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Kritična analiza uporabe orodij TQM za merjenje in ocenjevanje celovite kakovosti v izbranih državnih upravah
Authors: Areh Valentin
Published: May 2019

Večina organizacij državne uprave razvitih demokracij na zahodu, ki so pristopile k uporabi načel celovitega upravljanja kakovosti s pomočjo orodij za merjenje in ocenjevanje celovite kakovosti kot so MBNQA, EFQM, Speyer, CAF, je izboljšala kakovost storitev, a kljub večletni uporabi še vedno ostaja daleč od poslovne odličnosti. Redke so organizacije, ki so dosegle vrhunske rezultate za uporabnike in zaposlene. Uporaba načel te doktrine v državni upravi je zelo kompleksna, kar nam kažejo številni primeri neuspešne uporabe. Vzroke je avtor ob upoštevanju številnih strokovnih člankov iskal s raziskavo, ki jo je izvedel z intervjuji s strokovnjaki na področju celovitega obvladovanja kakovosti in z naključno izbranimi visokimi državnimi uradniki iz Združenih držav Amerike, Velike Britanije, Francije, Nemčije in Avstrije.
Razkrivanje nepravilnosti v Evropski uniji in Republiki Sloveniji
Authors: Pečarič Mirko
Published: May 2019

Vse večji vpliv izvršilne oblasti in njeno poseganje na široka področja družbenega življenja za seboj potegne tudi dogodke, ki so lahko na meji zakonitosti oziroma so nevarni za javno zdravje ali življenje ljudi. Če se je motiti človeško, ta enostavni pregovor ni več enostaven, ko govorimo o nepravilnostih. Vprašanje je v razcepu med pojmovanjem lojalnosti in varovanjem zakonitosti. Za ceno odstopa Evropske komisije v letu 1999 je tudi EU uvedla nekaj postopkov za razkrivanje nepravilnosti, ki se zgledujejo po anglosaksonskem institutu whistleblowinga. Le-ta vse bolj prodira na evropska tla kot ukrep post festum po raznih nesrečah, aferah ali gospodarski nuji prilagajanja tujim podjetjem na svetovnem trgu. Javni sektor zaznamujeta vse višja izobrazbena struktura in strokovnost zaposlenih, kar zahteva tudi temu ustrezno upravljanje s človeškimi viri. Republika Slovenija na tem področju ni izjema, zato se bodo morali temu prilagoditi tudi vodstveni delavci v organih ter predpisi, ki bodo varovali zaposlene pred šikaniranjem. Pregled slovenske zakonodaje in podzakonskih predpisov pokaže, da bo treba razkrivanje nepravilnosti primerneje urediti ter poskrbeti tako za odpravo nepravilnosti kot za zaščito tistega, ki jih je razkril. Meja med delovanjem organa in njegovo zakonitostjo, primernostjo in smotrnostjo zahteva zelo občutljive ukrepe; morda se ravno zato z odpravljanjem nepravilnosti načeloma vsi strinjajo, medtem ko se v praksi zelo malo spremeni.
Uspešnost Slovenije pri črpanju kohezijskih sredstev EU v obdobju 2004–2006
Authors: Aristovnik Aleksander , Lah Neja
Published: May 2019

Članstvo v Evropski uniji (EU) ponuja Sloveniji edinstveno priložnost zagona gospodarskega razvoja in procesa realne konvergence, ki je v prvem obdobju članstva ni v celoti izkoristila. Čeprav je Slovenija pri črpanju sredstev EU ena najuspešnejših novih držav članic, je do konca leta 2006, kljub statusu neto prejemnice, izkoristila le okoli polovice dodeljenih sredstev za obdobje 2004–2006. Glavni razlog za to lahko iščemo predvsem v slabi izkoriščenosti kohezijskih sredstev, ki bodo v prihodnosti predstavljali pretežni del prilivov iz proračuna EU. Če želi Slovenija izkoristiti znatna razpoložljiva kohezijska sredstva EU, bo morala v prihodnosti nujno povečati predvsem administrativno sposobnost črpanja teh sredstev. Za uspešnejše črpanje evropskih sredstev bo tako, poleg dodatnega prestrukturiranja proračunskih izdatkov in uporabe dobrih praks iz tujine, treba zagotoviti tudi višjo stopnjo strokovnosti in učinkovitosti oz. uspešnosti slovenske državne uprave.
USA-Croatian cooperation in education and training for public administration in Croatia
Authors: Cozzens Thomas A. , Blažić Helena , Kaštelan-Mrak Marija
Published: May 2019

For the past six years the Unger International Center for Local Government Leadership in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio USA, has been collaborating with the Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka and USAID’s Local Government Reform Project to advance education and in-service training for local government officials in Croatia. This paper presents an in depth review and analysis of focusing on its successes and challenges and the application of lessons learned to the future of public administration education, training and professional development in Southeast Europe.
Ustvarjalnost slovenskih regij in njen vpliv na oblikovanje pokrajin
Authors: Malačič Janez
Published: May 2019

