Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

Biogeography is a geographic discipline that deals with geographical study of the biosphere, respectively distribution, description and explanation of vegetable and animal organisms on Earth’s surface and, in particular, ecological communities and habitats (ie ecosystems). It includes basic branches: phytogeographiy … Read More

Heads or tails is a game of chance played with a coin. The principle of the game is to throw up a balanced coin and wager on the side that will remain up. The spinning coin falls to the ground … Read More

The first Christians do not celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ as do Christians today. Theologically, the kingdom of Christ is not of this world, some as Origen (mid-third century) refuse to celebrate the birth as it was and did … Read More

Cultural changes (Christmas tree) With the globalization of cultural exchanges and the secularization of society, the festivities related to Christmas are gradually taking a profane and family character and are becoming increasingly disconnected from religious interpretation. Christmas is still a … Read More

Slovenia’s Office for Gaming Supervision is responsible for the supervision of standard and non-standard gaming activities included in the Gaming Act and in other legislation. According to Loterija Slovenia, there is approximately 53 Euro per capita spent per year on … Read More

General As we will see in the following points, the Austrian model for regulation of gambling is a quasi state monopoly. The motivation behind the creation of a state monopoly was expressed by the legislator in the supporting documents (Parliamentary … Read More

Christmas Eve (Christmas dinner in northern Europe in the early twentieth century in a wealthy family (illustration by Carl Larsson, 1904-1905).) The evening of December 24, which for Catholics is cut by the midnight mass, is in the vast majority … Read More

“Signalling” and “asymmetric information” The various signals of status will be modelled here in terms of sociology, information economics, education economics, and labour economics. “Asymmetric information” describes the situation in which one party (the principal) has more or better information … Read More

Macroeconomics is a field of economic sciences. Unlike microeconomics, macroeconomics working with aggregates, investigates the behavior of the economy in general, such as total income or workforce employment, inflation or cyclical fluctuations. Macroeconomics trying to find explanations for these oscillations … Read More

Magyarization is the term that brings together all ethnic assimilation policies implemented by Hungary in different moments of history. These policies have been used to help maintain the domination of language and Hungarian culture in the regions led by Hungary … Read More

(Advent Wreath) Christmas is the second of five cardinal feasts of the Catholic liturgical year. Advent is the liturgical period that encompasses the four Sundays before Christmas. Since the nineteenth century in Northern Europe, most recently in other European countries, … Read More

In poker, whether in poker tournament or not, the dealer is a role passing from player to player by turning clockwise. On a table, the dealer is identified generally by the presence beside him of a special token, larger than … Read More