bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Instruments and Fianancial Performance Indicators or The Capitalization of Accounting Information from The Profit and Loss Account – Meanings Useful to Management
Authors: Ciuhureanu Alina-Teodora
Published: July 2017

For the capitalization of accounting information in view of financial performance analysis of the company, management must operate at least based on intermediate management balance, the cash flow, breakeven point and earnings per share, indicators established, first, by using the information in the statement Profit and Loss Account. Based on these considerations, the paper addresses, by the exploratory research, the main constructions based on financial accounting information presented in the profit and loss account, the objective being to show the opportunities and limitations of information generated for management.
The Proposal to Create Provisions of Land Military Equipment in The Army of The Czech Republic
Authors: Mares Jaromir
Published: July 2017

The paper deals with the proposed method of creating the reserves of land military equipment in the Army of the Czech Republic. The aim is to propose the classification of spare parts categories and their consumption quantities in a calendar year. The reserves optimization criteria and the Pareto ABC analysis have been employed, besides basic methods, in the submitted paper. The proposal is based on the purpose and delivery time of spare parts. The cost indicator is related to the operation of land military equipment within its life cycle, including the supply of spare parts. Under the above mentioned conditions the method was determined to create the reserves of spare parts for land military equipment necessary to ensure the ACR operability in peacetime.
A New Data Protection Development in The EU Judicial and Criminal Area
Authors: Belova Gabriela , Georgieva Gergana
Published: July 2017

The following article is dedicated to a new data protection regime in the European Union, in particular the Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of natural persons regarding processing of personal data by authorities aiming at prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of crime offences, including execution of criminal penalties. For this purpose, the authors look first at the data protection within the Prüm framework as well as at the relevant provisions of Lisbon Treaty. Тhe important cases of the European Court of Human Rights are analyzed. Whereas in 2014 EU Member states focused on the question whether or not to retain data, the 2016 conclusion was that in some aspects data retention is the most efficient measure to ensure national security, public safety and fighting across serious crimes. The terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels call to better equip security authorities. The EU legislature made significant progress on the Data Protection regime. The Directive (EU) 2016/680, the so called the ‘Police and Criminal Justice Directive’, repeals the Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA and will enter into force on 6 May 2018.
The Contemporary Countries in The Conditions of Migratory Multiculturalism
Authors: Stanin Manol
Published: July 2017

One of the characteristics in the early 21st century is the existence of different in intensities and content migration waves. This confronts the countries at a range of challenges. On one side, countries should protect the rights, freedoms and interests of its citizens, on the other - rights, freedoms and interests of persons, who form migratory pressure and are threatening the national security. In order to be guaranteed the rights, freedoms and interests, it is necessary first to be ensured a security, which means limiting the rights of persons, who represent a threat to the national security. The problems are further exacerbated by the enforced coexistence of different cultures with values different from those of the citizens in the respective countries, which are reflected in the current legal order. This, in turn, means a normative impossibility for the institutionalization of these values and the adoption of legislative consensual solutions, applicable as for the time of their stay in the respective countries, as well as in their eventual integration.
The Problem of Recurrence in The New Criminal Code and The Impact of The New Changes to Criminogen Phenomenon in our Country
Authors: Stoica Vasile
Published: July 2017

The present paper wants to emphasize the impact of the new amendments to the penal code in the magazine on the criminogenic phenomenon. The provisions of the new Criminal Code for Romanian recurrence brings new elements in both the definition of its terms and in terms of the punishment.
Legal Liability Regarding The Regime of Organization, Systematization and Signalization of Roads in Romania
Authors: Tarnu Lucian Ioan
Published: July 2017

People and society`s life can not be understood out of conduct rules that must be respected by everybody. Legal liability represents both a fundamental form of law and a basic component of the whole legal system. One of the fundamental principles of law is liability. Those who break legal rules alter laws and citizens` legal rights and interests. They disturb, sometimes in a serious way, public order and good going, thus, endangering the most important values of society. Either the frequency or severity of breaking laws or their negative impact on social balance and legal order oblige law makers to both set up accurately the limits of liability regarding these commitments and penalize them promptly. Road safety refers to the whole acts and measures submitted in order to improve people`s conduct, vehicles and road infrastructure. All these will generate safe conditions for everybody who uses public roads. In this way, the risk of being involved in car crashes with severe consequences will be diminished.
Compulsive Internet Use and Academic Procrastination: Significant Comparative, Correlative and Predicting Indicators in a Romanian Student Sample
Authors: Brate Adrian Tudor
Published: July 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate significant measures between indicators / factors associated to compulsive Internet use and academic procrastination behaviors, for a sample of students, from Romanian education institutions. Previous transcultural findings indicate that compulsive Internet use and procrastination behaviours, but in most cases investigated separately, can interfere, distract, delay and / or have a negative impact on academic work / achievement (completing reading assignments, homework, studying for exams / academic failure), task performance and quality of life (personal and social obligations). Romanian participants were asked on a voluntary basis and with informed consent to complete demographic data and questionnaires about internet use (the Romanian translated and adapted version of The Compulsive Internet Use Scale, CIUS, developed by Meerkerk, G.-J., Van Den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., Vermulst, A. A., & Garretsen, H. F. L., 2009 [4] [5]) and procrastination behaviors (the Romanian translated and adapted version of The Procrastination Assessment Scale - for Students, PASS, designed by Solomon and Rothblum, 1984 [8] [9]). They also were informed that their responses are confidential: 211 valid surveys from 111 college undergraduates and 100 high-school students were collected for analysis. Results identified significant comparative data and correlative indicators of compulsive Internet use in predicting specific procrastination behaviors, for the 211 participants. Implications and future methodological research and coping strategies of this topic were discussed.
Ancient Greek Military Theory And Practice. Aeneas Tacticus (II)
Authors: Dinu Dana
Published: July 2017

