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CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND

SCIENCES, USA

Žilina, Slovak Republic

July 1st – July 6th, 2012

PROGRAM

26th World Congress

The SVU and its Role in the Era of Globalization

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26TH WORLD CONGRESS

ŽILINA, SLOVAKIA SVU and its Role in the Era of Globalization.

Transatlantic Cooperation – Innovation - Preservation

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

US: Drs. Zdeněk David, Eugene Martin, Karel F. Raška, Cecilia Rokusek, Vlado Simko, and George Tesar

Europe: Dalibor Mikuláš, Francis D. Raška

LOGISTICS COMMITTEE

US: Eugene Martin EUROPE: Dalibor Mikuláš

Photographer: Dominik Bugár Source: (www.slovakia.travel)

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PRESIDENTIAL AEGIS

Slovak Republic Czech Republic

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26th SVU World Congress, SVU AND ITS ROLE IN THE

ERA OF GLOBALISATION:

Transatlantic Collaboration, Innovation and Preservation

Žilina, Slovakia, July 1 – July 6, 2012

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Sunday July 1, 2012 3:00-6.00 PM Registration, Rektorát 6:00-8.00 PM Welcome “Get Together”, Nová Menza Canteen

Monday, July 2, 2012 08.00 – 09.30 Registration, Rektorát Opening Ceremony, 10:00 AM Auditorium NG 01, Rektorát Karel Raška, Jr., SVU President, Opening Address Tatiana Čorejová, President of the University of Zilina, Slovak Republic, Welcome Salutation Vlasta Cabanová, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Slovak Republic Igor Choma, Lord Mayor, City of Žilina Jaromír Pastorek, President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic Jiri Drahos, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Václav Hampl, President, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Peter Burian, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovak Republic Peter Plavčan, Director-General, Higher Education Division, Ministry of Education, SR Tomáš Grulich, Chairman of the Senate Committee for Czechs living abroad, Parliament of the

Czech Republic Igor Furdik, Director of the Office for Slovaks living abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SR Robert Řehák, Office for Czechs Living Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic Robert Zimmerman, Counselor for Public Affairs, US Embassy, Prague

12:00 – Welcome Reception

Nová Menza Canteen

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Monday, July 2, 2012 Afternoon, 3:00 PM Presidential Symposium: SVU and its Role in the Era of Globalization and Transatlantic Collaboration Chair, Karel Raška, Jr. Auditorium: Aula1, Rektorát Josef Jařab, President Emeritus of Palacký University in Olomouc, Former Rector of Central European University and Former Senator of the Parliament of the Czech Republic: A Word by Professor Jařab. Tomáš Grulich, Chairman of the Senate Committee for Czechs living abroad, Parliament of the Czech Republic: Relations of the Czech Republic to its minorities abroad – history, past, present and future? Jaroslav Pánek, Vice-President, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: Europe at Crossroads. Jaromír Ŝlápota, Chairman, Czechoslovak Foreign Institute: Czechoslovak Foreign Institute in its 83

rd year.

Libor Grubhoffer, President, University of Southern Bohemia: The Joint Academy – University Campus in South Bohemia in a World of Science without Borders. Ivan Raška, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Cell Biology and Pathology, Charles University School of Medicine: Gene silencing: The hunt for the polycomb G group proteins (PcG) bodies in the Amazone Chromatin Forest. Eugene G. Martin, Professor - Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ - Robert W. Johnson Medical School, Somerset, NJ: Current US HIV Public Health Strategies: Reflections of an era of globalization and transatlantic collaboration.

