Faculty of Humanities in Kaunas

Sukurta: 30 August 2013

khf 8 Muitin臈s, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 3222, fax 42 3222,
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Dean 鈥� Prof. Dr. Saulius Gudas

STAFF

98 teachers (10 habilitated doctors and 74 doctors), 1 research fellow, 40 doctoral students.

Department of Business Economics and Management
Department of Finance and Accounting
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Germanic Philology
Department of Informatics
Department of Lithuanian Philology
Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Centre of Socio-cultural Research

MAIN RESEARCH AREAS OF THE FACULTY

Poetics, rhetoric and linguistics: fundamental and applied research into literary and non-literary texts
Business environment factors
Information technologies for business and educationLithuanian studies: philological and interdisciplinary aspects
Multilingual discourses: linguistics, literature, culture
Analysis, modelling and management of Lithuania鈥檚 social and economic development
Informatics and technologies of information society

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2012

L. Kuprien臈. Organization and structure of the conversation (on the basis of the examples taken from contemporary German children鈥檚 literature).

R. Mackevi膷ius. Logistical analysis of economic cycles.

R. Dobr啪inskien臈. The pragmatic linguistic analysis of the TV commercials communicates.

M. Grigaitis. Diversity of writings in the novels of Bronius Radzevi膷ius, Ri膷ardas Gavelis and Jurgis Kun膷inas.

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ORGANIZED IN 2012

Conferences

International conference Man in the Space of Language

International conference Polilogue in Geolinguistics and Sociolinguistics: the 21st Century Approach

9th Professor Vladas Gronskas international postgraduate and PhD 厂迟耻诲别苍迟蝉鈥� conference Economy Development: Theory and Practice

Exploring Culture: Consumption, Organization and Communication

厂迟耻诲别苍迟蝉鈥� conference Research of the Young Philologists

厂迟耻诲别苍迟蝉鈥� Philology 2012: Findings of the Young

Seminars

Development of emotional and creative competences in study process by prof. Dr. N. Panchanatham from Annamalai University (India)

Peculiarities of Transformations in Modern Economies: Example of Ukraine

International experience of ecological restructuring and its implementation in Ukrainian enterprises Multilingual European Union. Translating for the European Commission

Pro-ecological restructuring for Job

Population: Reality

Employees鈥� selection in 鈥濻飞别诲产补苍办鈥�,

Commercial companies鈥� performance specificity

How to Choose a Translation

The Use of 鈥淢ovie Maker鈥� Programme

Highlights of the British Galleries 1800鈥�1900

How Translation Can Change the World

Translation and Research: Aspects, Concepts, Implication

Workshops

State and prospects of the food industry of Ukraine, Higher education problems in Ukraine, Free market trade of Ukraine, Innovations Development in Ukraine
Free Market Trade of Ukraine

Sustainable Development and Responsible Consumption

The Role of Consumer 鈥� Citizens and Civil Society towards the Sustainable Development

Methods for Speech Corpora Annotation

Irony: Traditions of Interpretation and the Cognitive Approach to its Specifics

The Main Ideas of the Communicative Grammar

Practical Teaching Strategies for Business English

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

8 Muitin臈s, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 2344, fax 42 3222
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Doc. Dr. Ingrida 艩arki奴nait臈

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. R. 膶iegis, Dr. D. Grundey (part-time), Dr. D. 艩treimikien臈, Dr. E. Bartkus, Dr. R. Virvilait臈 (part-time).
Docents: Dr. A. Gargasas (part-time), Dr. R. Grunda (part-time), Dr. E. Jasinskas, Dr. E. Jurkonyt臈 (part-time), Dr. I. Kiau拧ien臈, Dr. R. Pareigis, Dr. N. Patackien臈(part-time) , Dr. D. Pilinkus, Dr. R. Pu拧inait臈, Dr. I. 艩arki奴nait臈, Dr. D. 沤virdauskas (part-time), Dr. A. Mikalauskien臈, Dr. M. Sarvutyt臈-Gaili奴nien臈 (part-time), Dr. V. Tamulien臈, Dr. B. Toluba, Dr. R. Kuvykait臈 (part-time).
Lecturers: R. Bartkut臈 (part-time), D. Gineitien臈 (part-time), A. P奴kis (part-time), N. Barakauskait臈鈥� Jakubauskien臈 (part-time), G. Kaminksas (part-time).
Doctoral students: M. Akulavi膷ius, R. Tatoris, L. Verbauskien臈, R. Bartkut臈, I. Griesien臈, A. P奴kis, M. Dilys, I. 艩颈办拧苍别濒测迟臈, G. Kaminksas, G. Vilutyt臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mixed economy in the context of sustainable development
Development and management of ecologically sustainable economy
Problems of entrepreneurship development: economical, demographic, political and juridical factors
Factors of social-ethical marketing in the context of sustainable economical development
Society and consumption: consumers鈥� behaviour in Lithuania
New trends in marketing theories and methods
Logistics, supply chain and distribution management issues
Cross-cultural marketing and management impact on business environment
Human resource management, employees鈥� relations, IT influence on HRM
Small business management: problems and trends

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Applied Research of Marketing Factors at Sustainable Economic Development Environment. Prof. E. Bartkus, Dr. B. Toluba.

A company operating in a small domestic market, international trade can provide economies of scale in production, company growth, and profit growth, persistence in the market and job creation. It is therefore important to carry out research of a complex organization and a potential market by applying a systematic approach to evaluation. This objective was addressed through the following tasks: analyzing organizational development strategy theoretical aspects are described in the strategy implementation and external environmental analysis process, to assess the company鈥檚 external and internal environment, creating a universal penetration of the organization鈥檚 choice of foreign market strategy for a theoretical model.
The theory analysis of concepts and structure of country image and higher education image was conducted using the attitude theory approach which enabled to define certain components and dimensions of image. After theory analysis original hypothetical structural model of country image manifestation in higher education context was constructed. The structural model of country image manifestation in higher education context which identifies the essential components of country image in higher education context together with its dimensions and interrelationships can be considered as a complex means of measurement of country image manifestation in higher education context that provides an opportunity to evaluate the country image regardless of the country, to identify the strengths and consistently develop the strategies of country image designing in higher education context.

The Processes of Globalization and Sustainable Development. Phd student M. Akulavi膷ius, Lecturer, PhD Student R. Bartkut臈, Dr. R. Grunda, Doc. R. Pu拧inait臈, Doc. R. Pareigis.

The modelling of digital piracy in creative industries, concepts of digital piracy and creative industries were analyzed. The factors affecting motivation of end users piracy actions were developed. New theoretical business models, taking into account the benefits of piracy in the music industry, were created.
The main concept of this scientific research is the relation between social capital and sustainable development. Researching these relations between social capital and sustainable development we are trying to analyze the influence of social capital, social capital dimensions to sustainable development, how the attitudes, believes of social capital can influence sustainable development. Such criteria as social confidence, social responsibility, sense as community member influences believes about sustainable development in common. The dimensions of social capital affect the meaning of life quality
General sustainable development principles and the possibilities of their implementation in corporation activities were researched with a focus on analyzing the impact of business contributions in attaining the goals of sustainable society development. The corporate sustainability goals and their links to business strategies were researched.

The problems of Lithuanian landscape in the context of sustainable development were examined. The landscape of any country is the reflection of territorial expression of its socio-economical and ecological processes. Several problems regarding Lithuania鈥檚 landscape could be distinguished: a) problems of land parcels; b) problems of forests; c) problems of protected territories and natural frameworks; d) problems of the Curonian Spit; e) problems of coastal sands. Self-contained renaturalization of Lithuanian landscape, increase in biodiversity and the implementation of programs from the strategic documents of the government, could lead to at least partial restoration of the impoverished Lithuanian landscape and increase of its stability.

Climate Change Mitigation Policy Development, New Climate Change Mitigation Instruments-side Justification, Based on Behavioural Economics and Psychology Insights. Prof. R. 膶iegis, Prof. D. 艩treimikien臈, Doc. A. Mikalauskien臈.

Application of environmental policy instruments for the implementation of sustainable energy development, with emphasis on ecological tax reform and the need for implementation of green accounting was examined.
Analysis of relations between the sustainable development and climate change was also performed. The last chapter of analysis is dedicated to the discussion upon the optimization model of climate change mitigation measures鈥� selection.

The issues of application of behavioural economics and psychology in image management were studied and the main insights in application of behaviour economics in image development were studied.

The environmental policy approaches, with an emphasis on ecological tax reform and the need for implementation of green accounting were analyzed. The research discussed in sustainable energy development, highlighting the 鈥済reenhouse effect鈥� problem. The research revealed the importance of psychology in the economy and decision-making based on the latest behavioural economics and psychology of communication theories and empirical research to formulate (a person, company, product) image of the basics. Great attention was paid to the formation of the image differences and similarities between cultures, to distinguish and analyze the most important components of the image, such as substantive clothing, tone of voice, vocabulary, facial expression (mimic), eye contact, gestures and social behaviour - etiquette knowledge and application etc. and revealed their importance in order to ensure career and business development success.

The Research of Socio-ethical Marketing Factors of Modern Marketing Theories. PhD Student M. Dilys.

Theoretical research of sports organizations and sponsors cooperation was done. The efficiency of the sports organizations depends on the popularity of certain products within the market, target audience as well as business partners or sponsor organizations. To attract more sponsors and make effective and beneficial cooperation for both sides, it is essential to analyze the options for the creation of cooperative business relationship model which would lead to the development of more effective cooperation.
The sports organizations and sponsors cooperate in order to achieve their goals more effectively. The sports organizations seek funding or services/goods to develop their sports production, whereas, sponsors are trying to strengthen the image of their organization and/or brand, foster positive social values and increase their sales.

Lithuanian Labour Market Research for Sustainable Development in the Context of Integration into the EU. Dr. M. Sarvutyt臈鈥� Gaili奴nien臈.

The labour market is dynamic and is characterized by uncertainty and labour market issues are relevant and regularly analyzed. Most pressing social and economic problems of poverty as well as unemployment and social exclusion are a very undesirable socio-economic phenomena, which impede sustainable development of society.
The research goal was to examine the prevalence of poverty in different geographical areas in order to determine the extent and vulnerable groups.
The concept of poverty and identified poverty forces behind were explored. Comparing the poverty line counting methods showed that each of them has both advantages and disadvantages. Thus, the design of poverty reduction measures, attention should be paid according to the specific situation of the country. The study found that, based on statistical data, regardless of the scope of the existing and the laws across the European Union, there is still a lot of people who find themselves at risk of poverty. Study of risk of poverty rate in the statistical dependence in unemployment in the city noticed a very strong relationship, and analyzing the situation in the village revealed that there is a strong negative correlation between the risk of unemployment rates and poverty levels.

Logistic Analysis of Economic Crises. Prof. D. 艩treimikien臈.

The analysis of economic crises was conducted by applying logistic analysis methods. The main drivers of economic crisis were identified by applying logistic analysis: saturation, increasing returns and credit trap.

Entrepreneurship Development Issues: Economic, Social, Demographic, Political, Legal, Human Resources Management Factors. PhD student I. Griesien臈, Doc. E. Jasinskas, Doc. I. 艩arki奴nait臈, PhD Student G. Kaminskas, Doc. D. Pilinkus, Dr. V. Tamulien臈.

The concept of business partnership, providing the innovative view to this concept was analyzed in detail highlighting the necessity of business partnership creation and its importance to competitiveness and efficiency of companies鈥� actions. The complexity of a business partnership development and its impact on organizational performance and opportunities, which can lead to the expansion of markets through a new structure of network organization, were explained. The indicators of the business partnership management and performance and their application in general business activity were defined.
A detailed theoretical study of internal and relationship marketing concepts was conducted. The link between these concepts was proposed and the impact on partnership development was shown. An innovative approach that integrates all the concepts addressed in the overall system was presented.

Research analyses the links between social capital and the quality of life. Referring to the methods of analysis of documents and application of quantitative method in empirical study in theoretical and empirical levels, social parameters highlighting the links between social capital and quality of life are analysed. It was determined that such criteria applicable in analysis of situation of social capital, as trust, sociality, social participation are important in subjective assessment of quality of life and sense of self-value in society.

Creation of leadership remains a practical problem despite the evidence of leadership creation models. Psychodynamic paradigm offers depth understanding of human internecine relations as well as the leadership phenomena. The leadership creation model, based on this understanding, can give distinctive contribution into the human resources management. Comparable study of leadership theories determined that psychodynamic paradigm has contact points with psychodynamic explaining of leadership as well as with understanding leadership phenomena as transformative, leader-member exchange, authentic, cognitive, servant and spiritual. Accordingly, it was concluded that leadership creation model is possible involving all these theoretical explanations of leadership phenomena.

Gender Aspects in Economy and Labour Markets. Dr. I. Kiau拧ien臈, Prof. D. 艩treimikien臈.

