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(Re)conceptualization of Memory in Ukraine after the Revolution of Dignity

Author(s): Csilla Fedinec,István Csernicskó / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

In Ukraine, having arrived at a critical stage of its history, three areas can be highlighted at the level of legislation during the struggle for the way forward since the end of 2013: the language issue, the constitutional process, and the efforts to eliminate the Soviet legacy. The subject of our analysis is the four laws belonging to the 2015 legislative package on decommunization, with an outlook to the broader context, as well. The four laws in question decide about who are heroes and who are enemies in history; what Ukraine’s relationship is with World War II, as well as with the Communist and Nazi regimes. The laws point out firmly and excluding any further debate the primacy of the country’s independence over all else, and the protection of the ideal of independence by any means concerning both the past and the present. The laws prescribe impeachment as a sanction for denying their contents. This story – hot memory influenced by politics – will be summarized for theperiod of 2015–2016.

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Vliv změny pravidel v roce 2010 na střelbu hráčů Národní basketbalové ligy

Author(s): Emil Řepka,Václav Svoboda / Language(s): Czech Issue: 2/2015

The aim of our study is to identify and evaluate the impact of rules changes in 2010 on success of two-point shooting and three-point shooting between selected Czech and foreign players taking part in National Basketball League- top male competition in the Czech Republic who have met with our specified conditions in examined seasons 2009/10 and 2010/11. There are following methods used in the very research in the empirical part: Student’s paired t-test, Two-sample F-test, Student’s unpaired t-test of equality of variances and Size of eff ect. The results of these tests has statistically confi rmed our hypotheses H1 and H2 – it means decreasing of two-point shooting success in season 2010/11 for all examined players and reducing of success at three-point throws between players with Czech nationality. On the contrary, it has not confi rmed the hypothesis H3, thus increasing of three-point shooting success in season 2010/11 between foreign players. Substantively, we consider as an essential result the 20.1% negative impact of the rules changes on success of three-point shooting for players of Czech nationality.

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The Challenges of Contemporary Art, Aesthetics, and Society within Pandemic 2020

Author(s): Evelīna Tilta / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

This article is dedicated to the specific questions of the global change of cultural paradigms and cultural movements. “The Challenges of Contemporary Art, Aesthetics, and Society within Pandemic 2020” is an opportunity to reflect upon the importance of contemporary aesthetics, arts, and social problems related not only to the digitalization and globalization aspects but also to the change of the understanding of the reality in the context of Pandemic 2020 and the global brand — new experience of lockdown. The main challenges of contemporary aesthetics, culture, and society are relationships between the relation of reality and virtuality and between digitalization and the art world and aesthetics. These relationships raise a question upon popular mainstreams, their influence on contemporary arts, and the possibility to keep the classic notions of aesthetics. Additionally, this article helps to maintain the drastic change in the whole world’s social structure. It gives a theoretical explanation and systematization for a clearer understanding of current aesthetic terms “beauty” and “sublime” as trends and correlations. As well as introduces a specific change in cultural paradigm because of the Pandemic and sharply developing integration of virtuality into the modern culture.

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SOSYAL BİLİMLER MAKALE ÖZETLERİNİN SÖZBİLİMSEL YAPISI

Author(s): Ekin Şen / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2021

Article abstracts are defined as a text genre that has the functions of promoting the article and persuading readers to read the main text (article). The aim of this study is to determine and compare the rhetorical structure in the research article abstracts of philosophy, psychology and history under social sciences. For this purpose, a database consisting of 150 abstracts (50 abstracts in philosophy, 50 abstracts in psychology and 50 abstracts in history) was built. The abstracts in this database were written in Turkish and published in scientific journals between 2013 and 2017. The abstracts were classified according to the article abstract move classification by Hyland (2004). The findings of the study showed tendency towards introduction and purpose (I and P) moves in philosophy and history abstracts, and a tendency towards moves that refer to the main sections of the article, such as purpose, method, results and conclusion (P-M-R-C) moves in psychology abstracts. In the context of the findings in this study, the writers in the fields under social sciences have different motivations while creating article abstract, prioritize different types of information for their potential readers and therefore they have different perspectives for directing their readers to read the main text.

