bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Particle size and morphological characterization of cosmetic emulsified systems by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Authors: Prestes Paula Souza , Peres Daniela D'Almeida , Freitas Anderson Zanardi de , Consiglieri Vladi Olga , Kaneko Telma Mary , Velasco Maria Valéria Robles , Baby André Rolim
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACT The physicochemical attributes of emulsified systems are influenced by the characteristics of their internal phase droplets (concentration, size and morphology), which can be modified not only by the formulation components, but also by the analytical methodology employed. Thus, the aim of this work involved the physicochemical characterization of cosmetic emulsions obtained from different surfactants, as well as the introduction of the optical coherence tomography (OCT) as the analytical technique employed for the morphological characterization and particle size determination of the formulations. Three emulsions were prepared, differing at the type and concentration of the surfactant used, and their droplet sizes were evaluated through optical microscopy, laser diffraction and OCT. The microscopic analysis and the laser diffraction techniques provided an average particle size minor than 6.0 µm, not detected by the OCT technique, which could identify only bigger particles of the emulsified systems' internal phase. The results testify that OCT was suitable for the morphological characterization of cosmetic emulsions; however, the technique needs to be improved to ensure a better sensitivity in the analysis of smaller particles.
Synthesis and cytotoxicity evaluation of thiosemicarbazones and their thiazole derivatives
Authors: Braga Saulo Feheiberg Pinto , Fonseca Nayara Cristina , Ramos Jonas Pereira , Souza-Fagundes Elaine Maria de , Oliveira Renata Barbosa de
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to synthesize a series of thiosemicarbazones and their thiazole derivatives, to investigate their cytotoxic activity against three human cancers and normal (Vero cells) cell lines, and to evaluate the pro-apoptotic potential of the most active compounds. Materials and Methods: The thiosemicarbazones were obtained by reacting an aromatic aldehyde with thiosemicarbazide (yield 71-96%), which were subjected to a cyclization with α-bromoacetophenone to yield the required thiazole heterocycles (yield 63-100%). All the synthesized compounds were screened at 50 µM concentration against three cell lines representing HL60 (promyelocytic leukemia), Jurkat (acute lymphoblastic leukemia), and MCF-7 (breast cancer). The pro-apoptotic effect was measured by flow cytometry as the percentage of cells with hypodiploid DNA. Results: Three thiazole compounds showed activity against at least one tumor cell line (IC50 = 43-76 µM) and low cytotoxicity against Vero cells (IC50 > 100 M). The most active compound of this series induced 91% and 51% DNA fragmentation in HL60 and MCF-7 cell lines, respectively, suggesting that this compound triggered apoptosis in these cells. Conclusion: Among the synthesized compounds, one in particular was found to exert antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic activity on tumor cells and can be considered promising as a lead molecule for the design of new analogues with improved activity.
Evaluation of the Brazilian Cosmetic Legislation and its impact on the industries during the 20th century
Authors: Garbossa Wanessa Almeida Ciancaglio , Campos Patrícia Maria Berardo Gonçalves Maia
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACT Cosmetics have been used since the very first days of human life. This early and continuing consumption has resulted in the growth of the Cosmetic Industry (C.I.). The C.I. must continue to invest in the development of innovative products which are safe for the consumers. On the other hand, the Health Agency should issue laws regulating the development of products. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the Brazilian Cosmetic Legislation before ANVISA and the challenges for the C.I. during the 20th century regarding the development of safe and effective cosmetics, and to show the importance of this legislation in the R&D. A Bibliographic and Documentary Exploratory Research was conducted based on safety and efficacy data contained in scientific studies and legal documents. The study showed that the creation of ANVISA was necessary because no resolution had been published about the safety and efficacy of cosmetics for the C.I. before ANVISA. However, the challenges faced by the C.I. may have had a negative impact on the health of consumers. Finally, it was concluded that the actions before ANVISA were insufficient to the C.I.. Thus, the creation of ANVISA was essential to have a regulatory basis fot the C.I.
Sequence-based identification of microbial contaminants in non-parenteral products
Authors: Senthilraj Rajapandi , Prasad Ganduri Sathyanarayana , Janakiraman Kunchithapatham
Published: September 2016

