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The physico-chemical properties of mining rocks of the Western Donbass were studied. Taking into consideration the favor of different montons for the forest-growing according to the obtained data, we made the conclusions of the great practical value for the rehabilitation measures.
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In recent decades the proliferation of museums and the transformation of their activities have become the subjects of debate in the western research. However, there are few studies aimed at understanding of museumification process in Russia. The study of the phenomenon of museumification is relevant due to orientation of the province at tourism development as the means of regional development. The author analyzes the role of museums in the local community and in the attraction of tourists and describes the changes in urbane space and temporal order of social life as the effects of museumification of Russian small towns. On the base of empirical observations the author emphasizes the most significant forms of museumification and defines the limits of this process: everyday practices and the difficult past seem to be its impediments. The research is based on the data collected during the field work in the towns Myshkin and Kargopol.
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The changes in climatic conditions of our planet impose a regional-local approach in the study of this problem. It is because in certain regions and countries significant parts of the population are concentrated on relatively limited territory – the big cities.Sofia is one of Europe’s metropolises. Almost 20% of the population of Bulgaria inhabit and work in this city. The characteristics of the climatic temperature regime of Sofia are important for the quality of life in the capital of Bulgaria.The changes in climatic conditions of our planet impose a regional-local approach in the study of this problem. It is because in certain regions and countries significant parts of the population are concentrated on rela¬tively limited territory – the big cities. Sofia is one of Europe’s metropolises. Almost 20% of the population of Bulgaria inhabit and work in this city. The characteristics of the cli¬matic temperature regime of Sofia are important for the quality of life in the capital of Bulgaria.
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This study is dealing with some unclear details in Hdt. VIII, 3-4 concerning the place where Xerxes had left behind the sacred chariot of Zeus during his march against Greece in 480 BC. Traditionally it is accepted that it was left with the Paeones at Siris, which however does not fit grammatically in the text. Accordingly, other possibilities or acceptable explanations should be searched for.
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Lepenica river basin territory has became axis of economic and urban development of Sumadija district. However, considering Lepenica and its tributaries disorderly river regime, it is noted water insufficient for water supply and irrigation, while on the other hand, this area is suffering big flood and torrent damages (especially Kragujevac valley). The paper presents flood problems in river basin, maximal water level forecasts and flood control measures, taked until now. It is also suggested some of possible solutions, in the aim of effective flood control.
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Danube-Morava axis and its centers, as the most important integrative element of the Serbia geo-space, has the significant role in the contemporary development processes. Characteristics of the centers, defined the stages of the towns development, as well as the expressed issues were the basis for defining goals of the development centers and their territorial organization. However, this development axis could produce uncoordination of the territorial organization with functional areas of the centers, especially on the local level.
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The text presented is dealing with the current transformations of the Europeanised public spheres. The author argues that depending on the level of presence of the current European debates in the national public sphere, we can highlight centre and periphery and in parallel with the process of Europeanisation, the opposite process is also taking place – a process of peripheralization. Besides the theoretical arguments, the book presents the results of a comparative analysis of 2014 European elections` media coverage in the most popular newspaper websites in Bulgaria and the UK (February-June 2014). 3356 publications from 8 media outlets (The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, Daily Mail, 24chasa.bg, Dnevnik.bg, Trud.bg and Segabg.com) have been coded and analyzed.
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“The Gypsies are our own, domestic problem” is a phrase attributed to the long-term former head of the old communist Bulgarian government, Todor Zhivkov. The government policy towards the Gypsy minority in communist Bulgaria is one of inclusion to the Bulgarian way of life, and its implementation is carefully tailored to the specificities of Bulgaria as a country.It is a little known fact that towards the end of the 1940’s, the Bulgarian Gypsies suddenly turn from a “domestic problem” to something much larger and thus become part of the great confrontation between the two world political camps divided by the Iron Curtain. This takes place during the emigration of the ethnic Bulgarian Turks which starts in 1948, and during which, applications for emigration are filed by both Bulgarian Turks and Muslim Bulgarian Gypsies. It is this latter ethnic minority that becomes the cause for a serious conflict between ‘communist Bulgaria’ and ‘capitalist Turkey’.This paper aims at following the events from the end of the 40’s until end of the 80‘s of the previous century as well as analyzing the consequences of the confrontation between the two neighbouring Balkan countries.