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The Surprising Revolution

Author(s): Jiří Chmelař / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

Tunisian revolution was surprise for all actors. Authoritarian president Ben Ali had never thought about any possibility that his presidentship would end before his death. At the beginning people at streets could neither imagine that their movement nor change a state system. Western countries and institutions considered Ben Ali an ally because of war on terror/illegal immigration and secular tendencies. A/m article tried to show origin of revolution and its chronology. Huge corruption, weak economy and bad social system which were not able take care of new persons on labour market caused intensive tensions in society. We were able to see many actors and their examples of hopeless conducts. These sacrifices, esp. case of Mohammed Buazizi, were truly ignition spark of whole process.

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AFRICA, MIZĂ A PUTERII GLOBALE A CHINEI. CAZUL FORUMULUI COOPERĂRII AFRICA-CHINA

Author(s): Iordache Ruxandra / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2022

Africa in one of the main preoccupations of the Chinese foreign vision and policy. How to address this peculiar continent constitutes a challenging question for the big world powers, interested in accessing this reach natural resources basin avoiding as much as possible its dramatic problems: poverty, non-democratic political regimes, demographics, food security, medical issues, climate issues. China has a specific approach to this challenge. The Chinese strategy is to offer the African states diverse instruments - financial, commercial, political, medical, educational etc. - without much interrogating the nature of their political regimes, and building an alternative international cooperation axis: South-South. FOCAC is one of this multidimensional frames by which China becomes more and more active in Africa. The present article underlines the principal directions and features of FOCAC, suggesting, briefly, some of its difficulties, limits or controversies.

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FORMATUL DE COOPERARE AL CHINEI „16+1”. O ABORDARE DE ANSAMBLU

Author(s): Paula Toma / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2022

The following article aims to provide an overview of the "16+1" format, a major initiative of China in the Central and Eastern Europe, subordinated to the "Belt and Road", one of the China's most ambitious project.

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EMERGENCE DES MOUVEMENTS AMBAZONIEN ET DE LA BRIGADE ANTI SARDINARDS (B.A.S) : ENTRE QUÊTE DE SOUVERAINETÉ ANGLOPHONE ET LUTTE POUR LE CHANGEMENT SOCIO-POLITIQUE AU CAMEROUN

Author(s): Azirilou Ndam Nsangou / Language(s): French Issue: 1/2022

Since the fall of 2016, Cameroon has been the scene of a fratricidal and separatist conflict in its English-speaking part known as North-west and South-west (NWSW). This war has to date caused more than 3,000 loss of human lives, 700,000 Cameroonian refugees, and the closure of nearly 80% of schools. This conflict, orchestrated by a group of secessionist fighters known as "Amba-boys", which constitutes the "Ambazonian movement", has made the English-speaking regions the most militarized part of Cameroon. At the same time, a protest movement against the capture of power by the Biya regime has been formed since 2018 within the Cameroonian diaspora: the Anti-Sardinards Brigade (B.A.S). The objective of this work is therefore to understand the logic of action and the protest strategies of these two movements. To achieve this, we used a qualitative research method. It appears that these movements are fighting against a common adversary, namely: the regime in power for 40 years. However, their divergence lies at the ideological level and in their conflicting strategies. The Ambazonian movement advocates, through direct violence, secession in order to promote Anglophone sovereignty. While the B.A.S fights for the socio-political change of the country, through indirect violence.

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FACTORS INVOLVED IN OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA – IN MARCH 2011

Author(s): Mahmood Kheraldeen / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

This article was written as part of my doctoral research on the topic of Conflict of Loyalties: Relationships between Druze in Israel and Druze in Syria during the Syrian Civil War between 2011-2017.In this article I will analyze the factors involved in the outbreak of the civil war in the context of the conflict of loyalties among the Druze population living in Syria. The article will show the political and geopolitical background to the civil war outbreak.

