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I was a very pleased recipient of a signed copy of Jesper Hoffmeyer’s Biosemiotics: An Examination into the Life of Signs and the Signs of Life (2008) which I obtained at the Semiotic Society of America meeting in Houston, Texas, during those momentous and therefore unforgettable weeks when the stock market crashed. Within the first 30 pages, however, I became a puzzled reader, as the first example of the significance of signs in Biosemiotics is ‘the semiotics of a slap’ – based on human activity – while the first example of organization in an eco-niche, the indirect mutualism of bladderworts, gives no example of the contribution of semiosis to mutual causality. Why human semiotics, first of all, in order to illustrate biosemiotics in an eco-system? I suspected that herein lies an unresolved dilemma.
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Keywords: datare ştiinţifică; săpături arheologice; curba de calibrare; termo-remanenţă; ardere (eveniment)
Metoda arheomagnetică de datare nu a cunoscut în România o evoluţie normală aşa cum s-a întâmplat în mai toate ţările dezvoltate din Europa, cu toate că au existat ceva preocupări în acest sens în anii 60-70. Rezultatul evident astăzi este că pentru întreg teritoriul României nu există date coerente asupra evoluţiei principalelor caracteristici ale câmpului geomagnetic terestru, în contrast destul de evident cu ţările învecinate. Înfiinţarea la Alba Iulia a unui modern laborator de datare precum şi realizarea unor legături cu specialiştii străini prin programe comune de cercetare şi pregătire sunt două obiective realizate, al treilea şi cel mai important fiind culegerea de date. România beneficiază de un important patrimoniu cultural care, în contextul dezvoltării economice accelerate de astăzi, este intens investigat prin intermediul a numeroase săpături preventive, de salvare şi nu în ultimul rând sistematice. Această situaţie nu poate decât să ajute demersurile noastre de culegere de date însă doar dacă arheologii sunt corect şi bine informaţi cu privire la existenţa acestui proiect şi asupra cerinţelor concrete ale acestei metode de datare în privinţa structurilor arse din care pot fi prelevate probe. Subiectul acestui articol este de a defini concret, fără a intra în detalii de metodă şi tehnici, tocmai acele caracteristici minim necesare pentru a se realiza o prelevare de date cu succes. Se face şi pe această cale apel la toţi arheologii care descoperă astfel de structuri în a contacta personalul laboratorului din Alba Iulia în vederea prelevării de probe ori de câte ori este cazul. În condiţii ideale, această analiză, în prezent gratuită ca urmare a finanţării din alte surse (un proiect CNCSIS pe trei ani), se poate finaliza, în folosul arheologului, chiar şi cu o datare a respectivei structuri, utilizând curbele de calibrare deja realizate ale Ungariei şi Bulgariei. Este esenţial însă să se colecteze cât mai multe astfel de date pentru a se realiza o curbă de calibrare proprie, adecvată teritoriului României, oferind astfel şansa unor datări mult mai precise în viitor.
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Keywords: American English; British English; contrastive analysis; review;
The review of: Flöck, Ilka. 2016. Requests in American and British English. A contrastive multi-method analysis. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. 264.
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Keywords: principle; legal profession; organization; principle of advocacy; confidentiality and independence;
The article gives a scientific study of the principles of advocacy. Formulated the concept and classification of principles of advocacy. On the basis of the sphere of dissemination of the principles of advocacy classified into fundamental principles (independence, professional competence, confidentiality, avoiding conflict of interest), organizational principles (territoriality, dependence of the judicial system, specialization, corporate governance, availability) and principles (efficiency, multidisciplinary approach, differentiated remuneration).
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Keywords: scientific and technical statement of findings; anti-fraud inspector; failure to respect the right to defence; the principle of equality of arms;
An important aspect of the right to an equitable trial is that in penal matter, including the elements pertaining to the proceedings, should take place in a contradictory manner; there must be an equality of arms between prosecution and defence. In the same way, the necessity of ensuring the equitability of the proceedings carried out in a penal trial supposes that the judicial bodies have the obligation to carry out the penal prosecution and the trial respecting the procedural guarantees and the parties’ and procedural subjects’ rights.