The attention still enjoyed today by Aeneas’ treatise on how to withstand a siege is not merely due to its antiquity. Many of the military principles and practical instructions it conveys are still valid. In addition to these, a closer examination opens a broader insight into the Greek city of the fourth century BC than that for which the manual was originally designed, for scholars found many interesting historical, political, social, ethnographic, and linguistic aspects scattered throughout the text. The aim of this paper is firstly, to emphasize the way in which the ideas and instructions of Aeneas Tacticus are articulated in a rigorous and clear plan and, secondly, to draw attention to some of the issues which are not specific to the military, but began to be considered relevant to the overall picture of the treatise.
Psychometric Evaluation of The Romanian Version of The Irrational Procrastination Scale in a Military Student Population
Authors: Macovei Crenguţa Mihaela
Published: July 2017

The present paper examines the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of the Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS). The Principal Component Analysis for IPS revealed a two factors structure, but the second factor is loaded by an item that refers to postponing tasks and another item that actually expresses the opposite behavior. We therefore conclude that IPS is in fact a one-dimensional construct, as the author of the scale suggested. The IPS has good reliability. The correlation matrix indicated that the procrastination scale did correlate weakly with measures of selfefficiency and relf-regulation but it was higly correlated with factor H, factor O and global scale Q4 from Cattell’s 16 PF personality questionnaire. As a conclusion, the Romanian translation of the Irrational Procrastination Scale is a general measure of procrastination as irrational delay which can be successfully used in student populations.
Upon Bulk Cavitation Appearing in Underwater Explosions
Authors: Năstăsescu Vasile , Bârsan Ghiță
Published: July 2017

This paper presents some results of the author’s researching in connection with SPH (smoothed particle hydrodynamics) method and underwater explosion numerical modelling. All about cavitation fundamentals are considered known and about cavitation effects upon the structures. The authors, deeply preoccupied in using of SPH method, as well in modelling of the underwater explosion effects upon structures, had to take into consideration the bulk cavitation. A main issue in this study was the knowing of the bulk cavitation domain and its characteristic parameters. Such researching was possible to be successfully carried out, only by using of the SPH method. Finally, the paper presents the relations and the working way for knowing of the bulk cavitation domain and also a numerical model using SPH method is presented. The numerical example regarding shape and dimensions of the bulk cavitation is presented together putting in evidence of some parameters which can make damages upon a structure that is in the bulk cavitation area.
Analyses of Face Recognition Rate Using Holistic Methods
Authors: Oancea Romana , Badea Dorel , Bârsan Raluca
Published: July 2017

The paper focuses on the analysis of holistic facial recognition rates obtained by changing the parameters related to the number of components and the number of images for the same subject in the training set. It has been observed that, regardless of the method used, choosing a small number of samples for the training set does not lead to acceptable results. The recognition rate for using the PCA algorithm is directly influenced by the number of samples and by the size of the feature vector. Thus, if all the features were retained and the number of images in the training set was high, 95% rates were obtained. Similarly, in the case of the extraction of vectors of variable dimensions with DCT and the use of a neural network for classification, the obtained rates were not satisfactory for a small number of samples in the training set.
Aspects on the Influence of Starting the Own Services Consumers of an Energy Group with Unit of 330 MW on the Power Supply
Authors: Popescu Cristinel , Hațiegan Cornel , Racoceanu Cristinel , Bejinariu Andreea Cristina
Published: July 2017

