BACKGROUND: Excessive drinking is a major problem in Western countries. AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) is a 10-item questionnaire developed as a transcultural screening tool to detect excessive alcohol consumption and dependence in primary health care settings. OBJECTIVES: The aim...

The paper discusses the peculiarities of syntactic constructions presenting positive emotions in the speech of characters in dramas by modern American and British playwrights. The proposed research method suggests application of a correlative classification of extralinguistic and linguistic features...

Abstract Determining the dynamics and sustainability of human interactions with threatened species is essential to inform evidence‐based conservation, but data can be challenging to collect across large areas and multiple user groups. Chinese giant salamanders Andrias spp. are critically depleted ac...

This study investigates views of student teachers about their group works and presentations during their undergraduate studies. The identification of prospective student teachers is very important in terms of better education for future generations. From this point, the aim of the research is focuse...

<strong>Introduction </strong> <br />Human resources in firms are one of the factors to gain competitive advantage. Hence, successful firms use these advantages effectively which are the valuable capital of firm and elevate their firm through enhancement of their capability and motivation. Although...

This research is based on the facts: first that, Boyolali is one of the regions which implement intensively many kinds of program in solving the poverty which gets the finance from APBD, central government and international institutions, eventhough the proportion of the poor society increases signif...

The article is theoretical-empirical in character. For the preparation of the theoretical part the method of cognitive-critical analysis of literature on the subject from the area of marketing and management was used. On the basis of the results of this analysis it is possible to conclude that there...

In 1985 Gayatri Spivak, criticizing western academic communities, proposed this question that “Can the subaltern speak? “ The answer to this question necessitates the consideration of humanities and any kinds of discourse which bring about subalterns. Postcolonial discourse as a critical, liberal, a...

is an important factor with positive impacts on teachers' attitudes and attitudes. In this investigation, it is intended to establish the relationship between perceived organisational support and levels of teachers' organisational identity and alienation to work. The study is designed in the relatio...

This Campbell systematic review assesses the effectiveness of school‐based decision‐making. The review summarises findings from 17 impact studies and nine studies of barriers and enablers. School‐based decision‐making has small effects in reducing dropouts and repetition. There is a moderate positiv...

Biodynamic and structural characteristics are analyzed in this work, so as spatial distribution of population of Republic of Srpska because of identification and valorization of demographic resources and their implement on educational system organisation (especially compulsory primary education). Fo...

Decentralized forest management programs reduce deforestation rates, although the effects may be modest. More research is needed to assess whether such programs reduce the income of poor households. Proponents of decentralized forest management programs suggest that such programs can contribute to b...

The article reveals one of the primary questions related to identification of the criteria of social threat of extortion. Examining the modern texts, statistical information and received empirical data the author makes the conclusion on the subject under study. It is stated in particular that social...

This paper aims to create an image both in terms of description and in terms of graphical representation, with multiannual coverage (2007–2019), the evolution of the financial indicators of the population, and their impact on the national economy. The main objective is to establish the basic pillars...

Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Model makes a theoretical distinction between the contribution of dispositional anxiety and the transitory experience of anxiety to performance difficulties during testing situations. According to the State-Trait framework, state anxiety is viewed as the primary per...

We study the influence of numerological superstitions on people’s buying behavior in the apartment market using unique actual sales data. Based on the dataset from Saint-Petersburg primary real estate market we compare the share of sold apartments on floor 7 with that on floors 6 and 8, whereas floo...

IntroductionStudents at risk of learning difficulties are characterised by limited learning skills and negative empathy, which negatively affect their motivation and self-identification.Objective of research to outline the level of self-identification of primary school pupils at risk for learning di...

Introduce Students at risk of learning difficulties is characterised by limited learning skills and negative empathy, which negatively affect their motivation and self-identification.The objective of the survey is to outline the level of self-identification of primary school pupils at risk of learni...

A novel medium, Oxacillin Resistant Screening Agar (ORSA) medium, was evaluated for the screening of specimens for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital setting. Screening swabs (swabs of the nose, throat, perineum, and infected sites) were inoculated onto the new ORSA m...

Summary The aim was to identify and analyse the most relevant aspects of the socio-environmental context of an urban canton, which have an impact on the pollution of the water resource. A descriptive research was carried out using a mixed approach, in which, by collecting primary and secondary infor...

Psychotic symptoms are commonly observed among older customers. Although it has a direct impact on care and treatment, the identification of their etiology often remains difficult and uncertain, especially when these events occur for the first time in old age. Are these primary symptoms of late psyc...

From a clinical practice with adolescents followed in a criminal justice context, we have chosen to address the issues of tort transgressions in adolescence as an interpretive angle slightly offset from the more usual, a lack of regulation of the superego, interesting ourself to dynamic and topical...

1.Facultative bacterial endosymbionts can protect their aphid hosts from natural enemies such as hymenopteran parasitoids. As such, they have the capability to modulate interactions between aphids, parasitoids and hyperparasitoids. However, the magnitude of these effects in natural aphid populations...

Since maize was domesticated in Mexico around 9000 years ago, local farmers have selected and maintained seed stocks with particular traits and adapted to local conditions. In the present day many of these landraces are still cultivated, however increased urbanization and migration from rural areas...

This dissertation examines early childhood malnutrition, focusing on the role played by environmental shocks in determining health outcomes of children exposed to them. In the light of rapid climatic changes affecting human capital, Chapter 1 is one of the first to explore the prenatal channel of ex...