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Emerging Latin America: A Case for Increasing Poland’s Interest in the Region

Emerging Latin America: A Case for Increasing Poland’s Interest in the Region

Author(s): Bartłomiej Znojek / Language(s): English / Issue: 25/2012

With the advancing “multipolarisation” of the world order, accelerated by the recent global financial crisis, Latin America1 is becoming one of the centres of international economic relations. High growth rates, relative resilience to the crisis and broadening business opportunities in the region have meant an improvement in the attractiveness of countries there, particularly Brazil, the sixth largest economy in the world. The changes in Latin America have found resonance in the policies of the largest countries of the European Union. The Polish government, too, should follow these moves to advance the internationalisation of domestic companies, strengthen Poland’s international position and take steps to become Latin America’s partner of choice amongst the countries that have joined the EU since 2004.

The Circle by w. Somerset Maugham: some meanings of the title

The Circle by w. Somerset Maugham: some meanings of the title

Author(s): Elena Sergeevna Sedova / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2014

Keywords: W.S. Maugham; “The Circle”; conflict; composition; love triangle

The article is devoted to the analysis of concept “circle” in W.S. Maugham’s play The Circle. On the one hand, is a category of structure and composition, and on the other hand, it is a philosophic, psychological and social concept. The first circle in the comedy can be defined as a “love circle”: the younger generation simply repeats the actions of the elders, thereby symbolizing the full circle of events. The “new” situation repeats the “old” one in the modern manner (Elizabeth and Teddy’s elopement repeats Lady Kitty and Lord Porteous’s behavior). This repetition and cyclicity are reflected in the structure of the play. They subjugate all three of the so-called “dramatic unities” of the text: it has one location (the drawing-room of Aston-Adey, Champion Cheney’s country house), its time span is limited to about eight hours, and it has a single action. Maugham’s play is not devoid of “dramatic invention”. Instead, “dramatic invention” is right in the heart of the play: in the shown situation, in the relationship between its characters, and in the idea of cyclicity reflected in the title of the play – The Circle.

The Susceptibility of Different Organic Materials to Insect Attack in Various Ecclesiastical Collections from Moldavia

The Susceptibility of Different Organic Materials to Insect Attack in Various Ecclesiastical Collections from Moldavia

Author(s): Mina Adriana Moşneagu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2009

Keywords: insect; cultural heritage; book; Stegobium paniceum

The study of the pests that damage the patrimonial goods shows that objects made of organic materials constitute a potential food source and habitat for highly diverse insect species. 46 species of pests that damage goods made of wood, textiles, leather and leather substitutes, fur, paper, wooden (prefab) objects, adhesives, binding materials, and resins have been identified. The thoroughly examination of 688 volumes coming from the old book collection in the Golia Monastery storehouse (Iasi) indicates that natural materials are more susceptible to insect attacks than the synthetic ones. The degree of degradation has been established by evaluating the attack’s intensity of Stegobium paniceum (the bread cockroach), coupled by monitoring the microclimate conditions, and the accessibility of the materials that the books are made of.

Agglomeration patterns in the Polish manufacturing industry

Agglomeration patterns in the Polish manufacturing industry

Author(s): Tomasz Brodzicki / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2012

Keywords: economic geography; industrial agglomeration; Poland

External liberalization should affect regional agglomeration patterns in manufacturing industry. In Poland, the largest CEE economy, economic transition was marked by accelerated restructuring associated with relatively rapid external trade and capital flows liberalization. The process of economic transition was reinforced by accession to the EU. Economic transition could potentially have a sizeable impact on industrial agglomeration patterns. Using sectoral agglomeration indices we examine changes in the agglomeration patterns of the Polish manufacturing industry. The analysis is carried out on a disaggregated data set on employment for 2 and 3-digit NACE manufacturing industry sectors at the level of local administrative districts (LAD4 level). The data set covers the period 1999-2006. The overall agglomeration index for Polish manufacturing industry decreased only by 0.5 percent within the analyzed period of time. The patter of agglomeration remained largely unaffected despite of significant structural adjustments in other areas.

