Climate change has become one of the most significant environmental issues, and each country makes an effort to reduce energy consumption in the building level. New renewable energy system (NREs) and energy saving measures (ESMs) are the solution for reducing energy consumption. Therefore, in...

Over the past decades sport has been occupying increasing amount of attention from both a spectator as well as a participant viewpoint. It is closely linked human, social and economic development impacts significantly on the lives of individuals and communities. Sport is seen as a vehicle to...

The paper deals with the presentation of the Stanford Parser method and its implementation into a competency assessment tool. The competency assessment tool is designed for appraising the performance that IT professionals have. Using the Stanford Parser package, the opinions of technical...

This paper discusses the results of the research problem evaluating equity in accounting. In principle, equity is a differential value, the difference of assets and liabilities and its value is derived from these elements, for each individual component of which the fair value is determined....

One of the most threatening case against world peace and security is armament. This problem with the spread of weapons of mass destruction, has become inextricable. Like nuclear and biological weapons, chemical weapons in this context, regardless of the destination domain and cause heavy losses...

Purpose: This study is systematic review conducted in order to evaluate the acupressure application on hemodialysis patients and its effects on depression.Method: In this review, Ulakbim, Turkish Medline, PubMed, Ebscohost databases were checked and titles that met the inclusion and exclusion...

The Health reform in Uruguay included a payment for assistance goals in 2007. In 1996, it began a quality improvement experience called Accreditation in Good feeding Practices (AGFP), which in 2009 was included as a heath goal. This policy strategy includes the best practices maternities and...

In the autumn of 2014, the first-year-students at the University of Turku at the Department of Teacher Education in Rauma started their studies according to a new curriculum. Compared with the old curriculum a significant difference could be seen in their first teaching practice period in the...

The article focuses on the influences that a railway infrastructure has on the life of a given country. The role of railway transportation is viewed especially from the point of employment, quality of railway infrastructure and using a railways by passengers. It is comparing the length of the...

European Union, recognizing the value of lifelong learning and its importance for the development of “the economy of knowledge”, adopted a series of texts through which six tools and principals were proposed to promote transparency of qualifications and mobility of European citizens for...