Нагласи и социални дистанции на най-големите етнически общности в България спрямо имигранти

Author(s): Yolanda Zografova,Diana Bakalova,Antoaneta Hristova,Borian Andreev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2015

The intensified processes of mobility and migration, specifically after the accession of Bulgaria to the EU, result in increasing ethnic diversity, changing configuration of ethnic communities, and hence, complicated interethnic relations in the country. Besides the “traditional” ethnic minorities, the number of immigrant minorities, particularly from some Arab countries, is continuously increasing. The main objective and contribution of this study was to examine attitudes and social distances towards immigrants – Russians and Arabs – not only on the part of ethnic Bulgarian majority, but also on the part of the largest ethnic minorities in the country – Bulgarian Turks and Roma. The study was a part of a larger survey among 1216 respondents with ethnic Bulgarian, Bulgarian Turkish and Roma self-identification in 3 Bulgarian districts with different proportions of ethnic minorities. Attitudes towards Russians were found to be more positive, and social distances towards them – shorter, compared to those towards Arabs. Still, attitudes towards Arabs were not as negative as attitudes towards Roma, who had been known to face the severest discrimination for years. Ethnicity turned out a significant factor for attitudes and social distances towards the immigrants. The effects of perceived economic status and some socio-demographic factors were also scrutinized.

Възгледи на български гимназисти за същността на науката и научното изследване – джендърен аспект

Author(s): Isa Hadjiali,Y. Dimova,Z. Garova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

937 students from non-specialized schools from 7 different Bulgarian regions participated are included in the present study. The quantitative analysis of the data shows dependencies of the students’ views (on the essence of science and science research) on their cognitive results, on their gender and type of school they attend. In this article we focus on a quantitative study of the dependence between students’ views and their gender. We are looking for an answer to the following research question: Is there a statistically significant difference in the views of the high-school students who participated – boys and girls with good and excellent cognitive results in Chemistry? In order to do that we use descriptive statistics and the SPSS software product by applying the following statistical procedures: Student’s T-test, Mann-Whitney test, and Kruskal-Wallis test. Because of the gender differences we were able to establish we suggest ideas to natural sciences teachers for improving their pedagogical practice.

FROM IRREDENTISM TO STATE DISINTEGRATION: GREATER SOMALIA DURING SIAD BARRE REGIME (1969-1991)

Author(s): Pablo Arconada Ledesma / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

‘Greater Somalia’ refers to the union of the five regions inhabited by Somali people under the same state. For decades, and especially since colonization, this idea has tried to unify the different Somali peoples in the Horn of Africa: Italian Somalia, British Somalia, the small enclave of Djibouti, the Ogaden and Haud (under Ethiopian rule) and the Northeast border of Kenya. The pansomalist objective has never been fulfilled despite Mogadishu's repeated attempts to integrate all these territories. The last attempt was the so-called war of the Ogaden (1977-1978) driven by the dictator Mohammed Siad Barre, who was defeated. Despite the disaster, the dream of Greater Somalia has remained active for several years. However, the fall of Siad Barre in 1991 and the disintegration of the state of Somalia erased at one stroke the pansomalist aspirations. Finally, the purpose of this article is to analyze the unifying aspirations of Somalia from the Ogaden War to its total disintegration and the strategies promoted by this government until its fall in 1991. The Research methods includes the analysis of historic resources, such as the Constitutions of Somalia and different previous articles and books related to this topic.

Brojčano kretanje Židova na području Bjelovarsko-križevačke županije (1857. - 1918.)

Author(s): Ljiljana Dobrovšak / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 4/2011

The paper states some of the most basic historical and statistic data regarding the Jewish community in the Bjelovar-Križevci County between 1857 and 1918. In the period between 1857 and 1922, the name and the borders of the Bjelovar-Križevci County changed on several occasions (the Bjelovar County, particularly the Križevci County, then the Bjelovar-Križevci County, and finally the Bjelovar-Bilogora County); similarly did the borders of the interior districts, which fact hindered the research to a certain extent. Hence, this paper focuses on the demographic changes in the period between the census of 1880 and the census of 1910. Though the presence of the first Jews in the area of the Bjelovar-Križevci County was recorded rather early – at the beginning of the 19th century, more precise demographic reports are dated only after 1851, or rather 1857 – the year of the first official census. Each of the censuses between the 1850s and 1918 (1857, 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910) listed a higher number of Jews; finally, in 1910, 2,406 Jews inhabited the Bjelovar-Križevci County, mostly the Bjelovar district and the County’s urban area (Bjelovar, Koprivnica and Križevci). In the area of the Berak Municipality, very few Jews lived (a couple of families), while they had never inhabited Podgarić.

