bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Representation
Authors: Hölscher Tonio
Published: January 2019

Regarding the role of images in social life, three fundamental categories are to be distinguished: representation, decor, and objects of discourses. Representation was a major aim, because ancient societies consisted not only of their living members but also of two other social groups, their dead ancestors and their gods and heroes. Community life developed in interactions, through rituals and other cultural practices, between these social partners, of which those that were, in fact, absent could be made present by images within the society’s living spaces. Specific groups of images, such as cult statues, votive images, athletes’ statues, and honorary portraits, had their specific places, in sanctuaries, public spaces, and necropolises, where they were dealt with according to specific rules of “living with images.”
Letters, Diaries, etc. (1948–1951)
Authors: Daub Adrian
Published: January 2019

This section presents the letters, excepts from diaries, and other materials exchanged and/or written after Thomas Mann's delivery of a copy of Doctor Faustus to Arnold Schoenberg in January of 1948.
Global Edge
Authors: Portes Alejandro , Armony Ariel C.
Published: January 2019

Over the last quarter of a century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. This book charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to City on the Edge, this book examines Miami in the context of globalization and scrutinizes its newfound place as a stellar international city. The book examines Miami's rise as a finance and banking center without parallel in the US South to the simultaneous emergence of a highly diverse but contentious ethnic mosaic. The book serves as a case study of Miami's present cultural, economic, and political transformation, and describes how its future course can provide key lessons for other metropolitan areas throughout the world.
The Demography and Ecology of the City
Authors: Portes Alejandro , Armony Ariel C.
Published: January 2019

This chapter analyzes the dynamics of spatial, demographic, and economic change in metropolitan Miami. It focuses on the strategies of property capital to extract rent from space either by exploiting desirable locations or by creating them where none existed before. Relying on Logan and Molotch's metaphor of the growth machine, it investigates to what extent the ecology of the city and the location of different sectors of its population have been determined by the strategies of accumulation of builders and property managers. Finally, it asks to what extent Miami fulfills the criteria to be classified as a global city and, if so, with what consequences for its inhabitants. The chapter begins with an overview of demographic trends in this metropolitan area.
The Ethnic Mosaic and the Power Elite
Authors: Portes Alejandro , Armony Ariel C.
Published: January 2019

This chapter discusses the complex ethnic mosaic of Miami. The national and ethnic origins of the present population of Miami are too diverse to cover in their entirety, but apart from the most prominent players—Cubans, American Jews, and the remaining Anglos—there are other nationalities and ethnicities that play a significant role, demographically and socially. Of these, none is more important than the African American population that has been in and with the city since its beginnings. Miami's ethnic mosaic can be portrayed as a five-pointed star in which Cuban and American Anglos and Jews occupy the best-known angles but in which the other three weigh significantly in the present mix.
Introduction
Authors: Kutcher Norman A.
Published: January 2019

This book explores the complex relationship between eunuchs and the emperors who ruled them, during the first 150 years of Qing rule. Eunuchs (such as the notorious Wei Zhongxian) have been blamed for the falls of dynasties, which writers since ancient times attributed to their great skill at flattery, which they used to slowly usurp power. As essentially yin (feminine) beings, they, along with women, were considered to be dangerous when allowed to take part in government affairs. These same writers warned rulers repeatedly of the dangers of trusting eunuchs. This chapter introduces these clichéd notions of the dynastic cycle and eunuchs’ place in it. It also considers issues of eunuch biology and identity.
“A Time of Pure Yin”
Authors: Kutcher Norman A.
Published: January 2019

This chapter explores the thought of three famous thinkers who lived through the fall of the Ming dynasty and rise of the Qing. Each of them: Wang Fuzhi, Huang Zongxi, and Gu Yanwu, had personally experienced the horrors of Ming eunuch power, and used their writings, and strategies of evidential research (kaozhengxue), to analyze it. Relying on writings by earlier thinkers, particularly Wang Shizhen and Mao Yigong, Wang, Huang, and Gu articulated a gold standard for eunuch management. Their ideas about the dangers of eunuch literacy, the importance the emperor limiting his numbers of eunuchs, and the need for separation between inner and outer realms of government and the palace would impact the emperors studied in this book
Qianlong’s Flawed System of Oversight
Authors: Kutcher Norman A.
Published: January 2019

This chapter examines the system of imperial oversight that Qianlong developed to watch over his eunuchs. Its four components: the Careful Punishments Office (Shenxing Si), system of eunuch hierarchy and responsibility, Inner Police Bureau (Fanyi Chu), and punishment mechanisms had in common that each was flawed and unable to discover or discourage the activities of his eunuchs. At a fundamental level, the Imperial Household Department was unable or unwilling to keep track of its eunuchs, with personnel files rarely consulted, and eunuchs themselves largely indistinguishable one from the other.
From Child Star to Diva
Authors: Yano Christine R.
Published: January 2019

This chapter problematizes Japan’s premiere diva of popular song, Misora Hibari (1937–1989), as a child star who grows up in postwar Japan to become a transgressive diva. I ask what defines this female child star, this singing shōjo (young female) on stage? What kinds of gendered negotiations between childhood and adulthood does the child star have to make, in what kinds of historical contexts, and to what effects? And finally, how does the shōjo—here, the child star–turned–diva—help define the period? The remnants of the child star give poignancy to her adult divahood as the Japanese public stood witness to her continual transformations. And in witnessing these transformations, I contend that Misora Hibari’s star-text enacted postwar Japan’s supra-text, with the complexities of an era and a nation.
Visitations and Gifts
Authors: Hansen Helena
Published: January 2019

