Joint Operations of the Polish Armed Forces and the Police

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Aleksander Babiński ◽  
Janusz Falecki
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Material Loss ◽  
State Security ◽  
Joint Operations ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level ◽  
Good Organization

Task performance in the area of counteraction and removal of contemporary threats results requires a state to use all of its possible sources and resources. Main entities that carry out those tasks are Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland and Polish Police. Important areas of Polish Armed Forces and Police activities include tasks in the field of crisis management, security and public order maintenance, as well as country’s defence. An effective task performance in particular areas is highly reliant on the quality of joint operations of the entities. Different legislative acts only slightly define powers to organize joint operations by Armed Forces and Police, however, the rules of such operations are described in detail in the agreements concluded between them. The area of joint operations of Polish Armed Forces and Police which should be of much attention is a good organization of joint training courses and field exercises. Such undertakings would significantly improve the effectiveness of joint operations of the entities, consequently reducing the number of victims and material loss, improving the protection of natural environment and providing the state security at a high level.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Fluctuation of the Number of ISO 9001:2015 Certificates in the Republic of Croatia and Assessment of Satisfaction of Business Organisations Leadership with the Certificate

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Petar Vušković
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Annual Fluctuation ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level

AbstractThe ISO 9001:2015 certificate of quality is nowadays the most renowned quality standard in the world. Standardised quality has become an imperative competitive advantage on the market for all serious business organisations. The fluctuation of the number of certificates of quality indicates to what extent companies are willing to ensure the quality of their products and services to customers and clients, and how fast the domestic market is standardised and integrated into the global economy. This paper presents the results of two empirical studies. The first one focused on the analysis of the fluctuation in the number of ISO 9001:2015 certificates in the period from 2008 to 2018, while the second aimed to determine the satisfaction of leadership with the certificate. The study has shown that, during the observed period, the number of certificates of quality in Croatia fluctuated between – 18% and +22% annually. At the annual level, a certain number of companies lose their certificates or opt for decertification. For that reason, a study of the leadership’s level of satisfaction with the ISO 9001:2015 certificate was conducted using a sample of 296 certified business organisations. The study has proven that the leadership showed a high level of satisfaction with the certificate of quality and that they appreciate business organisations with certificates of quality. It demonstrates that the quality management certification has a bright future regardless of the annual fluctuation of the number of certificates.

scholarly journals City of Hope Quality of Life-Ostomy Questionnaire Validity and Reliability Assessment on a Croatian Sample

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 768
Author(s):  
Vesna Konjevoda ◽  
Marko Zelić ◽  
Radenka Munjas Samarin ◽  
Davorina Petek
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Telephone Conversation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level

The aim of this study was to validate City of Hope Quality of Life-Ostomy Questionnaire (CoH-QoL-OQ) for assessing the quality of life (QoL) of ostomy patients in the Republic of Croatia. The CoH-QoL-OQ is widely used, but has not been translated or validated so it can be used in the Republic of Croatia. This cross-sectional study encompassed 302 surgery patients with colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy (182 (60.3%) male and 120 (39.7%) female), whose average age is 59 (M = 59.3, SD = 15.8). The CoH-QoL-OQ was translated into Croatian language using accepted guidelines for translation. Patients were recruited in a telephone conversation, followed by mail containing the CoH-QoL–OQ delivered to the home addresses of the patients who agreed to participate. The collected data were analyzed to verify psychometric properties of the questionnaire on the Croatian sample. All subscales showed high level of internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.73–0.89). The test-retest reliability indicated a very satisfactory temporal stability (r = 0.99). The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), showed that the originally established model was not adequate for the data (χ2 = 4237.88, p < 0.01, CFI = 0.540, NNFI = 0.481, RMSEA = 0.113). However, after modification that excluded problematic items, the data showed a better fit with the theoretical model (except for the LR chi-square test that remained statistically significant: χ2 = 1144.28, p < 0.01, CFI = 0.869, NNFI = 0.855 RMSEA = 0.077). We conclude that the CoH-QoL-OQ is a valid, reliable, and reducible instrument for measuring the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Croatian patients with ostomy in clinical research and clinical practice.

