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An encounter between a teacher and child with ASD in a pre-school environment
Get PDFCC BYThe article focuses on the phenomenon of the first meeting between an educator and a child on the autism spectrum and the an educator’s experiences during the encounter. An analysis of the scientific literature shows
that the number of autistic children in Lithuania is increasing. The text describes a meeting between a preschool
and a preprimary school educator and a child with autism spectrum disorders. The analysis unfolds the experience
of particular educators when they meet a child with ASD in an ordinary preschool group. During a hermeneutical phenomenological analysis, the experience of the educators are based on two existential subjects: experienced
relationship and experienced body. During the first meeting with a child with ASD, educators attempted to establish
a relationship with the child. Although each participant of the analysis experienced this beginning individually, all
of them were confronted with a challenge in communication while establishing these relationships. Autistic children
avoided the methods of relation contracting that were usual to educators. When educators contacted with the autistic
children, their experience unfolded through the children’s bodily experience (appearance and behaviour)
Priežastys, sulaikančios intymaus partnerio smurtą išgyvenusias moteris nuo smurtinių patirčių atskleidimo
Get PDFIki 75% viso pasaulio moterų tam tikru savo gyvenimo momentu patyrė intymaus partnerio smurtą (IPS)
(Garcia-Moreno et al., 2005), tačiau net 60% jų kenčia tyloje (Europos Sąjungos pagrindinių teisių
agentūra, 2014) nesulaukdamos nei pagalbos, nei apsaugos. Tyrimai atskleidžia žalojantį IPS poveikį
moterų ir jų vaikų biopsichosocialinei sveikatai ir gerovei (Chandan et al.,, 2020; Vasiliauskaitė, 2015;
WHO, 2012). Be to, smurtas prieš moteris šeimoje paveikia ne tik tiesiogiai nuo jo kenčiančius žmones, bet ir visuomenę apskritai. Europos lyčių lygybės institutas apskaičiavo, kad dėl IPS prieš moteris Europos
Sąjunga praranda daugiau nei 109 milijardus eurų (Walby, & Olive, 2014).
Siekdami suprasti, kokios priežastys sulaiko moteris nuo smurto atskleidimo, bei kaip jos yra susijusios su
skirtinga smurto patirtimi, atlikome tyrimą, kuriame dalyvavo 127 IPS išgyvenusios moterys, atsiliepusios
į socialiniuose tinkluose paskelbtą kvietimą. Tyrimo dalyvių amžius svyravo nuo 18 iki 69 metų (M = 36.6;
SD = 11.82). Klausimyną sudarė Sudėtinė smurto ir Ekonominio išnaudojimo skalės, kartu su keletu
demografinių klausimų bei su 12 galimų neatskleidimo priežasčių sąrašu
Counterfactual History: An Intellectual Game or an Unfamiliar Method of Research?
Get PDFThe history is a sequence of unfulfilled alternatives. Its creators, before making decisions that changed the course of history, always considered the dilemma: "What if ...?". Therefore, it is impossible for researchers of past to understand why history has shifted in one direction rather than the other without being able to operate on alternatives. Would Lithuania have claimed the statement of restoration of independence in the 1992 Constitution if an act establishing its connection with the 1938 Constitution had not been adopted on March 11, 1990? How would we evaluate the Forest Brothers freedom war today if the Soviets had discovered a bunker in the village of Minaičiai and the Declaration of February 16, 1949 had not been adopted? In what legal framework would we live today if Third Division of the Commonwealth of Both Nations had not been implemented in 1795? Counterfactual history is an analytical method in the social sciences as a strategy for rethinking history. However, it is still underestimated in individual branches of the social sciences, especially in the history of law
Speaker Attitudes Detection through Discourse Markers Analysis
Get PDFSpeaker attitude detection is important for processing opinionated text. Survey data as such provide a valuable source of information and research for different scientific disciplines. They are also of interest to practitioners such as policymakers, politicians, government bodies, educators, journalists, and all other stakeholders with occupations related to people and society. Survey data provide evidence about particular language phenomena and public attitudes to provide a broader picture about the clusters of social attitudes. In this regard, attitudinal discourse markers play a central role in the sense that they are pointers to the speaker's attitudes
Valstybinio moterų užimtumo reguliavimo mechanizmas Kazachstano inovacinės ekonomikos srityje
No full textCC BY-NC-NDIn the modern world, the development of society has created the conditions
for new spheres of human activity. With new systems of production and the management of
these processes, innovations are changing the roles of men and women. The more we move
into the future, the more women are able to fullfil their potential and enhance their abilities, but their contributions to economic activity, growth, and well-being are much lower
than they could be. Moreover, employment in Kazakhstan remains divided into different
segments, and this, accordingly, has a significant impact on gender determinants in the
development of an innovative type of employment. There are socio-demographic, technical, and institutional constraints, alongside professional and even personal risks, in the
formation of innovative employment. In view of the above, this paper aims to analyse the