This chapter considers the question of how Puerto Rico, a formerly Catholic island with U.S. funding to biomedicalize its treatment system, become an epicenter for Protestant addiction evangelism? It fleshes out the connections between the moral economy of street ministries and the political economy of post-industrial Puerto Rico by reconstructing two parallel histories: one is a brief economic history of Puerto Rico's evolution from a Spanish colony to its current status as a “territory” of the United States, with partial eligibility for U.S. federal entitlements while serving initially as a labor pool and later as a tax shelter for U.S. industry. Another is the story of more recent debates surrounding the island's drug policy and addiction treatment under health reform, given that health reform has been a key element of the island's efforts to elevate its status in relation to the United States.
Theorizing Gender, Race, and Cultural Tourism in Latin America
Authors: Babb Florence E.
Published: January 2019

Theorizations of gender and race in Latin America have led to wide-ranging views concerning women and men in subaltern groups, whether indigenous or Afro-descendant, rural or urban. Views are similarly wide ranging when theorizing turns to the implications of tourism development for subaltern peoples in the region. Just as it is customary to emphasize the historically subordinate status of women and racial minorities in Latin America, so too it is customary to show that tourism in the neoliberal era has particularly harsh consequences for these marginalized social sectors. At a time of indigenous mobilization, increasing migration, and urbanization, we must recognize the complex and often surprising ways in which gender, race, and tourism intertwine. Ethnographic cases from Andean Peru and Chiapas, Mexico, suggest that indigenous women play more or less prominent roles in tourism depending on several factors, with women who are active in the wider society holding more substantial positions in community-based cultural tourism.
Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters Compared
Authors: Benton Gregor , Liu Hong
Published: January 2019

This chapter compares qiaopi letters and institutions with their European equivalent. It first discusses the migrant settings and the emergence of a postal culture. European and Chinese migrants shared many characteristics, but their sending places and the communities they formed abroad differed greatly. These differences were reflected in their letters. The chapter compares the letters of European migrants and qiaopi in regard both to the institutions that kept the correspondence going and letter contents and conventions. It concludes that qiaopi letters shared some features with European migrants’ letters as a result of the convergence of cultures, the spread of markets, the commonalities of the migrant condition, and the universality of epistolary conventions, but that their remittance role gave a special shape to their style and content.
Conclusions
Authors: Benton Gregor , Liu Hong
Published: January 2019

This concluding chapter argues that the qiaopi trade was the basis for one of China’s earliest excursions into the modern world economy. The trade quickly progressed from the one-man operations of the early years to the piju formed by qiaopi entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the swift growth of Chinese emigration and remittance. It eventually matured into a stable industry with its own perfected mechanisms, patched onto China’s other modern institutions like banks and the post office and linked to modern forms of communication and transport. The trade gave an impetus to other forms of transnational and domestic industry and to urban growth in coastal cities adjacent to the qiaoxiang. Initially based on networks of blood, place, and tongue, it later joined or created national, transnational, and international networks based on trade, finance, and general migration, mainly in territories around the South China Sea but also in the gold-rush Pacific—the Americas, Australia, and the South Pacific. These networks, maritime and terrestrial, were not just economic but also had deep cultural and social dimensions. Along them ran not just cash, capital, and goods but also people, ideas, and information. The flow of capital, ideas, and population between Chinese in diaspora and their families and communities in China was a key driver in the remaking of China along modern and transnational lines.
Experts and the Elderly
Authors: Greenhalgh Charlotte
Published: January 2019

Researchers and policymakers became increasingly interested in improving the lives of older Britons over the course of the twentieth century. Expert attention was first drawn to the particular poverty of the elderly during the late nineteenth century. Charles Booth both surveyed elderly paupers and argued for state pensions (introduced in Britain in 1908) in order to alleviate their poverty. Subsequently, the growing popularity of psychology encouraged greater attention to the private lives of the aged. Postwar reformers contributed to the expansion of welfare services for older Britons after 1945 and aimed to improve their inner lives. Yet many researchers still omitted the testimony of the old from their studies. Postwar research became skewed towards problems that the state welfare system could solve.
Into the Institution
Authors: Greenhalgh Charlotte
Published: January 2019

In 1958–1959 Peter Townsend interviewed almost 500 residents of old age homes for his project The Last Refuge. Townsend investigated what had changed since the Labour Government introduced new legislation for residential care in 1948. Old age homes had become symbolic of continuous state support from cradle to grave. Yet the delivery of residential care was uneven, and it divided the aged by social class and health. Meanwhile researchers, workers, and elderly people often disagreed about the ethics of aged care. Townsend drove change within these institutions. During interviews, for example, researchers and residents enacted the ideal of respect for the inner lives of the old, even if midcentury research methods sometimes recreated the disempowering conditions of institutional life.
PENGARUH PRAKTIK KERJA INDUSTRI, BIMBINGAN KARIR, PENGUASAAN SOFT SKILL, DAN KOMPETENSI KEJURUAN TERHADAP KESIAPAN KERJA SISWA
Authors: Cahyaningrum Dina , Martono S.
Published: January 2019

