The Trouble with Diversifying the Faculty

Author(s): Walter Benn Michaels / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2012

This article presents the problem of politics of di erence realized within the American educational system, with a special emphasis on higher education. This politics is according to the author based on putting in the center of all educational actions the idea of diversity, as well in creating academic institutions. This key idea becomes in the American context a special significance, regarding the fact that the American society is based on ideology that celebrates multiculturalism and diversity as such. This article presents also an important for the contemporary situation in the United States problem of combining cultural and ethnic diversity on the economical category of di erence between various classes. Furthermore, it seems to be more significant in the light of the economic crisis in recent years that affected also American education in the same extent.

"A Change of Paradigm" in Developing Land Forces Officers' Professional Skills in Accordance with Hybrid Warfare Task-Requirements

Author(s): Alexandru Rizescu,Florian Ciocan / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

In future conflicts, not only traditional or asymmetric actions will be used,but also a combination of the two in order to solve the disputes involving national and international actors, materialized today in different manifestation forms called hybrid war. The hybrid threats tell about the evolution of the contemporary and future threats,about the necessity of a national effort concerted towards providing an immediate effective response to these threats. From a different perspective, the diversity and the complexity of the issues raised by the hybrid threats prove that it is necessary to go beyond the technical or sequential nowadays answers. It results first that it is required to develop an appropriate security strategy which will make possible the efficient action against hybrid risks and threats, in an effective, operational and unitary manner.Therefore, the present article aims at sequentially highlighting the aspects supporting the need to correlate the coordinates of the national security strategy to the planning,conduct and quality assessment of the process of training officers from the “change of paradigm” perspective, in order to acquire the professional skills conforming to the task-requirements specific to the hybrid war. Nothing more natural, more necessary and at the same time more current in this perspective than modernizing the military continuous education system in accordance with the strategic norm of competence.

145 ГОДИНИ БЪЛГАРСКА АКАДЕМИЧНА КНИГА

Author(s): Silvia Naydenova,Nikola Kazanski,Radina Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 2014

This is a bibliography of all monographs edited by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the period from 1900 to 2014. The reference work encompasses more than 5500 titles in chronological order. / For detailed information, please refer to the PDF-file of the introduction to the book.

80 годи ни от ро жде ние то на Све тлана Захариева „В името на тези, които идват в науката...“ (разговор)

Author(s): Goritza Naydenova ,Iskra Racheva,Lyuben Botusharov / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2017

A Brief Introduction to the Selection of Programmatic Documents of Polish Political Parties for the 2014 Election to the European Parliament

Author(s): Wojciech Gagatek / Language(s): English / Issue: 17/2014

A CYBERNETICS APPROACH TO THE SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS

Author(s): Alexandra Maria Constantin / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The purpose of this paper is to approach the sovereign debt crisis from a cyberneticsperspective, as a system that includes several interrelated subsystems. We emphasize thedynamic nature and sustainability of the sovereign debt system. The paper also discusses thetransition from a sovereign debt dynamic system to a sovereign debt crisis dynamic system,transition included in the feedback control loop of the dynamic system of national economy.

A NEW STUDY ON THE SEVENTEENTH – EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BALKAN RURAL SOCIETY

Стефка Първева, Земята и хората през ХVІІ – първите десетилетия на ХVІІІ век. Овладяване и организация на аграрното и социалното пространство в Централните и Южните Балкани под османска власт. С., АИ, 2011, 482 p. ISBN: 978-954-322-422-7

Author(s): Gergana Georgieva / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

A Relational Approach to the Acquisition Decision-Making Process in the Military Organization

Author(s): Gheorghe Minculete,Luiza KRAFT / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

The market relations of military organizations focus on the acquisition of material goods and/or services. Nonetheless, the importance of the decisions related to the supply process is sometimes minimized. This attitude is so harmful for the efficacy and efficiency of the activities conducted by the military structure that at times it can have a negative impact on the management staff too. Problems may occur because the acquisition process must unfold performance-oriented; its main objective is the purchasing of material goods and/or services meant to ensure the smooth operation of the activities of the military organization. In case this cannot be achieved, it is highly probable that the mission of the organization itself is compromised. The present article explores the constitutive elements of the acquisition decision-making situation, certainty, uncertainty and risk connected to the purchasing mechanism, as well as the stages of the acquisition decision-making process.

A STUDY ON DEFENSE ACQUISITION MODELS WITH AN EMERGING MARKET PERSPECTIVE. THE CASE OF TURKEY

Author(s): Mustafa Kemal Topcu,Murat Mala,Selim Müslüm / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

With the end of the Cold War, the static environment, characteristic of thebipolar world, has changed quickly into a dynamic and complicated environmentwith new actors. These changes have also affected the countries’ armed forces andnew approaches to procurement/acquisition come into progress. After the Cold War,countries have focused on responding to changing threats with their decreasing defensebudgets. In this study, acquisition models and their effects on Turkey’s technologyacquisition and defense industry are evaluated. The evaluation is performed basedon criteria such as contribution to national economy, customization, acquisition cost,time and risk, life cycle cost, and technology acquisition. Major acquisition modelsin this study are determined as direct procurement, production under license, jointventure, indigenous development, production via international consortium. Finally,it is observed that the best model is indigenous development while the others willserve as technology acquisition for indigenous development.