Avtor postavlja v besedilu tezo, da imata izobraženost in z njo povezana ustvarjalnost zelo velik vpliv na regionalno členitev nekega ozemlja in njegovo upravno razdelitev. Tezo nato obravnava, analizira in testira s pomočjo indeksa ustvarjalnosti in njegovih sestavnih delov, indeksov talenta, tehnologije in tolerantnosti (3T), za slovenske statistične regije. Indeks ustvarjalnosti je najvišji v Osrednjeslovenski regiji, preostale regije pa razen Gorenjske zelo zaostajajo. Matrica razvoja kaže, da so Osrednjeslovenska, Gorenjska, Zasavska, Obalno-kraška in Goriška regija voditeljice, Savinjska se prebija, druge pa stopicajo zadaj. V Osrednjeslovenski regiji je izrazito močna koncentracija večine elementov ustvarjalnosti. Razlika med centrom in drugimi regijami pa je razen redkih izjem prevelika. Na osnovi podatkov o indeksu ustvarjalnosti in na osnovi matrice razvoja naših statističnih regij se zdi, da bi bilo najprimerneje razdeliti Slovenijo na šest do največ osem upravnih pokrajin. Oblikovati bi jih bilo treba tako, da bi za jedra vzeli regije voditeljice in prebijajoče se regije, ki bi jim smiselno priključili druge regije ali dele regij.
Vloga in pomen islamskega prava
Authors: Kuhelj Alenka , Halilović Jasna
Published: May 2019

Islamsko pravo ima svojo osnovo v religiji, s katero je tako tesno povezano, da ju ni mogoče ločiti, zato se postavlja vprašanje, ali je islamski svet zmožen oziroma pripravljen sprejeti sekularizem in s tem državo ločiti od religije, kar bi pomenilo opustitev šeriata ter strogo ločitev verskega od posvetnega. Le tako lahko namreč islamski svet prevzame pravo in preizkušene pravne institute zahodnega sveta. Avtorici se v članku lotevata problematike vloge islama in islamskega prava v zahodnih demokratičnih državah, ki je danes pomembna ne samo z vidika verske (ne)nevtralnosti oziroma (ne)krščanskosti na zahodu, temveč tudi s pravnega vidika, tako migracijskega, delovnega, socialnega in nenazadnje kazenskega prava. V članku najprej zelo izčrpno in celovito predstavita tako zgodovinske posebnosti islama kot tudi izvor, pomen in sistematiko samega islamskega prava, ki spada v skupino religioznih pravnih sistemov, za katerega je značilno, da je religija v tolikšni meri dominantna, da neposredno določa tudi vsebino prava, zato takšnega prava ni mogoče opredeliti kot sodobno pravo. V drugem delu članka teretično izsledke temeljito nadgradita z zelo aktualnimi primeri  sodobnega časa, kot so npr. institut zakonske zveze v islamskem pravu, zakrivanje žensk, primer nošenja naglavnih rut v Turčiji ter problem nošenja pokrival v javnih šolah v Franciji…
Prostorsko načrtovanje na ustavnem sodišču
Authors: Starman Marko
Published: May 2019

Z odločbo v začetku leta 2002 je ustavno sodišče razveljavilo celotno pravno ureditev prostorskega načrtovanja. V prispevku sem želel obrazložiti motive sodišča, predvsem pa ugotovitve, ki osvetljujejo proces prostorskega načrtovanja. Prostorsko načrtovanje postaja predvsem pravna kategorija, kjer je ustrezna razdelitev pristojnosti med vejami oblasti ter državo in lokalno skupnostjo odločilna za delovanje sistema. Ekonomska analiza prava nam pri tem nudi metodološko pomoč pri razumevanju obnašanja sodišča ter ostalih deležnikov v postopku prostorskega načrtovanja in urejanja prostora nasploh.
Civil Servants’ View of the Development of e-Government in Slovenia
Authors: Jukić Tina , Kunstelj Mateja , Dečman Mitja , Vintar Mirko
Published: May 2019

The paper presents the results of a study focused on the so-called internal aspect of e-government – i. e., the aspect of the civil servants. It is wellknown that in both Slovenia and most other countries there is a significant discrepancy between the selection and the actual use of the possibilities that e-government provides. A substantial number of researchers have been intensely engaged in the study of factors inciting (mainly) the citizens to use e-government. In our belief, those factors need also be searched for within the internal e-government users, i.e. the civil servants. In this perspective, we have examined: (1) their use of, and satisfaction with, information technologies in the job context; (2) their skills required for e-government; (3) the effect of e-government on their job, their organisation, and public administration in general; (4) their views of further development of e-government within the public administration. A number of results indicate that responsibility for the low use of e-government by citizens and enterprises can in fact be partly ascribed to the civil servants. Further, the research has revealed that the surveyed civil servants lacked sufficient skills required for an active participation in the development of e-government, and that this development has not resulted in any vital changes in the operations of the public administration.
Dvodomni sistem kot nasledek procesa decentralizacije
Authors: Senčur Miloš
Published: May 2019

Prispevek se posveča vprašanju teritorialnega principa v dvodomnem sistemu, ki se je kot prevladujoči element pri oblikovanju drugega doma parlamenta obdržal do danes. S prikazom njegove vloge v primerjalno-pravni in slovenski ureditvi pa pride do ugotovitve, da postaja teritorialni drugi dom parlamenta vse bolj tudi nujni pogoj za unitarne države z razvito stopnjo decentralizacije, zato je med njimi in federativnimi državami v tem pogledu vedno manj razlik. Razlike glede vloge in položaja drugega doma so predvsem posledica stopnje decentralizacije oziroma razvitosti lokalne samouprave, svoje pa včasih prispeva tudi oblika državne oblasti. S slabitvijo vloge parlamenta v razmerju z izvršilno oblastjo se namreč zmanjšuje tudi vloga in položaj drugega doma. Kljub temu pa pomen dvodomnega odločanja v teoriji in praksi ne pojenja.
Assessment of establishment and operations under market conditions for a public equity fund
Authors: Vadnjal Jaka
Published: May 2019