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh praktik kerja industri, bimbingan karir, penguasaan soft skill, dan kompetensi kejuruan secara parsial dan simultan pada kesiapan kerja siswa kelas XI Administrasi Perkantoran SMK PL Tarcisius Semarang. Populasi disini yaitu seluruh siswa kelas XI Administrasi Perkantoran SMK PL Tarcisius Semarang sebanyak 93 siswa dan semuanya digunakan sebagai sampel penelitian, sehingga disimpulkan bahwa penelitian ini adalah penelitian populasi. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara, dokumentasi, dan kuesioner. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif presentase dan analisis regresi berganda dengan bantuan SPSS for Windows Release 21. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa praktik kerja industri, bimbingan karir, penguasaan soft skill, dan kompetensi kejuruan secara simultan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesiapan kerja sebesar 59,2%. Praktik kerja industri berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesiapan kerja sebesar 6,71%. Bimbingan karir berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesiapan kerja siswa sebesar 5,86% Penguasaan soft skill berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesiapan kerja siswa sebesar 5,34%. Kompetensi kejuruan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kesiapan kerja sebesar 5,43%.

 

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of industrial work practices, career guidance, soft skills capability, and vocational competence partially and simultaneously on the work readiness of class XI Office Administration SMK PL Tarcisius Semarang. The population in this research was all students of class XI Office Administration of SMK PL Tarcisius Semarang as many as 93 students and all are used as research samples, so it was concluded that this research was population research. Data collection methods using interviews, documentation, and questionnaires. Data analysis techniques using descriptive percentage analysis. and multiple regression analysis method using SPSS for Windows Release 21. The results of the analysis show that industrial work practices, career guidance, soft skills capability, and vocational competency has positive and significant simultaneously of students work readiness of 59.2%. Industrial work practices has positive and significant simultaneously of students work readiness of 6.71%. Career guidance has positive and significant simultaneously of students work readiness of 5.86% Soft skill capability has positive and significant simultaneously of students work readiness of 5.34%. Vocational competence has positive and significant simultaneously of students work readiness of 5.43%.
Genomic profiling of NETs: a comprehensive analysis of the RADIANT trials
Authors: Yao James , Garg Abhishek , Chen David , Capdevila Jaume , Engstrom Paul , Pommier Rodney , Van Cutsem Eric , Singh Simron , Fazio Nicola , He Wei , Riester Markus , Patel Parul , Voi Maurizio , Morrissey Michael , Pavel Marianne , Kulke Matthew Helmut
Published: January 2019

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have historically been subcategorized according to histologic features and the site of anatomic origin. Here, we characterize the genomic alterations in patients enrolled in three phase 3 clinical trials of NET of different anatomic origins and assess the potential correlation with clinical outcomes. Whole-exome and targeted panel sequencing was used to characterize 225 NET samples collected in the RADIANT series of clinical trials. Genomic profiling of NET was analyzed along with nongenomic biomarker data on the tumor grade and circulating chromogranin A (CgA) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) levels from these patients enrolled in clinical trials. Our results highlight recurrent large-scale chromosomal alterations as a common theme among NET. Although the specific pattern of chromosomal alterations differed between tumor subtypes, the evidence for generalized chromosomal instability (CIN) was observed across all primary sites of NET. In pancreatic NET, although thePvalue was not significant, higher CIN suggests a trend toward longer survival (HR, 0.55,P = 0.077), whereas in the gastrointestinal NET, lower CIN was associated with longer survival (HR, 0.44,P = 0.0006). Our multivariate analyses demonstrated that when combined with other clinical data among patients with progressive advanced NETs, chromosomal level alteration adds important prognostic information. Large-scale CIN is a common feature of NET, and specific patterns of chromosomal gain and loss appeared to have independent prognostic value in NET subtypes. However, whether CIN in general has clinical significance in NET requires validation in larger patient cohort and warrants further mechanistic studies.
Bienestar subjetivo entre adultos mayores institucionalizados en la ciudad de Cúcuta, Colombia
Authors: Hernández Vergel Viviana , Prada Núñez Raúl , Hernández Suárez César Augusto
Published: January 2019

Este articulo reporta una investigación en torno al grado de bienestar propio que reconoce un grupo de adultos mayores institucionalizados en la ciudad de Cúcuta, Departamento del Norte de Santander, Colombia. Se seleccionó una muestra aleatoria en la población de adultos mayores institucionalizados en asilos de la ciudad de Cúcuta. Para la recolección de datos se empleó la adaptación al español del perfil PERMA, de Butler y Kern (2016), que mide emociones positivas, compromiso, relaciones, significado y logros. Los resultados muestran un nivel de bienestar autorreportado medio. La edad resultó ser un factor de peso en la percepción del bienestar de los adultos mayores institucionalizados, no así la discapacidad, independientemente de su grado. La vinculación con el mundo laboral también incide significativamente en su percepción de bienestar integral. La prueba también estableció una correlación alta entre todas las dimensiones del modelo y la percepción de la salud.
La atención y prevención a la violencia de género en la Ciudad de México: el caso de las unidades de atención a la violencia familiar
Authors: García Cervantes Elizabeth
Published: January 2019