The elaborated paper had as support a study case on the monitoring of the supply voltage on a busbar system, which feeds the electric motors that enters into the configuration of the technological flow of electricity production of an energy group with a unitary power of 330 MW. In the start-up phase of the energy groups with a unitary power of 330 MW, the consumers of their own services are supplied with electricity by means of general service transformers interconnected to the National Energy System.
Cargo Securing During Transportation – Using Extreme Values
Authors: Vlkovský Martin , Rak Luděk , Taksás Balázs
Published: July 2017

This article analyses possibilities for securing cargo on selected military truck - middle cargo terrain Tatra T-810 DO AŠ. It presents a model of cargo securing using lashing straps, which is based on the minimum and maximum angle possible between lashing strap and horizontal plane where mounted. It compares inertial forces in the x-axis and y-axis, where the data source is in one case the basal variant of measured values of acceleration coefficients and in the second case normatively set values of acceleration coefficients. Both outputs - the size of the inertial forces in both axes are compared and a set of recommendations for cargo securing is formulated.
Cargo Securing and Accident Rate in the Army of the Czech Republic
Authors: Vlkovský Martin , Vlachová Hana
Published: July 2017

The article analyses the evolution of the accident rate in terms of the Army of the Czech Republic during last 6 years (2010-2015) and examines selected causes of vehicle accidents. In the context of the comparison of selected methods of cargo securing an analysis of potential risks in cargo securing on trucks of the Army of the Czech Republic has been done. A simple model of cargo securing on selected truck was created for these purposes. The model takes into account values measured in the field in comparison to conventional transport performed on highway and 2nd class road. Statistical analysis of the evaluation values of the coefficients of acceleration, which serves as a data source of the presented model, is included.
Design and Performance Characteristics of New Female Bulletproof Vests
Authors: Lăzăroaie Claudiu , Zecheru Teodora , Lăzăroaie Mihaela , Toma Doina
Published: July 2017

The new female bulletproof vest was designed with a superior female fit, this body armour providing a good balance between protection and comfort. One of the new issues in designing the female ballistic vest consists in taking into account the shape and bras size of Romanian female body, based on anthropometric survey using the 3D scanner technology. This bulletproof vest will provide comfort and mobility with the same or superior ballistic resistance properties versus standard body armour equipment. The ballistic performance parameters have been evaluated, in agreement with the international standards, in specialized laboratories of the Romanian MoD.
Maintenance System Research for Armored Vehicles in Peacekeeping Operation as Close Queueing System in Dynamic Regime
Authors: Lilov Iliyan , Georgiev Ivan
Published: July 2017

The maintenance system for wheel vehicles of 4th infantry battalion from Iraqi stable forces is studied in this article as a close queuing system. The differential equations of the dynamic functioning of the system are derived and solved numerically. The results of the dynamic characteristics and loading of the system are analyzed and compared with the results in stationary regime.
Virtual Model of the Terrain – A Reality Available to Everyone
Authors: Moro Nicolae , Ilie Florin
Published: July 2017

Planning warfare at the tactical level, establishing and choosing the best course of action involves among other things, a precise knowledge of the configuration of the field in the area of engagement, disposition natural and artificial planimetric elements (layout) and their influence on warfare. Classical sandbox or sand table, tree branches, stones and other materials will be replaced with land simulation methods which located in the virtual sphere with minimal hardware and software investment and which will generate a report outstanding results with extremely high efficiency
Selected Aspects of Vehicle Born Improvized Explosive Devices
Authors: Rak Luděk , Drozd Jan , Flasar Zdeněk
Published: July 2017

The paper focuses on the analysis of the current highly dangerous tools of destruction, used mostly by insurgents and terrorists, especially in asymmetric warfare. Vehicles usually loaded with explosives (mostly homemade explosive), driven by suicide bombers are a significant threat to troops and the civilian population, not only in high risk areas. Analysis of the available incidents of this type, and available response to an incident mentioned in this article, it becomes the basic portfolio data for the design of effective elimination or at least reduction of the destructive effect, especially on soft targets.
Inspection possibilities of metallic material surface integrity by conventional ultrasonic technique
Authors: Koňár R. , Mičian M. , Fabian P.
Published: July 2017

The article is focused on the possibilities of ultrasound surfaces control on metallic materials by conventional ultrasonic techniques. Physical principles, types of ultrasonic waves to be used for surface control are described in the theoretical part. Three surface control techniques are listed in the experimental part of article. The first technique is a common control by angle ultrasonic probe with using transverse waves. The second technique is surface control by 30-70-70 creep waves and third techniques is surface testing by Rayleigh waves. Practical examples of ultrasonic testing for all techniques are illustrated. The conclusion of the article is devoted to the advantages and limitations of the individual testing methods.
EU cohesion policy as a requirement to voivodeship development pathways
Authors: Szlachta Jacek
Published: July 2017