The government of Slovenia established a publicly funded venture capital fund in order to provide start-up finance for small companies. The fund was meant to fill in the market gap in early-stage equity finance supply. The fund is co-financed from EU structural funds and has to comply with strict regulation regarding possibility of market distortion from such measure. The objective of the study is to give a straightforward answer whether the public fund will behave within the equity market conditions or will impose an unloyal competition to the existing privately financed funds. In accordance to this, an evaluation is given advising that the public fund should not be regarded as a state-aid measure.
The bicameral system as a successor to decentralisation
Authors: Senčur Miloš
Published: May 2019

The present paper focuses on the issue of territorial principle in a bicameral system which has remained until today the prevailing element in the development of the second chamber of parliament. By presenting its role in the Slovenian and comparable legal systems, the paper suggests that the territorial second chamber of parliament is ever more becoming an indispensable condition also for unitary states with a high level of decentralisation, blurring the distinction between unitary and federal states in such respect. The differences in the role and position of the second chamber are mainly related to the level of decentralisation or development of the local government and, occasionally, to the form of state power. In fact, the weakening of the parliament's role in relation to the executive also diminishes the role and position of the second chamber. Nevertheless, the significance of bicameral decisionmaking in theory and in practice remains unchanged.
Ekonomske imigracije v Republiko Slovenijo
Authors: Radak Radivoj
Published: May 2019

Republika Slovenija se je z osamosvojitvijo znašla v novem položaju v sistemu meddržavnih selitev in urejanja tokov delovnih migracij. Med prvimi zakoni po osamosvojitvi je bil sprejet Zakon o zaposlovanju tujcev (Ur.l. RS, št. 33/92). Na podlagi resolucije in v skladu z Državnim programom Republike Slovenije za prevzem pravnega reda Evropske unije do konca 2002 je Republika Slovenija sprejela nov sistemski zakon o zaposlovanju in delu tujcev (Ur. l. RS, št. 66/00), ki je kot glavni instrument za regulacijo priliva tuje delovne sile uvedel kvotni sistem (prag je 5% aktivnega prebivalstva). V osmih letih izvajanja Zakona o zaposlovanju in delu tujcev so se pokazale nejasnosti in pomanjkljivosti zakonske ureditve, ki so omogočale tudi zlorabo zakona, zato so bile v letih 2005 in 2007 sprejete spremembe in dopolnitve ZZDT.
English in Public Administration - Book Review
Authors: Čepon Slavica
Published: May 2019

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Towards Excellence in Public Administration Education and Training: an African and South African Experience
Authors: Kroukamp Hendri
Published: May 2019

Not only did globalization bring about profound changes to public administration worldwide, but it also challenged the implementation of the New Public Management (NPM) paradigm in terms of service delivery, posing the question whether public administration must reinvent itself to address these challenges more effectively. Many changes that have been implemented in the public sector have not been based on evidence that change would benefit those using the services, those working in them and the community as a whole. Taking cognizance of especially the current African and South African higher education environment, it became clear that in order to move towards excellence in public administration education and training, the curricula must be amended and should the focus be on particular skills to be transferred to learners to address the above- mentioned situation. The question arises whether the nature of these developments would be relevant to the needs of both the learner as well as public institutions.
Analiza brezposelnosti v času zadnje gospodarske krize v nekaterih državah z uvedenimi koncepti varne prožnosti
Authors: Kozjek Tatjana
Published: May 2019

V času gospodarske krize je pomen pravšnjega razmerja med prožnostjo in varnostjo še bolj v ospredju, saj lahko prevelika prožnost pripelje do velikih socialnih sprememb, prevelika varnost pa povzroči togost trga dela in s tem ovira prilagajanje zaposlenosti razmeram v gospodarstvu. Kot odziv na krizo države sprejemajo različne ukrepe z namenom preprečevanja izgube delovnih mest, pri uvajanju sprememb pa je bistveno, da so sprejeti ukrepi predvsem pravočasni ter osredotočeni na ciljne skupine. Mednarodne organizacije za izračunavanje togosti delovne zakonodaje uporabljajo različne pristope. V prispevku je prikazana analiza brezposelnosti v času zadnje gospodarske krize v štirih državah, ki imajo uspešno uvedene koncepte varne prožnosti (to so Danska, Nizozemska, Švedska in Avstrija), za analizo so bili uporabljeni podatki kazalnikov zaposlovanja, ki jih izračunava Svetovna banka.
Koliko prava potrebuje šolstvo?
Authors: Cerar Miro
Published: May 2019

Pravo je v svoji idealni podobi varuh svobode in avtonomije šolstva, šolstvo pa mora kot del svoje odgovornosti sprejeti tudi spoštljiv in odgovoren odnos do pravne države. Praksa v Sloveniji pretirano odstopa od takšnega ideala. Preobsežno in neustrezno pravno urejanje zmanjšuje šolsko svobodo in avtonomijo. Posledice v šolskem sistemu so delno ignoriranje predpisov in posledično njihova neučinkovitost, prekomerno pravno administriranje v šolah, povečani odpor učiteljev do prava, njihova demotiviranost ter zato slabša kakovost učnega procesa. Pravo je tu le del problema. Le-ta ima svoje korenine predvsem v splošni vrednostni dezorientiranosti družbe. Za vzpostavitev prave mere in načina pravnega urejanja šolskega sistema je zato treba najprej ozdraviti in učvrstiti moralne in zdravorazumske temelje družbe.
Kompetence za ekonomsko diplomacijo in mednarodno poslovanje; konvergenca ali divergenca?
Authors: Svetličič Marjan
Published: May 2019

