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A Review Article.This review article is focussed on a recently published book analyzing various forms of the protest discourse in Russia during the winter of 2011–2012. Review of: «МЫ НЕ НЕМЫ!»: АНТРОПОЛОГИЯ ПРОТЕСТА В РОССИИ 2011–2012 ГОДОВ. Тарту: [Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum], 2014. 335 c.
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The aim of the article was to systematise the achievements in the theoretical basis of the peripheral rural areas smart development concept as well as to measure the potential of smart development of rural and urban-rural gminas. The empirical part of the study focuses on the use of the authors’ idea to measure the potential of smart development in order to characterize the level of differentiation of territorial units in the Lublin voivodeship according to smart development potential level. One of the goals was also to identify potential smart villages in the region and to show the relationship between the type of functional structure of gminas and the level of their smart development. The study assumes that the smart village concept may be operationalized under the diagnosis of the following six dimensions: management, quality of life, economy, society, natural environment and mobility. The construction of a set of 24 diagnostic indicators of the above mentioned dimensions is based on the data from Central Statistical Office, Office of Electronic Communication and Central Register of Vehicles and Drivers. The degree of smart development in gminas was measured by means of zero unitarization method, which resulted in the ranking of 193 gminas in the Lublin voivodeship, including 167 rural and 26 urban-rural ones. The research enabled confirmation of the hypothesis concerning the existing relationship between a level of smart development and advancement of multifunctional development of the territorial units. It should be noted that, apart from urban-rural gminas, noticeable advancement in the potential for smart development was also achieved in rural gminas with diversified functional structure of local economies. Higher potential of smart development was demonstrated by units with a multi-functional economic structure.
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Takvimler 5 Mart 2016’yı göstermeye başladığı gün haberi tüm dünyaya yayıldı. Geride bıraktığı, dini, siyasi ve kültürel mirasıyla ülkesinin ve İslami hareketlerin son yüzyılının tarihine damgasını vuran âlimlerden biri olan Sudanlı ünlü mütefekkir Dr. Hasan Turabî hakkın rahmetine yürümüştü. Turabî’nin vefatı, İslam Dünyasında derin bir teessürle karşılandı. O, dehası, fikirleri, entelektüel kişiliği, sempatik tarzı ve düşünceleri uğruna sergilediği kararlı mücadelesiyle, ardında bıraktığı mirasıyla asrın mütefekkirlerinden birisi olarak zikredilmeyi hak eden biriydi. Afrika’nın doğusunda yer alan Sudan’da gerçekleşen İslami devrimin mimarı da sayılan Turabî, siyasi fikirleri ve tutumuyla Afrika’da, Arap dünyasında ve diğer bölgelerdeki Müslümanlar arasında büyük bir yankı uyandırmıştır. Öne sürdüğü bazı düşünceler sebebiyle eleştirilmiş olsa da yaşam tarzıyla, azimli mücadelesiyle, kararlı tutumuyla takdir görmüş ve ölüm kendisini alıp götürünceye kadar sürekli gündemde kalmıştır.
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A novel - Maitreyi (Bengal Nights) - written in 1933 by Mircea Eliade, changed my life. This is the story of my incredible encounter with Indian culture and especially the Bengali connection who was/is/will be very dear to me for so many reasons, starting, of course, with Maitreyi, the character and the woman, who came into my life more than 20 years ago and transformed it completely.
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Source editions are a basic tool for the scientific activity. They are time-consuming and need a huge workload. They testify also skills of an editor. Since more than 30 years scholars have been using the digital technology for editing. Since 20 years an e-editing has existed as the established branch of science. Preparing a set of uniform and precise instructions for the critical apparatus in e-editions remains still a main problem. Among many programmes Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) is the most comprehensive tool for preparing of editions. This paper presents some problems related to creating of critical apparatus under TEI.
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This paper discusses the defence Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) investment within NATO. As a complex process it involves multiple stakeholders with common interest in development of knowledge through R&D activities, connecting current and future military capabilities. The objective is to generate and provide evidence-based scientific advice to decision-makers and deliver advanced solutions to national and NATO challenges. This process can generate valuable intangible assets for the Alliance in form of information and knowledge-based capital. The challenge for NATO is to manage and exploit the advantages of collective defence STI on behalf of its 29 members. The article approaches defence STI policies in comparison with power of politics and national as well as industrial interests. The attempt to quantify scientific knowledge as added value with significant return on investment unfolds the dynamics and vulnerabilities within NATO’s corporate culture. Although complexity is the main argument and pre-assumption, multidisciplinary aspects (political, economic, social, technological, and legal) are carefully examined and explored, providing a comprehensive approach of its strategic value to the Alliance.
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The correlation between trade, FDI and economic growth in many developing nations had remained one of the greatest crucial problems in the economic scholars in current years mostly for those countries facing from unemployment issues and lack of skills and technological development. Our study evaluates this problem by applying Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model over the span 1970 - 2007 in Iran. We have found evidence that the relationship between FDI and population is positive and statistically significant, meaning that population is mainly characterized by foreign investors, knowledge and transfer of technology, and we can see that FDI is mainly affected by skill employers in Iran. While the relationship between FDI, Trade and GDPC are positive but insignificant, it illustrates that FDI doesn’t have any impact on both trade and growth rate in Iran. Our findings are similar with previous studies.
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In the paper, the task of quantity assessment of the human factor has been considered in the determination of the unit combat capability. For determination of personal (staff) combat potential a physical drill, a combat training, a moral and psychological training, as well as, a battle experience have been taken into account as human factors. Besides this, an influence of a field and an environment conditions have been taken into account. Using these numerical data and weapon effectiveness coefficients, the method of unit combat capability (a dynamic power) calculations has been offered. In accordance to this method, first, the static power of unit has been determined, then the battle and environment conditions are been taken account.
