Lenka Mocova

University of Žilina · Institute of Lifelong Learning

Modeling the effects of leakage in the transport of hazardous liquids is a highly topical issue, not only in the field of environmental engineering. This article’s introduction presents relevant information and statistical sources, analyzes selected scientific and professional publications, and characterizes the results of selected research project...

Research background: Twenty-first century’s sees strong globalization trends in which mass media play crucial role in shaping public opinion which might saliently impact intercultural communication on the international level. Purpose of the article: This paper focuses on the representation of the image of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe in th...

The aim of the thesis is to analyse the image of Slovakia in the British media in 2010 – 2014. In the theoretical part, the author deals with the main factors influencing the image of Slovakia abroad and in Great Britain. Due to the apparent correlation of the image of Slovakia and Eastern Europe, special attention is also paid to the image of East...

Cieľom dizertačnej práce je analýza obrazu Slovenska v britských médiách v rokoch 2010 – 2014. V teoretickej časti sa autorka venuje hlavným faktorom, ktoré ovplyvňujú obraz Slovenska v zahraničí a vo Veľkej Británii. Kvôli zjavnej korelácii obrazu Slovenska a východnej Európy sa tu tiež venuje špeciálna pozornosť obrazu východnej Európy v britskýc...

The traditional system of journalistic genres requires an update, which was attempted in a relatively coherent concept by T. Rončáková. We applied her genre classification containing both new and traditional genres to a sample of Slovak social weeklies and statistically tested the presence and quantity of individual genres. At the same time, we exa...

The chapter focuses on explaining the causal links between security and safety within the transport infrastructure. The chapter presents the current state of protection and resilience of the transport infrastructure in Europe. The introductory part will focus on comparative analysis of the latest information on transport infrastructure. In addition...

The development of a company significantly influences its final value. The value of a transport company can be determined for various legal acts, which also influence the selection of valuation methods. The view of the transport company may differ, depending on whether it is seen by investors or the company owners. Methods of evaluating a transport...

The initial part of the paper characterizes a non-destructive TDR (time domain reflectometry) method for measuring moisture. This method is used to identify the moisture changes in the materials incorporated in the structural layers of the railway models built at a 1:1 scale (experimental stand DRETM). The subsequent part specifies the procedure fo...

The paper contains a presentation of new approaches to solving the problem of identifying critical infrastructure elements in the railway sub-sector. The research objective was to analyse the procedures which are used to identify the potential elements of critical infrastructure in the transportation sector. Specific attention is paid to criteria o...

The paper deals with the problem of Slovak image abroad. Slovakia is a small country in terms of population and geographical size and despite its natural beauties and positive economic development it does not draw enough attention. The paper describes two main approaches to nation branding and outlines several typical branding strategies of chosen...