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DENETİM KALİTESİ: BİR LİTERATÜR TARAMASI (2019-2022)

Author(s): Kadir Gökoğlan,Abdulkadir Bilen,İlknur ATALAN / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2022

Although much has been published about audit quality, there are still significant discrepancies in the literature. After two decades of study on audit quality, researchers are still far from establishing a single framework of indicators that decide, absolutely, if the activity of a statutory auditor has taken place in accordance with the criteria set out in the applicable standards. Several definitions have been established, each based on a distinct approach. Importantly, it is an issue that is always evolving, and the discussion in the literature is currently rather open. It appears that the notion of audit quality has been increasingly significant throughout the years, as there has been a rising requirement to assure the truth and accuracy of audits. The purpose of this research is to look at national and international studies on audit quality between 2019 and 2022. The study concluded that professional competence, personality, experience, independence, professional care, reputation, impartiality, professional scepticism, ethical rules, company size, company value, time budget pressure, audit rotation, board characteristics, audit fees, and covid-19 all influenced audit quality.

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RUSYA FEDERASYONU SAĞLIK SİSTEMİNDE ETKİNLİK DEĞİŞİMİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Author(s): Fuad Selamzade,Aliq BAĞIROV / Language(s): Turkish Issue: Sp. Issue/2022

The aim of this study was to measure the efficiency changes of the Russian healthcare system according to data for 2014–2018. The data Envelopment analysis (DEA) model were selected as the analysis method. Changes in the efficiency of regions for 2014–2018 were measured using the method of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) according to the Malmquist index. As input variables in the study, the number of doctors, nurses and hospital beds in all branches per ten thousand people; As output variables, life expectancy at birth, morbidity per thousand population, death of the working-age population, and number of infants who died before 1 year of age per thousand live births were used. According to the results of TFP analysis by the Malmquist index, the elements of health systems efficiency have increased over a 5-year period. The largest TFP change (tfpch) was registered between 2014 and 2015. In addition, the results of the study are important for both individual and social welfare. The example of individual regions considered efficient can serve as a guideline for making the entire health system highly efficient by developing some socially acceptable policy measures. Reforms to be made in all social institutions and new rules to be adopted are also critical policy issues that can increase health efficiency.

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Submission of Proposals for Objection and Counter-Enforcement in the Basic Courts of the Republic of North Macedonia during the period 2016-2019

Author(s): Bukurije Etemi-Ademi / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

During the enforcement process, parties, participants and third parties have the right to file legal remedies in order to protect themselves from the illegalities committed during the enforcement. These illegalities refer to both the enforcement document and the activity of the bailiff. Since the privatization of the enforcement system in RNM, public opinion has expressed dissatisfaction and distrust regarding the transfer of powers to private bailiffs, leaving the courts with the power to decide only on legal remedies. The idea of this research is to analyze how the requests of citizens for objection and counter-enforcement submitted to the Basic Courts of the RNM have continued since 2016 when the new Enforcement Act was brought, until 2019. The data have been processed by statistical methods and are compared with the population number for each judicial district and the data of the Bailiffs Chamber of the RNM on the number of cases enforced for each respective year. In this context, the results show a positive relationship between the cases of counter-enforcement and the population at 35.35%, while this correlation seems to be much stronger between the objections and the population at 90.46%. It was found that citizens generally file objections, but with special emphasis was found an increase in the number of objections in the Basic Court Skopje II for 2018, followed by the Basic Court in Kumanovo for 2017. In terms of requests for counter-enforcement in the Basic Court of Prilep for 2017 also sees a high increase or impulse of demand. In the period 2016-2019, the proposals for objection and counter-enforcement result to coincide with any increase or decrease in the percentage of enforcement by bailiffs. These and other results ascertained make this study important for both theory and practice of enforcement, given the great lack of studies in the field of enforcement and especially regarding the legal remedies available to the citizens of RNM.