7.30 PM Cultural Program #1 – Guitar Concert by Vladislav Bláha Concert Hall: S 010, Rektorát Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Morning, 9:00 AM - Medicine I Chair, Petr Hausner Room: Af 104, Rektorát Petr Hausner: Omics for Cancer Therapy Karel Smetana, Jr. with Hynek Strnad, Barbora Dvořánková, Pavol Szabo, Michal Kolář and Peter Gál: Epithelial – Mesenchymal Interaction in Cancer

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Josef Machač: Clinical comparison of a whole body PET-MRI system with PET-CT Karel Raška, III: Healthcare 2012: The Paradox of Medical Innovation and Healthcare Reform Richard Rokyta: Advances in Pain Treatment Elliot Montgomery Sklar and Kristi Messer: Housing and Health: Advancing Healthcare Training History I Chair, Zdenek David Room: Af 204, Rektorát Zdenek David: Vaclav Havel’s Concept of the Global Civilization Vit Fojtek: Washington’s reaction to the 2008 Russian Invasion of Georgia Clinton Machan: KOSMAS at Texas A & M University, 2000-2012 Francis D. Raška: “Svĕdectví”: The Main Journal of the Czechoslovak Exile Ivo K. Feirerabend: The Yalta Conference: Was Czechoslovakia Sacrificed? Scott Phillips: The Early Czech Community of Cleveland, Ohio Economics Chair, George Tesar Room: Af 206, Rektorát George Tesar: Marketing Management in the Public Sector: Administration vs. Management Slavoj Czesaný: Similarities and Differences of the Great Depression and Current Financial and Economic Crisis Vladimir Benáček: Small and Medium-sized Businesses in Europe and the Factors of Their Growth Hideki Takei: Theoretical Model Development for MNEs’ Business Ethics Asako Umezu and Saki Sudo: Sustainable Cities World-Wide: The Connection between Technology and Policy Lenka Novakova: Setting up a Company in the USA and Czech Republic Bilíková, Jana – Taraba, Pavel: Holistic Competence - Competence of Managers and its Influence on the Development of Companies in the Czech Republic. Tomaštík, Marek – Strohmandl, Jan: Managerial Competence of Crisis Managers.

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Religious Studies Chair, Valčo Michal Room: Af 106, Rektorát Berge, Paul: Interactive Learning: A Pedagogy for Life. Borcovanová, Jela: Lord, to Whom Shall I Go...? Searching for a Path to God after the Fall of the Communist Totalitarianism. Haug, Arden: The Role of Christian Education and Worship as the Tool for Evangelization in Post-Totalitarian Society. Kacian, Adrian: Is There a Place for Value and Principle Study Subjects in Initial Teacher Education? Kovačka, Miloš: Sources to Spiritual History of Slovakia. Valčová, Katarína: Globalization and its Impact on Christian Worship. Valčo, Michal: Communism as a Christian Heresy: A False (and Failed) Prophecy of an Ideology. American Studies Room: AC 102, Rektorát Chair, Stanislav Kavka Co-Chair: Dalibor Mikuláš, Jaroslav Kušnír, Marek Hampl Calda, Miloš: Crisis of Democracy in 1930s and the Moderate Reformism of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Franko, Štefan: Kierkegaardian State of Genuine Humanness in John Updike´s Rabbit Tetralogy. Hampl, Marek: Pronouns of Politics in Times of Conflict. Lacková, Marta: Linguistic Aspects of Stylistically Marked Units in Falling Man by Don Delillo. Cíbiková, Ingrid: The Trends of Glocalization in Terminology. Mazůrek, Jaroslav: Canada – The Ideal Symbiotic Connection to People, Culture, Nature and Economy. Prokopová, Kateřina: Radio Free Europe: Language and Persuasion. Zacharides, Branislav: Making Local and Regional Policies Transparent. A Few Remarks on Best Practices in Central Florida Transferable to Slovak Administrative Environment. Mikuláš, Dalibor: Some Distinctive Semantic Features of the Present-Day Lexis (Neologisms) in American English. Latin American Studies: (Panel in Slovak and Czech)

Barteček, Ivo: Johann Berger (Juan Aleman) from Osoblaha (Hotzenplotz) and the Beginnings of the Central European Presence in the New World.

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Jiránek, Jiří - Barteček, Ivo: Czechs and Slovaks in Chile in the 20th Century.

