The training activity is adapted to learn the child with learning difficulties in how to read an image in the right way, which in turn develops his visual learning. Two groups are adopted: ten children with learning difficulties as a control group, and ten others as an experimental group, on which the authors have applied specialized-training activities for learning children with learning difficulties in reading images. A test has been applied to evaluate the visual learning of children who have learning difficulties on both the control and experimental groups. It has been shown that there are statistically significant differences in the favor of the experimental group among the average ranks of the control group scores.

The aim of this article is to analyze the influence of the Swiss political system on the country’s banking sector. Is the Swiss direct democracy, which has no counterpart in any other country, an advantageous factor for the development and functioning of the banking sector? In order to fully answer this question, the author has analyzed the results of direct voting on the Swiss bank regulations. He has concluded that there is an important and direct influence of the political system on the functioning of the financial sector. The analysis of the results of various federal referenda confirms the thesis that the Swiss direct democracy (with its instruments of popular initiative and referendum) has a decisive influence on the regulatory process in the country’s banking sector.

At this time, all the countries around the globe- regardless of size, location, political variation and differences of the past legacies- are actively engaged and have incessantly exhibited a deep penchant into discourse of development. This article tries to path find the most acceptable notion of development along with demarcation of Himalayan region. Furtherance, this writing explores way-out for the very region’s development by evidently detaining and vanquishing the existing hindrances and noticeable hurdles, which have often plunged and forged the profound prospects of sound organic developmental gain regularly towards a dauntingly downward trajectory since long.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between variables of market orientation, innovation orientation, and organizational learning orientation to the performance and competitiveness of private universities in Bengkulu province. The population of this study is the leaders of private universities, deans, and heads of study programs from 17 accredited Private Universities with a sample of 127 respondents. This research was conducted using a quantitative approach with survey methods. The design of this study is descriptive and verification research to analyze the causality between the studied variables. Data processing used descriptive analysis techniques and hypothesis testing with the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results showed that market orientation, innovation orientation, and learning orientation had a significant effect on the performance and competitiveness of private universities. To increase the performance and competitiveness, leaders must be able to create an appropriate market orientation model and focus on service quality by considering the internal conditions of private universities. Policymakers should also make improvements or develop their learning orientation through education and training, and develop themselves in the fields of knowledge and technology. This is done as a material evaluation for development or innovation related to the revitalization of private universities to have the ability to adjust the progress of the age (future proof).

This article aims to reflect on research trends on non-formal education in astronomy through the analysis of national scientific events. In this state-of-the-art research, we use content analysis by Laurence Bardin and identify 328 papers presented in oral and panel communications. We analyzed this sample through five categories of analysis: Scientific Event; Year of publication; Region; Institution and Thematic Focus. Among the trends, research was presented in non-formal spaces, the use of technology and the approximation between formal and non-formal education through activities such as sky observations. As for the challenges, we identified few studies from the North, Northeast and Midwest. In addition, the history of indigenous, cultural and amateur astronomy, inclusion and astronomy is lacking research, showing that the area is still diffuse and needs closer ties between its various actors.

The Brexit referendum was among the first major public events where online users had no "slacktivism" reactions and they led the entire debate and popular will from the inside of the online world to the real world. It is becoming increasingly clear that Social Media is becoming an increasingly powerful tool in political debates, and during the parliamentary, presidential, European parliamentary or even referendum elections, it becomes the channel that can decide the final outcome. However, the debate in the online environment can be altered by two important factors: (1) political bots - which can manipulate public opinion by posting in a large number of fake news and (2) "slacktivism" reactions from online users. , who are content only to quickly distribute unverified information or to push impulse driven on the "like" button and to scroll further. This study focused on analyzing the frequency with which European institutions spoke about Brexit on their Facebook pages and on identifying and analyzing the messages that generate high engagement from users. Thus, we will analyze all the posts published by the three major European institutions - the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union - starting on the first day after the Brexit Referendum in the UK (24 June 2016) until 24 June 2019.

When we say "Organizational communication", we think, unconsciously, about organizations and how they are influenced by the effectiveness of communication both between team members and the external environment. Because the world revolves around ideas, concepts and communication strategies well developed for the purpose of informing, helping or even manipulating local and global communities, the paper will emphasize the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaigns and how they influence the environment in the context of sustainable development, various categories of public or the image gained from such an initiative as they may represent a smart strategy to repair a stained name. To emphasize the importance of CSR, we will present some campaigns initiated by an the organization of the food and drink industry, both in Romania and internationally, between 2016-2018. Through this research, we set out to identify the main social responsibility campaigns of the organization, the main areas of action of the social responsibility campaigns and to establish comparative analysis between the particularities of the CSR campaigns in Romania and internationally.

