Central Administration Research Articles

Management techniques in the development of the budget process in the Republic of Moldova

This article describes the most important management techniques in the running of the budget process in the Republic of Moldova. The national public budget constitutes a rather important act in the administration and management of public finances, which is carried out through the managerial leadership of the central and local public administration. The purpose of this study consists in the theoretical argumentation and the managerial role in the performance of the state’s public finances. In order to appreciate the budgetary process in the Republic of Moldova, the author describes the components of the national public budget, which are the main priorities in its formation. The author also presents the analysis of the vertical imbalance on the components of the national public budget in the Republic of Moldova for the years 2018-2022. Following the analysis of the vertical imbalance, the author mentions that managerial leadership must achieve the goal set in the strategic and development policies with the least negative effects acting on society. This article will be useful for teachers, students and researchers from the central and local public administration who deal with the sciences of the given field.

Tarantino in the Ottoman Empire: Glorious Viziers, Pulp Fiction, and Scrambled Narratives

I wanted to break up the narration, not to be a wise guy, a show guy, but to make the film dramatically better that way. . . . A novelist would think nothing about starting in the middle. And if characters in a novel go back and tell past things, it's not a flashback, it's just telling a story. I think movies should benefit from the novel's freedoms.— Quentin Tarantino1I wrote a prosopography twenty years ago. I published a biography two years ago. In the first case, I offered the collective biography of 282 servants of the late Ottoman period (1839–1909).2 In the second case, I presented the monograph of a grand vizier from the second half of the 18th century, Halil Hamid Pasha (1736–85).3 In the former, I delivered an academic work (stemming from a PhD dissertation) focused on the study of the careers of central and territorial administrators. In the latter, I recounted the rise and fall of the head of the Sublime Porte. A priori, these two books had nothing in common, except that they dealt with pashas. If I mention them together here, it is not to describe the personal evolution of my research. It is to shed some light on an observation that is regularly made, that is, of the inadequacies of the biographical genre in Ottoman history.4 It is to reflect on how to remedy this situation.

Indigenous People Participation As A Representation of the Inclusive Development in the New Capital City of Indonesia

The governments of Indonesia will relocate the capital city in Borneo Island which is called Nusantara Capital City in 2024. This government agenda was designed due to massive ecological and social problems which made Jakarta cannot be a central administration of Indonesia. Nevertheless, multitudinous indigenous people live in the sphere of the proposed region. As a consequence, the authorities of Indonesia should accommodate their participation in order to construct an inclusive capital city which can be lived appropriately. Based on the earlier situation, this research was designed to investigate indigenous people participation as a representation of an inclusive city in Nusantara. Qualitative descriptive method was used to expose comprehensive understanding about local communities' participation to construct an inclusive city in Nusantara. Researcher used Public Participation Theory as the grand analysis. In addition, essential data to strengthen this study was collected by doing several methods such as interview, observation, and literature study. The result of this research explains that the authorities of Indonesia should optimize indigenous people participation. The optimization of local participation can be implemented by constructing a suitable platform which can accommodate their participation electronically. Moreover, massive socialization should be applied as a way to promulgate local communities participation during the governance agendas in the Nusantara Capital City.

The Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Organizational Commitment: An Analysis of the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction by Applying to the Employees of the Central Administration of Customs of the Red Sea and the Southern Region

The Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Organizational Commitment: An Analysis of the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction by Applying to the Employees of the Central Administration of Customs of the Red Sea and the Southern Region

The role of Magdeburg law for the political, economic and cultural formation of Ostroh in the XVI-XVII centuries