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Smart legislative regulation: investigation of the behavior of the Czech RIA Committee

Author(s): Julius Janáček,Libor Pacovský,Jiřina Jílková,Jindřich Jílek / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

Motivation: This article studies the behavior of the Czech Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Committee during the years between 2013–2018. This institution assesses RIAs of new laws and regulations which are in the process of ratification. Aim: The main aim was to find if the legislative change of February 3, 2016 had a direct impact on the decision-making of the Committee. Further, we ask whether there are other distinct patterns in the behavior of Czech RIA Committee members. Specifically, do the RIA Committee’s verdicts become more negative with time? We also investigate the level of independence of the Committee. In our analysis we used basic statistics: Chi- Square test of independence and regression analysis. To complete our study, we used data from a questionnaire which was distributed among RIA Committee members. Results: In our analysis we found that the legislative change did not have a direct immediate effect on the RIA Committee of the Czech Republic. However, we discovered that the RIA Committee has lost most of its independence and power in the six years of its existence. This change was gradual and most likely catalyzed by pressure from politicians. Further, voting per rollam yielded more positive results. We also discovered an institution whose RIA Committee verdicts differed significantly. Based on the findings of our research, we offer recommendations to the RIA Committee and other institutions with a similar purpose

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A bank’s intellectual capital and its importance in building competitiveness on the example of Polish listed banks

Author(s): Karolina Anielak-Sobczak / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Motivation: Contemporary banks operating in the knowledge-based economy are constantly looking for sources of improving their competitiveness and attractiveness compared to the banking sector. Therefore, the ability to flexibly respond to changes taking place in the market environment and use the resources and experience in a creative way becomes essential. Intellectual capital is a source of the bank’s intangible resources, such as knowledge, employee skills, service quality, social relations and image, and innovations. The present study focuses on the structure of intellectual capital, which has been long discussed for a long time and became a subject of numerous studies. The concept of division of the bank’s intellectual capital into three subsystems was herein presented: organizational capital (KORG), innovative capital (KINN) and institutional capital (KINS). These subsystems will be included in the creation of a synthetic measure defining the bank’s competitiveness. Aim: The objective of this study is to present a method enabling the assessment of the competitiveness of listed banks in Poland with the use of multidimensional statistical methods, taking into account diagnostic variables that determine the economic and intellectual capital of banks, including its subsystems. Results: The article systematizes the concept of the division of intellectual capital. Thanks to the aggregate measure of the bank’s competitiveness, the author presented a ranking of banks, indicating the leader among the 11 banks listed on the stock exchange in Poland in 2009–2019. The proposed multidimensional analysis of the bank considers its financial and intellectual resources, which means that stakeholders can evaluate the bank’s data and its long-term development strategies. The long-term leadership position may indicate the bank’s condition and its intensified activities in intellectual capital development, which may be important information for stakeholders

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The role of intangible resources in shaping the financial potential of high technology enterprises on the example of CD Projekt SA

Author(s): Norbert Arszułowicz,Dorota Perło / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Motivation: As a result of economic changes over the last few decades, the structure of enterprise resources has changed significantly. Therefore, their development potential is concentrated on intangible resources. A reflection of these changes is the emergence of the Resource-Based View of the Firm (RBV) which has its roots in the works of scientists such as: J.A. Schumpeter, A. Marshall, or E.H. Chamberlin. The importance of the resource theory is mainly based on the technological potential, people’s knowledge or the improvement of management techniques. Aim: The aim of the article is to propose a method for assessing the strength and direction of the impact of intangible resources on the financial potential of high-tech enterprises. In the article, as a case study, the impact of intangible resources on the financial potential of CD Projekt SA was presented. from the high-technology industry (Section C, subclass 26.20.) in 2011–2019. The choice of the company as the research object was primarily determined by the type of business activity, the high position of the enterprise among the fastest growing companies and a significant share of intangible resources. Results: To achieve the aim of the article, the soft modeling method was used which allows to study the relationship between directly unobservable variables. In the constructed soft model, two unobservable (hidden) variables constituting the internal model were adopted: intangible resources (IR) and financial potential (FP). Hidden variables were defined based on the potential set of indicators (observable variables). Specification of the model of the soft impact of intangible resources on the financial result of high-tech enterprises based on the concept of the resource theory. Identification of the most important variables shaping the intangible resources of high technology enterprises, their impact on the financial potential of enterprises, together with the analysis of the dynamics of changes. Defining proposals for recommendations for high-tech companies based on the results of empirical research

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Działalność naukowa i upowszechniająca badania naukowe Ośrodka Badań Historii Kobiet Instytutu Studiów Kobiecych w 2021 r.