Poland joined the European Union on 1 May 2004. By 2007, this had resulted in Poland being the greatest beneficiary of the European cohesion policy due to its low per capita GDP by purchasing power parity at the voivodeship level. The scale of European Structural and Investment Funds brought the possibility for a fundamental acceleration of socio-economic growth in Polish regions. The European Union gradually modified the directions of intervention under the framework of the European cohesion policy, initially orienting this activity principally towards cohesion, but from 2010 directing it mainly towards competitiveness. Of particular significance was the Europe 2020 strategy (2010). In Poland its arrangements were deferred until the signing of the Partnership Agreement for the period 2014-2020, which established extensive support for innovation, competitiveness and the R&D sector. In the final part of the paper, conclusions and recommendations for regional policy are elaborated.
Staying on the old development path, but ‘smartly’ – a case study of Warmia and Masuria
Authors: Dziemianowicz Wojciech
Published: July 2017

Between 1989 and 2014, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (one of the poorest regions in the European Union) was subjected to a number of external stimuli. However, not only has its position in the ranking of provinces failed to improve - it has actually worsened. Despite this, positive adaptive changes have occurred in the region, although they are limited in scope. The attitude of peripheral regions towards external stimuli can be quite reactive, as seen in the case of Warmia and Masuria. It can be assumed that the province’s smart specialisations (water economics, high-quality food, and wood and furniture) will contribute to further quality in the economic structure of the region, but it will not necessarily improve its position in relation to other regions in Poland.
Ion exchange investigation for recovery of uranium from acidic pregnant leach solutions
Authors: Danko Bożena , Dybczyński Rajmund S. , Samczyński Zbigniew , Gajda Dorota , Herdzik-Koniecko Irena , Zakrzewska-Kołtuniewicz Grażyna , Chajduk Ewelina , Kulisa Krzysztof
Published: July 2017

The article describes studies on the separation of uranium from acid pregnant leach solutions obtained from Polish uranium ores: dictyonema shales and sandstone rocks. Ion exchange chromatography was applied for uranium sorption, using commercially available, strongly basic anion exchanger, Dowex 1. In model experiments, the influence of degree of crosslinking of Dowex 1 on the efficiency of uranium extraction was investigated. The effect of H2SO4 concentration on the breakthrough curve of uranyl ions for the Dowex 1 resins, of different crosslinking: X4, X8 and X10, was examined. Unexpectedly high increase of exchange capacity of uranium was observed in case of Dowex 1X10. This gives potential opportunity of improving the effectiveness of uranium recovery process. Applying column packed with Dowex 1X10, ‘yellow cake’ with ca. 92% yield and high purity of recovered uranium was obtained. A block diagram of the procedure for uranium and lanthanides extraction from acidic leach liquor has been proposed.
Characterization of some modern scintillators recommended for use on large fusion facilities in γ-ray spectroscopy and tomographic measurements of γ-emission profiles
Authors: Sibczynski Pawel , Broslawski Andrzej , Gojska Aneta , Kiptily Vasili , Korolczuk Stefan , Kwiatkowski Roch , Mianowski Slawomir , Moszyński Marek , Rzadkiewicz Jacek , Swiderski Lukasz , Szydlowski Adam , Zychor Izabella
Published: July 2017

LaBr3:Ce,CeBr3 and GAGG:Ce scintillators were investigated and the determined characteristics were compared with those obtained for the well-known and widely used CsI:Tl and NaI:Tl crystals. All the detectors were of the same size of 10 × 10 × 5 mm3. The aim of this test study was to single out scintillation detectors most suitable for γ-ray spectrometry and γ-ray emission radial profile measurements in high-temperature plasma experiments. Decay time, energy resolution, non-proportionality and full energy peak detection efficiency ere measured for γ-ray energies up to 1770 keV. Due to their good energy resolution, short decay time and high detection efficiency for MeV gamma rays, LaBr3:Ce and CeBr3 scintillators are proposed as the best candidates for use especially under conditions of high count rates, which are expected in the forthcoming DT experiments.
Kinetic modelling of NO heterogeneous radiation-catalytic oxidation on the TiO2 surface in humid air under the electron beam irradiation
Authors: Nichipor Henrietta , Sun Yongxia , Chmielewski Andrzej G.
Published: July 2017

Theoretical study of NOx removal from humid air by a hybrid system (catalyst combined with electron beam) was carried out. The purpose of this work is to study the possibility to decrease energy consumption for NOx removal. The kinetics of radiation catalytic oxidation of NO on the catalyst TiO2 surface under electron beam irradiation was elaborated. Program Scilab 5.3.0 was used for numerical simulations. Influential parameters such as inlet NO concentration, dose, gas fl ow rate, water concentration and catalyst contents that can affect NOx removal efficiency were studied. The results of calculation show that the removal efficiency of NOx might be increased by 8-16% with the presence of a catalyst in the gas irradiated field.
The Poet at the Teacher’s Desk: W.H. Auden on Education, Democracy and Humanity
Authors: Vít Ladislav
Published: July 2017

