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The multidimensional space of the digital (networking) era is making adequate understanding of events increasingly difficult. Continuous accumulation and layering of infinitely large amounts of data (big data) is implicitly undermining qualitative forecast of any type, although it is supposed to work the other way round. Thus modern philosophers, interpreting the new digital reality, are facing the ever more obvious task of creating relevant ontological models, able to encompass the whole complexity of the network...

The local identity of urban spaces becomes a necessary requirement for the design and planning of urban development. The article proposes a system of the spatial factors influencing the local identity of urban areas and provide new directions for improvement of urban planning practices. The spatial structure of the urban environment becomes clear and obvious when identifying the places with the highest concentration of day and night social activity. Architecture and public spaces of the city create the most durabl...

The concern for consumers protection dates back to antiquity, the development of commodity exchange in the markets from citadel cities is not a random and uncontrollable phenomenon. In the society of the 21st century, where production has exceeded consumers' needs, deviations from the rules appear. Manufacturers have gone from producing what is sold to selling what is produced. Different marketing strategies are used, imposing on the consumer the need for a good or service, even if he does not have the need. Unfor...

One of the aims of each financial analyst is to make a statistical analysis of multidimensional data in a financial analysis. The aim of all methods of multi-criteria evaluation is transforming and synthesizing values of various parameters into one - integral indicator, comprehensively expressing the level of individual enterprises in the set of values examined. The purpose of each multidimensional analysis is to process the data in order to clearly indicate the model and thus reveal the hidden phenomenon. The aim...

Does humanity need certain norms and morals of life, rules of behavior, prohibitions? Why are they needed? These questions always remain controversial and open. Each ethnic group has its own specific moral norms, prohibitions, views on ethical principles, sometimes incomprehensible to others. This paper reveals the traditional ethical norms of the Sakha people behavior, to try to answer to stated above eternal questions. Authors consider a prohibition in traditional culture, based on the religious views of the Sak...

This paper describes some basic characteristics of the social policies for the elderly people in four countries, namely Russia, Italy, Finland and the UK. Maian focus is at the analysis of neo-liberal policies impacts on welfare policies: covering a conceptual analysis of some issues as eligibility and risk, transforming models of the social policy and its institutional setups. Modern research agenda includes theorizing, analysis and evaluation of welfare institutions, organizations and policies along with the way...

Health is a fundamental good that can not be bought in a market, and its determinants are the genetic "luggage", lifestyle, the environment, and health care, regardless of whether we are talking about humans or animals. The need for health care is a relative concept involving both the individual and society, all of which has as its starting point the poverty of information (knowledges) that an individual has in relation to his "needs" for health care. The relations with customers and communication between them is ...

The national program ”milk and croissant” addresses both pre-school and elementary and secondary school pupils, through each pupil offers a milk or dairy product in quantities of 200 ml and bakery products in packages of 80 g/unit. Through this scientific approach, we intend to determine how milk and dairy products influence this program, finding that the majority of pupils (71.25%) surveyed said the program did not influence their behavior on the frequency with which they consume milk or dairy products, and a sma...