There are more and more incompatible systems with the growing number of services provided by computers. The user has to chose between expensive huge systems, offered by large companies like Microsoft or Oracle and losing competition. While these huge systems have a lot of possibilities, small and middle sized companies can only use a small portion of options offered there. With the increasing pressure from competitors, this forces users to choose other technologies like Web Services, in order to survive rivalry. WSDL (Web Services Description Language) was invented to describe Web Services in the most simple way there is. Web Service is a collection of protocols and standards used for exchanging data between applications or systems. Software applications written in various programming languages and running on various platforms can use web services to exchange data over computer networks like the Internet in a manner similar to inter-process communication on a single computer. In this work the methods are suggested for creation of stand-alone E-Commerce Hub and combining other systems into it. By the help of Web Services, users of Internet Stores, and other systems based on product and service data, are able to share their information with others through the E-Commerce Hub. It is easily automated and requires no maintenance.

Aim of the study. To estimate patients’ opinion about the services provided at the children rehabilitation centre. Methods. An anonymous questionnaire survey was carried out at Kačerginė children rehabilitation centre from June until December of 2005. 197 patients (10-17 years old) participated in the survey. Statistical analysis was performed using the statistical package SPSS 9.0 for Windows. The associations between the variables were tested by Chi squared test and z criterion. Differences between means of two independent samples were evaluated using a criterion of Mann-Whitney. The strength of the association between rank variables was assessed by the application of the Spearman correlation coefficient. Results. The majority of patients (77%) at the children rehabilitation centre were satisfied with the provided services and with the variety and number of provided medical services (82%). The staff (especially physicians) was evaluated better than physical, emotional environment, and regimen. Girls evaluated emotional and physical environment, and especially learning, more critically than boys. Younger patients in comparison to older ones better evaluated the staff and physical environment. The major part (75%) of the patients indicated that during the course of treatment their health improved, more than a half of them (60%) would like to come back to the rehabilitation centre, and 63.3% of them would recommend it to their friends. There was no significant difference... [to full text]

Aim of the study: – investigate and compare the satisfaction of work of the personnel working in the Kaunas Centre of Public Health (KCPH) and its subsidiaries. Methods: - The personnel of KCPH and its subsidiaries took part in the inquiry. There were 193 questionnaires distributed, 150 of them were completed and returned. The response rate was 77.7%. The 7 – point Likert scale was used in the survey where 1 point stood for “totally disagree”, and 7 points for “totally agree”. The acquired inquiry results data were then processed and analyzed using SPSS version 9.0 Statistical software package. Hypothesis about the absence of interdependence between the two indicators were verified using the chi-square (χ2) criterion. Results differences at p < 0.05 level were considered as statistically significant. Means, standard deviations (SD) and confidence intervals (CI) were also calculated. The strength of relation among the rating variables was verified using Spirmen coefficient of correlation. Results: - In the KCPH subsidiaries 50% of the personnel are elder than 50 years of age. 49.1% of the KCPH subsidiaries employees have secondary education. General satisfaction with the work, independently of working place, is higher than average (4.98). The most satisfied with the work are the ones who have secondary education (5.33), elder than 50 years of age (5.31) and the ones who have 26 or more years of previous experience in the field (5.52). The motivation actions were identified... [to full text]

In the final masters paper “The organization and management of the children’s busyness in the day centers”. Edita Šlapelienė, the student of master’s degree program at Vilnius pedagogical university, department of Social pedagogic discusses the organization and management of the children’s busyness in the day centers. The paper confirms hypothesis that the effective organization of the day centers, secures busyness for the children from the socially risky families. During the recent years, the number of juvenile crimes, varied, however it is still quite high. More than a half of the juvenile crimes are done by the unbusy children. The authors state that the main reasons of the juvenile crimes are children unbusyness and the family social status. Some children attend extra curricular classes at their schools or at the institutions of informal education. The children from socially risky families can attend day centers. The main reasons of the day centers establishment are the increasing number of socially risky families and the increase of the juvenile crimes. The children are educated through the exercise of the prevention programs; their extra curricular busyness is secured. Parents are being socially educated as well. The merit of the day centers is the decrease of the socially risky families and better relationship between parents and children. The research results showed, that children like to attend day centers, they appreciate friendly atmosphere. Centers provide with... [to full text]