ABSTRACT Phenotypic profiles for microbial identification are unusual for rare, slow-growing and fastidious microorganisms. In the last decade, as a result of the widespread use of PCR and DNA sequencing, 16S rRNA sequencing has played a pivotal role in the accurate identification of microorganisms and the discovery of novel isolates in microbiology laboratories. The 16S rRNA region is universally distributed among microorganisms and is species-specific. Accordingly, the aim of our study was the genotypic identification of microorganisms isolated from non-parenteral pharmaceutical formulations. DNA was separated from five isolates obtained from the formulations. The target regions of the rRNA genes were amplified by PCR and sequenced using suitable primers. The sequence data were analyzed and aligned in the order of increasing genetic distance to relevant sequences against a library database to achieve an identity match. The DNA sequences of the phylogenetic tree results confirmed the identity of the isolates as Bacillus tequilensis, B. subtilis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus and B. amyloliqueficians. It can be concluded that 16S rRNA sequence-based identification reduces the time by circumventing biochemical tests and also increases specificity and accuracy.
ULNAR NERVE DECOMPRESSION IN NEURAL FORM OF LEPROSY IN CHILDHOOD
Authors: Pondé José Marcos , Bittencourt Joana , Tanajura Arlane , Ribeiro Carlos Dias
Published: September 2016

Leprosy is an endemic condition in developing countries leading to physical deformities even when promptly treated. Surgical decompression is worldwide utilized although not entirely accepted as a therapeutic option. The authors emphasizes a case of an outpatient operated child with ulnar nerve involvement by leprosy after 1 year of clinical treatment and failure. The predominant symptoms were pain and physical deformity. There was a great improvement following the surgery even after delayed operation
THE INTERMITTENCIES OF LIFE: AN ANALYSIS OF LONGEVITY IN TALES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Authors: Rodrigues Núbia Bento , Leibing Annete , Saint-Hilaire Pierre-Luc
Published: September 2016

Stem cells are fundamental devices of biomedical practice based on the notion that the body is able to supply the medication necessary to prolong life. Consequently, the concept of biotechnological autonomy is formulated, which is important for our analysis of longevity, an analogy to the analysis of fi niteness. In this paper, discourses were evaluated in which these practices are interpreted as “technologies of hope” or “of longevity”, stem cells being the means by which the biosciences promise to postpone death and control various diseases. We have sought to show how a mentality of aging and decrepitude is being overcome by the idea of longevity, forged by technologies that aim to recover the embryonic atavism of rebirth.
Inicio y fin de la poesía: intertextualidad y lirismo en La casa de cartón, de Martín Adán
Authors: Anchante Arias Jim
Published: September 2016

El presente artículo es un análisis de La casa de cartón (1928), de Martín Adán, desde la perspectiva de la intertextualidad, en especial con su posterior obra en verso. Para ello se parte de la problemática del género en esta obra, así como de un elemento “paratextual” (y textual) en especial: el poeta José María Eguren. Se busca demostrar que Martín Adán va a establecer en La casa de cartón ciertos elementos que luego se convertirán en tópicos de su posterior obra en verso, tales como el del turista, la cámara Kodak y la sabiduría inútil, además de la “vuelta al orden” posvanguardista.
Dificultades en el Aprendizaje de la Función Definida por Tramos: una mirada desde el enfoque instrumental de Pierre Rabardel
Authors: Chumpitaz Malpartida Luis Daniel
Published: September 2016

Luego del diseño y validación de una secuencia de aprendizaje, se llevó a cabo una experiencia de aprendizaje con estudiantes de las carreras de Ingeniería en la Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola. Para ello, los estudiantes identificaron elementos como dominio, rango e intervalos de monotonía; representaron la gráfica en un plano cartesiano; determinaron la regla de correspondencia, y realizaron transformaciones a las gráficas de las funciones definidas por tramos presentadas en las actividades de esta secuencia. Se realizó un estudio de las dificultades en el aprendizaje de la Función Definida por Tramos, debido a que es válido afirmar que, si existe la posibilidad de reducir dificultades, esto podría, a su vez, minimizar las dificultades en el aprendizaje de nuevos conocimientos del Cálculo, como los conceptos en la teoría de límites y continuidad, y en particular, en funciones cuyas gráficas no pueden ser realizadas con un solo trazo. Para identificar estas dificultades en las acciones de los estudiantes, estudiamos la Función Definida por Tramos como un objeto semiótico desde el enfoque instrumental desarrollado por Rabardel (1995). En el análisis de las interacciones de los estudiantes con la Función Definida por Tramos, se identificó que los estudiantes movilizaron esquemas de uso preexistentes que permitieron minimizar las dificultades en la secuencia de aprendizaje. También se pudo observar en las últimas actividades que algunas propiedades de este artefacto conservaron las funciones adquiridas durante su transformación a instrumento.
Construcción de tablas dinámicas de mortalidad actuarial mediante el método de Lee-Carter
Authors: Montesinos Ruiz Luis
Published: September 2016