problems of modernising the mechanism of the state regulation of women`s employment
in the Republic of Kazakhstan and find solutions to form appropriate gender relations in
economic and other spheres. The authors develop a policy of state intervention, taking into
account the experience of other countries, to eliminate the issues that hinder the development of gender equality. To achieve these goals, the following actions are suggested: the
introduction of gender planning into the state budget and the application of EU practices
within the budget cycle; and the development a program to increase the access of women to
microfinance services. In the course of this study, analysis, synthesis, statistical, graphical,
and other methods were used
Access to Modern Energy Services through the Prism of Children’s Rights: An Overview from the Perspectives of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Policy and Law Approaches of Certain EU Member States and Ukraine
Get PDFThe aims of this research are: to explore the connection between the right to access to modern energy services and children’s rights, as stipulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child; to analyze how the rights of children are addressed in the energy policy and law of certain EU Member States and Ukraine; and to develop recommendations on how to make national energy policy and law more child-sensitive. To achieve these goals, the following objectives were set: 1) to explore the correlation between the right to access to modern energy services and children’s rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 2) to analyze the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of certain EU Member States in order to find out how children’s rights are addressed in policy and law and to identify the most common practices; 3) to analyze the current and prospective legislation in Ukraine that relates to children’s rights to modern energy services; and 4) to develop recommendations on how to make national energy policy and law more child-sensitive. The main results of this research are: 1) access to modern energy services is vital for children’s enjoyment of their rights (e.g., the right to life, survival, and development, the right to health, the right to education, the right to adequate housing, the right to be protected from any form of violence, neglect, or negligence, and the right to be heard); 2) states shall specifically address issues of children’s rights (in particular, by tackling energy inequality, considering the risks for the concrete category of children, targeting certain rights of children that depend on access to modern energy services, and introducing concrete actions and outcome indicators) in the strategic documents and legal acts that relate to universal access to modern energy services; 3) the social protection of low-income families with children in the form of discounts for energy bills and state support for the implementation of energy efficiency improvement measures in residential buildings (as mechanisms for tackling energy poverty), the encouragement of the energy renovation of pre-school and school buildings, and the development of special educational tools on sustainable energy for pupils are considered the most common practices in certain EU Member States; 4) whilst Ukrainian energy policy and law includes some instruments that relate to children’s rights as energy consumers, it lacks a complete approach; and 5) the energy policy and law of Ukraine should specifically address children’s rights as energy consumers, specifically those based on the common approaches used in EU Member States, in order to consider the peculiarities of children’s energy needs
An Efficiency Analysis of Companies Operating in the Pharmaceutical Industry in the Visegrad Countries
Get PDFCC BY-NC-ND 4.0The primary aim of this research was to analyse the corporate performance
of selected companies in the pharmaceutical industry in the Visegrad countries using the
value added intellectual coefficient (VAIC) model. The secondary aim was to find relations between VAIC components and company profitability ratios by country. Data for
analysis were downloaded from the EMIS database for the years 2016–2019. Several statistical methods (MANOVA, ANOVA, t-test, correlation analysis, panel model) were used
to analyse and compare companies by country. Based on the analysis of variance and the
pair-wise t-test, it can be concluded that there is no statistically significant difference between the countries selected concerning the VAIC ratio and its components. Furthermore,
it can be concluded that there is a medium correlation between selected profitability ratios
(OROS, ROA, OROA) and VAIC and its components, except for the capital employed efficiency ratio. It was determined that the components of the VAIC indicator impact the
operating ROA using the panel model, except for in the Czech Republic. Based on a study of
the literature on the application of VAIC and the evaluation of the results of the analyses, t can be argued that the VAIC ratio is suitable for measuring corporate performance from
a specific perspective
Peculiarities of the Police Officer’s Profession Image in Their Attitude
