<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The events of recent times have proven that disasters have become part of our lives. The greatest danger is caused by the damage to and the destruction of the built environment, which makes the population vulnerable. Nowadays, in order to provide effective actions against disasters, complex disaster management systems have evolved throughout Europe, and protection has become an all-society task. Military forces of a given country are also involved in this task. The question arises what kind of damages are caused to the built environment by disasters, how the elimination of damages is resolved and what role the reformed military forces may have in it. In this article, the author has set out to analyze the characteristics of incident sites created by disasters, identifying their impacts on the built environment, as well as the tasks or capabilities needed to perform these tasks. In the light of this, she investigates if military organizations, through their basic function, have all the capabilities that, without special improvements, can make them capable of effectively contributing to the provision of rescue tasks.</abstract>

Why the Military Forces? The Role and Capabilities of Military Forces in the Protection against Disasters

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Nowadays it is clear not only for professionals but also for outsiders that our advanced Western societies cannot operate without the infrastructure based on information technologies. The security of these infrastructures, which are present in public utilities, economic life, public administration, defence sector or even in the smallest detail of everyday life, have a vital importance. The reason for this is very simple: if these systems do not work, then society does not work either. The importance of cyberspace can no longer be questioned. Accordingly, the challenges and threats to cyberspace have to be addressed at strategic level. This paper presents the most important cyber security principles and strategies of the European Union and NATO.</abstract>

Cyber Security Policy and Strategy in the European Union and Nato

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The mosaic approach to conflict requires redefinition of some doctrinal concepts that can influence the way in which the response to the risks and threats to the state of security, the future of military actions and the acceptance that the technological development will be a factor for the success of the wars future. The issues addressed could be important elements in the architecture of a possible future strategic concept of integrated use of the basic elements of national power - diplomatic, informational, military and economic. At the same time, the results of this theoretical approach can contribute, as a reference point, to proposing viable and innovative doctrinal and operational solutions to counteract aggressions to national security, regardless of their nature or origin.</abstract>

Redefining Doctrine Concepts in Modern Military Actions

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The conditions of a resource deficit and the new security environment predetermine the transformation of the logistics system in the Bulgarian Army as one of the most serious challenges facing the adaptation of the Armed Forces of Republic of Bulgaria to the requirements of the modern expeditionary operations. The problems, connected with the organization of the nutrition of the military personnel from the Ministry of Defense and the Bulgarian Army is a process, which is consistent with the contemporary requirements in the sphere of healthy nutrition and food safety, with the European guidelines and recommendations and with the experience of the Bulgarian scientists gained during a long period in this sphere. In result of the given circumstances emerged an unbalance between resources and abilities. This fact together with the challenges of the integrated logistics, require with an increasing keenness the systematic development of defensive abilities of the armed forces of our country and of the military units, participating in expeditionary operations. This development must have balanced abilities, covering all the components for the performance of the full spectrum of tasks, provoked by the expected scenarios and analyses for the development of the military strategy for security, based on a manager’s approach for the expenditure of defensive resources for the logistic supply with food of the units abroad.</abstract>

Evaluation of the Nutrition Effectiveness of the Military Personnel of the Bulgarian Army During the Preparation for Participation in Expeditionary Operations

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Nowadays the Romanian Armed Forces are subject to a process of modernization of the defence capabilities, and the process is mainly focussed towards the military assets. However, the human factor is decisive in manipulating the new military technology in accordance with its technical specification. In this context we assess that the process of ensuring the proper human resource is a vulnerability factor, and therefore we tackled the demographic decline as a threat for our national security, as it has been less studied in the last period of time. Considering this social phenomenon as one of great importance for our national security, we conducted a research that would lead to pertinent conclusions regarding the trend of the demographic decline and would provide solutions to increase the number and the quality of human resource selected for the military system.</abstract>

The Implications of the Demographic Decrease on National Security

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Thanks to the great benefits of using the skis in military actions, of which we can remember the great maneuverability and the possibility of using the element of surprise by organizing incursions and ambushes in difficult accessible areas covered by snow or ice in any weather condition, the development of the specific skills of this type of training is a priority objective in the training of the soldiers for the success of the fighting actions during winter time.</abstract>