Seeking to shape effective policies to combat with gender inequality and to measure achieved progress in this area the indicators of gender inequality play an important role. There are many indicators of inequality representing different aspects on gender inequality. However, it is necessary to have one indicator which allows assessing gender inequality in all the aspects to compare countries in terms of level of gender inequality. The validity of certain indicators is questionable. There is a need for a new indicator, covering all issues of gender inequalities. New indicator is based on multi-criteria analysis and normalization of several the most important gender inequality indicators being applied by various international institutions dealing with gender issues. The countries ranking according integrated index of gender equality gives the worst score for Lithuania (8th position) though according to GEI Lithuania is ranked third. According to the EU GEI Lithuania is also being ranked among the best performing countries, the fourth. According to IHDI and GGI Lithuania is also ranked fifth.

The gender aspects in economy and labor market were investigated. The gender equality measurement tools were developed and applied in assessing labor market in terns of gender inequalities in Lithuanian and other EU member states.

The Assessment of Impact of Electricity Market Models Upon Investments into Renewable Energy Sources. Prof. D. 艩treimikien臈, PhD Student I. 艩颈办拧苍别濒测迟臈.

The analysis of electricity market models was carried out. The impact of electricity market models on investments in renewable energy sources was assessed and quantified in Lithuania.

In the work there are looked through and structured multicriteria decision-making support tools, their application domains and usability possibilities. There are selected multicriteria decision-making support tools of environmental policy integration in energetics and determined their applicability possibilities. Prepared multicriteria decision-making methodology in the energetics sector, based on the impact of energy and environmental policy priority goals鈥� assessment. The definition of consonant development is extended, regarding the wide philosophy of various generations of basic Human, Nature and System鈥檚 capacity harmonization aspects. According to this expanded definition there is presented an improved Propulsion&苍产蝉辫;鈥� State - Response (ZGS-VBA) energetics policy development system. The main contribution is the design of State phase, combining Human, Nature and the System parts, aiming to create overall and relevant strategies. There is set out a consecutive energetics policy development system and described its use method.

Other Projects

VU Kaunas Faculty of Humanities Curriculum Renewal in Social and Arts Scientific Fields Nr. VP1-2.2-艩MM-07-K-01-081. Dr. V. Tamulien臈, Doc. I. 艩arki奴nait臈, Prof. R. 膶iegis, Doc. E. Jasinskas, Doc. R. Pareigis, Doc. D. Pilinkus, Doc. R. Pu拧inait臈, Dr. B. Toluba, PhD Student L. Verbauskien臈, Dr. I. Kiau拧ien臈, Dr. R. Grunda, PhD student N. Barakauskait臈鈥� Jakubauskien臈.

Reform of Higher Education in the Field of Biotechnology: Development of new BSc/MSc - Programs under the TEMPUS project No 511426-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-RU-TEMPUS-JPCR, executor of project. Dr. V. Tamulien臈.

Vilnius Co-Operative College of Curriculum Renewal and internationality No. VP1-2.2-艩MM-07-K-02-068, expert. Dr. V. Tamulien臈.

COST Action IS0802 The Transformation of Global Environmental Governance: Risks and Opportunities (TGEG). Prof. D. 艩treimikien臈.

7FP PRORES, FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, No. 269251. PhD Student I. 艩颈办拧苍别濒测迟臈, PhD Student M. Akulavi膷ius.

7FP Marie Curie action Pro-Ecological Restructuring for Job. Participant Doc. R. Pu拧inait臈.

Expert of Lithuanian Science Council Project Database Lituanistika No. VP1-3.1-MES-02-V-02-003. Doc. E. Jasinskas.

Participant of project Financing Short-Term Research Visits Nr. VIZIT-3-KON-158. Doc. E. Jasinskas.

FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES project, Brussels, 11/03/2011REA-P2/ES/EM REA.P.2. (2011) 94772 Responsible person: Prof.. Waldemar TARCZY艃SKI, c / o Dr.. Jaroslaw Korpysa, University of Szczecin, 64 Mickiewicz, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland. PhD Student I. Griesien臈.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Monographs, Studies

E. Jasinskas. Valstyb臈s paramos 寞taka 奴kinink懦奴ki懦 pl臈trai : monografija. Vilnius : Vilniaus universitetas, 2012. 168 p.

A. Mikalauskien臈. Market based climate change mitigation tools in Lithuanian energy : research and analysis of climate changes in the energy sector. Saarbrucken : Lambert Academic publishing, 2010. 117 p.

Textbooks, Manuals

R. 膶iegis. Makroekonomika. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012. 419 p.

R. Pu拧inait臈, I. Kiau拧ien臈, E. Jasinskas, B. Toluba. Metodiniai nurodymai socialini懦 moksl懦 krypties student懦 bakalauro baigiamiesiems darbams. Kaunas : Vilniaus universitetas Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas, 2012. 44 p.

Parts of the Books

V. Jur臈nien臈, M. Radzevi膷ius, D. Grundey. Zna膷enije architekturnogo nasledija dlia formirovanija obraza goroda. Integracija me啪dunarodnoj torgovli i politiki: vzgliad na potrebitelskij rynok Centralnoj-Vosto膷noj Evropy : serija monografij. Ternopil : vidavnictvo KROK, 2011, p. 99-117.

Articles

R. 膶iegis, A. Mikalauskien臈, R. Pu拧inait臈. Application of Environmental Policy Instruments in the Implementation of Sustainable Energy Development: Climate Change Mitigation // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 111-123.

R. 膶iegis, E. Tama拧auskait臈, R. Pu拧inait臈. Efficiency of the ecological tax reform: the case of Lithuania // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 190-205.

D. 艩treimikien臈, I. Kiau拧ien臈. Gender equality measurements in Lithuania // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Vol. 11, no. 1, p. 167-183.

E. Bartkus, G. Kaminskas, R. Grunda. Importance of age and gender in the interface between a leader and followers // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Vol. 11, no. 1, p. 184-198.

I. 艩arki奴nait臈, R. Bartkut臈, E. Jasinskas, M. Dilys, S. Jurgel臈nas. Link between social capital and quality of life // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 139-153.

D. 艩treimikien臈, N. Barakauskait臈-Jakubauskien臈. Sustainable development and quality of life in Lithuania compared to other countries // Technological and economic development of economy = 弄kio technologinis ir ekonominis vystymas : Baltic journal on sustainability / Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas. Vilnius : Technika. 2012, vol. 18, no. 4, p. 588-607.

R. Grunda, E. Bartkus, A. Raipa. Assessment of models and indicators of private and public organization sustainability // Vie拧oji politika ir administravimas / Kauno technologijos universitetas, Mykolo Romerio universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2011, vol. 10, nr. 4, p. 565-576.

D. 艩treimikien臈, A. Mikalauskien臈. Comparative assessment of the impact of national culture dimensions on traits of organization culture // Intelektin臈 ekonomika. Vilnius : Mykolo Romerio universitetas. 2012, Vol. 6, nr. 4, p. 534-549.

R. 膶iegis, A. Dilius. Ekonominio augimo poveikio darniam vystymuisi veretinimo sistemos // Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo versl懦 ir j懦 infrastrukt奴ros pl臈trai / Lietuvos 啪em臈s 奴kio universitetas. Kaunas : Lietuvos 啪em臈s 奴kio universitetas. 2012, nr. 1, p. 21-32.

E. Stankevi膷i奴t臈, R. Grunda, E. Bartkus. Pursuing a cost leadership strategy and business sustainability objectivess: Walmart case study // Ekonomika ir vadyba / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, t. 17, nr. 3, p. 1200-1206.

V. Tamulien臈. Ry拧i懦 su klientais valdymo, pasitelkiant informacines technologijas, tendencijos Lietuvoje // Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo versl懦 ir j懦 infrastrukt奴ros pl臈trai / Lietuvos 啪em臈s 奴kio universitetas. Kaunas : Lietuvos 啪em臈s 奴kio universitetas. 2012, nr. 2, p. 136-144.

V. Tamulien臈, M. Urbas. Ry拧i懦 su klientais valdymo perspektyva pasitelkiant informacines technologijas // Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo versl懦 ir j懦 infrastrukt奴ros pl臈trai / Lietuvos 啪em臈s 奴kio universitetas. Kaunas : Lietuvos 啪em臈s 奴kio universitetas. 2012, nr. 1, p. 147-156.

D. 艩treimikien臈, I. 艩颈办拧苍别濒测迟臈. Sprendim懦 pri臈mimas energetikos sektoriuje // Energetika. Vilnius : Lietuvos moksl懦 akademijos leidykla. 2012, T. 58, nr. 1, p. 30-38.

R. Pu拧inait臈, V. Dudavi膷ien臈. Environmental management systems in context: small and medium textile enterprises // Cases in organizational ethics / edited by Raminta Pu膷臈tait臈 : [elektronin臈 mokomoji knyga]. Vilnius : Vilniaus universitetas, 2012, p. 57-65.

M. Akulavi膷ius, D. Grundey. Managing mobility opportunities for doctoral students: the case of Lithuania // Economics and sociology. Ternopil : Centre of Sociological Research. 2011, Vol. 4, no. 2, p. 98-111.

Materials of conferences

M. Dilys, V. Antanaitis-膭啪uolas. Sporto rengini懦 ir sporto infrastrukt奴ros pl臈tros poveikis 拧alies kult奴ros vystymui // 弄kio pl臈tra: teorija ir praktika : 8-oji tarptautin臈 mokslin臈 konferencija, 2011 m. gruod啪io 8 d. Kaunas : konferencijos straipsniai. Kaunas : VUKHF, 2011, p. 196-202.

D. Pilinkus, R. 沤emaityt臈. The use of leading economic indicators in economic forecasting: a case of Lithuania // 弄kio pl臈tra: teorija ir praktika : 9-oji prof. Vlado Gronsko tarptautin臈 mokslin臈 magistrant懦 ir doktorant懦 konferencija, 2012 m. gruod啪io6 d. Kaunas : konferencijos straipsniai. Kaunas : VUKHF, 2012, p. 77-82.

R. Grunda. Corporate sustainability assessment: a historical review // WSF 2011: the 1s world Sustainability Forum, Basel, Switzerland, 1-30 November, 2011 [e-conference]. Basel : MDPI, 2011, p. [1-14].

R. Grunda. Strategic corporate sustainability management model // WSF 2011: the 1s world Sustainability Forum, Basel, Switzerland, 1-30 November, 2011 [e-conference]. Basel : MDPI, 2012, p. [1-27].

G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈, I. 艩arki奴nait臈. Students' attitudes towards development of oral communicative competence // Rural Environment. Education. Personality (REEP): proceedings of the 5th international scientific conference, March 21-22, Jelgava. Jelgava : Jelgava printing house, 2012. 2012, No. 5, p. 96-104.

COOPERATION

Brandenburgische Technische Universit盲t Cottbus (Germany)
Technische Universit盲t Dresden (Germany)
Hochschule Zittau/G枚rlitz (Germany)
Roskilde Universitetscenter (Denmark)
Universidad de Jaen (Spain)
Information Systems Management Institute (Latvia)
Fontys Internationale Hogeschool Economie (Netherlands)
Uniwersytet Opolski (Poland)
Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti (Romania)
H枚gskolan I Boras (Sweden)
University of Joensuu (Finland)
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey)
Jyv盲skyl盲n Yliopisto (Finland)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. R. 膶iegis&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

editorial board member of the journals Transformation in Busines & Economics and Engineering Economics.

Prof. D. 艩treimikien臈鈥�

member of International Association of Energy Economists (IAEE);
member of Association of Lithuanian Economists;
supervision of 5 PhD students;
chief editor for the international journal Transformations in Business Economics (TIBE), ;
editorial board member of the Baltic Journal on Sustainability. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, ;
editorial board member of IJORTISS international journal of reserach trends in social science;
member of expert group for Evaluation - Topic ENV.2013.6.5-2 Mobilizing Environmental Knowledge for Policy and Society (FP7-ENV-2013-one-stage) 21鈥�24 November 2012, Brussels, EC;
member of expert group for evaluation of IAEA Programme on Capacity Building and Energy Economy Environment Analysis in Sudan, November 25鈥�29 2012.

Doc. R. Pu拧inait臈 鈥�

research fellowship at National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine (NAS), Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IWEIR).

Doc. D. Pilinkus 鈥�

co-founder of National Politics Institute;
board member of international association Innovation Circle Network;
chairman of Kaunas Department of Public Movement TAIP;
board member of the 10th international conference Exploring Culture: Consumption, Organization and Communication, .

Doc. A. Mikalauskien臈 鈥�

member of the Council of doctoral dissertation Logistical Analysis of Economic Cycles, September 28, 2012.

Doc. R. Kuvykait臈 鈥�

secretary in charge of the journal Engineering Economics, .

Dr. Tamulien臈 鈥�

reviewer of the journal Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development.

Phd Student I. 艩颈办拧苍别濒测迟臈 鈥�

coordinator of the 9th Professor Vladas Gronskas international postgraduate and PhD 厂迟耻诲别苍迟蝉鈥� conference Economy Development: Theory and Practice, .

PhD Student N. Barakauskait臈-Jakubauskien臈 鈥�

member of Economic Logistic Analysis Group;
member of Scientists of Sustainable Development Group.

PhD Student M. Dilys, PhD Student M. Akulavi膷ius 鈥�

organizers of the 8th conference Economy Development: Theory and Practice .

