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Industrial culture as an asset, barrier and creative challenge for restructuring of old industrial cities: case study of Ostrava (Czechia)
Authors: Bosák Vojtěch , Nováček Alexandr , Slach Ondřej 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Old industrial cities abound with extensive infrastructures, which however no longer suit the economic purposes, for which they were originally built. However either their demolition or a complete rebuilding of new is often not a viable option, and thus the issue of their smart reuse emerged in urban studies. In this paper we combine literature on restructuring, brownfields, and industrial heritage to assess their significance both as a barrier and asset for future urban development. The main aim is to provide municipalities with an overview of the range of their possible reuses, and problems they might face in doing so. Furthermore, the selected examples show that contemplating new use should be guided by assessment of intrinsic features of the structures on one hand, and by general global trends on other. This new combination of the two might render the new use competitive. For this sake a case study of the old industrial city of Ostrava is employed, as this issue has been particularly pronounced given the city’s strong historical specialisation in heavy industry.
The Prospects of Transdisciplinary Approach to Promote Learners’ Cognitive Interest in Natural Science for Sustainable Development
Authors: Jurgena Inese , Cēdere Dagnija , Keviša Ingrīda 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
The use of transdisciplinary approach to promote learners’ interest in the acquisition of natural science at school provides new opportunities for a complex explanation of the phenomenon and improving the quality of the process of learning. The aim of the study is to explore the learners’ cognitive interest, personal participation and the approaches chosen by teachers from the perspective of transdisciplinary approach. The study characterises students’ subjective evaluations of their personal participation and cognitive interest in the subjects of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics, and the approaches used by teachers. The participants were 9th grade students from 17 Latvian schools (536 respondents) with the average age of 15.3 (SD=0.63). The results of the study showed that students’ evaluations concerning their personal participation in the process of learning were contradictory. They devote little of their free time to the acquisition of science subjects. As to teachers’ activity, a variety of teaching approaches are used. According to students’ subjective evaluations, the constructivist learning approach corresponds to the trends of sustainable education, whereas the overall context in which the development of learners’ cognitive interest in the acquisition of natural science subjects takes place at school highlights issues concerning the sustainable development of the system and the prospects of using the transdisciplinary approach.
Dyspepsia amongst end stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis: Views from a large tertiary care center
Authors: Khalid Muhammad Ali , Iqbal Jawaid , Memon Hassan Liaquat , Hanif Farina M. , Butt Muhammad Osama Tariq , Luck Nasir Hassan , Majid Zain 
Published: June 2018

Abstract

Background and Objectives
Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) among which dyspepsia is frequently observed. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and associations of dyspepsia in ESRD patients using the Leeds questionnaire.

Methods
All ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis were consecutively enrolled in the study. Leeds questionnaire was used to interrogate the patients for the assessment of dyspepsia. Mean and standard deviation were calculated for age, body mass index (BMI), disease duration and number of hemodialysis sessions. Independent t-test and Chi square tests were used for statistical analysis.

Results
Total number of patients was 200, out which 118 (59.3%) were male. The mean age was of 41.4 years. According to the Leeds questionnaire, dyspepsia was present in 62 (63.9%) patients. Younger patients (age 20–40 years) more frequently had dyspeptic symptoms (61.5% patients), retrosternal pain (156 patients, 78.0%), regurgitation (127 patients, 63.5%), dysphagia (67 patients, 33.5%), and nausea (142 patients, 71.0%). Patients presented with intermittent pattern of symptoms in 179 (89.5%) cases, while continuous symptoms in 6 (3.0%). Dyspepsia was associated with aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels > 25 U/L (P = 0.001), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels > 28U/L (P = 0.000) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels > 34 U/L (P = 0.002). On multivariate analysis, urea, creatinine, and presenting symptoms of dysphagia and belching showed significant statistical association with dyspepsia.

Conclusion
Dyspepsia is a common problem affecting patients with end stage renal disease and is associated with raised serum AST, ALT and GGT in such patients.
Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Used for Typing of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamases- Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Infant ҆S Respiratory and Digestive System
Authors: Popova Gorica , Jankuloski Dean , Felix Benjamin , Boskovska Katerina , Stojanovska-Dimzovska Biljana , Tasic Velibor , Blagoevska Katerina 
Published: June 2018

