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O pojęciu informacji w świecie mediów elektronicznych

The difficulty in discussing the notion of information lies in the fact that the general concept of information – both linguistic and cultural – must be extracted from the various fields and contexts within which it is used. And these are contexts and domains very diverse. The scientific concept of information extends from physics and biology, computer science and cybernetics to the methodology of science and philosophy. Even more complex is the situation when it comes to information in the world of electronic media. Information research is so fragmented and so specialized that it is extremely difficult to isolate individual dimensions of information from them, and even more difficult to grasp the whole picture. “Information is a representation of something in a specific form that someone has given to this representation”. Philosophers, communication specialists, methodologists often argue or call information can be the content of the message, which does not enrich the knowledge of the recipient. This discussion of the concept of information in the world of electronic media is extremely important. The author would like to present an interdisciplinary review of the definition and refer it mainly to information communicated in electronic media. It should be noted that information can be interpreted in broader or narrower terms depending on the content or the accepted system of references. In broad terms, information is understood as “content taken from the outside world in the process of our adaptation and adaptation of our senses”. In the narrow sense, the information refers to the message “obtained by man through observation or mental activity, transmitted in the sender (man) – recipient (man)”. Increasingly, the concept of information becomes a key category, a central point of reflection, which is a common set of research conducted at the interface between different disciplines and disciplines. Discussing the current role of electronic media, it is impossible to discuss this without defining the role of information.

Liberty, Equality and the Right to Marry under the Fourteenth Amendment

Abstract The legitimacy of recent judgments in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and State courts which have extended the scope of the Due Process and/or Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment has been a fiercely contested controversy in legal and political circles in the USA. The controversy has been especially sharp in relation to the question of same sex marriage, and specifically whether it is within State competence to refuse to allow same sex couples to marry under State law. This paper explores that legitimation controversy through a multi-contextual analysis of the Supreme Court’s starkly divided judgment in Obergefell v Hodges (2015), in which a bare majority of the Court concluded that a State ban on same sex marriage was incompatible with the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This paper critiques both the majority and dissenting opinions, and suggests that while one might applaud the substantive conclusion the Court has reached, the reasoning offered by the majority suffers from several obvious weaknesses both in narrow doctrinal terms and from the broader perspective of safeguarding the Court from well-founded criticism that it is overstepping the bounds of its legitimate constitutional role.

How do strategic actors think about the value of talent management? Moving from talent practice to the practice of talent

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of strategic actors in multinational organisations and to contribute to our understanding of how multinational companies articulate and define talent management and how – or what – they perceive its value to be. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on an empirical research study in which data were collected through 50 in-depth interviews across five multinational companies, conducted at a regional level across ten countries. Participants in the study were strategic actors representing two groups of managers/leaders (HR and talent management system designers and business leaders who are directly involved in the implementation of talent management). Findings The absence of a formal talent management definition led to the emergence of different views and interpretations of what it is. It was viewed as a bundle, or set, of management ideologies manifested in all HR-related practices across four key areas: hiring the right talent, performance management, succession planning and development and retention. Performance management acted as the cornerstone. Talent management strategies displayed little participation for both system designers and implementers and distinct patterns of mystification, technologization and concretisation. The language of value was uncommonly used but provoked different ways of thinking about the role and meaning of talent management. Practical implications The strategic actors in the talent system continue to see talent management in narrow functional and HR process terms. However, by bundling these HR functions and processes together, it is evident that they can be encouraged to recast their activity in a broader strategic narrative. Borrowing the notions and theories of value and value creation, and investigating talent management through this lens, should help to surface interesting insights into how talent management might be defined in practice, and how the language of value may in future be used to understand what talent management really is. Originality/value The global study underpinning this paper attempts to deconstruct the understanding that strategic actors have about talent management from an empirical base. It contributes to the conceptual development of the talent management discourse by revealing the logics being pursued and address the definitional problem currently evidenced in the literature. It also provides direction for future research.

Post-thrombectomy management of the ELVO patient: Guidelines from the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Recent trials have proven the benefits of endovascular treatment for patients with stroke from emergent large vessel occlusions (ELVOs).1–5 Optimal management of these patients involves attention to pre-procedural, intra-procedural, and...

After Florence, what Next?