PhD Student R. Bartkut臈 鈥�

board member of Mediapolis: Digital Creative Industries Association.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

8 Muitin臈s, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 2926, fax 42 3222
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Rasa Kanapickien臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. R. Kanapickien臈, Dr. K. Rud啪ionien臈.
Docents: Dr. E. Freitakas, Dr. G. Gipien臈, Dr. D. Teresien臈 (part-time), Dr. G. 沤igien臈.
Lecturers: Dr. P. Ani奴nas (part-time), Dr. R. Klimaitien臈, D. Gliaubicas (part-time), A. Ramanauskait臈 (part-time), L. 艩er臈nien臈.
Doctoral students: D. Gliaubicas, 沤. Grundien臈, L. Matusevi膷ien臈, P. Pa拧kevi膷ius, A. Ramanauskait臈, M. Valukonis, M. Vij奴nas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Financial accounting policy, management accounting and internal control in Lithuanian enterprises
Research of public and corporate finance in Central and Eastern Europe

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Financial Accounting Policy, Management Accounting and Internal Control at Lithuanian Small and Medium Enterprises. Prof. R. Kanapickien臈.

Research involved financial accounting theory, financial information disclosure in financial statements, earnings management. Financial accounting theory is not known in Lithuania, therefore, research describes formulated financial accounting theories abroad, and the main empirical research is presented. The broader view to financial accounting may be useful to teachers, students and PhD students, other users of accounting information.
Further research on the disclosure of financial information in financial statements of the listed companies is made. Research on disclosure of liabilities and social responsibility of the companies was performed.
Financial statement fraud detection. A needs analysis of a financial statements fraud detection model was performed in Lithuania. Model concept was designed and model chart was created. The mathematical part of the model was developed. Model application guide was created. To adapt the proposed model a qualitative research expert evaluation method was employed. An expert questionnaire survey was created. After interviewing experts the model was adapted and improved according to the expert responses.

Research of Public and Corporate Finance in Central and Eastern Europe.

Development of financial system and banking sector. Research was concerned with peculiarities of development of financial system and banking sector under conditions of financial crisis
Fiscal decentralisation in Lithuania. The research on fiscal decentralisation - evaluation of how much of independence Lithuanian self-government institutions have, i.e. what their ability to make independent decisions is to finance the expenditures and to attract the revenues for funding. In order to make such evaluation institutional intergovernmental relations, the assignment of functions between levels of government, the assignment of expenditures for implementing those functions and autonomy of tax revenue collection have to be analysed.
Model of management of household tax burden. Research of tax burden evaluation was performed. Research of management of household tax burden in Lithuania and other foreign countries was also performed, i.e. theoretical and practical aspects of management of household tax burden of some countries were disclosed.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Monographs, Studies

K. Rud啪ionien臈. Finansin臈s apskaitos teorijos : monografija. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012. 344 p.

沤. Simanavi膷ien臈, G. 艩ivickas, R. Kovaliov, D. Teresien臈, E. Freitakas, V. Snie拧ka, D. Venclauskien臈, J. 膶iburien臈, D. 艩treimikien臈, R. Kanapickien臈, G. Gipien臈, K. Rud啪ionien臈. Verslo aplinka Lietuvoje ir Ukrainoje: sektorin臈 analiz臈. T. 2. : Verslo aplinka Lietuvoje: sektorin臈 analiz臈 : mokslo monografija. Kaunas : Technologija, 2011. 581 p.

Articles

G. Gar拧va, S. Skuodas, K. Rud啪ionien臈. Earnings Management in European Banks: the Financial Crisis and Increased Incentives for Manipulation Through Loan Loss Provisions // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Vol. 11, no. 2A, p. 504-526.

G. 沤igien臈. Decentralizacijos princip懦 atspindys nustatant vietos savivaldos funkcijas // Vadyba. Klaip臈da : Vakar懦 Lietuvos Verslo kolegija. 2012, nr. 2 (21), p. 95-102.

K. Rud啪ionien臈. Apskaitos reglamentavimo politiniai aspektai Lietuvoje // 漠啪valgos. Utena : Utenos kolegija. 2012, nr. 1, p. 19-27.

L. Matusevi膷ien臈, R. Kanapickien臈. Atsarg懦 apskaitos politikos atskleidimas Lietuvos 寞moni懦 finansin臈se ataskaitose // Buhalterin臈s apskaitos teorija ir praktika / Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. Kaunas : Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. 2010, nr. 8, p. 69-79.[v臈luojanti].

R. Lauraitien臈, G. Gipien臈. Eti拧ko buhalteri懦 elgesio ugdymo ypatumai // Buhalterin臈s apskaitos teorija ir praktika / Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. Kaunas : Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. 2010, nr. 8, p. 34-42.

J. Klusavi膷i奴t臈, K. Rud啪ionien臈. 漠moni懦 socialin臈s atsakomyb臈s finansin臈se ataskaitose atskleidimo veiksniai // Buhalterin臈s apskaitos teorija ir praktika / Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. Kaunas : Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. 2012, t. 12, p. 31-40.

A. Ramanauskait臈. Informacijos apie intelektin寞 kapital膮 pateikimo 寞moni懦 metin臈se ataskaitose tendencijos: teorinis tyrimas // 漠啪valgos. Utena : Utenos kolegija. 2012, nr. 1, p. 119-127.

A. Ramanauskait臈. Intelektinio kapitalo reik拧m臈 valdymo apskaitai // Apskaitos ir finans懦 mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos : septintosios tarptautin臈s mokslin臈s konferencijos straipsni懦 rinkinys. Nr. 1(7). Kaunas : Akademija, 2010, p. 147-151.

J. Klusavi膷i奴t臈, K. Rud啪ionien臈. 漠sipareigojim懦 atskleidim膮 Lietuvos listinguojam懦寞moni懦 finansin臈se ataskaitose lemian膷ios charakteristikos // Buhalterin臈s apskaitos teorija ir praktika / Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. Kaunas : Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. 2012, t. 12, p. 19-30.

E. Krakauskait臈, K. Rud啪ionien臈. 漠vertinimas tikr膮ja verte apskaitoje // Buhalterin臈s apskaitos teorija ir praktika / Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. Kaunas : Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. 2012, t. 11, p. 18-27.

G. Vetriakait臈, K. Rud啪ionien臈. JAV ir ES apskaitos harmonizacijos 寞vertinimas // Buhalterin臈s apskaitos teorija ir praktika / Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. Kaunas : Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. 2012, t. 12, p. 7-18.

G. Gipien臈, L. Matusevi膷ien臈. Mokes膷i懦 na拧tos rodiklis: samprata bei jo vertinimo galimyb臈s // 漠啪valgos. Utena : Utenos kolegija. 2012, nr. 1, p. 68-76.

K. Rud啪ionien臈. Pozityvioji apskaitos teorija: privalumai ir tr奴kumai // Apskaitos ir finans懦 mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos. Kaunas : Akademija, 2010. 2012, nr 1, p. 214-220.

K. Rud啪ionien臈. Pozityvioji apskaitos teorija: privalumai ir tr奴kumai // Apskaitos ir finans懦 mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos : mokslo 啪urnalas. Kaunas : Aleksandro Stulginskio universitetas. 2012, nr. 1(8), p. 214-220.

L. Veli膷kien臈, K. Rud啪ionien臈, R. Klimaitien臈. U啪sakyminis savikainos kalkullavimas ma啪ose paslaug懦寞mon臈se // Buhalterin臈s apskaitos teorija ir praktika / Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. Kaunas : Lietuvos buhalterin臈s apskaitos tyr臈j懦 ir 拧viet臈j懦 asociacija. 2012, t. 11, p. 66-75.

D. Gliaubicas. Valdymo apskaitos raidos tyrimas ekonomini懦 poky膷i懦 kontekste // Apskaitos ir finans懦 mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos : mokslo 啪urnalas. Kaunas : Aleksandro Stulginskio universitetas. 2012, nr. 1(8), p. 59-65.

R. Kanapickien臈. Vidaus kontrol臈s priemoni懦 taikymas 寞mon臈s apskaitos politikoje // Apskaitos ir finans懦 mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos : mokslo 啪urnalas. Kaunas : Aleksandro Stulginskio universitetas. 2012, nr. 1(8), p. 89-94.

G. 沤igien臈. The importance of functions assignment for the Intergovernmental fiscal relations // Journal of business management. Riga: International school of economics and business. 2012, no. 5, p. 112-125.

G. Gipien臈, L. Matusevi膷ien臈. Requirements for balance setting-up and report improvement possibilities // Ekonomi膷nij visnik Donbasu. Lugansk : Luganskij nacionalnij universitet imeni Tarasa 艩ev膷enka. 2010, no. 4 (22), c. 149-156.

G. Gipien臈, J. Radkevi膷i奴t臈. Vzaimodejstvije finansovogo i nalogovogo u膷eta (na primere Litvy) // Problems and prospects of cooperation between countrijes of South-Eastern Europe within context of Black Sea economic cooperation and GUAM = Problemy i perspektivy sotrudni膷estva me啪du stranami jugo-vosto膷noj Evropy v ramkach 膶ernomorskogo ekonomi膷eskogo sotrudni膷estva i GUAM : Sbornik nau膷nych trudov. Doneck : Doneckij nacionalnyj universitet. 2010, 膶. 2, 艅. 363-366.

Materials of conferences

K. Rud啪ionien臈. Apskaitos teorijos vystymosi ypatumai // Apskaita, auditas, analiz臈: mokslas inovacij懦 ir globalizacijos kontekste : tarptautin臈 mokslin臈 konferencija : mokslo darbai. D. 2. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012, p. 618-627.

A. Ramanauskait臈. Intelektinio kapitalo interpretacija 拧iuolaikin臈s rinkos s膮lygomis: teorinis tyrimas // Apskaita, auditas, analiz臈: mokslas inovacij懦 ir globalizacijos kontekste : tarptautin臈 mokslin臈 konferencija : mokslo darbai. D. 2. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012, p. 572-581.

K. Rud啪ionien臈, A. Ramanauskait臈. Intelektinio kapitalo pripa啪inimas ir 寞vertinimas finansin臈je apskaitoje // Apskaita, auditas, analiz臈: mokslas inovacij懦 ir globalizacijos kontekste : tarptautin臈 mokslin臈 konferencija : mokslo darbai. D. 2. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012, p. 628-637.

A. Ramanauskait臈. Classification of Intellectual Capital Valuation Methods // Trends in Economics and Management for the 21st Century : International Conference, September 20-22, 2012, Brno, Czech Republic [Elektroninis optinis diskas]. Brno : Brno University of Technology, 2012.

D. Teresien臈, M. Valukonis. Currency risk in global investment portfolio // Trends in Economics and Management for the 21st Century : International Conference, September 20-22, 2012, Brno, Czech Republic [Elektroninis optinis diskas]. Brno : Brno University of Technology, 2012.

G. Gipien臈, L. Matusevi膷ien臈. Disclosure of information on revenue in financial statements in tourism sector following an example of "Novaturas" corporate group // Kazachstanskij turizm: v膷era, segodnia, zavtra : sbornik materialov IV me啪dunarodnoj konferencii, posvia拧膷ennoj 70-letiju professora S.R. Erdavletova, Almaty, 19-21 maja 2011 g. Almaty : Kazak universitet, 2011, p. 212-217.

G. Gipien臈, L. Matusevi膷ien臈. Management possibilities of household tax burden // The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed World : proceedings of the 4th international conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 11-13, 2012. Kavala : Kavala Institute of Technology, 2012, p. 292-300.

L. Matusevi膷ien臈, G. Gipien臈. Research of Improvement Possibilities of Balance Sheet: Lithuanian膩鈧拷s Case // Trends in Economics and Management for the 21st Century : International Conference, September 20-22, 2012, Brno, Czech Republic [Elektroninis optinis diskas]. Brno : Brno University of Technology, 2012.

E. Freitakas, G. Gipien臈. Vlijanije bankovskogo sektora na ekonomiku Litovskoj Respubliki // Scijentific proceedings : conference proceedings volume II : jubilee X international scijentific conference "Management and Engineering'12", June 17-20, 2012 Sozopol, Bulgaria / Technical university - Sofia. Faculty of management, National scijentific and technical socijety v鈧拷Management and engineering". Sofia : Scijentific-Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering. 2012, Year XX, iss. 2(131), p. 596-599.

COOPERATION

Fribourg University (Switzerland)
School of Business Administration Turiba (Latvia)
University College of Economics and Culture (Latvia)
Kaunas College (Lithuania)
Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
Aleksandras Stulginskis University (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education (Lithuania)
Institute of Accounting (Lithuania)
Chamber of Lithuanian Auditors (Lithuania)
State Tax Inspectorate (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. R. Kanapickien臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

president of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice;
member of the Certification Board for Internal Auditors of Public Legal Persons Managing and/or Using State and/or Municipal Property and Having It at Their Disposition as well as of Persons Occupied in the Field of Internal Audit. (since 2009).

Doc. G. Gipien臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers.

Doc. K. Rud啪ionien臈鈥�

member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice.

Dr. D. Teresien臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

member-candidate of Association of Financial Analysts (Lithuania);
member of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers鈥� International Association);
member of Lithuanian Financial Brokers鈥� Association.

Doc. G. 沤igien臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

member of National Council for Higher Education, Lithuania, ;
member of the Association of Financial Analysts, Lithuania, ;
member of Centre of International Business and Economic Research, .