El objetivo central de este trabajo es presentar el método de Lee-Carter para la construcción de tablas dinámicas de mortalidad actuarial. Si bien es cierto que estas tablas se pueden utilizar en cualquier campo cuyo interés sea estudiar la evolución de la mortalidad en una población, en este trabajo el desarrollo está orientado al campo actuarial. Luego de definir algunos conceptos, tales como tablas de mortalidad y rentas actuariales, se define una tabla dinámica de mortalidad y se describe el método de Lee-Carter. Finalmente, se construye una tabla actuarial a partir de la construcción de una tabla de mortalidad dinámica mediante el método propuesto y se presentan algunas aplicaciones en el análisis actuarial. Cabe indicar que para la construcción de la tabla de mortalidad dinámica mediante el método de Lee-Carter se utiliza el paquete demography del lenguaje R.
The Effect of Polymer Rheology and Induced Fracturing on Injectivity and Pressure-Transient Behavior
Authors: Ma Yiwei , McClure Mark W.
Published: September 2016

Polymer transport and fluid rheology were implemented in a fully implicit hydraulic-fracturing and reservoir simulator. For flow in the matrix, a fluid-rheology function was used with shear thickening at high shear rates and shear thinning at medium and low shear rates. For flow in fractures, a shear-thinning constitutive law with a zero shear-rate plateau was used. The average viscosity in each fracture element was calculated by assuming smooth and parallel fracture walls and numerically solving for the velocity, shear rate, and viscosity distribution across the aperture. The simulator was used to investigate the effect on injectivity of shear thickening at high shear rates near the wellbore. For comparison, simulations were performed by use of the full shear-thickening and shear-thinning rheology function and by use of a shear-thinning-only rheology function. In the former case, the shear thickening caused rapid buildup of fluid pressure and the creation of a hydraulic fracture at the wellbore. Once the fracture formed, shear thickening no longer occurred because there was lower Darcy velocity in the matrix caused by lower concentration of flow at the wellbore. As a result, after the formation of the hydraulic fracture, injectivity in the simulation with shear thickening and thinning was nearly identical to that in the simulation with only shear thinning. The simulations were repeated with the constraint that a hydraulic fracture was not permitted to form. In this case, the simulation with shear thickening had a significantly lower injectivity than the simulation with shear thinning only. This result shows that formation of an induced fracture is a plausible explanation for unexpectedly high injectivity during polymer injection because it prevents shear thickening caused by high flow rate because of concentration of flow at the wellbore.

Simulations were performed to investigate the effect of polymer rheology on the pressure transients occurring after shut-in of an injection well. Shear thickening affected the shut-in transient only at very-early time. Shear thinning affected the entire duration of the transient, causing an increase in effective fluid viscosity as the Darcy velocity gradually decreased over time. Despite fluid-rheology effects, linear flow was clearly identifiable after shut-in in the simulations with hydraulic fractures. This result shows that hydraulic fractures around polymer-injection wells can be diagnosed in field data from the linear-flow regime in the shut-in transient, regardless of fluid-rheology effects.
Dušan Bandić – context, opus, significance
Authors: Kovačević Ivan
Published: September 2016

The scientific opus of Dušan Bandić is viewed through the context and time frame in which he started researching folk religion in order to, through the analysis of his most important texts, arrive at the conclusion about the importance of his opus for the modernization of Serbian anthropology. This is just one segment, although the most important one, of the evaluation of the significance of an opus for the history of Serbian anthropology. Other aspects of action, which refer to institutional positioning and activity as well as one’s social and political life and ultimately the consequences such actions had are significant for the history of science, but are not encompassed by this paper. The paper deals with the description of the context and state of research into folk religion at the beginning of Bandić’s career and the general knowledge about global anthropological trends in Serbian ethnology at the time. Afterwards the focus is shifted to the contents of his work through viewing the larger ideas and methodological systems present in Bandić’s work – evolutionism, functionalism and structuralism, in order to, ultimately, come to a conclusion about the development of methods which Bandić applied, as well as the place which his opus occupied in a crucial time for Serbian ethnology.
Tourismological valorization of intangible cultural heritage of Serbia According to the Hilary du Cros method
Authors: Bjeljac Željko , Terzić Aleksandra , Ćurčić Nevena
Published: September 2016

The folk artistry of Serbia is rich in spiritual values tied to customs, celebrations, music, song, dance, games, stories and legends, and this kind of cultural heritage is presented through numerous festivals, events and tourist manifestations. In 2012, the network for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage was formed, comprised of the National committee for intangible cultural heritage, the Commission for admission into the registry of intangible cultural heritage, a network of coordinators and the Center for intangible cultural heritage of Serbia. These institutions have chosen 6 elements of intangible cultural heritage, out of 27 suggestions: the slava, the Đurđevdan ritual, the kolo dance, singing accompanied by gusle, Slovakian naive painting, the custom of making and lighting farmers’ candles, Pirot carpet weaving, and Zlakusa pottery as elements of cultural heritage which reflect the national and cultural identity of the Serbian people, and Slavic minorities. These elements of intangible cultural heritage have a certain tourism potential and can represent an important factor in the forming of the tourist brand of Serbia. In order to determine the importance of the 27 suggestions of intangible cultural elements of Serbia, an analysis was conducted, using an adapted form of the Hilary du Cros method of tourist valorization.
God as a private matter: Culture of memory and religious life in socialism
Authors: Radulović Lidija
Published: September 2016