The pedagogical, psychological scientific literature about the problems of children at risk are analyzed, the results of children’s at risk attitude to the criminality and recommendations for the crime prevention programs are presented in this study. The study aimed to investigate the attitude of children at risk to the criminality. There were 98 subjects - children’s at risk (60 perc. – Female; 40 perc. – Male). The method of investigation is questionnaire. The results of study: children at risk understand the concept of crime as single crimes (theft, snatch, murder and etc.) or evaluate the concept as „bad“ or „very bad“. The children at risk have an opinion that the numbers of crimes are higher in the society neither among their peers. 30 perc. of children at risk have made a crime, 51 perc. of children have friends who have made crimes. 62 perc. of children at risk who have made crimes have never been punished for it. The opinion of children at risk to the criminality depends on the category of crime. The children at risk have more positive opinion to the theft, snatch, larceny, having illegal guns, fraud, hooliganism, breaking of traffic rules, neither to the crimes like mayhem, sexual violence, murder, crimes connected to the drugs or racket. The differences are statistically significant. The children at risk make proposals for the youth crime prevention. In their opinions the most useful methods for the crime prevention are leisure time occupations and discussions... [to full text]

The work aims at exposing the importance of constant learning of teachers under conditions of changing education, teachers' needs and how the informal lifelong in-service educational institution, called Educational Centre, meets them. The characteristics of Educational Centre and its readiness to fulfil teachers' lifelong teaching are analyzed. The conceptualism of constant learning is analyzed in this work: the concept of qualification and competence, the importance of general skills, possibility to improve them and to get them while learning constantly. Pedagogical, psychological and social presumptions of lifelong learning are discussed. In the unit on methodology of lifelong learning it is said that constant learning of the teachers is an important condition of changing education, it is cleared up what the aims of adult teaching and psychological parameters of adult education are. The teachers' constant (lifelong) learning is investigated in details. The qualitative analysis of activity of Molėtai Educational Centre and its readiness to meet the needs of teachers' constant learning are presented. At the end of the work the conclusions about teachers' lifelong learning and readiness of the Educational Centre to do it are presented. Key words: constant learning, lifelong learning, informal in-service adult education, teachers' educational centre, qualification, qualification improvement, competence, andragogics, adult teacher.

Demencija sergančių ligonių priežiūra yra labai sudėtinga. Dienos centrai gerina ligonių, jų šeimos narių gyvenimo kokybę, padeda ligoniams ilgiau išlikti bendruomenėje. Kaune tokio centro nėra, tad buvo įvertintas dienos centro kūrimo poreikis ir paruoštas galimas dienos centro veiklos modelis/ organizacinė struktūra. Darbo tikslas. Įvertinti dienos centro, demencija sergantiems ligoniams, kūrimo poreikį Kauno mieste. Uždaviniai. 1. Įvertinti dienos centro kūrimo poreikį apklausiant demencija sergančių ligonių globėjus bei sveikatos priežiūros specialistus. 2. Įvertinti dienos centro, demencija sergantiems ligoniams, kūrimo galimybes peržvelgiant teisinę bazę. 3. Paruošti galimą dienos centro veiklos modelį/ organizacinę struktūrą, ligoniams sergantiems demencija, remiantis literatūra ir apklausos rezultatais. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimas buvo atliekamas anoniminės anketinės apklausos būdu penkiose Kauno Psichikos sveikatos centruose ir Alzheimerio klube 2006 m. rugsėjo – 2007 m. sausio mėnesiais. Anketas užpildė 25 ligonių globėjai (G) ir 41 sveikatos priežiūros specialistas (SPS). Tiriamąją grupę sudarė 66 asmenys, iš jų – 60 moterų ir 6 vyrai. Globėjų grupėje amžiaus vidurkis buvo 58 metai (amžiaus ribos 29 – 78 metai), o SPS grupėje - 42 metai (amžiaus ribos 25 – 74 metai). Dienos centro kūrimo poreikio įvertinimui naudotos dvi apklausos anketos: anketa skirta ligonių globėjams ir anketa – sveikatos priežiūros specialistams. Duomenys analizuoti SPSS – 10.0 kompiuterine... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The care of patients with dementia is very difficult. Day centres improve the quality of life of these patients and their family members, help to stay longer in the community life. There is no such day centre in Kaunas, so it was evaluated the requirement of creation such centre and prepared the possible model/ structure. Aim of the study To evaluate the requirement of creation the day centre for the patients with dementia in Kaunas city. Objectives 1. Evaluate the requirement of the creation of day centre by questioning the health care specialists and carers of patients with dementia. 2. Evaluate the possibility of creation such centre for the patients with dementia reviewing the law basis. 3. Prepare the possible model/ structure of the day centre for the patients with dementia, according to the data in literature and results of the questioning. Methods. The research was performed by anonymous questioning in 5 Kaunas Mental health care centres and in Alzheimer‘s club during the period of 2006 september - 2007 january. 25 carers (C) and 41 health care specialists (HCS) completed the questionnaire. The research group was formed of 66 people – 60 women and 6 men. The average age in the carers group was 58 years ( age range 29 - 78 years), and in HCS group - 42 years (age range 25 - 74 years). There were used two questionnaires for evaluation the requirement of creation the day centre: first questionnaire was for the carers of the patients and other one – for the health care... [to full text]

