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The waste prevention as the key element in the waste hierarchy
The amount of waste generated depends on many variuos factors. These include levels of economic activity, demographic changes, technological innovations, life-style and patterns of production and consumption. For this ... -
Wastewater Investigation for Residues of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances in Estonian Cities Tallinn and Tartu
(2022)In this article, the authors look at drug and psychotropic substance residues detected in wastewater studies in Tallinn and Tartu over a specific period. A brief overview is given of the possibility of assessing drug ... -
Web-based intelligent decision support system for real estate
(2009)By finding, capturing, and sharing explicit and tacit knowledge, real estate companies can significantly improve customer results. One of the main roles of explicit and tacit knowledge management in the real estate sector ... -
Website Operators’ Liability for Offensive Comments: A Comparative Analysis of Delfi as v. Estonia and MTE & Index v. Hungary
In 2013 and 2015, the ECtHR in the famous case of Delfi AS v. Estonia recognised the possibility for a website operator to be liable for the delayed removal of illegal comments of internet users. In this case the ECtHR ... -
Western patterns in forestry education in the Russian Empire in the mid-18th-mid-19th centuries
(2014)The present paper refers to the formation and development of forestry education and science in the Russian Empire during the mid-18th – mid-19th centuries. Given the progressive interest in environmental protection, forest ... -
We’ll build in sonnets pretty rooms: una nueva mirada a la poesía inglesa del siglo XVII
(2013)The interdependence between society and literature is an obvious phenomenon, noticeably confirmed in Seventeenth-Century English poetry. This paper highlights the interrelationship between literary art and political factors, ... -
What Can France Learn from the Czech Republic’s Approach to the Issue of Wearing (Islamic) Religious Symbols
(2021)The latest “(Anti)Separation Bill” in France stirred new waves of discussion and criticism. Given the fact that France and the Czech Republic are European secular states and members of the EU – with the former acting as a ... -
What can Thomistic philosophy of nature contribute to physics?
(2013)To date it is unknown why mathematics is working in physics. Only the fact that it does work is well known. Physics is thus viewed as consisting of two bodies of knowledge – experience and mathematics which are only ... -
What is a Reality of the Public-Private Partnership in Sport at the Municipality Level in Lithuania?
(2021)In October 2018, the Lithuanian Seimas adopted the Law on Sports, on the basis of which (from January 2019), the formulation, coordination and implementation of state sports policy was transferred to the Ministry ... -
What is the Attitude of Future Police Officers towards the Diversity of Citizens?
(2020)With regards to the refugee crisis in EU many questions were raised – what are the prevailing attitudes of the citizens to these challenges and how to increase their tolerance and social sensitivity of the citizens belonging ... -
What is the difference between motivation to learn Mathematics in University and College?
(2014-02-12)Purpose – This paper examines whether there is a significant difference between Mykolas Romeris University and College of Applied Social Sciences students, their knowledge of Mathematics acquired in school, and the choice ... -
What Shapes Public Sector Innovation?
(2019)This research attempts to analyse the determining factors of successful innovations and formulate a strategy for replicating public service innovation. It also aims to fill the gap in research regarding the public sector ... -
What Works for Whom? Investigating Adolescents’ Pro-Environmental Behaviors
(2020)Pro-environmental behavior has been extensively studied using general models of predicting behavior; however, these models have very limited value in making inferences about individuals. To address this shortcoming, a ... -
When is the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights applicable at national level?
(2012)Whilst the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which became part of binding primary EU law on 1 December 2009, constitutes an important codification and clarification of fundamental rights as they exist ... -
Where Do Venture Capitalists Invest? Case of Latvia
(2019)The paper presents the study of Latvian Venture Capital (VC) funds’ investment trends in particular industries. The literature analysis reveals five main factors influencing VC funds’ managers preferences towards particular ... -
"White collars" on self-reported well-being, health and work performance when teleworking from home
(2022)In the wake of the pandemic, telework became relevant to more employees than before. Researchers suggest both positive and negative impact of telework on employees. The study examines office workers’ self-reports on the ... -
Why are the citizens reluctant to respond to the administrative reforms: metaevaluation of the strategies and trends of the public management reforms in Finland in the 1990's
(2003)The tensions between the administrative reform plans and their impact on effectiveness and legitimation of the politico-administrative system have both theoretically and practically been important and interesting questions ... -
Why Do Intelligent People Care More About the Environment?
(2020)The present study investigates and provides support for the Savanna-IQ interaction hypothesis regarding pro-environmental values. Study 1 showed that the highest attained education level is a significant predictor of ...