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The subject of analysis is human capital and motivation factors in the Republic of Belarus. The purpose of the study is to determine the nature of human capital and the determination of his motivating factors. PURPOSE: To determine the nature of human capital, to characterize the place of motivational components in his system, to identify the factors that motivate staff to highly productive labor. Research methods - a system common scientific and private methods of cognition. Results: The definition of the essence of human capital characterize the motivation to work as an essential element of human capital and to consider the role of material motives in its formation. The factors were considered such as GDP per capita, the share of wages in the produced GDP, the share of minimum wages in GDP, unemployment, unemployment benefits, especially pension system. Scope results - activities of management in the field of labor relations. Conclusions: In order to increase the motivational components of human capital necessary to pay attention to the GDP growth, increasing the share of wages in the produced GDP, increase of minimum wages in GDP, improving the mechanism of regulation of the labor market in terms of unemployment and improving the pension system.
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The subject of analysis is human capital and motivation factors in the Republic of Belarus. The purpose of the study is to determine the nature of human capital and the determination of his motivating factors. Purpose: To determine the nature of human capital, to characterize the place of motivational components in his system, to identify the factors that motivate staff to highly productive labor. Research methods - a system common scientific and private methods of cognition. Results: The definition of the essence of human capital characterize the motivation to work as an essential element of human capital and to consider the role of material motives in its formation. The factors were considered such as GDP per capita, the share of wages in the produced GDP, the share of minimum wages in GDP, unemployment, unemployment benefits, especially pension system. Scope results – activities of management in the field of labor relations. Conclusions: In order to increase the motivational components of human capital necessary to pay attention to the GDP growth, increasing the share of wages in the produced GDP, increase of minimum wages in GDP, improving the mechanism of regulation of the labor market in terms of unemployment and improving the pension system.
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The subject of analysis is human capital and motivation factors in the Republic of Belarus. The purpose of the study is to determine the nature of human capital and the determination of his motivating factors. PURPOSE: To determine the nature of human capital, to characterize the place of motivational components in his system, to identify the factors that motivate staff to highly productive labor. Research methods - a system common scientific and private methods of cognition. Results: The definition of the essence of human capital characterize the motivation to work as an essential element of human capital and to consider the role of material motives in its formation. The factors were considered such as GDP per capita, the share of wages in the produced GDP, the share of minimum wages in GDP, unemployment, unemployment benefits, especially pension system. Scope results - activities of management in the field of labor relations. Conclusions: In order to increase the motivational components of human capital necessary to pay attention to the GDP growth, increasing the share of wages in the produced GDP, increase of minimum wages in GDP, improving the mechanism of regulation of the labor market in terms of unemployment and improving the pension system.
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The paper presents the extremely interesting bronze coin of the types of round shield // two-handled cup (kypsele, kotyle, diota) (Fig. 1a–1b) discovered in 1996 during the archaeological excavations of the Thracian settlement located in the area of Adzhiyska Vodenitsa near the village (now a town) of Vetren, Septemvri Municipality, better known as “Emporion Pistiros”. Grounded on both informative types known as parasema, the author tries to interpret (issuer and time of minting) this unique bronze issue – an allusion of the Odrysian Royal court from the first half of the 4th c. BC under Seuthes II, Kotys I and their successors via the unambiguous presence of the cult cup – the kypsele or kotyle decorating the reverses of their coins.
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This article considers the most important factors of national affiliation and cultural identity cherishing among the largest nations and national minorities in Vojvodina, the north Province of the Republic of Serbia. The consideration is based on the empirical data's collected thru wider research of multiculturalism in the mentioned region. According to the polling, the most frequent factors of the national affiliation sense cherishing are "to observe tradition and custom" and "education of children in the spirit of national culture", while in the case of cultural identity preserving they are "formal education" and "family education of the children". Explaining the characteristic attitudes of the questioned citizens, the authors are of the opinion that the collected data's are strongly pointing on the rise of traditionalism in vojvodinian/serbian society, which needs further studies and new theoretical explanations.
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The wild technological advancement since the mid of the 20th century and he progress in research around the earthen field determined new horizons and priorities in the scientific studies related to climate. In the end of the 20th century start the so called “high-frequency studies of the polar radiance”. Those are the American programs HAARP and HPAAS – Alaska, and LIRPU-Porto Rico; the Russian SURA – Nijniy Novgorod, and the EISAT (Norway, Germany, France, Great Britain, Finland, Japan and China) – nearby Tromsø in Norway. The official purpose of those research programs is the improvement of communications, and satellite observation. But in the last decade in the scientific field it is more and more actively discussed that the priority are actually the developments and experimental activities with the so called “climatic weapon”, realizing direct human influence on the climatic conditions in specific parts of the earth surface.