Author(s): Justyna Zajko-Czochańska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 12/2022

Rok 2021 był kolejnym rokiem działalności Ośrodka Badań Historii Kobiet Instytutu Studiów Kobiecych. Wzorem poprzednich lat Ośrodek organizował spotkania zespołu oraz jego współpracowników, podczas których prezentowane były wyniki badań naukowych koncentrujących się na tematyce związanej z historią i dziejami kobiet, zwłaszcza na podstawie prasy od połowy XIX w. Wyniki prowadzonych prac prezentowane były podczas warsztatów, konferencji, konsultacji oraz białostockiej szkoły letniej.

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The dynamics of ‘First Lady public diplomacy’

Author(s): Karina Paulina Marczuk / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

This paper was prompted by the growing interest in the role and impact first ladies have on how contemporary states achieve their foreign policy goals through diplomatic means. Specifically, the paper’s purpose is to examine whether and how first ladies are involved in the public diplomacy of their states. The literature on this subject is limited, and this paper therefore aims to fill that gap. The argument is that the traditional role of the first lady has evolved – from one outside of any political-oriented activity to one that increasingly involves diplomatic activities, including promoting the respective countries overseas. The main research questions are whether and how any first ladies are involved in public diplomacy activities, and, if so, what are the main areas and directions in which they are involved, and what is the extent of their action? To answer these questions, the paper presents an exploratory, longitudinal single case study about the role and activities of the present First Lady of Poland, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, during the first term of President Andrzej Duda from August 2015 to August 2020. The intention is to both deconstruct and construct a pattern of what we might call ‘first-lady public diplomacy’.

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine: A personal opinion on the topic

Author(s): J. Martín Ramirez / Language(s): English Issue: 41/2022

Prof. J. Martín Ramírez is a Spanish scientist, Director of the Nebrija-Santander Chair on Risk and Conflict Management, Fellow of the WAAS, Chair of the Spanish Pugwash and President of CICA International – International Conferences of Conflict and Aggression. He studied Medicine, Humanities, and Law, obtaining a PhD degree in Medicine and Surgery (Neurosciences), and in Philosophy (Education) as well as three Diplomas, and a Master in National Defense at the Spanish CESEDEN. Below we present some of his personal considerations on the current situation in Ukraine, regarding Russian aggression on that country, that he wrote on the 2nd day of the invasion – on 25th of February, 2022.

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"Look Out the Window": The View of Kyiv

Author(s): Vasyl Zaplatynskyi / Language(s): English Issue: 41/2022

"Look Out the Window": The View of Kyiv" is a feuilleton presenting the reflection of an author experienced during the current Russian-Ukrainian war.

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ROSYJSKO-UKRAIŃSKA WOJNA – PRZYCZYNY, PERSPEKTYWY I LEKCJE

Author(s): Vasyl Zaplatynskyi / Language(s): Polish Issue: 41/2022

The article is devoted to the Russian-Ukrainian war. The article gives several reasons for this war. The main reasons are imperial ambitions, boasting, and the desire to show the world that Russia can do anything with impunity. After the wars in Chechnya, Georgia and Syria, Russia decided to start a full-scale war in Ukraine. Russia has formed a special kind of fascism, called Russizm.The consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war are not clear. Differ- ent scenarios are possible from the pessimistic ones, which envisage the use of nuclear weapons and the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian war into the Third World War. There are moderate scenarios and there are optimistic ones. For example, the option of an internal coup in Russia and the disintegration of Russia into separate states.The war shows us that the reality that surrounds us will not be the same, that we will not return to the state it was before February 24, 2022. We are united and our main task is to create a world without war.

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