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Socially Responsible Investing and Public Pension Fund Performance in Latvia
2018
Currently Latvia runs a three-pillar pension system. Despite positive dynamics of change of net assets of pension schemes, investments into pension programs are not regarded as financial products that could be popular amongst the population of Latvia. This problem is one of the key social economic issues in society and therefore its solution, which should be developed with consideration of ethical principles of investment, is socially important, which is why it should be addressed by the state. The aim of this research is to consider social and economic aspects of activities of the 2nd pillar pension fund in Latvia and to identify the attitude of Latvian residents to investments into pensio…
The Tax Justice Network-Africa v Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury & 2 Others: A Big Win for Tax Justice Activism?
2019
This paper develops an optimization model for selecting a large subsample that improves the representativeness of a simple random sample previously obtained from a population larger than the population of interest. The problem formulation involves convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming (convex MINLP) and is therefore NP-hard. However, the solution is found by maximizing the “constant of proportionality” – in other words, maximizing the size of the subsample taken from a stratified random sample with proportional allocation – and restricting it to a p-value high enough to achieve a good fit to the population of interest using Pearson’s chi-square goodness-of-fit test. The beauty of the m…
A Side-by-Side Single Sex Age-Structured Human Population Dynamic Model: Exact Solution and Model Validation
2008
A side-by-side single sex age-structured population dynamic model is presented in this paper. The model consists of two coupled von Foerster-McKendrick-type quasi-linear partial differential equations, two initial conditions, and two boundary conditions. The state variables of the model are male and female population densities. The solutions of these partial differential equations provide explicit time and age dependence of the variables. The initial conditions define the male and female population densities at the initial time, while the boundary conditions compute the male and female births at zero-age by using fertility rates. The assumptions of the nontime-dependence of the death and fe…
HUMAN VALUES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS MONEY
2018
Spending money which is not earned becomes more available practice with help of the various types of cash loans. It causes social problem in society because easiness of getting money puts families at risk due to the high loan percent. Our study aims to understand ifhuman values are related to attitudes towards money and in what way if any.Values are motivational constructs that apply to abstract goals (Schwartz, 1992). Schwartz believes that the main aspect of value contents is the type of goal or the motivation it expresses (Schwartz, 1992). Also, values are abstract goals and do not effect decisions in specific situations they can work as the underlying assumptions for creating attitudes.…
Cuantificación de la fibrosis hepática mediante biomarcadores de imagen
2018
There is a need for early identification of patients with chronic liver diseases due to their increasing prevalence and morbidity-mortality. The degree of liver fibrosis determines the prognosis and therapeutic options in this population. Liver biopsy represents the reference standard for fibrosis staging. However, given its limitations and complications, different non-invasive methods have been developed recently for the in vivo quantification of fibrosis. Due to their precision and reliability, biomarkers' measurements derived from Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance stand out. This article reviews the different acquisition techniques and image processing methods currently used in the evalu…
Wychowanie do wartości dzieci w wieku wczesnoszkolnym
2018
Values are the fundamental determiner behind human endeavours and motivations. Therefore, they constitute a significant element of social life. There exists a close relation between values and rearing and aims of school education. While bringing up a child, formation of its world of values makes the superior goal. The author discusses the issue of forming proper values in children of the early-school age
Ekumeniczna formacja wyzwaniem i zadaniem Kościołów
2020
Sobór Watykański II, który w świadomości katolickiej zapoczątkował głęboki przełom w myśleniu o Kościele i o realizacji jego posłannictwa w świecie, uczynił ekumenizm jednym z zasadniczych paradygmatów ewangelizacyjnych, a permanentną ekumeniczną formację uznał za ważny paradygmat ekumeny wartości. Soborowy „Dekret o Ekumenizmie Unitatis redintegratio” nadaje ekumenicznej formacji właściwe ramy etyczne: domaga się skutecznego wyrzeczenia się logiki podporządkowywania sobie innych na rzecz logiki szacunku i braterstwa. Ekumeniczna formacja stała się więc szczególnym wyzwaniem dla Kościołów i Wspólnot. Jej zadaniem jest nie tylko przekazywanie odpowiedniego zasobu wiedzy na dany temat, ale ta…
Ekumena wartości
2019
Fundamentalną wartością, na której opiera się ekumenia i do której prowadzi, jest wiara w Trójjedynego Boga oparta na dziedzictwie Ewangelii. Ludzkie starania, inicjatywy i programy są tu bardzo ważne. Przyznać jednak należy, że często są one niedoskonałe, a więc i mało skuteczne w osiąganiu zamierzonego celu. Sobór Watykański II uczynił ekumenizm jednym z zasadniczych paradygmatów ewangelizacyjnych Kościoła. Dar jedności nie jest jedynie statyczną właściwością struktur kościelnych. Tkwi w nim moc otwierania Kościoła ku ludzkości i usuwania barier, które dzielą ludzi i Kościoły. Pogłębiając nauczanie soborowe na temat ekumenizmu i jego integracyjnej roli społecznej, Jan Paweł II stwierdził,…