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    The Allegorical and Symbolic Modes of Representation in W. Wordsworth\u27s Poems of the Fancy and Poems of the Imagination

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    The present study focuses on the controversial issue concerning the differentiation of Fancy and Imagination in the context of S. T. Coleridge\u27s and W. Wordsworth\u27s Romantic aesthetics. Wordsworth\u27s theoretical and poetic discourses lead to an indeterminacy in the attempts to distinguish between the lower poetic faculty of Fancy and the higher poetic faculty of the Imagination. The present investigation proceeds from the assumption that the two poetic modes can only be defined accurately as complementary rather than distinct. They engender an unstable perspective upon the external world which allows for transmutations of the visible into the visionary, of the act of seeing into the process of envisioning reality and of states of being into processes of becoming. The analysis of Wordsworth\u27s poetic discourse relates the theory of Imagination to his Poems of the Fancy and the theory of Fancy to his Poems of the Imagination. The poems The Danish Boy, To a Skylark and With How Sad Steps, O Moon reveal a symbolic mode of vision and re-figurings of the Imagination which represent a transformation of reality. A Night-Piece, The Reverie of Poor Susan and View from the Top of Black Comb show an allegorical dichotomy which substitutes for the symbolic synthesis that Wordsworth\u27s poetic discourse engenders on the basis of the Imagination. The inference of a symbolic mode of representation in Wordsworth\u27s Poems of the Fancy and of an allegorical mode in his Poems of the Imagination is a method applicable to the larger context of his poetry in an attempt at reaffirming the complementarity of Fancy and Imagination in its relation to a Romantic process of becoming

    The Allegorical and Symbolic Modes of Representation in W. Wordsworth\u27s Poems of the Fancy and Poems of the Imagination

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    The present study focuses on the controversial issue concerning the differentiation of Fancy and Imagination in the context of S. T. Coleridge\u27s and W. Wordsworth\u27s Romantic aesthetics. Wordsworth\u27s theoretical and poetic discourses lead to an indeterminacy in the attempts to distinguish between the lower poetic faculty of Fancy and the higher poetic faculty of the Imagination. The present investigation proceeds from the assumption that the two poetic modes can only be defined accurately as complementary rather than distinct. They engender an unstable perspective upon the external world which allows for transmutations of the visible into the visionary, of the act of seeing into the process of envisioning reality and of states of being into processes of becoming. The analysis of Wordsworth\u27s poetic discourse relates the theory of Imagination to his Poems of the Fancy and the theory of Fancy to his Poems of the Imagination. The poems The Danish Boy, To a Skylark and With How Sad Steps, O Moon reveal a symbolic mode of vision and re-figurings of the Imagination which represent a transformation of reality. A Night-Piece, The Reverie of Poor Susan and View from the Top of Black Comb show an allegorical dichotomy which substitutes for the symbolic synthesis that Wordsworth\u27s poetic discourse engenders on the basis of the Imagination. The inference of a symbolic mode of representation in Wordsworth\u27s Poems of the Fancy and of an allegorical mode in his Poems of the Imagination is a method applicable to the larger context of his poetry in an attempt at reaffirming the complementarity of Fancy and Imagination in its relation to a Romantic process of becoming

    Instruments of EU Cohesion Policy for Bulgaria

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    The Cohesion Policy of the European Union is the most important one for the integration process of the Member States. The present 2014-2020 programming period has a number of new financial instruments for the implementation of the Cohesion Policy. Thus, each Member State may implement these instruments for the specific needs of its operational programs. The purpose of the paper is to present the opportunities of the financial instruments of the EU Cohesion Policy for Bulgaria and to analyze the absorption process possibilities and problems for this policy

    Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: the Case of Bulgaria

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    As economic growth is one of the crucial factors for the development ofa country, foreign direct investmentisone of thetoolsfor achieving it, especially in small open economiessuch asBulgaria. However,there are some additional issues to be takeninto account, as the privatization inflows which are a result oftransition from central-planned economy before 1990 to a marketone. State-owned assets have diminished since then and the question is:are there any substitutes forthese inflows today? The purpose of the paper is to reviewforeign direct inflows and outflows and to analyze their impact on economic growth and on enhancing economic development. The first part of the paper is focused on foreign direct investment in Bulgaria for the last 25 years, while the second one is on the effect of investments on economic growt

    Opportunities for EU Foreign Trade with Asian Countries: Case of Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovak Republic with China, India, and Japan