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

8 Muitin臈s, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 2477, fax 42 3222
E-mail

Head 鈥� Doc. Dr. Daiva Deltuvien臈

STAFF

Professor: Habil. Dr. O. Poliakovas (part-time).
Docents: Dr. D. Deltuvien臈, Dr. A. Diomidova, Dr. J. Kazimianec (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. A. Braun, Dr. 沤. Nemickien臈 (part time), Dr. O. Perov, Dr. V. Linkevi膷i奴t臈, Dr. J. Radavi膷i奴t臈, Dr. D. Vengalien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Linguistic means of conflict communication used in the political discourse of the Lithuanian and the British political leaders
Stylistic peculiarities in translations of the English, Russian, and Lithuanian languages
Linguistic phonological, morphological, and stylistic oppositions
Cognitive approach to the problems of ironic communication
Translation problems from German to Lithuanian

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Linguistic and Extralinguistic Parameters of Language. Doc. D. Deltuvien臈, Doc. A. Diomidova, Doc. J. Kazimianec, Dr. A. Braun, Dr. 沤. Nemickien臈, Dr. O. Perov, Dr. V. Linkevi膷i奴t臈, Dr. J. Radavi膷i奴t臈, Dr. D. Vengalien臈.

The problems of ironic communication were analyzed within the framework of cognitive linguistics. The focus was on the application of the theory of conceptual blending to the analysis of irony, and on the overview of the topicality of input spaces in the integration networks of ironic structures. The continuous research resulted in the publication of a monograph Ironoc Conceptual Blends: Lithuanian and American On-Line News Headlines, Lambert Academic Publishing.
Linguistic networks (phonological, semantic, orthographic, lexical, syntactical), helping to recognize and investigate socio-cultural models, i.e. advertising slogans and their re-branding, linguistic networks, ambiguity of time adverbs in syntactic networks; linguistic morphonological components (alterations, specificity and regularity of morphemes and words kits), phonology, morphology and word formation linguistic network. Analytical analysis of translation errors comparing human translation and programme translation.
The research of the prevailing change domain in Blair鈥檚 (1998鈥�2008) conflict communication was carried out. Conceptual metaphors in the discourse of Rolandas Paksas (2003鈥�2004) were investigated.
Analysis of abstract nouns in the works of Russian writers (20th century) was performed. Economic terminology in modern Russian press (characteristics and details of usage) was investigated. Peculiarities of Business Russian were analysed.
Connection between Religion and Civilization in the sphere of Russian Culture was revealed.
Investigation concerning the problem of distinguishing translation units in the LSP texts (German-Lithuanian) was performed.
In 2012, researchers delivered 17 papers at national and international conferences in Lithuania and abroad; prepared a monograph and 2 scientific papers.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Monographs, Studies

D. Vengalien臈. Ironic conceptual blends : Lithuanian and American on-line news headlines. Saarbrucken : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012. 238 p.

Articles

沤. Nemickien臈. Ambiguity of temporal adverbials in written form of the language // Valoda - 2012: valoda da啪adu kult奴ru konteksta : Zinatnisko rakstu krajums. T. 22. Daugavpils : Saule, 2011, p.

D. Deltuvien臈. Gumbinnen // Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch / Manfred Niemeyer (Editor). Berlin : Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2012, p. 232.

D. Deltuvien臈. Insterburg // Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch / Manfred Niemeyer (Editor). Berlin : Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2012, p. 291.

D. Deltuvien臈. Memel // Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch / Manfred Niemeyer (Editor). Berlin : Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2012, p. 403.

D. Deltuvien臈. Tilsit // Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch / Manfred Niemeyer (Editor). Berlin : Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2012, p.

COOPERATION

St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
Belarussian University of Linguistics (Belorussia)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Daugavpils Pedagogical University (Latvia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. O. Poliakovas&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

editorial board member of the international journal Kalbotyra: Slavistika Vilnensis, ;
editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, ;
member of the Commission of History of Slavistics of the International Committee of Slavistics;
member of the Commission of the Study of the Relations between Baltic and Slavonic Languages of the International Committee of Slavistics.

Doc. D. Deltuvien臈鈥�

editorial board member of the international journal Man in the Space of Language.

DEPARTMENT OF GERMANIC PHILOLOGY

12 Muitin臈s, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 2604
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Doc. Dr. Danguol臈 Satkauskait臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. H.-H. Drossiger, Dr. J. Kr奴minien臈, Dr. T. Solomonik-Pankra拧ova.
Docents: Dr. E. Alosevi膷ien臈, Dr. D. Deltuvien臈, Dr. V. Golovko, Dr. J. Kerevi膷ien臈, Dr. V. Pasvenskien臈, Dr. G. Rum拧ien臈, Dr. D. Satkauskait臈, Dr. L. Ulvydien臈.
Lecturers: Dr. I. Bartkuvien臈, A. Kuzmickien臈, R. Ma膷iulskien臈, E. Rainyt臈, Dr. I. 艩le啪ait臈.
Doctoral students: A. Ged啪i奴t臈, I. Koverien臈, L. Kravcova, J. Maksvytyt臈, D. Maumevi膷ien臈, L. Niedzviegien臈, D. 艩idi拧kyt臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Strategies and problems of audiovisual translation
Semantic and pragmatic problems of text translation
Cognitive aspects of discourse analysis
Computational English studies: word-building processes, semantic aspects and comparative analysis of natural and computational language problems
Fictional worlds within conceptual categories: from etymology to pragmatics
Interpretative understanding of literature: leading aspects of hermeneutical approach to literature
Inter-textual criticism: poetic text within the change of horizons of reading
Literature and history: re-reading traditions of postmodernism
Poetics of modernism: history, fairy and fiction
Conceptualization of emotions in lyrics: metaphors and metonymy

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Language and Reasoning. Doc. D. Satkauskait臈, Prof. H.-H. Drossiger. 2010鈥�2012.

Audovisual translation
Further research in the field of audiovisual translation was carried out, touching upon localisation as (mis)communication among cultures, translation for dubbing in terms of visual phonetics, synchrony in dubbed animated films and text compression.

Localisation as (mis)communication among cultures was discussed. Some cases of localisation in Lithuania when US-based products were localized were investigated. The question to be answered is: why in some cases the process of localisation was not successful and localisation as an act of communication turned into the act of miscommunication.
Translation for dubbing in terms of Visual Phonetics was analysed. The research starts from the comparative analysis of the inventory of English and Lithuanian bilabial consonants, as well as a bilabial following vowel or diphthong, whether it is close, open or rounded. Recommendations of translation for dubbing from English into Lithuanian in terms of visually adequate bilabials and them following vowels or diphthongs are produced. Apart from dubbing aspect of phonetics the analysis on different levels i. e. phonetic, dramatic and semantic synchrony in animated films dubbed in Lithuanian was carried out.
Text compression is another subject that is widely discussed in audiovisual translation. It is employed in subtitling because of both the requirement to provide a very short target text by employing a restricted number of symbols allowed to be used per one subtitle, and necessity to express only the main idea of the utterances. Taking linguistic aspects into account, this translation strategy comprises either grammatical or lexical ways to shorten the text without destroying its meaning. Grammatical compression in film translation was examined in both documentary and science fiction film translations.

Translation
The analytical research concerning theoretical problems of language comparison, translation and lexical equivalence between two languages and cultures was done.

The problem of translation unit in technical texts was discussed. It was found out that, differently from other types of texts as poetry or advertisements where translation unit could be considered as the whole text, the translation unit in technical texts is conveyed by words or phrases. The attention was also paid to culture specific aspects in translation, the main stress being laid on the perspective of non-equivalence or untranslatability of diminutives, phraseological units and expressive curses translating from Lithuanian into English. Moreover, the phenomenon of realia as definition of the term and scope of the concept was analysed. The classification of these specific lexical units was discussed; the factors that influence the method of translation were distinguished. Peculiarities and problems of translation of lexems that form specific megaconcepts (e. g. megaconcept FLUID) were also studied. The analysis of specific German and Lithuanian word families and word fields was carried out. The main focus of the research was laid on the analysis of the nature and motivation of conceptual metaphors that are related to the expression of emotions in German and Lithuanian.
Moreover, in the context of market globalization, translation theory and sociolinguistics are bridged by concentrating on the pragmatics of advertisement slogan translation. On the grounds of previous researches in the field of the linguistics of electronic media, investigations concerning the interaction of various types of media environments, culturally specific target audiences and the global uniformity of advertising campaigns were conducted.
Not only translation but also interpretation theory and practice were touched upon. The historical development of interpretation in various countries starting from ancient Egypt and finishing with European Union was presented focusing on the social status and profession prestige of the interpreters.
Literary translation is another area that received attention among the researchers of the department as it requires not only creativity but also intuition, knowledge and cognitive perspective. The role of cognitive processes and phenomena (e. g. metaphorization and metonymy) in creation and translation of literary texts was revealed. An interesting area of embracing medieval aesthetics and metaphysical symbolism was explored. In the texts, an obscure sign is to be deciphered by the reader who is engaged in a kind of intellectual game: to read the riddle; the use of periphrases, metaphorical kennings and prosopopoeia help the Anglo-Saxon poet cloak the genuine meaning.

The findings of the research mentioned above were presented at international conferences, published in several journals and conference proceedings.

Stucture and Development of Self-awareness in Literature. Doc. A. Krasnovas, Prof. J. Kr奴minien臈. 2003鈥�2012.

The principal focus of the research is on English Modernist literature as a hermeneutic experience: reading viewed as an event, a meaning-producing process resulting in the productivity of the hermeneutic circle. Among the main interests is the structure and operation of the epiphanic mechanism based on the reflexivity of experience located in the movement of language.
Dealing with the translation from English into Lithuanian the problems of slang translation in literary texts in another controversial issue that was discussed. In the majority of cases stylistic compensation, literal translation and softening is applied. A model for slang translation was suggested.
Another theme of research is the complex phenomenon of self-translation. In self-translation parody, coincidence, patterning, allusion, alliteration, anagram and spoonerism are employed as major stylistic devices. The translation of alliterations, allusions and the cases of parody were analyzed by applying the comparative analytical instrumentarium and relying on the theoretical insights extended within the frame of the theory of literary translation.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Articles

L. Ulvydien臈, B. Abramovait臈. Literary Style in Translation: Slang in J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye // Kalb懦 studijos = Studies about languages / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, nr. 20, p. 100-108.

H. Drossiger. Realien, ihre Bezeichnungen und Aspekte der Interkulturalitat // Kalb懦 studijos = Studies about languages / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, nr. 20, p. 5-11.

L. Kravcova. Religioznaja situacija v mire po dannym slovaria aktualnoj leksiki XXI veka (na materiale su拧膷estvitelnych so zna膷enijem lica, opredeliajemogo po religioznoj prinadle啪nosti) // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 21, p. 120-131.

J. Maksvytyt臈. S膮vok懦 realija ir realijos pavadinimas apibr臈啪imo problema // Kalb懦 studijos = Studies about languages / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, nr. 21, p. 50-56.

D. Satkauskait臈. Vertimo 啪od啪iu istorija: nuo senov臈s Egipto iki Europos S膮jungos // Kalb懦 studijos = Studies about languages / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, nr. 20, p. 146-152.

A. Cechanovi膷ius, J. Kr奴minien臈. Vladimir Nabokov's Self-Translated Lolita: Revisiting the Original Alliterative Modes // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 22, p. 115-129.

L. Niedzviegien臈. Else Lasker-Schuler lyrikos vertimo kognityviniai aspektai // Vertimo studijos. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 4, p. 18-34.

J. Kerevi膷ien臈, G. 膶e拧umskait臈. Grammatical compression in film translation // Vertimo studijos. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 4, p. 71-81.

D. Maumevi膷ien臈. Lokalizacija kaip komunikacijos aktas // Vertimo studijos. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 4, p. 95-106.

D. Satkauskait臈, G. Dr臈gvait臈. Sinchronija dubliuotuose filmuose (animacinio filmo "Auk拧tyn" pavyzdys) // Vertimo studijos. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 4, p. 82-94.

L. Ulvydien臈. Re-learning higher education in the age of convergence: example of Lithuania // Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education. Eskisehir : Anadolu Universitesi. 2012, Vol. 13, no. 4, Art. no. 22 [6 p.].

H. Drossiger. "Es war einmal.." - Grimms Marchen und die interkulturelle Kommunikation // Valoda - 2012: valoda da啪adu kult奴ru konteksta : Zinatnisko rakstu krajums. T. 22. Daugavpils : Saule, 2011, p. 352-362.

D. Maumevi膷ien臈. Linguistic insights into localisation // Translation and the reconfiguration of power relations : revisiting role and context of translation and interpreting /edited by Beatrice Fischer, Matilde Nisbeth Jensen. Munster : LIT Verlag, 2012, p. 109-126.

J. Maksvytyt臈. Realen - zu Problemen in Bergriff und definition // Translationswissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs Forscht: IATI-Beitrage II. Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, 2012, p. 17-25.

T. Solomonik-Pankra拧ova. The Medieval Meaning of Existence // Sense of Emptiness: An Interdisciplinary Approach / Edt.: Junichi Toyota, Pernilla Hallonsten and Marina Shchepetunina. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, p. 67-79.

