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The lexical patterning of light verbs in GRICLE and native corpora: A comparative corpus-based study

Author(s): Marina Mattheoudakis,Anna-Maria Hatzitheodorou / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This corpus-based study compares the lexical patterns of three English light verbs, make, give and take, in native and non- native student writing. Since these verbs are highly polysemous and form a large number of collocations, they pose problems for foreign language learners. The frequency and variety of collocations with light verbs are examined in the Greek Corpus of Learner English (GRICLE), and in the native corpora LOCNESS and PELCRA. Collocations with take and give feature more frequently in GRICLE than in the native corpora. Give was found to enter into more combinations in the Greek corpus, whereas both make and take are used in a larger variety of collocations in the native corpora. The contribution of these findings to language teaching is discussed.

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Keynesian Model in Small and Medium Enterprises Development: Puzzling Case of Russian Regions

Author(s): Maria Ginzburg,Nadezhda Yashina,Elena Ivanova / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This study explores the potential effects of Keynesian demand stimulation for small and medium-size businesses in Russian regions. The authors tested the following hypotheses: (1) is there a connection between small and medium-size business development in any given region of Russia and regional output (Gross Regional Product – GRP); (2) the higher the share of electric power consumption in GRP of a given region, the more regional product is created in this region and the higher the share of this regional product can be redistributed by means of small businesses. To test these hypotheses, the authors developed three indices related to the development of small and medium-size enterprises and the GRP, produced in the provinces of the Russian Federation. One index (SMEDI) summarizes the level of development of small and medium-size businesses in a region; another (GRPI) – the level of Gross Regional Product, produced in a given region; and finally (EPCI) - the level of electric power consumption in the GRP of a corresponding region. Correlation analysis was used to analyze data for 83 federal subjects of the Russian Federation for 2010-2014. The results indicate a moderate relationship between SMEDI and GRPI, and no relationship between SMEDI and EPCI. We conclude that the level of development of SMEs in the regions of Russia in 2010-2014 depends on the level of GRP to a certain degree. The level of development of SMEs is directly proportional to increases in GRP. But Keynesian model of demand stimulation, if applied to the Russian economy, stumbles upon the problems of fiscal federalism and the excessive centralization of economic governance, and this fact does not create effective stimulus for economic growth and small business development in Russia.

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Comparison of Health Care Results in Public Health Systems of European Countries

Author(s): Viera Pacáková,Pavla Jindrová,David Zapletal / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Health of citizens is a precondition for economic prosperity. Ensuring optimal functioning of health systems at limited financial resources of countries and regions is a difficult task. Its solution requires a lot of information that can be obtained only by appropriate analysis of data collected by authorized world, European and national institutions. About the state of public health systems there are collected and published a number of data on the regional, national, EU or OECD countries, continental and the world level. These databases can be used for comparative analyses on health status, risk factors to health, health care resources and utilization, as well as health expenditure and financing. Huge differences in health and healthcare exist between and within countries and regions. The aim of this article is to present the results of application of multivariate comparison statistical methods, regression analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis, which provide an overview of the health care status and public health systems expenditures, various causal relations and regional differences or similarities. This information is essential to the development of national and international health policies for treatment and financial budget of public health systems.

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Введение. Актуальные проблемы обучения русскому языку XII

Author(s): Anastasija Sokolova / Language(s): Russian Publication Year: 0

9-11 мая 2016 года в г. Брно в двенадцатый раз прошла международная научная конференция «Актуальные проблемы обучения русскому языку XII». Конференция продолжила серию конференций (2012 г., 2014 г.), организованных кафедрой русского языка и литературы педагогического факультета Университета им. Т. Г. Масарика и направленных на исследование актуальных проблем обучения русскому языку, а именно – на проблемы методики преподавания русского языка и литературы, проблемы лингвистики и литературоведения. В конференции приняли участие ученые из России, Украины, Белоруссии, Чехии, Словакии, Польши, Казахстана и Франции.

