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Natural Disasters in the Chronographia of John Malalas: Reflections on their Function—An Initial Sketch
Authors: Meier Mischa
Published: November 2007

Christian chronicles have been regarded for a long time as an inferior sub-genre of historiography. One of the intentions of this article is to contribute towards a revision of this assessment—it does so through analysing the way natural disasters have been handled in the Chronographia of the Byzantine chronicler John Malalas. In accordance with the norms specific to the genre of Christian chronicles, Malalas too writes within a mould of salvation history, and interprets events as a manifestation of the workings of divine will. Especially during the reign of the emperor Justinian (527–65) the author observes the occurrence of several natural disasters, yet adheres to the view that these were not to be regarded as signs of an approaching end of the world. Instead, it would seem, that he wished to characterise the age of Justinian as an age of fear. As God spread fear through natural disasters so as to induce people to lead a life pleasing to God, the emperor too, at another level, disseminated fear in order to live up to his role as God's representative. Malalas interpreted contemporary events in terms of a retributive theology rooted in the Old Testament and for whose currency evidence could be found at different places during the sixth century.
Equity vs Efficiency in Telecom Spectrum Management in India
Authors: Rao Chapalamadugu Sambasiva
Published: November 2007

The phenomenal growth in mobile communications and introduction of third generation (3G) mobile services have put focus on spectrum management in India. The radio spectrum is a limited natural resource that is fully renewable without incurring costs. Therefore, it must be efficiently used and equitably distributed. For this to take place, present spectrum allocation policy in India requires a number of modifications. Further, the government has selected the market approach for allocating spectrum for 3G mobile services. The market approach, unless accompanied by relevant policy changes, at the most will result in maximised receipts from spectrum auctions. The elements of spectrum reform that help realise development potential of telecommunications are brought out in this paper.
Valganciclovir prevents cytomegalovirus reactivation in patients receiving alemtuzumab-based therapy
Authors: O'Brien Susan , Ravandi Farhad , Riehl Todd , Wierda William , Huang Xuelin , Tarrand Jeffrey , O'Neal Brandi , Kantarjian Hagop , Keating Michael
Published: November 2007

Alemtuzumab is an immunosuppressive antibody that depletes normal T cells and B cells. Prophylaxis for herpes virus and Pneumocystis carinii is standard with this agent. Approximately 20% to 25% of patients will experience cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation. We conducted a randomized trial wherein patients being treated with an alemtuzumab-containing regimen received prophylaxis with either valaciclovir 500 mg orally daily or valganciclovir 450 mg orally twice daily. The study design planned to enroll 128 patients, but stopping rules for early termination were met. Forty patients were evaluable. Median age was 58 years (range, 25–83 years); median number of prior therapies was 2 (range, 0–10). Diagnoses included chronic lymphocytic leukemia (29), T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (3), hairy cell leukemia (1), adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) (1), marginal zone leukemia (1), large granular lymphocyte leukemia (2), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (1), and T-cell lymphoma (2). Patients received various alemtuzumab-containing regimens, including single agent (5) or combined with: rituximab (2), pentostatin (6), fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (23), or fractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, adriamycin, and dexamethasone (hyper-CVAD) (4). Seven of 20 patients enrolled on the valaciclovir arm experienced CMV reactivation. None of the 20 patients randomized to valganciclovir experienced CMV reactivation (P = .004). In conclusion, this agent was highly effective for prophylaxis of CMV reactivation in patients receiving alemtuzumab. This trial was registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov as #NCT00562770.
Differential expression of papillomavirus L1 proteins encoded by authentic and codon modified L1 genes in methylcellulose-treated mouse keratinocytes
Authors: Wang Xiao , Li Bo , Zhao Kong-Nan
Published: November 2007

Papillomaviruses (PVs) are double-stranded DNA viruses that infect keratinocytes in differentiating epithelia and induce hyperproliferative lesions. Here, we used methylcellulose to induce cell differentiation of primary mouse keratinocytes (KCs) in in vitro culture and assessed the expression of authentic and codon-modified version of L1 capsid genes from two PV types (HPV6b and BPV1). Based on the quantitative RT-PCR analysis, methylcellulose treatment did not influence the transcriptional expression of both authentic and codon-modified L1 genes in KCs. Western blot showed that methylcellulose significantly increased the levels of the L1 proteins expressed from two authentic L1 genes. Conversely, methylcellulose dramatically decreased L1 protein expression in KCs transfected with two codon-modified L1 expression constructs. These data suggest that L1 protein expression is associated with KC differentiation induced by methylcellulose treatment and regulated at the post-transcriptional level.
Developmental Changes of Leptin Receptors in Cerebral Microvessels: Unexpected Relation to Leptin Transport
Authors: Pan Weihong , Hsuchou Hung , Tu Hong , Kastin Abba J.
Published: November 2007

