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SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF EPIDEMIC DISEASES OF FARM ANIMALS
Authors: Zawojska Aldona , Siudek Tomasz
Published: March 2020

Based on desk research and literature review, the paper identifies the effects of farm animal disease outbreaks from the economic perspective. It provides a brief overview of broad impacts of trans-boundary animal diseases such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) on the economy and society. It also presents a synthetic summary of the results of several studies dealing with the assessment and estimation of the costs of BSE and FMD epidemics in selected countries. The two epidemics were costly, both in monetary and non-monetary terms. Assessed direct and indirect economic losses were equivalent to several billion US dollars or euro in the countries under consideration. The economies depending on the export of live animals and meat products (e.g. the UK and Canada) were particularly affected. The economic welfare losses from hypothetical FMD outbreak in the USA could exceed a hundred billion US dollars. From the political perspective, government-run policies aimed at controlling and eradicating dangerous animal diseases seem to find the justification primarily in economic rationality or international competitiveness arguments.
INNOVATIONS IN THE FOODSERVICE BUSINESS IN LARGE POLISH CITIES
Authors: Gheribi Edyta , Altuntas Gultekin , Bonadonna Alessandro
Published: March 2020

Innovation plays an important role enabling businesses to retain their competitiveness ensuring their longterm survival on dynamic markets. This article presents innovations in terms of an offer (product/services) and/or organizational/marketing process in the foodservice businesses as a competitive factor. The study was carried out using a qualitative, constructivist perspective and a quantitative research method from January to November 2017. Entrepreneurs working in Poland in the foodservice businesses were interviewed as were individual foodservice businesses in Warsaw and Łódź. A total of 70 businesses were studied, 5 chain services and 65 individual restaurants, 40 in Warsaw and 25 in Łódź.
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECTORS ALONG THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN – COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES
Authors: Gołębiewski Jarosław
Published: March 2020

The study presents analysis of supply chains for agricultural products in EU countries. Supply chains are sets of interrelated production and trade economic activities, carried out in a specific sequence. In the agrifood sector, the chains encompass activities carried out at the farm level and then continued during primary and secondary processing and distribution to final recipients. The aim of the article is to analyze diversity of economic results and changes in labour productivity dynamics in individual sectors of the supply chain in the EU member states in years from 2008 till 2016. The findings have shown that economic results of individual sectors in the supply chain of food products differ substantially both along the supply chain and between individual EU countries.
CONVERGENCE PROGRAMMES AS AN ECONOMIC POLICY TOOL WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Authors: Postuła Marta , Sobolewska Justyna , Tomkiewicz Jacek
Published: March 2020

The article presents the results of research indicating to what extent the convergence programmes submitted to the European Commission prove country’s willingness to improve the fiscal policy in a desired way and to what extent they constitute a mere fulfilment of a formal duty without any actual intent to achieve the indicated macroeconomic parameters. The conducted analyses allow to conclude that the European countries, while preparing the prognostic documents, have a tendency to hide the scale of the fiscal imbalance that reflects a lack of consistency between the current balance of the sector and an increase in the public debt. The results of quantitative and qualitative research indicate that, regardless of the implemented regulatory solutions at the EU level in the framework of the modified Stability and Growth Pact, certain flaws of the tools used for economic policy coordination at the European level are still visible.
CHANGES IN HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN POLAND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND OTHER COUNTRIES
Authors: Sawicka Janina , Stolarczyk Paulina
Published: March 2020

The theoretical part of the paper presents conclusions from the literature review. The empirical part of the paper includes findings of the research carried out by the authors. Amending the human capital definition, based on the new approach from the perspective of equal opportunities, mainly for women, was the main aim and added value of the paper. Based on the previous research, authors hypothesized that the equality of opportunities in the labour market, social life, education and public life generates economic benefits, while the lack of such equality causes losses. To prove that the equality of opportunities enhances the value of human capital, the authors carried out their own research and referred to the findings of other empirical studies, data from the Central Statistical Office, Eurostat and expert opinions from such institutions as the European Institute for Equality of Women and Men in Vilnius (EIGE) and the World Economic Forum, OECD.
ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INNOVATIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN POLAND
Authors: Roszko-Wójtowicz Elżbieta , Grzelak Maria , Laskowska Iwona
Published: March 2020

Long-term economic growth is based on innovations, and these depend, among others, on investments in research and development (R&D). The aim of the paper is to measure and assess the impact of innovations on the competitiveness of manufacturing enterprises. Depending on the model version, sold production or gross value added were adopted as a measure of competitiveness. The study is based on the analysis of the Cobb–Douglas production function extended by a variable describing innovations (expenditure on innovative activity). The research process was implemented for the period 2009–2016 and is a contribution to determining the role of innovations in shaping the economic performance of enterprises. The set of input variables is based on statistical data published by the Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS). A positive and statistically significant estimation of the autoregressive coefficient in both the sold production model and the gross value added model shows the dependence of the analysed categories on the results achieved in previous periods. The legitimacy of using dynamic panel data models has been confirmed empirically.
OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF EUROPEAN UNION GRANTS – A CASE STUDY
Authors: Zaród Jadwiga
Published: March 2020