Abstract

Escherichia coli infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat because of emerging antimicrobial resistance, mostly to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, due to the production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs).Despite extensive studies of ESBL- producing E.coli in adult patients, there is a lack of information about the epidemiology and spread of ESBL organisms in pediatric population. The aim of this study was to examine the gastrointestinal tract as an endogenous reservoir for the respiratory tract colonization with ESBL- E. coli in children, hospitalized because of the severity of the respiratory illness. The study group consists of 40 children with ESBL-producing E. coli strains isolated from the sputum and from the rectal samples. A control group of 15 E. coli isolated from rectal swabs of healthy children were included in the analysis. The comparison of the strains was done by using antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the stains, and pulsed field gel electrophoresis was performed for molecular typing, using XbaI digestion. 90% of the compared pairs of strains in the study group were with identical antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and indistinguishable in 79.2% by the obtained PFGE – profiles.33.3% (5/15) of confirmed E. coli strains from the control group were found to be ESBL – producers. Resulting band profiles of all isolates demonstrated presence of 12 pulsotypes, with 100% similarity within the pulsotypes. Although, some isolates obtained from different patients were genetically indistinguishable, these strains were not hospital acquired, as none of the patients satisfied the criteria for hospital acquired pneumonia, and there was a lack of an obvious transmission chain. All ESBL –E. coli isolated from sputum in clinical cases were obtained from patients under the age of one. According to the resistance profile of the compared pairs and the PFGE comparison of all isolates, it can be concluded that the gastrointestinal tract is the main reservoir of ESBL-E. coli. Small age in infants is a risk factor for translocation of bacteria, enabling the colonization of the respiratory tract.
Experiencing and Privately Remembering Late Albanian Socialism: A Study Based on Oral History Interviews in the Region of Shkodra
Authors: Idrizi Idrit 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Based on interviews with 35 contemporary witnesses, this paper examines how Albanian socialism’s late phase (second half of the 1970s and first half of the 1980s) was subjectively experienced and is individually remembered today. It argues that despite harsh state repression and considerable impoverishment in this period, the communist regime enjoyed the loyalty of large sections of the country’s population. Furthermore, the paper suggests that many contemporaries have yet to come to terms with their experiences of that time. Their recollection narratives are predominantly characterised by uncertainties and contradictions, of which both individuals and society still have to make sense.
Cycles of the Housing Market in Hungary from the Economic Crisis until Today
Authors: Harnos László 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to identify the underlying reasons for the cyclical nature of the Hungarian housing market, in particular the business cycles, the construction, and market participants’ expectations. Our research was conducted based on analysis of statistical data and of the housing market indices. As a result, it can be stated that cyclic behaviour of the housing market may be explained primarily with business cycles, but state subsidies and mortgages also affect the variations. Accordingly, the increasing lending and the high amount of subsidies can generate a price bubble. The supply of second-hand dwellings looks more flexible compared with that of new ones. However, the expectations of market operators do not have a demonstrable effect on the housing market.
Students’ Behavioral Intentions Regarding the Future Use of Quantitative Research Methods
Authors: Tominc Polona , Krajnc Maruša , Vivod Klavdija , Lynn Monty L. , Frešer Blaž 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Changes regarding the importance of graduates’ competences by employers and changes of competences themselves are to a great extend driven by the technological changes, digitalization, and big data. Among these competences, the ability to perform business and data analytics, based on statistical thinking and data mining, is becoming extremely important. In this paper, we study the relationships among several constructs that are related to attitudes of economics and business students regarding quantitative statistical methods and to students’ intention to use them in the future. Findings of our research provide important insights for practitioners, educators, lecturers, and curricular management teams.
VAT Gap Dependence and Fiscal Administration Measures
Authors: Lešnik Tomaž , Jagrič Timotej , Jagrič Vita 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
The paper examines the VAT gap estimated on the basis of VAT tax returns. The assessment of tax gap dependence is examined based on macroeconomic influences and the measures of the Slovenian fiscal administration. Regarding the latter, the number of audits being performed and the effects of audit activity (tax yield) have been considered. The results of the analysis support the thesis that the tax gap is reduced in conditions of economic growth. The fiscal administration measures showed the desired effect. An important factor lowering the gap was proven to be the number of (VAT) audits. A similar impact on the tax gap, although considerably smaller, was found to have effects of an audit. Audit planning might be considered as guidance for fiscal policies to lower the tax gap.
Employees: Invisible Added Value of a Company
Authors: Zupančič Magda 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
In developed economies, where the work input exceeds the physical input, the lack of harmonised and standardised rules of human capital assessment is visible. The mentioned indicates the deficit of an important part of the comprehensive value-added assessment. What do we lose by ignoring the important part of the employee’s value added in the working process? Companies underestimate the employee’s human capital input. Consequently, society typically does not recognize invisible sources of value added in companies. The goals of this article are to highlight the missing human capital (HC) element at the company level assessment and to raise the awareness about its importance. By analysing existing methods of coping with the mentioned challenge, no harmonised solution is evident. By the increasing share of the service sector, emphasis on the HC element should be monitored more closely. The article focuses on the missing and invisible human capital elements in the framework of the value added; it offers suggestions for inclusion of the human capital factor in the process of company’s value added assessment as well as reflections on further steps in this direction.
Petroleum – Strategic Resource for World Economy
Authors: Pop Viorel 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Petroleum is the most important resource for global energy production, far exceeding the role of coal and natural gas, the role of river energy and wind energy, and also the role of nuclear fuel.
All highly industrialized countries are making great efforts to ensure the energy needs of the functioning of economies under the conditions of fierce global competition. None of the world’s first 10-12 economies can give up on petroleum imports, and the exporting countries benefit from large financial resources from petroleum.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Russia and other petroleum-rich countries secure themselves significant foreign revenue for their economic development, defense and overall well-being.
Innovation Networking, Knowledge Transdisciplinary Spaces
Authors: Pop Ioan Gh. , Fotea Ioan S. , Fotea Silvia L. 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
In this paper a novel approach on knowledge integration in presented in the context of the knowledge-based society/economy (KBS/E). What this paper brings new is the transdisciplinary integrative approach of the knowledge through the “conceptual knowledge space” as a potentiality, and the “practical transdisciplinary knowledge space”, as actuality, with the transition between them through the included middle. Are introduced some of the most important practical educational environmental transdisciplinary conceptual and applied spaces, as innovative groundbreaking clusters that foster the origination, transfer and implementation of knowledge in the process of achieving sustainable development of the continuously integrative society. The University is considered the most appropriate space for this transdisciplinary approach of knowledge achievement, being a natural habitat of the synergistic integration of education, research and industry, and with its adaptability and adequateness in the knowledge economy space. University should become an open space in a reconfiguration in a integration of a highrequired degree with breadth profile competence in the integrated fields of different disciplines, with the need to have a depth profile of the knowledge in research on particular cognitive field. A new redefined mission of university by collaborating with industry should be linked to a redefinition of the role of the research in universities in the knowledge based society/economy.
Logistics Strategies for Resource Supply Chains
Authors: Trojahn Sebastian 
Published: June 2018

