The paper outlines the development in the field of investigation of Slovak word-formation in recent 25 years (1989 – 2014). The paper covers dominant areas in this field, i.e. a theory and methodology (e.g. the concept of word-formation motivation), functions of word-formation motivation, word-formation of verbs, adjectives, adverbs, compounding, the tendency towards internationalization, word-formation adoption of loan words, lexicographic treatment of Slovak word-formation and morphemics, word-formation of proper names, the role of word-formation and the investigation of symmetries and asymmetries in the cross-linguistic study, the role of word-formation in a text etc. These aspects of word-formation are dealt with in the works by J. Furdík, J. Horecký, K. Buzássyová, M. Nábělková and others.
We examine the role and importance of scientific research in the process of obtaining and scientifically assessing the cultural heritage in museum as a memory institution. This research is a part of a complex approach to the phenomenon of documenting a society’s development and as such, it must give equal attention to tangible and intangible cultural heritage which is often difficult to do in practice. In this context, we focus our attention on eco-museums which aside from preserving and presenting also aim to at least partially revitalize cultural heritage in its natural environment.
The paper is describing the current state of intermediation services in CZ NUTS 2 Region Prague, based on results of ongoing SUPER-SME Project of FP6. It is possible to identify an important role of intermediaries in research, development, and innovation activities. The intermediation aims at optimizing supply of scientific and technological services, with demand of RTDI companies and organizations or any other actors using or interested in using these services, e.g. national or regional stakeholders. S&T intermediary is defined as a public, private, or public/private (non-profit) institution with a mission of optimizing interface between supply of scientific and technological services and demand of an enterprise, groups of enterprises, or any institution in this respect. Universities, research centers, private companies, or technology transfer centers can play a role of S&T intermediary.
Regional Research and Innovation Policy in Action - the Efficient Tools for Regional Catching-up in New Member States (Regions of Knowledge - FP6). The regional practices of innovation policy in eight EU member states are presented in case studies, elaborated for one region in each country with South Moravia representing the Czech Republic. South Moravian innovation policy is analyzed in three fundamental dimensions: strategy formation, policy deployment, and practices at the programme level. These are the constituent elements of the process that was defined by the ProAct consortium as so called 'ProAct policy learning cycle'. The benchmark methodology (The ProAct Benchmarking Framework) was applied in the case studies to explore good practices in regional innovation and research policy. In the study, the role of South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC - Jihomoravske inovacni centrum) is highlighted.
The paper aims to map the field of interest in conversation as a phenomenon in various arts (cultural history, social science, linguistics) in the last few decades, assuming that the field was established in order to differentiate it from other similar notions such as a dialogue. What has become the centre of attention is the acknowledgement of conversation as a social, cultural and linguistic phenomenon, the main function of which in different periods of time and social environments has been that of social stabilization, and the various forms of which can be studied using as sources the oral as well as written records, which enables access to the historical forms of conversational culture. The writer offers a mutual confrontation between several attempts at defining conversation and formulates competences and certain tasks which can be faced by literary research on conversation.
The paper deals with such professional duties of scholar: (1) Participation in dispute with respect to problem situation; (2) Expressing opinions in scholarly language; (3) Creation of theoretical knowledge; (4) Restricting itself to problems suitable for scholarly research; (5) Binding criticism with conceptualism; (6) Dealing with tradition of development and improvement of scientific myths; (7) Insight into continuity and discontinuity of problem situations.