Following Poland’s accession to the European Union, farmers were given new opportunities to make use of various form of support from EU funds. The goal of this work is to show the utilization of EU funds by an agricultural farm and optimization of its production. The task was made possible by means of two multicriteria linear-dynamic optimization models. The first model accounted for real production structure and EU subsidies. The subsidies were not included in the second model. The empirical material constituted real data on an agricultural farm located in the commune of Nowogard (West Pomeranian Voivodship). The results of the solutions indicated over a threefold increase of agricultural income, agricultural production and the amount of organic substance supplemented to the soil of an agricultural farm accounting for EU grants.
A VALUABLE NATURAL AREA AS A SYSTEM MARKETING PRODUCT VERSUS EXPECTATIONS OF TOURISTS AS ACTIVE PURCHASERS
Authors: Baruk Agnieszka , Goliszek Anna
Published: March 2020

The article is theoretical and empirical in nature. The theoretical part provides a cognitive and critical analysis of the world literature. According to the approach presented in this part, valuable natural areas are ‘system marketing products’ which should be co-created by purchasers. The research aim of the article is to identify the significance assigned by tourists to various characteristics of valuable natural areas and group the tourists based on this. Three research questions were formed. In order to answer them, primary research was conducted by means of a questionnaire. The results were statistically analysed using the method of averaging and factor analysis. The results indicate that the relatively highest significance from the 25 elements of valuable natural areas evaluated was assigned to cleanliness and food. Untypical elements (e.g. ‘photographic safari’) were the least significant. Respondents were assigned to six groups linked to various types of activities. This points to the necessity to adapt elements of the product, i.e. a valuable natural area, to the various expectations of the purchasers.
CONSUMER ETHNOCENTRISM AMONG YOUNG POLISH CONSUMERS
Authors: Zalega Tomasz
Published: March 2020

This article is a research exercise examining consumer ethnocentrism among young Polish consumers. Its primary goal is to identify ethnocentric attitudes and behaviours of young people. The study consists of two parts: theoretical and empirical. The first one explains the concept and essence of ethnocentrism as a consumer trend, building upon a critical analysis of literature. The second, major part is empirical. The basis for conclusions is provided by the research material from a questionnaire-based survey that was conducted among young consumers. Undertaking such a research project is justified since ethnocentric tendencies have a direct impact on purchase decisions of consumers, including young people, while making it difficult for enterprises on the market to develop marketing strategies.
ASSESSMENT OF WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES – SGGW STUDENTS’ BEHAVIOURS UNDER RISK
Authors: Podstawka Marian , Gołasa Piotr
Published: March 2020

In this study, the authors made an attempt to verify the certainty effect and the rebound effect articulated in the 1970s by D. Kahneman and A. Tversky. The research was carried out on a sample of 500 students of economic and technical specializations at Warsaw University of Life Sciences. The authors formulated research hypotheses on how field of studies or gender influence decisions taken under risk. The outcomes were considerably similar to the results of D. Kahneman’s and A. Tversky’s research, which confirmed that the certainty effect and the rebound effect existed. One disapproved the hypothesis on gender influence and confirmed the hypothesis on the influence of the field of studies on taking decisions under risk. It was found that raising the amount of potential loss has an impact on the willingness to take risk so that the loss can be avoided.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DEMAND FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR FORECASTING PURPOSES – STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF FACTORS NOT ARISING FROM THE CALENDAR
Authors: Kaczmarczyk Paweł
Published: March 2020

The aim of this study is to identify the impact of factors (not arising from the calendar) on the demand for connection services offered by a telecommunications operator. The theoretical part of the research presents the importance of the Prediction System (PS) as a kind of Decision Support System in the operational management of the telecommunications operator. Theoretical aspects of PS structure have been included. Special attention has been paid to the statistical analysis module (as the PS subsystem), which was implemented in the adopted (researched) scope in the empirical part of the research. The empirical part presents the results of statistical analyses of demand for telecommunications services in the scope enabling identification of the impact of factors not arising from the calendar (i.e. the impact of category of connection and type of subscribers) on the level and distribution of such demand. The presented research results provide premises for the construction of forecasting tools, carrying out the forecasting procedure and monitoring the forecasts, i.e. they provide the necessary premises for the implementation of subsequent components of the PS.
DIFFERENCES IN THE LEVEL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG MUNICIPALITIES OF THE WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE PROVINCE IN POLAND
Authors: Marks-Bielska Renata , Opalach Damian
Published: March 2020