El presente escrito retoma y actualiza información que surgió de mi investigación de Maestría en Estudios de la Mujer titulada: “Análisis de los factores que influyen en el proceso de intervención a la violencia doméstica en la Unidad de Atención y Prevención de la Violencia Familiar (UAPVIF)”, que tuvo como objetivo analizar el proceso de intervención a la violencia de género y los diversos factores que influyen en este. Para dar cuenta de ello se realizó una investigación cualitativa aplicando un método etnográfico y como técnicas principales la entrevista a profundidad y la observación. En este artículo, se analizan las coyunturas en la Ciudad de México (antes Distrito Federal) que facilitaron la incorporación del tema de la violencia de género en la agenda pública y el impacto generado en las prácticas de atención a la violencia doméstica a partir de dos leyes en la materia. Dicho análisis está enfocado en las UAPVIF, instancias pertenecientes al Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Lo anterior, en el marco del décimo aniversario de la publicación de la Ley de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia y del próximo cambio de administración pública que se vivirá a finales de 2018.
Pavartyčių lobis
Authors: Žukauskas Donatas
Published: January 2019

In der Veröffentlichung werden die Angaben über den Schatz, der 1983 im Dorf Pavartyčiai (Rayon Radviliškis) gefunden worden war – 5 halbrunde Silberbarren). Alle Silberbarren gerieten in private Sammlungen.Mehr Information gibt es über zwei Legierungen, die sich in der Kollektion von S. Žukauskas befinden (Abb. 1 und 2), obwohl es auch gelungen ist, mehr Information über die (Gewichts)Angaben der übriggebliebenen Legierungen des Schatzes zu sammeln (siehe Tabelle 1). Besonders selten ist die Legierung mit zwei Einkerbungen, dessen Gewicht nur 64,3 g beträgt.Der Schatz wird in die 2.Hälfte des 12.Jhs.–die 1. Hälfte des 14.Jhs. datiert. Er ergänzt unsere Kenntnisse über die Geldbarren.
Vilniaus universiteto Archeologijos katedros jubiliejus
Authors: Merkevičius Algimantas , Remeikaitė Lijana
Published: January 2019

Vilniaus universiteto Archeologijos katedra savo veiklą pradėjo 1940 metų rudenį, kai Etnikos katedra buvo padalyta į atskiras Etnologijos ir Archeologijos katedras. 2010 metais buvo paminėtas Archeologijos katedros 70-ies metų jubiliejus. Šiai progai pažymėti buvo numatyta parengti katedros leidinių ir nuotraukų parodą, išleisti straipsnių rinkinį, organizuoti šeštąją tarptautinę mokslinę konferenciją „Jono Puzino skaitymai“ ir sukurti katedros veiklą apžvelgiantį filmą. Jubiliejui taip pat buvo numatyta skirti periodinio katedros leidinio „Archaeologia Lituana“ 11 tomą. Organizuojamus renginius ir leidinius parėmė Vilniaus universitetas, Kultūros rėmimo fondas ir Lietuvos mokslo tarybos Mokslo fondas. [...]
Segė iš Lattenwalde’s. A67-68 tipo segės vakarų baltų kultūrinėje srityje
Authors: Juga-Szymańska Anna
Published: January 2019

Einer der interessantesten Funde, der in der Dissertation von Marta Schmiedehelm (aus dem Jahr 1943) erwähnt wurde, ist eine Fibel aus Lattenwalde. Der Fund wurde von der Bearbeiterin in die Liste der kräftig profilierten Fibeln mit Stützplatte aufgenommen: „Lattenwalde auf der Kurischen Nehrung (Pr.-M. Sammlung Gisevius p. I Nr. e 3, ebenfalls ein Einzelfund). Der Nadelhalter dieser Fibel ist abgebrochen und seine Form lässt sich nicht mehr feststellen“ (Schmiedehelm, 1943, S. 96). [...]
Nauji duomenys apie Šiaurės Vakarų Latvijos piliakalnius
Authors: Vasks Andrejs
Published: January 2019

There are some 470 hill-forts in Latvia, 80 of which have seen large- or small-scale excavation (Vasks, 2005, p. 38–42). The majority of these 80 hill-forts are located in eastern Latvia, and only nine have been excavated in the western part of the country. Out of these nine, only Talsi Hill-Fort has been excavated on a large scale, while the rest have been subject only to limited excavation. Accordingly, archaeological research in western Latvia, including hill-fort research, has been given greater attention in recent years. Since 2002 the Department of Archaeology and Ancillary Historical Sciences of the University of Latvia has organised the excavation of several archaeological sites in western Latvia in the frame of student field courses. The excavated sites include three hill-forts: Beltes, Mežīte and Puze (Fig. 1). [...]
Titnago kasimo ir apdirbimo dirbtuvės prie Titno ežero
Authors: Šatavičius Egidijus
Published: January 2019