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    Before the coronavirus disease crisis, the EU-27 foreign trade as a whole and the member states` trade in particular, have encountered certain challenges with the expansion of the Asian economies worldwide. On the one hand, the Single Market is one of the important achievements of the integration process in Europe by providing free movement of goods and services and eliminating the customs duties and the quantitative restrictions and barriers. On the other hand, the competition among the countries in the world has increased, thus reflecting on the production and foreign trade opportunities for the European countries. The enforcement of the preferential foreign trade agreements is one of the activities of the EU trade policy introduced in recent years to improve the EU position. However, the real implementation of these already signed agreements and the intensity of trade between both the parties remain the main issues of the win-win strategy in foreign trade. The paper reviews the trade relationships between the EU-27 with a special focus on the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Bulgaria, and three of the major economies in Asia – China, Japan and India, and the challenges and opportunities they face in their bilateral exports and imports including the consequences of the coronavirus disease pandemic

    Impact of Covid Pandemic on Foreign Exchange Reserves

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    The foreign exchange reserves are part of the central bank tools for maintaining the stability of the national legal tender. Several issues are of great importance when analysing the foreign exchange reserves. Firstly, the structure and size of the reserves is determined by the monetary policy of the central bank. Secondly, the monetary policy is different in regards with the applied exchange rate arrangement in the country as the central bank plays a significant role in maintaining the selected exchange rate. These issues are considered when reviewing the impact of the pandemic on the foreign exchange reserves. The aim of the paper is to review the role of the foreign exchange reserves in pandemic and to analyse the opportunities for their future implementation. The statistical methods are applied to assess the present situation compared to the pre-pandemic period, and the data is from the Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund databases. The conclusion is that the foreign exchange reserves are necessary for the central banks and governments, especially in times of crises and in pandemic. They are applied as a “buffer” for maintaining the stability of the domestic currency and the whole national financial system. Moreover, in recent years the role of the foreign exchange reserves is reviewed as an additional tool of the governments and central banks for introducing new digital currencies on the market

    External Debt and Debt Crises in European Economies

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    In recent years the external government debt has been reviewed and analysed in terms of the European debt crisis and due to the high debt levels in leading economies worldwide. The EU Member States external debt is discussed in the paper as the focus is on Bulgaria and Romania and two main issues are presented in more details: 1. The EU Member States debt levels for the last decade; and 2. The private versus public debt and major challenges in their managemen

    Aspects of the Evolution from Risk Management to Enterprise Global Risk Management

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    Industry 4.0 transforms the economy through “destructive” technologies and new risks. It is requiring update of the views and the dealing with uncertain environment. The goal of this paper is to summarize the mainly used risk management standards, to analyze the general aspects of evolution of risk management, enterprise risk management, enterprise integrated risk management and to suggest the concept for the next step which is enterprise global risk management, where are implemented Industry 4.0 risk and Artificial Intelligence. The proposed concept considers organizational-hierarchical structure of the enterprise as complex, the risk management policy as global, the respective actions as permanent and the orientation toward risks as adaptive. It is determent the future development in connection with enterprise resource planning

    Pleuropneumonia in a 7 Year Old Boy

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    Background: Pleuropneumonia takes a prominent place in childhood morbidity. Very often in children it can be manifested with atypical clinical presentation. Objective: To present atypical case of Pleuropneumonia in a seven year old boy. Methods: Seven year old boy with acute onset headache, abdominal pain, vomiting and febrile. On physical examination conscious, febrile (39 C), pale, dehydrated, pharynx hyperemic, abdominal distension and pain on abdominal palpation. Blood test with leucocytosis (Le= 31), elevated infalamotory markers (CRP=221mg/l), abdominal ultrasound with normal findings. Abdominal x ray - Mesohypogastric righ with distended intestinal viscera and with hydroaeric levels in formation. Due to suspicion of an acute abdomen, the child was transferred to the surgical department. After 12 hours of obsrevation still febrile, dehydrated, but with acute appearance of tachidispnea and chest pain on the left hemitorax. On examination febrile 40 C, tachidispnoic. Lung auscultation - vesicular breathing weakened to the left in the middle and basal parts. Chest x ray - Paracardiac basal left with larger zone of non-homogeneous shading in addition to inflammatory consolidation, right with peribronchitic infiltrates and sings of pleural effussion - Left dome of the diaphragm isn’t followed and left frenicocostal sinus is shaded. Pleural ultrasound showed pleural effusion in left frenicocostal sinus. Results: After appropriate antibiotic treatment, oxygen therapy, corticotherapy and inhalation therapy with a complete regression of the auscultatory finding. Control chest x ray and pleural ultrasound with complete regression of inflammatory consolidation and pleural effusion. Conclusion: Very often pleuropneumonia in children can be manifested with atypical clinical picture and it’s a diagnostic and therapeutic problem because it’s often not recognized and not thought of

    Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases

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