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Author(s): Editorial Board Scripta & e-Scripta / Language(s): English / Issue: 14-15/2015

About the Effectiveness of Several Dissimilarity Estimators used in Damage Assessment

Author(s): Vasile Iancu,Gilbert-Rainer Gillich,Cristian Paul Chioncel / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2016

This paper introduces a robust method for vibration-based damage assessment, which is based on a mathematical relation contrived by the authors that involves the frequency shifts, the damage size and position. Databases containing damage indicators for all possible damage scenarios, for three types of beams, were developed by involving this mathematical relation. The proposed damage indicator is expressed using the relative frequency shifts. The damage location and severity can be assessed if the relative frequency shifts are derived from measurements at the initial state and periodically afterwards. The paper investigates the effectiveness of several dissimilarity estimators, to find damage involving frequencies measured without and in the presence of noise.

Abstracts

Author(s): Editorial Board Scripta & e-Scripta / Language(s): English / Issue: 14-15/2015

Access to Finance of the Macedonian Companies in the Post-Crisis period

Author(s): Meri Boshkoska,Spire Lazaroski / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2016

In this paper we analyzed the liquidity of the companies, the plans for the future cash flows and questions related to the new law regarding the financial discipline. Main questions addressed here are the number of difficulties related to the sources of financing the current and the developing activities of the companies in Macedonia. The analysis is undertaken by using statistical techniques and models. The results suggest that in the post-crisis period the companies are facing with number of difficulties of providing financial resources for the current and the developing activities where the most significant source of finance are the bank credits. Also, the results suggest that delayed payment of claims, the legislative and the high level of interest rate are the most common factors that restrict the access to finance of the Macedonian companies.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Librorum

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Poland

Adam Lityński, publikacje w latach 2010–2015

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2015

AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON LARGE- SCALE WSN: A STEP TOWARDS A SMART CITY

Author(s): Alexandru Lavric,Valentin Popa / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING OF AN AIR QUALITYMONITORING SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF A METROPOLITAN WSNSENSOR NETWORK OF THE LARGE SCALE TYPE, SPREAD ON A WIDE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA ANDTHUS COMPLYING WITH THE SMART CITY CONCEPT. THUS, THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN MAKEDECISIONS CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF THE POLLUTION LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE QUANTITYOF PM10 PARTICLES IN THE AIR. THE ARCHITECTURE IS OF THE CLIENT SERVER TYPE, USING THEJENNET COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL AND THE SYSTEM CAN INTEGRATE A LARGE NUMBER OFNODES. THE OBTAINED RESULTS SHOW THAT THE SYSTEM HAS A HIGH EFFICIENCY LEVEL ANDCAN BE INTEGRATED IN THE SMART CITY CONCEPT.

Albanian Cultural Representation In The City Of Venice Through Albanian Painters In Italy

Author(s): Ndreu Irena / Language(s): English / Issue: 7/2017

Many men of education run away to European cities after the invasion of the entire Balkan Peninsula. The ideals of humanism and renaissance were affirmed, thanks to their intelligence, which brought the Greek-Roman classicism to the top of the fields of literature and art. This paper will present the works of brothers Gjon (Giovanni) and Pal (Paolo) Gazulli, the poet Michele Marulli, the writer Marin Barleti (Marino Barlezio), the philosopher Leonik Tomeu, the painter Vittore Carpaccio, excelled with their talent and works in the city of Venice. The Albanian community needed a fortune to compete with groups from other nations, with the Dalmatians among many. They needed to decorate the premises of their association with precious objects and paintings: there is proof of this in the paintings of Vittore Carpaccio, in the first years of the XVIth century. Carpaccio‟s works are important, they present, in the cycle “Stories of St. Ursula”, the uniform of Albanian soldiers serving the Republic of Venice.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY OF CYBERSPACE

Author(s): Cezar Vasilescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The article proposes an analysis regarding the relationship between Internetusage and language. Moreover, it highlights the impact the latter have on thehuman interactions depicted by future knowledge societies within the framework ofthe Information Age. This endeavor explores from a linguistic perspective how cyberusers’ native language affects their Internet usage patterns. Hence, its fi nal goal is todetermine whether the Internet is expected to remain overbalanced in English usage.In this respect, the relationship between web users’ native language and the languagecontent of the Internet websites they access is also examined based on statistic data.

Anatomia latającej ryby

Author(s): Agnieszka Czajkowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 6/2015

Review: B. Mytych-Forajter, Latająca ryba: Studia o podróżopisarstwie Ignacego Domeyki [Flying Fish: Studies on Ignacy Domeyka’s Travel Writing], Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice 2014

AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE. TRUTH COMMISSIONS AND CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS

Author(s): Michael Deloach / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

For societies suffering in the wake of a repressive regime, truth commissions may be a necessary compromise regarding the form of transitional justice pursued, but they can still play a far-reaching role in the democratization of civil-military relations. Because the perpetrators of past abuses are likely to continue to wield some level of power at the time of transition, prosecution of these members may be politically infeasible. Lacking the mandate to prosecute guilty parties or implement recommendations, truth commissions can still lay the foundation for a new era of civil-military relations. By distinguishing contemporary institutions from their past acts, revealing the patterns that allowed abuses to be carried out , and helping garner the political will for reforms, truth commissions can provide the impetus for the security sector reforms necessary to ensure a democratic future.