The objective of this study has been to diagnose differences in the level of entrepreneurship in municipalities of the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Province in 2010–2017. Among the 116 municipalities in this province, the highest average entrepreneurship rate was observed in the municipalities of Olsztyn, Stawiguda and Dywity; the lowest one was in Górowo Iławeckie, Kalinowo and Lelkowo. In the municipalities with the highest level of entrepreneurship, the diagnosed rates were as much as four-fold higher than the lowest ones. Compared with the average entrepreneurship rate among all Polish municipalities, as many as 93.10% of the municipalities in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Province scored lower. The authors have also made an attempt to verify if there is any dependence between the level of investment expenses incurred by a municipality and its level of entrepreneurship. A moderate relationship has been identified, and it was stronger in the distinguished group of 15 municipalities with the lowest and 15 with the highest investment outlays.
BARRIERS AND FACTORS SUPPORTING AGRITOURISM AND ECO-AGRITOURISM ACTIVITIES IN THE BUG VALLEY MUNICIPALITIES IN THE OPINION OF FARM OWNERS
Authors: Radwańska Katarzyna , Dąbrowski Dominik , Sokół Janusz
Published: March 2020

The objective of the study was to present the barriers as well as factors which, in the opinion of farm owners inhabiting the Bug valley municipalities of the three voivodeships (Lubelskie, Podlaskie and Mazowieckie) support the agritourism and eco-agritourism activities. The result of the survey carried out amongst 99 farm owners, is, among others, a conclusion that from amongst the many barriers in the development of rural tourism, the lack of habit of weekend leisure in potential tourists is the most significant one, whilst the time-consuming and expensive process of transforming the farms into ecological farms, disproportionate towards the profitability of venture is the factor which limits the creation of eco-agritourism farms to the greatest extent. Natural values, quietness and peace prevailing in the vicinity of such farms are the factors which support the development of such activities above all.
THE LAMB MEAT MARKET IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES IN 2007–2017
Authors: Rokicki Tomasz
Published: March 2020

The aim of the work was to show the situation and changes on the lamb meat market in the European Union countries. All European Union Member States, which belonged to the EU as of 31 December 2017 were selected for research. The research concerned the years from 2007 till 2017. The period of research concerned the years 2007–2017. Decrease in the sheep population in the EU has been found, the largest in the countries that keep the largest number of animals, such as Spain, the United Kingdom, France and Italy. The decline in the population of sheep influenced the decrease in the production of lamb meat. Another problem was the decline in lamb meat consumption. Nevertheless, the share of self-supply on the market was lower than 90%. The changes that took place on the lamb meat market did not affect the concentration of this production. It was still very high. In 2007–2017, the prices of lamb meat increased, while the decreases concerned a small number of countries. There was also a leveling up of prices. Across the EU, prices have risen by 16% on average. The production volume of lamb meat in EU countries was on average related to the parameters determining the potential of the economy and not related to per capita parameters. Production as well as lamb meat consumption, depend on many market factors and also on social and hard to measure factors.
THE LEVEL OF INCOME INEQUALITIES AND REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES
Authors: Raczkowska Małgorzata , Wrzesińska-Kowal Joanna
Published: March 2020

The article addresses issues concerning the level of income inequalities in the countries of the European Union in 2010 and 2018. Subject literature and secondary Eurostat data were used in order to achieve the aim of the study. The obtained results confirmed the presence of a large variability in the level of income inequalities between countries of the European Union. Bulgaria and Lithuania were the countries characterized by the biggest income inequalities. The smallest income disproportions, independent of the interference of the state, occurred in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. In addition, in 2018, a relatively large drop in inequality in Poland, as well as an increase in inequality in Luxembourg, Sweden and the Netherlands was observed. The study conducted allows to confirm the hypothesis assumed at the beginning, which states that in countries that are part of the European Community, the governments effectively contribute to the reduction in income inequalities by means of taxes and social remittances. However, a decrease in so-called the Gini gap in most European Union countries means that the effectiveness of redistribution has been decreasing.
MicroRNA-29a plays a prominent role in PRIMA-1Met-induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells
Authors: İmir Nilüfer
Published: March 2020

The structural analog of the small 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1-azabicyclo[2,2,2]octan-3-one molecule named PRIMA-1Metfor ?p53 reactivation and induction of massive apoptosis? has been shown to inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis in human tumor cells by restoring the tumor suppressor function of tumor protein p53. In several microRNA (miRNA) profiling studies related to ovarian cancer, different miRNAs associated with PRIMA-1Met have been reported, but miRNAs related to PRIMA-1Met-induced apoptosis remain unclear. This study was designed to explain the potential mechanism of PRIMA-1-induced apoptosis. According to the MTSassay and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis results, PRIMA-1Met induced a significant decrease in cell viability and an increase in apoptosis in both A2780 and Caov-3 cells, regardless of p53 status. PRIMA-1Met upregulated miRNA-29a in both cell lines. To determine the effect of miRNA-29a on PRIMA-1Met-induced apoptosis, A2780 and Caov-3 cells were transfected with miRNA-29a inhibitor. After treatment with PRIMA-1Met, cell viability increased and apoptosis decreased in the transfected cells. The results of this study suggest that miRNA-29a potentially regulates PRIMA-1Met-induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells.
Financial development, income inequality and governance institutions
Authors: Perugini Cristiano , Tekin İpek
Published: March 2020