The adipokine leptin participates not only in the regulation of feeding and obesity in adults but also in neonatal development. It crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by receptor-mediated transport. Leptin concentrations in blood differ between neonates and adults. We determined the developmental changes of leptin receptor subtypes in the cerebral microvessels composing the BBB and examined their expected correlation with leptin transport across the BBB. Total RNA was extracted from enriched cerebral microvessels of mice 1, 7, 14, and 60 d of age for real-time RT-PCR analysis of leptin receptor subtypes. In cerebral microvessels from neonates, ObRa, ObRb, ObRc, and ObRe mRNA were all higher than in adults, but ObRd was not detectable. Hypothalamus showed similar age-related changes except for ObRb, which was higher in adults. The homologous receptor gp130 did not show significant age-related changes in either region. Despite the increase of leptin receptors, leptin permeation across the BBB after iv injection was less in the neonates. In situ brain perfusion with blood-free buffer showed no significant difference in the brain uptake of leptin between neonates and adults, indicating an antagonistic role of leptin-binding proteins in the circulation, especially the soluble receptor ObRe. The results are consistent with our previous finding that ObRe antagonizes leptin endocytosis in cultured endothelia and transport from blood to brain in mice. Overall, the developmental changes observed for leptin receptors unexpectedly failed to correlate with the entry of leptin into brain, and this may indicate different functions of the receptors in neonates and adults.
Mammalian Type I Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors Undergo Slow, Constitutive, Agonist-Independent Internalization
Authors: Pawson Adam J. , Faccenda Elena , Maudsley Stuart , Lu Zhi-Liang , Naor Zvi , Millar Robert P.
Published: November 2007

Regulatory elements present in the cytoplasmic carboxyl-terminal tails of G protein-coupled receptors contribute to agonist-dependent receptor desensitization, internalization, and association with accessory proteins such as β-arrestin. The mammalian type I GnRH receptors are unique among the rhodopsin-like G protein-coupled receptors because they lack a cytoplasmic carboxyl-terminal tail. In addition, they do not recruit β-arrestin, nor do they undergo rapid desensitization. By measuring the internalization of labeled GnRH agonists, previous studies have reported that mammalian type I GnRH receptors undergo slow agonist-dependent internalization. In the present study, we have measured the internalization of epitope-tagged GnRH receptors, both in the absence and presence of GnRH stimulation. We demonstrate that mammalian type I GnRH receptors exhibit a low level of constitutive agonist-independent internalization. Stimulation with GnRH agonist did not significantly enhance the level of receptor internalization above the constitutive level. In contrast, the catfish GnRH and rat TRH receptors, which have cytoplasmic carboxyl-terminal tails, displayed similar levels of constitutive agonist-independent internalization but underwent robust agonist-dependent internalization, as did chimeras of the mammalian type I GnRH receptor with the cytoplasmic carboxyl-terminal tails of the catfish GnRH receptor or the rat TRH receptor. When the carboxyl-terminal Tyr325 and Leu328 residues of the mammalian type I GnRH receptor were replaced with alanines, these two mutant receptors underwent significantly impaired internalization, suggesting a function for the Tyr-X-X-Leu sequence in mediating the constitutive agonist-independent internalization of mammalian type I GnRH receptors. These findings provide further support for the underlying notion that the absence of the cytoplasmic carboxyl-terminal tail of the mammalian type I GnRH receptors has been selected for during evolution to prevent rapid receptor desensitization and internalization to allow protracted GnRH signaling in mammals.
Base-promoted Condensation Polymerization of Aminoesters with Diphenylacetylene and trans-Stilbene Backbones
Authors: Yokoyama Akihiro , Shimizu Yuuki , Saito Jun-ichiro , Yokozawa Tsutomu
Published: November 2007

Polymerization of diphenylacetylene and trans-stilbene monomers bearing 4-alkylamino and 4′-phenoxy- or 4′-alkoxycarbonyl groups was carried out with an initiator in the presence of lithium 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazide. Chain-growth polymerization afforded corresponding polyamides, whereas step-growth polymerization resulted in the formation of cyclic oligoamides.
Wealth, Inheritance and Housing Policy
Authors: Murie Alan , Forrest Ray
Published: November 2007