Jiránek. Jiří: Czechs and Slovaks in Chile after 1989. Musicology Room: AC 23, S 010 (only for concerts) Chair, Boris Banáry Co-chairs, Renáta Beličová, Jan Grossmann, Michal Hottmar (Panel in Slovak and Czech)

Beličová, Renáta: Postmodern Music in Slovakia and Inspirations of Central European Culture. Egon Bondy, Marek Piaček and Požoň Sentimental. Vereš, Jozef: Music Culture and Education of the Slovaks in the Context of European Processes, Musical Culture, Education, Collections of Songs, Devotional Games, Liturgical Chant. Pirníková, Tatiana: The Archetype of the Hero and his Creator Overlapping with Autoreflexion. Pavelka, Ľubomír: Hluk a jeho vplyv na hudobnú kultúru. Hottmar, Michal: Slovakia and Music intended for the Lute in the 16th century. Jabbour, Pauline: Old - Time Music , The Contribution to the Baroque Music History. Medňanská, Irena: Music... Personality of Composer and Conductor Béla Kéler (born 1820 in Bardejov; died 1882 in Wiesbaden) and his Repeated Inclusion into European Cultural Context. Banáry, Boris: Miloslav Francisci and his Operettas, The Contribution of the History of Slovak Music Abroad. Šašinová, Dana: Franz Liszt - the Teacher, The Contribution of the History of European Music. Mathematics Chair, Beatrix Bačová Room: Af 14, Rektorát (Panel in Slovak and Czech)

Čeretková, Soňa: Inquiry Based Learning in Mathematics by Project 7RP PRIMAS Materials and Activities. Hajduk, Róbert: Education Strategies in Correspondence Mathematical Seminars. Institute of Mathematics.. Hanzel, Pavol: The Growing Importance of ICT and Alternative in Mathematical Education. Holešová, Michaela: Analytic and Synthetic Methods in Geometry. Malacká, Zuzana: Numerical Axis and Cartesian Description of Space. Žilková, Katarína: Geometry in a Virtual Environment - the Recent Challenge for Teacher and Student.

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Bačová, Beatrix – Kontrová, Lýdia: Development of Creativity in Slovak Schools. Gunčaga, Ján: GeoGebra as a Motivation Tool for Mathematics Teaching. Mediamatics Chair, Bronislava Jakubíková Room: AC 304, Rektorát (Panel in Slovak and Czech )

Antolová, Silvia: Personal Present as a Tool of Marketing Communications. Capková, Eva: Geometry of Information Retrieval. Jakubíková, Bronislava - Juchová Jurošková, Zuzana: Quality - Quantity and Information. Jasečková, Galina: E - Learning for Logic. Katuščák, Martin: Preparing the Slovak Republic's Written Heritage for the Users. Kianicová, Katarína: Protecting Photos during Long Storage. Steranka,Peter: Knowledge Management in the Context of Globalization. Tornáryová, Ingrid: Information Architecture of Digital Library in the Social Network Environment. Urban, Pavel: Twilight of Visual Media. Pedagogical Studies Chair, Vlasta Cabanová Room: Af 110, Rektorát (Panel in Slovak and Czech)

Cabanová, Vlasta: Global Trends and their Impact on the Transformation of School Education in the Slovak Republic Cimbálníková, Lenka: Role of Universities in the Process of Transformations. Grecmanová, Helena – DOPITA, Miroslav: Higher Education in the Eyes of Social Sciences. Lauček, Anton: Education towards Values on the Basis of Artistic Literature, Kitsch Literature and the So-Called Trash Literature. Maglione, Marcela: The Social Human Nature in the Philosophy of Giambattista Vico and Aristotle. Petlák, Erich: Current Problems in Education. Wagnerová, Simona: The Emotional Perspective of Human Being in the Postmodern Period. Zacharová, Jarmila: Czechoslovak Relations in School Policy in the Period of 1918-1938. Cabanová, V., Kacian, A., Kubalíková, A., Kráľová, Z., Valčová, K.: Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in the Slovak Educational System.