Pastaraisiais dešimtmečiais Pietų Lietuva (Varėnos, Alytaus, Lazdijų rajonai) garsėja miško gėrybėmis (grybais, uogomis) ir ekologija (švariais pušynais bei grynu oru). Tačiau žiloje senovėje – akmens amžiuje – šios vietos buvo garsios kitkuo. Titnago žaliavos gausa – štai kas traukė akmens amžiaus gyventojus visus 12 tūkstančių metų. Iš titnago buvo gaminama dauguma medžioklės, buities ir darbo įrankių, jo trūkumas ar perteklius skatino užmegzti mainus su kitomis bendruomenėmis, kartais net gana tolimomis. Tad kas gi nulėmė šio mineralo gausumą Pietų Lietuvoje?...FLINT MINING SITES AND WORKSHOPS AT LAKE TITNASEgidijus ŠatavičiusSummaryThe Lake Titnas (Citnas) flint mining sites and workshops are at the E end of the Lake Titnas tunnel valley in South Lithuania (Varėna District) and on both sides of the Varėna–Rudnia gravel road and Žvirgždynė stream. In respect to geomorphology, the object is in the contact zone of landscapes with two different origins, i.e. at the juncture of the hilly relief of the ice marginal zone affected by the periglacial processes of the second to last (Medininkai/Warthe) glaciation and the glaciolacustrine plain created by the melting of the last (Nemunas/Weichsel) glacier. Thus the site’s W edge is a sandy plain while the central and E parts are significantly hilly and scored by various ravines (Fig. 1). The flint mining sites and workshops are situated on two of the tunnel valley’s upper terrace treads but isolated finds can also be found at lower sites. During earlier glaciations (probably the Warthe) gigantic cretaceous blocks with abundant flint raw material boulders were transported here and buried. Many places were severely eroded by meltwater during the retreat of the last (Nemunas/Weichsel) glacier, thereby exposing a large number of flint boulders in the neighbouring area. The name, Lake Titnas (dialectically Citnas) probably comes from the abundant surface flint yields. According to the author’s data, only several place/water names in Lithuania are connected with the word, ‘flint’ (Lith. titnagas)....
Archeologijos katedros mokslinės veiklos apžvalga
Authors: Vasiliauskienė Violeta
Published: January 2019

Mokslinio gyvenimo kronika
Septintoji tarptautinė mokslinė konferencija Jono Puzino skaitymai. Senasis geležies amžius Baltijos regione
Authors: Merkevičius Algimantas
Published: January 2019

Šis, 14-asis, „Archaeologia Lituana“ tomas yra skiriamas profesoriaus habilituoto daktaro Mykolo Michelberto archeologinei veiklai pažymėti
Ar mums ten, „prie mėlynosios jūros“, reikia?
Authors: Girininkas Algirdas , Jovaiša Eugenijus , Michelbertas Mykolas , Šimėnas Valdemaras
Published: January 2019

Rec.: Audronė Bliujienė. Romėniškasis ir tautų kraustymosi laikotarpiai. –Lietuvos archeologija. III tomas, Klaipėda, 750 p.
Egodokumentų leidyba Lietuvoje 1991–2015 m.: Vytauto Kubiliaus publikuoti laiškai ir dienoraščiai
Authors: Dautartienė Margarita
Published: January 2019

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XX a. 10 dešimtmetyje Lietuvos visuomeniniame gyvenime vykę pokyčiai buvo lūžio metas leidyboje – šalia penkių valstybinių leidyklų savo veiklą pradėjo 480 komercinių leidybos įmonių. Lietuvos dėmesio centre atsi­dūrė individas, siekiantis savo egzistavimą skelbti kaip istorijos dalyvio, liudininko istoriją. Atgimimo pradžioje ypač suklestėjo autobiografinis rašymas, emocinis ir estetinis santykis su tikrove padidino egodokumentų svarbą. Taigi egodokumentų sklaida per tradicinę ir skaitmeninę leidybą tampa svarbia kultūrinės atminties saugykla, o individo raiška sociali­niuose tinkluose jau virsta aktualia egodokumentikos sklaidos sociali­nėse medijose tyrimų tema. Pirmoje straipsnio dalyje autorė analizuoja tradicinės ir skaitmeninės egodokumentų leidybos Lietuvoje repertuarą, taip pat egodokumentikos raišką socialinėse medijose. Antroje dalyje kaip atvejį tiria tris publikuotas autodokumentines Vytauto Kubiliaus knygas: Lauksiu atsakymo: laiškai, novelės (2006); Dienoraščiai I dalis (1945– 1977) (2006) bei Dienoraščiai II dalis (1978–2004) (2007).
Fenomenalios komunikacijos prigimtis. Atvejo analizė: gyvenimo istorijos naratyvas dr. Marijos Sereikienės-Kiškytės (gim. 1925 m.) prisiminimų knygoje „Mano laikas“
Authors: Pečeliūnaitė Angelė
Published: January 2019

