scholarly journals Comparative analysis of efficiency of democracy in Ukraine according to the indices of democracy The Economist Democracy Index, Freedom In the World and Polity IV

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 78-92
Author(s):  
Kateryna Fedoryshynа
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Integral Point ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The World ◽  
Final Score ◽  
Legal Restrictions

This article represents an analysis of efficiency of Ukrainian democracy within the framework of three popural indices of democracy – The Economist Democracy Index, Freedom In the World index and Polity IV. Comparative analysis shows the core factors which bring three different democratic concepts, used in the indices, to the integral unity. Finding correlation between factors of Ukrainian democracy, measured in the indices through a certain time period (2006-2018), helps getting integral look at the problem of non existent universal theoretic base for understanding democracy. The basic idea of the analysis, represented in this article, shows that different factors, used by indices in measuring democracy, do not evenly correlate in practice, though they represent holistic approach to the essence of democracy. Choosing specific theoretical approach of understanding democracy makes it hard for indices to fully measure real democracy. This analysis aims at searching correlation in different basic factors of democratic models, used by indices with different approaches. As the result of the analysis the article ranks a number of basic factors, used in three popular indices of democracy, according to the strength of correlation of these factors with other factors of the index they represent and with the final score of the index. Integral choice of the basic factors, which correlate with the change of Ukraine’s democratic trends according to the three indices, covers several dimensions of democratic model. Ukrainian democratic trends in the specific time period (2006-2018), as the analysis shows, from integral point of view correlates the most with the changes in electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties and legal restrictions of the executive power. Political culture, political participation and individual rights show weak correlation with Ukrainian democratic trends within the period of time, chosen for the analysis.

scholarly journals PARTICULARS OF ADSORBENT REGENERATION WITH THE USE OF MICROWAVE ENERGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Sergey Dobrotvorskiy ◽  
Ludmila Dobrovolska ◽  
Yevheniia Basova ◽  
Borys Aleksenko
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Microwave Energy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Compressed Air ◽  
Adsorbent Regeneration ◽  
The World ◽  
Microwave Regeneration

Energy conservation issues are acute in the world. Compressed air is widely used in the modern industrial production. The production of compressed air is a very energy-intensive process, since most of the energy, which is expended by the compressor, passes into the energy of heating. Compressed air cannot be used in modern production without a prior drying and cleaning. Industrial dryer’s air losses is up to 20% of compressed air additionally. Therefore, the issue of saving air during its drying stage is important. In the presented article, the thermal and aerodynamic processes that occur in the classical adsorption tower with the most modern design are considered. The processes that occur in the adsorption column with the microwave regeneration of the adsorbent are also considered. A comparative analysis of these constructions from the point of view of energy saving is made.

New humanitarian practices for developing human potential: edutainment centers megacities of the World

2021 ◽  
pp. 104-114
Author(s):  
Ksenia Andreevna Fiofanova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Science Parks ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Educational Potential

The article presents a comparative analysis of the development of edutainment centers (towns of professions, science parks, museums-interactoriums) in the cities of the world. Edutainment centers, in fact, not being pedagogical centers, implement humanitarian practices for the development of children, focusing on the development of social competencies (soft-skills), self-determination competencies (self-skills), competencies of the 21st century (future-skills). In educational research from a scientific and pedagogical point of view, the educational potential of edutainment centers has not been studied. However, their importance in the development of human potential is quite large. Also, according to the indicator «innovative educational infrastructure» (including edutainment centers), the index of innovative cities in the world and the index of human development are calculated. That is, the phenomenon of edutainment centers and their educational potential is an important element of the social and educational policy of the countries of the world.