H. Drossiger. Zu Moglichkeiten und Grenzen des Modells der "Semantisch-kognitiven Raume" als Beitrag zur Entwicklung kognitionlinguistischer Theorieansatze. Teil 2: Konzeptualisierung und sprachlicher Ausdruck von Liebe // Inostrannye jazyki v vys拧ej 拧kole. Riazanj : Riazanjskij gosudarstvennyj universitet imeni S.A. Esenina. 2012, vyp. 2, p. 26-33.

Materials of conferences

H. Drossiger. Liebe - Studien zu ihrer Konzeptualisierung und sprachlichen Objektivierung // Sovremennyj nemeckij jazyk v svete problem pragmalingvistiki = Die deutsche Gegenwartssprache in prgmalinguistischer Sicht: me啪dunarodnaja nau膷naja konferencija, Moskva, 26-27 aprelia 2012. Moskva : MAKS Press, 2012, p. 15-31.

Translations

J. Kr奴minien臈. Summary // Finansin臈s apskaitos teorijos : monografija. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012, p. 313-320.

COOPERATION

Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Translators Guild (Lithuania)
Middlesex University in London (Great Britain)
University of Dicle (Turkey)
Lund University (Sweden)
J.W.Goethe鈥檚 University in Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
Minsk State Linguistics University (Belarus)
American Studies Center, European Humanities University (Belarus)
University of Regensburg (Germany)
University of Darmstadt (Germany)
Queen鈥檚 University Belfast (Ireland)
La Sapienza University (Italy)
Bergen University College (Norway)
University of Bourgogne (France)
University of Ja茅n (Spain)
Nottingham University (UK)
University of Vienna (Austria)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. H. H. Dr枚脽iger 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Studies about Languages, .

Prof. J. Kr奴minien臈鈥�

member of European Humanities University, American Studies Center (Belarus) supported by Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Belarus;
member of the John Donne Society. Bldg. 250/251F, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2020, , ;
editorial board member of the journal Respectus Philologicus, ;
editor-in-chief for the international journal Text and Context published, .

Doc. V. Pasvenskien臈鈥�

reviewer and editorial board member of the journal Translation Studies,.
editorial board member of the journal Man in the Space of Language;
member of Certification Committee of Institute of Rural Culture, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, .

Doc. D. Satkauskait臈鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Man in the Space of Language;
member of Lithuanian DAAD club.

Doc. L. Ulvydien臈鈥�

member of European Humanities University, American Studies Center (Belarus) supported by Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Belarus;
member of the creative group for Institute of Science and Encyclopedia Publications, .

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS

2 Naugardo, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 2566, fax 42 3222
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Doc. Dr. Audrius Lopata

STAFF

Professors: Dr. R. Butleris (part-time), Dr. S. Girdzijauskas, Dr. S. Gudas, Dr. V. Sakalauskas, Habil. Dr. R. Simutis (part-time), Dr. G. Gar拧va.
Docents: Dr. K. Driaunys, Dr. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, Dr. A. Lopata, Dr. V. Rud啪ionis, Dr. P. 沤vinys.
Lecturers: R. Brundzait臈, Dr. D. Dilijonas, Dr. S. Masteika, Dr. V. Moskaliova.
Assistants: A. Kalnius, J. Mykolaitis.
Doctoral students: A. Mialik, A. Stravinskien臈, M. Ambrazi奴nas, P. Tamo拧i奴nas, I. Veitait臈, R. Mila拧ius, P. Dan臈nas, K. Tomkevi膷ius.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Intelligent decision support systems in financial and currency markets, portfolio management and loan risk analysis, logistic capital accumulation models, financial anomalies and bubbles
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data mining; computational finance and risk evaluation; decision support systems engineering and development; modern business and financial information systems; business intelligence; modelling of business process; software engineering and development
Enterprise modelling methods, requirements engineering, enterprise data and knowledge modelling, management of information processing and CASE tools
Artificial intelligence for speech recognition and analysis technologies (Lithuanian language)
Intelligent models for marketing systems, social networks, e-business, e-learning and e-government. Complex event processing and performance analysis of business processes related to enterprise customer data. Research of business applications in clouds and Web 4.0 environments. E-commerce project performance evaluation of interdisciplinary virtual teams

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Development and Analysis of Artificial Intelligent Systems. Application of Intelligent Methods to Investigation of Financial Markets. Financial Risk Research. Research group: Prof. R. Simutis, Prof. V. Sakalauskas, Doc. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, Dr. S. Masteika, Prof. G. Gar拧va, Prof. S. Girdzijauskas, Dr. V. Moskaliova, Dr. D. Dilijonas, PhD Student P. Dan臈nas.

The main topics in 2012 were investigation of various anomalies which cause deviations from the most widely discussed laws of the financial markets - the efficient market hypothesis. We explore possibilities to identify the day-of-the-week effect in emerging financial markets by applying Hurst exponent measure which is primarily designed for identification and measurement of long range dependence and information efficiency of time series. For this reason we try to evaluate the accuracy and find the most appropriate hierarchical clustering methods for binary data.
Another interesting research was devoted to the dynamics of pension fund portfolio by using adaptive Powersim simulation models. There is a need to create advanced tools that could help the unprofessional investors, who make up the majority of pension fund customers, to make well informed decisions and reduce the potential risk. The model, proposed by the authors, introduces adaptive and dynamic variables used in the portfolio simulation. Volatile values of return rate, contributions and fees are used in calculations. The results of research show the advantages of such method over traditional spreadsheets.
A hybrid method for classification of companies by their insolvency combining feature selection, classification techniques and periodical 鈥渟liding-window鈥� principle using discriminant analysis based expert evaluations is developed. A new hybrid classification technique for large-scale classification combining Particle Swarm Optimization with linear SVM selection and optimization is proposed and developed. Intelligent DSS based on proposed techniques and financial standards is further developed. A research of modern development methodologies for complex large-scale and multicontext systems such as Domain Driven Design and Feature Driven Development, aimed at the development of large intelligent decision support systems, was also performed, using developed DSS framework as case study. Architectural models for developed framework, based on these methodologies, were also created. Results of these studies were presented at international conferences: 15th conference on Business Information Systems in Vilnius, Lithuania; conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2012), Omaha, USA; 14th conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2012), Wroc艂aw, Poland, 18th conference on Information and Software Technologies (ICIST 2012), Kaunas, Lithuania. The paper Credit risk evaluation modeling using evolutionary linear SVM classifiers and sliding window approach presented at conference in Omaha was awarded the 2012 Green Group Award of Computational Finance and Business Intelligence for the best paper in the workshop.

Enterprise Modeling and Knowledge Based Information Systems Engineering Reseach. Research group: Prof. S. Gudas, Doc. A. Lopata, Prof. R. Butleris, R. Brundzait臈. PhD Student A. Stravinskien臈, PhD Student I. Veitait臈.

The main topics in 2012 were investigation of Model Driven Architecture (MDA) which is one of the most widely used Information Systems (IS) development methodologies thus focusing on functional requirements acquisition and informatikon systems development processes. MDA is a theoretical framework which specifies guidelines of CIM, PIM, PSM models creation and their reciprocity only. The presented Knowledge-Based MDA approach combines the main components of traditional MDA and the best practices of Knowledge-Based Information Systems Engineering (ISE). The main advantage of proposed method by our research group is that problem domain knowledge acquainted at user requirements acquisition and business modelling stages are validated against formal criteria, thus reducing empirical factors that could negatively impact the whole IS development process.

Development of Digital Technologies in Phonetics and Voice Recognition. Research group: Doc. P. 沤vinys, Dr. K. Driaunys, Doc. V. Rud啪ionis.

We continued the investigations of foreign language recognition engine adaptation methods for the recognition of Lithuanian voice commands. New adaptation methods for the contexts of phonemes 鈥渒鈥�, 鈥渞鈥� and 鈥渓鈥漺ere proposed. These methods allowed increasing recognition in these contexts by more than 10% in average. We took part in the development of voice controlled wheelchair for the people with motoric disabilities with the team from Kaunas University of Technology. The proposed method uses the control engine installed in the external server and enables to implement wider set of recognition algorithms comapring with the embedded systems. The proposed method also is cheaper to realize from the economical point of view.

Applied Research in E-commerce, E-learning, E-business and E-government. Research group: Prof. V. Sakalauskas, Doc. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, PhD Student S. Strig奴nait臈.

The research results summarize evaluation of intelligent models based on neural network and hierarchical fuzzy analysis. The cooperation links with the partner University in Brno (Czech Republic) enable widening of the research scope in the area of complex event processing and performance analysis of business processes. The topics of performance evaluation of interdisciplinary virtual teams have been summarized in the doctoral dissertation prepared for defence.
The results have been presented at a seminar in Masaryk University and University of Technology in Brno, in the ISI-listed proceedings of the international conference and the journal indexed in international data bases.

Modelling of Unsustainable Economic Situations. Research Group: Prof. S.Girdzijauskas, Dr. V. Moskaliova, PhD Student A. Mialik.

Primarily the problem of market saturation and economic paradoxes arises, while analyzing unstable financial situations. The research of market saturation together with application of logistical analysis allows merging contradictory areas of modern economy theory. Through logistical analysis recently discovered paradoxes cause crisis situations in economy. However, it is hard to identify and properly assess them because of their unusual behavior. If you want to understand the operation of economical paradoxes, it is necessary to fathom out the market capacity term, to distinguish closed and open market, to understand market saturation phenomenon.
Modelling capital growth, it was determined that saturated markets behave differently from unsaturated ones. Increasing profitability paradox causes economic bubbles, and debt trap paradox 鈥� suddenly increasing debt service weight and debtor bankruptcy. Logistical analysis allows to explain not only the causes of crisis, but also to prefigure means of crisis reduction.

Other Projects

Project Training in Modern Quantitative Methods and High-Performance Computing for Finance. (HPC Finance) (Grant agreement no.: 289032).

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Monographs, Studies

S. Gudas. Informacijos sistem懦 in啪inerijos teorijos pagrindai. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012. 382 p.

Articles

T. Danikauskas, R. Butleris, V. 艩akys. Application of domain specific language in information system development process: the case of Lithuanian forest cadastre integrated information system // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Vol. 11, no. 1, p. 232-247.

A. Lopata, M. Ambrazi奴nas, S. Gudas. Knowledge based MDA equirements specification and validation technique // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 248-259.

D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, V. Sakalauskas. The impact of public information on stock market fluctuations // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 84-99.

A. Lopata, M. Ambrazi奴nas, S. Gudas, R. Butleris. The Main Principles of Knowledge-Based Information Systems Engineering // Elektronika ir elektrotechnika / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, nr. 4, p. 99-102.

J. Tekutov, S. Gudas, V. Denisovas. The refinement of study program content based on a problem domain model // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 199-212.

D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, T. Pitner, V. Sakalauskas. Tracking customer portrait by unsupervised classification techniques // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 167-189.

M. Donela, S. 沤ukauskait臈, T. Eglynas, D. Drungilas, J. Tekutov. Belaid啪io ry拧io projektavimas skaitmenin臈ms valdymo sistemoms // Technologijos mokslo darbai Vakar懦 Lietuvoje / Klaip臈dos universitetas. Klaip臈da : Klaip臈dos universiteto leidykla, 2010. 2012, T. 8, p. 218-221.

S. Strig奴nait臈, D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈. Intelektualus duomen懦 analiz臈s metodas virtualaus komandinio darbo vertinimui // Socialin臈s technologijos. Vilnius: Mykolo Romerio universitetas. 2012, Nr 2, p. 7-23.

D. Martinkus, E. Saveljev, J. Tekutov, T. Eglynas, M. Jusis. Skaitmenini懦 sistem懦 valdymo i拧maniaisiais telefonais architekt奴ros tyrimas // Technologijos mokslo darbai Vakar懦 Lietuvoje / Klaip臈dos universitetas. Klaip臈da : Klaip臈dos universiteto leidykla, 2010. 2012, T. 8, p. 236-239.

S. Girdzijauskas, D. 艩treimikien臈, A. Mialik. Economic Growth, Capitalism and Unknown Economic Paradoxes // Sustainability. New Rochelle : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers. 2012, Vol. 4, p. 2818-2837.

S. Girdzijauskas, A. Mialik, M. Dubnikovas. Financial Leverage Trap // International Journal of Business and Social Science. New York : Centre for Promoting Ideas. 2012, Vol. 3, no. 11, p. 29-37.

S. Gudas. Knowledge-based enterprise framework: a management control view // New research on knowledge management models and methods / edited by Huei Tse Hou. InTech, 2012, p. 179-218.
P. Tamo拧i奴nas, S. Gudas. Knowledge acquisition method for virtual learning environment // E-learning and e-technologies in education: 2012 international conference. IEEE, 2012, p. 84-88.

Materials of conferences

A. Morkevi膷ius, S. Gudas. An approach: a service-oriented functional business and IT alignments // Information and Software Technologies : 18th International Conference, ICIST 2012, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 13-14, 2012 : proceedings / edited by Tomas Skersys, Rimantas Butleris, Rita Butkien臈. Series : Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol. 319 (ISSN 1865-0929). Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 162-175.