The links between housing and the accumulation of wealth have received little attention in recent years. The predominant concerns of housing policy and housing research have been questions of access, mobility and use. This paper argues that British housing has reached a critical stage in its development where new issues are emerging, particularly in relation to property inheritance and the differential accumulation of wealth. Current trends indicate increasing polarisation between owners and non-owners of property, an increasingly stratified owner occupied sector and a situation where housing processes can create and sustain new patterns of inequality.
The Conditions of Effective Public Policy: A New Challenge For Policy Analysis
Authors: Mayntz Renate
Published: November 2007

The focus of policy analysis has shifted from policy (or programme) development to implementation and now back to questions of programme design. While programme design as an issue is largely neglected both by the public at large and by policy-makers as well, it is increasingly recognised as a condition of policy effectiveness. The choices to be made in programme design concern the intervention instruments as well as procedural and organisational arrangements which serve to structure the implementation process. Recent research on policy implementation has already provided useful empirical generalisations which can guide these choices, though a systematic theory is still lacking. Two contextual conditions of policy effectiveness are discussed in more detail, i.e. (1) the relationship between problems and programme design, and (2) the changing effectiveness of different policy types with changes in the macro-social environment.
Tetracyclic harmonic graphs
Authors: Borovicanin Bojana , Gutman Ivan , Petrovic M.
Published: November 2007

A graph G on n vertices v1, v2,..., vn is said to be harmonic if (d(v1),d(v2),..., d(vn))t is an eigenvector of its (0,1)-adjacency matrix where d(vi) is the degree ?(= number of first neighbors) of the vertex Vi i = 1,2,..., n. Earlier all acyclic, unicyclic, bicyclic and tricyclic harmonic graphs were characterized. We now show that there are 2 regular and 18 non-regular connected tetracyclic harmonic graphs and determine their structures.
Inequalities which include q-integrals
Authors: Stankovic M.S. , Rajkovic P.M. , Marinkovic Sladjana
Published: November 2007

The main problem in analyzing inequalities which include q-integrals is the fact that q-integral of a function over an interval [a; b] (0 < a < b) is defined by the difference of two infinite sums. Thus defined q- integral properties must include the points outside of interval of integration. In this paper, we will signify to some directions for solving this problem and derive some inequalities which are analogues to well-known ones in standard integral calculus. AMS Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 33D60, 26D15.
Regularity theory in Colombeau algebras
Authors: Oberguggenberger M.
Published: November 2007

This paper introduces and discusses various notions of regularity of solutions to partial differential equations in Colombeau algebras. The aim is to suggest a number of approaches that allow to extend the regularity theory to nonlinear equations. A relation with the notion of delta waves is observed. AMS Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 35D05, 35L60, 46F30.
Regular nonlinear generalized functions and applications
Authors: Delcroix A.
Published: November 2007

We present new types of regularity for Colombeau nonlinear generalized functions, based on the notion of regular growth with respect to the regularizing parameter of the simplified model. This generalizes the notion of G8-regularity introduced by M. Oberguggenberger. As a first application we show that these new spaces are useful in a problem of representation of linear maps by integral operators, giving an analogon to Schwartz kernel theorem in the framework of nonlinear generalized functions. Secondly, we remark that these new regularities can be characterized, for compactly supported generalized functions, by a property of their Fourier transform. This opens the door to micro local analysis of singularities of generalized functions, with respect to these regularities. AMS Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 35A18, 35A27, 42B10, 46E10, 46F30.
Interests versus morality in politics
Authors: Radojcic Mirjana
Published: November 2007

In this individual project the relationship between interests and moral in politics will be considered, taking into consideration the disintegration of former Yugoslavia and the processes of globalization. The starting thesis of the research is that the main actors of global politics are still guided by the modern principles of real-politics with interests as its basic category and power as its supreme value. In that context the main elements of external politics of USA as the key actor of the processes will be specially considered. In the concluding part of the research author will be argue in favor of the affirmation of a new model of global politics, matching the character and scope of the problems faced by humanity at the turn of the century and the millenium.
Synchronicity of social change and the construct of gender roles: Traditionalism and modernity as contents of mainstream model of female gender roles in women's magazines during the last quarter of 20
Authors: Jaric Isidora
Published: November 2007