The article examines the impact of the concept of Magdeburglawontheeconomic, political and cultural development of Ostrohin the 16th-17th centuries. The author establishes that today there are many issues which require through research and resolution, inparticular, the introduction of a clear division of administrative functions between state authorities and local self-government bodies, improvement of the system and structure of local self-government bodies, and creation of an appropriate legislative framework. It is believed that it is impossible to solve these problems without a clear and systematic analysis of the mainstages of formation of local self-government in the contex to historical data on Magdeburg law.
 The author establishes that Magdeburg law is a medieval type of law under which cities were partially exempted from the power of the central royal administration or the power of a feudal lord and, as a result, were able to self-governon a corporate basis. Thanks to the privileges of Magdeburg law, cities for the first time received self-government, their own mayor, mayor, councilors, shopkeepers, their own courts, and the right to create their own craftsmen’s shops.
 The article confirms the idea that Magdeburg law is perhaps the clearest evidence that Ukrainian cities form any centuries were in a single political, cultural and economic space on a par with the leading cities of Europe. This thesis is confirmed by the history of the Magdeburg in many centers of our country, including the largest educational center of sixteenth-century Volhynia, the legendary city of Ostroh. Despite the outstanding importance of Ostroh in the socio-political and cultural life of Ukraine at the turn of the Middle Agesand the Modernera, the formation of the Magdeburg in this city has long been misinterpreted due to the lack of historical sources. The adoption of the concept of Magdeburg law provided Ostroh with a unique opportunity to develop local trade and, most importantly, the educational sphere. A characteristic feature of Magdeburg law in Ukrainian cities at the end of the sixteenth century was the transformation of its norms due to the influence of current factors of socio-economic development, as well as ancient Russian traditions of urban organization and law. Thus, the Magdeburg law did not initiate a new process of establishing local government in Ukraine, but only modified to a certain extent the existing norms of life and management of local affairs.

Readiness for Accreditation of the Administration and Management Working Group at the Basaan Community Health Center Southeast Minahasa Regency

The policy implemented by the Ministry of Health in an effort to improve the quality of services at first level health facilities, especially Community Health Centers, is to issue Regulation of the Minister of Health (Permenkes) of the Republic of Indonesia Number 46 of 2015 concerning Accreditation of Community Health Centers, Primary Clinics, Doctors' Independent Practice Places, and Doctors' Independent Practice Places. Tooth. The aim of the research is to describe the readiness for accreditation of the administration and management working group at the Basaan Community Health Center, Southeast Minahasa Regency. This type of research is qualitative research with a case study approach. The results of the research show that the Basaan Community Health Center for the Community Health Center Administration and Management Working Group in terms of Quality Improvement of the Community Health Center is ready for accreditation based on Community Health Center accreditation standards. The conclusion is that the Basaan Community Health Center for the Community Health Center Administration and Management Working Group in terms of Puskesmas Quality Improvement (PMP) is ready for accreditation based on community health center quality improvement standards.

Muslim Holy Sites in the Southern Urals: geoinformation mapping and spatial analysis

In the last decade, there has been a tendency in the Southern Urals to reconstruct old and to form new holy places revered by Muslims. To date, more than 115 such objects have been recorded. Most of them are revered only by the residents of small villages, but some have acquired great importance for Muslims throughout the region. The purpose of this work is to identify the most popular places of worship of Muslims in the Southern Urals. Considering that some of the objects of regional importance have been revered by Muslims since the XIV century, and others, having appeared relatively recently, quickly became one of the most visited places, it is necessary to determine the factors influencing the growth of this popularity. The study supposed the Geoinformation methods to be used. Thus, using free Quantum GIS software, and on the basis of archival materials, archaeologists’, ethnographers’, religious scholars’, culturologists’ groundwork, as well as referring to the materials of Internet communities and other open sources, we have created the following layers: 1) Mausoleums, 2) Places of worship according to the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, 3) Places of worship according to the Internet community Sufi RB, 4) Religious tourist routes. Using a comparative method, it was determined that the most popular among Muslims in the region are the mausoleum of Hussein-Bey and Mount Narystau (Ilchigulovo IV, kurgan burial ground). The results of the study indicate that the popularity of objects is influenced by a number of factors: they can be identified as the presence of a monumental structure, the representation of the object in the media space and in the Internet, as well as the availability of objective scientific data about it.