PRACTICE THEN AND NOW

PRACTICE THEN AND NOW

Author(s): Stephen Turner / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2007

Keywords: Practice; practice theory; social theory; cognitive science; ethics

Social Theory of Practices problematized the idea of sameness, the idea that participants in an activity had the same tacit possessions, which undermined the idea that practices were collective objects in which individuals participated. Later critics, such as Schatzki and Rouse, emphasized the normative coherence and character of practice, which has a collective aspect. Pickering and others suggested a notion of practices that was de-mentalized and focused on the objects that were part of the practical activity, which provided for the continuity and sociality of practice without collectivizing its mental content. The discovery of mirror neurons suggested a non-collective mode of transmission of practices. “Practice theory” has a long history in philosophy, under various names, but current practice theory is a response to failures of projects of modernity or enlightenment which attempt to reduce science or politics to formulae. Heidegger, Oakeshott, and MacIntyre are each examples of philosophers who turned to practice conceptions. Foucault and Bourdieu made similar turns. Practice accounts come in different forms: some emphasize skill-like individual accomplishments, others emphasize the social character or presupposition-like character of the tacit conditions of activities. The discovery of mirror neurons suggested a non-collective mode of transmission of practices. The implications of these developments can be seen in connection with ethics, where the conflict between the ethical and the practical can be understood in terms of the intrinsic conflict between the need to behave successfully and our learned ethical intuitions.

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Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): / Issue: 2/2006

ONE STEP FORWARD FOR SOCIAL ECONOMY. IDEAS – INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT BY MEANS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ONE STEP FORWARD FOR SOCIAL ECONOMY. IDEAS – INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT BY MEANS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Author(s): Egidiu Condac / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

Keywords: social economy; social enterprise; efficiency; diversity

In 2015, the Caritas Center of the Diocese of Iasi became active in the social economy (SE) sector by provision of training and by specific involvement on the product market. The experience was actually represented by a project focused on diversity: diversity as regards locations – the North East and South East regions, as well as services and products, all of them being presented in detail below. The major challenge was to maintain unity in this diversity, by promoting Caritas values and vision, as our social enterprises ensured increased visibility to our organization. For the future, our main goal will be represented by development of a management covering always greater areas, such as marketing and quality assurance. At the same time, human resources management within the organization as a whole will have to ensure training of personnel in these areas – which are new to some of the employees – or attracting people who acquired such skills in school or at previous jobs. In this continuous combination of economic and social sectors, the Caritas Center of the Diocese of Iasi will try to find a balance, this being in fact a goal for the society as a whole: a balance between social assistance and the innovative aspect ensured by social economy.

Hello Honni! Goodbye Lenin!

Hello Honni! Goodbye Lenin!

Author(s): Iwona Reichardt / Language(s): English / Issue: 04 (05)/2012

Keywords: GDR; East Germany;Exhibition

A review of "GDR. Stories from a vanished country."International Cultural Centre, Kraków, Poland. June 22nd - September 2nd 2012. Curator: Monika Rydiger

Agnieszka Setecka. 2013. Vanishing Realities. Social Significance of Material Culture in Victorian Novelistic Discourse.

Agnieszka Setecka. 2013. Vanishing Realities. Social Significance of Material Culture in Victorian Novelistic Discourse.

Author(s): Marlena Marciniak / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2013

Classified ads

Classified ads

Author(s): Bernardeta Raczkiewicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 5/2015

Tekst Classified ads adresowany jest głównie do studentów kierunków humanistycznych, a także studentów innych kierunków zainteresowanych współczesnym językiem angielskim.