Abstract
Resources play a decisive role in the functioning of our economy. Raw materials are used in the energy industry, the food industry and are the source for every good used and produced by humans. Efficient and reliable logistics chains are essential for the availability of these resources and goods.
Raw materials represent the beginning in each production chain, therefore the logistical optimization should find attention in the planning of these supply and demand chains. So far, however, logistics methods and strategies for raw materials have not been investigated. Instead, optimization of logistics chains is mostly implemented in the later production process.
This paper explains the reasons for the lack of application of logistics strategies in raw materials logistics, shows a portfolio of logistics strategies and assigns possible logistics strategies to selected raw materials. In addition to the definition of raw materials and resources from the point of view of production and logistics, this work provides a basis for logistics strategies for raw materials.
Drawings as External Representations of Children’s Fundamental Ideas and the Emotional Atmosphere in Geometry Lessons
Authors: Glasnović Gracin Dubravka , Kuzle Ana 
Published: June 2018

The important role that geometry plays in the mathematics curriculum has been extensively documented. However, the reduction of geometry in school mathematics, and the focus on basic computation and procedures, raises the question of the competencies students acquire and the classroom atmosphere in geometry lessons. The goal of this multiple case study was to analyse four students’ conceptions of geometryand the emotional atmosphere in geometry lessons on an individual level. Drawings were used as external representations of the students’ geometrical ideas and the emotional atmosphere. The results show that the participants have a narrow understanding of geometry, and that geometry teaching in their classrooms is reduced to frontal teaching with very limited communication. Nevertheless, the emotional atmospherein these four cases could be described as positive or ambivalent. Based on the data, the results are discussed not only with regard to the utility of drawings as a research method to gain insights into students’ conceptionsof geometry and emotional atmosphere in geometry lessons, but also with regard to their theoretical and practical implications.
О НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ИННОВАЦИОННО-ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ СТРАТЕГИИ РОСТА
Authors: Павленко Нина Андреевна , Акимова Елена Николаевна , Шатаева Ольга Владимировна 
Published: June 2018