Ambivalent Subjects: The Ottoman State and Its Non-Sunni Muslim Population. Introduction to the Special Issue

ABSTRACT This thematic issue brings together articles on non-Sunni Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on case studies from Bayrami-Melami, Kızılbaş, Nusayri and Twelver Shii contexts, the issue investigates the different modes in which the Ottoman state and these parts of its population encountered and perceived each other. At times severely persecuting them, the state also applied other, more accommodative measures towards these groups, which Sharia-minded Muslims may regard as ‘heretics’. This thematic issue explores the dynamics of these different relations between the state and these ambivalent subjects. Focusing on specific constellations of time and place and using a variety of sources from both local and central administration archives, the articles explore the historical context of the diverse policies of persecution and accommodation, collaboration and resistance that were implemented. The overall argument is for a perspective that historicizes Ottoman politics of difference in order to go beyond essentialist notions of timeless ‘heretics’ on the one hand and a seemingly monolithic, Sunni Muslim body politic on the other.

The Transformation of the Ottoman State’s Relationship with the Nusayri/ʿAlawi Community in the Nineteenth Century

ABSTRACT This article aims to examine the changing nature of the Ottoman central administration’s policies towards Nusayris in the nineteenth century. In different contexts of space and time, the Ottoman authorities employed different measures of collaboration, oppression and persecution, while the Nusayris responded to these policies by either resistance or accommodation. Drawing on various sources from the Ottoman archives, the article singles out various contexts in time and space, in which the Ottoman state – both centrally and locally – condemned them as ‘heretics’ or, alternatively within this fluid continuum, accommodated them to local political and administrative practice and needs. A close analysis of the practices and the terminology brought to bear in dealing with the Nusayris suggests an adaptive, ever changing and dynamic relationship of the state to these parts of the population. The findings presented here thus urge the historicization of instances of persecution and marginalization in order to come to terms with complex religio-political entanglements and, finally, to delineate a more nuanced perspective on the history of this community in the late Ottoman Empire.

Project monitoring model in central governmental administration

Purpose: The aim of this article is to present the project monitoring model in the central government administration as a set of interrelated, complementary elements that influence the implementation of strategic projects on a nationwide scale and affect tens of millions of Polish citizens. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a literature review and analysis of the existing system, prospective directions for the monitoring of strategic projects were selected. As a result of this work, a model was created that was assessed for significance and replicability. The most experienced group of experts and practitioners in this field took part in the CAWI survey. Findings: The high level of significance of all areas of the model has been proven and its universal nature has been confirmed, thanks to the possibility of being used in other administrative units. Research limitations/implications: Due to limitations resulting from security procedures for research conducted in central government administration units, only closed questions were used in the research. In the future, the study can be carried out on another, larger population, having previously prepared it appropriately. Practical implications: The practical use of the model in administration units can contribute to increasing transparency, efficiency and automation of planning and implementation of projects. Social implications: Increasing the quality of implemented projects in accordance with the presented model may have a large, positive impact on the final beneficiaries - society, in terms of effective use of public funds, shortened project implementation time, and obtaining project results consistent with expectations. Originality/value: The article presents a new model of project monitoring in central government administration, which may be useful for scientists conducting research in the area of project monitoring and management in other countries. The article falls into the area of projectification of the public sector. Keywords: project management, central government administration, Project Management Office (PMO), significance assessment, feasibility assessment. Category of the paper: Research paper.

El audiovisual como patrimonio: evolución histórica y situación actual del patrimonio cinematográfico y audiovisual español

The historical evolution of the Spanish Cinematographic and Audiovisual Heritage, since the creation of the Spanish Film Archive (formerly National) in 1953, has been conditioned by the constant transformation of the audiovisual industry and the successive legislative regulations since the Historical Heritage Law was passed in 1985. incorporated for the first time in Spain. Successive attempts to update and develop this regulation have been truncated for various reasons, including the lack of agreement between the central and regional administrations; which is intended to be solved with a new cinema law that incorporates all audiovisual heritage into the corpus of works to be protected. There is unanimity that it should be considered as part of this heritage, which has increased in recent years with new technologies and digital development.

Nonclinical pharmacodynamics of boron neutron capture therapy using direct intratumoral administration of a folate receptor targeting novel boron carrier.