In narrow terms, the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech in Florence can be judged against two tests. First, will the offers on the financial settlement and citizens’ rights represent ‘sufficient progress’ to allow talks on the future relationship to begin at last? And second, will the plan for a two-year transition period be enough to ease the widespread fears about a cliff-edge departure? In both cases, the speech is a helpful step forward, even if more will be needed. Criticisms that the speech lacked substance, merely ‘kicks the can down the road’, or is a ‘betrayal of Brexit’, all seem unfair. But it is also important not to lose sight of the bigger picture. Above all, any transition period must only be a stepping stone. The final destination should be a new and comprehensive free trade deal with the EU that also permits the UK to have a more open relationship with the rest of the world and smarter regulation at home. This surely means leaving both the Customs Union and the Single Market well behind.

Brain chains: managing and mediating knowledge migration

Knowledge constitutes a critical vector in processes and outcomes of migration, in the evolution of economies and societies, and in national policy-making. This is apparent in the growing emphasis on managing migration and the infrastructure of intermediaries involved in facilitating and channeling flows of migrants, but also finance, ideas and objects generated through diaspora communities. Scholars have captured these movements through vocabulary around ‘brain circulation’, or brain ‘drain’ and ‘gain’. While these concepts are useful for describing patterns and outcomes, sometimes in narrow cost-benefit terms, they do not provide tools to explore the constitution of knowledge flows in migration. This paper proposes a more nuanced construction of brain circulation which we call’brain chains’ to acknowledge the complex linkages comprising knowledge migration, between individuals, families, diasporic communities, private and public agents, and nation states. The rationalities of migration management and mediation are expressed at all levels, but perhaps most visibly at the level of national (im)migration policy. The concept of brain chains is illustrated through a case study of the relatively small country of New Zealand. This country is an apposite example because of its high levels of immigration, its changing ethnic composition, and its relatively large national diaspora. Further, it provides a clear example of changing regimes of migration management based on neoliberal assumptions related to human capital and the roles of migrants. A focus on brain chains provides a foundation to develop more theoretically substantive explorations of the production, circulation and mediation of knowledge in contemporary migration.

Realising the Potential of Universities as Significant Development Actors in Post-conflict Societies: A Case Study of the Solomon Islands National University

Interest in the transformational potential of education has seen development partners prioritise support for basic education. Tertiary education has tended to be considered in narrow and instrumental terms focused on supporting economic growth through vocational education and training. Development partners have largely overlooked the much broader potential of the sector to engage with a wide range of development challenges. This article focuses on the role of national universities as significant development actors. With their broad institutional mandates, national universities have an institutional capacity to engage with complex processes of nation, state and peace-building. These processes are important in explaining the emergence and persistence of conflict in fragile developing country environments, and are particularly challenging for development partners to engage with. Realising the potential of universities as significant national development institutions will require development partners to broaden how they approach tertiary education and provide different forms of institutional support. Drawing on an empirical case study of the establishment of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) in Solomon Islands, a small island post-conflict fragile state in the south-west Pacific, this article considers: (i) the practical challenges faced in building a national university and realising its potential as a significant development institution; and (ii) the challenges and opportunities for development partner engagement in helping national universities realise such potential.

Peripheral ventilation heterogeneity determines the extent of bronchoconstriction in asthma.

In asthma, bronchoconstriction causes topographically heterogeneous airway narrowing, as measured by three-dimensional ventilation imaging. Computation modeling suggests that peripheral airway dysfunction is a potential determinant of acute airway narrowing measured by imaging. We hypothesized that the development of low-ventilation regions measured topographically by three-dimensional imaging after bronchoconstriction is predicted by peripheral airway function. Fourteen asthmatic subjects underwent ventilation single-photon-emission computed tomography/computed tomography scan imaging before and after methacholine challenge. One-liter breaths of Technegas were inhaled from functional residual capacity in upright posture before supine scanning. The lung regions with the lowest ventilation (Ventlow) were calculated using a thresholding method and expressed as a percentage of total ventilation (Venttotal). Multiple-breath nitrogen washout was used to measure diffusion-dependent and convection-dependent ventilation heterogeneity (Sacin and Scond, respectively) and lung clearance index (LCI), before and after challenge. Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) was 87.6 ± 15.8% predicted, and seven subjects had airway hyperresponsiveness. Ventlow at baseline was unrelated to spirometry or multiple-breath nitrogen washout indices. Methacholine challenge decreased FEV1 by 23 ± 5% of baseline while Ventlow increased from 21.5 ± 2.3%Venttotal to 26.3 ± 6.7%Venttotal (P = 0.03). The change in Ventlow was predicted by baseline Sacin (rs = 0.60, P = 0.03) and by LCI (rs = 0.70, P = 0.006) but not by Scond (rs = 0.30, P = 0.30). The development of low-ventilation lung units in three-dimensional ventilation imaging is predicted by ventilation heterogeneity in diffusion-dependent airways. This relationship suggests that acinar ventilation heterogeneity in asthma may be of mechanistic importance in terms of bronchoconstriction and airway narrowing.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Using ventilation SPECT/CT imaging in asthmatics, we show induced bronchoconstriction leads to the development of areas of low ventilation. Furthermore, the relative volume of the low-ventilation regions was predicted by ventilation heterogeneity in diffusion-dependent acinar airways. This suggests that the pattern of regional airway narrowing in asthma is determined by acinar airway function.

Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug effect of denosumab on radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of the literature.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the structural effect of denosumab on patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We performed a systematic review of the literature in the following databases: PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov , and the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. All studies evaluating the structural effect of denosumab on RA and meeting predefined criteria were included. Data regarding disease activity, progression of joint damage, joint space narrowing, and safety were recorded. Among 168 studies identified, only 4 were finally included in this review, involving a total of 687 patients. These 4 studies showed that denosumab is effective on joint damage at 6 and 12months as compared to placebo, alendronate, and biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) alone. No effect was observed in terms of joint space narrowing, and DAS28 and HAQ scores remained unchanged. No case of osteonecrosis of the jaw or atypical fracture was recorded, and safety was similar in both denosumab and control groups. Denosumab appears to be effective on joint erosion at 6 and 12months in patients with RA meeting the ACR criteria, treated or not by a biologic, with excellent safety.

Employee epowerment ? terminological and practical perspective in Poland

Research background: The 1980s saw popularization of the management paradigm requir-ing that employee intellectual potential should be noticed and used. The subjective approach to employees is fully reflected in the empowerment process. The definition scope of the analysed notion has not been unambiguously delineated to date. In narrow terms, empowerment means delegating power in the decision-making process and is considered a management method. In broad terms, in turn, the idea is at times called even a management concept.Purpose of the article: The aim of this paper is to provide answers to the following research questions: (1) Can empowerment be called a separate management concept? (2) What is the awareness of the essence of empowerment among contemporary employees? (3) What are the barriers to implementing empowerment assumptions in enterprises?Methods: The research process was based on literature studies and empirical research that was conducted in Poland under two separate research projects. One, carried out in the period 2006?2015, was oriented towards assessing the level of interest in employee participation and identifying the approach to implementing such participation in enterprises. The research covered over 300 respondents. It used structured interview complemented with free interview and analysis of the provided documents of the respondents? enterprises. The results of the research encouraged a closer look at the category of empowerment. Pilot empirical research on the category of empowerment was conducted in 2016 with questionnaire surveys. The research sample was 63 employees.Findings: It was found that empowerment should be perceived as certain expansion of employee participation rather than a separate management concept. It consisted in sharing not only information but also power with employees. The results of the empirical research permitted the ascertainment that interest in lower participation forms prevailed among the respondents. Barriers related to applying empowerment were sought in this context. The pilot research allowed a conclusion that the barriers should be sought primarily in the failure to prepare (also mentally) employees and employers for using empowerment. Although the presented results of the research are not representative, they encourage further in-depth research within the discussed area.

Patterns of use and impact of standardised MedDRA query analyses on the safety evaluation and review of new drug and biologics license applications.

PurposeStandardised MedDRA Queries (SMQs) have been developed since the early 2000’s and used by academia, industry, public health, and government sectors for detecting safety signals in adverse event safety databases. The purpose of the present study is to characterize how SMQs are used and the impact in safety analyses for New Drug Application (NDA) and Biologics License Application (BLA) submissions to the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).MethodsWe used the PharmaPendium database to capture SMQ use in Summary Basis of Approvals (SBoAs) of drugs and biologics approved by the USFDA. Characteristics of the drugs and the SMQ use were employed to evaluate the role of SMQ safety analyses in regulatory decisions and the veracity of signals they revealed.ResultsA comprehensive search of the SBoAs yielded 184 regulatory submissions approved from 2006 to 2015. Search strategies more frequently utilized restrictive searches with “narrow terms” to enhance specificity over strategies using “broad terms” to increase sensitivity, while some involved modification of search terms. A majority (59%) of 1290 searches used descriptive statistics, however inferential statistics were utilized in 35% of them. Commentary from reviewers and supervisory staff suggested that a small, yet notable percentage (18%) of 1290 searches supported regulatory decisions. The searches with regulatory impact were found in 73 submissions (40% of the submissions investigated). Most searches (75% of 227 searches) with regulatory implications described how the searches were confirmed, indicating prudence in the decision-making process.ConclusionsSMQs have an increasing role in the presentation and review of safety analysis for NDAs/BLAs and their regulatory reviews. This study suggests that SMQs are best used for screening process, with descriptive statistics, description of SMQ modifications, and systematic verification of cases which is crucial for drawing regulatory conclusions.

