Mykolas Romeris University Institutional Repository
Not a member yet
8023 research outputs found
Sort by
The use of technical and digital means of communication and collaboration in the provision of special social services to families
No full textCC BY-NC-ND 4.0When social services had to be provided, with regard to social distancing, it was difficult for
social workers to communicate with recipients of services in the usual way, thus they had to search
for new ways to communicate remotely. In some cases, this is still a major problem, because not
all recipients of services have the basic tools – such as computers, smartphones, laptops, etc. – that
would enable them to receive the social services that they need. Another aspect is the competencies
of social workers that are required when working remotely and using digital tools.
Research on the use of technical and digital means has allowed researchers to find scientific
sources (Distance Learning/Learning/Education Handbook, 2020) that examine how educators
use technical and digital means, but there has been no analysis of the experience of social workers
related to the use of technical and digital means in the provision of special social services. Therefore,
it is appropriate to examine the application of the technical and digital means used by social workers
to provide special social services. It should be noted that this research is broader and covers more
social services, but the following article analyses only the provision of special social services and,
based on the experience of social workers, the communication and collaboration of social workers
and recipients of services when providing special social services to families
Features of the legal status of Lithuanian works councils
No full textCC BY-NC-ND 4.0This article reviews assumptions that determined the introduction
of works councils into Lithuanian labor law, analyses changes in their legal status,
identifies practical problems related to the creation and operation of works councils,
and pays special attention to the problems of works councils in civil service.
One of the main goals of the legalization of works councils in Lithuania was to
ensure the implementation of collective rights for those employees who do not want to
belong to trade unions. That is why Lithuanian works councils were given extremely
broad powers of collective representation of employees at the employer level on 1 July
2017, without making a real distinction between works councils and trade unions. After
the entry into force of the 2017 Labor Code, works councils lost the right to conclude
collective agreements at the employer level and to initiate a collective labor dispute
due to interest, thus the collective rights of employees were essentially narrowed.
Nevertheless, such regulation is seen as a legitimate means of social engineering.
In this article, it is concluded that in order to ensure the effective implementation
of the rule of mandatory collective representation of employees not only should legal
effects be applied, but soft pressure measures should also be used. Implementation of
the latter measures directly depends on the activity of employees in exercising their
rights to vote in works councils. After assessing peculiarities of the legal status of
civil servants, it is proposed to apply the legal norms regulating the institute of works
councils in civil service mutatis mutandis, adjusting the court practice formed on this
issue accordingly
General Characteristics of Language Interference in Social Media in the Context of Russia’s Aggression against Ukraine
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to analyze the main principles of Ukrainian and Russian
language interference in modern social media in the context of Russia’s aggression against
Ukraine through different linguistics levels – phonetics, graphics, lexicology, and text
Bendradarbiavimas įgyvendinant maisto saugumo politiką Indonezijoje
No full textCC BY-NC-ND 4.0The purpose of this study is to analyze collaboration in the implementation of food
security policies in Indonesia. This research method uses qualitative research design with a case study
research strategy. The respondents in this study were: the Regent, officials, and employees of the Food
Security Service; members of the DPRD (Regional People’s Representative Council); business actors
in the food sector; farmers (Farmer Group Association/Gapoktan); and the community as food consumers. In this study, the data collection techniques used were: observation, in-depth interviews, FGD,
and document analysis. The results showed cross-sector collaboration in the implementation of food
security policies and collaborative policy implementation involving various stakeholders including
food agencies, agricultural agencies, sub-district/village governments, agricultural extension agents,
POKTAN (farmer groups), and economic actors related to this. Conflict of interest between these
stakeholders exists, and sectoral egos are still prioritized through stakeholders’ respective programs.
The result is that no program planning has emerged as a result of the accumulation of resources.