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Co je dialogické vyučování

Author(s): Klára Šeďová / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

V posledních dekádách došlo v pedagogických vědách k obratu k jazyku, komunikaci a dialogu. Současný výzkum akcentuje centrální roli jazyka a komunikace ve vztahu k učení a vytváření znalostí ve třídě (Jones & Hammond, 2016). Řada autorů věnuje soustředěný zájem tomu, jak probíhá komunikace ve školní třídě a jaké jsou její efekty. Důsledkem tohoto obratu je, že vzdělávací výsledky začínají být připisovány spíše kvalitě výukové komunikace než studijním předpokladům žáka či pedagogickým dovednostem učitele (Mercer & Littleton, 2007). Mercer a Howe (2012) postulují, že pokud chceme zlepšit výsledky žáků, musíme se zabývat rolí, kterou řeč a komunikace ve školním vzdělávání sehrávají. Tato perspektiva nejenže formuje akademickou teorii a výzkum, ale nachází své vyjádření v praktických aplikacích.

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Jak probíhá změna: případové studie jednotlivých učitelů

Author(s): Klára Šeďová,Roman Švaříček,Martin Sedláček,Zuzana Šalamounová / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

V předchozí kapitole jsme doložili, že v důsledku participace učitelů v našem rozvojovém programu došlo k významným změnám v povaze komunikace ve sledovaných třídách. Často se konstatuje, že efektivita vzdělávacích programů usilujících o změnu způsobu výuky je omezená, neboť v konečném důsledku jen zřídka dochází k modifikaci reálného jednání učitele (viz Adey, 2006; Butler et al., 2004; Reznitskaya & Gregory, 2013; Van den Bergh et al., 2015). Přestože změnit výukové postupy a jednání učitele ve třídě je velmi obtížné (Van den Bergh et al., 2015), úspěšné programy existují a je nutné identifikovat bazální mechanismy, které způsobují, že jsou některé programy efektivnější než jiné (Berson et al., 2015). Vzhledem k tomu, že náš program můžeme řadit mezi úspěšné, bude následující část této knihy věnována právě otázce, jaké okolnosti a mechanismy způsobily, že se implementace dialogického vyučování v našem projektu zdařila.

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My Memories: An Interview about the Early Days of Videoconferencing

Author(s): Janice de Haaff / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In the early days before smart phones, social media, and iPads, TESL teachers at AU were divided into two camps in their ideas of IT in language classes – those who were comfortable with modern technology and those who were concerned cables, cameras and screens would negatively transform the learning/teaching environment. I sat somewhere in‑between but when, shortly after a Diverse Conference (Developing Innovative Visual Educational Resources for Students Everywhere), an enthusiastic teacher at MU asked me if I was interested in bringing our classes together via videoconference, enthusiasm surpassed concern and I became part of the techie group. Both of us agreed lectures and presentations were not something we wanted in our ‘undivided’ (or divided by distance only) classroom. We intended to create a unique environment where students could interact with each other and not use this unique VC environment for Q & As after a presentation or lecture.

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The Role of Videoconferencing in Language Learning – A Sociopragmatic Approach

Author(s): Andrea Koblížková,Zuzana Bezdíčková / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The authors take a sociopragmatic approach to their use of videoconferencing. The feedback from their programme reveals not only the linguistic challenges of using English as a Lingua Franca but also the socio-cultural challenges inherent in exchanges between students from different countries and cultural backgrounds as well as at different stages of linguistic and emotional development. The programme contributes to raising students’ awareness of related issues and practical workarounds. It also shows how videoconferencing can open an international window while maximising the reassurance of a familiar setting in order to minimise the shock of the new.

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Developing Research Writing by Videoconference

Author(s): John Morgan / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The author outlines a detailed range of practical measures to ensure the success of using videoconferencing to develop research writing. The examples given highlight the technical challenges, but effective solutions and measures are presented. Clear parameters are listed and explained in using videoconferencing, and the importance of grounding parameters such as co-presence, visibility and audibility is stressed. The importance of establishing a community focus of support with both students and teachers can help with key issues of giving, receiving and acting on feedback. The article features detailed feedback from students on the effectiveness of the programme.