In the 1930s W.H. Auden taught at several public schools in Britain while simultaneously embarking on his poetic career. Later in life, he lectured at various educational institutions and returned to Oxford, his alma mater, in the 1950s as Oxford Professor of Poetry. His experience of teaching allowed Auden to reflect upon the pitfalls of Britain’s interwar educational system and its social function. Therefore, this article diverts attention from the prevailing scholarly focus on Auden’s poetry to his critical prose in order to examine the poet’s concerns about the content, purpose and role of education in society, his views on the structure of the educational system and disquiet about the tension between the utilitarian and humanistic dimensions of the educational process. At a more general level, the paper points out the relation that Auden maintained existed between education, democracy, art and the “crystallizing” power of poetry.
New Transatlantic African Writing: Translation, Transculturation and Diasporic Images in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck and Americanah
Authors: Murphy Elena Rodríguez
Published: July 2017

Described as one of the leading voices of her generation, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has become one of the many African authors who through their narratives have succeeded in challenging the literary canon both in Europe and North America while redefining African literature from the diaspora. Her specific use of the English language as well as transcultural writing strategies allow Adichie to skilfully represent what it means to live as a “translated being”. In her collection of short stories, The Thing Around Your Neck (2009), and her latest novel, Americanah (2013), which were greatly influenced by her own experiences as what she has referred to as “an inhabitant of the periphery”, Adichie depicts the way in which different Nigerian characters live in-between Nigeria and America. In this regard, her characters’ transatlantic journeys imply a constant movement between several languages and cultural backgrounds which result in cultural and linguistic translation.
A Corpus-Based Diachronic Study of a Change in the Use of Non-Finite Clauses in Written English
Authors: Malá Marcela
Published: July 2017

Occasional notes in secondary literature suggest that there is a growing tendency to use non-finite clauses in written English. It is partly attributed to the fact that during the process of historical development the English finite verb has lost much of its dynamism and the nominal elements of predication, namely infinitives, participles and gerunds have gradually become semantically more important. This paper deals with the occurrences of non-finite clauses in the tagged Brown/Frown and LOB/F-LOB corpora, which are matching corpora of American English and British English respectively. The article looks at 1) the use of noun phrases followed by -ing participles, -ed participles and to-infinitives, 2) the use of -ing/-ed clauses with/without overt subordinators and 3) the occurrences of to-infinitive clauses. When the structural patterns 1), 2) and 3) were taken as wholes there was always an increase in the frequency of occurrence of non-finite clauses demonstrated by hundreds of examples in the Frown and F-LOB corpora. This may be considered significant since there is only a 30-year difference between the Brown/Frown and LOB/F-LOB corpora. The findings thus completely support the premise that when the perspective of the research is diachronic, in written English non-finite clauses are becoming increasingly prominent.
Analysis of the Relationship Between Training Experience and Visual Sensory Functions in Athletes from Different Sports
Authors: Lesiakowski Piotr , Lubiński Wojciech , Zwierko Teresa
Published: July 2017

Introduction. Gaining insight into the mechanisms and scope of possible adaptations of visual functions to the conditions determined by the demands imposed by sports training seems to be very interesting not only from a cognitive point of view, but also with respect to the practical applications of the findings of such investigations in the training process. The aim of the study was to assess the function of early visual processing in athletes representing different sports disciplines with varying training experience. Material and methods. The study involved 95 athletes practising football (n = 24), volleyball (n = 22), boxing (n = 26), and rowing (n = 23). The bioelectric function of the visual pathway was assessed based on recordings of visual evoked potentials (VEPs). The regions which were stimulated were the peripheral and central areas of the retina. During the test, we recorded the amplitude (μV) and latency (ms) of the P100 component of the VEP waveform for both monocular stimulation (for the dominant and non-dominant eye) and binocular stimulation. Results. Lower VEP P100 amplitude values were found for the peripheral and central locations for monocular and binocular viewing in more experienced volleyball players and rowers (p < 0.05). In the case of boxers with greater training experience, a significantly lower (p < 0.05) amplitude of the VEP P100 wave was observed in the central location in the dominant eye. However, we did not find significant differences (p > 0.05) in intragroup variability in VEP P100 latency in relation to training experience in any of the sports disciplines examined. Conclusions. Training experience has an influence on the early stage of sensory processing with respect to neural activity. Training experience has been found to differentiate athletes in terms of the temporal parameters of the visual evoked potentials recorded in the current study only to a limited extent.
Barriers to Participation in Tourism in the Disabled
Authors: Kaganek Krzysztof , Ambroży Tadeusz , Mucha Dariusz , Jurczak Adam , Bornikowska Agata , Ostrowski Andrzej , Janiszewska Renata , Mucha Teresa
Published: July 2017