Članek ugotavlja ali so kompetence, ki jih potrebuje sodobni ekonomski diplomat, podobne ali različne od tistih, ki jih potrebuje mednarodni poslovnež, ter ali so se ekonomski diplomati z obstoječimi kompetencami sposobni soočati z izzivi tektonsko spreminjajočega se okolja. Priče smo obojestranski konvergenci potrebnih kompetenc; ekonomski diplomati prevzemajo vse več vrlin mednarodnih poslovnežev, ti pa morajo biti vse boljši diplomati. Posebna pozornost je namenjena zvezi med notranjimi in mednarodnimi ekonomskimi odnosi, globalni naravnanosti, vlogi varnosti ter dolgoročnega planiranja ter toleranci do napak. Ugotavlja se, da so kompetence ekonomskih diplomatov malih držav razlikujejo od tistih iz velikih držav in da sta med ključnimi kompetencami radovednost in pripravljenost na spremembe. Da bi zadovoljili potrebe, bi morali tudi spremeniti izobraževanje tako ekonomskih diplomatov kot mednarodnih poslovnežev.
Zaposlovanje vrhunskih športnikov v javni upravi na preizkušnji
Authors: Repenšek Darko
Published: May 2019

Med vsebine ter strokovne in razvojne naloge, ki predstavljajo obstoječo podporo države športnikom sodi tudi zaposlovanje vrhunskih športnikov v državni upravi. Zaposlovanje je urejeno s Sporazumom o zaposlovanju vrhunskih športnikov in trenerjev v Ministrstvu za obrambo – Slovenski vojski, Ministrstvu za notranje zadeve – Policiji in Ministrstvu za finance – Carinski upravi, ki so ga ministri resorjev, ki zaposlujejo športnike in trenerje, minister za šolstvo in šport ter predsednik Olimpijskega komiteja podpisali maja leta 1996, ga novelirali leta 2007 in z aneksom dopolnili leta 2009. Na tak način je v letu 2011 v slovenski državni upravi zaposlenih 116 športnikov in trenerjev. Glede na trenutne gospodarske razmere v državi, ko se kot eden od ukrepov za stabiliziranje razmer zahteva zmanjšanje števila zaposlenih v javni upravi, je tudi navedeni sporazum na veliki preizkušnji. Članek ob pomenu vrhunskega športa za državo predstavlja pravne dileme in težave pri dosedanji realizaciji sporazuma in skozi proučevanje zaposlovanja vrhunskih športnikov v državni upravi nakaže potrebne rešitve, ki bi nedvomno dobremu ukrepu podpore države vrhunskemu športu dal stabilno in trajno sistemsko rešitev, ki ne bi bila odvisna od volje aktualne vlade ali ekonomskih razmer v državi. To je korektna opredelitev materije v Zakon o javnih uslužbencih in posledično opredelitev števila delovnih mest v Kadrovskem načrtu Vlade Republike Slovenije.
Cross-Border Cooperation as Part of the Irish Peace Process: Opportunities, Impacts And Challenges
Authors: Pollak Andy
Published: May 2019

Cross-border cooperation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland emerging out of the 1968–1998 conflict is an important and largely successful dimension of the peace process in Ireland, with institutional cooperation between the two governments on the island playing a key role. This article looks at the level of interaction between North and South on the island; asks what role the EU has played in this process and what are the challenges of measuring the impact of such cooperation; outlines the work of the Centre for Cross Border Studies, and looks ahead to the challenges facing cross-border cooperation in a period of severe financial and economic constraints.
Investor and (Un)Accountability of The Supervisor in Self-Construction of a Single-Family House
Authors: Klemenčič Manič Mojca , Cunk Zoran , Bojnec Štefan
Published: May 2019

The paper addresses the role and importance of a supervisor and his controlling bodies in self-construction of a single-family house. We study his accountability in actions, which must be in accordance with both statutory provisions and ethical-moral rules of social responsibility. In determining his accountability for construction execution we mainly focus on the findings of his monitoring bodies, the professional organizations (the Slovenian Chamber of Engineers and the Chamber of Architecture and Environmental Planning of Slovenia) and the building inspectorate. The Construction Act and certain rules, which clearly specify obligations of supervisors in self-construction and also provide sanctions, are critically discussed. Construction is always accompanied by various interests and the legislator must ensure minimal safety and construction standards, as well as living standards for all single-family houses, in order to ensure socially responsible actions of all participants in a project. In practice the status and role of the supervisor from the investor’s point of view is not clear.
The Rulemaking Authority of the Executive Branch of Government – An Analysis of Slovenian and American Theory, Legislation and Case Law
Authors: Rakar Iztok
Published: May 2019

