SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GROUNDS AND THE EFFICIENCY OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES (ASSESSMENT) IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS IN RUSS... by Виктор Павлович Ляхов

“…In the course of the reforms in the sphere of local self-administration such factors as social and cultural features of Russian society, its self-management traditions and the authoritarian nature of all initiatives and innovations which have taken place in Russian.…”
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Cultural Sustainability: Sustaining Traditional Architecture for Tourism in Malaysia - a Case Study of Bangsar, Bukit Bintang and Sunway Lagoon Resort by S. Selvaratnam, Doris Padmini

“…The process of globalisation has both positive (technological advancement, bridging communities, breaking down cultural and political borders) and negative (eroding cultural values, creating standardised cities) impact on the lives of the society be it in the sphere of economy, politics, social or culture. …”
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Intertextuality as Translation Problem: Explicitness, Recognisability and the Case of “Literatures of Smaller Nations” by Marta Kaźmierczak

“…The material and perspective are chosen with a view to exploring source-culture references in the literatures less known internationally, which, it is argued, is a sphere of particular cultural resistance to translation. …”
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Distinctive features of motherhood discourse in Russian media by Anna A. Kuvychko

“…The variety of issues concerning motherhood raised in modern media indicate the relevance and importance of all manifestations of this phenomenon for contemporary society. …”
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Role of CD133/NRF2 Axis in the Development of Colon Cancer Stem Cell-Like Properties by Jimin Park, Seung Ki Kim, Steffanus Pranoto Hallis, Bo-Hyun Choi, Mi-Kyoung Kwak, Mi-Kyoung Kwak, Mi-Kyoung Kwak

“…In the first model of CSC, a sphere culture of the colorectal cell line HCT116, showed increased levels of CD133 and NRF2. …”
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Evaluation of the animal husbandry economy and meat consumption in the early and classical developmental phases of the Lusatian culture in Witów, site 1, Koszyce commune by Ulana Gocman

“…The low percentage of wild animal remains indicates that hunting played a marginal role in the sphere of economic activity of the communities analyzed. …”
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Performance-Based Rank and Remuneration University Policy for Increased Motivation and Quality by Kareva Veronika, Bexheti Abdylmenaf, Memedi Xhevair

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Conditions of Efficient Realisation and Management of Intellectual Capital on the Basis of Employment Indicators Условия эффективной реализации и управлен��я интеллектуальным капит... by Davydova Irina O.

“…The article considers general conditions of realisation of intellectual capital. It reveals indicators of the sphere of employment, that influence efficient use of intellectual capital, compared to education indicators. …”
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Foreigners and Religion at Ugarit by František Válek

“…Nevertheless, every site has its own outcome of interactions with other cultures.…”
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Creativity as a basis for rural tourism development strategy by Pechenyuk A.P.

“…The set of methods, principles and techniques of scientific knowledge was used: a) systematic approach method - when considering creativity as a system consisting of a certain number of interrelated elements; b) comparative analysis - in the study of trends in the development of socio-cultural sphere; c) a scientific abstraction method - to highlight the strong, typical links between socio-cultural development and creativity. …”
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Digital society: theoretical outlines of the emerging paradigm by Yu. A. Chernavin

“…Its elements in the course of interaction give rise to digital formal and informal institutions in the economy, politics, culture, and social life; form a new structural element of society – the digital information sphere; develop into a whole as a digital society. …”
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The socialisation of print culture. Frontier ways of reading that promoted «El Tío Clarín» (Seville, 1864-1867) and «La Campana» (Seville, 1867-1868) by María-Eugenia Gutiérrez-Jiménez

“…Based on the combination of satirical cartoons, humour and popular genres, both weeklies made current affairs more accessible through critical reasoning and by appealing to the senses, with revealing indications of the simultaneous ways of addressing such a subject. …”
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Cultural determinants of the masculine gender role transformation. Women’s and men’s assessment of the traditional and non-traditional masculinity model in perceived reflected-appr... by Agnieszka Nowakowska-Kaliszuk

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Mediatized politics, Comparative case study of Joe the Plumber and Mirza Agha by gholamreza Haddad

“…In this regard, two cases of Joe the plumbers in the US presidential election of 2008 and Mirza Aqa in the 12th presidential election of 1396 as unofficial pesons, which provided the media with the opportunity to turn them into political activists, were the subject of a comparative study. Relying on cultural sociology as a theoretical framework, the comparison of these two cases in three indices of the dynamics of political subjectivity, typology of the media, and the survival of political subjectivity showed that mediatized politics is a contextual phenomena that in democratic developed societies yields maximum dynamic and long-lasting of political subjectivity in the context of all levels media, but in developing societies and pseudo-democracies, has minimal dynamics of political subjectivity only at the level of the micro-media and limited to elections campaign time.…”
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Mozart by A. S. Pushkin and Prince Myshkin by F. M. Dostoevsky: Problem of Double Encoding by S. S. Khromov, S. V. Gerasimova, I. A. Pishulina

“…The purpose of the article is to explain why Mozart and Prince Myshkin realize the image of the ideal person not in the sphere of functioning of the sacred code of culture, but in the sphere of profane culture, where each sacred image corresponds to a symbol related to sacred reality and transforming it. …”
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Rescue of the 1947 Zika Virus Prototype Strain with a Cytomegalovirus Promoter-Driven cDNA Clone by Megan C. Schwarz, Marion Sourisseau, Michael M. Espino, Essanna S. Gray, Matthew T. Chambers, Domenico Tortorella, Matthew J. Evans

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Narrating Civil Society: A New Theoretical Perspective on Journalistic Autonomy by María Luengo

“…The proposed categories are in line with Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology. While interests inevitably influence journalists, from a cultural-sociological perspective any journalistic narrative can be interpreted as indicative of cultural values that transcend particular groups, sections, or parties. …”
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Assessment of the spatial capacity of rural areas, as illustrated by the example of the Nowy Targ municipality by Julia Gorzelany, Paulina Figas, Magdalena Wilkosz-Mamcarczyk

“…The current planning and strategic instruments should be complemented with spatial capacity indicators. The aim of this article is to define these indicators, and to assess the spatial capacity of rural areas, as per the example of the Nowy Targ municipality, located in the Podhale region of Poland. …”
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Assessment of the investment situation in the Republic of Adygeya economy using lean production tools by G. V. Karamushko, N. G. Maskova

“…The use of lean production techniques in the assessment of the regional investment sphere will allow to form an organizational culture based on the principles of lean production, as well as to prevent the occurrence of many losses and reveal the reserves for improving the efficiency of its development.…”
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Comunicação transbordante e contagiante / conhecimento acossado e arrefecido by Eunice Cabral

“…The present condition of the Portuguese cultural and social context indicates a growing tension between normalization and singularity, in spite of being slightly perceived in certain spheres. …”
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