Urban architects and designers have been trying to create life in the public space for many years. One way to make space dynamic is to consider socialization. Public space requires socialization and require people to be present in the environment. This study identifies the way to socialization by creating a sense of belonging in space, by exploring a sense of belonging in space; he improve the quality of public space. It expresses a sense of belonging to individual needs such as introverted and extroverted traits. This research starts its work by basic question that they are looking in public space. The purpose of this study is to investigate the concepts of introversion and extroversion as factors affecting the quality of public space. After reviewing these studies, criteria and principles for the socialization of public spaces are outlined. The results of the authors studies showed that to create a space for personality needs, one should have space with approaches such as: Space for energy depletion, space, diversity in the environment and high quality of space for long-term use. Space tranquility for group activities are also essential. And for designers who value the perpetuation of identity and, these components offer design solutions.

New technology-based firms (NTBFs) have a significant contribution to economic growth, and in particular to the promotion of innovation and job creation. For this reason, many countries are seeking to establish and grow such institutions using incentive policies. Despite their economic importance, there is no single definition of these companies and several definitions for these types of companies are tailored to the purpose of each study. As for the nature of study, it is important to produce a coherent framework of NTBFs’ characteristics; therefore, the purpose of the present study is to identify the characteristics of NTBFs. For this purpose, the researches that covered the nature of this concept from 1990 to 2011 were analyzed using content analysis. In the first phase, definitions of these companies were compiled; subsequently, effective characteristics were identified to provide a clear nature of these companies. The results of this research led to the identification, confirmation and prioritization of five characteristics, i.e. newness, possessing high-technology, independence, small size in terms of employees and volume of sales, and capital funding by company founders, all of which were prioritized according to the most frequent characteristics in the studied articles. The final result of this study is to guide and streamline future research by achieving theoretical coherence in defining this concept.

The purpose of the current study was to identify the strategic dimensions of sales force compensation in distribution companies. In this regard, three research questions have been answered: What are the appropriate strategies for employee compensation? What are the strategic dimensions of sales force compensation? What is the status of the study population regarding compensation? The study population consisted of sales managers in oil products distribution companies, academic professors in the field of marketing and sales at expert judgment department, 120 sales force and managers working in 20 oil products distribution companies. For statistical analysis, the Delphi method, analysis of means, binomial test and Friedman test were used. The results have shown that initially 16 strategies out of 40 proposed strategic reference points and then 17 approved strategic reference points in the sales force compensation section can be derived among which the following strategy held the top rating, “sales force compensation for services should be based on motivating factors in order to improve the competitive environment among employees and improve their sales performance”. Moreover, in terms of compensation strategy, the appropriateness of compensation for incentive service of sales force in the studied companies was at a favorite level.

Having a disabled child can add new challenges for parents and can affect, in different ways, the entire family and its way of life. Two of the most frequent consequences of having to take care of a disabled child are anxiety and depression. A sample of 30 adults (15 parents with disabled children and 15 parents with normal children) has been assessed with Beck Depression Inventory and with Cattell’s Anxiety Questionnaire. The main objectives of the study aim to identify if there are significant differences between the two categories of parents regarding anxiety and depression, and if there is a significant statistical correlation between the two personality traits. The results show higher anxiety and depression levels for parents of disabled children, and a significant correlation between the two traits. The practical implications of the study are discussed in the end.

At the global level, drug use and trafficking are a dynamic phenomenon, being strongly influenced by a multitude of social and economic factors. and in Romania, drug use and trafficking present new forms of manifestation, requiring increasingly varied approaches, being known as a complex phenomenon, characterized by permanent mutations. If, some twenty years ago, Romania was known as a state where only drugs were transited, in the last ten years, our country has been transformed into a market for drug use, especially heroin. Even though our country is below the European average for drug use, the latest studies conducted by the National Drug Agency indicate a lifetime prevalence of 4.3% for any type of drug in the general population, while among the population for 16-year-old students, this type of prevalence stands at 10%, which shows significant increases in drug use in Romania, at the level of the entire population, but especially among the young.

Being an aptitude, human intelligence needs to develop a lot of exercise and knowledge. The ability to understand, visualize and solve problems must be cultivated and rigorously guided. This paper presents a new integrated method of teaching the Technical Drawing and Infographics, with the purpose of training new students. The method is based on the observations of the teachers during the last years, their experience in education and the suggestions of the students. The results of applying this integrated method are quantifiable, leading to a better attendance at courses, towards 95%, at a much lower risk of school dropout and not least, creating bridges between abstract and reality.