The rulemaking function of the executive branch of government is a fact of life in modern democratic states. In terms of development, the importance of secondary legislation is growing in both the quantitative and qualitative sense. Because it represents a deviation from the principle of the separation of powers, secondary legislation receives a great deal of attention in both theory and case law. From a comparative standpoint, one can note a wide range of approaches to this question. It could be said that the American approach is pragmatic and flexible, while the Slovenian approach is dogmatic and rigid. In the former, the delegation of rulemaking authority to the executive branch is not problematic provided adequate mechanisms for legal and political oversight are in place; of these mechanisms, special emphasis is placed on the procedure for shaping secondary legislation and the public’s participation therein. In the latter, the executive branch is still always looked upon with distrust, which is why this approach persists in delegating as narrow and substantively precise powers as possible to the executive branch. Although the main burden of the democratic legitimization of the executive branch is still borne by the law, the importance of the procedure for shaping secondary legislation, and within its framework the possibilities for public participation, has been increasing.
Recenzija knjige: Vrednotenje politik – Obzorja nove miselnosti
Authors: Aristovnik Aleksander
Published: May 2019

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The Administrative Costs of Local Government Property-Based User Charges and Their Regressivity
Authors: Blažić Helena , Stašić Sandra , Drezgić Saša
Published: May 2019

The paper measures the administrative costs (assessment and collection costs) of immovable property user charges in local governments in Croatia. This study represents a small scale survey comprising mostly small local governments. First, we establish their costs structure and then we compare the cost-revenue ratio with their size. As expected, the administrative costs of the analyzed user charges turned out to be regressive in regards to the size of local governments. The results imply that substitution of those different charges would be beneficial for local government budgets. In order to mitigate the problem we propose several alternatives: one general tax/charge; amalgamation of the smallest local governments or referring to assessment and collection of user charges in small local governments to the larger/mutual unit.
Análisis de las implicaciones legislativas penales de las medidas adoptadas en el Pacto de Estado contra la Violencia de Género
Authors: Romo Sabando Bárbara
Published: May 2019

El Pacto de Estado contra la Violencia de Género aprobado en 2017 ha recopilado múltiples medidas que implican modificaciones a realizar en diferentes ámbitos por parte de la administración. En este trabajo se han analizado dichas medidas para extraer aquellas que conllevan una modificación legislativa a nivel penal, estableciendo en primer lugar una clasificación sistemática de las mismas, para posteriormente realizar un análisis de cada una de ellas, estableciendo la idoneidad de cada una de las reformas propuestas, analizando las razones de política criminal que las impulsan, y las dificultades que las mismas pueden encontrar en su encaje legal.
Spatially-explicit simulation of two-way coupling of complex socio-environmental systems: Socio-hydrological risk and decision making in Mexico City
Authors: Bojórquez-Tapia Luis A. , Janssen Marco , Eakin Hallie , Baeza Andres , Serrano-Candela Fidel , Gómez-Priego Paola , Miquelajauregui Yosune
Published: May 2019

We present here MEGADAPT (MEGAcity-ADAPTation), a hybrid, dynamic, spatially-explicit, integrated modeling approach to simulate the vulnerability of urban coupled socio-environmental systems – in our case, the vulnerability of Mexico City to socio-hydrological risk. Although vulnerability is widely understood to be influenced by human decision-making, these decisions are rarely captured as endogenous to dynamic vulnerability models. The objective of this paper is to use MEGADAPT to demonstrate a methodological approach that allows vulnerability to be simulated as a reflexive process: the result of the interplay between mental models held by influential actors and the response of the biophysical and social world to the realization of decisions based on these mental models. MEGADAPT represents Mexico City as a self-organizing system. Hence, its computational framework involves the implementation of a suite of system models, geographic information system-multicriteria decision analysis, and geosimulation. A novel contribution of this approach is the use of the Analytic Network Process to synthesize the dynamic feedback between mental models and conditions of geographic automata. In this way, MEGADAPT depicts the shift in the behavior of socio-environmental systems from one-way coupling/single-loop learning to two-way coupling/double-loop learning, with the decision-making process as an endogenous system driver.
A clinical study on obstructed inguinal hernia: a descriptive study on 53 cases
Authors: Padmasree Gaddam
Published: May 2019

Background: Inguinal hernias are the common causes of surgical admissions and referral of patients from primary physicians. Although we have made a great progress in treating hernia the management of its complications has progressed only a little. The aim of study was to determine the various modes of presentation, clinical features, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies and to evaluate the post-operative outcome in obstructed hernia surgeries.Methods: After obtaining written and informed consent from the patients, cases for the study were randomly selected from patients admitted to this tertiary care hospital for surgical intervention of inguinal hernias during the period between 2015 and 2017. Cases with inguinal hernias which had signs of obstruction and inability to reduce the hernia are taken up for emergency surgical intervention within 6-8 hours.Results: 53 obstructed inguinal hernia patients were evaluated and found that, incarceration was the commonest complication seen in 92.45% of cases followed by strangulation (7.54%). Viable bowel was seen 88.67% of cases. Bowel resection and end-to-end anastomosis was done in all cases of non-viable bowel. The commonest post-operative complication encountered in the study was wound infection (9.43%) and scrotal seroma (9.43%).Conclusions: The most common content was small bowel followed by omentum (52.8% and 35.8% respectively). Wound infection and seroma were the most common complications (9.43%) and mortality was observed in two patients (3.7%) and the causes of death were sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Perturbation of interactome through micro-RNA and methylome analysis in diabetes endophenotypes: the PIRAMIDE pathogenic clinical study design
Authors: Benincasa Giuditta , Marfella Raffaele , Schiano Concetta , Napoli Claudio
Published: May 2019

Background: The main challenge in type 2 diabetes (T2D) is to detect the regulators of pathogenic events during early stages of disease, as well as prevention and progression follow-up of cardiovascular (CV) complications. DNA methylation and micro-RNAs (miRNAs) are major components of the epigenome, which are involved in the diabetic interactome. This study protocol may contribute to advance our knowledge on molecular basis underlying T2D and its CV complications, as well as provide putative useful prognostic biomarkers.