P. Dan臈nas, G. Gar拧va. Credit risk evaluation modeling using evolutionary linear SVM classifiers and sliding window approach // Procedia computer science. Amsterdam : Elsevier BV. 2012, Vol. 9 : International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2012, p. 1324-1333.

P. Dan臈nas, G. Gar拧va. Credit Risk Modeling of USA Manufacturing Companies Using Linear SVM and Sliding Window Testing Approach // Business Information Systems : 15th International Conference, BIS 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21-23, 2012. Proceedings. Series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (ISSN 1865-1348), Vol. 117 / Editors : Witold Abramowicz, Dalia Kriksciuniene and Virgilijus Sakalauskas. Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 249-259.

A. Stravinskien臈, S. Gudas, A. Dabrilait臈. Decision tree algorithms: integration of domain knowledge for data mining // Business information systems workshops : BIS 2012 International Workshops and Future Internet Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21-23, 2012. Revised Papers. Series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 127 / Editors : Witold Abramowicz, John Domingue, Krysztof W臋cel. Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 13-24.

M. Liutvinavi膷ius, V. Sakalauskas. Dynamic Simulation of Pension Funds' Portfolio // Business information systems workshops : BIS 2012 International Workshops and Future Internet Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21-23, 2012. Revised Papers. Series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 127 / Editors : Witold Abramowicz, John Domingue, Krysztof W臋cel. Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 69-80.

P. Dan臈nas, G. Gar拧va. Domain Driven Development and Feature Driven Development for Development of Decision Support Systems // Information and Software Technologies : 18th International Conference, ICIST 2012, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 13-14, 2012 : proceedings / edited by Tomas Skersys, Rimantas Butleris, Rita Butkien臈. Series : Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol. 319, Part. 4 (ISSN 1865-0929). Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 187-198.

D. Tama拧auskas, V. Sakalauskas, D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈. Evaluation framework of hierarchical clustering methods for binary data // Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS) : the 12 international conference : proceedings, Pune, India, 4th-7th December, 2012. IEEE, 2012, p. 421-426.

V. Sakalauskas, D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈. Evaluation the day-of-the-week effect using long range dependence measures // Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA) : the 12 international conference : proceedings, Kochi, India, 27th-29th, 2012. IEEE, 2012, p. 143-148.

S. Strig奴nait臈, D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈. Fuzzy expert system for virtual team collaboration and work evaluation // Business information systems workshops : BIS 2012 International Workshops and Future Internet Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21-23, 2012. Revised Papers. Series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 127 / Editors : Witold Abramowicz, John Domingue, Krysztof W臋cel. Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 37-43.

P. Dan臈nas, G. Gar拧va. PSO-based linear SVM classifier selection for credit risk evaluation modeling process // ICEIS 2012 : proceedings of the 14th international conference on enterprise information systems. Vol. 1. Wroclaw : SciTePress, 2012, p. 338-341.

J. Tekutov, S. Gudas, V. Denisovas, J. Tekutova. The study programme requirements enhancement based on a problem domain model // INTEL-EDU 2012 : 3rd international workshop on intelligent educational systems and technology-enhanced learning : selected papers, Riga, October 10-12, 2012. Riga : JUMI Publishing House LTD, 2012, p. 108-119.

S. Masteika, K. Driaunys, V. Moskaliova. Weekly quantitative analysis and trend trading in futures market // Business information systems workshops : BIS 2012 International Workshops and Future Internet Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21-23, 2012. Revised Papers. Series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 127 / Editors : Witold Abramowicz, John Domingue, Krysztof W臋cel. Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 61-68.

V. Rud啪ionis, R. Maskeli奴nas, K. Driaunys. Voice controlled environment for the assistive tools and living space control // FedCSIS 2012: federated conference on computer science and information systems: IEEE proceedings. Wroclaw, 2012, p. 1075-1080.

S. Masteika, A. Rutkauskas, A. Tamo拧aitis. Downtrend algorithm and hedging strategy in futures market // World academy of science, engineering and technology. Dubai : WASET. 2012, vol. 70 : ICBMEF 2012: International conference on business, management, economics and finance. p. 270-275.

E. Galkus, P. Dan臈nas, G. Gar拧va. Kolektyvini懦 klasifikavimo metod懦 taikymas kredito rizikos vertinime // Informacin臈s technologijos : XVII tarpuniversitetin臈 magistrant懦 ir doktorant懦 konferencija : konferencijos prane拧im懦 med啪iaga. Kaunas : Technologija, 2011, p. 70-73.

COOPERATION

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Free University of Bolzano (Italy)
Dresden University of Technology (Germany)
Osnabruck University (Germany)
Cottbus University of Technology (Germany)
University of Szczecin (Poland)
Poznan University of Economics (Poland)
School of Business Administration Turiba (Latvia)
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
Brno University of technology (Czech Republic)
Aalborg University (Denmark)
Twente University (Netherlands)
Roskilde University (Denmark)
Aalborg University (Denmark)
Karlstad University (Sweden)
University of Skovde (Sweden)
University of Tampere (Finland)
Foundation for Information Society, Budapest (Hungary)
The University of Malta (Malta)
Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus)
Concordia University Chicago (USA)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. V. Sakalauskas&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

referee of the journal Neural Computing & Applications;
Organizer and Program committee Chair of 15th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2012);
editor of the Proceedings of Business Information Systems: 15th international conference, BIS 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21鈥�23, 2012;
member of international conference European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC 2012);
member of international conference12th international conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS 2012);
member of international conference12th international conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA2012);
member of international conference4th international conference of Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2012);
member of international conference15th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2012).

Prof. R. Simutis&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

expert of the Research Council of Lithuania;
editorial board member of the journal Information Technologies and Control;
referee of the journals Neural Networks Processing, Fuzzy Systems, international Journal of Computing.

Doc. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

co-chair, member of program committee and organizer of 15th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2012) Vilnius, Lithuania;
co-chair, member of program committee and organizer of 4th Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB 2012) in conjunction with 15th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2012) Vilnius, Lithuania;
expert at evaluation of objective 4.4 of FP7-ICT-Call 8;
editor of the journal IJMPP;
member of the International Program Committees of NCTA 2012 international conference of Neural Computation Theory and Applications, ISMIS-2012 , FedCsiS-2012, 3rd international conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications Future Computing 2012;
reviewer of the Journal of Computational Science (Elsevier);
reviewer of the Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems;
member of International Institute of Marketing Professionals;
member of Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs).

Doc. V. Rud啪ionis&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

editorial board member of the international journal Northern European Language Technologies;
organizer of the workshop with Lithuanian Forensic Centre State-of-the-art of the Speech Processing Technologies for the Forensics.

Doc. A. Lopata 鈥�

member of Lithuanian Computer Society (LIKS);
member of program committee of 16th Master and PhD conference, Lithuania Information Society and University Studies.

Prof. S. Girdzijauskas 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Transformations in Business & Economics;
reviewer of the Journal of Business Economics and Management.

Prof. G. Gar拧va 鈥�

referee of the journal Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control;
referee of the International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM);
review of patents, Recent Patents on Computer Science (Bentham Science Publishers);
editorial board member of the e-collection of articles Electronic Learning, Information and Communication: Theory and Practice;
member of Lithuanian Computer Society (LIKS).

PhD student P. Danenas 鈥�

review of the journals International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, African Journal of Business Management, Technological and Economic Development of Economy;
member of organizational committee and section secretary of 17th Master and PhD conference Information Society and University Studies.

DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN PHILOLOGY

8 Muitin臈s, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 2604
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Doc. Dr. Daiva Ali奴kait臈

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. O. Poliakovas, Dr. G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈, Dr. A. Krasnovas, Dr. D. Mikul臈nien臈 (part-time).
Docents: Dr. D. Ali奴kait臈, Dr. R. Baranauskien臈, Dr. S. Bir啪ietien臈, Dr. S. Juzel臈nien臈, Dr. S. Keturakis (part-time), Dr. E. Klimait臈-Keturakien臈, Dr. R. Kudirka, Dr. I. Mickien臈, Dr. A. Ru啪臈, Dr. S. 艩arkauskien臈.
Lecturers: R. Deksn臈 (part-time), Dr. E. Gabr臈nait臈, Dr. L. Kauk臈nien臈 (part-time), V. Norvai拧a (part-time), Dr. G. Russetti (part-time), Dr. D. 艩e拧kauskait臈 (part-time).
Doctoral students: R. Andriu拧yt臈-Dobr啪inskien臈, K. Ba膷iulien臈, L. Ba膷i奴nait臈-Lu啪inien臈, M. Grigaitis, R. Konsevi膷i奴t臈-Bl臈kien臈, M. Norbutas, B. Su拧inskait臈, S. Stankevi膷ien臈, D. Vilkelionok, S. Zelenkien臈, S. Amankevi膷i奴t臈, L. Buividavi膷i奴t臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Historical awareness in the Lithuanian poetry of the 19th century
Contemporary reception of the literary inheritance and criticism
Research of text and context
Poetics, stylistics and rhethoric of fictional texts and public discourse
Poetics, stylistics and rhethoric of advertisements
Semantic functions of cases
Peculiarities of the connotative meaning of semantic units
Sociolinguistic research of dialectal speech
Perceptual analysis of the dialectal discourse
Cultural significance of dialects
Sociolinguistics of signs
Exploration of linguistic attitudes
Exploration of toponyms
Exploration of visual metaphors

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Structure and Development of Literary Self-awareness. Prof. A. Krasnovas, Prof. J. Kr奴minien臈, Prof. G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈. 2003鈥�2012.

In 2012, the researchers in this scientific field analysed the processes of the modernization of Lithuanian literature focusing on the reception of literary heritage, the poetics and rhetoric of fictional texts and public discourse (synchronic and diachronic aspects).
They carried out the analysis on the following topics: the role of naming and unnaming in Jurgis Savickis鈥� and Antanas Vai膷iulaitis鈥� novellas; transformation in Antanas Vai膷iulaitis鈥� fairy-tales; the motifs of 鈥淪ong of Songs鈥� as reflected in Bernardas Brazd啪ionis鈥� lyrics; M. K. 膶iurlionis鈥� literary heritage; the problems of Lithuanian theatre in Balys Sruoga鈥檚 literary criticism; ironic critical approach to literature, culture and society reflected in the magazine Vapsva (Wasp) (1928鈥�1932); Kostas Ostrauskas鈥� literary criticism; the image of a woman in the periodicals of the first Lithuanian Republic; Gintaras Patackas鈥� poems about Kaunas cafes, coffeemania and 鈥渃afe flowers鈥�, or an ironically playful discourse about the poet and poetry; Jurgis Kun膷inas鈥� Glisonokilpa (Glison鈥檚 Loop): a tale about the novel turned into stew; expression of transgradience in Bronius Radzevi膷ius鈥� selected novels LinkDebesijos (Toward the Cloudland); types of existence in Ri膷ardas Gavelis鈥� novel Vilniauspokeris (Vilnius Poker); colour symbolism in the Lithuanian Romantic poetry; cookery gide based on the 1st century Roman banquet described by Marcus Valerius Martialis.

Linguistic and Extralinguistic Parameters of Language. Prof. O. Poliakovas, Prof. E. Lassan, Prof. H. H. Dr枚脽iger. 2008鈥�2012.

In 2012, the researchers in this scientific field made scientific attempts at constructing the linguistic and extralinguistic characteristics of the written and spoken texts (with special attention paid to the dialectal discourse) by applying the analytical principles from the fields of sociolinguistics, perceptual dialectology, geolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, stylistics, rhetoric and semantics.

In 2012, the researchers carried out the analysis on the following topics: the conceptualisation of the cultural schemes within the paradigm of geolinguistics; the conceptualisation of the Standard language usage regions from the point of view of the young members of the Lithuanian language community; onomastikon of language variants, i.e., the horinzontal and vertical division of language reality from the point of view of the ordinary members of language community; conscious and unconscious attitudes to discourse variants (standard and dialect marked expression); exploration of visual multi-modal conceptual metaphor in advertisements; wine conceptualisation in the printed advertisements from the perspective of cognitive linguistics; antropomorphic metaphors of time in contemporary Lithuanian poetry; personifying antropomorphic metaphors in the anthology 沤em臈 (The Earth); the lexeme 鈥済r膮啪a鈥� from the perspective of corpus linguistics; investigation of the spectrum and duration of the Lithuanian and Latvian low vowels; analysis of the surnames of the Veliuona area; analysis of the toponymy of the Lab奴nava area; analysis of the graphemic euphemia in the Electronic Media; analysis of the Lithuanian slang; tense usage and tense translation in English and Lithuanian scientific texts; the rhetoric of the Lithuanian social advertisements.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Monographs, Studies

D. 艩e拧kauskait臈. Erotika tautosakoje : monografija. Sargeliai : Kruenta, 2011. 528 p.

Textbooks, Manuals

A. Ru啪臈. Lietuvi懦 kalbos morfologija. II dalis : mokomoji knyga. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012. 140 p.