Introduction. Physical activity is critical to effective rehabilitation in people with disabilities and, consequently, is of high importance in their lives. However, participation of the disabled in physical activity, including tourism, is a much more complex issue than in the case in able-bodied individuals. Material and methods. This paper aims to fill the gap and familiarise the reader with barriers faced by the disabled who engage in tourism. The study group consisted of randomly selected 460 participants with certificates specifying the degree of their disability. The group included 55 (12%) individuals with visual impairments, 203 (44.1%) individuals with hearing impairments, and 202 (43.9%) individuals with locomotor system disabilities. Results. The data derived from interviews made with people with physical dysfunctions, designed with a view to achieving the aims of the study, were used to develop logistic regression models. Conclusions. On average, the greatest and smallest numbers of barriers were reported by individuals with severe disabilities and those who had large families, respectively. Younger disabled people most often complained about the equipment barriers to participation in tourism. Older respondents were mostly challenged with social barriers. Of all the determinants analysed in the study, the perception of barriers to participation in tourism most often depended on the subjects’ degree of disability.
Navigation Security Module with Real-Time Voice Command Recognition System
Authors: Yagimli Mustafa , Tezer Huseyin Kursat
Published: July 2017

The real-time voice command recognition system used for this study, aims to increase the situational awareness, therefore the safety of navigation, related especially to the close manoeuvres of warships, and the courses of commercial vessels in narrow waters. The developed system, the safety of navigation that has become especially important in precision manoeuvres, has become controllable with voice command recognition-based software. The system was observed to work with 90.6% accuracy using Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) and Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) parameters and with 85.5% accuracy using Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) and DTW parameters.
Theoretical Model of Acoustic Wave Propagation in Shallow Water
Authors: Kozaczka Eugeniusz , Grelowska Grażyna
Published: July 2017

The work is devoted to the propagation of low frequency waves in a shallow sea. As a source of acoustic waves, underwater disturbances generated by ships were adopted. A specific feature of the propagation of acoustic waves in shallow water is the proximity of boundaries of the limiting media characterised by different impedance properties, which affects the acoustic field coming from a source situated in the water layer “deformed” by different phenomena. The acoustic field distribution in the real shallow sea is affected not only by multiple reflections, but also by stochastic changes in the free surface shape, and statistical changes in the seabed shape and impedance. The paper discusses fundamental problems of modal sound propagation in the water layer over different types of bottom sediments. The basic task in this case was to determine the acoustic pressure level as a function of distance and depth. The results of the conducted investigation can be useful in indirect determination of the type of bottom.
Agent-Based Evacuation in Passenger Ships Using a Goal-Driven Decision-Making Model
Authors: Ni Baocheng , Li Zhen , Li Xiang
Published: July 2017

A new agent-based model is proposed to support designers in assessing the evacuation capabilities of passenger ships and in improving ship safety. It comprises models for goal-driven decision-making, path planning, and movement. The goal-driven decision-making model determines an agent’s target by decomposing abstract goals into subgoals. The path-planning model plans the shortest path from the agent’s current position to its target. The movement model is a combination of social-force and steering models to control the agent in moving along its path. The utility of the proposed model is verified using 11 tests for passenger ships proposed by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization.
New Ways in the Cognitive Dimension of Information Operations
Authors: Haig Zsolt , Hajdu Veronika
Published: July 2017

In this paper the authors introduce the cognitive dimension that is becoming more and more important in the field of information operations with special regard to psychological operations (PSYOPS). The strengthening role of influencing skills and technological progress has created new avenues and opportunities in the military field. The paper seeks to point out the relationship between marketing and PSYOPS. In connection with this, the study intends to present a new approach to PSYOPS that can achieve the operational goals which set by the leader by applying guerrilla marketing tools and methods.
Technology of Double Thermal Insulation for the Repair and Energy Optimization of Existing Thermal Insulation Composite Systems
Authors: Belániová Barbora , Antošová Naďa
Published: July 2017

The theme of improvement thermal proprieties of external cladding according to the New EU Directive is still a hot topic, which needs to be answered necessarily till December 2020. Maintenance and repair of existing ETICS became to also an actual open theme in search solutions for existing constructions. The aim of the research in this review is to analyze influence of layers the alternative thermal materials in technology “double thermal insulation”. Humidity and temperature conditions will be further examined in connection with the development and colonization of microorganisms on surface construction.
The Dialectics of Sovereignty and Property
Authors: Dellavalle Sergio
Published: July 2017