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Videoconferencing (VC) Quick Guide

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This quick guide is a compilation of two videoconferencing booklets created for the Invite and Compact projects in 2008 and 2011, respectively. The aim of this guide is to inspire novice videoconference practitioners to deal with basic videoconferencing situations and challenges in an effective way.

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O prikupljanju osobnih sjećanja metodom usmene povijesti

Author(s): Maja Dubljević,Tanja Petrović / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

Metodologija rada kojom se Documenta - Centar za suočavanje s prošlošću koristi u prikupljanju osobnih sjećanja dijelom se zasniva na osnovnim metodološkim principima metode usmene povijesti koji se koriste od njezina usvajanja kao nove, znanstveno prihvaćene tehnike historijskog dokumentiranja, 1948. godine, a dijelom uključuje specifične zahtjeve koje Documenta, kao organizacija za ljudska prava koja se bavi suočavanjem s prošlošću, ima pred sobom.

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Supporting the Strategy

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

We may describe the strategy applied to projects and programmes as a direction or course of action that contributes to the project’s success in its environment. The projects analysed in the previous topics were integrated into a local strategy and planned since their inception. Implementing successful projects requires planning a strategy and finding innovative means of problem-solving in a specific geographic area. This guide will provide quick steps for designing and implementing a project or strategy in your city or region.

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Structural equation modelling in sustainable development research

Author(s): Todor Krastevich,Atanaska Reshetkova / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This chapter is dedicated to the structural equation modelling methods applied to solve sustainable development research problems. A structural equation model is an abstraction of reality, and the researcher’s job is to build a model that approximates that reality as closely as possible. This task can be difficult if we do not have a clear understanding of what the reality of the studied phenomena is. Sometimes there is a sound theory behind the studied phenomena, and we can use variables that other researchers have already pointed out as valid indicators. In other situations, we have to start with a set of variables and test many hypothetical relationships based only on theoretical work. In this chapter, we focus on providing researchers with the knowledge needed to specify, evaluate, and interpret structural equation models (SEMs) in any field of social sciences, but most and foremost—in research related to the concept of sustainable development.

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Data envelopment analysis methods in sustainable agricultural development research

Author(s): Katarzyna Smędzik-Ambroży,Agnieszka Sapa / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Sustainable development of business entities can be analysed in terms of three dimensions, i.e., economic, social and environmental ones. The economic dimension of sustainable development can be assessed, inter alia, by entities’ technical efficiency defined as the relation of outputs to inputs. One of the methods that is used to assess the technical efficiency of business entities compared to other entities is the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The aim of the chapter is to determine the relative technical efficiency of representative agricultural farms from the individual European Union countries in 2018. Moreover, the scale efficiency indexes and the area of scale effects (increasing or decreasing) of the analysed farms were also determined. In the study the data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) for 2018 were applied. In order to achieve the assumed research goals, the input-oriented DEA model was used, and the technical efficiency indexes of farms were estimated with the assumption of constant return to scale (CRS) and variable return to scale (VRS). This allowed, among others, for indicating the countries with farms achieving the highest technical efficiency (Belgium, Spain, Italy, Malta and Netherlands assuming CRS, and Belgium, Spain, Italy, Malta and Netherlands, Greece, Ireland, Romania and Slovenia assuming VRS), the lowest technical efficiency (the Czech Republic and Slovakia) within surveyed group of farms. All relatively inefficient farms (except Slovakia) functioned in the area of increasing economies of scale.