“Unbundling” the biofuel promise: Querying the ability of liquid biofuels to deliver on socio-economic policy expectations

While excitement around biofuels initially focused on finding a clean and secure alternative to fossil fuels, many other expectations have subsequently been attached to the “biofuel boom.” Biofuels are not only expected to mitigate climate change or foster domestic energy security, but also to generate employment, provide opportunities to smallholders and support decentralized energy systems. This paper interrogates the expectations attached to biofuels. We begin by examining how policies in consumer and producer countries articulate a series of expectations for biofuels that are “bundled” with the promise of cleaner energy, using the rationales behind these expectations to derive criteria for success. We then review evidence from the published literature on biofuel outcomes against these criteria to assess whether the most prevalent assumptions have been met. We find that policy expectations for biofuels are often expressed in narrow terms, failing to capture important potential impacts – for example focusing on new jobs in the formal sector rather than job quality or whether employment offsets livelihood costs associated with biofuel investments. Some expectations have proven elusive irrespective of the metrics employed, for example using biofuels to improve energy access in remote rural areas. The paper concludes by discussing implications for policy and practice.

A Normative Theory of Local Government: Connecting Individual Autonomy and Local Self-Determination with Democracy

The issue of local government reform is high on the agenda in many developed democracies. The discussion is often framed in narrow terms, focusing on functional efficiency. In this article, we construct a normative argument for local government that values local government because it fulfills morally desirable purposes in itself, regardless of its functional efficiency. The argument is that the same foundational value – individual autonomy – constitutes the normative underpinning of both democracy and the right to local self-government. The implication is that if we value democracy, we must defend a strong and constitutionally protected local government.

Narrative constructs in modern clinical case reporting

Modern clinical case reporting takes the form of problem-solution narratives that redescribe symptoms in terms of disease categories. Authored almost always by those who have played a part in the medical assessment of the patient, reports historicise the salient details of an individual's illness as a complex effect of identifiable antecedent causes. Candidate hypotheses linking illness to pathological mechanisms are suggested by the patient’s experience, and by data that emerge from clinical examination and investigation. Observational and interpretive statements from these considerations are fitted into a temporally inflected account of the patient’s medical condition, configured from the vantage point of hindsight. Drawing on established forms of deferred telling, readers are invited to follow a story that drip-feeds a mixture of contingent and non-incidental information into the account, which engenders and frustrates curiosity, creates expectations, and challenges powers of reasoning and pattern recognition. Whereas case reporting once favoured memoir, the sentimental tale and eccentric biography as the means by which its historical narrative was cast, the preferred genres of contemporary case reporting include detective fiction, and puzzle and riddle narratives, formats that conceptualise the medical consultation in narrow problem-solution terms.

Promising democracy, legitimizing autocracy? Perceptions of regime democraticness among university students in Morocco

Following democracy’s global proliferation, authoritarian governments widely use promises of democracy as a legitimation strategy. This article argues that this strategy is facilitated by the existence of varying notions of democracy. In authoritarian contexts, democracy is generally framed in narrow terms, such as holding elections. This renders it compatible with political practices of electoral or liberalized authoritarian regimes. As a result, citizens may perceive their authoritarian regime as democratic and, in extension, legitimate. I show that perceptions of regime democraticness are significantly influenced by attitudes towards and participation in elections and related political institutions, using original survey data from Morocco. By contrast, subjective assessments of individual freedoms had no consistent impact on respondents’ regime perception. A major conclusion from these findings is that authoritarian regimes may seek to justify and strengthen their rule by attempting to induce constituents’ perception of living in a democracy.