The aim of this study was to analyse the direct and indirect effects of temperament personality characteristics on the resilience and the role of self-esteem in the indirect effect. The research sample consisted of 96 university students. The research sample consisted of 96 college students aged 19 to 30 years (M = 21.75, SD = 2.07). Adults Temperament Questionnaire, Resilience Scale for Adults, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used. The effects were analysed with a structural model. The resulting model showed good fit: χ2 (2, 96) = .3.974, p = .137, CFI = .986, TLI = .930, RMSEA = .102 (90% CI = .000, .250, PCLOSE = .202), SRMR = .045 and power (.98). The results showed a direct and indirect impact of temperament characteristics on resilience. Negative affectivity and extraversion affect self-esteem (β = –.36, p < .001; β = .21, p = .031; R2 = .233). Negative affectivity showed a direct negative effect on perception of self (β = –.46, p < .001) and planned future (β = –.33, p < .001), and the indirect effect through self-esteem (β = –.11, p < .001 and β = .07, p < .01). Extraversion affects the perception of self and planned future only indirectly through self-esteem (β = –.46, p < .001 and β = .06, p < .01). Identified effects of variables explain the relatively large proportion of the variance of perception of self (R2 = .425) and planned future (R2 = .289). Limitation of the study is the small sample of respondents and its specificity (university students), which does not allow the abstraction on the general adult population. From a practical standpoint, it appears that targeted support of positive self-esteem in individuals who are characterized by the less desirable structure of temperament may act as a compensatory mechanism of the temperament’s effect on the ability to adaptively respond to environmental challenges and difficult situations in life. As an ideal combination seem to be the support/development of positive self-esteem and the ability to control/modify (behavioural) manifestations of temperament.
This article sums up the development of public policy as a scientific discipline and as an object of research and instruction in the Czech Republic. This is presented within a historical context (examining different stages of the development of Czech social sciences even before it was formalized, and the development of its being constituted since the early 1990s) with due regard for the broader cultural, political and institutional context of its formation and application. A characteristic is given of the main streams of research and instruction in the field (with references to key literature, its authors and context). This is followed by a reflection of results and specification of development potentials.
This scientometric analysis is based on the thesis that aspiration of Ukraine to integrate with EU makes efficiency and quality of research in medical field especially important. The analysis covers research works performed in Ukraine in the field of health protection of children and teenagers over 2001-2006. Results of the analysis of distribution of researches by administrative department shows that 40.4% of them were performed by institutes of the Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, 28.0% in HEEs and research institutes of the Ukrainian Ministry for Health Protection, 14.0% in the institutes of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science. By duration, the distribution looks as follows: 43.5% of researches were 3 years long, while the shares of shorter and longer works made, accordingly, 12.3% and 15.9%. By field, nearly half of them dealt with clinical aspects, followed by hygiene of children and teenagers (18%), ecological aspects in pediatrics (11%), social pediatrics (9%), organization of medical supply (7%), medical rehabilitation and resorts (6%). By presentation of end result, the largest share of results was published in scientific journals (40.3%), proceedings of conferences and symposia (36.3%), while the others were innovation focused objects (technical documentation etc.).
In the 1950s Leary developed the model of an interpersonal diagnosis of personality. The author stated that communication can be described along two dimensions: the dominance - submission dimension and the cooperation - opposition dimension. On the basis of this model, Leary, Wubbels, Creton and Hooymayers developed a map to model interpersonal teacher behaviour. This model is adapted to the classroom by dividing Leary's original two dimensions into the eight behaviour types: leadership, helpful/friendly, understanding, student, responsibility/freedom, uncertain, dissatisfied, admonishing and strict. The model has been used in The Netherlands in the development of an instrument; The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI), to gather students' and teachers' perceptions of interpersonal teacher behaviour. There are many versions of The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI), but in this paper the Australian version of the QTI, which is more economical, is described. This version consists of 48 items which are descriptions of teachers' interpersonal behaviour. An example from the leadership scale is: This teacher talks enthusiastically about his/her subject and an example from the admonishing scale is This teacher gets angry unexpectedly. The QTI has a five-point response scale, ranging from Never/Not at all, to Always/Very.
The paper analyzes the issues related to the problems of commercialization of research and the importance of trust between the partners between science and economy. Commercialization of research, in a broad sense, means all activities related to the transfer of knowledge to economic practice. This process cannot properly take place in conditions of limited confidence of the participating entities. Commercialization is an inherent and
The authoress introduces Translation Studies centre in Nitra, which is closely connected with the work of the Cabinet of the Literary Communication and Experimental Methodology as early as the 1970s and 1980s. She deals with research in ambit of translation in Nitra ś workplace from the end of 1960s up to the present. The authoress pays attention to the most distinguished representatives of Nitra ś school and to its contribution in the field of translatological research in our place and also abroad. The other part of the paper is dealt with the contemporary research of translatology in Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra.