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ANALYSIS OF THE DIDACTIC ACTIVITY SPECIFIC TO KINETOTHERAPY IN ROMANIAN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Author(s): Florin Dragoș CĂPRIȚĂ,Lorand Balint / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Kinetotherapy for students with special educational needs has a strong educational and therapeutic character due to the means and methods used to recover their associated conditions. In order to conduct this study, a questionnaire was applied between February and March 2021 to teachers carrying out kinetotherapy activities with students with special educational needs enrolled in special schools from all regions of Romania. The main purpose of the study is to analyse the process of implementing educational-therapeutic activities in the field of kinetotherapy in Romanian special education. The questionnaire is structured in two parts and extracts both demographic and socio-professional data about respondents as well as data on the main components of didactic activities, analysing educational documents, methods and teaching aids used in educational-therapeutic activities and the evaluation process, aspects regarding the relationship with parents and the collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team. The validation of the questionnaire items is given by the value 0.920 of Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient, which shows the excellent internal consistency of these items. The studied sample consists of 51 respondents whose gender distribution is 41.2% (21 participants) for males and 58.8% (30 participants) for females. In conclusion, the study has revealed that it is necessary to optimise educational documents to facilitate the individualisation of the kinetotherapy programme by adapting educational-therapeutic activities according to the particularities of the physical and psychomotor development of students with special educational needs.

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Bosna i Hercegovina u antičko doba u kontekstu zapadnobalkanske historiografije u prve dvije decenije 21. stoljeća

Author(s): Amra Šačić Beća / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Publication Year: 0

The research of ancient history in institutional terms is less represented than other historic periods, which certainly has an impact on the quality and quantity of published papers. We should also bear in mind one specific characteristic of ancient historiography – the difficulty of making a clear distinction between historical and archaeological research of the ancient history of Bosnia and Herzegovina – thus the results of both of these scholarly fields can be observed through the prism of comparability of their themes. A noticeable stagnation in the process of archaeological and historical research is the result of the war of 1992–1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the recent period witnessed the birth of a significant number of papers addressing topics such as Roman conquests, peregrine communities (civitates peregrinae), municipal units, and Romanization and urbanization of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. We should emphasize that the majority of these papers address the topics from the period of Augustus’s and Tiberius’s reign. The focus is on the study of the position of indigenous communities during the military conflicts with Rome, while the issue of their development following Bellum Batonianum (AD 6–9) is quite neglected. Apart from Slovenian scholar Marjeta Šašel Kos, the first phases of the Roman conquests of the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina were mostly studied by Croatian scholars – Siniša Bilić-Dujmušić, Danijel Džino, and Marin Zaninović – as part of their wider scope of research during the last two decades. Their research assumes two opposite directions. Firstly, they believe that the conquest of the Adriatic hinterland, i.e. the interior of Illyricum, should be traced through military and political interaction of Rome with individual indigenous communities and polities. Secondly, they believe that the sources are interpreted by tracing the essential political interaction between Rome and the entire regional geopolitical system of Illyricum in order to avoid defining Roman interactions with certain smaller political bodies. In the context of regional historiography regarding Roman conquests, we should single out the papers of already mentioned Danijel Džino. Although his stances frequently part ways with the scholars from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Džino should be acknowledged for making a methodological contribution to the study of the ancient history of Bosnia and Herzegovina through his research.

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Objavljeni primarni izvori iz Osmanskog razdoblja kao doprinos historiografiji Bosne i Hercegovine (2000–2019)

Author(s): Aladin Husić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Publication Year: 0

As was evident, even though the period in question was relatively short, a considerably large number of Ottoman materials were published, despite the diverse nature of the sources. This is partly a result of the fact that some of the above work was made even before 1992, either as projects of individuals or institutions. The material may be uniform in its kind, but it still allows the study of numerous issues that can be studied on the basis of published sources, which makes the “uniformity” of materials completely marginal. While an argument could be made in this respect with regard to the temporal disparity of sources, there are a number of other factors that need to be taken into account. First of all, the (lack of) preservation of the materials for certain periods, but also the absence of a strategy that would, in its program, at least to a point define certain guidelines that should be followed in filling certain time gaps, especially when it comes to the 19th century. Regardless of this kind of shortcoming, it can be said that in terms of publishing of sources, this period was still productive, even though there was a significant amount of material that was translated for decades before its publication.