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Miscellanea I Chair, Marie Bobková Room: Af 108, Rektorát (Panel in Slovak and Czech )

Bobková. Marie: Perception of Musical Qualities in Children. Bilíková, Jana – Taraba, Pavel: Holistic Competence - Competence of Managers and its Influence on the Development of Companies in the Czech Republic. Tomaštík, Marek – Strohmandl, Jan: Managerial Competence of Crisis Managers. Faldíková, Ludmila: Chlamydial Infection in Animals.

1.30 PM Cultural Program #2 – Concert of Medieval Music AD Block, ground floor, Rektorát

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Afternoon, 2:00 PM –

Medicine II Chair, Vlado Simko Room: Af 104, Rektorát Vlado Simko and Emil Ginter: Health in East Central Europe: Hungarian Burden of Chronic Disease Anna M. Raška: Drugs, Dementia and the Elderly Cecilia Rokusek: Public Health’s World Challenge: Childhood Obesity – A European and US Comparison Karel Raška, Jr.: Human Cancer and Papiloma Viruses- Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Eva Hausnerova - Petr F. Hausner: The Future of Health Care in America Yuri Zagvazdin and Ia Zagvazdina: Austrian Pathologist Anton Ghon and curious cases of namesake misattribution Jitka Hořejšová: Homo Sedentary Czech Theater, Music and Literature Chair, Radoslav Kvapil Room: Af 206, Rektorát Radoslav Kvapil: Czech Piano Music Alena Morávková: Contemporary Czech and Moravian Theatres Olga Pujmanová: Jan Jina through the Correspondence of Friends from His Cultural Circle

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Karolina Slamova: The Exile Literary critic Igor Hájek and His Contribution to Czech Studies within a Foreign Context Václav Smidrkal: Jára Cimrman - Czechoslovak Army and its Artistic Potential in the 1960s Jíří Jindra: Czech Emigrés: Candidates for Nobel Prize in Science Vladislav Bláha: Tone Creation in the Guitar Interpretation from the Historical and Practical Performance Musicology II Room: AC 23, S 010 (only for concerts) Chair, Boris Banáry Co-chairs, Renáta Beličová, Jan Grossmann, Michal Hottmar (Panel in Slovak and Czech ) Medňanský, Karol: Violin within the Context of Ladislav Burlas´ Music Works The Contribution of the History. Glenc, Jacek: European Music Culture in Mutual Relationships and Influences. Glenc, Joanna: Interpretative Problems in Choral Compositions by Jacek Glenc. Ruttkay, Juraj: Specific Didactic Theory of Music in Slovakia in the European Context Polohová, Marta: European Music Cultural Impact on Slovak Vocal Art in Historical Contexts and Personalities Reflection. Sadloňová, Emília: Slovak Singing School in Context of European Culture. The Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences Chair, Slavomir Michalek Room: Af 108, Rektorát

Michalek, Slavomir: Projects and Publications of the Institute of History of SAS since 2006. Hudek, Adam: Between Czechs and Hungarians: Images of national territory in Slovak historiography Voros, Laszlo: The idea of “national territory” in the Slovak and Hungarian historiographies: Creation of boundaries between “national histories” . Michela, Miroslav: Plans of Slovak autonomy and the revision of Czechoslovak-Hungarian borders in 1918 - 1920. Hanula, Matej: Borders Inside Political Party during the Inter-war Period: Hungarian Membership of the Agrarian Party in Slovakia.

