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THREATS OF TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
Get PDFMany authors point out to severe negative implications that trade in counterfeit medical products may cause to a national economy. It does not only create negative implications from the illegal exploitation of intellectual property rights under the TRIPS Agreement, but also creates serious threats to the economic growth, life, health and safety of citizens and undermines good governance, the rule of law, as well as citizens’ trust in government. The outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020 had a strong impact upon the increment of on-line trade in goods, as well as upon on-line trade in pharmaceutical products. Different criminal networks used the COVID-19 pandemic for widening the scope and the scale of their operations in on-line trade in unauthorized or fake pharmaceuticals for medical treatment of different medical conditions including COVID-19. Having on mind the gravity of the problem of global trade in counterfeit pharmaceutical products, the authors of this paper pay due attention to the correct definition on falsified medical/pharmaceutical products; provide literature review and a brief review of actual international and multilateral regulative on intellectual property rights relevant for pharmaceuticals and the exemptions thereof; make an analyses of actual global trends and greatest traders of falsified pharmaceutical products; and finally present concluding remarks. 
OFFERING GLUTEN-FREE MEALS ON RESTAURANT MENUS
Get PDFFor many people, gluten is harmless, and a normal part of their everyday diet. A gluten-free diet excludes any product made with gluten, or for those with severe allergies, any product processed or cross-contaminated with items containing gluten. Some of the restaurant guests are diagnosed withceliac disease and can’t consume food that contains gluten. Hence, there is a visible need to implement gluten-free meals in the menus. The menu is the single most important sales and marketing tool available to a restaurant. A well-designed menu communicates much more than just a list of available food items. Offering gluten-free meals and labeling them in the menu is one way to attract and to keep satisfied many of the guests and tourists. Ohrid as a tourist destination should offer a variety of options for the tourists with specific diet needs and that is a good way to enrich the tourist offer
THE IMPACT OF THE MACROECONOMIC FACTORS OVER THE PROFITABILITY OF THE BANKING SECTOR IN REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
Get PDFMonitoring and assessment of the profitability of banks and the banking sector as a whole, presents a serious challenge, especially in the environment in which they operate today. The needs and demands of the clients are constantly increasing and changing, as well as the regulatory requirements, which influence the banking operations process, their efficiency and effectiveness. The purpose of this research is to analyze the performance of the banking sector in the Republic of North Macedonia, considering the trends of 15 Banks in banking industry between 2009 and 2019. This research considers an empirical model by applying various methods, in order to perceive the results of the sector and to identify trends in the key indicators and the macroeconomic factors affecting the performance. For the empirical model it is used secondary data on the performances for the banking sector published by the NBRM, as well as data from the banks\u27 financial statements. The results show a strong connection of the profitability, inflation and average net salary growth, and weak connection between the profitability and GDP growth, where the reference rate of the CB Bills as a factor is statistically insignificant
THE MAJOR MACROECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Get PDFMacroeconomics is crucial to understand each country’s development indicators and predict the short-term and long-term their consequences on the performance of economies. The research has been divided into key sections: economic growth, employment, productivity, investments, depts, and business dynamism. In the paper is concluded that is needed the new approach to regional cooperation and new strategy creation related to political and macroeconomic stability in the Western Balkans countries. All this must be accompanied by structural reforms
QUALITY OF SERVICES AND GUESTS SATISFACTION IN THE RESTAURANT
Get PDFTaking into account the importance of quality for the relationship quality ofservice - customer satisfaction - loyalty, all in order to avoid or reduce mistakes and make efforts to continuously improve quality, each company should conduct quality control, i.e. to identify deficiencies. Quality improvement activities should be continuous and uninterrupted because, although a certain result is achieved (desired quality), it should be maintained and improved through numerous innovations. Due to the simultaneity of production and consumption in restaurant services, it is more difficult to notice the mistake before it is too late, i.e. before the guest notices it. On the other hand, the cost of introducing a quality system is an investment in the future of the company
EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ICT IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN COVID-19
Get PDFFor the past two years, the whole world has been facing a pandemic caused by COVID-19. All segments of our everyday living are affected by this and so is the educational process. Although in the last decade, in our country there has been an increase in the integration of ICT in teaching, especially in the higher education, during this pandemic number of problems were detected in online courses: unpreparedness for online teaching, not sufficient knowledge of using ICT for teaching, infrastructure problems etc. This paper aims to present ways to increase the effectiveness of using ICT to improve online teaching during a pandemic
REFLECTIONS ON THE VALUES OF GIFTED CHILDREN
Get PDFThe spirit of new time bears the seal of extremely smart and technologically intelligent entities, which see the world from multiple, heterogeneous perspectives. One of these perspective is certainly the ethical horizon of human creativity. This paper takes an in-depth look at the modern concepts, definitions, and theories connected with analysis of moral characteristics of gifted and talented children. Focusing on these two broad areas of inquiry (morality and giftedness), the text aims to examine their overlap and interconnection. More specifically, the paper explores role of the ethical awareness of the gifted and talented children in the process of social values development. Also, the text may be used by educators and other professionals, who work with children and their families, as a summary overview of the main elements for recognition of the giftedness and talents among the children
THE CAUSES OF LANDSLIDES ON THE ROAD PRISTINA-GJILAN NEAR THE VILLAGE OF MRAMOR
Get PDFIn order to stabilize the landslide located on the state road N-25/2 near the town of Mramor (Badovce Lake) in the Republic of Kosovo, the following measures were taken: Based on the description of the geotechnical study, study of the area around, the place where the landslide occurred on the right side of the National Road N25.2 directions: Pristina-Gjilan. Based on the geomechanical study and the study conducted in this study, it was concluded that we do not have negative physical geological phenomena and mass movements of soil or rock masses that threaten the stability of the road body, it was concluded that road damage is not a geological phenomenon. Based on geotechnical tests in the field, we came to evident data, a program of field research where 6 (six) drilling studies were performed with a depth of 3.00 to 13.00 m. During drilling, they encountered layers of weak physical and mechanical properties and the studied area has mostly hilly relief
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
Get PDFEnvironmental protection is a serious challenge for humanity because environmental problems are serious. Namely, climate change, pollution of all ecosystems water, soil and air, technical-technological development with negative implications, as well as many other problems have a negative impact on a healthy human environment. Pollution endangers man, but also flora and fauna. Natural disasters such as fires, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, etc. also affect the additional deterioration of the situation. Hence, it is very important that the programs of higher education institutions deal with the matter of environmental protection. At that wye we will educate young people and increase their awareness of the importance of a healthy human environment. Thus, we will create conditions for decision-making in the direction of sustainable development and caring for both current and future generations. The author of the paper makes a detailed analysis of the content of the university programs and the contents related to the protection of the environment
SOCIO – ECONOMIC FACTORS DETERMENING THE USE OF FINTECH IN NORTH MACEDONIA
Get PDFThis paper analyzes the level of usage of digital financial applications or financial technology (FinTech) to make payments by individual users in North Macedonia, as well as identifies factors associated with these activities. The goal of the paper is to provide guidance to banks, financial institutions and other stakeholders by describing FinTech usage among adults according to various socioeconomic characteristics such as gender, age, education, social status, and previous knowledge and skills related to computer, as well as their financial literacy. The analysis employs logistic multivariate analysis to identify possible factors affecting individuals’ probability of using FinTech for payments