More...It is much harder to introduce a collective volume than a one-author book. As I assumed the introduction of the volume on behalf of the coordinators, I won’t enter into detailed analysis for each study, leaving room to your questions for the authors of the book. I will resume myself only to the general and ultimate intent of the book, and to some of its conclusions regarding the impact of the policy strategies’ in creating social and individual welfare in post-December Romania. The book provides an integrative vision about the social policy models in their dynamics, over the 30 years from the Revolution. In fact, the 16 studies, though independent, have the backbone of shared unity regarding the thematic structure and methodology. The studies, one by one, are an analysis of the sectorial social policies over the 30 years of transition, for outlining the specific profile of the policies in Romania as compared with the ones of the EU-member-states.
More...Keywords: region; decentralization; local autonomy; local government;
The importance of regional development is to improve the standard of living, the quality of life of citizens in a region/specific area and the country in general. The implementation of regional development as a public policy in the European Union implies the acceptance of the following principles: the respect of local selfadministration, the encouragement of partnerships of regional development between stakeholders at different levels of public administration; the stimulation and efficient use of initiatives in the regions; the support of ongoing development of potential regions.For Moldova, the regional development - since the liberal - democratic governance was established in September 2009 and till nowadays - has become an imperative assumed. Thus, Republic of Moldova had undertaken many actions in the implementation of regional development policy in accordance with the requirements of EU policies. However, we see that there are still problems such as: lack of experience, inadequate regulatory framework realities in regional development etc. In this way, the regional development in the context of decentralization requires that local authorities will become effective partners, both in the strategic planning process, and in the exercise of implementing projects funded national and international. The ability of local authorities to participate effectively in the development and implementation of regional projects needs an increasing their autonomy. The purpose of the present article is to analyze the existing opinions in the specialized literature, the judicial regulations regarding the status of local public administration in the Republic of Moldova and other countries. In conclusion, we will make proposals to modernize the legislation of the Republic of Moldova in this field, in order to successfully implement the policy of decentralization and local autonomy in our state, but also to ensure the increase of institutional capacity of local public administration and regional development policies.
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Keywords: tortious civil liability; state liability; subjective liability; objective liability unlawful acts;
In order to ensure the observance of the generic legal duty not to cause harm to another, to comply with a socially accepted behavior or with the law, but also to sanction the committed illegal acts, the social reality imposed that in the situation of committing illegalities committed by civil servants there is the possibility of bringing the state to civil liability, as a guarantee of compliance with the moral and legal imperative to repair the damage caused.In these conditions, the regulation of state liability corresponds both to a preventive behavior, in the sense that it has the role of discouraging non-compliant conduct by state representatives, contrary to law, but also to a sanctioner in the event of wrongdoing, compensating the victim by compensating.This type of liability has multiple applicability in the sphere of practical activity, the evolution of social life determining the need to attract the responsibility of the state in order to have a basis for respecting the rights of those harmed by committing illegal acts.
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Keywords: Covid19; ISP events; management; challenges; pandemic; business; economy; events industry;
This article is focused on the UK events industry, challenges faced after Covid19 and lessons learned for the future. It's an attempt to draw conclusions by considering the facts and first-hand information gathered by ISP Events by analysing how things were in the pre-Covid world and how Covid19 impacted one of the most severely affected industries. Throughout the years, cultural events acquired a major part in everyday life, attracting large audiences worldwide. while 2020 has seen a major shift in work processes across various sectors, the events industry has suffered a major blow and event professionals have had to innovate throughout this pandemic, embracing change and shifting business models as imposed by the new realities. In hindsight, distances have become irrelevant and it is now a norm to attend online events, a thing that turned out to be an excellent outlet for events management organisations to present virtual events, providing artists with far more opportunities to reach out to global audiences from the comfort of their living room. In this paper, our goal is to demonstrate that strong management skills and the openness to change have proven effective for our company, ISP Events, and for the wider UK events management sector.
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Keywords: domestic activity; work ticket; beneficiary of domestic work;
The regulation of the work of the domestic staff is a socio-economic imperative. Housework includes activities related to cleaning, cooking, washing, caring for children and the elderly, gardening, guarding, caring for pets, etc. contains specific security features, series and unique number, which will allow individualization and tracking. It remains to be seen how specific the regulation of this special employment relationship will be, as there is a possibility that individuals may not want to become employers if this means taking on a huge package of obligations and formalities. From 2024, individuals who will carry out occasional activities in a household, as a home provider, will be able to be rewarded with vouchers that will have to be exchanged for money, but for which they will owe the contribution to pensions and income tax.