The main intention of the research is to retrospectively decode changes in mainstream construct of female gender roles within the period of ''developed self-management socialism'' (1970s), period of structural crisis of socialism (1980s) and post-socialist period of Serbian/Yugoslav society. The mainstream construct of female gender roles will be reconstruct from Serbian women's magazine 'Bazar''. Through the basic presumptions of theoretical framework the research will try to conceptualize theoretical approach which will correspond with co called 'new communicative research model' which will be capable to incorporate contemporary changes within the process of communication among the emitter and recipients in order to better understand the content of the message.
State, law, realm of freedom (practical-philosophical themes of the later Fichte)
Authors: Basta Danilo
Published: November 2007

Fichte's theory of the state, comprising and integral part of his practical philosophy, is built on the key premises of his metaphysics. Therefore the clarification of this problem in Fichte's later philosophy intends to point, on one hand, to a representative metaphysical project of the state with great speculative power, and on the other to a way of thinking about the state which is today taken to be anachronistic, unscientific, outdated, and hence worthy of being mentioned as a "negative example". Though these qualifications should not be totally discarded or questioned in advance, revisiting Fichte's late metaphysics of the state is philosophically productive even in our times. Nowadays it can be extremely helpful to anyone who has not yet been trodden over by a scientific political science and whose cognitive interest is still sufficiently open for a strongly philosophical consideration of the state, who wishes to philosophically enrich or sharpens his/her view of the state. Although Fichte's theory of the state is unified and coherent, it underwent - especially in its last phase - a significant transformation. It was so much visible that the state is relegated to the background even terminologically. In Fichte's later philosophy the keyword is no longer the state but the "realm of freedom". The state is here talked about intentionally, as it were, always with a glance aimed at this realm, at the possibility and prospects for its establishment. Although this terminological and cognitive primacy of the realm of freedom pushed the state into the background, it was not denied any importance. On the contrary, on the way to freedom the state is for Fichte an important point of development that must be passed. And precisely in this transiency lies its inevitability. .
Critiques of the globalization process: The examples of Russia and Serbia
Authors: Subotic Milan
Published: November 2007

The paper is devoted to outlining the research topic to be dealt with by the author in the incoming period within the project of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory. Starting from "globalization" as the keyword of current debates on political, economic and cultural destiny of contemporary world, the author delineates the subject matter of his research as the critiques of the globalization process formulated in Russia and Serbia. In terms of contents, the research will be devoted to analyzing and interpreting different philosophical-theoretical, political and ideological arguments used by the critics of the globalization process in political and cultural life of Russia and Serbia. The proposed comparative approach ought to provide an insight into the influence exerted by Russian opponents of globalization on domestic critics of the process, as well as to help understand the differences in resisting globalization that stem from different political, economic, military, cultural and international positions of the two countries in today's world. The basic aim of the research is to asses theoretical-argumentative and practical-political potentials of the critiques of globalization in these two post-communist countries.
Voluntary league of peoples vs. coercive world federative state (Völkerstaat/Staatenverein) of peoples as states: Kant's and Rawls' considerations concerning international relations: Similarities and
Authors: Stupar Milorad
Published: November 2007

Although similar in some respects, Rawls' and Kant' visions of world order fall apart on the question of sovereignty. Rawls never advocates of an international single state with international authority. Kant, on the other hand, inspired by the project of Enlightenment, as a final form of international sovereignty sees federative state of states as a provider for eternal peace among peoples.
Through the prism of the metaphor: A reflection of the actuality of Kant's philosophy
Authors: Cicovacki Predrag
Published: November 2007

This essay examines the significance of Kant's transcendental philosophy by focusing on the central metaphors used in his works. The four metaphors singled out here are those of (a) the Copernican turn, (b) the land of truth and the ocean of illusion, (c) the starry heavens and the moral law, and (d) of perpetual peace. The author emphasizes the strong and the weak points of Kant's philosophy that these metaphors reveals, and argues that these central metaphors work together and point toward the two essential concerns of Kant's entire philosophical opus: (1) an active role of the creative subject in all forms of human experience, and (2) the boundaries of the subject's creativity. Further reflection should not only reveal some other metaphors and their role in Kant's philosophy, but also clarify how he himself understand the nature of metaphors: Are metaphors the expression of our creativity, or of the limitations of our creativity?.
From universal prescriptive to Kantian utilitarianism
Authors: Dobrijevic Aleksandar
Published: November 2007