Цель работы. Дать теоретическое и методологическое обоснование новому подходу в обеспечении прорывного развития экономики на основе национальной инновационно-технологической стратегии роста. Метод или методология проведения работы. Методологией проведения работы послужили фундаментальные труды отечественных и зарубежных ученых-экономистов в области разработки новой модели роста, технологических этапов, долгосрочной экономической стратегии национальной экономики. Исследование построено на теоретическом анализе источников экономического роста Д. Юма, А. Смита, А. Маршалла, Р. Соллоу. Дана характеристика современных стратегий экономического роста, их анализ. Обоснована наиболее приемлемая для России стратегия экономического роста. Результаты. Результаты исследований показывают, что обеспечение прорывного развития экономики возможно лишь ускоренными темпами роста на основе национальной инновационно-технологической стратегии роста. Подчеркивается, что неотъемлемыми частями вышеупомянутой стратегии являются инновационная политика, нацеленная на улучшение пропорций отраслевого и технологического характера по взаимодействию между секторами экономики; эффективное использование в краткосрочном периоде уже имеющегося потенциала роста в ведущих секторах экономики; масштабная модернизация машиностроения на базе достижений НТП. Проанализирована важность и актуальность процесса цифровизации российской промышленности. Область применения результатов. Полученные результаты исследования могут быть широко использованы в процессе преподавания таких предметов, как «Экономическая теория», «Банки и банковское дело», «Финансовый менеджмент», в подготовке программ и методик по курсу «Инновационный менеджмент», в прикладных экономических дисциплинах в сфере промышленности. Выводы. Для обеспечения высоких показателей в развитии экономики с темпами роста выше мировых требуется ускоренный экономический рост на основе инвестиций, нацеленных на улучшение пропорций отраслевого и экономического характера, развитие новейших направлений науки и техники, имеющих стратегическое значение. Цифровизация российской промышленности – еще один стратегически важный путь экономического роста. Предлагаемая национальная инновационно-технологическая стратегия роста будет способствовать прочному закреплению российской экономики в пятерке крупнейших экономик мира.
СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ ПРИГРАНИЧНЫХ С РЕСПУБЛИКОЙ ТУВЫ РАЙОНОВ МОНГОЛИИ
Authors: Гантуяа Дугэр , Имидеева Ирина Владимировна , Жавзансурэн Тогтохсурэн 
Published: June 2018

Предметом исследования является развитие регионов Монголии. Целью исследования является анализ основных показателей социально-экономического развития Монголии в региональном аспекте, в т. ч. аймаки Западного региона, приграничные с Республикой Тыва. Также рассмотрена региональная экономическая политика социально-экономического развития Монголии, которая должна соответствовать условиям страны, имеющей обширную территорию и небольшую численность населения, а также низкую плотность расселения и монопродуктовый характер экономики. На основе проведенных исследований и анализа подчеркнута необходимость проведения обоснованной государственной политики. В статье используются методы сравнительного исследования, анализа и синтеза на основе системно-информационного подхода.
ИМИТАЦИОННОЕ МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ ТЕКУЩЕЙ ДИНАМИКИ И БУДУЩЕГО УРОВНЯ САМООБЕСПЕЧЕННОСТИ ЕГИПТА ПШЕНИЦЕЙ
Authors: Эльмахди Эльсайед Негм Мостафа Мохамед , Сафиуллин Ленар Наилевич 
Published: June 2018

Цель работы. Целью статьи является разработка видения того, как достичь высокого уровня самообеспеченности продовольствием, учитывая имеющиеся ресурсы, ожидаемые будущие изменения и потребности. Метод или методология проведения работы. В данной статье проводится анализ самообеспеченности Египта пшеницей с использованием моделей Vensim. Результаты. В ходе данного исследования были определены основные движущие силы, которые улучшают продовольственную безопасность в Египте. Авторами была построена модель для представления процесса импорта, спроса и потребления пшеницы в Египте путем мониторинга роста доли населения, не получающего достаточного питания, и заполнения разрыва между спросом и предложением пшеницы. Целевая потребность в увеличении объемов производства данной культуры объясняется прежде всего тем, что пшеница является основным продуктом питания в Египте. Согласно теории спроса и предложения, равновесие между производством и потреблением достигается, когда спрос равен предложению. Данное утверждение применяется как на уровне международной торговли, так и на внутреннем рынке. Также следует отметить, что высокая численность населения страны и стабильные темпы ее роста делают обеспечение продовольствием приоритетной задачей для Египта. Таким образом, в статье были рассмотрены три сектора, изменения в которых будут способствовать решению обозначенных проблем: население, продовольственная безопасность и импорт. Для создания модели были использованы статистические данные и экономические показатели за период с 1995 по 2015 год. Область применения результатов. Результаты проведенного исследования могут использоваться при формировании программ продовольственной безопасности и развития сельскохозяйственного производства. Выводы. По результатам исследования были предложены рекомендации по улучшению продовольственной безопасности к 2030 году. Предложения заключаются в улучшении управления земельными ресурсами и производительностью, увеличении индивидуальных доходов, сокращении роста населения и создании стратегического запаса пшеницы.
Облікова політика, її суть та призначення
Authors: Bukalo Nadiya 
Published: June 2018

У статті здійснено теоретичне обґрунтування та висвітлення окремих важливих елементів облікової політики, досліджено суть і призначення облікової політики. Визначено низку чинників впливу на вибір й обґрунтування облікової політики. Відзначено, що важливим складником загального механізму управління господарською діяльністю підприємств є вміло сформована облікова політика. Розглянуто причини та напрями, що зумовлюють формування облікової політики з урахуванням вимог чинного законодавства