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Straipsnyje nagrinėjama fenomenalios komunikacijos prigimtis. Remian­tis konstruktyvistinės teorijos metodologija, atliekama naratyvinė asmens egodokumento analizė. Tyrime taip pat pateikiama fenomenalios komu­nikacijos genezė. Nustatyta, kad fenomenalios komunikacijos prigimtis glaudžiai siejasi su tvirtais genealoginiais šeimos ryšiais, su ankstyvu so­cialinio statuso suvokimu ir jo įprasminimu socialiniuose santykiuose, su gebėjimu priimti savarankiškus sprendimus, su altruistine veikla. Pažy­mėtina, kad komunikacijos kokybei yra svarbi tokia veikla, kaip antai: do­mėjimasis savo kraštiečiais ir jų likimu, nuolatinė savišvieta, visuomeninė veikla, mokslo siekimas, dialogo tarp skirtingų kartų plėtojimas. Nustaty­ta, kad fenomenalios komunikacijos genezė tiesiogiai susijusi su emociškai stipriai išgyvenamais įvykiais. Fenomenali komunikacija sąlygoja asmens pasitenkinimą intelektine, emocine, moraline ir dvasine egzistencija. Api­bendrintai galima teigti, kad fenomenali komunikacija būdinga išsilavi­nusiai, inteligentiškai, savarankiškai asmenybei, kuri išsiskiria „atviru protu“, siekia nuolat būti įvykių sūkuryje, palaiko kontaktus su skirtingų kartų asmenimis, turi ateities planų. Fenomenali komunikacija galėtų būti vienas iš subjektyvių gyvenimo kokybės veiksnių.
Vieši privatūs reikalai signataro Jurgio Šaulio (1879–1948) ir Gabrielės Petkevičaitės-Bitės korespondencijoje
Authors: Plečkaitis Vytautas Petras
Published: January 2019

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Straipsnyje aptariamas J. Šaulio susirašinėjimas su Lietuvos visuomenės veikėja, rašytoja Gabriele Petkevičaite–Bite, kurios dėka būsimasis signa­taras gavo stipendiją ir puikų išsilavinimą Vakaruose, vienas iš pirmųjų lietuvių tautinio judėjimo dalyvių apsigynė daktaro laipsnį. J. Šaulys ir G. Petkevičaitė susirašinėjo apie 20 metų. Straipsnyje remiamasi daugiausiai Klaipėdos universiteto rankraštyne esančiais G. Bitės laiškais ir atvirukais. Susirašinėjimas apima beveik du dešimtmečius ir atskleidžia ne tik visuo­meninę J. Šaulio veiklą, bet ir šiltus bei draugiškus abiejų iškilių asmenybių santykius, pagarbą vienas kitam, taip pat abiejų žinomų Lietuvos kultūri­nio gyvenimo asmenybių buities ypatumus.
ANALYSIS OF THE LIBERALIZATION OF THE FIXED TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION MARKET IN LITHUANIA
Authors: Stanikūnas Rimantas
Published: January 2019

This paper deals with the analysis of a relevant issue, regarding the liberalisation of the fixed telephone communication. The paper also deals with the characteristic features of monopoly markets, evaluates market power, both before liberalisation of fixed telephone communication and following the removal of monopoly powers. The paper includes an extensive discussion of the evaluation of barriers preventing entry in the market. It also determines the market power of Lietuvos telekomas (Teo LT AB) fixed telephone communication, based on various market concentration indicators. The purpose of the article is to present the analysis of the liberalization of the fixed telephone communication market in Lithuania and to reveal the inter-coherence of theoretical and practical elements of the liberalization.
PRODUCTIVITY IN THE SERVICE SECTOR: A SERVICE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME FOR PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT
Authors: Žemgulienė Jolanta
Published: January 2019

The problem of service productivity discussed in the paper focuses on productivity measurement issues. The aim of the article is to elaborate criteria for the grouping of services as the reasoning for a deeper analysis of service productivity measurement. The research method is logical analysis of scientific literature. The criteria of customisation and tangibility of services have been suggested as a framework for productivity measurement interpretation.
MOTIVATIONAL GROWTH OF EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE
Authors: Hitka Miloš , Sirotiakova Maria
Published: January 2019

Establishment of the so-called employees’ positive moral belongs to the main responsibilities of human potential management. The effective behaviour of employees predicts their systematic motivation and thus the motivating process. Incorrectly planned and applied motivation programs have a negative impact on employees, they don’t motivate employees to a maximum performance. The main goal of the paper is to group employees according to their motivation needs extracted from the questionnaire and consequently to compile similarly motivated worker groups.
WELFARE REFORMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: A NEW TYPE OF WELFARE REGIME?
Authors: Aidukaite Jolanta
Published: January 2019

This paper discusses some recent socio-economic achievements and losses in Central and Eastern Europe from a comparative perspective. Yet, the paper examines whether the economic-social-political restructuring of Central and Eastern Europe and the ensuing social policy reform has brought new forms of welfare regimes into focus. The paper demonstrates that, despite an increase in poverty and inequalities in many Central and Easter European countries during the last 18 years, the social policy systems have not experienced a radical dismantlement throughout the entire region and still show more comprehensive solutions to social problems than residual ones. Furthermore, the Central and Eastern European region is very diverse regarding the scope and depth of social problems encountered, and some countries have implemented more successful policy solutions than other ones. Nevertheless, the experience of the communist regime, the relatively lower fiscal capacity of the states as well as the higher share of GDP produced in the shadow economy allow the Central and Eastern European countries to group into a distinct post-communist regime. The current global economic crisis, which is felt in the CEE region much more than in the rest of the globe, can reinforce the features of the post-communist welfare model: still quite comprehensive in its structures, but weak in its performance to ensure a decent standard of living for its citizens.
THE PRACTICE OF USING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS FOR ESTIMATING UNDECLARED EMIGRATION
Authors: Kasnauskienė Gindra , Igoševa Rima
Published: January 2019