Therefore, for the success of a policy that involves multiple actors, collaborative policy implementation
is needed that enables a collaborative program to be created so that local food government can be
realized to overcome food problems at both the local and national levels
Legal Issues Related to the Use of Twitter Data in Language Research
Get PDFCC BY 4.0Twitter data is used in a wide variety of research disciplines in Social Sciences and Humanities. Although most Twitter data is publicly available, its re-use and sharing raise many legal questions related to intellectual property and personal data protection. Moreover, the use of Twitter and its content is subject to the Terms of Service, which also regulate re-use and sharing. The first part of this paper provides an analysis of these issues, whereas the second part discusses two possible strategies to address them: using the new Academic Research product track, which enables authorized researchers to access Twitter API on a preferential basis, or relying on the new statutory copyright exception for Text and Data Mining for research purposes
The Inverted-U Relationship between R&D and Profitability: Evidence from the Slovak Medical Device Industry
Get PDFCC BY-NC-ND 4.0In the knowledge economy, the activities of knowledge-intensive enterprises largely
depend on the effectiveness of intellectual capital management and the processes of its creation –
research and development (R&D). The present paper analyzes the relationship between the R&D
and profitability of the Slovak medical device companies, which belong to high-value-added, knowledge-intensive industries. A sample of 26 companies operating in the Slovak medical device industry for the period of 2015 to 2019 is considered. For data analysis purposes, GRETL software is
used. The current study deploys the panel data regression analysis methodology. A regression model is constructed that includes one dependent variable and four independent variables. Using the
Breusch-Pagan test and the Hausman test, the feasibility of using the Fixed Effects Method as an estimated parameter for the regression model is substantiated. Diagnosis of the adequacy of this model
is performed on the basis of the Normality test, Autocorrelation test, and Heteroscedasticity test, and
the feasibility of model estimation is substantiated with robust standard errors. The modeling results
show that there is a curvilinear (inverted-U) relationship between R&D and the profitability of Slovak medical device companies, which confirms the hypothesis of the study. RDI has a significant negative impact on ROA at a 1% level, and RDI2 has a significant positive impact on ROA at a 1% level.
The current results suggest that more investment in R&D is better for profitability, but only within
the zone of optimal R&D activities. Medical device companies that carry out minor R&D activities
are encouraged to improve their R&D investment policy to improve their quality and effectiveness
Evaluating Synonym and Antonym Acquisition from a Portuguese Masked Language Model
Get PDFAs for many other tasks in the domain of Natural Language Processing, transformer-based models have been explored in the acquisition of semantic relations, and
are useful for the automatic creation or enrichment of knowledge bases [1], e.g., represented in RDF. Towards this, they can be used for completing lexico-syntactic patterns,
in a shortcut to earlier methods of relation acquisition from corpora [12]. When focused on lexico-semantic relations, they can be useful for enriching lexical knowledge
bases (LKBs) like WordNet [4]
Pradinių klasių mokinių mokymas refleksijos apie mokymąsi: svarba ir galimybės
Get PDFCC BY-NC-ND 4.0The aim of this article is to reveal the possibilities and importance of reflection on learning
for primary school students. To achieve this aim, the following method has been applied: an
analysis of scholarly literature, textbooks for primary school students, and national educational
documents. The analysis of scholarly literature made it possible to provide a consistent description of
the development of the concept of reflection from philosophical to pedagogical approaches, to show
the relevance of teaching primary school students to reflect on learning, and, based on scientific
arguments, to highlight the importance and possibilities of the concept under study in contemporary
schools. Lithuanian and international sources (articles, monographs, textbooks of modern didactics,
and books) were selected for the analysis of scientific literature. The principles of scientific ethics
have been followed – the sources in the text are provided with clear references, and the translation of
the texts written in foreign languages into Lithuanian has been validated. The analysis of scholarly
literature is supplemented by the analysis of primary school textbooks, exercise books, tests, and
national educational documents, the validity of which is ensured by having selected only official data
sources: printed materials for teaching primary school students along with studies carried out by the
Ministry of Education, Science, and Sport
Codification of construction legislation: choice of direction
No full textCC BY-NC-ND 4.0This article examines the need for codification of the legal acts of the
Republic of Lithuania regulating construction. It is noted that the current legislation does
not ensure stability and efficiency of the construction process. The construction process is subject to excessive procedural and bureaucratic requirements, and contradictions between the norms of legal acts of different levels can be found. Therefore, the issue of legislative
reform is increasingly being raised in the market.
Construction law has not been extensively studied in the Lithuanian legal literature
so far. Therefore, we consider it necessary to analyze the legal regulation of construction
and to review the need for reform on the basis of the good practice of foreign countries.
This article discusses the fundamental principles and values that the regulation of
construction legal relations must ensure. It assesses how the current legislation ensures the
implementation of these principles. The article sets out the challenges for codification, the
implementation of which would help to make the legal framework more coherent and clearer, more responsive to developments and reduce financial, human and time costs. It also
identifies and analyses the most common challenges to construction regulation in different
regions of the European Union. After summarizing the main objectives of the legal framework, three codification alternatives are presented, with different scope and structure of
the Code. The analysis presented in the paper is based on an assessment of the functioning
of the current legal system and an analysis of best practices in foreign countries. The article
is based on the positions of legal scholars and practitioners expressed during scientific and
practical conferences (international and national)