Get PDFAspects of choosing a profession and career planning are closely related to the description of the features of the image of the profession, otherwise known as the image of the profession. The choice of profession is an essential part of life, which has a significant influence upon the person and their further occupation. Furthermore, the choice of profession and job is related to the satisfaction of financial, social and personal needs. Therefore, it is very important that the choice of profession is as accurate as possible and that the profession evokes a strong feeling of vocation. A career develops accordingly, if a person is satisfied with the job and one’s current expectations meet the current situation, then the career development is successful and thrives as individually sought. For a career to follow a successful developing process it is vital to meticulously systematize the characteristics of a particular profession that would help to decide whether one wants to choose it not. Due to these reasons whilst researching the police officer’s image it is crucial to assess the point of view of current police officers in regard to the officer’s image. Correspondingly, the purpose of the article is evoked - to reveal the perception of police officers of the image of their profession. To achieve it, the concept of choosing a profession is discussed, emphasizing the importance of vocation and the path of professional development - career; the change in the attitude of police officers about the image of their profession and its factors are determined. The hypotheses are confirmed disparately. After an empirical study, the first hypothesis - the average of the respondents' assessment of the current attitude towards the characteristics of the police officer profession is statistically significantly different from the attitude before choosing this profession - was confirmed. The second hypothesis was only partly confirmed. It was revealed that the average assessment of the characteristics of the police profession for both men and women decreases depending on the degree of the police officer
Problems of Determination and Payment of Bankruptcy Administration Costs
Get PDFThis article continues the research of peculiarities seen in the insolvency proceedings of legal entities and examines the problems of determination and payment of administrative costs of the bankruptcy proceedings of legal entities. The authors analyze the features of these costs in bankruptcy proceedings and how they can be identified. It also assesses the order in which administrative expenses must be paid in cases where the expenses do not exceed the estimate of administrative expenses, exceed it, or if assets of the legal person are insufficient to reimburse these costs
Civil Liability of Companies for Anonymous Comments Posted on Their Sites: A Criterion of Potential Consequences of Liability
Get PDFPurpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate a criterion of potential consequences of liability of an Internet portal for unlawful comments of its visitors and set certain general waymarks, which would apply to cases of this kind. Research methodology – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in four cases (Delfi AS v. Estonia, MTE & Index v. Hungary, Pihl v. Sweden and Tamiz v. the United Kingdom) on whether civil liability can be justified to the website operators for anonymous comments made on their portals that violate the right to privacy. One of the criteria of such evaluation was the possible negative consequences of the civil liability of these entities, but its content and meaning have not been thoroughly studied in the doctrine. Therefore the authors analyse the content of this criterion on the basis of a comparative method. Taking into account the legal context of this study, specific methods of legal interpretation are used in this article (such as, systemic, teleologic, histrorical). Findings – Authors conclude that addressing the civil liability of website operators for damages caused by anonymous comments violating the right to privacy must consider not only the financial, and not only ad hoc, short- and long-term adverse effects of the website operators in general, but the impact of the ruling on the concept of free media and other property and non-material consequences for a democratic society as a whole. Research limitations – This article deals with one criteria for the application of civil liability of website operators for the infringement of an individual’s right to privacy by anonymous comments, that is – the possible negative consequences of the civil liability of these entities. That is the continuation of the authors’ research on the topic of website operator’s liability for unlawful anonymous comments. Practical implications – The research reveals that the consequences of applying the civil liability to the website operator are conditions for assessment of extent of the already existing civil liability; therefore, the criteria of the consequences that arose and / or could arise to website operator are not to be considered as factors justifying the application of civil liability, but rather as factors determining, i.e. extending or limiting, the extent of civil liability. Originality/Value – The vacuum of a consistent concept of assessing the behavior of website operators in response to unlawful comments poses a threat not only to the sustainability of website operators as business or public interest entities, but also to the stability of the legal system as a whole. It is therefore important to disclose the content of elements of assessment of the necessity of restricting the freedom of expression of website operators in a democratic society, which are unregulated and formulated only in the case law of the ECtHR, and which have been applied in national courts for horizontal civil liability claims for anonymous comments. There are no previous research that would focus on these issues