Uždaviniai: 1. Ištirti KVSC organizacijos elgseną. 2. Atskleisti KVSC darbuotojų motyvavimo sąsajas su kitais organizacijos elgsenos komponentais. 3. Įvertinti ir palyginti patenkintų ir nepatenkintų darbu darbuotojų požiūrį į organizaciją. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimo objektas – KVSC organizacijos elgsena. Naudojant anoniminę anketą apklausti 133 KVSC darbuotojai (atsako dažnis 73,9 proc.). Statistinė duomenų analizė atlikta naudojant programų paketo SPSS 13.0 versiją bei Statistica 6.0. Rezultatai. KVSC būdinga aktyvi naujų galimybių paieška, sugebėjimas spręsti problemines situacijas, dominuojanti hierarchinė valdymo struktūra, veiksminga formali kontrolė, orientacija į veiklos kryptis, dėmesys klientui, jautrumas aplinkos pokyčiams ir greitas prie jų prisitaikymas, rizikos tolerancija, organizacijos tikslų akcentavimas ir įgyvendinimas. Darbuotojai, patenkinantys organizacijoje poreikį jaustis saugiai, būti pripažintu bei saviraiškos ir tobulėjimo poreikius, palankiau nei šių poreikių nepatenkinę vertino kitus organizacijos elgsenos komponentus individo, grupės ir organizacijos lygmenyse. Fiziologinių poreikių patenkinimas buvo nesusijęs ar silpnai susijęs su darbuotojų požiūriu į organizacijos elgseną. Patenkinti darbu respondentai dažniau nei nepatenkinti teigė, kad organizacija turi tvirtas tradicijas, kad patenkina organizacijoje poreikį jaustis saugiai, poreikį būti pripažintu ir įgyti statusą, saviraiškos bei tobulėjimo poreikį, kad organizacija sudaro galimybes... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Targets: 1. To highlight the organizational peculiarities of KVSC. 2. To unclose the correlations among motivation of KVSC employees with other components of organizational behavior. 3. To evaluate and compare the attitudes of satisfied and unsatisfied employees towards the organization. Methods of the research. Object of the research – behavior of the employees of KVSC. There were totally 133 employees of KVSC interviewed using the anonymous questionnaire (response rate 73,9%). Data was analyzed using SPSS 13.0 and STATISTICA 6.0. Results. Active searching for new possibilities, ability to deal with problem situations, dominating structure of hierarchical management, effective formal control, activity – oriented, attention to customer, sensitivity and fast adaptability to environmental changes, risk tolerance, stressing of the organizational aims and their implementation are the key elements of KVSC. More satisfied with the needs to be recognized and get the self – expression and safety respondents were more positively oriented towards the other organizational behavior components within the individual, group and organizational levels. The satisfaction of the physiological needs was not or very slightly related with the employees’ attitude towards the organizational behavior. Satisfied with the work respondents more often claimed the organization had stable traditions, that they meet the need to feel safe, the need to be recognized and obtain a status, the needs for self... [to full text]