Methods: The perturbation of interactome through micro-RNA and methylome analysis in diabetes endophenotypes: the PIRAMIDE pathogenic clinical study protocol is a cross-sectional research program planned to combine big data and network-based analysis aimed to investigate whether DNA methylation and miRNAs may act as simultaneous regulators of the interactome in T2D patients. Clinical datasets will be aggregate to large-scale DNA methylation, mRNA-Seq, and miRNA-Seq analysis performed both on purified CD4+ and CD8+ T cells isolated from 35 T2D patients and 35 sex and age-matched controls. DNA methylome data will be used as input for the weighted human DNA methylation PPI network (WMPN) algorithm. RNA sequencing data will be used as input data for the TargetScan algorithm. The primary endpoint will be to integrate both DNA methylation and miRNA networks to potentially capture which genes are simultaneously modulate by interactions between epigenetic changes. Then, statistical analysis will be performed to correlate these molecular modifications with development of T2D-related CV complications.

Conclusions: PIRAMIDE pathogenic clinical study protocol will test the hypothesis that simultaneous interactions between DNA methylation and miRNAs may hit T2D-associated candidate genes and predict the development of T2D-related CV complications.

Trial Registration: The ongoing PIRAMIDE pathogenic clinical study protocol has been registered on NIH website (NCT03792607).
Quality of life among elderly population in an urban slum of Tirupati city
Authors: Guthi Visweswara Rao , Prathyusha Tirupati Venkata Devi , Kondagunta Nagaraj , Kavyasree Nakkala , Kavitha Chimmata , Kavitha Mandapalli
Published: May 2019

Background: Healthy aging is a process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well- being in older age. Objective of the present study is to assess the quality of life among elderly population using WHOQOL-BREF scale and to determine the association between socio demographic factors and quality of life.Methods: Community based cross- sectional study was conducted in the urban field practice areas of SVIMS-Sri Padmavathi Medical College for women, Tirupati for a period of one month (February 2019 to March 2019). Study population were Elderly of age 60 years and above. Total 60 elderly were included in the study. Quality of life was assessed using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.Results: Most of the study population was in the age group of 60-64 years, Most of them were females (71.7%). More than one third were illiterates (36.7%), 30% were studied up to primary school. 93.3% of study population were suffered from some form of illness. Mean total transformed score was high among ≥70 years compared to <70 years, Males were showing high mean total transformed score compared to females, literates were showing high score and persons with illness were showing high scores and persons without illness.Conclusions: It is concluded from this study that most of the elderly population are suffered from some form of illness. Overall quality of life is good among elderly within 70 years of age, males, literates and who are in living as married compared to their counter parts.
Study of clinicoradiological and functional outcomes in intraarticular distal end radius fractures managed by volar locking plate
Authors: Agrawal Pravin , Mundhe Samadhan , Mitra Sajal
Published: May 2019

Background: Various modalities of fixation are available for management of distal end radius fractures. Assessment of the functional and radiological outcomes of intra-articular distal end radius fractures managed with volar locking plate was attempted with the present study.

Methods: In this prospective interventional study, thirty adult patients with closed distal radius fractures with intra-articular extension were comprehensively evaluated and managed. Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) was performed via volar approach (modified Henry`s approach) using 2.7mm volar locking compression plates (LCPs). Patients were followed up at 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after surgery. The patients were evaluated functionally by Mayo score and radiologically by Lidstrom classification.

Results: There were 18 (60%) patients having excellent, 8 (26.7) good, 2 (6.7%) fair and 2 (6.7%) with poor result according to Mayo scoring. According to Lidstrom scoring, at the last follow up, 16 (53.3%) patients had excellent, 11 (36.7%) patients good, 2 (6, 7%) patients fair and 1 (3.3%) patient had poor result. The functional status of the patient improved significantly from at 1month (20±3.47) to 6 months post-operative follow up (23.67±2.91). The mean range of motion improved significantly at 1 month, 6 months and last post-operative follow-up.

Conclusions: Volar locking plate gives good to excellent clinico-radiological and functional outcomes in most of the fractures of the distal end radius with intraarticular extension.
A FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES NO PLANO NACIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO 2014-2024
Authors: Gomez Lucas Gabriel Franco , Ramos Lilian Maria Paes de Carvalho
Published: May 2019

Este artigo apresenta parte do resultado final da dissertação de mestrado defendida em maio de 2017 no PPGEduc/UFRRJ sobre políticas de formação docente. Consiste na análise do Plano Nacional de Educação aprovado pela Lei 13.005/14, oferecendo pistas para compreensão de seus desdobramentos nos dias atuais. Documento de referência nacional, o PNE estabeleceu metas e estratégias específicas de formação e valorização dos profissionais da educação. A compreensão do plano, o acompanhamento e a fiscalização das ações nele propostas são de substancial importância para efetivação das garantias e dos direitos destes trabalhadores.
HANNAH ARENDT E ERIC WEIL: A CRISE NA EDUCAÇÃO COMO PROBLEMA DO NOSSO TEMPO
Authors: Branco Judikael Castelo , Da Rocha Lara França
Published: May 2019

o artigo trata da educação como crise do nosso tempo nas obras de Hannah Arendt e de Eric Weil. A hipótese confirmada é que, embora o tema não seja tão presente nos dois autores, ele toca as questões fundamentais da teoria de ambos e oferece aos seus leitores uma excelente oportunidade para conhecê-los. A conclusão é que a educação tem a ver, em Arendt, com a criação do mundo e, em Weil, com a moralização do homem. Desta forma, os dois autores consideram enfrentar o desafio do sentido tanto da educação quanto da tarefa do filósofo no fim da década de 1950.
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Authors: Nikulina I. V.
Published: May 2019