The revitalization of religion in postsocialism is followed by the revitalization of individual narratives about religious life in socialism. On the one hand, the lived experience is connected to the contemporary revitalization of religion and the public discourse promoted by the Serbian Orthodox church on the repression it suffered during socialism, and on the other hand, interlocutors tell of their positive experiences which stand in contrast to official stories. The research presented in this paper is directed toward the conceptualization of individual narratives which actualize the memories of the faithful of the life during socialism. Special attention has been paid to those aspects of the past which interlocutors consider relevant for interpreting their own relationship with religion, meanings attributed to memories and ways in which they are connected and interpreted i the context of the present.
The oral history of SFRY and virtual memories of youth work actions
Authors: Gorunović Gordana
Published: September 2016

The object of the paper is the contemporary way in which the phenomenon of youth work actions in SFRY is imagined and represented, and not its history or historical reconstruction in the strict sense. This is about individual and group or generational memory of the people who took part in the actions and who “spoke” publicly for the first time after decades of silence, on the Internet and in other media, about their experiences. Their memories appear in different kinds of texts: as posts on thematic forums on the internet, or as personal narratives gathered through ethnographic interviews. They are framed by the popular discourse of yugoslavism and drenched in sentimental nostalgia. On the other hand, so called new work actions by veterans and volunteers, imagined as ways to renew earlier traditions of youth voluntary labor, necessarily conform to new political and economic goals in current social practice. In some cases this results in certain paradoxes which indicate the existence of contradictory and hybrid markers of the post Yugoslav situation and social transformation i the new states.
(Re)defining tradition: The example of the world music phenomenon
Authors: Ristivojević Marija
Published: September 2016

The paper problematizes the understanding of the concept of tradition in the context of the world music phenomenon. Marketed as a hybrid music genre, from the perspective of anthropological theory, the world music genre is a complex cultural phenomenon, the result of mixing global and local influences which are reflected not only in the creation of a specific sound, but through different perceptions of music itself (the audience, musicians, producers, creators of cultural policies etc.) By analyzing the Serbian world music scene as exemplified by the work of the World Music association of Serbia, as well as the Serbia World Music Festival in Takovo, I will attempt to determine the way in which the concept of world music is perceived in local narratives, whether it is experienced as a form of musical tradition and if so, what is signified and represented as tradition in this context.
The mutual encouragement of the fear of crime and the security industry: The example of film narratives and electronic home security systems
Authors: Ilić Vladimira
Published: September 2016

In a culture of fear, everyday life is experienced through the feeling of safety, part of which can be secured through certain electronic home security systems. Three films – Unlawful Entry (1992), Panic Room (2002) and When a Stranger Calls (2006) – will be used as examples in the attempt to consider the relationship between the fear of criminal activity – in this case break ins – and electronic home security systems. The basic premise of the research is that the culturally manufactured fear encourages the electronic home security system industry, the presence of which can, in turn, exasperate one’s fear of the risk of falling victim to violent crime.
Student interest in cultural content of a foreign country
Authors: Krželj Katarina
Published: September 2016

The paper presents results of a study on the interest of students of non-philological faculties (of universities in Serbia) in contents from foreign cultures and how high importance students attach to learning about the target culture in foreign language teaching and learning at non-philological faculties. The goal of modern foreign language teaching at non-philological faculties, in addition to the development of communicative competence in the profession, is also to develop pluricultural competence. In order to test the chances of attaining this goal, it is necessary to perform an analysis of the legislative framework in which teaching foreign languages for special purposes takes place, an analysis of learning aims and the possibility of developing cross-cultural sensitization. An analysis of the needs for and interests in the contents of the target culture must be precededed by an analysis of the specificities of intercultural learning and intercultural competence. Based on these results, it is possible to establish the correlation between the elements of the culture already present in the existing teaching material and the interests and needs of the target group which these materials are intended for.The data thus obtained will serve as a basis for defining the guidelines for selecting contents of the target culture, which, on one hand, will be based on methodological and didactical principles of interculturally oriented foreign language teaching, and on the other hand, will reflect the real needs and interests of the students from a number of non-philological faculties.
Travelling as a quest for identity in the novels of J. M. G. Le Clézio and B. Wongar: Walg and Desert
Authors: Arsenijević Mitrić Jelena
Published: September 2016