Respectively in the public andin the private spheres, both sovereignty and property are expressions of the turn to the primacy of the interests of the individual at the beginning of the Modern Ages: in the first case this primacy is related to the individual state, in the second to the individual economic actor. The centrality of individuality, as the most distinguishing feature of modern thinking, thus lies at the basis of the interconnection between the two concepts. This is developed according to three distinct patterns. In the light of the first pattern, sovereignty degenerates into a mere means in the service of defending private interests, thereby eluding its fundamental public function. On the other hand, from the perspective of the second pattern, individual property leaves the private domain, claiming absoluteness and presuming to replace the public dimension. Both these patterns reflect one-sided relations in which the two terms — sovereignty and property — merge in opposite ways, but always losing their specific content and rationale in the context of the social order. The third pattern is the only one in which sovereignty and property maintain their respective functions, with the two elements synergistically contributing to a social order in which public sphere and private dimension are both recognized as essential components. Here, public sovereignty and private property are co-essential insofar as sovereignty derives from individual will, private property is fundamental for the individual to pursue the personal self-realization that lies at the basis of his/ her legitimation of sovereignty, and — finally — public power is at the service of defending the rights and interests of all individuals.
The Human Right to Private Property
Authors: Dagan Hanoch , Dorfman Avihay
Published: July 2017

For private property to be legitimately recognized as a universal human right, its meaning should pass the test of self-imposability by an end. In this Essay, we argue, negatively, that the prevailing (libertarian) understanding of private property cannot plausibly meet this demanding standard; and develop, affirmatively, a liberal conception which has a much better prospect of meeting property’s justificatory challenge. Private property, on our account, is an empowering device, which is crucial both to people’s personal autonomy (understood in terms of self-determination) and to their relational equality (understood in terms of reciprocal respect and recognition among persons). The liberal conception of the human right to property has both vertical and horizontal significance — it implies respect from both the public authority and other individuals — which means that it is thoroughly political but not necessarily statist.

Our account generates important implications, both domestic and transnational. Domestically, it implies that whereas some property rights should be subject to strong constitutional protection, state law should facilitate other types of private and non-private property institutions, and these property institutions may well be subject to non-owners’ claims to access and, more broadly, to being treated respectfully. Furthermore, our conception of the human right to property requires that everyone have the unusual authority typical of full-blown private ownership. Transnationally, our analysis highlights a freestanding dimension of relational justice, which is relevant across borders even given that our distributive obligations are statist. This injunction of relational justice in transnational interactions brings into question the adequacy of the current state of the law, according to which these interactions are mainly governed by choice-of-law rules that conceptualize them as wholly subsumed under the capacities of the parties as citizens of their respective polities.
Sovereignty and the Politics of Property
Authors: Benvenisti Eyal
Published: July 2017

The debate whether property is a limit on or the product of sovereignty envisages a tension between “the individual owner” and “the state.” But “the state” is not more than the aggregate of individuals who define theirs and others’ property rights through the state’s political process. The underlying tension between property and sovereignty is thus the tension between the economic market and the political market. Owners and others compete simultaneously at both levels to define, protect or improve the value of property. There are two ways to compete in the political marketplace: by engaging in either “high visibility politics” or “low visibility politics.” Diffuse owners rely on high visibility politics promoted by agents such as political parties or trade unions and on elections, referenda and the like, whereas smaller groups of owners prefer the low politics of capturing lawmakers and state executives.

When economic markets became global at the end of the Cold War, so did the political markets: property rights increasingly became defined by international agreements, by decisions of international organizations, and by the exercise of “low politics” in foreign, weaker states. The global political markets were dominated by the executive branches of a handful of relatively strong states that, in turn, were responsive to the “low politics” of special interests. The high transaction costs of cooperation among diffuse owners inhibited the parallel rise of “high politics” at the global level. The skewed global political market for property continues to favor special interests, but there are budding attempts to reclaim the space for “high politics” by national regulators and courts. Current negotiations over the so-called “Mega Regional” agreements between the United States and its trading partners will, if successful, nip these buds as they render certain property rights almost immune to the subsequent challenges of high politics.
From Territorial to Monetary Sovereignty
Authors: Pistor Katharina
Published: July 2017

State sovereignty is closely intertwined with, but not limited to, control over territory and people. It has long been recognized that control over monetary affairs is a critical part of genuine sovereignty. In this Article, I go a step further and argue that the relevance and importance of territorial versus monetary sovereignty has shifted in favor of the latter. This shift goes hand in hand with the rise of credit-based financial systems. Such systems depend, in the last instance, on backstopping by an entity with control over its own money supply and no binding survival constraints. Only states with monetary sovereignty fit this pattern. All others are de facto more like private entities, which by definition cannot manipulate their own survival constraint. States can surrender their monetary sovereignty directly by adopting another currency or by issuing their own debt in foreign currency and under foreign law. They also compromise their sovereignty by permitting unlimited capital inflows denominated in currencies other than their own. This is because in times of crisis they will not be able to rescue the domestic financial system from its tendency to self-destruct without subjecting itself to a sovereign debt crisis and the implied need to rely on a lifeline from other states or supranational entities.
The Bb-adic Symmetrization of Digital Nets for Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration
Authors: Goda Takashi
Published: July 2017