The process of educational institutions of higher education restructuring, reducing the academic load and, as a consequence, reducing teachers numbers, the unfavorable organizational culture of a higher education institution lead to an increase of a destructive conflict level in the educational environment. Many conflicts arising in higher education are not complete without clarifying the high-pitched relationships, negative emotions, and sophisticated manipulations. Giving in to emotions, the participants of the conflict kindle it more strongly, involve other people in it, thereby expanding the field of conflict. However, without conflicts, it is impossible to imagine the development of an educational organization, they energize and motivate, contribute to a better understanding of problems, clarify relationships, and all this becomes possible only if conflicts are managed and constructively resolved. The urgency of the problem of conflict management in an educational organization is due to the need to prevent the occurrence of destructive conflicts, to make inevitable conflict situations constructive. Research methods: analysis and synthesis of scientific information, research results in the field of conflict management; generalization and systematization of facts and provisions; observation of the behavior of university teachers in a conflict situation.The article presents the functions of external and internal mechanisms for managing conflicts in an educational organization. Experimental work consisted in designing a conflict management system among the faculty of the university focused on the implementation of general management functions (planning, organization, motivation, coordination, control), consisting of interrelated elements: organizational and managerial; technological; documentation support.
Study of anti-cancer effects of Curcumin; formulation of Curcumin-loaded nano carrier and its toxicity effect on MCF-7 Cell line.
Authors: Shehneh Masoud Zare , Kalantar Seyed Mehdi , Sheikhha Mohammad Hasan , Asri Kojabad Amir , Haghiralsadat Bibi Fatemeh
Published: May 2019

Introdution: Nanotechnology introduced new methods to chemotherapy drugs delivery into cancer cells to reduce the side effect of drugs it increases the quality of cancer treatment and reduces the side effects of chemotherapy. . In this study, different lipid formulations of nucliposomes containing curcumin was prepared by thin-layer method and evaluated for chemical-physical evaluation on MCF-7 cell line.
Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytic. Various formulations of liposomes prepared from Span 60, SPC and cholesterol. Curcumin was loaded in the liposomes. Final liposome formulation selected and PEGylated. The Optimal formulation characterized by DLS, FT-IRT, Fe-SEM and SEM. Statistical analysis was performed with Prism6 software.
Results: The average size of liposomes, encapsulation efficacy of liposomal loaded curcumin and Zeta potential was about 63.9 nm, -41mV and %95.58, respectively. Liposomes exhibited the slowest release rate in normal and turmeric cell culture condition. To compare the function of free curcumin in similar concentrations, liposomal curcumin formulation was %63 toxic to MCF7 Cell line.
Conclusion: The present study shows that an optimally optimized nanoliposome with curcumin having appropriate physicochemical properties, improving drug toxicity in cancerous cell lines and increasing drug stability can be a good vector for drug delivery to breast cancer cells.
Conclusion: The present study shows that an optimally optimized nanoliposome with curcumin having appropriate physicochemical properties, improving drug toxicity in cancerous cell lines and increasing drug stability can be a good vector for drug delivery to breast cancer cells.
Labeled Sequent Calculus for Orthologic
Authors: Kawano Tomoaki
Published: May 2019

Orthologic (OL) is non-classical logic and has been studied as a part of quantumlogic. OL is based on an ortholattice and is also called minimal quantum logic. Sequent calculus is used as a tool for proof in logic and has been examinedfor several decades. Although there are many studies on sequent calculus forOL, these sequent calculi have some problems. In particular, they do not includeimplication connective and they are mostly incompatible with the cut-eliminationtheorem. In this paper, we introduce new labeled sequent calculus called LGOI, and show that this sequent calculus solve the above problems. It is alreadyknown that OL is decidable. We prove that decidability is preserved when theimplication connective is added to OL.
Die Wiedergeburt der verlorenen Heimat aus dem Geist des Romans. Der Schriftsteller Horst Bienek und Schlesien als synästhetischer Grenzraum
Authors: Voß Torsten
Published: May 2019

Der Beitrag setzt sich mit der synästhetischen Gestaltung von Grenzräumen im Werk Horst Bieneks auseinander. Anhand der Berücksichtigung von Romanen, Gedichten und Essays werden Bieneks Praktiken der Erinnerung als ein kreativer Umgang mit Geschichte verstanden, der es ermöglicht, das Verlorene ebenso lebendig zu halten und zu gestalten, wie auch die historischen Ereignisse der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts aufgrund ihrer Vermittlung – über ganz private Schicksale – an den Rezipienten. Bieneks Gleiwitzer Romane und Gedichte werden dadurch zu einem Stück Erinnerungskultur, die sowohl subjektiv als auch repräsentativ sein kann und zusätzlich über Verfahren der Synästhesie die verlorene Heimat wieder zu reanimieren versucht.
"Der Tod" in Venedig eine Entgrenzung?
Authors: Sauerland Karol
Published: May 2019