Novels Walg and the Desert preserve the motifs of the quest for identity, caused misbalance and the spiritual healing, as well as the notion to blend the individual into the archetypical heritage. At the very base of these stories lies the journey in order to achieve the spiritual reconstruction. Wongar and Le Clézio follow the process of growing up of their heroines, which tend to maintain the connection with their original being and, at the same time, maintain a connection with the world surrounding them, whilst succeeding in the process to resist the alienation. Regarding the individuation process and the archetype of initiation, this study is based on research conducted by Jolande Jacobi, Mircea Eliade, Marie-Louise von Franz, and Joseph Campbell. Through stories of the strife which their heroines survived, authors simultaneously write about the exodus of nations which are seen in the novel. The colonizers, in both novels, tend to deprive the people of their nomadic spirit, and of their connection with the very soil, which is characteristic for both Aborigines of Australia, as well as for Berber tribes of North Africa. Western world has been, in the visions of these two authors, represented as essentially violent and destructive. The exclusiveness of rationalism and of pragmatism leads to the dangerous waters of waywardness and to the creation of cultural dominance, founded upon physical, intellectual and spiritual submission of other cultures.
Methodological individualism as opposed to methodological holism. History, relevancy and the implications of the (insoluble?) debate on the explanatory capacity and scientific status of sociocultural anthropology
Authors: Nina Kulenović
Published: September 2016

The paper is part of wider research into the status of explanation in the debate on the scientific status of anthropology – wherein one of the key assumptions is that there is a strong correlation between theoretical and methodological structures which would make them inseparable, and that explanation or explanatory potential, is the point of convergence which can be used to test for the possibility of separating theoretical and methodological structures in the first place. To test this idea, a line of debate between methodological holism and methodological individualism – one of the longest running and most complex debates in the social sciences and humanities – was considered. The historical background of the debate has been highlighted, and its relevancy and implications in the controversy about the explanatory capacity and scientific status of sociocultural anthropology.
Stages of grief: Economic devastation and social oblivion
Authors: Erdei Ildiko
Published: September 2016

In the spring of 2008, after Heineken bought the major stake in “Pančevačka pivara” (Pančevo brewery) from Efes, and thus became its owner, the corporation shut down production in the Pančevo factory, fired all remaining workers save for a few managers, and soon after halted production of the only remaining brand of “Pančevačka pivara” which was named after the brewery’s mid-nineteenth century founder – Weifert. Thus, after more than 150 years of beer production in Weifert’s brewery, and more than 280 years after beer first started to be produced in Pančevo, the town is left without a significant industrial capacity and one of its key cultural and identity symbols. What should be cause for concern for researchers is the huge discrepancy between the decades-long endeavor to traditionalize the brewery and the culture of beer consumption and utilize them in the representation of the town as an industry center as well as a multicultural environment with an urban sensibility and significant Habsburg heritage, and the complete silence which followed the closing of the brewery and is still there, four years after the factory shut down. The paper examines how the deep, uncomfortable silence which has enveloped these events, the absence of any kind of public debate on the issue as well as the lack of any kind of articulated unofficial discourse about this loss can be interpreted. Starting from the assumption that any way of speaking is simultaneously a way of not speaking, I will examine the social dynamics of the reverse process in a specific social, economic, political and cultural context. In other words, what is the role of social non-remembrance and what can be gleaned from this non-speaking, repressing, intentional oblivion?
New rituals and new Serbian anthropology – The process of mutual constituting
Authors: Kovačević Ivan , Antonijević Dragana
Published: September 2016

The intensive shift toward studying new rituals in the mid-80 is one of the key points of modernization and anthropologization of Serbian ethnology. The key initiator of this shift was the Ethnological society of Serbia, the scene of events were the yearly councils of the Ethnological society, and Papers in Ethnology, the society’s journal, published the first papers about new rituals. In the ambience of ethnology back then, wherein the foremost interests were concerned with recording memories of rural life in the 19th century, the innovative character of researching the send-off of retiring workers, entrance of children into the pioneer organization, send off of men to obligatory military service, the behavior in coffee shops or at the promenade, was more than obvious. From today’s perspective, thirty years later, the significance of these events for the constituting of the new Serbian anthropology is reviewed.
“Global” vs. “Local”: Two Readings of Theoretical and Methodological Position of Branko Gavela
Authors: D. Mihajlović Vladimir
Published: September 2016

The paper presents two possible readings of one discussion by Branko Gavela on the problems of protohistoric archaeology. From two distinct perspectives – one based upon the general pattern of development of archaeological thought, the other taking into account the specific local context, two disparate interpretations emerge of Gavela’s methodological conclusions. The general pattern of development of archaeological theory through three stages proves to be insufficient, and the author stresses the need to consider scholarly texts in the local context of the discipline. Instead of positioning Gavela’s texts as the “heralds” of theoretical changes in archaeology, a completely different position of his writings emerges, heavily influenced by the specific situation of archaeology in Serbia after the World War II.
Anthropologists as symbols: Geertz
Authors: Bošković Aleksandar
Published: September 2016

Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was certainly one of the most influential anthropologists in the last decades of the 20th century, even though some of his former students (like Rabinow in Slyomovics 2010) claim that he was not very accessible as a person, and that sometimes he did not even care for his students. Somewhat paradoxically, Geertz´s influence on anthropology and related disciplines remained notable even after his death. This paper analyzes interest in aspects of his work over the last decade, as an indicator of transforming a personality into a global cultural symbol.
Filigree in Istria: From the "brotherhood and unity" to multiculturalism
Authors: Nikolić Đerić Tamara , Orić Ivona
Published: September 2016

The aim of the paper is a diachronic research of the Albanian minority engaged with filigree production and the relationships (of power) between minorities present today in Istria. The text is motivated by three factors. Firstly because of the prevailing bipolar relation between the Croatian majority and Italian (autochthon) minority this opens up spaces for research of the position of other minorities.  Further, the inquiry for collaboration came from the community and finally by spacious and temporal determinants of the researched subject being Rovinj and Poreč, two cities where the authors lived and which are closely linked to the craft and the period in which the younger author spent her earliest childhood and the older remembers the school motto being: “to build up a comprehensive, free, creative and socialistic personality”. Starting from the idea of “brotherhood and equality” using ethnological methodologies we discover the ambivalent position of the filigree workers/Albanian minority through time and which we articulate through the prism of minority issues and  today’s concept of multiculturalism and interculturalism in Istria.
The anthropology of music: Contemporary theoretical perspectives
Authors: Kovačević Ivan , Ristivojević Marija
Published: September 2016

The anthropological study of music focuses on meanings which music hah and produces in a specific sociocultural context. Preferences toward a certain genre of music are tightly linked to the preference of certain cultural values, so music represents an important factor of identification in everyday life. In Serbian ethnology and anthropology music was long viewed as part of Serbian traditional culture, so the interests of researchers focused on “traditional music”. In the 1980’s first papers analyzing music which went outside the traditional frameworks appeared (new folk music – turbofolk), and this tendency has increased in the last ten years.
The anthropology of death or the new anthropology and the religious complex connected to death
Authors: Kovačević Ivan , Sinani Danijel
Published: September 2016

In this article the authors give a review of new anthropological work pertaining to dying, death and beliefs in life after death. Dying and the valorization of ways of dying are the subject of a paper by sociologist Todor Kuljić, while other relevant texts commented on by the authors are the results of the work done by anthropologists. Thus, the traditional belief in “prikoljiš” is analyzed in the text of Ivan Kovačević, while the folk belief in dying after death was analyzed by Dušan Bandić, and modern forms of grief in obituaries are analyzed by Ivan Čolović. The traditional belief in the vampire is the subject of analysis in papers by Dušan Bandić and Lidija Radulović, while the analysis of beliefs in immortality, present in a new religion, is the topic of a paper by Danijel Sinani.
Serbian migration policy concerning irregular migration and asylum in the context of the EU integration process
Authors: Stojić Mitrović Marta
Published: September 2016

In this paper I would like to present Serbian migration policy concerning irregular migration and asylum in the context of the attempts of the Serbian state to become a member of the European Union. I would describe the history of the asylum system prior and after the implementation of the independent asylum system in Serbia in 2008. My presentation of the Serbian migration policy would be channelled by the analysis of some particular political issues, such as the externalization of the EU borders’ control, as well as some relevant elements of the European integration process, like visa liberalization. The second, more culturally specific dimension of the issue would be accessed through the demonstration of both legislative and public conceptualizations of the irregular migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Serbia.
Red Dawn – the final episode of the Cold war
Authors: Kovačević Ivan , Ribić Vladimir
Published: September 2016

In the period of renewal of the Cold war, after 1980, movies which abandon the idea of the dentate appear, and they represent the response to Soviet expansion taking place under the auspices of diminished military confrontation. Of course, the Hollywood reaction to the real expansion of communism was not at adequate response, but it is a part of the wider restructuring of American politics regarding the Soviet Union, which was evidenced by strengthening defenses through the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), forcible intervention in Grenada, helping anti-communist movements around the world etc. In opposition to part of the US political scene which shut down attempts to stop the spread of communism across the world, action through popular culture, especially film, created a new climate in which multifaceted pressures on the socialist block were prepared. The movie Red Dawn can be considered part of the reaction of US politics on the particularistic view of the dentate as a shield for military and political spread of the USSR in Africa and other parts of the world. This pressure played on the inherent weaknesses of Soviet society in the 1980’s, a society which, after a brief period of failed transformation fell apart at the start of the final decade of the 20th century.
The making of a community: The making of a photo collection in a rural community in Italy
Authors: Fontefrancesco Michele
Published: September 2016

