Coins from Vani (Surium) Bearing the Representation of a Stylized Lotus

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Hoplite Armour in Colchis

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Designing innovative services for spas: the case of alcoholism treatment in Georgia

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Perception of Georgian consumers towards corporate social responsibility in the restaurant industry

Mestrado em IPB-ESTG, APNOR, IPCA- Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, P. Porto,Instituto Politécnico de Viana do CasteloCorporate social responsibility (CSR) growing importance, especially for consumers, cannot be denied. More and more businesses are implementing socially responsible campaigns, believing that consumers will actively support them. However, little is known about the meaning and importance of social responsibility for consumers, particularly in Georgia. This study aims to look into topics such as customer knowledge of CSR, their involvement with socially responsible restaurants, whether they prefer restaurants that are socially responsible, and the initiatives that are most valuable to them. In summary, the study investigates consumer perceptions and expectations of CSR in general. A quantitative research method was selected to determine the impact of corporate social responsibility on consumer perception and behavior in the restaurant industry. Four hundred people were surveyed using Google Forms. The questionnaire was distributed electronically through social media. Based on the research, it could be said that the majority of people have already heard about corporate social responsibility. It can be noted that environmental responsibility and the prevention of pollution are most closely associated with corporate social responsibility, according to the majority of respondents. They also have a positive attitude towards restaurants that are engaged in corporate social responsibility, and, in the case of similar products, prices, and services, they prefer restaurants that carry out corporate social responsibility activities. This data will help restaurant owners to make the best and most efficient decisions possible during the strategy development process, and it will underline the importance of corporate social responsibility for them.A crescente importância da Responsabilidade Social Empresarial (RSE), especialmente para os consumidores, não pode ser negada. Cada vez mais empresas têm vindo a implementar campanhas socialmente responsáveis, acreditando que os consumidores as apoiarão ativamente. Porém, pouco se sabe sobre o significado e a importância da responsabilidade social para os consumidores, principalmente na Geórgia. Este estudo visa analisar tópicos como o conhecimento do cliente sobre RSE, o seu envolvimento com restaurantes socialmente responsáveis, se eles preferem restaurantes socialmente responsáveis e as iniciativas que são mais valiosas para eles. Em resumo, o estudo investiga as perceções e expectativas dos consumidores em relação à RSE em geral. Um método de pesquisa quantitativa foi selecionado para determinar o impacto da responsabilidade social corporativa na perceção e o comportamento do consumidor no setor de restaurantes. Quatrocentas pessoas foram inquiridas usando o Google Forms. O questionário foi distribuído eletronicamente através das redes sociais. Com base na pesquisa, pode-se dizer que a maioria das pessoas já ouviu falar em responsabilidade social empresarial. Pode-se notar que a responsabilidade ambiental e a prevenção da poluição estão mais intimamente associadas à responsabilidade social corporativa, de acordo com a maioria dos entrevistados. Eles também têm uma atitude positiva em relação aos restaurantes que realizam atividades de responsabilidade social empresarial e, no caso de produtos, preços e serviços similares, preferem restaurantes que realizam atividades de responsabilidade social empresarial. Estes dados ajudarão os proprietários de restaurantes a tomar as melhores e mais eficientes decisões possíveis durante o processo de desenvolvimento da estratégia e destacarão a importância da responsabilidade social empresarial para eles

Idempotent generated algebras and Boolean powers of commutative rings

A Boolean power S of a commutative ring R has the structure of a commutative R-algebra, and with respect to this structure, each element of S can be written uniquely as an R-linear combination of orthogonal idempotents so that the sum of the idempotents is 1 and their coefficients are distinct. In order to formalize this decomposition property, we introduce the concept of a Specker R-algebra, and we prove that the Boolean powers of R are up to isomorphism precisely the Specker R-algebras. We also show that these algebras are characterized in terms of a functorial construction having roots in the work of Bergman and Rota. When R is indecomposable, we prove that S is a Specker R-algebra iff S is a projective R-module, thus strengthening a theorem of Bergman, and when R is a domain, we show that S is a Specker R-algebra iff S is a torsion-free R-module. For an indecomposable R, we prove that the category of Specker R-algebras is equivalent to the category of Boolean algebras, and hence is dually equivalent to the category of Stone spaces. In addition, when R is a domain, we show that the category of Baer Specker R-algebras is equivalent to the category of complete Boolean algebras, and hence is dually equivalent to the category of extremally disconnected compact Hausdorff spaces. For a totally ordered R, we prove that there is a unique partial order on a Specker R-algebra S for which it is an f-algebra over R, and show that S is equivalent to the R-algebra of piecewise constant continuous functions from a Stone space X to R equipped with the interval topology.Comment: 18 page

De Vries powers: a generalization of Boolean powers for compact Hausdorff spaces

We generalize the Boolean power construction to the setting of compact Hausdorff spaces. This is done by replacing Boolean algebras with de Vries algebras (complete Boolean algebras enriched with proximity) and Stone duality with de Vries duality. For a compact Hausdorff space $X$ and a totally ordered algebra $A$, we introduce the concept of a finitely valued normal function $f:X\to A$. We show that the operations of $A$ lift to the set $FN(X,A)$ of all finitely valued normal functions, and that there is a canonical proximity relation $\prec$ on $FN(X,A)$. This gives rise to the de Vries power construction, which when restricted to Stone spaces, yields the Boolean power construction. We prove that de Vries powers of a totally ordered integral domain $A$ are axiomatized as proximity Baer Specker $A$-algebras, those pairs $(S,\prec)$, where $S$ is a torsion-free $A$-algebra generated by its idempotents that is a Baer ring, and $\prec$ is a proximity relation on $S$. We introduce the category of proximity Baer Specker $A$-algebras and proximity morphisms between them, and prove that this category is dually equivalent to the category of compact Hausdorff spaces and continuous maps. This provides an analogue of de Vries duality for proximity Baer Specker $A$-algebras.Comment: 34 page