The paper investigates empirically how governance institutions mediate the link between financial development and inequality. To this aim, we assemble a dataset of 48 middle- and high-income countries for the period 1996-2014. Results, obtained by means of instrumental variables dynamic panel data models, reveal that financial development is pro-inequality; however, the strength of the relationship is attenuated in contexts with stricter control of corruption, better regulatory quality, political stability and rule of law. Institutional domains less directly related to the market economy ? political voice and accountability and government effectiveness ? do not play any mediating role.
Tutkimusjulkaisujen avoin saatavuus. Tutkimusyhteisön kansallinen linjaus ja toimenpideohjelma 2020–2025
Authors: Avoimen tieteen ja tutkimuksen koordinaatio
Published: March 2020

Tutkimusjulkaisujen avoimen saatavuuden linjauksen tavoitteena on taata tutkimusyhteisölle ja tutkimustiedon soveltajille pääsy tutkittuun tietoon tavalla, joka ei ole koskaan ennen ollut mahdollista. Linjaus määrittelee periaatteet, tavoitteet ja toimenpiteet, joihin sitoutumalla ja joita edistämällä tutkimusyhteisö Suomessa voi saavuttaa tasavertaisen pääsyn tutkitun tiedon äärelle.

Linjaus koostuu yhteisistä periaatteista ja osalinjauksista, joissa määritellään tavoitteita ja toimepiteitä. Periaatteissa määritellään yleiset ehdot tutkimusjulkaisujen avoimen saatavuuden tavoittelulle. Ne sanoittavat tutkimusyhteisölle tärkeitä periaatteita, joista on pidettävä kiinni avoimuuden saavuttamiseksi.
Profesjonsveileder og barnehagelærerutdanner: et profesjonsdannende og etisk anliggende
Authors: Østmoen Jostein Paulgård , Juritsen Lise , Wilhelmsen Terese , Sletten Berit Oddrunn
Published: March 2020

Profesjonsveilederollen i barnehagelærerutdanningen er ny og lite utforsket. I denne artikkelen ser vi på hvordan denne rollen kan forstås og utøves av lærerutdannerne på campus, med utgangspunkt i et relasjonsetisk perspektiv på profesjonsdannelse. Studiet ble gjennomført som en longitudinell kollektiv selvstudie, med utgangspunkt i fire barnehagelærerutdanneres refleksjoner rundt profesjonsveilederrollen. Datagrunnlaget er basert på refleksjonsnotater, journaler fra undervisning og veiledning, samt lydopptak av planleggings- og selvstudiemøter. Basert på tematisk narrativ analyse av datamaterialet diskuterer vi to hovedtemaer: 1) profesjonsveilederen i møte med enkeltstudentene – et relasjonelt og etisk risikoprosjekt, og 2) profesjonsveilederen i møte med egen undervisningspraksis – en dialogisk og anerkjennende væremåte. I artikkelen belyser vi hvordan en systematisk refleksiv praksis samt etisk og relasjonell bevissthet får betydning for barnehagelærerutdanneres profesjonsutøvelse- og dannelse. Vi tematiserer også usikkerheten og navigeringen som kan følge en slik kollektiv bevissthet. Vi argumenterer for at hvis vi forventer at studenter skal utvikle reflekterende holdninger til deres fremtidige pedagog- og veilederrolle, er det viktig at vi modellerer en reflekterende og utforskende pedagogrolle i møte med studentene.
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English title: The role of professional supervisor and ECEC-teacher educator: ethics and professional development.The professional supervisor role is new and scarcely explored in the field of higher education. In this study, four early childhood teacher educators engaged in a longitudinal collaborative self-study to examine the interpretation and enactment of the professional supervisor role on campus. The data consists of reflection notes, journals from our teaching and supervisor practices, and audiotaped meetings within the research group. Based on a thematic narrative analysis of the data, we discuss two main themes: 1) the professional supervisor meets individual students – a relational and ethical risky project, and 2) the professional supervisor meets her/his own educational practice: modeling recognition and a dialogic way of being. In the article, we illuminate the relations between systematic reflective practice, relational ethical awareness and the professional development of professional supervisors. We also discuss the uncertainties and navigations that may follow such a collective awareness. If we expect our students to develop a reflective attitude towards and systematically engage in reflective work, we as teacher educators should model a reflective and critical attitude towards our own knowledge and pedagogical practices.
Common cardiac comorbidities and perioperative assessment modalities for liver transplant candidates – an update
Authors: Hackl F. , Kopylov A. V. , Kaufman M. D.
Published: March 2020

Cardiac complications are currently the leading cause of early mortality following liver transplantation. Guidelines for the cardiac workup prior liver transplantation are limited. In this review we are discussing commonly modalities used for cardiovascular evaluation of liver transplant candidates.

