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Front Matter: Volume 1
No full textThis PDF file contains the front matter of the Proceedings of CBU in Proceedings of CBU in Economics and Business Volume 1 including the Title Page, Copyright information, Table of Contents, Introduction, and Conference Committee listing
POSSIBILITIES OF USING MODERN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY
No full textThis article discusses the position of access control systems in the field of intruder systems, its benefits and wide-ranging use in the academic environment. This article points out the potential of access control systems and motivates further research in the field of alarm systems and their integration. As part of the dissertation a project for an access control system was submitted, which enabled the purchase and implementation of an access control system for the teaching laboratory at the Faculty of Security Engineering. The installed access control system serves not only as security for the selected laboratory, but also as a teaching aid, which is used in teaching and thus increases the practical competencies of students. The system is also accessible to students, who can create methodological procedures for its testing and subsequently test them. Such measurements are then used in solving students' final diploma and dissertation theses. Approximately 50 students use the access control system during the academic year. The contribution and aim of the paper is to point out the use of the implemented system in the academic environment and its impact on the improvement of teaching. The conclusion of the article consists of the benefits resulting from the implementation of the access control system at the Faculty of Security Engineering and recommendations for its further use
THE EMOTIONAL-MOTIVATIONAL COMPONENT OF SCHOOL READINESS OF BEGINNING PUPILS
No full textA child's wish to become a pupil is one of the important identifiers of his / her school readiness. Its assessment at the beginning of schooling provides a picture of the child's initial ability at the beginning of the first year of study in primary school. The focus of this article is the motivational component of school readiness, which has an impact on the individual form of adaptation of beginning pupils. The subject of the research was to find out the presence of individual motives in the structure of the emotional-motivational component of school readiness of children at the beginning of school attendance. The defined component consists of social, cognitive and moral motives, which are interconnected. We were used a questionnaire with ten items in the research activity. The respondents were pupils of the first year of study in selected elementary schools. The results showed that the social, cognitive and moral motive were presented within the emotional-motivational component of school readiness. Overall, there were positive answers to the three motives, which showed a high level of motivation in the research sample. The level of the emotional-motivational component of becoming a pupil is one of the elements ensuring the successful adaptation of the pupil at the beginning of school life. Strengthening the incentive to become a pupil, deepening the desire to learn new things and shaping social skills for existence in the classroom are seen as a tool for developing the motivational sphere of school readiness
SIGNIFICANCE OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY MARKERS IN DISORDERS OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONDITION OF THE HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IN NEONATAL JAUNDICE
No full textINTRODUCTION: The liver is the central organ of metabolic activity in the body.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine predictors, major clinical features, and laboratory criteria for the severity of disorders of the functional state of the hepatobiliary system in newborns with neonatal jaundice (NJ). The study included 164 full-term infants. The main group - 92 children, with manifestations of pathological jaundice, was divided into two subgroups, depending on the severity of the pathology, considering concomitant perinatal pathology. IA group (46 children) includes children, condition of which was defined as moderate, IB (46 children) – children, condition of which was defined as severe, the control group consisted of 72 healthy term infants.
METHODS: The complex of examination methods includes: collection of anamnesis of antenatal and perinatal periods in the mother, clinical examination of the newborn and laboratory methods of examination: blood biochemical analysis (TSB blood, bilirubin fractions, activity of ALT enzymes, AST, ALP , γ-GT, glucose level of blood serum, cholesterol, triglycerides) ultrasound examination of infants' liver.
RESULTS: Clinical symptoms that confirmed the functional impairment of the hepatobiliary system (HBS) in newborns who had signs of NJ in perinatal pathology are: hepatosplenomegaly, impaired bowel function, hypoglycemia, anemic syndrome, hemorrhagic disorders. The results of biochemical studies of the blood showed an increase in the severity of the pathology, an increase in the level of TSB and the fraction of indirect bilirubin, activation of the cytolysis markers of ALT and AST, increase of LDH activity, decrease in the activity of g-GT and ALP, as well as decrease in the level of total protein, albumin, glucose, increase in the level of urea, cholesterol and triglycerides. The most explicit manifestations of HBS dysfunction were found in newborns with a severe condition at birth and in the early neonatal period caused both by the NJ and other comorbidities. Taking into account the revealed deepening of biochemical changes in indicators of blood serum in correlation with the increase of clinical manifestations of pathology, the diagnosis of changes in the early stages will allow to diagnose in time the disorders of the functional state of HBS in NJ for the purpose of appropriate therapeutic correction.
CONCLUSION: The results of the analysis of anamnestic and clinical-laboratory parameters in newborns with NJ showed on the background of a clinical signs of dysfunction of the hepatobiliary system, the presence of significant biochemical changes, especially enzymatic activity, including, ALT, AST, LDH, ALP, and g-GT and, also an increase in TBS levels and an indirect bilirubin fraction, a decrease in total protein and albumin, glucose, a rise in urea, cholesterol and triglycerides.