Im vorliegenden Aufsatz versucht der Verfaaser die Frage, inwieweit wir es im Falle der Novelle Tod in Venedig mit einer Entgrenzung zu tun haben, zu beantworten, wobei er sehr genau Aschenbachs Versuche verfolgt, mit Tadzio in einen näheren Kontakt zu treten, was jedes Mal misslingt.
Komplimente in Erstkontaktversuchen von Polen am Beispiel des Dating-Portals sympatia.onet.pl. Eine linguistische Analyse
Authors: Frankowska Violetta
Published: May 2019

Angesichts der steigenden Zahl an Menschen, die im Internet nach einem Partner bzw. einer Partnerin suchen, wächst auch in der Sprachwissenschaft das Interesse am Verhalten der Userinnen und User auf Dating-Portalen. Im vorliegenden Artikel wird der Versuch unternommen, die Aufnahme zwischenmenschlicher Kontakte in diesem Kontext zu analysieren, wobei ein besonderes Augenmerk den Komplimenten in Erstkontaktversuchen auf dem in Polen sehr bekannten Portal sympatia.onet.pl gilt. Einhundert von Polen an eine Userin geschickte Erstnachrichten werden einer Analyse unterzogen, in denen Komplimente zu finden sind, wodurch ihre Charakteristik u. a. in Bezug auf die Fokustypen von HERBERT (1990) entstehen kann. Besprochen werden ferner ihre morphosyntaktische Struktur sowie lexikalische Einheiten und Komplimentobjekte.
The disorders of physical development of children residing in the conditions of low-level contamination of the atmospheric air and drinking water by metals (lead, manganese, nickel, chrome, cadmium) on the example of the Perm region
Authors: Luzhetskiy Konstantin P. , Ustinova O. Yu. , Vandysheva A. Yu. , Vekovshinina S. A.
Published: May 2019

There was executed a clinical laboratory study of 183 children residing in the conditions of constant low-level impact of a complex of such consumed from atmospheric air and drinking water metals as lead, manganese, nickel, chrome, cadmium) and 46 children residing in the conditions of sanitary-hygienically wellbeing of the habitat. The evaluation of Total Hazard Indices (THI) for conditions of chemical substances entering with atmospheric air and drinking water have revealed the excess of accepted values (THI>1) regarding to disorders of the central nervous system in children (THI amounted for up to 4.93) and disorders ofendocrine system (up to THI of 1.13). The results of chemical-analytical researches showed the blood content of lead, manganese, nickel, chrome, cadmium in children living in conditions of low-dose complex load to exceed the reference level by 1.3-2.2 times. In persistent multi-medium polymetallic load the number of children having physical development disorders was found to increase up to 1.2-1.6 times (body weight deficiency - up to 16.5%). There is determined a verified direct probabilistic relationship of cause and effect ofphysical development disorders in children with high blood content of manganese, nickel, and chrome. Exceeding content of lead, manganese, nickel, and chrome (1.3-9.4 times higher than the reference level and the comparative group) in bio-media of children makes a negative impact on the central and autonomous nervous system, creates disorders in protein-synthetic processes in liver, form early shifts of hypothalamo-hypophyseal regulation with further deterioration of physical development indices.
Impact of waste landfills in the Saratov region on the sanitary condition of the soil
Authors: Eremin V. N. , Reshetnikov Mikhail V. , Sheshnev A. S.
Published: May 2019

Monitoring of environment in regions of the location of waste landfills includes the implementation of the control over a sanitary condition of soils. The main origins of the spread ofpollutants into soils are the solid particles from aerosol emissions from the functioning of landfills transmitted to surrounding territories. Within zones of the impact of three largest waste landfills in the Saratov region (Aleksandrovsky, Guselsky in the city of Saratov and Balakovsky in the city of Balakovo) there were taken 152 soil samples. According to results of the estimation in soil concentration of gross and motile forms of heavy metals of the first (Zn, Cd, Ni) and the second danger classes (Cu, Cr, Pb) there was performed the analysis of coefficients of danger- K0 and total coefficients ofpollution - Zc. There was executed the assessment of both a sanitary and hygienic condition of soils and degree of danger ofpollution. The most contrast areal features of the distribution of the danger coefficient - Ko in soils are characteristic for motile forms of heavy metals. For all three studied objects persistently there is stood out the dangerous and areal pollution of soils by association of Ni and Cu . The danger ofpollution of soils by gross forms of heavy metals is minimum. The coefficient of total pollution of Zc exceeds admissible level on motile forms of heavy metals only for the soils surrounding the Balakovo landfill. In zones of the impact of waste landfills there are located the processed lands with an adverse sanitary and hygienic condition of soils. In the region of the Guselsky object soils of the processed agricultural grounds are dangerously polluted by motile forms of Ni and Cu. In vicinities of the Balakovo waste landfill considerable areas of private gardening enterprises are dangerously polluted by the motile forms of Ni, Cu and Zn.
Peculirities of physical development and state of the cardiovascular system in young males from various districts of Northeast of Russia
Authors: Averyanova Inessa V. , Maksimov A. L.
Published: May 2019

The comparative research was carried to study basic indices of physical development and cardiovascular system in Aboriginals and north-born Europeans of different areas of Russia’s northeast (Chukotsky Autonomous District, Magadan Region). According to most examined morphofunctional characteristics no significant differences were found between the groups of subjects that testify to the formation, under the current social conditions, of convergent adaptation processes typical for the two ethnic cohorts from the observed areas of residing. High percentage of asthenia in body constitution of young residents from Magadan Region was common and mostly demonstrated by Aboriginals of the Magadan city.