Authors declare no conflict of interest.
PHENOMENON OF DEMIKHOV. In the Sklifosovsky Institute (1960–1986). Demichow W. Die experimentelle Transplantation lebenswichtiger Organe. Berlin: VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, 1963
Authors: Glyantsev S. P. , Werner A.
Published: March 2020

The article has discussed V.P. Demikhov's views on a homoplastic transplantation of tissues and organs in 1963 and his achievements in experimental transplantation by that time. The authors first translated the monograph Die experimentelle Transplantation lebenswichtiger Organe (1963) from German into Russian and presented V.P. Demikhov's Preface to it. In this text, having critically analyzed the current provisions in the field of immunobiology, V.P. Demikhov came to the conclusion that a number of his achievements contradicted those provisions and did not fit into the framework of existing immunobiological laws. In 1963, confessing the primacy of function over structure, V.P. Demikhov believed that the restoration of blood circulation in transplanted organs played the main role in their survival, and the subsequent functioning of the transplanted organ for a long time meant its engraftment. In this text V.P. Demikhov for the first time substantiated the model of a “physiological organism” he had invented for reviving a human in a state of agony, for creating a bank of organs, growing it in infants and rejuvenating the elderly.

Authors declare no conflict of interest.
Gambaran Self-Esteem pada Penderita Lepra di Kabupaten Tegal
Authors: Prabowo Medwin Wisnu
Published: March 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur self-esteem penderita lepra dan mengetahui apakah terdapat perbedaan self-esteem berdasarkan kelompok demografis: jenis kelamin, usia, dan pendidikan. 100 responden dipilih menggunakan teknik kuota sampling yang mengisi kuesioner Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI). Distribusi responden yaitu berdasarkan jenis kelamin (pria: 41 orang, wanita: 59 orang), usia (di bawah 25 tahun: 37 orang, antara 25-50 tahun: 40 orang, dan di atas 50 tahun: 23 orang), dan pendidikan (SD lulusan sekolah: 53 orang, lulusan sekolah menengah pertama: 26 orang, dan lulusan sekolah menengah: 21 orang). Analisis data statistik deskriptif dengan menghitung rata-rata dan standar deviasi, kemudian dilakukan uji beda menggunakan t-test independent sample untuk kelompok gender, dan Kruskall-Wallis test untuk kelompok usia dan pendidikan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penderita lepra di Tegal rata-rata memiliki self-esteem yang rendah (mean = 13,48). Jenis kelamin terkait dengan self-esteem penderita (P-value <0,001), dimana pria memiliki self-esteem lebih tinggi (mean = 14,98). Usia juga terkait dengan self-esteem penderita (P-value <0,001), dimana mereka yang berusia di atas 50 tahun memiliki self-esteem paling tinggi (mean = 16,08). Pendidikan juga terkait dengan self-esteem penderita (P-value <0,001), dimana lulusan sekolah menengah memiliki self-esteem paling tinggi (mean = 17,47).
Pengaruh Program Psikoterapi Berbasis Mindfulness dalam Menurunkan Kecemasan Pasien Penyakit Jantung
Authors: Rizal Gumi Langerya
Published: March 2020

Heart disease is the biggest cause of death in the world. This disease allows sufferers to die suddenly. This condition affects the psychological condition of the patient, one of which is anxiety. One cause of the emergence of anxiety and aggravate the condition of heart health is a rejection of the condition of the self. Therefore psychotherapy based on self-acceptance or mindfulness is thought to reduce patient anxiety. This study aims to see whether mindfulness-based psychotherapy programs can reduce anxiety in heart disease patients. The method used in this study is one group pretest-posttest design using Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks analysis and added with descriptive analysis. Research subjects numbered 3 people. The results showed that mindfulness-based psychotherapy program was not able to significantly reduce anxiety of heart disease patients. Nonetheless clinical or descriptive analysis shows that there is an increase in self-acceptance and decreased anxiety scores.
Peran Religiusitas terhadap Konformitas pada Mahasiswi Berhijab
Authors: Juniarly Amalia , Dahtiarani Dira
Published: March 2020

