AND HIS ROLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. THE CONCLUSIONS ROUND THIS PRESENTATION. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE AUTHOR DEALS WITH THE ISSUE OF TERRORISM, AS A GLOBAL THREAT, PERCEIVED DIFFERENTLY AT THE SOCIETAL LEVEL, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF CULTURE, POLITICAL OR SOCIAL LIFE. IN THE FIRST PART OF THE THEMATIC PAPER, THE TERM TERRORISM IS DEFINED BY A THREE COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH, NAMELY THE ACADEMIC APPROACH, INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH / STATE DISCOURSE AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE. IN THE SECOND PART OF THE PAPER, THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS HOW THE PHENOMENON OF GLOBALIZATION, WITH ITS VARIOUS EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, MILITARY, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS NATURE, HAS INFLUENCED TERRORISM, GIVING IT AN INTERNATIONAL VALENCY. ALSO, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO INCLUDE IN A SPECIFIC TYPOLOGY THE "NEW TERRORISM", INCLUDING THE MOTIVATIONS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF THE MODERN TERRORIST, IN THE ANTITHESIS OF "CLASSICAL TERRORISM", ALTHOUGH THE PROFILE OF WHAT WE CLASSICALLY CONSIDER TO BE A TERRORIST ATTACK BECOMES IN THE LAST TIME HARDER TO DEFINE, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE TYPOLOGY OF A TERRORIST IS EVEN HARDER TO UNDERSTAND. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE MAIN AIM OF THIS RESEARCH PAPER IS TO PROVIDE AN APPLIED FRAMEWORK ON THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON EMERGING COUNTRIES DEVELOPEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION AND RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE ECONOMIC GROWTH CONTRIBUTES TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN EMERGING COUNTRIES BUT IS NOT A SUFFICIENT TOOL, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL INTEGRATION. THE RELATION BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY INFLUENCES THE LEVEL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY. GLOBALIZATION PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING COUNTRIES, BUT ALSO MAJOR CHALLENGES. THE GLOBALIZATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY INHERENTLY LEADS TO AN EFFECTIVE ANTI-POVERTY PROCESS IN EMERGING COUNTRIES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE MAIN AIM OF THIS RESEARCH PAPER IS TO PROVIDE AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHENOMENON OF POVERTY IN URBAN AND RURAL ENVIRONMENTS. POVERTY INVOLVES NEGATIVE ASPECTS THAT AFFECT HUMAN WELL-BEING SUCH AS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, LOW LIVING STANDARDS, LOW INCOMES, POOR SOCIAL SERVICES (EDUCATION, HEALTH, TRANSPORT) AND SOCIAL INEQUITIES. POVERTY ALLEVIATION IS A MAJOR GLOBAL OBJECTIVE AND CAN BE ACHIEVED BY IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM PROGRAMS. URBAN MIGRANTS AND RURAL MIGRANTS ARE ESSENTIAL ISSUES IN UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON OF POVERTY, BOTH IN RURAL AREAS AND IN URBAN AREAS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN ROMANIA DID NOT APPEAR SUDDENLY, BUT THROUGH AN EVENTFUL EVOLUTION OF HISTORY. THE END OF ROMANIAN DEMOCRACY IN AN UNFAVORABLE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT HASTENED THE SEIZURE OF POWER BY A POLITICAL PARTY THAT UNTIL THEN HAD NO TRACTION AMONG THE MASSES. THE COMMUNIST PARTY MADE THE ASSAULT ON POWER IN THE PERIOD 1945-1947. THE SOVIETIZATION OF THE COUNTRY WAS ACHIEVED IN ALL SECTIONS OF SOCIETY THROUGH THE MOST VIOLENT MEANS, AND FOR HALF A CENTURY, FORCEFUL MEASURES WERE TAKEN, THE COUNTRY'S EVOLUTION BEING DIVERTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL TRAJECTORY. REGARDING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THIS PERIOD, IT CAN BE SAID THAT IT EXPERIENCED A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE AFTER 1948, CHANGES THAT HAPPENED IN PARALLEL WITH THE PROCESS OF COLLECTIVIZATION, WHICH AFFECTED THE ENTIRE RURAL POPULATION OF ROMANIA. THIS PAPER AIMS TO STUDY RURAL EDUCATION AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COLLECTIVIZATION HAD ON EDUCATION, FROM THE BEGINNING OF SOVIETIZATION TO THE END OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN ROMANIA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER EXAMINES AL-SHABAAB AND BOKO HARAM ACTIVITIES IN KENYA AND NIGERIA. IT EXAMINES THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN EXPRESSED RHETORIC; CAUSAL FACTORS OF VIOLENT ACTIVITIES AND THE MODES OF OPERATION OF THE TWO MOST DREADED ARMED GROUPS IN AFRICA. RELYING ON PRIMARY, SECONDARY DATA AND CONTENT ANALYSIS OF RELEVANT LITERATURE, THE OPINIONS AND FINDINGS FROM SECURITY DEPARTMENTS, IDPS, AND INFORMATION ON THE DATELINE OF ATTACKS IN NIGERIA AND KENYA HELPS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BOKO HARAM AND AL-SHABAAB CARRY OUT THEIR ACTIVITIES. ALSO, THEIR OBJECTIVES AND TARGET, ARMS AND WEAPONS USED AND OTHER OPERATIONAL MODES PROVIDE THE BASE FOR COMPARISON. THE COMPARATIVE METHOD IS ADOPTED TO SHOW THAT AL-SHABAAB AND BOKO HARAM ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR MODES OF OPERATION IN SOME ASPECTS AND ARE DIFFERENT IN OTHERS. THE TWO GROUPS COMBINE ELEMENTS OF LIBERATION MOVEMENTS, INSURGENT MOVEMENT, SEPARATIST AND ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS. THEY ALSO HAVE ELEMENTS OF MILITIA, ARMED GROUPS AND REBEL MOVEMENT. AND, FUNDAMENTALLY, AL-SHABAAB AND BOKO HARAM ADOPTS TERRORISM STRATEGIES AND TACTICS COUPLED WITH CONVENTIONAL MILITARY TYPE OPERATIONS BUT BOKO HARAM HAVE BEEN MORE LETHAL IN ADOPTING MILITARY STRATEGIES AND TACTICS SUCH AS GROUND BATTLE AND DIRECT ASSAULT AGAINST THE STATE MILITARY THAN AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper presents the technical state in which it is found in which is the mechanism of lifting ladder from the coal extraction machine, following technical expertise. Rehabilitation to which the lifting mechanism will be subjected of the ladder will be done through the execution of the intervention works which will return to normal operating parameters both the structural part and the functional part. In the work paper are presented: verification procedures of the mechanism as well as the technical solutions proposed to repair the mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents two new kinematic schemes of the V switcher mechanisms for medium and high power. The proposed schemes consist of triadic chains that ensure transmission angles near to the optimum values. The geometric and kinematic analyses of the proposed mechanisms, with driven components that have to move with high speeds on disengaging process in the extinguishing chamber, have been achieved. In the second section of the paper, an optimum kinematic scheme of the V power switcher with triadic chain type 4R+2T has been presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]