The Parliament

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-169
Author(s):  
George Gerapetritis
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Party Discipline ◽  
Checks And Balances ◽  
Parliamentary System ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Key Features ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level

The chapter focuses on the Greek parliamentary system in a comparative perspective from a constitutional and political viewpoint. Main concerns are the constitutional doctrine of checks and balances, the level of parliamentary accountability and scrutiny, and the quality of the legislative process. The first section examines the Hellenic parliament within the constitutional architecture. Two key features are identified: the wide privilege and immunities enjoyed by the parliament, both as a constitutional agency and individually by parliamentarians; and the interpolarity of the parliament vis-à-vis the executive, the president of the republic, the judiciary, and international organizations. The second section examines parliament within political practice. Three key characteristics are identified thereof: majoritarian and divisive parliamentarism, clientelism and nepotism, and imbalanced parliamentarism. The chapter concludes that parliamentarism in Greece deteriorated, especially during the financial crisis, thus producing legal confusion and polynomy, a high level of party discipline and extreme accumulation of power to the executive, a very limited level of accountability and meritocracy, and the rise of extremist and populist parties in parliament.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ASPECTS REGARDING THE TAXATION SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

InterConf ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Maria Hămuraru ◽  
Alina Cojocaru
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level ◽  
Taxation System

This article reveals the comparative analysis of the tax system from Denmark and Norway which, although have a progressive tax system, also have a high level of social and economic well-being. The premise for the welfare state in Denmark and Norway lies in the awareness of all economic agents, including households, that taxes and fees contribute to ensuring sustainable development. Sustainable development represents all forms and methods of socio-economic development, focused on ensuring the balance between social, economic, ecological aspects and the elements of natural capital. Furthermore, there are researched ways to bond the tax system in the Republic of Moldova to international practices in order to ensure a high level of quality of life and sustainable development.

Quality of Life in the Republic of North Macedonia Seen Through the Human Development Indicators

2020 ◽  
pp. 428-451
Author(s):  
Elizabeta Djambaska ◽  
Aleksandra Lozanoska ◽  
Vladimir Petkovski
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level

This chapter considers the trend of human development in the RNM, presented through the HDI. The special focus would be the links with the problem of poverty and inequality in the economy, regarding the data for the GINI, IHDI, GDI, poverty line, MPI, vulnerable employment, and youth unemployment. The research subject is the period from 2010 to 2017, using the secondary statistical data. Comparative analysis, with the countries from the CESEE countries, further improve the quality of the chapter. The RNM is a country with a high level of human development, and it is relatively equally distributed among the population. There is a difference in the distribution of the achievements of HD and an intermediate level of equality in the distribution between the genders. Income inequality expressed with the GINI index shows increase. The results confirm that there is no automatic link between the economic growth and human development. Income and gender inequality regress the quality of life in Macedonia. Growth in RNM in the past period has failed to produce the expected positive effects.

scholarly journals Drug therapy of arterial hypertension: assessment of the physicians’ basic knowledge. Final results of the PHYSTARH project

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-87
Author(s):  
Roman A. Bontsevich ◽  
Yana R. Vovk ◽  
Anna A. Gavrilova ◽  
Andrey A. Kirichenko ◽  
Irina F. Krotkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Arterial Hypertension ◽  
Antihypertensive Drugs ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Prospective Survey ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level

Background. Arterial hypertension is a multifactorial disease accompanied by an increase in systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure above the established values. Uncontrolled blood pressure can cause various complications, which will lead to either disability or death of the patient. Aim. To assess the compliance of the level of doctors knowledge with current clinical guidelines in the treatment of arterial hypertension. Materials and methods. Within the framework of the PHYSTARH multicenter study, we presented the results of an anonymous prospective survey to assess the level of physicians knowledge and pharmacotherapeutic preferences in the treatment of arterial hypertension. Results. The study involved 425 physicians from 9 regions of Russia: Belgorod, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Krasnodar Territory, Primorye Territory, the Republic of Adygea and Tatarstan. In the course of the analysis, we revealed an insufficiently high level of the respondents knowledge in the treatment of arterial hypertension. Less than half of the respondents chose the indication of combination therapy as a therapeutic intervention in which the effectiveness of lowering blood pressure increases about 5 times more than when the dose of the original drug is doubled; correctly indicated the pharmacological group for the proposed drug (methyldopa), determined the indication for the use of aspirin in patients with hypertension, selected the optimal antihypertensive therapy for the proposed clinical situations, indicated absolutely contraindicated antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Conclusion. The need for additional educational activities among physicians was established to improve the quality of knowledge on the basic aspects of hypertension, because a significant number of key questions on this topic cause difficulties for respondents.

scholarly journals Self-leadership and job performance of nurses in regional hospitals in Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N Wongbud ◽  
◽  
B Chitpakdee ◽  
A Akkadechanunt ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Contextual Performance ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
High Level ◽  
Regional Hospitals