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a precise particle radiation therapy known for its unique cellular targeting ability. The development of innovative boron carriers is crucial for the advancement of BNCT technologies. Our previous study demonstrated the potential of PBC-IP administered via convection-enhanced delivery (CED) in an F98 rat glioma model. This approach significantly extended rat survival in neutron irradiation experiments, with half achieving long-term survival, akin to a cure, in a rat brain tumor model. Our commitment to clinical applicability has spurred additional nonclinical pharmacodynamic research, including an investigation into the effects of cannula position and the time elapsed post-CED administration. In comprehensive in vivo experiments conducted on an F98 rat brain tumor model, we meticulously examined the boron distribution and neutron irradiation experiments at various sites and multiple time intervals following CED administration. The PBC-IP showed substantial efficacy for BNCT, revealing minimal differences in tumor boron concentration between central and peripheral CED administration, although a gradual decline in intratumoral boron concentration post-administration was observed. Therapeutic efficacy remained robust, particularly when employing cannula insertion at the tumor margin, compared to central injections. Even delayed neutron irradiation showed notable effectiveness, albeit with a slightly reduced survival period. These findings underscore the robust clinical potential of CED-administered PBC-IP in the treatment of malignant gliomas, offering adaptability across an array of treatment protocols. This study represents a significant leap forward in the quest to enhance BNCT for the management of malignant gliomas, opening promising avenues for clinical translation.

Suppression by central adenosine A3 receptors of the cholinergic defense against cardiovascular aberrations of sepsis: role of PI3K/MAPKs/NFκB signaling.

Introduction: Despite the established role of peripheral adenosine receptors in sepsis-induced organ dysfunction, little or no data is available on the interaction of central adenosine receptors with sepsis. The current study tested the hypothesis that central adenosine A3 receptors (A3ARs) modulate the cardiovascular aberrations and neuroinflammation triggered by sepsis and their counteraction by the cholinergic antiinflammatory pathway. Methods: Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in rats pre-instrumented with femoral and intracisternal (i.c.) catheters for hemodynamic monitoring and central drug administration, respectively. Results: The CLP-induced hypotension, reduction in overall heart rate variability (HRV) and sympathovagal imbalance towards parasympathetic predominance were abolished by i.v. nicotine (100μg/kg) or i.c. VUF5574 (A3AR antagonist, 2µg/rat). In addition, the selective A3AR agonist, 3-iodobenzyl-5'-N-methylcarboxamidoadenosine IB-MECA, 4µg/rat, i.c.) exaggerated the hypotension and cardiac autonomic dysfunction induced by sepsis and opposed the favorable nicotine actions against these septic manifestations. Immunohistochemically, IB-MECA abolished the nicotine-mediated downregulation of NFκB and NOX2 expression in rostral ventrolateral medullary areas (RVLM) of brainstem of septic rats. The inhibitory actions of IB-MECA on nicotine responses disappeared after i.c. administration of PD98059 (MAPK-ERK inhibitor), SP600125 (MAPK-JNK inhibitor) or wortmannin (PI3K inhibitor). Moreover, infliximab (TNFα inhibitor) eliminated the IB-MECA-induced rises in RVLM-NFκB expression and falls in HRV, but not blood pressure. Conclusion: Central PI3K/MAPKs pathway mediates the A3AR counteraction of cholinergic defenses against cardiovascular and neuroinflammatory aberrations in sepsis.

Consultation and central public administration in Hungary

Consultation and central public administration in Hungary

Consultation and central public administration in Hungary

Consultation and central public administration in Hungary

Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in Western Balkans between aspirations and reality

Abstract This paper aims to discuss the current situation on GRB as a tool to make budgets gender-responsive and achieve gender equality in Western Balkans. Apart from exploring the gap between the aspiration in implementing the GRB instruments and tools from one side and the obstacles encountered which are bound to be specific for any country or region. The general method used is the conceptual analyses as well as content analyses will be starting points when scrutinizing policy-papers that policymakers as well as programs of UN, UN Woman, EU and other foreign agencies are trying to implement in WB. Despite numerous gender policies having been adopted in Western Balkans over the last few decades, significant gender inequalities are persisting and there are gender policy implementation gaps. The paper concludes that there is a need to have sound laws and policies that meet the equivalent demand to implement them. Integrated GRB initiatives with gender equality goals could provide the basis for better gender equality outcomes and ownership from the central and local government administration, which is crucial in the long term and sustainable gender equality.