The author re-examines Hare's multiple ways of connecting his metaethical with his normative doctrine, which is in formal sense determined as "Kantian utilitarianism", and in substantive sense as "preference-utilitarianism". Critical references to both dimensions of utilitarian doctrine aim at indication on scopes and limits of Hare's ambitious redefinition of the doctrine. Further on he discusses about so-called "necessary ingredient" of moral reasoning under the name of "sympathetic imagination", which Hare grasps in his developed theory not only as a normative demand but also as a logical thesis. Finally, he considers kinds of preferences that can or cannot be recognized (with help of established set of criteria) as morally relevant.
The social origins and political uses of popular narratives on Serbian disunity
Authors: Naumovic Slobodan
Published: November 2007

The text offers an examination of socio-political bases, modes of functioning, and of the consequences of political instrumentalisation of popular narratives on Serbian disunity. The first section of the paper deals with what is being expressed and what is being done socially when narratives on Serbian disunity are invoked in everyday discourses. The next section investigates what political actor sty, by publicly replicating them, or by basing their speeches on key words of those narratives. The narratives on Serbian disunity are then related to their historical and social contexts, and to various forms of identity politics with which they share common traits. The nineteenth century wars over political and cultural identity, intensified by the struggle between contesting claims to political authority, further channeled by the development of party politics in Serbia and radicalized by conflicts of interest and ideology together provided the initial reasons for the apparition of modern discourses on Serbian disunity and disaccord. Next, addressed are the uninnally solidifying or misinterpreting really existing social problems (in the case of some popular narratives on disunity), or because of intentionally exploiting popular perceptions of such problems (in the case of most political meta-narratives), the constructive potential related to existing social conflicts and splits can be completely wasted. What results is a deep feeling of frustration, and the diminishing of popular trust in the political elites and the political process in general. The contemporary hyperproduction of narratives on disunity and disaccord in Serbia seems to be directly related to the incapacity of the party system, and of the political system in general, to responsibly address, and eventually resolve historical and contemporary clashes of interest and identity-splits. If this vicious circle in which the consequences of social realities are turned into their causes is to be prevented, conflicts of interest must be discursively disassociated from ideological conflicts, as well as from identity-based conflicts, and all of them have to be disentangled from popular narratives on splits and disunity. Most important of all, the practice of political instrumentalisation of popular narratives on disunity and disaccord has to be gradually abandoned.
Descartes’ eternal truths, created and un created
Authors: Milidrag Predrag
Published: November 2007

This article considers Descartes? doctrine of eternal truths, in connection with the status of the principle of no contradiction. It is shown that the rear created and uncreated eternal truths; the former are eternal truths about creatures and the se truths are the object of divine will, while the latter are the truths about God him self, which are founded in his existence, so he can not change them. Concerning the question whet her the principle of no contradiction is a created or a no created eternal truth, different Descartes? claims on this subject, potentially incongruent, are pointed out. Based on the fact that this principle does not have absolute validity, the conclusion is that in Descartes? metaphysics the status of the principle of no contradiction is not relevant, because God?s infinite power is in different to ward it.
Results of democratic transition through the eyes of citizens of Serbia in 2005
Authors: Golubovic Zagorka
Published: November 2007

In 2005 The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory has undertaken a reputed interview (after the one done in 2001/2002, whose results have been published in Politika i svakodnevni zivot, 2003), based on identical methodology (in-depth interview and qualitative analysis) but on a reduced sample (30 interviewees) in six towns in Serbia. The objective was to examine how citizens see the circumstances in society today, five years after the October turn, and what conditions their attitudes towards: the policy of new democratic powers, of democratic parties and those of the ex-regime, as well as towards the problems they are confronted with, and whether the initial optimism has gone and why. The results obtained by this interview show that after five years of experience with democratic transition the interviewees are more critical regarding the actual democratic policy (especially of the second democratic Government), and more likely to forget the reasons created by the former regime as obstacles to a successful democratic transition. For this reason, disappointment has grown, and an initial optimism gives its place to pessimism, with vanishing of the hope in the possibility of radical democratic change. This makes it possible to give a chance to the Radical Party in a future election. But, in spite of current confusion among citizens produced by the examined state of affairs, as well as the ambiguities in certain attitudes, this inquiry suggests that the interviewees have provided a quite realistic evaluation of the actual conditions in Serbian society today, and that their criticism, which arises from disappointment, does not completely cancel a positive attitude towards democratic transition, since their criticism results from dissatisfaction with the unrealized democratic principles and values after October 5th.
Stereotype: End of (a) story
Authors: Djeric Gordana
Published: November 2007