“OBVIOUS – INCREDIBLE”. METHODS OF DESCRIBING OF A MYSTICAL SITUATION IN MYTHOLOGICAL NARRATIVES

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
Chervaneva Victoria A. ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Image Feature ◽  
The World

The article discusses the features of the image feature of the situation when a person contacts a mythological character or a phenomenon in oral mythological stories from the point of view of the speaker’s assessing the situation by the reliability degree. The study was conducted by the method of semantic and contextual analysis of perceptual vocabulary and verbal units expressing an assessment of reliability of the message. A comparative analysis was also used for the vocabulary of the fairy tales as texts of another modality. The study showed that the message of a mystical event in mythological narratives is especially marked, because it is an event the very reality of which can be questioned and which, therefore, is perceived as incredible. In mythological prose, unlike a fairy tale, the means of expressing an assessment of the reliability degree are very frequent, and the frequency of those words is much higher than in the general language. In mythological narratives, the values of both ends of the reliability scale are presented with all types of expressions for the speaker assessing his state of knowledge of the world, described in linguistics (situations of simple, categorical and problematic reliability).

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of the Category of Diminutiveness in the Russian, English and Armenian Languages

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2 (20)) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Karine Abrahamyan
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Grammatical Category ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
Linguistic Images ◽  
Modern Russian

The paper highlights the most typical features of the lexico-grammatical category of diminutiveness from the derivational point of view. The correlation between language and culture, language and national linguistic traditions, language and national mentality is revealed through the category under study. The results of the research prove that applying cognitive approach to the analysis of the category of diminutiveness on the derivational level enables us to reveal: a) the existing asymmetry of linguistic images of the world in different languages, b) graduality of the lexico-grammatical category of diminutiveness in Modern Russian which brings forth peculiar derivational clusters.

scholarly journals THE CONCEPT OF «ECOLOGICAL TOURISM» IN THE WORLD AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND CASES

2017 ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Олег Афанасьев ◽  
Oleg Afanasev ◽  
Александра Афанасьева ◽  
Aleksandra Afanaseva
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Tourism Marketing ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
The World ◽  
Ecological Tourism

The article is focused on the ecotourism from the point of view of the ecological paradigm, the ecological imperative and the concept of natureuse. Based on the methodology of comparative analysis, the research experience in the field of ecotourism in foreign scientific practice is considered. It is noted that one of the fundamental problems of ecotourism is ambiguity and breadth of its interpretations and definitions. The authors consider controversial questions about the destructive function inherent in ecotourism, and outline the problem of its mythologization, the “crisis of legitimacy”, and the formation of the phenomenon of “eco-colonialism”. The article raises a problematic question about the discussion of the concept of ecotourism as kind of tourism, and substantiates the expediency of its positioning as an organizational form of the tourism industry. Within the framework of the discussion on components and the classification of ecotourism, the authors present their classification of ecotourism types depending on the motivation factors and quantity of tourists. On this basis, the authors distinguish three form-clusters of ecotourism, including 16 of its types. The problem of integration of ecotourism scientific schools of different countries is considered. The article considers the cases of the world experience of ecotourism and Russian practices of organization of this form of activity. The authors describe the principles for elaborating the ecological tourism marketing strategy of the Volga region. This region has huge potential for ecotourism development in the country, and its rich positive experience in this field can be taken as a basis for developing this kind of tourism activity in other regions of the country. The authors make conclusion about the necessity and urgency of a radical review of composition scheme and conceptual understanding of the phenomenon of ecotourism, which should become a paradigm of the whole tourism sphere, the basis for its further growth and development both in Russia and in the world.

scholarly journals A Study on Comparative Analysis of Major Stock Indices of World

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alpesh Gajera
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Sufficient Time ◽  
Daily Return ◽  
Stock Indices ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Closing Price

Experts talk lots on integration of major stock indices of the world. In this research paper researcher has tried to establish integration between major stock indices of the world by calculating correlation and applying anova on daily return of 16 major stock indices of the world. In research it is found that preceding and succeeding time of opening the stock market plays vital roles in terms of effect on each other. To achieve the objectives of research, last 5 years daily closing price of these 16 indices is collected and analyzed for quantifying the level of correlation between different stock indices. As sufficient time period is taken and daily closing prices are analyzed so it is found there is not significant difference in the daily return of these stock indices.