Integration of Skiing in the Process of Training and Developing Fighting Skills and Abilities

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> In recent decades, the question of freedom in market society and responsibility in the behavior of market players has been raised again. Usually, in the public sphere, the thesis is stressed that the state is the main reason for restricting the freedom of the market subjects. In this article, the perception of freedom as negative or positive is stated and analysed; freedom is accepted, understood and refers to every subject, member of society and participant in the market game; subject who in his/her free actions does not subdue and does not harm others and the rest. In their complex life existence ordinary people seem to be between Scylla and Charybdis of the state and the powerful national and transnational market subjects.</abstract>

Negative or Positive Understanding of Freedom

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The main focus of the research was to discover the cohesion of our team and to find the leader of our volleyball group. The research sample was composed of 12 players with aged between 10 and 12 years old that play for CSM Bucharest at mini-volleyball level. The main research methods used was the sociometric survey method which aimed to find the elections and rejections in our group and to discover the hierarchy of every player in the team. The results showed that we had 8 mutual elections and 4 mutual rejections in our group, and an index of cohesion of 0.06 with a coefficient of cohesion of 0.12 that showed us that our volleyball team is cohesive and united, the group leaders were player SS (8) with a preferential status index of 0.67 and at the second position we find player EG (5) with a preferential status index of 0.25. Conclusions have shown that the research hypothesis was valid, so we can affirm that using the sociometric survey method we can determine the group cohesion and find the right leader of our group.</abstract>

Discovering the Cohesion of a Volleyball Team and Finding the Right Leader of the Group

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Advertising is a tricky business, which constantly becomes the subject of polemics and taboos. Opinions, whether positive or negative, tend to be very radical, and this can be noticed in the urban landscapes of certain metropolises around the world. The aim of this research is to analyze the nature, purpose, and consequences of outdoor advertising as perceived by the consumer side of the market. Therefore, the focus of the research in this paper is on the degree of acceptance, by consumers, of this communication medium, as well as on how it varies according to geographical location. The analytical methodology used to this effect involves the creation of a questionnaire aiming to collect micro-economic and psychographic data about consumers in three metropolises in different parts of the world. The conclusion of the research is that consumer perception of outdoor advertising is influenced by the geographical location, and its longevity depends on the way it will be carried out in the next few years.</abstract>

Consumer Acceptance of Outdoor Advertising: A Study of Three Cities

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Information assurance plays a critical role in modern countries around the globe and IT systems are key elements in this environment. Enabling or disabling such capabilities are strategic goals which dramatically influence a nation capacity to perform thus drawing considerate attention of stakeholders. This research defines a method to deal with cyber threats focused on attacker by using the game theory approach and canonic strategies specific to informational war. The cyber threats corresponding risks are treated through the bimatrix game theory and the strategies for Defender and Challenger game players are adapted from the informational war theory. The authors consider cyber-attacks to be a subcomponent of the informational war and thus they can be handled, with minimal alterations, with instruments from the same wide informational war framework.</abstract>

A Cyber Threat Model of a Nation Cyber Infrastructure Based on Goel-Okumoto Port Approach

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Unmanned aerial vehicles are widely spread and intensively used ones both in governmental and in private applications. The standard arrangements of the commercial-off-the-shelves unmanned aerial vehicles sometimes neglect application of the automatic flight control system onboard. However, there are many initiatives to ensure autonomous flights of the unmanned aerial vehicles via pre-programmed flight paths. Moreover, automatic flight control system can ensure necessary level of the flight safety both in VFR and IFR flights. The aim of this study is to guide UAV users in set up commercial onboard autopilots available on the market. On the contrary, fitness of the autopilot to a given type of the air robot is not guaranteed, and, an extra load on users can appear in controller settings. The proposed pole placement technique is one of the proper methods eliminating difficulties, and, computer aided gain selection using MATLAB will be presented.</abstract>

Pole Placement Technique Applied in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Automatic Flight Control Systems Design

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