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Miscellanea II Chair, Asako Umezu Room: Af 104, Rektorát Asako Umezu: Lessons of the Earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Eastern Japan Zdenko Frankenberger Daneš: Herodotus and the Source of the Nile Eva Eckert: Language, Nation and migration: Trends and attitudes Milan Konvit: New Media and Globalization Tamara Machac: Satellite Imagery in Climate Studies Zdenek Pavlik: Seven Billion of the World Population: Is It Too Many or Not? Anton Furman: The Benefits of Building Bridges: The Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities

7.30 PM Cultural Program #3 – Chamber Concert of Ancient Music Concert Hall: S 010, Rektorát Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Day Trip 8.30 AM Trip to the Strečno Castle, Rafting the Váh River 2.30 PM Sightseeing in the City of Žilina 7.30 PM Cultural Program #4 – Concert of Slavonics Concert Hall: S 010, Rektorát

Thursday, July 5, 2012 Morning, 9:00 AM - Medicine III Chair, F. Mace Room: Af 104, Rektorát F. Mace: Bio-behavorial, diagnoses, and treatment of self-injurious behavior Jaroslava Durdiaková (with Aneta Kurbraská, Silvia Lakatošová, Peter Celec, and Daniela Ostatnikova): Testosterone: An Etiological Factor of Intellectual Giftedness? Ana M. Castejon: Nutritional Intervention Using Supplementation with Cysteing-Rich whey Protein Isolate in Children with Autism

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Silvia Lakatosova (with Eva Schmidtova, Peter Krajmer, Aneta Kubranska, Joroslava Durdiakova, Peter Celec and Daniela Ostatnikova) : Role of Testostrone in Autism Pathogenesis Hady Masri: Delirium Cecilia Rokusek: The Role of Nutrition in Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention and Intervention History II Chair, Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Room: Af 14, Rektorát Josette Baer: The Concept of Nationhood in the Political Thought of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Svetnor Vajansky Kathleen Geaney: British-born Wives in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr.: Czech-American Women in Higher Professions Karel Svoboda: Czechoslovakia and the CMEA: 1971-89 Lucie Stefkova: Czechoslovak Emigration in France between 1948 – 1968 David Z.Chroust: A Year in Socialist New York: The new Czech Weekly Obrana in 1911

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Afternoon, 2:00 PM –

ROUNDTABLE on The Future of Health & Healthcare MODERATOR: George Tesar Key Presenter: Lubomír Exner Room: Af 104, Rektorát Czech and Slovak Tradition I Chair, Cecilia Rokusek Room: Af 14, Rektorát Toni Brendel: Tradition Lives in Slovakia Gregory C. Ference: The Slovaks of Philadelphia Cecilia Rokusek: Preservation of Czech and Slovak Culture in South Dakota and Florida Dusan Mellner: Prudy avantgardy: Os Brno - Zilina Evening, Book Signing by SVU Authors 5:00-7.00 PM Wine & Cheese Party, Nová Menza Canteen

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Friday, July 6, 2012

Morning, 9:00 AM -

Czech and Slovak Tradition II Chair, Jennifer Salva Room: Af 104, Rektorát Jennifer Salva with Anna Hand and Brooke Hanzlicek: Czech Slovak Ethnicity Celebrations in the M.I.N.K. States Vlado Simko: The Czechs and Medicine in Slovakia Christine Dowling: The Miss Czech Slovak USA Pageant History, Literature and Library Science Chair, Margaret Heřmánek Peaslee Room: Af 14, Rektorát Margaret Heřmánek Peaslee and Martha Peaslee Levine: Kaflaesque – A Life Martha Peaslee Levine and Margaret Heřmánek Peaslee: The Hungry Artist: Did Franz Kafka have an Eating Disorder? Anna Procyk: The Conspiratorial Phase in the Life of Frantisek Cyril Kampelik Suzanna Simor: Art libraries, artists, and their communities: A creative cooperation Student Panel Chair, Cecilia Rokusek, Dalibor Mikuláš Room: AC 102, Rektorát

Friday, July 6, 2012 2:00 PM

SVU General Assembly

Banquet 3:30-8.00 PM Nová Menza Canteen

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26th SVU World Congress, SVU AND ITS ROLE IN THE ERA OF

GLOBALISATION:

Transatlantic Collaboration, Innovation and Preservation

Žilina, Slovakia, July 1 – July 6, 2012

Map of the Campus University of Žilina