Tyrimo problema: kaip įvertinti marketingo taikymo galimybes turizmo informacijos centruose. Tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros analizė naudojama ir anketinė apklausa. Tyrimo tikslas – išanalizuoti marketingo taikymo ypatumus turizmo informacijos centruose. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti marketingo suvokimą bei taikymo galimybes turizmo informacijos centre remiantis: • vadovų įvertinimais; • darbuotojų, dirbančių pagal darbo sutartį, įvertinimais; • respondentų, savo pareigas turizmo informacijos centre nurodžiusių kaip „kita“ vertinimu. 2. Nustatyti marketingo principų bei reikšmės skirtingose įstaigos valdymo funkcijose galimybes remiantis: • vadovų įvertinimais; • darbuotojų, dirbančių pagal darbo sutartį, įvertinimais; • respondentų, savo pareigas turizmo informacijos centre nurodžiusių kaip „kita“ vertinimu. 3. Nustatyti marketingo taikymo svarbą planuojant, kuriant kokybišką paslaugą, analizuojant vaidmenį skirtingose turizmo informacijos centro paskirtyse, remiantis: • vadovų įvertinimais; �� darbuotojų, dirbančių pagal darbo sutartį, įvertinimais; • respondentų, savo pareigas turizmo informacijos centre nurodžiusių kaip „kita“ vertinimu. 4. Nustatyti kaip skiriamos lėšos įgyvendinant marketingą, kaip ir kas įgyvendina marketingą turizmo informacijos centre, ar siekia tobulėti remiantis: • vadovų įvertinimais; • darbuotojų, dirbančių pagal darbo sutartį, įvertinimais; • respondentų, savo pareigas turizmo informacijos centre nurodžiusių kaip „kita“ vertinimu. / Scientific problem: how to estimate the application of marketing possibilities in tourism information centres. Research methods: analysis of scientific literature and inquiry. Aim of research – analyse the peculiarities of application of marketing in tourism information centres. Goals of research: 1. To define the conception of marketing and its possibilities of application in tourism information centres while sustaining: • estimations of the chiefs; • estimations of the workers; • estimations other respondents of tourism information centres‘ staff. 2. To define the possibilities of marketing guidelines and import in different managing function of the institution while sustaining: • estimations of the chiefs; • estimations of the workers; • estimations other respondents of tourism information centres‘ staff. 3. To define the importance of application of marketing while planning, producing product of high quality, analysing the role in different tourism information missions while sustaining: • estimations of the chiefs; • estimations of the workers; • estimations other respondents of tourism information centres‘ staff. 4. To define how the allocation is used while implementing marketing, who and how implements the marketing in tourism information centres, whether seeks for improvement while sustaining: • estimations of the chiefs; • estimations of the workers; • estimations other respondents of tourism information centres‘ staff.

Temos problematika. LR Administracinių bylų teisenos įstatyme yra pateiktas sąrašas subjektų, pagal kurių kreipimąsi įstatymų nustatytais atvejais ir esant tam tikroms sąlygoms teismas imasi nagrinėti administracinę bylą dėl viešojo intereso pažeidimo, taip pat kurie gali kreipti į teismą su pareiškimu dėl viešojo intereso pažeidimo . Tarp šių subjektų minimos ir įstaigos bei organizacijos. Bendruomenių centrų teisinio statuso ir veiklos nereglamentuoja joks specialus įstatymas, todėl, vykdydami savo veiklą ir siekdami savo tikslų, kuriais iš esmės siekiama tenkinti bendruosius bendruomenės narių interesus, kurie, tikėtina, tam tikrais atvejais gali sutapti su viešuoju interesu, bendruomenių centrai susiduria su klausimu – ar gali bendruomenės centras kreiptis į administracinį teismą su pareiškimu dėl viešojo intereso gynimo, o jei taip, tai kokiais atvejais jam tokia teisė suteikiama. Temos aktualumas. „Šiandien daugumoje Europos šalių į santykį tarp piliečio ir valstybės nebėra žiūrima kaip į siekį išsaugoti valstybės valdžią. Priešingai, dėmesio centre ... atsiduria piliečio teisių apsauga nuo galimo valstybės piktnaudžiavimo“ . Pastaraisiais metais itin jaučiamas visuomenės aktyvumas ginant savo teises ir interesus. Kuriamos įvairios organizacijos, judėjimai, iniciatyvinės grupės, siekiama dalyvauti visuomenei aktualių sprendimų priėmimo procese, kontroliuoti viešojo administravimo institucijų ir pareigūnų priimamų sprendimų dėl aktualių visuomenei ar jos grupėms... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The relationship between the citizen and the state in most European states is no longer understood in terms of preservation of states power, but focused on the protection of citizen rights again abuse by the state. In these latter years efforts of society to protect its rights and interests are very appreciable: various non-governmental organizations, activity groups are formed to strive to participate in enactment of decisions in public sector by administrative authorities, to have an opportunity to test the legality and transparency of these decisions and administrative procedures, to appeal the decision and so on. More and more attention is given not only to protection of private person against abuse by administrative authorities, but to protection of public interest – rights and freedoms that are essentially significant, necessary and valuable to the society. Establishment of community organizations or community centers is here a new process, just recently started in Lithuania, but nowadays getting intense – more and more community organizations are formed as in urban, so in the rural territories. There is no one act to regulate basic principles in formatting community organizations as well as carrying on its activities, legal personality, rights and responsibilities and other essential questions, so there comes some obscurities, ambiguities and concepts complexities about community organizations and community. Recognizing community as people, living in certain... [to full text]