“Railway justice” in the Processes of Acculturation in the Frontier Zones of Asian Russia in the Late 19th — early 20th Century (Bukhara Emirate and Northern Manchuria)

The article is a comparative study of two variants of the “railway justice”, i.e. justice systems in the Russian exclaves in the Emirate of Bukhara and the Northern Manchuria at the end of 19th — beginning of 20th century. Basic mechanisms of integration and acculturation of both territories and their population was railway infrastructure (Central Asia and Chinese Eastern Railways) and judicial institution connected with it. The research is based on the wide circle of sources: archival materials of court cases, legal acts of central and regional authorities, hand-books, analytical woks and contemporary memories. The correlation of Russian jurisdictions of different levels is studied. The special attention is paid to court practice of the Russian political agency and lay justice in Bukhara and mixed Russian-Chinese courts in the Northern Manchuria. Authors found that Russian justice in both exclaves on the one hand were based on the imperial post-reform legal rules and on the other hand were adopted for the specific interstate context, ethno-confessional diversity of territories, local legal culture. Russian courts were succeeded in the provision pf basic law and order and promote the processes of cultural legal integration of the studied regions and their varied population. Distinctions of two justice models are connected with difference competence of the Russian post-reform courts in the Emirate of Bukhara and Northern Manchuria. Central authorities and administration of the Chinese Eastern Railway took into account and discussed the Bukharan experience of deeper justice integration, but saved the wide latitude of mixed Russian-Chinese courts.

The United States’ Intervention in Afghanistan: the Dysfunction of a Centralized Authority in a Diverse Nation

This article reviews the US-led nation-building strategy effort in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The history of the nation-building efforts is retraced from the creation of the Republic to its ultimate collapse. The central argument of the paper stresses the dysfunctionality of the centralization approach adopted by several successive administrations in Kabul with the backing of the United States. The inquiry reveals the problems of implementation of this strategy as well as the failure of this idea in general. In terms of implementation, centralization efforts were met with widespread corruption and cronyism. A more important aspect of the problem is that the centralization strategy did not account for the diversity of the Afghan society. Ethnic coalitions struggled for power inside the country, countering the efforts of the central administration headed by the president to extend its influence beyond Kabul. These processes transformed Afghan politics into a zero-sum game rendering the whole nation-building effort ineffective. In the end, the Republic collapsed with withdrawal of the foreign presence essentially confirming the dysfunctionality of centralization approach. Currently, the Taliban relies on essentially the same strategy although being deprived of foreign aid. Whether this effort to re-assert Pashtun dominance in the absence of foreign intervention will succeed remains to be seen.

Security-ANODR for provisioning of neighbour security in MANETs

MANETs are a type of wireless ad hoc network characterized by a wireless medium. The MANET's inherent characteristics, like dynamic change in topology and lack of central administration, reduce the possibility of provisioning security. Most of the studies have concentrated more on providing security than the computational cost of energy utilization. Neighbor security is proposed in this paper in addition to the existing de facto ANODR protocol for provisioning security in ANODR. The design and implementation of FB-NTT-S-ANODR to minimize energy consumption, thereby enhancing the network lifetime, are suggested. A soft computing technique for optimizing the performance of FB-NTT-S-ANODR is attempted. From experimental results, the proposed FB-NTT-S-ANODR minimizes the total energy consumption by 93.07%. Hence, the proposed method is more suitable for provisioning security and enhancing the network lifetime.

METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE PATHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DISEASES AND FOREST PESTS ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF FORESTS IN THE CONDITIONS OF FORESTRY BLANCHES OF THE CENTRAL INTERREGIONAL FORESTRY AND HUNTING MENEGMENT AND NATURE PROTECTION RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF THE POLISSKY NATURE RESERVE

METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE PATHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DISEASES AND FOREST PESTS ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF FORESTS IN THE CONDITIONS OF FORESTRY BLANCHES OF THE CENTRAL INTERREGIONAL FORESTRY AND HUNTING MENEGMENT AND NATURE PROTECTION RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF THE POLISSKY NATURE RESERVE