GELU FLOREA (ED.), MATRIŢA DE BRONZ DE LA SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA, CLUJ-NAPOCA, EDITURA MEGA, 2015, 168 P, ISBN 978-606-543-604-6

GELU FLOREA (ED.), MATRIŢA DE BRONZ DE LA SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA, CLUJ-NAPOCA, EDITURA MEGA, 2015, 168 P, ISBN 978-606-543-604-6

Author(s): Gabriel Andreica / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

This volume wants to be the first presentation of the bronze matrix discovered at the beginning of summer 2013 on the archaeological site of Sarmizegetusa Regia. It was published in 2015 in Cluj-Napoca by the research team of Sarmizegetusa Regia, being coordinated by Gelu Florea, professor at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Department of ancient History and Archaeology.

BOOK REVIEW: "TOO MUCH HAPPINESS" BY ALICE MUNRO

RECENZIE: "PREA MULTĂ FERICIRE" DE ALICE MUNRO

Author(s): Carmen Ardelean / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2013

New researches in the field of conservation and restauration of cultural heritage

New researches in the field of conservation and restauration of cultural heritage

Author(s): Adrian Stoleriu,Irina-Andreea Stoleriu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The royal house, supporter of the national spirit in Art

The royal house, supporter of the national spirit in Art / Casa Regalǎ, susținǎtoarea spiritului național în artǎ, pag.181-189

Author(s): Radu Ionescu / Language(s): Romanian,French / Issue: 18/2006

Keywords: Romanian royal house; modern art

In December 2005 he left one of the most agreeable and precious collaborators of the National History Museum of Romania, a consultant and provider of data and relations, especially in the field of life and history of the royal family of Romania, the well-known and critically acclaimed art historian Radu Ionescu (1930-2005). He announced his participation in the symposium organized at the National Museum on November 8, 2005 on "The Royal Family in Romanian Culture", with the intervention of the Royal House, the supporter of the national spirit in art. The state of his health, not allowing him to be present at this event, sent us, in order to present to the participants in the symposium, the text of the intervention with the above title. Unfortunately, the time has not been too long to allow him to personally prepare, for printing, the material to bring, as appropriate, the corrections or additions he would have needed. We considered it a duty of honor to publish it in the "National Museum", vol. XVIII, as the author conceived it, completing it, where the need felt, with brief footnotes (preparing to print his article Occupied Mrs. Maria-Magdalena Ionita, Principal Investigator I at the National History Museum of Romania)

BUSINESS SECTION

BUSINESS SECTION

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/1973

Keywords: Gorenje; Household appliances;

Gorenje was once a small village smithy that also manufactured fruit grinders. It then employed 11 workers. Today it is Yugoslavia’s biggest manufacturer of household appliances and employs a staff of 9,891. The vocational composition of the labour force improves steadily from year to year. Last academic year Gorenje provided scholarships for the training of 75 students and 184 secondary vocational school pupils.

Improvement of the logistics chain of the enterprise: practical aspects

Improvement of the logistics chain of the enterprise: practical aspects

Author(s): Uliana Andrusiv,Anzhela Cherchata / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2018

Keywords: logistics; logistics chain; distribution center;

The article is devoted to application of distributive logistics at an enterprise. For determining peculiarities of functioning of the logistic chain, an analysis of each of its components has been made. On the basis of the obtained results, the necessity of creating a distribution center at an enterprise in the context of improving its logistics chain has been substantiated. As a priority direction for determining the variant of location of a distribution center for an enterprise the method of determining of the weight center has been proposed.

BIOECONOMY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. ANALYSIS OF KEY STRATEGIES AND INDICATORS

BIOECONOMY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. ANALYSIS OF KEY STRATEGIES AND INDICATORS

Author(s): Grațiela Brânză / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2022

Keywords: bioeconomy; European Union; Green Deal; indicator; strategy; sustainable development;

A new concept promoted in the European Union, the bioeconomy, can contribute to sustainable economic growth, which respects the environment and promotes renewable resources. The transition to a sustainable economy, supported by bio principles is based on technology, economic profitability and awareness by members of society. This paper addresses this concept and analyzes the European Union's strategy in the field of bioeconomy and funding instruments to achieve this goal. The paper also presents a brief analysis of the indicators that allows the monitoring of the bioeconomic sectors from the economic, social and environmental point of view. The bioeconomy must become a reality in every Member State of the European Union.

