The universalism of the measuring methods, the comparability of data and the interrelation of analytical and statistical concepts must be examined with regard to the specificities of the countries and regions.

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Therefore, universalism, criticism, unitarity of knowledge, relevance of basic resarch, namely research which is not immediately addressing any practical application, attention towards different cultures, consideration of our history, and attention not merely to the technical aspects of the scientists, but also to the cultural ones.

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