A. Raugal臈, O. Kin膷inien臈, 沤. Bumbulien臈, V. Daugelavi膷ien臈, N. Drazdien臈, S. Dum膷ius, R. 臇mu啪yt臈, J. Grikinien臈, A. Jankauskien臈, R. Keme啪ys, G. Kleinotien臈, R. Luko拧evi膷i奴t臈, I. Narkevi膷i奴t臈, R. Nemanien臈, V. Panavien臈, R. Praninskien臈, V. Rad啪i奴nien臈, A. Rad啪i奴nas, L. Ragelien臈, O. Rudzevi膷ien臈, V. Rutkauskait臈, E. Su膷ilien臈, S. Stankevi膷ien臈, I. Tamulien臈, T. 艩aulyt臈, V. Uleckien臈, V. Urbonas, V. Usonis, R. Vankevi膷ien臈, V. 沤ilinskait臈. Pediatrijos praktikos vadovas : leidinys skirtas medicinos specialistams, medicinos studij懦 studentams. Vilnius : UAB "Baltijos id臈j懦 grup臈" ir partneriai, 2012. 527 p.

E. Keturakien臈. XX am啪iaus pirmosios pus臈s moderniosios lietuvi懦 novel臈s skaitymai: teksto interpretavimo linkm臈s [Elektroninis i拧teklius] : mokomoji knyga. Kaunas : VU KHF, 2012. 45 p.

S. 艩arkauskien臈, S. Bir啪ietien臈. Ludus grammaticus : lotyn懦 kalbos pratybos : metodin臈 mokomoji knyga auk拧t懦j懦 mokykl懦 studentams. Kaunas : Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas, 2012. 57 p.

Other Books

R. Kudirka. Lietuvi懦 kalbos 啪argono ir nenormin臈s leksikos 啪odynas. Kaunas : Technologija, 2012. 691 p.

Articles

S. Juzel臈nien臈, V. Sered啪i奴t臈, S. 艩arkauskien臈. Antropomorfin臈s laiko metaforos 拧iuolaikin臈je lietuvi懦 poezijoje // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 22, p. 167-179.

D. Vilkelionok. Aspekt otnositelnosti v grammati膷eskoj kategorii vremeni // Kalb懦 studijos = Studijes about languages / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, nr. 20, p. 45-56.

L. Buividavi膷i奴t臈. Egzistencijos tipai Ri膷ardo Gavelio romane Vilniaus pokeris // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 22, p. 180-189.

E. Keturakien臈. Kavin臈s vaizdinys Gintaro Patacko poezijoje // Acta humanitarica universitatis Saulensis. 艩iauliai : 艩iauli懦 universitetas. 2012, t. 15, p. 212-226.

I. Mickien臈, G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈. Lab奴navos kra拧to toponimija: lingvistin臈s 寞啪valgos // Lituanistica : istorija, archeologija, kalba, literat奴ra, tautosaka, etnografija. Vilnius : Lietuvos moksl懦 akademijos leidykla. 2012, t. 58, nr. 2, p. 161-179.

S. Bir啪ietien臈. Lietuvi拧kos socialin臈s reklamos retorika: 寞tikinimo b奴dai // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 22, p. 144-155.

L. Kauk臈nien臈. Lietuvi懦 ir latvi懦 kalb懦啪emutini懦 balsi懦 spektrai ir trukm臈 // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 21, p. 216-225.

I. Bal膷i奴nien臈, I. Miklovyt臈. Lietuvi懦 vaik懦 ir suaugusi懦j懦 kalbos vidutinis pasakymo lygis // Res Humanitariae / Klaip臈dos universitetas. Klaip臈da : Klaip臈dos universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 10, p. 302-313.

G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈. Moters 寞vaizdis pirmosios Lietuvos Respublikos periodikoje // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 21, p. 71-85.

I. Mickien臈, R. Baranauskien臈. Onomastikos rezultatai geolingvistikoje: ekspedicij懦 patirtis // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 21, p. 208-215.

M. Grigaitis. Transgrediencijos rai拧ka Broniaus Radzevi膷iaus noveli懦 rinktin臈je "Link debesijos" // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 22, p. 84-99.

S. Stankevi膷ien臈. Variantin臈 ir sinonimin臈 lietuvi懦 ir vokie膷i懦 kalb懦 elektrostatikos termin懦 rai拧ka // Kalb懦 studijos = Studies about languages / Kauno technologijos universitetas. Kaunas : Technologija. 2012, nr. 21, p. 21-27.

D. Ali奴kait臈, J. Valikon臈. Bendrin臈s kalbos ir tarm臈s domenai // Verbum. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, t. 3, p. 7-20.

M. Grigaitis. Jurgio Kun膷ino Glisono kilpa: pasaka apie tro拧kiniu virtus寞 roman膮 // Inter-studia humanitatis. 艩iauliai : 艩iauli懦 universitetas. 2012, nr. 13, p. 67-89.

E. Keturakien臈. Novelistikos spektras // Lietuvi懦 literat奴ros istorija: XX am啪iaus pirmoji pus臈. I knyga. Vilnius : Lietuvi懦 literat奴ros ir tautosakos institutas, p. 104-126.

R. Kudirka. Senoji ir naujoji eufemija. Grafin臈 eufemija elektroniniame diskurse // Lietuvi懦 kalba [Elektroninis i拧teklius]. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 6, p. [1-10].

R. Venckut臈, O. Poliakovas. Jurijus Stepanovas (1930 07 20 - 2012 01 03) // Baltistica. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, t. 47, nr. 1, p. 168-173.

I. Mickien臈. Tarptautin臈s mokslin臈s konferencijos "Regionin臈 onomastika: k膮 su啪inome i拧 vardyno" ap啪valga // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 21, p. 240-242.

D. Ali奴kait臈. Tarptautin臈s mokslin臈s konferencijos "Sociolingvistin臈 dialektologija: balt懦 tarmi懦 tyrimai" ap啪valga: geolingvist懦 problemos ir sprendimai // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 21, p. 235-239.

S. Girdzijauskas, A. Mialik, M. Dubnikovas. Financial Leverage Trap // International Journal of Business and Social Science. New York : Centre for Promoting Ideas. 2012, Vol. 3, no. 11, p. 29-37.

G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈. Neoromanti膷eskaja litovskaja pojezija: simbolika cveta // Kult奴ras studijas. T. 4 : Krasa literat奴ra un kult奴ra. Daugavpils : Daugavpils Universitate, 2012, p. 208-215.

COOPERATION

Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
Institute of Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy)
Jaen University (Spain)
Jesuit University School of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum (Poland)
Jan Kochanovski University in Kielce (Poland)
Minsk State Linguistics University (Belarus)
European Association for American Studies: Belarussian Branch (Belarus)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈鈥�

managing secretary, scientific editor and editorial board member of the journal Respectus Philologicus, ;
expert for the international scientific database Lituanistica, ;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), .

Prof. A. Krasnovas&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Respectus Philologicus,

Prof. O. Poliakovas&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Respectus Philologicus, http://filologija.vukhf.lt;
member of the Commission of History of Slavistics of the International Committee of Slavistics;
expert for the international scientific database Lituanistica, ;
member of the Commission of the Study of Relations between Baltic and Slavonic Languages of the International Committee of Slavistics.

Doc. D. Ali奴kait臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Respectus Philologicus,
expert of the Research Council of Lithuania;
expert for the international scientific database Lituanistica, ;
executive group member of the national programme State and Nation: Heritage and Identity (2010鈥�2014). (Research Council of Lithuania);
member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics. (LITAKA), .

Doc. R. Baranauskien臈鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics. (LITAKA), .

Doc. I. Mickien臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics. (LITAKA), .

Doc. S. 艩arkauskien臈鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica.

Dr. S. Bir啪ietien臈鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica.

Dr. E. Gabr臈nait臈鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics. (LITAKA), .

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

8 Muitin臈s, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 20 2627, fax 42 3222
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Doc. Dr. Donatas Pilinkus

STAFF

Professor: Dr. V. Jur臈nien臈.
Docents: Dr. G. 沤ilinskas, Dr. A. Rimkut臈, Dr. A. Urbonien臈, Dr. J. Solny拧kinien臈, Dr. D. Pilinkus (part-time), Dr. J. Svi膷iulien臈 (part-time), Dr. R. Pu膷臈tait臈 (part-time), Dr. A. Novelskait臈 (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. D. Kulakauskien臈 (part-time), Dr. A. Martinkus (part-time), D. Tomkevi膷ien臈 (part-time), R. Freitakien臈 (part-time), G. Vilutyt臈 (part-time).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Culture and consumption, peculiarities of contemporary cultural needs in Lithuanian society
Cultural industries development in Lithuania
Cultural tourism
Gender issues in Lithuania
Communication studies
Research ethics
Corporate social responsibility

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Society, Culture and Consumption. Doc. V. Jur臈nien臈. 2008鈥�2017.

At the end of May, 2012, the Department organized an international conference Exploring Culture: Consumption, Organization and Communication.
The scientists of the Department carried out scientific research under this topic and delivered presentations at international conferences.
The scientists of the Department published articles under the aforementioned topic of the research.
Jureniene, V., Urboniene, A. (2012), 鈥濼he Role of Cultural Centres in Enhancing National and Ethnic Culture in Lithuania // Transformations in Business and Economics, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012. Vol. 11, No 2A (26A), p.42-59.
挟p械薪械薪械 B., 袪邪写蟹褟胁懈褔褞褋袦. 2012.袟薪邪褔械薪懈械邪褉褏懈褌械泻褌褍褉薪芯谐芯薪邪褋谢械写懈褟写谢褟褎芯褉屑懈褉芯胁邪薪懈褟芯斜褉邪蟹邪谐芯褉芯写邪. In: 袚褉褍薪写械泄, 袛., 袘械谢芯锌芯谢褜褋泻懈泄, 袧., 袚邪蟹写邪, 携., 2012. 袠薪褌械谐褉邪褑懈褟屑械卸写褍薪邪褉芯写薪芯泄褌芯褉谐芯胁谢懈懈锌芯谢懈褌懈泻懈胁蟹谐谢褟写薪邪锌芯褌褉械斜懈褌械谢褜褋泻懈泄褉褘薪芯泻褑械薪褌褉邪谢褜薪芯-胁芯褋褌芯褔薪芯泄袝胁褉芯锌褘. Kiev: Krok, p. 74-85.
Jur臈nien臈, V. Birmontien臈 T. Development of Women鈥檚 Rights in Lithuania: Striving for Political Equality // The Straggle for Female Suffrage in Europe, Leiden BRILL, 2012, ISSN 0074-8684, P. 79-95.

Project, Supported by Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Educational Activity of Culture Centres from Intercultural. Prof. V. Jur臈nien臈, Doc. A. Urbonien臈, R. Po拧kuvien臈. 2012鈥�2014.

Project, Supported by EU

7th FP project, 2011鈥�2015: Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme project Pro-ecological restructuring of jobs (PRORES, No. PIRSES-GA-2010-269251). Country coordinator and fellow Prof. V. Jur臈nien臈,Doc. R. Pu膷臈tait臈, Early Stage Researcher A. Diedonis.

Development cooperation and democracy promotion Programme: Empowerment of women for personal carrer development. Doc. A. Urbonien臈, Proc. V. Jur臈nien臈.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Textbooks, Manuals

A. Novelskait臈. Socialinio tyrimo terminija: tyrimo strategija, tyrimo plamas, tyrimo dizainas, tyrimo procesas: metodin臈 knyga Kult奴ros vadybos studij懦 programos studentams. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012. 39 p.

Parts of the Books

T. Birmontien臈, V. Jur臈nien臈. The development of women's rights in Lithuania: striving for political equality. The struggle for female suffrage in Europe / edited by Blanca Rodriguez-Riuz, Ruth Rubio-Marin. - Series : International studies in sociology and social anthropology. Vol. 122. Leiden : Brill, 2012, p. 79-93.

Articles

V. Jur臈nien臈, A. Urbonien臈. The role of cultural centres in enhancing national and ethnic culture in Lithuania // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 155-166.

A. Novelskait臈, R. Pu膷臈tait臈. Mokslini懦 tyrim懦 etikos b奴kl臈 Lietuvoje: k膮 mano Lietuvos mokslo bendruomen臈? Pirminiai nacionalin臈s apklausos rezultatai // Socialini懦 moksl懦 studijos. Vilnius : Mykolo Romerio universitetas. 2012, nr. 4(4), p. 1371-1395.

L. Danien臈, R. Pu膷臈tait臈. Corporate volunteering: tuning the organizational environment to sustainability // Cases in organizational ethics / edited by Raminta Pu膷臈tait臈 : [elektronin臈 mokomoji knyga]. Vilnius : Vilniaus universitetas, 2012, p. 70-77.

A. Martinkus. Levas Karsavinas, eurasizmas ir bol拧evizmas (Karsavino vaidmuo eurazinink懦 s膮j奴d啪io id臈jin臈je istorijoje) // Lietuvi懦 katalik懦 mokslo akademijos metra拧tis. 2012, t. 36, p. 67-89.

Materials of conferences

V. Jur臈nien臈. Kult奴ros centrai - 啪mogaus sukurta rekreacijos aplinka // K奴rybiniai metodai reabilitacijoje 2012: tarptautin臈s mokslin臈s-praktin臈s konferencijos prane拧im懦 med啪iaga. Klaip臈da : Klaip臈dos universitetas, 2012, p. 111-116.

V. Jur臈nien臈. The role of cultural centres in the fields of children and youth artistic education // Procedia: social and behavioral sciences. Amsterdam : Elsevier BV. 2012, vol 51, p. 501-505.