In the modern world of globalization, emigration has become one of the most vital events that should be reflected in the population statistics due to its impact on the size and structure of the country’s population. The importance of correct evaluation of emigration is very high because, by influencing the efficiency of government policy making, it can help to avoid the negative consequences of emigration. However, many national statistical institutions of different countries fail to provide accurate statistics on emigration because of various obstacles which arise in the usage of administrative data sources. Politicians, researchers and experts engaged in the analysis of demographic development and the migration phenomenon are especially not satisfied with the amount and quality of the current statistical information provided by the official statistics. One of the important tasks for every NSI is not only to reflect the stocks and flows of emigrants, but also to provide their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for the in-depth analysis of the determinants and consequences of emigration. Unfortunately, administrative data sources are usually unable to provide reliable statistics on the volume of undeclared emigration as well as on the characteristics of emigrants. Thus, the article discusses the benefits of conducting household surveys for obtaining information about characteristics of emigrants and filling this gap.p>
BANKING SECTOR EFFICIENCY: A DEA AND TIME SERIES APPROACH
Authors: Suflan Fadzlan
Published: January 2019

The paper provides a new approach to modeling bank efficiency. Unlike previous bank efficiency studies, the present paper employs the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method on quarterly data to construct the efficiency frontiers. The Malaysian banking sector is used for a case study. The results show that the Malaysian banking sector has exhibited the mean technical efficiency of 97.3%, suggesting the minimal input waste of 2.7%. The empirical findings suggest that the pure technical efficiency outweighs the scale efficiency in determining the Malaysian banking sector’s technical efficiency. The results imply that, although the Malaysian banking sector has been efficient in managerial terms, it has been operating at a non-optimal scale of operations.p>
TOWARDS AN ABM-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY
Authors: Ulbinaitė Aurelija , Moullec Yannick Le
Published: January 2019

This paper presents a framework that builds upon agent-based modelling for investigating the behaviour of consumers in the insurance industry. Consumers are modelled as agents and clustered in groups reflecting their income levels. Agents that model consumers are characterised by their socio-demographic features and interact with other insurance consumer-agents by means of local and global social networks. Furthermore, the environment in which they evolve models the impact of external factors such as mortality, disease and other accident rates as well as insurance culture. This makes that consumer-agents accumulate experience, improve their understanding and knowledge of financial products, and thus develop their perception of need for security and consider the usefulness of insurance services. In turn, the framework enables to model the construction of the customers’ insurance product purchase decision.p>
CREATING KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY: THE MAIN PRINCIPLES AND PHENOMENA
Authors: Melnikas Borisas
Published: January 2019

Theoretical problems and priorities of the scientific research on creating knowledge-based society and knowledge economy are described and analyzed in the article.A new concept of knowledge-based society and knowledge economy creation and development processes is described. The main idea is that knowledge-based society and knowledge economy creation and development processes may be attributed to the category of global transformation processes, therefore, all general phenomena and characteristics of global transformations are absolutely typical of the creation and development of knowledge-based society and knowledge economy.The processes of creating knowledge-based society and knowledge economy are analyzed in the general context of global transformations processes.The main principles of creating knowledge-based society and knowledge economy, as well as the main phenomena of knowledge-based society and knowledge economy creation processes are described.Creating and modernizing knowledge-based society and knowledge economy are very complicated processes oriented to the formation of a new quality of society and a qualitatively new lifestyle. These processes may be described as especially complicated, because they pursuie a new quality in two aspects:• knowledge-based society and knowledge economy, compared to “traditional” society and economy, are in all cases described as qualitatively new;• creation and development of knowledge-based society and knowledge economy take place under conditions of global changes, which means that qualitative changes take place in all global space, the essence of those changes being creation and spread of knowledge-based society and knowledge economy.The universal principle of the “new quality creation” is characterized. This principle shows that new quality always forms itself or is formed on the ground of conjugation when elements of different origin, which have never before belonged to the same system, merge into a common interaction system, and that the conjugation processes may be of two types–those of integration and synthesis. The general and some specific phenomena of creating knowledge-based society and knowledge economy are characterized.
RYANIZATION: HOW ONE EUROPEAN AIRLINE EXEMPLIFIES THE “MCDONALDIZATION” MODEL
Authors: Hüttinger Maik , Giedraitis Vincentas Rolandas
Published: January 2019

The low-fare airline business has dramatically changed the face of commercial aviation in Europe. The main idea and strategy of airlines following this approach is to focus on cheap fares rather than comfort for passengers. However, the majority of low-fare airlines do not simply copy a given system of their competitors; rather, they design their own strategy by implementing various elements which can be considered as “low-fare”-related. The authors of this article seek to lay a theoretical groundwork in the analysis of low-fare airlines. We employ the “McDonaldization” model of economic sociologist George Ritzer, which was heavily influenced by the German economist and sociologist Max Weber, to analyze cost-saving methods of the Irish airline Ryanair.The authors show how McDonaldization is able to mirror and describe this current trend in the aviation business. According to the results of this study, ‘Ryanair’ (and not its American counterpart Southwest Airlines often used as a synonym for low-fare airlines) is the airline which has most radically applied the low-fare idea.
VYTAUTAS KINDURYS. LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS AND ITS DEVELOPMENT TENDENCIES AND MANIFESTATIONS IN LITHUANIA: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Authors: Mackevičius Jonas
Published: January 2019