The study aims to determine the role of religiosity on conformity in hijab female students. The study population was university X students whom wear hijab, and with aged 18-23 years old. The research sample used 160 people and for try out with 50 people. This study used sampling quota techniques. Religiosity and conformity was measured by the scale which refers to the  dimensions of religiosity from Ancok and Suroso (2011) and type of conformity from Nail, Domenico and McDonald (2013). The research used simple regression analysis. The result obtained by value of RR = 0.559, R square = 0.313, F = 71.884, P = 0.000 (p <0.05), it meaning that there is a significant role of religiosity towards conformity. Thus the hypothesis proposed is accepted.
Analysis of world practice of cash circulation
Authors: Markova Olga Mikhailovna
Published: March 2020

Nowadays, attention is being paid to studying the structure of money circulation in foreign countries, which is stipulated by changes in cash monetization of the economy and the role of cash and financial operations performed with cash. According to the results based on the national and foreign research of cash circulation, the advantages and disadvantages of using cash in money turnover have been identified. The rating of countries with the least dependence on cash is given. It has been stated that in the developed countries the bank cards are used as an alternative to cash, the sizes of which vary depending on the location and characteristics of consumer lending in them. The problem is being studied: what reasons stimulate the demand for cash? The factors that influence the cash providing the goods and services circulation, other payments of the population

of various countries (assessment of motives for holding money, total demand for cash, transactional, cumulative and speculative or portfolio costs have been given). Cash needs planning also plays an important role. In the Bank of Russia cash need planning is provided on the forecast estimates for all face values of coins and banknotes. A review of a sample of cash circulation and factors affecting it in Russia for the period from 1998 to 2018 is presented. The graphs of changes in the money supply and its growth rates, gross domestic product and its growth rates are illustrated. A correlation matrix is built for all variables in the sample (growth rates). The conclusions are drawn about the need in the monetary mechanism for regulating cash circulation to maintain the national independence and statehood in the context of digitalization of the world economy on a global scale.
Business model of harmonization of IT-architecture of machine building enterprise in management of design and technological preproduction
Authors: Skorobogatov Andrey Sergeevich
Published: March 2020

The article is focused on the need of engineering companies to continually invest into the development and management of IT architecture to increase their competitiveness. One of the key roles in the management of IT architecture is played by the formed and existing business model of design and technological preproduction (DTP) at a machine-building enterprise. Availability

of operating information systems participating in DTP at the machine-building enterprise requires reasoned decisions when changing the IT architecture. It is important to introduce the changes into business processes taking into account the quantitative parameters when harmonizing the IT architecture and maintaining all the interests of a machine-building enterprise in the management

of DTP. According to game theory, different interests of various participants in business processes require finding and choosing the solutions that would suit everyone and, which is most important in the face of uncertainty and incompleteness of information, predicting the behavior of other participants in business processes due to the resolved decision. The study is aimed at developing and studying of a business model for harmonizing the IT architecture of a machine-building enterprise in the field of DTP management. Based on game theory, where the concept of utility correlates with the team’s gain in organizational and economic problems and can be represented as an economic effect, a comprehensive analysis of the factors of DTP business model affecting the management of the IT architecture of a machine-building enterprise is performed. A multivariate economic and mathematical model is proposed, which allows determining quantitative parameters for conducting a qualitative change in IT architecture. There have been proposed measures for managing the IT architecture of a machine-building enterprise in order to achieve harmonization in modeling DTP business model in conditions of uncertainty, conflicting interests and incompleteness

of information
Methodical tool for analyzing social cycle in terms of municipal education of Perm territory
Authors: Bazueva Elena Valerievna , Butorina Oksana Vyacheslavovna , Tretyakova Elena Andreevna
Published: March 2020

The article considers the social indicators which are increasingly becoming the subject of modern research as a condition and result of the development of modern socio-economic systems. Many researches emphasize the importance of analyzing the municipal level of the economy from the standpoint of maximum proximity to the population. The identification of cause-and-effect relationships of production and social processes at the level of municipalities has been stressed. They act as mediators between the macro dimensions of the social order and the micro reality of everyday life, allowing to measure the effectiveness of current socio-economic policies. According to the regulations of the recurrent approach, the system of indicators of the social cycle is verified at the level of municipal economic systems with a stepwise characteristic of their dynamics. The indicators are systematized into three groups: 1) borderline economic and social indicators; 2) indicators characterizing social processes; 3) resulting indicators that form the potential for further economic development of the municipal economic systems. The analysis of seven indicators of the dynamics of social processes in 22 industrialized municipalities in the period from 2005 to 2018 allowed to distinguish three groups of territories: territories-leaders; territories with average values; territories-outsiders. Each group of regions has basic trends that determine the dominant vector of development, cause-and-effect relationships between the groups characterizing the dynamics of the social cycle. It is stated that the identified dependencies can become the basis for the development of a management model of counter-cyclical social development of municipal socio-economic systems for the formation of conditions for further shifts in the information, innovation, technology and production cycles as components of the modern macroeconomic cycle.
Trends of property transformation and development of corporate relations in digital economy.
Authors: Belayeva Irina , Danilova Olga , Fyedotova Marina
Published: March 2020