Small Carpentry Workshops from the First Decades of the 20th Century. Tools and Implements

Małe warsztaty i pracownie stolarskie pierwszych dziesięcioleci XX wieku. Narzędzia i przyrządy

Author(s): Kazimierz Konsek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2014

The industrial era together with accompanying it industrial processes (mass production, social transformations) led to disappearance of traditional methods of furniture manufacturing. Small carpentry workshops were operating in the first decades of the 20th century only in the rural areas or in cooperation with furniture industry manufacturers, being the enclaves continuing old craftsmanship models of manufacturing furniture and other wooden objects. Those models included both technological processes as well as contents connected with traditional ethos of work. The following article emphasizes such elements of traditional ethos of work as: ways of modeling the workshop’s space, mutual relations between a craftsman and tools he used as well as the individualization of an object manufacturing process. Simultaneously, the article draws attention to the influence and importance of companies manufacturing tools and craftsmen offering their services in the area of Silesian province, briefly presenting brands that were especially popular at that time. The final part of the work signalizes interpretational problems connected with preserved until now old carpentry tools and implements. Being no longer in practical use, they become nothing more than unwanted junkies but they may also be considered kinds of memorabilia or elements of cultural heritage.

HUMAN RESOURCES AS THE MAIN VECTOR OF COMMUNICATION: THE CASE OF MOBEXPERT GROUP

HUMAN RESOURCES AS THE MAIN VECTOR OF COMMUNICATION: THE CASE OF MOBEXPERT GROUP

Author(s): Erika Kulcsár,Cristina Scridon / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: Mobexpert Group; communication; brand essence; employees; owner;

Owners and employees represent those stakeholders who substantially shape the organisational culture. In fact, their values, their expectations, significantly influence the company’s performance. Moreover, customers see a brand through its employees, through the owner. This paper has the following objectives: to explore the expectations/possibilities ‒ as basic pillars of an effective collaboration ‒ both from the point of view of the employees and from the point of view of the owner of the Mobexpert Group, and to identify those values that are appreciated by the employees of the Mobexpert brand, which also define the owner of the Mobexpert Group. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, content analysis was conducted based on the show ‘Empire of Lions’, Season 3, i.e. regarding the experiences and opinions of employees posted on YouTube (Mobexpert People section). Following the analysis, it was found that: (1) the success of the brand is summed up in the set of expectations, outlined values, (2) trust, self-confidence, perseverance and creativity representing the foundation/stone of the employee-brand relationship, and of possible collaboration between the owner of the Mobexpert Group as investor and potential business partners.

Compact Manufacturing Systems Structural Synthesis Automation

Compact Manufacturing Systems Structural Synthesis Automation

Author(s): Dmitry Svirsky / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2000

Keywords: Compact Manufacturing Systems; Structural Synthesis Automation;

In the paper the problems of collective designing of modern industrial systems in the "Lean Production" concept are considered. The definition of compact manufacturing system (CMS) is given, and the original principles of industrial compactness maintenance have resulted. On the basis of these principles the author offers the technique of designing CMS, formalized up to an integrated algorithm. The result of industrial and operating cycle semiotic modeling was fixed in a basis of the author's version of simultaneous designing, which is realized at the CAD Centre at Vitebsk state technological university. Both the configuration of the Centre computer network and a model of the design data are discussed. At the end of the paper the examples projected and created CMS are resulted: the compact shop of the machine-building enterprise; the CMS of Reverse Engineering; the CMS of the Rapid Prototyping on the basis of automated laser cutting; the manufacture preparation CMS (Rapid Prototyping & Tooling); the CAD Centre.