Modele de evaluare a accesibilităţii teritoriale utilizând GIS

Author(s): Antonio Valentin Tache / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2019

Space is the basic concept of geographical analysis, and the spatial relations established between the different elements of the environment are those that structure the planable territory. On a temporal scale, the European space was shaped by a variety of vectors, which ultimately sought to make the use of the geographical landscape more efficient, implicitly by increasing accessibility between expanding cities, between supply and demand. Accessibility is the main "product" of a transport system. This determines the advantage of positioning one region over the others (including itself). Accessibility indicators can be defined to reflect, within or outside the region, the transport infrastructure affecting the region. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used as scientific and methodological tools for measuring accessibility, monitoring the resulting indicators, identifying spatial disparities and finally finding solutions to support territorial planning.

MONITORING THE PREPARATION WITH THE HELP OF BIOCHEMISTRY TESTS IN THE TRAINING PERFORMANCE FOOTBALLERS

Author(s): Corina TIFREA,Ben Salah Haythem / Language(s): English Issue: 19/2019

The effort in the football game presents energetic characteristics, which must be taken as a starting point in the planning of the training effort. Of course, there is controversy regarding the level of participation of one system or another in supporting the effort, but one fact is certain, all three energy supply systems contribute to supporting the specific effort. Muscles contain 80% water and 20% solids, organic and inorganic. Organic substances. The most important are the proteins and energetic substances that are divided into myofibers and sarcoplasm. Myofibril proteins are contractile proteins (actin, myosin), others have a regulatory role. The energetic substances of the muscle are carbohydrates, lipids and macroergic substances.

Transitions Online-Around the Bloc-5 March

Author(s): Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 03/09/2020

Today’s regional roundup: deputy replaces ousted Ukrainian PM; Dacia’s electric revolution; Central Asian prisoners; demographics in Central Europe; and bears in Russia.

ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SLOVAKIA IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Author(s): Dana Jašková / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

Human resources are a primary source for development of a country. The importance of social policies and human resources for social development is a matter of particular consideration in today's globalizing society. Social development, human capital, human resources are factors that are related. The problem of the country's social development is a topical issue throughout the European Union. When analyzing the development of social development of the country,several concepts and methods are applied in practice. The aim of the article is to compare the development of social development in Slovakia using a composite indicator. Composite indicators as a tool for ranking objects are becoming more and more popular. The article describes various methods of its construction, their advantages and disadvantages. The construction of this aggregate indicator is based on the application of more complex and multidimensional statistical methods. The result of the statistical survey is a finding of steady growth of social development in Slovakia. The close negative dependence between social development and unemployment is illustrated.

Миграция и миграционни процеси

Author(s): Veselina R. Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

Migration is a demographic process that continually accompanies human development. Migration is a social phenomenon in a globalizing world with a real impact on the lives of people, communities, countries and around the world. Migration is the need of the individual to meet the material needs - standard of living, upgrading of education, qualification, etc. The efforts of EU Member States should be aimed at pursuing a policy that is balanced, i.e. to look for the socioeconomic benefits of immigration. An important motive for the return of a large number of migrants to our country may be economic growth and improving living standards.

Kонцептуални модели за разработване на познавателни онлайн игри в областта на културното наследство

Author(s): Detelin Luchev,Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Radoslav Pavlov,Gita Senka,Lilia Pavlova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2020

The new strategies for teaching and learning point to the investigation and the deployment of workable learning methods and scenarios for better understanding of the learning content and engage learners in more active participation during the perceiving of knowledge. Good educational results are achieved by storytelling, understanding-by-design, serious educational games, game components, learning-by-authoring, and/or any combinations of them, when the specific learner’s needs and wishes are kept in mind and different digital resources (viz. cultural, historical, encyclopedic, etc.) are contextually used for the target learning purposes. This paper presents some conceptual models for the development of online learning games in the cultural heritage field.

O analiză intersectorială privind răspunsul global, internațional și național la pandemia COVID-19

Author(s): Ionuț Aichimoaie / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 14/2020

While governments and international organizations had more or less prepared plans for a global pandemic, the planning of the accompanying economic shock was much less studied. This paper summarizes research-based policy analyzes and comments on COVID-19 economic measures from international institutions and leading economists. Topics will cover international mechanisms for preventing and combating the effects of the pandemic (trade, capital flows, financial institutions, expectations, etc.), as well as internal impact, such as the size, persistence and sectoral composition of economic instruments. Topics covered also include the impact on political economy, income and inequality, environmental impact, job insecurity, education and research.

Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011 — podstawowe wyniki

Author(s): Grażyna Marciniak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 03/2013

In 2011, the CSO conducted a census of population and housing. For the first time full survey was carried out on the basis of administrative records and information systems operating in Poland. The scope of the full census, which covered only the items included in the administrative system, was completed in a survey based on the 20% random sample of households in the country. The article discusses the basic results of the National Census 2011 developed on the basis of the combined data set of complete and representative surveys. This information relates such demographic and social characteristics of the population and phenomena as gender, age, actual marital status, level of education, disability, source of income, economic activity and international migration. For some issues, a comparison was made with results of previous population and housing census, conducted in 2002.