The article deals with the interrelated development of the theory of property and corporate relations. The main tendencies and problems of development of the theory of property and corporate relations in the conditions of digital economy are revealed. At the present stage of devel-opment of the theory of property dominated by two scientific methodological approaches: ne-omarxism and neoinstitutionalism. The complementarity of these approaches allows us to talk about the transformation of traditional property relations in the direction of constant erosion and specification of property rights, the formation of new economic models, which are based on com-plex forms of ownership and entitlements. These changes in the digital economy complicate the in-ternal structure of corporate relations, mechanisms of its development, forms of participation

of subjects of corporate property in the management of corporations and the appropriation of in-come, leads to depersonalization of owners in respect of intellectual property. It has been stated that information and intellectual progress and the evolution of the economic foundations of the preservation of life of modern society require the creation of fundamentally new approaches to the problems of institutionalization of property and corporate relations. The stages of the evolution of corporate relations are illustrated. It is noted that each stage in the development of corporate relations had its own specific forms of corporate entities. The redistribution of property and possession rights that is typical for the Russian economy under the influence of local corporate and shadow government regulation and of factors not related to the economy has been considered. It has been inferred that the prospects of interaction between government and business should be associated with the formation of the economic and information field of business responsibility. The state in its relations with business is forced to move from traditional ways of regulating socio-economic processes to

a system of partnership relations, motivating business to implement social programs
Lo ominoso como categoría de la ciencia ficción
Authors: Martín Cerezo Iván
Published: March 2020

A raíz de la ampliación de la teoría de mundos posibles propuesta por Javier Rodríguez Pequeño a la establecida por Tomás Albaladejo en la que propone un mundo posible fantástico verosímil, se muestran como posibles algunos productos de nuestra imaginación asociados con el desarrollo científico y tecnológico. Será precisamente la noción de extrañamiento cognitivo propuesta por Darko Suvin para definir la ciencia ficción sobre la que desarrollaré la propuesta de lo ominoso como una categoría inseparable de este tipo de textos (ampliable también a películas y videojuegos) utilizando para ello los trabajos de Sigmund Freud, Masahiro Mori y Angela Tinwell, entre otros.
La experiencia mexicana de Charles Wright Mills
Authors: Servín Elisa
Published: March 2020

A principios de 1960 el sociólogo estadounidense C. Wright Mills visitó México para impartir un seminario en la UNAM. Ahí conoció a un grupo de intelectuales quienes como él estaban interesados en la construcción de una nueva izquierda en un contexto de entusiasmo y solidaridad con la revolución cubana que resultó ser determinante para Mills. El artículo argumenta que fueron las discusiones con Carlos Fuentes, Enrique González Pedrero, Víctor Flores Olea, Jaime García Terrés y Pablo González Casanova, entre otros, las que lo incitaron a viajar a Cuba para conocer de cerca el proceso revolucionario que era objeto del debate entre la izquierda internacional. El resultado de su visita a la isla sería el famoso libro Listen, Yankee, que muy pronto se convirtió en un best-seller en Estados Unidos, con una venta en semanas de cientos de miles de ejemplares. Pocos meses después el Fondo de Cultura Económica publicó el libro en español. Escucha, Yanqui sería el libro más vendido en 1961 y lectura obligada de la nueva izquierda latinoamericana. El artículo reconstruye, a través de las cartas entre Mills, Carlos Fuentes y Arnaldo Orfila Reynal, el proceso de edición de este libro que habría de ser el resultado más concreto del encuentro de Mills con sus amigos mexicanos.
Antonin Reichaʼs didactic cycles: between theory and practice
Authors: Melnic Victoria
Published: March 2020

Antonin Reicha (1770-1826) was a reputed Czech composer, theorist and teacher, who studied in Germany, and was naturalized French, who composed numerous musical works in different genres and wrote several treatises on different aspects of the sound art. An important place in Reichaʼs artistic heritage is occupied by the didactic cycles, which represent examples of works that happily combine instructional and artistic purposes, being developed as a support for the composerʼs didactic activity and at the same time as a supplement to his theoretical writings. The author emphasizes repeatedly that the theory must be justified by practice and that the student must know the principles of the contemporary composition and not just the old rules by which the predecessors were guided. This article examines Reichaʼs didactic cycles, among which we find collections of fugues, variations, duets and trios, as well as some collections of studies. Considering the large number of works named by Reicha Studies he can rightly be considered one of the parents of this genre in French music. But in Reichaʼs case, the aim of the studies is not only to cultivate virtuosity itself, but rather complex exercises that involve both the “technological” processes of interpretation and the “spiritual” ones. In our opinion, the figure of this musician, his theoretical writings and compositional works eloquently illustrate the dialectical relationship between tradition and innovation on the one hand and the complex relationship between musical theory and practice on the other.
Valentin Timaru – The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The Ratio of Combining Formal Principles within the Genre
Authors: Prip Emanuela-Fabiola
Published: March 2020