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From all the statistical indicators concerning the activity of NATO we considering that the Defence expenditure is the most important one. NATO defines defence expenditure as payments made by a national government specifically to meet the needs of its armed forces or those of Allies. In this paper, we have analyzed the evolution of this indicator between 2009 and 2016 in the 22 European Countries that are in the same time members of EU and members of NATO.
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Threats were specified and in mass in the past, and then are transformed to multi-directional, multi-dimensional, and volatile structure in early 21st century. Hence uncertainty and instability dominate operational area. Today, security is comprehended solely not military but political, economic, lawful, psychological, and technological in a holistic approach. Towards this end, global security environment may be defined with three key words: circulation, complexity, and contingency. Within this context, aim of the mission is to enforce peace and restore stability by proactive measures. However, it seems impossible to have fruitful results in peace building operations by training 21st century people with a mindset of pre-Cold War time. Hence, the study aims at revealing the need for change in curriculum of officers to get deployed in peace building operations. The study, therefore, proposes a unified body taking on nationwide responsibility to manage training operations, and lays out relevant programs and tools to be included in curriculum.
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The present paper aims to analyze the political acceptance of the concept of security as it helps understanding the issue of national and global security. Power is the most influential factor that determines the behavior of states in the international system and therefore it is the main enemy concerning global peace and order. It is worth to highlight how strategic culture can improve the perception of security. Each state focuses upon its own interests and this aspect does not guarantee that the other states will cooperate for maintaining peace and world order and this situation is continuously feeding the global insecurity. This study focuses on the concept of political culture of the United States analyzing the relationship between culture and politics within the framework of the political system.
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Paper indicates the fundamental need of researches that will identify the anthropological basis of Polish security studies as it proves that only human person can be the irreducible subject of all possible security studies. The first part of the article deals with the connection between the way of perceiving man, human instrumentality, axiological horizon that he creates and the concept of security itself. The second part of the article shows the crisis as a problem area which has been organizing scientific discourse for the last 200 years and then the origins of security studies as a kind of response to that crisis are presented. The last part of the paper contains detailed justification of the need to take up in-depth research on the phenomenon of a person in security studies and detailed analysis of problems around which this research needs to be organized and carried out.
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The present article concerns civilian military education in secondary schools in Poland. The article presents the results of the author's own pilot studies on the axiological aspect of the functioning of military classes in secondary schools in Poland. The objective of the article is to specify the characteristics of the axiological aspects of the functioning of students of military classes based on an analysis of the results of the author's own studies, with particular focus on the interests, dimensions of development of personality traits, and the objectives of the respondents. The research method that was used was a diagnostic survey, the technique was a poll, and the research tool was a questionnaire. After a short description of the origins of military classes and of the research methods used, the authors analyse the axiological dimension of the functioning of the respondents: their interests, the directions of development of their personality traits, and their objectives. The conclusion contains answers to the research problems and a comparison of the values of the students of military classes to the values shared by young persons determined in contemporary studies in Poland.
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FPB-60 is a type of patrol boat built by shipyard in Indonesia to strengthen the needs of water territorial. However, the 20 years age caused a decrease in performance of the vessel. The method used was the harvard guldammer method to calculate water jet system parameters at a maximum velocity of 35 knots such as inlet diameter and nossel diameter, pump power, pump type used and other parameters to obtain Overall Propulsive Coefficient at that speed. In the calculation of water jet propulsion system design, the amount of capacity generated water jet pump system obtained was 4.15 m3 / s with flow velocity on the nozzle/jet of 28.8 m/s. Based on the value of specific swabs of suction (Nss) of 6205.49, the pump for the water jet propulsion system had considered fulfilled the cavitation limit requirement so that it could be used for (FPB-60).
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As a country with the largest sea area in Asia, Indonesia will certainly encounter the threats to the maritime aspect. The aim of this paper is to make an analysis of national maritime security of concerning the regional development effect. This paper uses a SWOT approach (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats), Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making (FMCDM), and Borda method. SWOT analysis is used to identify internal and external factors in national maritime security, and strategic determination. Fuzzy MCDM (FMCDM) method is used to select the right strategy in maritime security control. The Borda method is used to define the sub-strategy, priorities of the selected strategy. The result of this paper with SWOT analysis is to identify four strategies, likely Strategy 1 (SO); Strategy 2 (WO); strategy 3 (WT); Strategy 4 (ST). Based on FMCDM method, Strategy 1 (SO) has a weight of 0.256 as a third rank; Strategy 2 (WO) has a weight of 0.26 as a second rank; Strategy 3 (WT) has a weight of 0.208 as a fourth rank; Strategy 4 (ST) has a weight of 0.276 as a first rank. Then, the strategy chosen is Strategy 4 (ST). Based on Borda method, the first priority of sub-strategy from strategy 4 (ST) is to increase the percentage of State Budget for the maritime sector in the development of Navy Capability and other stakeholder to carry out the operation of sea crime action with allocation of 22,587%.
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The study outline the importance of the psychological factor of Judo in the multilateral preparedness of the future Air force officers, which along with other adapted components of the sport training (physical training – general and specific, technical and tactical, and theoretical), in accordance with specific requirements of the military academic, have to have as fundamental objective the following: a superior index of mental and psychical health, the education / development of the psychic qualities (volitional, emotional, intellectual) at the excellence level, and not the least, a strong personality, specific to the modern, contemporary fighter, capable to adapt to ever changing situation from military operations theatres.
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