The monograph. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing House, 2011, 558 p.
IMPACT OF EXTERNAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FACTORS ON INTERNATIONALIZATION OF LITHUANIAN-BORN GLOBAL COMPANIES
Authors: Časas Ramūnas , Dambrauskaitė Vilma
Published: January 2019

The paper examines the external factors that influence the internationalization of the Born Global firms in Lithuania. The identification of such factors is based on M. Porter’s National Diamond model. Theoretical analysis of the model enabled us to distinguish 23 factors as potentially influencing the internationalization of firms. The impact of these factors on Born Global firms was explored upon performing a survey of 50 Lithuanian firms of this sort. The survey results have revealed seven factors as having a positive effect on the internationalization of Lithuanian Born Global firms.
A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICATION ON INTEREST RATES AND THEIR RISKS
Authors: Paškevičius Arvydas
Published: January 2019

Meilė Jasienė. Palūkanų normos ir jų rizika. Vilnius: Vilnius University, 2010. 304 p.
RATING OF ENTERPRISES’ ACTIVITIES BY THE MODIFIED CLUSTER METHOD
Authors: Kravets Tetyana , Kuznetsov Glib
Published: January 2019

The problem of improving the methods of enterprise rating estimation is considered in the article. It is proposed to apply an integrated approach to the analysis of the aggregate financial performance of enterprises, based on the modified clustering method which takes into account the possibilities of Kohonen’s self-organizing p>
A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING THE LOW-FARE MODEL IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Authors: Huettinger Maik , Adomavičius Benas
Published: January 2019

Despite the popularity of the “low-fare” (or sometimes called “no-frills”) airline business model, no comprehensive framework has ever been developed to evaluate the level of implementation of this business model. In the paper, we propose a framework for evaluating the extent to which an airline has implemented a “low-fare” business model. The framework (SFC) consists of three dimensions: (a) strategic direction factors; (b) pricing factors; (c) cost structure factors (COFA).Strategic direction factors primarily focus on the top-level strategic decisions of an airline: growth concepts, the range of flights, spatial strategy and target group selection. These factors serve to differentiate the “lowfare” airlines from more traditional rivals on a strategic level.Pricing factors evaluate differentiators at the level of market offer: relative ticket prices, the number of booking classes, ticket restrictions, interlining, penalties, non-ticket income and target load levels. These factors differentiate the “low-fare” business model on the value proposition level. Cost structure factors focus on internal cost-saving measures designed to significantly reduce the average costs per passenger: outsourcing, aircraft type homogeneity, levels of aircraft utilization, labour factors, airport costs, distribution and in-flight arrangements.The SFC framework allows academics and practitioners to coherently analyze and identify gaps between current and desired levels of the “low-fare” business model implementation.
MAIN REASONS BEHIND SHADOW ECONOMY
Authors: Stanikūnas Rimantas
Published: January 2019

Abstract. The main goal of this sludy was to identify the main drivers of the shadow economy and to evaluate its impact on the collection of the state budget income. The paper tries to explain what factors affect the origination and development of the shadow economy. The main analysed factors include unemployment rate and the burden of taxation. Authors have made a three-way analysis including a correlation analysis, a review of the statistical, data and a sociological survey.The analysis has shown that there is no single factor to be considered as most significant for the shadow economy; is conditioned by a complex of related economic, legal and administrative, social, and psychological factors. The list of the most relevant factors is provided. In summary, the paper also provides the recommended approaches to fight the shadow economy.Key words: shadow economy, state budget income, unemployment, burden of taxation
SVAR ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF CORPORATE TAXATION ON THE MACRO ECONOMY OF LITHUANIA
Authors: Klyvienė V ioleta , Karmelavičius Jaunius
Published: January 2019

Abstract. This study aims to investigate the effects of tax policy on the macroeconomic variables of Lithuania. Special attention is devoted to conclusions concerning the impact of corporate taxation. The methodological framework is structural vector autoregression models identified using the Cholesky and Blanchard–Perotti approaches. Investigations of the impact of fiscal policy have been scarce in the empirical literature of Lithuania. The authors of this article use the methodology of assessing the impacts of fiscal policy that has not been used in Lithuania so for.JEL classification: E62, H25, F21.Key words: SVAR model, impulse response functions, fiscal policy, capital tax, investment
MANAGERIAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE EMPLOYEES’ NEEDS
Authors: Diskienė Danuta , Drūteikienė Greta , Marčinskas Albinas
Published: January 2019

Abstract. The success of managing the activities of organizations is tightly related to solving the problem of effective work motivation. The solution is possible only by implementing an efficient employees’ motivation mechanism which is a considerable challenge to business organizations all over the world. The effectiveness of motivational tools created and used by managers is strongly correlated with recognizing the main needs of employees. Therefore, the authors of this paper tried to look at this important aspect of motivation through the prism of managerial attitudes. The empirical study was conducted in Lithuanian and Polish companies in which managers of different management levels took place. The purpose of the study has been to find out whether managers realize which needs are most important for their subordinates and whether they pay attention to these needs while pursuing an effective employee. The concept of this paper is based on the integration of management theory and actual practices.The methods of the study comprise system analysis, meta-analysis, survey, international comparisons. The findings of the study could be useful both for local companies’ managers and for foreign companies deciding to enter the Eastern Europe an market as well for researchers interested in CEE countries’ management peculiarities.Key words: employees’ needs, motivation, motivational profile, managerial attitudes