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OCJENA EFIKASNOSTI TERITORIJALNE ORGANIZACIJE PRIJE I POSLIJE DEJTONA

Author(s): Jasmina Osmanković,Muamer Halilbašić,Marijana Galić,Jasmin Hošo / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Publication Year: 0

The authors respect the view that the agreement has brought peace, but there is room for questioning its effects on the economy, development and prosperity. At the same time they respect the view that peace is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for development. And third, it is unquestionable that without peace there is no prosperity. Thus, the territorial organization is important, development is more important, but peace is the most important. This is the context in which the results of application of these mathematical models should be viewed. This paper compares the efficiency of the model of territorial organization in 1990, or in pre-Dayton period, and efficiency of the territorial organization in the post-Dayton period, measured by applying DEA mathematical model, or CCR and BCC models. The model was applied to the basic territorial units of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main contribution is in the application of models and reducing the subjective influence in conclusions about the territorial organization which is determined by the Peace Agreement in Dayton. The paper uses the results of previous studies of the author. Secondary sources were also used, taken from the statistical yearbooks of the Institute for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or rather the Institute for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Institute for Programming. This paper, along with abstract and key words, includes an introduction, a review of previous studies, methodology, results, conclusion and bibliography.

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Uloga i značaj kompanija u oblikovanju i funkcionisanju inovacionog sistema

Author(s): Zijada Rahimić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Publication Year: 0

Kontinuiranim jačanjem istraživačko razvojnih aktivnosti i inovativnih sposobnosti kompanije postižu dugoročno održive konkurentske prednosti na sve kompleksnijim i neizvjesnijim tržištima današnjice. Istovremeno, stvaranjem novog znanja, inovativnom primjenom postojećih znanja i tehnologija, te olakšavanjem njihovog transfera doprinose izgradnji ekonomije znanja i konkurentnosti zemlje. Jedan od stubova ekonomije znanja jeste efektivan inovacioni sistem, u kojem posebno mjesto i ulogu imaju kompanije. Cilj rada je predstaviti i analizirati doprinos kompanija efikasnom funkcionisanju inovacionih sistema, ispitati vezu i uticaj inovativnosti i izdataka za istraživanje i razvoj na globalnu konkurentnost. Kao metodološki okvir za analizu efekata inovacijskih sposobnosti korišten je Globalni indeks inovacija (GII), kao i Indeks globalne konkurentnosti (GCI), u kojem inovacije i sofisticiranost predstavljaju jednu od tri kategorije konkurentnosti. U fokusu analize bio je odnos između inovacijskih inputa i inovacijskih outputa, kao i odnos između GII i GCI Bosne i Hercegovine, zemalja zapadnog Balkana i grupe odabranih zemalja Evropske unije (EU). Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da postoji statistički signifikantna veza između inovacijskih inputa i outputa. Evidentne su razlike u jačini veze između varijabli inovativnosti i konkurentnosti za zemlje zapadnog Balkana i za izabrane zemlje članice EU. Takođe je utvrđeno da izdaci za istraživanje i razvoj značajno utiču na vrijednost indeksa konkurentnosti.

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Role and importance of companies in shaping and functioning of the innovation system

Author(s): Zijada Rahimić / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

By continuously strengthening research and development (R&D) activities and innovative capabilities, companies are achieving long-term sustainable competitive advantages in today’s increasingly complex and uncertain markets. At the same time, by creating new knowledge, innovative application of existing knowledge and technologies, and facilitating their transfer, they contribute to building a knowledge economy and the country’s competitiveness. One of the pillars of the knowledge economy is an effective innovation system, in which companies have a special place and role. The aim of this paper is to present and analyse the contribution of companies to the efficient functioning of innovation systems, to examine the relationship and impact of innovation and R&D expenditures on global competitiveness. The Global Innovation Index (GII) and the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), in which innovation and sophistication represent one of the three categories of competitiveness, were used as a methodological framework for analysing the effects of innovation capabilities. The focus of the analysis was the relationship between innovation inputs and innovation outputs, as well as the relationship between the GII and GCI of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the countries of the Western Balkans and the group of selected countries of the European Union (EU). The research results show that there is a statistically significant relationship between innovation inputs and outputs. There are obvious differences in the strength of the link between the variables of innovation and competitiveness for the countries of the Western Balkans and for selected EU member states. It was also found that R&D expenditures significantly affect the value of the competitiveness index.

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