The article presents the results of the second edition of research on the economic awareness, conducted among 445 participants of educational programs for students in the last grade of primary schools or in first grades of post primary schools. The research enabled estimation of students' knowledge of economic concepts and identification of the areas of economic knowledge in which they have acquired common misconceptions. It also allowed for defining the areas that teaching should be focused on.
E-learning becomes one of the most popular tools for employees' development in organizations. Despite numerous advantages it offers for employers, it is not trouble-free. One of the greatest obstacles is the lack of participants' motivation for full engagement in e-learning training. The study presented in the article confirms that motivation is a factor of involvement in e-learning. The main aims of the study were: to discover the factors influencing trainee's motivation and to know their evaluation of such type of e-learning that is characterized by serial convention and a high level of interactivity.
The author of this study deals with the reception of animated films by child viewers. She attempts to clarify the process of how animated stories are understood with regard to the cognitive and emotional skills of children of preschool (4–6) and early school age (7–9). She confirms the theoretical propositions of developmental psychology and supplements them with a qualitative testing of selected age groups. This study aims to outline how children think and apply this knowledge in analysing the process of how they watch animated films, children’s most favourite film genre. The results will not only point to the problems of child viewers, but also of films intended for them.
The authors of the text provide information about Slovaks in Croatia in the censuses between 1880 and 2011 with regard to the Slovak language as a native language of Slovaks in Croatia. In the first part authors bring information about the arrival of Slovaks in Croatia, and then deal with their number, religious and gender structure as well as their literacy. The text is the result of research in the Croatian State Archives and published material in the Central Bureau of Statistics and literature. In conclusion the authors emphasize the need of a systematic approach to the study of Slovak communities in Croatia.
Translation and interpreting teaching was established at Faculty of Arts Comenius University in Bratislava after the end of Faculty of Social Sciences (1974/1975). A turn in organization occurred in 2003 with the introduction of a Bachelor ś and Master ś program and the Faculty obtained accreditation for providing a complete three-degree study, thus also a doctoral study program for PhD in the field of translatology. At first it offered 5 language specialisations, though the option was spread by other languages which are studying in 13 translation departments. Translation study requires a live contact with the socio-cultural environment and so the students participate on programs ERAZMUS, CEEPUS, DAAD. Together with pedagogic activities the lectures attend the scientific research in the ambit of scientific programs (VEGA, KEGA). They also take part on national and foreign conferences.
For every museum, an indicator of its orientation is the character of its collection, research and exhibition activity. Collection activity was limited by the quantity of financial means in the 1950s and hence it does not provide a complete view of the museum's orientation. In this regard more can be learned from the museum's research and exhibition activity during the given period. The author deals in his paper with the changes which took place in the Slovak National Museum in Martin from its nationalisation in 1948 to its merger with the Slovak Museum in Bratislava in 1961. Research shows that the Museum responded to change political circumstances in its plans. These were influenced both by an organ of state - the Commissariat for Education and Culture - and by a professional organisation - the Union of Slovak Museums, which recommended dealing with the issue of new installation in Slovak museums.
The article analyses the basic aspects of technological and innovation development. The history and present state of understanding of the technology is discussed both in general and economically in particular. Hard and soft technologies are distinguished between. The categorization of production factors is characterized from the view of technology development, and so are transfer and diffusion of technology, and sustainable technology development. The concept of innovation and intra- and extra-enterprise sources of innovation are dealt with. By the way of conclusion, technological and innovation policies and their development stages are analysed.
Since 1976 up to the present, the Czech Institute of Egyptology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague has conducted systematic researches at Abusir necropolis, located 25 km away from Cairo. However, uncovering of the mastaba of Ptahshepses took place already between 1960 and 1974. Apart from Egyptologists, also experts from various scientific and technical institutions participated in these works. In 1978 to 1981 and in 2002, geophysics and geological analyses of building materials became a part of this activity. In the recent period, also results of satellite photography were used in a large extent. Using all these tools, a number of tombs and temples were uncovered from both the period of the Old Kingdom (3rd to 6th dynasty) and the Late Period (6th century BC). The compared results of prospecting and archaeological uncovering on individual structures of Abusir necropolis document the usefulness of team cooperation during localizing the abovementioned types of structures in the arid conditions of Egypt.
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