Photos are by their very nature evocative objects (Turkle 2007). This paper investigates the ability of a photo's capacity to trigger narratives about the self and the past. It argues that the collection of historic, private photos and the creation of a public photographic archive build a sense of community. The paper is the result of an ethnographic work conducted in Lu (AL) between 2010 and 2012. In this village, the local museum curetted a public collection of private and public photos dating from the late decades of the 19th century to the 1960s, in order to create a freely accessible internet archive. In a few months, in a village of about 1000 people, over 1000 photos were donated. On the basis of the collected photos, the museum organized periodical exhibitions that attracted many hundreds of visitors. The research investigates the entire process of photo collection, collective organization of a new photographic archive, its use for the organization of photo exhibitions, and the participation in these initiatives by local and foreign visitors. Focusing on exhibitions as an arena of social interaction in particular, the paper investigates how the evocativeness of a community's past can create a sense of belonging in the community, and that the very sense of community is negotiated and re-shaped.
The role of football in the Yugoslav crisis. “Nationalisation” of the football fandom in the former Yugoslavia
Authors: Đorđević Ivan
Published: September 2016

The strong connection between everyday politics and football fandom represents a distinctive characteristic of a football culture in contemporary Serbia.  This paper focuses on the issues related to strong political influence of “nationalised” political space in the former Yugoslavia that caused specific politicisation of football supporters in the country. I argue that political capital of the football fans derives from the specific social and political environment that characterised the process of disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. The aim of this article is to emphasize the connection between growing nationalisation of politics and specific events that took place on football stadiums during the late 1980s and the early 1990s in the SFRY. Through the analysis of the particular events from that period, this article aims to analyse the causes that led to transformation of the subculture of the football fans to political agents par excellence.
The role of the political prophecy of the Boer “Nostradamus” in the formation of the ideology of the conservative right in South Africa
Authors: Stajić Mladen
Published: September 2016

This article analyzes the influence of the prophet Siner Van Rensburg and later interpreters of his visions on creation of the Boer and Afrikaner national identity in the Republic of South Africa from the start of the 20th century until today. The work of the prophet and his disciples is viewed in the light of important historical events and contemporary political circumstances. Through the interpretation of the political instrumentalization of this prophecy, the mechanism of the making of and functioning of political foresight is demonstrated. This is also applicable to the opus of numerous other seers all over the world. A critical overview of important works of authors dealing with this issue is given, as well as a theoretical basis for planned future research. The primary role of the prophecy is, inthis paper, not identified as the divination of future events but as the ideological reinterpretation of the past and the present through the prism of determinism and facing social change in times of crisis, as well as their negation. Thus, the supposed prophecies become an acceptable place to express socially unacceptable attitudes and unrealized political wishes, goals and ambitions.
Prevention of Complications of Endovenous Laser Treatment
Authors: Krysa Bohdan Vasylovych
Published: September 2016

Treatment of varicose vein disease should provide reliable exclusion of varicose veins from blood circulation, be minimally traumatic, ensure a satisfactory aesthetic effect as well as minimize side effects. The use of endovenous laser treatment allows achieving optimal results. Laser technology, however, may cause a number of complications, in particular segmental thrombophlebitis, ecchymosis, skin hyperpigmentation, neurological disorders, and paravasal burns. There are complications specific to laser treatment as well: during coagulation, multiple gas bubbles can be observed on the screen of the ultrasound machine, which are formed on the light guide face-end and enter the central venous system, pulmonary circulation and blood vessels of the brain through sapheno-femorale fistula. In the early postoperative period, most of the operated patients suffer from headache, dizziness, nausea, feeling of “heaviness” when breathing, and general weakness lasting for 6-7 days and affecting the normal course of the postoperative period. Thus, there has been suggested the method for preventing specific complications of endovenous laser treatment by active removal of laser coagulation products, which are formed at the working end of the light guide, in order to minimize the number of these products entering the central venous system through sapheno-femorale fistula and perforating veins (Application for an invention u201605586).  The task can be achieved by draining the coagulation zone and removing the products of vaporization and carbonization from the lumen of the vein through a drainage catheter, connected to the vacuum source. The implementation of the method allows preventing complications caused by the products of vaporization and photocoagulation, which can enter the pulmonary circulation and blood vessels of the brain through the venous system.
Selection of Treatment Techniques for Lower Extremity Varicose Vein Disease
Authors: Krysa Vasyl Mykhailovych , Krysa Bohdan Vasylovych
Published: September 2016