Wewnątrzregionalne zróżnicowanie rynku pracy w Polsce

Author(s): Tomasz Misiak,Tomasz Tokarski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 12/2012

The authors present a statistical analysis of the feature convergence and divergence processes describing the situation on the labor markets in voivodships. The analysis was conducted based on CSO data on the poviat registered unemployment rates and real gross wages. The paper discusses the theoretical aspects of the processes of σ- and β-convergence and real divergence and presents an analysis of intra-regional differences in registered unemployment rates and real gross wages as well as σ-process of convergence and divergence, and then estimates the parameters of β-convergence and divergence equations of the analyzed features.

Działalność Rady Statystyki w I półroczu 2012 r.

Author(s): Antoni Żurawicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 09/2012

„Гордост и предразсъдъци“ – лицата със слухови нарушения и техните различни възможности

Author(s): Svetoslava Saeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2020

This paper discusses two options for the people with hearing loss: pride of their deafness and prejudice against them on behalf of hearing people. Presented are the fears and behavior specifics of this target group. The term “audism” is also analysed. There is also information about the unique situation of people with hearing loss, living in Iceland.

Moralna odpowiedzialność rodziców za szczepienie dzieci – czynniki modyfikujące w realiach polskich

Author(s): Piotr Jan Morciniec / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 10/2020

Kontekst badań: Szczepienia ochronne dzieci są dobrodziejstwem dla zdrowia indywidualnych osób i epidemicznej ochrony społeczeństwa. Obserwowane narastające lawinowo zjawisko uchylania się przez rodziców od szczepień dzieci wymaga pogłębionych badań pod kątem ich odpowiedzialności moralnej za zaniechanie działania.Cel badań: Zweryfikowanie hipotezy badawczej, która brzmiała: Odpowiednio silny wpływ czynnika modyfikującego postawy rodziców wobec szczepień ochronnych dzieci może zmniejszyć odpowiedzialność moralną rodziców za niepodjęcie obowiązku szczepiennego.Metoda badawcza: W badaniach zastosowano desk research, a więc analizę danych zastanych, z uwzględnieniem dostępnych dokumentów, badań i publikacji, i ich konfrontacja z kryteriami wartościowania czynów ludzkich, szczególnie w zakresie przeszkód aktualnych.Osiągnięte wyniki: Analizy potwierdziły, że odpowiednie nasilenie przeszkód (zwł. niewiedzy niepokonalnej i strachu), często na skutek celowej dezinformacji (disinformation) przez ruchy antyszczepionkowe, znacząco zmniejsza odpowiedzialność moralną rodziców za odmowę szczepienia dzieci.Wnioski: Najskuteczniejszym mechanizmem zapobiegania odrzucaniu szczepień jest celowana i holistyczna edukacja rodziców i społeczeństwa w zakresie szczepień i szczepionek.

Bezpieczeństwo demograficzne w województwie dolnośląskim w latach 2010–2018

Author(s): Iwona Ładysz / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

Demographic phenomena have a major impact on the socio-economic development of Dolnośląskie Voivodeship. The number and structure of the population and the level of the actual increase are of special importance. The objective of this article was to show population changes affecting the level of demographic safety in a given unit against the changes taking place in Poland in the years 2010–2018. The demographic typology by Webb and Osanna triangle was used to capture the similarities and differences in the spatial structure. The methods used allowed to determine the demographic type of Dolnośląskie Voivodship and the reasons for the deepening demographic problems of the region, which will have a negative impact on the labor supply and opportunities for further development of the voivodship.

The Process of Demographic Transition in Lands of the Former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Other Areas with Polish-Speaking Populations, 1865–1912

Author(s): Józef Pociecha / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The aim of the research is to trace the process of demographic transition in the area of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, enlarged by areas with a predominantly Polish-speaking population, Upper Silesia and Cieszyn Silesia, as well as Southern Masuria. The time frame of the work covers the years 1865–1912. Changes in the basic indicators of the vital statistics of the population were analyzed: the crude death rate (death rate per 1,000 population), the crude birth rate and the crude marriage rate. The source of the data is the work of Adam Krzyżanowski and Kazimierz Kumaniecki, Statystyka Polski [Statistics of Poland], which was in fact the first statistical yearbook of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and other predominantly Polish-speaking areas. The analysis was carried out strictly according to the requirements of the demographic transition theory. A comparative analysis of the demographic situation in these lands on the eve of the outbreak of World War I was carried out using Ward’s taxonomic method and the k-means method. The results of the analysis indicate that the process of demographic transition in these lands was varied and was conditioned by their economic development and geographical location.

Sprawozdanie z posiedzeń Zespołu Demografii Historycznej Komitetu Nauk Demograficznych PAN w 2018 roku

Author(s): Piotr Rachwał / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020

Интеграцията чрез образование на децата и учениците от етнически малцинства в България – тенденции за развитие

Author(s): Siyka Chavdarova-Kostova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article presents perspectives for the development of the process of educational integration of children and students from ethnic minorities in Bulgaria during the first two decades in Bulgaria. They are related to the application of competency complexes with similar results, realizing the goals of integration through education in the context of the idea of transferable competencies and multiple identity. Special emphasis is placed on the need for pedagogical activity in the direction of appreciation of learning by students as a way to optimal implementation of the process of integration through education of children and students from ethnic minorities