Abstract P6-15-01: Analysis of renal function in MONARCH 1: A phase 2 study of abemaciclib, a CDK4 & 6 inhibitor, as monotherapy, in patients with HR+/HER2- breast cancer, after chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer (MBC)

Abstract Background: Abemaciclib is an oral, selective inhibitor of CDK4 & 6 that has demonstrated activity in different tumor types. In a phase 1 trial, treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) of increased creatinine, grade 1 or 2 severity by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0) were reported in > 10% of patients (pts) who received abemaciclib monotherapy1. In vitro, abemaciclib and its major metabolites inhibit renal transporters OCT2, MATE1, and MATE2-K2. Methods: MONARCH 1 is a phase 2 single-arm study designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of abemaciclib monotherapy in women with HR+/HER2- MBC whose disease progressed on/after endocrine- and chemotherapy. Abemaciclib (200 mg) was administered orally on a continuous schedule every 12 hours until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurred. We retrospectively analyzed changes in serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), cystatin C, and calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) based on cystatin C using central lab values. TEAEs (CTCAE v4.0), dose delays, and treatment discontinuation associated with renal events were examined. Results: Of the 132 pts treated, 130 pts had central laboratory data available, and 128 pts (98.5%) experienced an increased serum creatinine: 61 pts (46.9%) grade 1, 66 pts (50.8%) grade 2, 1 pt (0.8%) grade 3. Creatinine increases occurred during cycle 1 and remained elevated but stable during treatment. Serum creatinine decreased following treatment discontinuation. No changes in mean BUN, cystatin C or estimated GFR were observed. TEAEs of increased serum creatinine were reported in 17 pts (12.9%); one was grade 3. Due to increased serum creatinine, 2 pts experienced dose reductions, 2 pts dose omissions, and 1 pt treatment discontinuation. Serious AEs (SAEs) of increased creatinine was were experienced by 4 patients; 3 were possibly related to abemaciclib. A non-drug related SAE of acute kidney injury was reported for 1 pt. Review of all reported AEs/SAEs failed to indicate any evidence of renal impairment. The Standardized MedDRA Queries (SMQ) acute renal failure was used to search and identify all reported cases of increased creatinine with or without acute kidney injury. Twenty pts (15.2%) who experienced an AE were included in this category: 4 pts (3.0%) met the narrow term SMQ, and 17 pts (12.9%) the broad term SMQ. Conclusions: Safety data from the MONARCH 1 study shows a causal association of the reversible increased blood creatinine with abemaciclib therapy, but not as a result of renal injury, renal insufficiency, or impaired renal function. The rise in serum creatinine is consistent with in vitro data indicating that abemaciclib is a competitive inhibitor of renal efflux transporters of creatinine2.

The Value of Transgender

Abstract The globalization of transgender and its relationship to human rights has been accompanied by increased media interest in those so identified around the world. In Indonesia, this mostly involves the representation of male-to-female transgender-identified waria. While most mass media representations do portray them in narrow terms as the victims of violence, this does not undermine the value of transgender for waria. Seeing interaction with mass media in economic terms, many waria charge money for interviews and other media appearances. This article describes how waria understand affective labor for transnational mass media markets. They do so in terms of the historically understood association between work and visible claims for national belonging and recognition in Indonesia. Although such possibilities are situated in a context characterized by inequality, waria do consider the global scope of transgender to be of value as a way to expand their claims. A perspective that analyzes the circulation of transgender as it relates to global political economy helps clarify how the category produces uneven forms of value as it encounters diverse national and local contexts.