The use of a biochemical markers in newborns with clinical manifestations of neonatal jaundice, especially in cases of significant severity of the condition with concomitant perinatal pathology, requires more detailed analysis in order to determine the main pathogenesis of disorders of the functional state of the hepatobiliary system for the purpose of timely correction and improvement of the outcome of treatment
PERSPECTIVES AND INTEGRATION OF BICYCLE TRANSPORT IN SOFIA, BULGARIA
No full textPublic transport is an important element of sustainable development that incorporates responsiveness towards the need for mobility by the population within the framework of the urban transit system. As a part of the public transportation system, bicycle transport, with its environmental aspect, is the bedrock of the idea for accessible public services. This study provides core parameters for the assessment of social and environmental dimensions in order to further develop bicycle transport. It also itemizes the principles that need to be followed with the aim of social and economic sustainability. As a form of transportation in an urban environment, the bicycle traffic, its share and distribution of trips, obstacles and challenges encountered by cyclists in the city, trends and prevalent issues related to the current conditions of cycling infrastructure in Sofia, Bulgaria, were analyzed. In a nutshell, the report delivers a compiled group of suggestions on opportunities that may help to increase the functional efficiency of cycling as part of the transportation system of Sofia, in both, the social and environmental sense
INCREASING THE ECOLOGICAL LEVEL OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE CITY OF SOFIA
No full textThe paper explores some of the major factors affecting the environmental friendliness of urban bus transport, with a focus of the modernization of rolling stock and alternative sources of fuel. The surveys are based on an 11-year period, from 2008 to 2019, for which an analysis was made of how much emission reductions in buses with a higher Euro standard are being followed, as in the case of Sofia Motor Transport EAD in Sofia, Bulgaria. As a result, we conclude that transport research and innovation are crucial to ensuring fast, safe and clean transport for citizens and businesses in big cities. The transport sector is more than ever in need of innovative solutions, as the cost of transporting passengers will increase in value and time. This is especially urgent for Bulgaria as the available rolling stock is outdated and in need of renovation
GENDER VIOLENCE AS A POSSIBLE OBJECT OF SOCIALIZATION FOR BOTH SEXES
No full textThere are countless theories and models of socialization. All of these theories agree on one thing: it is a process, during which people pass on and absorb social values and norms, including the norms that apply to gender. Socialization is not a one-way process, in which our children acquire information from our “adult” world. It is rather a two-way process.
Children socialize with each other in everyday interactions – both at home and away from home. In the theories of socialization at school, from the point of view of interaction, the focus is on the microsocial area, i.e the interaction between subjects. The basic concept of all interactions is therefore communication between the subjects. The individuals have a common set of symbols – speech – at their disposal and are confronted with the expectation of a stabilized behavior. The occurrence of violence in the child's family and in the social environment has significant socializing and educational effects, in a negative sense
COOPERATION OF ENTERPRISES WITH SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA
No full textThe presented paper deals with the mutual cooperation of secondary vocational schools and enterprises within the framework of the dual education system, respectively of the social partnership in the conditions of Czech Republic and Slovakia. It has a theoretically - empirical character. In the theoretical part we focused on defining the terms we work with and the empirical part focuses on the questionnaire survey, in which we find out the views of pupils, teachers and enterprise representatives on the real possibilities and possible benefits of cooperation between schools and business sector. In the framework of the questionnaire survey we focused on the Zlín region in the Czech Republic and the Žilina region in Slovakia, while the selection of the area was random. Using two self-designed questionnaires, we found out what pupils, teachers and enterprise representatives consider to be beneficial for the cooperation and what is necessary to be improved. Based on the findings, we have drawn conclusions and suggested measures to improve the current situation. We found that the social partnership in the Czech Republic is at a higher level and more secondary vocational schools are involved than the dual education system in Slovakia
TAXONOMY PROBLEMS OF VERBAL INFLUENCE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
No full textHuman communication has been a relevant area of social research for last 50 years. It attracts the attention of psychologists, sociologists, culturologists, and, of course, linguists. The theory of verbal influence, which arose at the intersection of argumentation, rhetoric, and pragmatics, is now at the stage of forming its own terminological research vocabulary, as is evidenced by the lack of an elaborate system of tactics and strategies. The article highlights leading approaches to this problem within the framework of various scientific disciplines. It is worth mentioning that special contribution to the development of persuasion theory was made by marketers, by specialists in behavioral economics, by social psychologists and psychotherapists, that is, scholars and practitioners who did not study linguistic problems properly. The proposed conclusions make it possible to use theoretical achievements of related humanitarian disciplines to enrich the linguistic theory of persuasion
BURNOUT SYNDROME IN RELATION TO THE SENSITIVITY OF NURSES, TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS
No full textBackground and objectives: Burnout syndrome is considered as a serious public health problem that affects workers especially in the helping professions. For the effective prevention of this negative phenomenon, it is important to identify the preventive factors. One such factor to combat job burnout is the meaning of life. The primary goal of the paper is to examine the relationship between burnout syndrome and different dimensions of meaning of life among the selected helping professions (teaching, social work and nursing) in Slovakia.
Methods: The research sample consisted of 212 assistants who participated in the survey and answered to the research tools aimed at identifying the meaning of life and burnout syndrome. Data were analyzed by inductive statistics including (ANOVA), correlation and regression analysis.
Results: Statistically significant differences were found in the level of burnout syndrome and meaning of life in the professions under study. Furthermore, it was found that workers with higher level of affective component in their meaning of life experienced a lower degree of emotional exhaustion (β = -. 37, p <.001) and higher personal performance (β = .35, p <.001). Workers who have a higher meaning in life in the affective and motivational component suffered from a lower degree of depersonalization (β = -. 49, p <.001; (β = .13, p <.05).
Conclusions: A higher degree of meaning in life result in lower rate of burnout syndrome, and this finding should be integrated into the intervention strategies aimed at the prevention and treatment of burnout syndrome. Regular reflections on the meaningfulness of work and life can be useful for the workers, especially during demanding and stressful periods. An existential approach seems to be very appropriate in this context