Vision Enhancement in Bad Weather

2018 ◽  
pp. 1802-1819
Author(s):  
Md. Imtiyaz Anwar ◽  
Arun Khosla
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Turbid Medium ◽  
The World ◽  
Bad Weather

Road accident is a serious issue in most of the countries due to degraded visibility in bad weather such as fog, haze and rain. A better visibility is a key requirement for passenger's safety while maintaining the speed of the vehicle. Researchers throughout the world are focusing to enhance the visibility through bad weather mainly due to fog or haze to minimize accidents. Many efforts are being put up to clearly visualize the scene using computer vision. Classifications of fog and analysis of de-weathering techniques are prime motive of research. This book chapter addresses and summarizes the progress in the development of vision enhancement techniques for road safety in turbid medium, particularly with fog which greatly affects the vision. This chapter also presents a brief comparative analysis on different weather conditions and classification of fog which is important for application point of view.

Vision Enhancement in Bad Weather

2016 ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Md. Imtiyaz Anwar ◽  
Arun Khosla
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Turbid Medium ◽  
The World ◽  
Bad Weather

Road accident is a serious issue in most of the countries due to degraded visibility in bad weather such as fog, haze and rain. A better visibility is a key requirement for passenger's safety while maintaining the speed of the vehicle. Researchers throughout the world are focusing to enhance the visibility through bad weather mainly due to fog or haze to minimize accidents. Many efforts are being put up to clearly visualize the scene using computer vision. Classifications of fog and analysis of de-weathering techniques are prime motive of research. This book chapter addresses and summarizes the progress in the development of vision enhancement techniques for road safety in turbid medium, particularly with fog which greatly affects the vision. This chapter also presents a brief comparative analysis on different weather conditions and classification of fog which is important for application point of view.

scholarly journals The danish parliament as an actor of Denmark’s foreign policy towards the EU and Russia: a comparative analysis, 2005—2019

Baltic Region ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-84
Author(s):  
Oksana V. Grigoreva ◽  
Nikita O. Plyusnin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Concentric Circles ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
The Eu

The growing number of participants in foreign policy decision-making calls for a study of the forces affecting the behaviour of states in the international arena. In contemporary states, parliaments are increasingly challenging the exclusive prerogatives of executive power in foreign and defence policy. Many experts stress that the powers of the Danish Parliament in these fields are among the most considerable in the world. The question is, however, whether these powers are exercised in the same manner towards different states and regions. This article aims to find out how the Danish Parliament contributes to the country’s foreign policy towards the EU and Russia. The concentric circles model is employed to assess the level of the Danish Parliament’s participation in the foreign policy of the Kingdom of Denmark in different regions of the world. The study conducts a comparative analysis of the evidence of the Parliament’s influence on Denmark’s relations with the EU, the EFTA, and Russia. The findings lead one to conclude that the Danish Parliament’s participation in the country’s foreign policy towards EU bodies is highly institutionalised and coherent, which can be explained by close integration of Danish political elites into European ones as well as by European processes being clear and predictable for Danish parliamentarians. The participation of the Parliament in Danish—Russian relations is less systematic and structured since the Danish Parliament sometimes lacks diplomatic experience and resources to influence more complex and ambiguous relations with the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals REDEFINING INDONESIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY IN ENSURING THE SURVIVAL OF THE NATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Triswan Larosa
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
International Security ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
State Security ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World

<p>Indonesia’s national security is still in debate since the separation of TNI-Polri’s functions and is more likely to be interpreted as national security and order (<em>kamtibmas</em>)’s effort. Meanwhile, in several states in the world, national security emphasis more on a holistic approach. This study provides a point of view to redefine Indonesia's national security to be more holistic and comprehensive, using the analytical framework of Security Vortex. So that, Indonesia's national security is a national policy that has the goal of ensuring the life and death of the Indonesia nation-state in the aspects of international security, state security and civil security, with three basic capabilities that must build, namely knowledge-based security, skill-based security, and rules-based security.</p>

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