The notion of symmetrization, also known as Davenport’s reflection principle, is well known in the area of the discrepancy theory and quasi- Monte Carlo (QMC) integration. In this paper we consider applying a symmetrization technique to a certain class of QMC point sets called digital nets over ℤb. Although symmetrization has been recognized as a geometric technique in the multi-dimensional unit cube, we give another look at symmetrization as a geometric technique in a compact totally disconnected abelian group with dyadic arithmetic operations. Based on this observation we generalize the notion of symmetrization from base 2 to an arbitrary base b ∈ ℕ, b ≥ 2. Subsequently, we study the QMC integration error of symmetrized digital nets over ℤbin a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. The result can be applied to component-by-component construction or Korobov construction for finding good symmetrized (higher order) polynomial lattice rules which achieve high order convergence of the integration error for smooth integrands at the expense of an exponential growth of the number of points with the dimension. Moreover, we consider two-dimensional symmetrized Hammersley point sets in prime base b, and prove that the minimum Dick weight is large enough to achieve the best possible order of Lpdiscrepancy for all 1 ≤ p < ∞.
On Irregularities of Distribution of Binary Sequences Relative to Arithmetic Progressions, I. (General Results)
Authors: Dartyge Cécile , Gyarmati Katalin , Sárközy András
Published: July 2017

In 1964 K. F. Roth initiated the study of irregularities of distribution of binary sequences relative to arithmetic progressions and since that numerous papers have been written on this subject. In the applications one needs binary sequences which are well distributed relative to arithmetic progressions, in particular, in cryptography one needs binary sequences whose short subsequences are also well-distributed relative to arithmetic progressions. Thus we introduce weighted measures of pseudorandomness of binary sequences to study this property. We study the typical and minimal values of this measure for binary sequences of a given length.
Statistical Distribution of Roots of a Polynomial Modulo Primes II
Authors: Kitaoka Yoshiyuki
Published: July 2017

Continuing the previous paper, we give several data on the distribution of roots modulo primes of an irreducible polynomial, and based on them, we propose problems on the distribution.
Práticas discursivas sobre avaliação da aprendizagem nas políticas curriculares para a EJA e nos CEJAs de João Pessoa/PB
Authors: Pereira Maria Zuleide Da Costa , Honorato Rafael Ferreira de Souza
Published: July 2017

Esse estudo envolve as problemáticas em torno dos sentidos de avaliação nas políticas curriculares para a Educação de Jovens e Adultos. O nosso objetivo foi analisar quais os sentidos de avaliação no currículo dos CEJAs da cidade de João Pessoa/PB, especificamente no 3º segmento. As nossas análises foram desenvolvidas a partir das entrevistas semiestruturadas e o estudos dos documentos curriculares nacionais e locais, seguindo um viés pós-estruturalista a partir dos estudos de Laclau e Mouffe (2015), Laclau (2011; 2013). O estudo mostrou as lacunas presentes de significação da avaliação no currículo dos Centros Estaduais de Educação de Jovens e Adultos.
Design of microstrip microwave phase shifters for antenna arrays
Authors: Glushechenko E. N.
Published: July 2017

The analysis of the features of microstrip discrete reflective phase shifters is given. The principle of forming multi-bit phase shifters based on the transmission-type phase shifter is presented. Two specific schemes are given as the implementation of the phase shifters.
Effect of electron irradiation on the optical properties of nanocrystalline SiC films on single crystal Al2O3 substrates
Authors: Semenov A. V. , Lopin A. V. , Boriskin V. N.
Published: July 2017

It was studied the effect of irradiation with high-energy (10 MeV) electrons on the optical properties of nanocrystalline carbide film system silicon / sapphire substrates in a wide range of fluences of 5•1014 to 9•1019 cm–2 and subsequent annealing in vacuum in the range of 200—1200°C. It was found that radiation-induced changes in the optical properties of nc-SiC films is primarily manifested in the UV region of the spectrum associated with interband transitions, as well as in the region of the spectrum due to the absorption of intrinsic defects and disordered regions. It was established in the beginning of the annealing of defects in irradiated films has been observed at 200°C, which indicates the high concentration of carbon vacancies with the lowest activation energy. Significant changes in the optical properties of sapphire begin at fluence 5•1017 cm–2, which should be considered when using these materials under conditions of intense radiation impact.