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published in 1930 as issue 1 of a series "Yugoslav Unity Library" [Библиотека ЈугословенскогЈединства] by the "Association of Vojvodina in Belgrade" [Издаје Удружење Војвођана у Београду] // FROM THE INTRODUCTION: The Association of Vojvodina Residents of Belgrade decided to publish a series of booklets called "Library of Yugoslav Unity". The purpose of the Library is to show in the spirit of national and state unity all the connections, factors, phenomena, mutual influences, social, cultural, political and economic between individual regions, which have contributed and continue to contribute to the creation and strengthening of the idea of national ans societal unity. // In that Library, it will be seen especially that the Danube Banovina is presented, from the side of history, folklore, art, culture, national economy in the upper direction. // From the national point of view, it is especially useful to comprehensively study these mutual influences and all phenomena, whether social, cultural or economic, which cement the basis of our state life, the feeling of the national community and the peoples‘ unity. Only by getting to know each other and studying common values can we reach a full and clear understanding of the historical significance of each region as a whole. The library attaches special importance to the historical relationship between Šumadija and Vojvodina and to the national mission of Serbia and the cultural significance of Vojvodina, and that is why its first booklets will discuss these issues.
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Forests of the Raska region are the most important natural, as well as one of the most significant economy resources of this part of Serbia. The significant afforestation of the region 40,3 and the preservation of forest ecosystems meet the needs of polifunctional utilization of forests. The forests on the territories of Nova Varos, Priboj, Prijepolje, are the most valuable economically, and the increment growth of wood volume in them is over ,or in the percentage for Serbia. Forests protection and improvement in the Raska region, is the task not only of forestry, but of a series of other actions, connected directly or indirectly with this natural resource.
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Article is devoted to the evolution of the local finance in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the main historical stages of development of the local finance system in the United States and to identify the causes and factors that led to the transformation of the system in different periods of the state existence.It was used the methods of analysis and synthesis, economic generalizations. The research methodology is based on a thorough analysis of the foreign scientists’ works on public finance, websites of statistical information about taxation in the USA.The article describes the process of formation and development of the local finance system in the USA. The main sources of local budgets in the historical aspect and by type of revenue were analyzed. Property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, other local taxes and fees, non-tax revenues to local governments, and intergovernmental payments were considered.The main result of the study is to identify the causes and factors that affect to the transformation of the local taxation system in USA, major among which can be considered a reduction in the volume of and an increase in the role of the service sector,demographic changes and internal displacement by region of the country.The article will be useful for a wide range of experts in the field of public finance, local taxation, etc.
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The author reveals the conflicting processes of the controlled Soviet urbanization in the European North of Russia coming out in increased diseases incidence of the population in the industrial cities – engines of industrial development of the region. The risk factors in the cities of those typological groups for the incidence of the sexually transmitted diseases, dynamics and trends of morbidity are analyzed too.
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The article analyses the peculiarities of the city space formation in Russia. The problems of monoprofile towns creation in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union are stressed. The author offers the typology of Russian cities. The article also outlines certain aspects of economic and socio-demographic problems arisen as a result of the authorities’ hasty policy. Besides the negative facts statement the author offers the possible ways of the issues tackling.
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Introduction. The article examines the effects of one of the contemporary global problems – the pollution of aquatic ecosystems by toxic substances with the main focus on the cooling pond called Lake Kenon. The purpose of this work is to study migration patterns and distribu-tion of medium and highly toxic elements (Hg, As, Pb, Zn, Cr, Cu, Cd, Mn) in the components of the Lake Kenon ecosystem. Materials and Methods. Collection and qualitative and quantitative treatment of samples of various groups of hydrobionts were carried out by standard methods. Elemental composi-tions of water samplings, bottom sediments and hydrobionts samplings were identified using atomic emission iCAP-6500 Thermo Scientific (USA) and mass-spectrum X-7, Thermo Elemental (USA) analysis methods in Analytical Certification Test Center (The Institute of Microelectronics Technology and Highpurity Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The authors stud-ied the concentration of medium- and high-toxic elements, such as Hg, As, Pb, Zn, Cr, Cu, Cd, Mn.Results. The results indicate that the concentration of heavy metals in the water of the lake, with the exception of mercury, is low. The average concentrations of arsenic and cadmium in sediments are 1.4 times and 2.5 times higher than the background values respectively. It is found that mercury concentrates in the food chain from the lower to the higher trophic levels, lead accumulates mainly in the plankton community in terms of trophic factors amplification of heavy metals in food chains. It is identified that such elements as As, Cr, Cu, Cd are lingered on at the level of producers (phytoplankton, algae Characeae, higher aquatic vegetation) during migration. Conclusions. The conclusion of the paper substantiates the possibility of heavy metals accumulation in aquatic ecosystems which are used in the operation of the CHP, as well as the prospects for using hydrobionts as contamination bioindicators of heavy metals. Understanding the processes occurring in aquatic ecosystems, including the migration of heavy metals, at the stage of work planning can contribute to reducing environmental risks.
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