《流动人口“中国梦”社会心理表征问卷》的编制及初步应用

目的：“中国梦”是党的十八大以来提出的最重要的概念，广义的“中国梦”是指中华民族在实现国富民强的同时，为世界做出贡献的美好愿望，而狭义的“中国梦”是指每一个中国人的梦想。对于流动人口来说，他们对于“中国梦”的社会心理表征是怎样的？本研究编制了流动人口理解对“中国梦”的社会心理表征的问卷，并对该问卷进行了初步应用，对800名北京流动人口进行问卷的初步应用，调查他们对“中国梦”社会心理表征的特点。方法：采用文献法、访谈法、开放式问卷调查、项目分析、探索性因素分析、验证性因素分析和信度分析等方法。结果：问卷包含三个维度：国家梦(8个项目)、社会梦(12个项目)和个人梦(5个项目)。三个因素累计方差贡献率83.948%，旋转后的各项目负荷均在0.6以上。总量表、国家梦、社会梦和个人梦的内部一致性系数分别为0.986、0.979、0.918和0.983，分半信度分别为0.985、0.974、0.978和0.908。验证性因素分析结果表明三因子模型有良好的拟合指数(χ2/df = 3.781, NFI = 0.927, RFI = 0.919, IFI = 0.945, TLI = 0.939, CFI = 0.945, RMSEA = 0.087)，问卷具有良好的结构效度。结论：1) 流动人口“中国梦”社会心理表征问卷包括国家梦、社会梦和个人梦三个维度，问卷有较好的心理测量学特性。2) 流动人口对“中国梦”的社会心理表征得分最高的是个人梦，其次是国家梦，最后是社会梦。3) 流动人口对“中国梦”的社会心理表征具有性别差异。 Objective: “The Chinese Dream” is an important concept of the 18th party congress. In broad terms, “The Chinese Dream” means the willing of the China’s national prosperity and contribution of China to the world. While, in narrow terms, “The Chinese Dream” is every Chinese dream. What’s the means of “The Chinese Dream” for the immigrant group? This study developed the questionnaire of immigrants’ understanding of “The Chinese Dream”, which is their Social-mental Representation of “The Chinese Dream”. And then, using the questionnaire, the social-mental representation of “The Chinese Dream” among 800 Beijing immigrant people was investigated. Methods: The literature method, interview method, open-questionnaire investigation, item analysis, exploratory elements analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis were used. Results: The Social-mental Representation of “The Chinese Dream” Questionnaire had three dimensions: national dream (8 items), social dream (12 items), and personal dream (5 items). The cumulative explanation of the three variances was 83.948%. Internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) of the questionnaire, national dream, social dream and personal dream were 0.986, 0.979, 0.918 and 0.983. The split reliability of the questionnaire, national dream, social dream and personal dream was 0.985, 0.974, 0.978 and 0.908. Confirmative factor analysis revealed that the three-dimension model was proper (χ2/df = 3.781, NFI = 0.927, RFI = 0.919, IFI = 0.945, TLI = 0.939, CFI = 0.945, RMSEA = 0.087). It indicated that the questionnaire had better construct validity. Conclusion: 1) The Social-mental Representation of “The Chinese Dream” Questionnaire has three dimensions, which are personal dream, social dream and national dream. The questionnaire has satisfactory psychometric characteristics. 2) The personal dream scores the highest, followed by national dream, and finally social dream. 3) The social-mental representation of “The Chinese Dream” among Beijing immigrant people has significant gender difference.

СУЧАСНА ПРАГМАТИКА СТРАХОВОГО ПОСЕРЕДНИЦТВА ПРИ СТРАХУВАННІ ЖИТТЯ В УКРАЇНІ

The article investigates the practical aspects of the activity of insurance intermediaries in Ukraine. The structure and dynamics of insurance payments for life insurance in Ukraine as a whole, as well as in the context of residents and non-residents, are analyzed. The share of insurance intermediaries in the realization of life insurance services in Ukraine is revealed. The indexes of insurance intermediaries in the organization of life insurance in Ukraine for 2012-2016 are systematized. In the article mention that insurance intermediaries stay in not active phase in their activity in life insurance sphere. The definition of the insurance intermediary is defined in broad and narrow terms. The purpose of the activity of insurance intermediaries is determined. Schematically shows the common and excellent in the activities of the key representatives of insurance mediation – insurance agents and insurance brokers. It is argued that insurance intermediaries have the opportunity to become key players in life insurance, since they are the ones who can reach potential insurers in the shortest possible time. It is also noted that the further development of life insurance will largely depend on the professionalism of the insurance intermediary. Noted the appropriate identification of a life insurance intermediary with a financial advisor.

THEORETICAL BASIS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ADAPTATION OF THE TRANSFERRED TO RESERVE MILITARY SERVICEMEN

Introduction. The main reasons of unsatisfactory condition in the sphere of financing of social and professional adaptation of the transferred to reserve military servicemen in Ukraine are discrepant theoretical essentials and scientifically substantiated concept to form the efficient national system that claims to sustain the financing of social and professional adaptation of the mentioned-above social group. Purpose. The objective of the article assumes the systematization, generalization and specification of basic theoretical essentials of financing of social and professional adaptation of former military servicemen. Result. The author has critically investigated the available research projects of Ukrainian scholars in the sphere of grouping of numerous categorical definitions of ‘financing’ and identification of scientific and methodological approaches to the essence of this term in order to verify their results. The specific notions being derivatives of term ‘financing’ and associable with ‘financing of social and professional adaptation of transferred to the reserve servicemen’ have been studied by means of morphologic analysis. The wide authentic definition of the narrow term has been determined on this basis in order to integrate the structural, system and processing approaches to identification of its internal nature. The structure of financing of former servicemen has been substantiated. Such components as an objective, tasks, main functions, basic principles, implementation stages, forms of financing and its sources as well as key directions to their utilization have been specified.