The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1976) uses aesthetic and stylistic features often found in Valentin Timaru’s compositions: the Romanian musical-folkloric expression, the modal-diatonic and the modal-chromatic language, the free chromaticism, the improvisational nature, the musical articulations with generative purpose, the cyclic thinking and structuring, the preoccupation with the musical form, the proportion and the alternance of the forms used within the genre, as well as the juxtaposition of different formal principles in one part. The four constitutive movements (Lamento, Melopoeia, Variations, and Epilogue) are connected through the thematic interdependence (parts I and IV), the abandonment of the classical formal structure (the sonata form) and the attacca connections.
Convergence and growth – conflicting goals of economics policy – A case study of Georgia
Authors: Jibuti Mariam
Published: March 2020

Over the years, it has been the subject of discussions whether efficiency-oriented interventions contribute to an equity distribution of wealth across regions and whether equity orientation is a source of inefficiency. While efficiency refers to the maximization of growth in the national economy, convergence-oriented policy is focused on equalizing the level of development at interregional level. The case of Georgia was studied as a developing country facing various challenges in terms of economic growth and regional divergence. This article provides an overview of the economic development trends taking place in the regions of Georgia and reveals the high level of divergence within the country. A logarithmic model was created and used to run simulations to predict the possible results of convergence-oriented policy in Georgia. In order to make the forecast we estimated GDP per capita and average growth rates in all the Georgian regions. Use of the model allowed us to answer two main questions: (1) If the last 5 and 10 year average growth rates are maintained, how long will it take for the poorest region to converge to the wealthiest one? (2) What should be the minimum growth rate in the poorest region for the upcoming 5, 10 and 20 years in order to converge to the wealthiest capital? Results of the calculations showed that convergence between regions can only be achieved by slowing down economic growth in relatively wealthier regions and by focusing on the development of the poorest ones. The results of the study revealed that the convergence process will be faster for the regions with medium or big cities and growth centres. Therefore, creating competitive growth centres would be a reasonable regional policy objective to promote fast economic growth and future convergence without redirecting the growth process from more developed areas to lagging ones.
Management of water resources sector to face climatic shocks in Algieria: A dynamic CGE model analysis
Authors: Touitou Mohammed , Laib Yacine , Boudeghdegh Ahmed
Published: March 2020

Climate change is a major global issue, which is becoming increasingly important on the international scene. As it has a direct impact on ecosystems and societies. Water is at the heart of these changes. The aim of this article was to capture all the microeconomic and macroeconomic effects of resource availability, and to propose a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model that takes into account long-term changes in the availability of the primary resource (water supply) with regard to population growth (demand). The results show that the very negative effects on the economy of water shortages could be counteracted by the introduction of a marginal cost demand management policy. This makes it possible to better manage the scarcity of this resource. In fact, the model shows that when Algeria is facing water deficits, the marginal cost tariff policy reverses the trends of an economy that would maintain a tariff policy at average cost. Total investment increases, and total welfare deteriorates less. The drop in the price of water (input and final good), generated by the transition from an average cost pricing to a marginal cost pricing, generates an expansion of many sectors, and stimulates economic activity which reduces the rate of unemployment.
“The Recovery of the People Is Tied to the Recovery of Food”: Food Sovereignty and Winona LaDuke’s Last Standing Woman
Authors: Stanciu Cristina
Published: March 2020

This essay turns to LaDuke’s literature and activism to explore ways in which contemporary Native American writers center their work around issues of food sovereignty, environmental protection, and economic self-determination as essential platforms for community regeneration, renewal, and survival. I argue that Last Standing Woman (1997), Anishinaabe writer Winona LaDuke’s first novel, dramatizes many of these concerns at the heart of her activist and political work. Central to the novel Last Standing Woman is the significance of wild rice for the White Earth Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) people of Minnesota. In Last Standing Woman, wild rice is not only a traditional and sustainable crop but also one that can ensure the livelihood of the community. At the heart of a feminist and activist novel like Last Standing Woman – as well as Winona LaDuke’s activist work, more broadly – is a twofold challenge, which resonates across much Native American writing: on the one hand, the challenge to preserve (existing resources, cultural practices, etc.); on the other, to recover the losses Native communities have suffered historically through colonization and its many consequences, such as the enormous loss of land suffered by the White Earth community. The turn to literature provides Winona LaDuke with a powerful site of political engagement, where she foregrounds issues of gender, tribal politics, and the environment at the same time as she tells a powerful story about Anishinaabe continued resilience.