A. Martinkus. Lev Karsavin, evrazijstvo i tezis Erika Vogelina // Space and time - coordinate of human socijety development : materials digest of the XXII International Scijentific and Practical Conference and the I stage of Research Analytics Championship in philosophic and historical scijences, London, 30 March - 3 April, 2012. London : IASHE, 2012, p. 96-99.

V. Jur臈nien臈, M. Radzevi膷ius. Lithuanian society overstep the threshold of the 21st century // Women in science and education: past, present, future : 15th international conference, Kyiv, November 3-5, 2011. Kyiv, 2011, p. 45-59.

A. Martinkus. Transformacija "Russkoj idei" v filosofii "klassi膷eskogo" evrazijstva // 艩liachi ta problemi rozvitku liudskogo suspilstva = Puti i problemy razvitija 膷elove膷eskogo ob拧膷estva = Ways and problems of human socijety development : materials digest of the X international scijentific and practical conference, Kijev, London, September 28-October 4, 2011). Odessa : InPress, 2011, p. 105-107.

COOPERATION

Mallardalens University (Sweden)
Annamalai University (India)
Swedish School of Social Sciences (Sweden)
Helsinki University (Finland)
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Sciences (Finland)
Vilnius City Municipality (Lithuania)
Kaunas City Municipality (Lithuania)
Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Social Research Centre (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania)
Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts (Lithuania)
Jyvaskyla University (Finland)
Jyvaskyla City Municipality (Finland)
Tampere University (Finland)
Estonian Business School (Estonia)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Leeds University (UK)
Norwegian School of Management BI (Norway)
National University of Food Technologies, Kiev (Ukraine)
National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev (Ukraine)
Institute of World Economy and International Relation, Kiev (Ukraine)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. V. Jur臈nien臈鈥�

member of European Network of Women鈥檚 History Research;
member of Lithuanian Historic Society;
member of Family Planning And Sexual Health Association (board member);
member of Intercultural Communication Institute (ICI) ;
member of European Affairs Network.

Doc. R. Pu膷臈tait臈鈥�

member of Lithuanian Association of Business Ethics;
member of European Business Ethics Network;
editorial board member of the international journal EBS Review and open-source e-journal Electronic Journal of Business and Organizational Ethics;
member of an ad-hoc group created by Lithuanian Standardization Department at the Ministry of Environment for translation of ISO 26000 standard.

Doc. D. Pilinkus 鈥�

member of National Politics Institute (co-founder);
member of Innovation Circle Network (board member).

Doc. A. Novelskait臈鈥�

member of European Sociological Association;
member of Lithuanian Sociologists鈥� Society.

Doc. Aist臈 Urbonien臈鈥�

member of Lithuanian Education Research Research;
member of the International Journal on Global Business Management and Research (Editorial board member).

CENTRE FOR SOCIO-CULTURAL RESEARCH

8 Muitines, 44280 Kaunas
Tel.: 75 0536; 42 2344; fax 42 32 22
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Gabija 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈

STAFF

Professors: Prof. Dr. G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈 (part-time), Prof. Dr. E. Lassan (part-time), Prof. Dr. D. 艩treimikien臈 (part-time).
Docent: Doc. Dr. V. Rud啪ionis (part-time).
Research fellows: Dr. D. Kulakauskien臈, Dr. V. Makarova, Dr. M. Sarvutyt臈-Gaili奴nien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Philological Research Group
Analysis of the processes of meaning formation, development and transformation in various types of texts from the synchronic, diachronic and panchronic perspectives
Cognitive Linguistics Group
Language and reasoning 鈥� problems of individual and mass consciousness, technique of manipulation in political discourse, sacralisation of authority, ethnospecific features of a verbal activity
Phonetics and Voice Technologies Group
Signal processing methods, speech recognition methods, speech processing algorithms, speech perception, speech applications, telecommunication technologies, pattern recognition, natural language modelling
Sustainable Development Group
Economic research in of mixed sustainable economy, sustainable development, sustainable energy development, climate change mitigation policy, external costs of energy generation, promotion of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, ecological modernization and new ethical tools for environmental regulation
Human Ecology Study Group
Research of human ecology and environmental factors
Logistic Economic Analysis Group
Critical situations in the economy causes of the formation, logistic analysis of capital management
Interdisciplinary Research Group
Interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary market policy, consumer and organizational behaviour, sustainable management of universities and regular development of hospitality industry in Lithuania

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2012

Projects Supported by University Budget

Philological Research Group
Research in the field of Consciousness of Literary Structure and its Development was carried out. The aspects of the structures and evolution of the literary consciousness were analyzed: various symbols and signs in the works of interwar Lithuanian writers. The international journal Respectus Philologicus was published: Vol. 21(26) 2012; Vol. 22(27) 2012.

Cognitive Linguistics Group
Research in the field of Language and Reasoning was carried out. The manipulation techniques in political discourse, problems of sacralization of power and national behavior were analysed. Tho object of the researches was the Russian, Lithuanian, Polish and German cultural thinking, reflected in Internet panegyric discourses, the Stolypin鈥檚 rhetorical features and an article about the problems of teaching Russian.

Phonetics and Voice Technologies Group
Research in the field of Comparative Analysis of Acoustic-phonetic and Discriminant Properties of Lithuanian Semantically not rich and Acoustically Similar Words was carried out. A big corpus of drugs and diseases names was collected. Recognition experiments with the recordings of 3 speakers were carried on. It has been shown that using sufficient amounts of training data very high recognition accuracy could be achieved (around 99 %) even for the acoustically confusable environments. Using adaptation of commercial Spanish recognizer for the same commands 85% recognition accuracy was achieved.

Sustainable Development Group
Research in the field of Globalization and Sustainable Development was performed. The principles of sustainable development, indicators of sustainability assessment and their application in assessment of Lithuanian sustainable development trendswere carried out. The principles of sustainable development were investigated and indicators for sustainability assessment were developed. The development of sustainability assessment methods and results of their application for sustainability assessment of electricity generation technologies in Lithuania were analyzed.

Human Ecology Study Group
Research in the field of Society, Culture and Consumption was carried out. The theoretical literature on issues related to memory, tradition, identity, literary sociology and historical anthropology was studied, as well as the methodological literature. All the available information on the investigated communities / townships was familiarized with, including historical data, the old texts and instances of these communities being mentioned in literary sources. The research materials were collected in the course of the fieldwork.
The two chapters for the collective monograph Contemporary Schoolchildren鈥檚 Folklore were written: 鈥淪choolchildren鈥檚 wizardry鈥� and 鈥淪choolchildren鈥檚 paintings鈥�.

Logistic Economic Analysis Group
Research in the field of Investigation of Mixed Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development was carried out. The main analysis was conducted in the field of the economic crisis logistic analysis, and the economic crisis dependence on the degree of market saturation. The dynamics of the invested capital has been tested. The unusual dynamics of the saturated capital markets was found. The debt trap paradox existence was approved. The investment with leverage source of risk was fixed.

Interdisciplinary Research Group
Research in the field of Investigation of Mixed Economy in the Context of Sustainable Developmentwas carried out. The social sciences journal Transformations in Business & Economics (TIBE) was published: Vol. 11, No 1 (25), Vol. 11, No 2 (26), Vol. 11, No 2A (26A), Vol. 11, No 3(27), 2012.

Projects, Programmes, Issues Supported by Lithuanian Research Council

Research project Memory and Identity: Research of Multicultural Borderline Communities.

Research project Pro-ecological Restructuring for Job. 7FP PRORES (2011鈥�2015).

Research project Development of Environmental and Ethical Competence in Leadership and Management.

Research project of Lithuanian agency for science, innovation and technology Infobalsas (Infospeech) in collaboration with 鈥淪oftdent鈥� Ltd.

COST Action IS0802 The Transformation of Global Environmental Governance: Risks and Opportunities (TGEG).

Project FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES, Brussels, 11/03/2011REA-P2/ES/EM REA.P.2. (2011) 94772.

Research project Contemporary Schoolchildren鈥榮 folklore.

Project Training in Modern Quantitative Methods and High-Performance Computing for Finance (HPC Finance).

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Monographs, Studies

Parts of the Books

D. 艩treimikien臈. Climate change mitigation policies and post-Kyoto climate change mitigation regimes: Lithuanian case. Environmental pollution and its relation to climate change / editor: Ahmed El Nemr. New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011, p. 583-617.

Articles

D. 艩treimikien臈, L. Bale啪entien臈. Assessment of Electricity Generation Technologies Based on GHG Emission Reduction Potential and Costs // Transformations in business and economics / 91桃色. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Vol. 11, no. 2A, p. 333-343.

E. Lassan. Kulturnye scenarii my拧lenija i etiketnye internet-啪anry (ob internet-pozdravlenijach v 膷etyrech kulturach) // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 22, p. 21-36.

G. 叠补苍办补耻蝉办补颈迟臈-厂别谤别颈办颈别苍臈. Mokslinio seminaro ap啪valga: tradicijos aktualumas // Respectus philologicus / Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, nr. 21, p. 243-245.

V. Makarova. Ritori膷eskij portret P. A. Stolypina: obraz Rossii v re膷ach 1906-1911 godov // Nau膷nyj dialog. Vypusk 8 : Filologija. 2012, Vypusk 8 : Filologija, p. 208-215.

Materials of conferences

V. Rud啪ionis, R. Maskeli奴nas, T. Ra拧ymas. Control of assistive tools using voice interface and fuzzy methods // Business Information Systems : 15th International Conference, BIS 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21-23, 2012. Proceedings. Series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (ISSN 1865-1348), Vol. 117 / Editors : Witold Abramowicz, Dalia Kriksciuniene and Virgilijus Sakalauskas. Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 308-318.

V. Rud啪ionis, K. Ratkevi膷ius, A. Rud啪ionis, R. Maskeli奴nas, G. Ra拧kinis. Voice controlled interface for the medical-pharmaceutical informacion system // Information and Software Technologies : 18th International Conference, ICIST 2012, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 13-14, 2012 : proceedings / edited by Tomas Skersys, Rimantas Butleris, Rita Butkien臈. Series : Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol. 319 (ISSN 1865-0929). Berlin : Springer, 2012, p. 288-296.

V. Makarova. Kombinirovanije suggestopedii i tradicionnych metodik v prepodavanii russkogo jazyka kak inostrannogo nositeliam litovskogo jazyka (na膷alnyj urovenj dlia nefilologov) // Russkaja diaspora i izu膷enije russkogo jazyka i russkoj kultury v inoslavianskom i inostrannom okru啪enii : me啪dunarodnyj nau膷nyj simpozium (Belgrad, 1-2 ijunia 2011 g.) : doklady. Beograd : Slavisti膷ko dru拧tvo Srbije, 2012, c. 304-309.

R. Dapkus, D. 艩treimikien臈. Multi-criteria assessment of electricity generation technologies seeking to implement EU energy policy targets // International proceedings of economics development and research. Singapore : International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology. 2012, vol. : 3rd International Conference on Economics, Business and Management, p. 50-56.

COOPERATION

Jan Kochanovski University, Faculty of Humanities in Kielce (Poland)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. G. Bankauskaite-Sereikien臈&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

managing secretary, scientific editor and editorial board member of the journal of Respectus Philologicus, ;
expert for the International scientific database Lituanistica, ;
member of Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), .

Prof. E. Lassan&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

editor-in-chief of the journal Respectus Philologicus, ;
editorial board member of the journal Political Linguistics, http://journals.uspu.ru/politicheskaya-lingvistika;
member of the journal 袩械写邪谐芯谐懈褔械褋泻芯械芯斜褉邪蟹芯胁邪薪懈械胁袪芯褋褋懈懈禄 issued by Ural State Pedagogical University (Ekaterinburg), .

Dr. V. Makarova&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

publishing editor of the journal Respectus Philologicus, ;
publishing editor (Russian language) of the the International journal Verbum.

Doc. V. Rud啪ionis&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

registered expert for ELSNET (European Network of Excellence in language and speech technologies), ;
editorial board member of the intenational journal Northern European Language Technologies (NEALT) (Linkoping, Sweden),;
member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers);
member of ISCA (International Speech Communication Association);
member of Program committee of 4th Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB 2012) in conjunction with 15th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2012) Vilnius, Lithuania;
member of Program Committee of Workshop on Information Technologies for Disabilities (IT4D) in conjunction with Federated Conference on Computer
Science and Information Systems (FEDCSIS 2012) Wroclaw, Poland;
referee of the journals Informatica and Computational Intelligence.

Prof. D. 艩treimikien臈鈥�

member of International Association of Energy Economists (IAEE);
member of Association of Lithuanian Economists;
supervision of 5 PhD students;
chief editor for the international journal Transformations in Business Economics (TIBE), ;
editorial board member of the Baltic Journal on Sustainability. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, ;
editorial board member of IJORTISS international journal of reserach trends in social science;
member of expert group for Evaluation - Topic ENV.2013.6.5-2 Mobilizing Environmental Knowledge for Policy and Society (FP7-ENV-2013-one-stage) 21鈥�24 November 2012, Brussels, EC;
member of expert group for evaluation of IAEA Programme on Capacity Building and Energy Economy Environment Analysis in Sudan, November 25鈥�29 2012.