Objectives Self-leadership is an important factor for nurses which influences the quality of nursing care and job performance. This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to explore self-leadership and job performance as well as the relationship between self-leadership and job performance of nurses working in regional hospitals. Methods The participants were 438 nurses working in regional hospitals located in the northern region of Thailand who had been selected using a multi-stage sampling method. Research instruments included a demographic data questionnaire, the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) and the Nursing Performance Scale which were translated into the Thai language by the researcher. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient reliabilities of RSLQ, task performance and contextual performance were 0.93, 0.91 and 0.92, respectively. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Results The study found that self-leadership of the nurses in regional hospitals was at the moderate level (X = 3.60, SD = 0.52). Self-leadership dimensions of behavior-focused strategies (X = 3.58, SD = 0.52) and constructive thought pattern strategies (X = 3.53, SD = 0.60) were also at moderate levels, while natural reward strategies (X = 3.71, SD = 0.60) was at a high level. Task performance of the nurses (X = 56.82, SD = 9.76) was at a high level, while contextual performance of the nurses (X = 63.29, SD = 10.76) was at a moderate level. Self-leadership of nurses was statistically significantly positively related to task performance and contextual performance at 0.05 (r = 0.40, 0.50 respectively, p < 0.05). Conclusions Self-leadership of nurses was statistically significantly positively related to job performance. Nursing administrators can use data obtained from the research as a basis for planning to enhance the self-leadership of nurses, which can improve the quality of performance and result in positive outcomes for enhance nursing service. Chiang Mai Medical Journal 2021;60(1):99-112. doi 10.12982/CMUMEDJ.2021.09

scholarly journals FACTORS AFFECTING CUSTOMER LOYALTY IN THE BUSINESS MARKET - AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

2018 ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Vinko Lepojević ◽  
Suzana Đukić
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Multivariate Techniques ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Business Market ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Business Conditions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

In modern business conditions characterized by the requirements for achieving superior profit margins, customer satisfaction and loyalty have become the basic company business priorities. The ability of the company to achieve a high level of customer loyalty, in conditions of intense competition is determined by delivery of superior quality service, but also by creating a positive overall customer experience with the company. Such a situation implies the relationship development based on the trust and commitment of the buyer to the supplier. The aim of the author is to investigate the impact of satisfaction, trust, buyer loyalty and perceived quality of services on the level of achieved loyalty. Empirical research was carried out on a sample of small and medium-sized enterprises in order to identify loyal and disloyal customers. Statistical analysis is based on the application of multivariate techniques that enabled simultaneous analysis of the mutual relationship between the identified four independent variables on the dependent variable, i.e. on degree of buyer loyalty.

scholarly journals SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE URBAN POPULATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA: ON THE MATERIALS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ULAN-UDE

2019 ◽  
pp. 188-194
Author(s):  
E. Petrova ◽  
I. Van
Keyword(s):  
Urban Population ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Life Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Characteristics ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level ◽  
New Jobs

The results of sociological survey conducted in 2018 to identify the level of social well-being of the population of Ulan-Ude have been presented. The indicators of social well-being, associated with life satisfaction and cognitive characteristics of the respondents, have been analyzed. Conclusions about the optimistic mood of the urban population, due to the unpretentiousness of life strategies and the hope for the effectiveness of the Republic`s new head`s team have been made. At the same time, a problematic field, associated with the high level of migratory moods of residents, determined by serious problems of the socio-economic development of the republic, – has been highlighted. The authors recommend to raise the level and quality of population’s life, to create new jobs with decent wages, to reduce social inequality and contribute to the preservation of a stable inter-ethnic space for change the situation for the better

Transitioning from Military to Civilian Society: Trials and Tribulations of Integration Process

2021 ◽  
pp. 097226292110408
Author(s):  
Molak R. Sharma ◽  
Dhiraj Jain
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Job Skills ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Job Reservation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Integration Problems

The Armed Forces require young and physically strong soldiers to win wars. Therefore, about 60000 soldiers from the Indian Armed Forces retire every year, called Ex-Servicemen (ESM) or Veterans. The government has initiated measures including training courses, reservations in government jobs and self-employment schemes for resettlement of ESM. The objectives of the study were to: Investigate the resettlement and integration problems of the ESM, identify and examine ‘Enablers’ and ‘Barriers’ in the process and study and explore the ‘Quality of Life’ as perceived by ESM. The research was confined to the ESM comprising personnel below officer rank belonging to all three wings of the Indian Armed Forces. The survey was conducted online. An online survey software was used to design and share the and record responses. We found that a majority of Ex-Servicemen retire before they turn forty, and a significant minority could not get jobs and resettle. Employment emerged as crucial for resettlement and integration. Higher education, merit and networking, and job reservation helped in obtaining employment. However, government departments did not implement job reservation rules faithfully. Ex-servicemen lacked civilian job skills, and employers did not recognise their military skills. ESM considered government resettling agencies as powerless, ineffective and of little use.

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