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The Evolving International Landscape for Foreign Direct Investments and the New EU’s Screening Procedure
Get PDFThe paper explores current trends in FDI screening processes, which are being widely adopted by many countries, especially developed ones. It analyzes why these screening procedures are being adopted and looks at how global FDI flows are changing. The paper specifically focuses on the EU’s FDI screening procedure introduced in 2019 and how it has been used recently. It outlines the procedure’s key features and discusses potential implications and impacts
Evaluating the impact of interactive cinema in audiovisual literacy and education: An eye-tracking study
Get PDFThe present paper explores the use of interactive cinema in education from the perspective of young students’ responsiveness. With the use of an eye-tracker, gaze data was collected from students aged between 10-13 years who watched a short film extract, enhanced with a number of interactive elements or “hotspots” that appeared during playback. During the experiment, the eye-tracker collected data on the behavioral patterns of student participants with regard to their willingness to access the interactive elements on screen, the time they devoted to reading them, possible optimal positions of those elements, etc., also studied in relation to demographic information concerning age group, area of living, and gender of the participants. The aim of the experiment was to assess students’ responses in the context of exploring the prospects for using interactive cinema in education in order to teach elements of audiovisual literacy as well as any other cross-curricular content
Compulsory enforcement over LLC share in the liquidation or insolvency proceeding
No full textThe current legal framework of the LLC provides the principle of vinculation of the shares. In that case the compulsory enforcement over LLC share is initially excluded because the lack of consent of the company to accept a new member cannot be overcome. In case of bankruptcy the participation shall be terminated (art. 125, para. 1, item 4 of the Commercial Act). At the same time, the bankruptcy legislator regulates a method for enforcement over LLC share (art. 718, para. 2 of the Commercial Act). The present article compares the regime for termination of the LLC participation with the regulation of compulsory enforcement over LLC share and reaches at the conclusion that such enforcement de lege lata is not possible
Extracting Algorithmic Complexity in Scientific Literature for Advance Searching
Get PDFNon-textual document elements such as charts, diagrams, algorithms and tables play an important role to present key information in scientific documents. Recent advances in information retrieval systems tap this information to answer more complex user queries by mining text pertaining to non-textual document elements from full text. Algorithms are critically important in computer science. Researchers are working on existing algorithms to improve them for critical application. Moreover, new algorithms for unsolved and newly faced problems are under development. These enhanced and new algorithms are mostly published in scholarly documents. The complexity of these algorithms is also discussed in the same document by the authors. Complexity of an algorithm is also an important factor for information retrieval (IR) systems. In this paper, we mine the relevant complexities of algorithms from full text document by comparing the metadata of the algorithm, such as caption and function name, with the context of the paragraph in which complexity related discussion is made by the authors. Using the dataset of 256 documents downloaded from CiteSeerX repository, we manually annotate 417 links between algorithms and their complexities. Further, we apply our novel rule-based approach that identifies the desired links with 81% precision, 75% recall, 78% F1-score and 65% accuracy. Overall, our method of identifying the links has potential to improve information retrieval systems that tap the advancements of full text and more specifically non-textual document elements
The proposal for amendment and supplement to the constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria – opportunities, problems and questions
No full textThe article examines the draft amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria introduced in the 49th National Assembly. The subject of the analysis is the issues related to the judiciary, caretaker government, citizenship of individuals holding the positions of Member of Parliament, Minister, and President, etc. The practice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, which covers the discussed issues, is indicated
International Legal Acts of the Council of Europe Relating to the Criminal Law Regime of Juveniles
No full textThe article examines the international legal acts of the Council of Europe, such as: “Guidelines for Child-Friendly Justice”, Resolution 2010 (2014) on Child-Friendly Justice: From Rhetoric to Reality, Recommendation SM/Rec (2008) 2011, on the European rules for juvenile and minor offenders subject to sanctions and measures
Data analysis of the mid-winter census of wintering aquatic birds on the territory of Ramsar sites along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast for the period 2012 – 2021
Get PDFWetlands along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast are important wintering points for aquatic birds during the winter period, which is why the site is included in the mid-winter census, which is part of ornithological monitoring in our country. Based on the results obtained from it, an assessment of the ornithological status can be made and the environmental factors influencing it can be analyzed.
The purpose of the study is to present a summary and analysis of census data on the species composition and number of waterfowl in the region of the Ramsar sites on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast for the period 2012 – 2021, which will confirm the ecological significance of these sites and the need for their protection
Role and Influence of Emotions in Construction of Consumer Loyalty in a Digital Environment
Get PDFThe study of consumer behavior is a complex and specific task. The results of this task are completely rooted in the construction of a successful marketing strategy that can be implemented successfully in a digital environment as well. Different generations of consumers have different views, expectations and requirements regarding the construction and implementation of various marketing activities, but the basis remains consumer emotions, experiences and commitment, which to a large extent predetermine the desire and realization of a purchase or its refusal. The article consistently portrays the role and importance of loyalty, the influence of modern technology in sync with emotions to achieve loyalty on the part of consumers, presents the individual dimensions of the online experience of consumers