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This paper examines and offers a comparative approach to the social background, motivation, performance, self-image and career path of Hungarian and Croatian law students. The paper is based on the results of the empirical research conducted in 2017 by Attila Badó, János Lőrinczi and Zsófia Patyi. The opinions of students were analysed in Croatia in 2018 and 2019 using similar methods. The comparative approach was motivated by the 150th anniversary of the 1868 Croatian-Hungarian Compromise. The two countries formed a state of union for 816 years (1102-1918). After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Croatia became part of the South Slavic state and its education system moved further away from the Hungarian. However, after World War II, higher education in both countries was organized under similar social conditions (one-party system, communist ideology). Currently, the education systems countries are similar to those in the EU Member States. A comparison of their legal studies can provide answers to the same relevant questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preaching or service of the Word represents a significant part of every liturgy or worship which is why this liturgical context is worth closer examination. In this paper, this issue is addressed through an overview of other contexts that, together with liturgy, shape the dynamics of preaching: historical, pastoral, and theological contexts. What follows is an analysis of four models of worship structure that differ in the way preaching relates to other elements of worship – Word and table as complementary (Roman Catholic perspective), Word and table as complementary (Protestant perspective), Word as the center of worship, and Word as a catalyst. The account of each model presents the key arguments used to support this particular understanding of preaching, the crucial features of the proclamation of the Word, its most significant hallmarks, as well as its main advantages and disadvantages. Toward the end of the paper, the author suggests an additional model, partly endorsed by the findings of his empirical research. According to this model, preaching can be perceived as a space of freedom, surprise, deliverance, and change within the wider liturgical environment as a space of security, stability, order, and identity affirmation. In conclusion, it is suggested that our understanding of preaching is enriched every time we manage to lift our eyes above the limitations of our church traditions and personal experiences, and that study of the liturgical context serves as a good choice for the beginning of such research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses premigratory disposition among high school graduates in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, and Osijek based on results of empirical research carried out in 2014. A representative sample of 1,830 students (844 male and 986 female) was made by using a probabilistic two-step cluster sampling model, stratified by the type of school and the city where the school is located. The data were processed using the statistical analytical program SPSS 20. The average age of respondents was 18.85, 54.6% attended vocational schools and 45.4% attended gymnasia. The research showed that almost half of the students intended to leave Croatia to continue their education or seek employment. A statistically significant difference was determined according to gender, type of school attended, and city of residence. Furthermore, a correlation between socioeconomic status, family completeness, and religiosity, among students with a lower premigratory disposition, was also determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines continuity of transit tourism economic importance and changes impact on Gorski kotar development. Aim of the paper is to consider causes of changes in economy importance of transit tourism in Gorski kotar and to examine spatial consequences of those changes. The study is based on empirical and field mapping method and the research interview. Method of analysis and statistical methods are used in part where paper discusses tourist traffic. Four development periods and meanings of transit tourism in Gorski kotar can be distinguished. The first period is associated with the development carriages traffic on Karolina (1732) and Lujzijana road (1811). In this first period transit tourism has raised basic infrastructure and had a great influence on the settlement of Gorski kotar. In the second period a railroad Zagreb-Karlovac-Rijeka became a major transit route, which was opened in 1875. Railway proved to be more successful than roads in overcoming the temporal and spatial barriers so it took over the transportation of passengers from the roads. From the transit tourism in railways the greatest economic benefit had a transportation company that raised supporting service facilities at railway stations. The development of the third period was influenced by all the massive car traffic and the renewed importance Louisiana road transport. This period occurred at 1960-ties and began to weaken after the diversion of traffic on the route of the Bosiljevo-Rijeka in year 2003. The first and second period of transit tourism in Gorski kotar had a secondary economic importance and at the end of the third period, has become the leading branch of the local economy. The latest changes which were conceived by the fourth period, are taking place without any planning grounds and transit tourism has lost their economic significance as it had earlier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ageing population is one of the demographic processes typical for contemporary society. Both nations and organizations should therefore recognize the significance of age management, in other words, of taking care and empowering older employees to add value. The paper deals with age management concept both on theoretical and empirical level. In the theoretical part, age management is explored through definition, stimuli, participants and activities of age management, as well as explication of early retirement factors. Empirical part of the paper presents research results about the potential early retirement factors of 182 respondents. At the end of the paper, based on both theoretical and empirical findings, athe model for effective age management in Croatian organizations is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides an overview of the theoretical and empirical framework of the debate on widening participation in higher education and explores to what extent the lessons learnt in this field have been applied in the field of public policy. Widening participation is based on the assumption that the probability of entering and successfully completing higher education is contingent on a complex range of social, economic and cultural characteristics of potential students, and that the measures aimed at widening participation must acknowledge the multi-faceted nature of inequities in education. In this context, this paper analyses the extent to which international stakeholders in higher education acknowledge widening participation as a priority. Special attention is given to the question of whether their policy documents take into account the results and implications of empirical research in this field. Finally, the paper assesses the potential impact of these documents on the debate on this topic in Croatia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper theoretically analyzes and explains religion, beliefs and religious tolerance in terms of civic influence on choice of religious freedoms, communication and reliance among nations. The comparative analysis and empirical pilot study was conducted on the example of the focus groups: in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the attitudes and opinions of citizens on religion and religious freedom was explored. Research has shown the interdependence of religion and beliefs with the civil conviction of belief in the supernatural spiritual beings that determine the man's religious freedom, moral, social, communicative and civic norms and forms of civic behavior. Starting from a theoretical and empirical analysis and from other discoveries made in the study, the paper proposes thirteen (13) concluding recommendations that potentially affect the freedom of religion, belief, tolerance, communication and trust among nations. Based on a theoretical and empirical analysis, the paper concludes that the future of civic tolerance, communication and trust among the other nations is in correlation with the man's religious freedoms and its creative spiritual, intellectual and communicative potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paper presents the results of the empirical sociological research connected with building LNG (liquid natural gas) terminal nearby Omišalj on the island Krk. Survey was conducted during the year 2006, on the occasional sample of local population (N=240). In this paper we will present the results of the research concerning the respondents perception about degree of risk (and benefit) of building LNG terminal comparing with Druzba Adria project. Also, we wanted to investigate perception of possible corruption in LNG project in local and state actors, experts and media. We tended to determine degree of trustiness in some actors of LNG building monitoring. Results showed that respondents consider Druzba Adria project more ecological risky than LNG project. Conceming the benefit of those two objects, respondents consider LNG terminal more beneficial. When we looked respondents estimate of perception of corruptness in LNG building, it showed that 44,6 % of the respondents believe that corruption is possible in a same degree as in other similar projects. Finally, two thirds of respondents think corruption is highest at state officials, and less then one third think local officials are corrupted. In monitoring LNC building, according to respondents' opinion, ecological organization, national experts and local government should be involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the results of an empirical research related to the transformation of the former barracks in Borongaj into a university campus. The aim of the research conducted on 156 students was to establish a basic structure of the examinees’ preferences in relation to spatial reconstruction of Borongaj Campus, and to detect optimal characteristics of the site from the point of view of its users. The conjoint analysis method was used for this purpose. Examinees had to evaluate the (un)acceptability of the six features presented to them. The results show the students cared mostly about the traffic organization within the campus and the location of public facilities. The general assessment was least affected by a possible relationship to the existing architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By deducing the consequences of some basic constructivist claims, the following article intends to demonstrate possible further development of cybernetic and constructivist research. Proposed change of the direction (return to empirical research, focusing on lived human experience) is - so I believe - a logical consequence of the epistemological participatory position. The paper is deliberately broad, perhaps partially naive and sometimes even provocative. It merely aims to indicate the possibility which lies at hand, and does not try to elaborate its implementation in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Availability of propulsion diesel engine such as power or any other characteristics, under different exploitation conditions is determined by calculations, and is confirmed by empirical methods. Computer simulation models are very important for such analyses. The computer-simulation model of ship propulsion diesel engine based on mathematical model has been presented in the work [1]. The model is applied in the analysis of the static and dynamic operating conditions of the turbo-charged slowspeed diesel propulsion engine and the fixed blade propeller. The model was created by applying computer program MATLAB 7.0.4.-SIMULINK, and according the detailed mathematical zero-dimensional model. In this paper, the aimed model is used for analyzing the influence of the power changing of one of the cylinder on the engine performance. The power changing has been simulated by cutting of fuel delivery to one cylinder under different loading conditions and by the different limit of fuel rack. By analyzing the results of the simulation, the limits of engine working parameters and safety boundary conditions have been determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Identity is a group of characteristics which determine the distinctiveness of an individual or a group in terms of differences from or affiliation with other individuals or groups; accordingly, it follows that to identify oneself means to (self)determine the self. Whereas space is an essential formational element in the process of shaping identity, particularly national, regional and local, it is of interest to geographers and is mostly pursued by political and cultural geographers. This paper presents a model of geographical research of identity manifest in the names of streets and squares in nine towns of the North Croatian Littoral. It has three main objectives: to corroborate the fact that identity in the urban landscape can be observed through quantitative (statistical-mathematical) and qualitative (interpretative) semantic analysis of street and square names; then to establish the difference in the presence of hodonyms which reflect regional identity (the so-called regional hodonyms), and those which reflect national identity (the so called national hodonyms) in Kvarner and Istria; and finally to examine the level of prominence of the Italian influence in the urban toponymy of Istria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last inter-census period, between 1991 and 2001, Rijeka recorded population decrease for the first time after World War II as the result of negative natural movement and negative net migration. At the same time the number of inhabitants in the suburban region increased owing exactly to in-migration. Besides migration characteristics analysis of the population of the city and its suburban region based on the data of previous censuses, especially on that in 2001, basic results of the empirical research conducted in 2006 by the way of questionnaire method on the sample of 411 respondents in four settlements in the Rijeka suburban region are presented in the paper. The analysis of respondents' replies to four questions regarding reasons for out-migration from their previous place of residence and settling in the Rijeka suburban region settlements points to solving housing problem as the main push factor of out-migration and main pull factor of in-migration to suburbs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]