The article deals with available literature analysis, as well as authors’ own clinical observations concerning treatment of varicose vein disease. The article presents traditional surgery and endovascular methods of treatment and emphasizes that no technique has been recognized as universally applicable. The issue of reducing postoperative trauma, as well as shortening hospitalization and rehabilitation periods remains topical. Vein removal or any other way of excluding it from blood circulation has to be aimed only at areas with abnormalities in the area with venous reflux confirmed by ultrasonography. Such approach enables preserving autograft, indispensable in cardiovascular surgery. Nowadays, classical combined phlebectomy is replaced by endovascular techniques. The reason is that it is less traumatic, has a good aesthetic effect and a shorter rehabilitation period. Laser coagulation proves to become a priority trend in treating varicose vein disease, as an instrument of so-called “office surgery” when patients can leave the medical center on their own and proceed with their usual activities in a short time. All known treatment techniques should not be considered as rivals. Combination of various treatment techniques with consideration to their peculiarities makes it possible to achieve better clinic results than when aiming at a single technique. The main criterion to choose a treatment technique is preoperative vascular ultrasonography, which determines anatomic and morphological peculiarities of varicose vein disease, special features of hemodynamic disorders and helps select an optimal treatment option.
Some Aspects of Management of Patients with Defective Scars of Breast with Chronic Inflammatory Fibrocystic Mastopathy and Sector Resections In Anamnesis
Authors: Rybchynsky Gordiy Olegovych
Published: September 2016

This publication describes the main reasons and some aspects of breast defective scar appearance and explains the comprehensive impact of risk factors leading to their appearance. Some examples of minimum invasive treatment of defective scars using the author’s own method of treatment as well as the way of patients’ management after surgical treatment of defective scars or after breast sector resection aimed at prevention of defective scars recurrence are provided. The importance and topicality of esthetic factor in patients with fibrocystic disease of breast with chronic inflammatory component including untreated one are highlighted.
AIR TRAVELERS' PERCEPTION TOWARDS SERVICE QUALITY OF INDIAN DOMESTIC AIRLINES
Authors: Murari Krishna
Published: September 2016

This study makes an attempt to measure the customer satisfaction level based on service quality as perceived by air travelers among five Indian domestic airlines. Service quality attributes included in the study are Ticket booking experience; Check-in process; Luggage handling; In-flight experience; Cabin crew; Arrival services and Complaint handling approach of domestic airlines operating in India. A questionnaire was designed with above set of attributes and responses of 120 travelers of five domestic airlines viz., Go Air, Jet Airways, Indigo, Spice Jet and Air India (Domestic) were recorded on a five point Likert scale. About 120 respondents were interviewed from different tourist destinations in the four districts of Sikkim state of India. A convenient sampling method was followed. Perceptions of only those travelers were captured who had actually undergone the experience of travelling by at least two domestic airlines. Using Kruskal-Wallis test, it was checked whether travelers perceive any significant difference between satisfaction levels among five airlines for each of the above sevem identified attributes. The domestic airline preferences of customers with respect to each of the service quality attribute were also traced during the study. It was observed that Spice Jet has scored highest preference on 'ticket booking', 'in-flight experience' and 'cabin crew' service attributes; whereas the perception of travelers towards 'check-in process', 'luggage handling', 'arrival services' and 'complaint handling' attributes of Jet Airways, was significantly different from the others. Indian customers also see the quality of services in connection with the value to money.
IMPACT OF FDI AND FIIS ON SENSEX AND NIFTY IN INDIA
Authors: Sinha Sanjay Kumar , Rani Jyoti
Published: September 2016

The present paper highlights the impact of Foreign Direct investments (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investments (FIIs) in India on BSE and NSE. The study is purely based on secondary data and the analysis of which was made through the application of Karl Pearson's coefficient of Correlation and Multi Regression OLS model (Ordinary Least Square). Based on 15 years data starting from 2001 to 2015, it was found that the flow of FDI and FIIs was moving in cycle with Sensex and Nifty.There is a very strong positive correlation between FDI and Sensex and FDI andNifty. There is a moderate positive correlation between FII and Sensex but the correlation is not significant between FII andNifty.It can be concluded that the impact of flow of FDI and FIIs on Indian stock market is significant.
IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS ON PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES STOCK PRICES IN INDIA
Authors: Kumar Roshan , Gupta Dr. Manisha
Published: September 2016

Exchange rate is parameter to measure the International competition between the different countries. It is also known as index of competitiveness of currency of any country and an inverse relationship between this index and competitiveness exists. An exchange rate has two important component, the domestic currency and a foreign currency and it can be represent by the directly or indirectly. In the first way the price of a unit foreign currency is represent in terms of the domestic currency. In indirect way, the price of a unit of domestic currency is representing in terms of the foreign currency. The foreign exchange market is the place where the currency of one country is exchanged for that another country where the rate of exchange is determined. The Indian pharmaceutical industry currently occupies the top position among science based industries. Indian pharma industry is organized sector and it has to be total market value of 4.5 US billion dollars. It growth rate is near about 8% to10% per annum. The Indian pharmaceutical sector is highly structured with Approx 20,000 units. It market capitalization is expected to grow to US$ 85 billion by the year 2020. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the exchange rate exposure of pharmaceutical Industry in india.For this stock price of selected companies (Yearly and exchange rate data) are taken from the government websites. The time periods are taken from 2003 to 2013. The result indicate that weaken rupee has significant positive relationship with pharmaceutical sector.