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Keywords: website localization; translation; translation quality; localized web content; online B2C communication;
The paper analyzes the level of localization of two booking.com hotel pages. The study focuses on applying website localization theories from a theoretical perspective. The languages/cultures considered are American English, British English and Romanian.
More...Keywords: Organizational culture; Resistance to change; Process of change; Adaptability;
Through a correct management of an organization, it can lead to its development and improvement of the organizational structure, resulting in an increase in the effectiveness of carrying out specific activities. Change management is seen as a challenge for any organization whether they are aware of it or not. An organization is exposed to failure if it lets change control it. Improving the performance of an organization is based on identifying and understanding the functioning of governance structures and mechanisms. A successful organization achieves the best results in unpredictable moments, this cannot be achieved if it does not adapt to changes, does not take risks or if it is not flexible at key moments. The process of adapting an organization in the context of change can induce a process of evolution or involution. Change management can facilitate the elimination of risk situations and the maintenance of the organizational environment in a situation of balance, thus contributing to ensuring a continuous development.
More...Keywords: inheritance; sale of inheritance; inheritance contracts; heirs;
This research article is devoted to the study of the emergence of mechanisms for regulating relations in the sphere of inheritance with the help of contracts in the Civil Code of the Ukrainian SSR of 1922. The only norm available in the Civil Code of the Ukrainian SSR of 1922, which provides the possibility of concluding a contract for the purchase and sale of shares in the inheritance, has been identified and analysed. Two norms which indirectly allow the possibility of settlement of inheritance relations with the help of contracts have also been identified. Based on the conducted research, the author of the article offers independent conclusions and opinions that the Civil Code of the Ukrainian SSR of 1922 already admitted the possibility of contractual regulation of certain elements of inheritance relations.
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Keywords: property; right of disposition; legal norm; convention; limits;
This article proposes an analysis of the limits of private property rights. They do not limit the property right, but they temporarily limit one of its essential attributes - ius abutendi - which can have as its source either the will of the party or the will of the legislator expressed in the content of the normative act.
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Keywords: change; inovation; technology; knowledge
Rapid and radical changes are a fundamental characteristic of the modern economy. Accordingly,the success of any economy is conditioned by its ability to adequately respond to all of the demands thatthe changing environment imposes on it. When some kind of a change occurs, flexibility is necessary inimplementing plans and makin decisions, that is, an adequate and timely reaction is necessary. As theenvironment changes, so do the rules of winning. Businesses that are able to create differentiating advantage in a globalized world achieve the greatest success. Manny difficulties faced by the Serbianeconomy during the previous period, as well as the late entry into the transition process and theimplementation of reforms, make it difficult to adapt to the demands that come from the changingenvironment. In addition to that, the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus, as well as the current warevents, significantly slow down the development of many economies in the world, and accordingly, they do not bypass the Serbian economy either. The goal of this research is to indicate that some of the factorsinherent in the modern environment determine the development of the Serbian economy.
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Keywords: operational environment; capabilities; Red Team; air force planning process; risk management;
The command has always been the responsibility of commanders, regardless of the echelon, its materialisation being based on the decision as well as on the decision-making process. The geometry of the operating environment, the continuous transformation of the types of operations and, implicitly, the way of approaching them have led to the identification of alternatives in terms of supporting decision-making. In this regard, the concept (and possibly its materialisation) of RedTeam can be a viable alternative.
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Keywords: Pitching Research; Community Needs Assessment Model; Heatwave; Health Risks; the Elderly;
The pitch template initiated by Faff (2015, 2021) is employed in this pitching research letter (PRL) for my PhD research topic. It not only facilitates a systematic approach for researchers to articulate a research idea critically but also aids new PhD students and novice researchers in overcoming the uncertainties in their early research stage. This PRL comprises the introduction and brief review of the pitching template, followed by a personal reflection regarding the implementation of the framework and its benefits.
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