The paper is an analytic retrospective of the author?s work during the preceding research period, involving the study of role, meaning and place of stereotypes in identity discourses. In order to explain the reasons for and ways of dealing with stereotypes, she reviews the evolution of her own research approach and the alternative approaches to the topic from the perspective of various scholarly disciplines. Seeking to avoid the trap of ?interpreting (ethnic) stereotypes stereotypically?, the author chooses not to follow the usual method whereby ethnic stereotypes are ?deconstructed? as false and generalizing image of oneself and others, and exposed to social-psychological and political-anthropological critique. Instead, the author looks at stereotypes primarily in terms of their linguistic and social ?semiotics? and their theoretical and practical usability. Stressing the necessity of relativizing the binary structure of discourse, the author argues that stereotypes, though indispensable as elements of the ?economy? of language and thought, should be socially conceptualized and historicized in analysis.
The image of the other: Friend, foreigner, patriot?
Authors: Boskovic Aleksandar
Published: November 2007

The paper explores the imagery and constructions of alterity in the contemporary world. The image of the other is at the same time the image of ourselves, mostly through the metaphor of the ?stranger.? This ?stranger? represents the unknown, so he/she occasionally provokes fear and resentment, if only for appearing physically different in the ?mainstream? culture. This paper traces the genesis and development of certain modernist ideals (including the need to postulate the existence of others as strange and potentially threatening). The apparent lack of comprehension for (cultural, ethnic, racial) others is just a symptom of the much deeper disorder - in the quest for rationality, the meaning of simple human communication seems to be forgotten. Just like in a hall of mirrors, the images that people encounter are basically the images of them?selves - only they have been distorted through nationalist or racist rhetoric. Using the examples from theory (anthropology, feminism, cultural studies) as well as from specific cultures (Brazil, South Africa, former Yugoslavia, France), and following on the works of scholars like Kristeva, Linke and Balibar, the author demonstrates the logic behind the need to exclude others, as well as the fact that all of these attempts will eventually back?fire. For we cannot exclude others if we do not at the same time exclude ourselves.
Discourse of globalization
Authors: Balazic Milan
Published: November 2007

Since the fall of the Berlin wall, the process of globalization has been understood as a necessary fate. The myth of the almightiness of the market economy, liberalization and deregulation is revitalized. Before us, there is a phenomenon Lacan?s discourse of University, which in 20 century was firstly given as a Stalinist discourse and today is given as a neo-liberal discourse of globalization. From underneath og a seeming objectivity, a Master insists-either the Party and the Capital. Just as the utopia of the world proletarian revolution has fallen apart, the utopia of globalize capitalism and liberal democracy is also falling apart. The 9/11 event is opening opportunities for a construction of the field of social and political, out of the contour of the status quo. The coordinates of the possibility has changed and if we take the non-existence of the grand Autre on ourselves, then the contingence interference in the existent socio-symbolic order is possible.
The founding of the University of Belgrade and the controversy over the Faculty of Theology 1905-1920
Authors: Lolic Marinko
Published: November 2007

The paper presents and sheds light on a 1919 controversy unfolding in the periodical Demokratija. Its main protagonists were the notable Serbian philosopher Branislav Petronijevic, theologist Radovan Kazimirovic and physiologist Ivan Djaja, and it concerned the proposal to establish a Faculty of Theology in Belgrade. The debate reflects in fact the conflict among Serbian intellectuals over fundamental principles of the university. We believe this is a most important intellectual dispute taking place in our academic public in the early 20th century. Although historical records indicate that the position of the Faculty of Theology within the future University was discussed as early as the 19th century, when the first ideas of founding a University in Serbia had been put forward, with discussions culminating on the occasion of the establishment of the first Serbian University in 1905, the questions raised then remained mainly unsolved and marked the one-century of the Belgrade University, the most prestigious Serbian institution of higher learning. Turbulent changes in our society in the 1990s announced new searches and radical reevaluation of the condition of our higher education. The problem of the Faculty of Theology thus resurfaced within not just academic but also broader political and cultural public. Unfortunately, some participants in this debate, disregarding the complexity of the issue, have focused their attention on the communist period alone, when the Faculty of Theology was separated from the University. In this way they avoid facing the crucial problem of the contemporary Serbian society - the problem of building modern secular educational and political institutions. .
Heidegger’sche existenzialen der geschichtlichkeit: ürschprunglichkeit oder konstruktion?
Authors: Prole Dragan
Published: November 2007

(nemacki) Von Heideggers Standpunkt aus wirkte der Mechanismus der Idee von der einheitlichen Geschichte der Menschheit trotz der proklamierten emanzipatorischen Absichten als Bef?rw?rter in der Nivelierung des eigentlichen Daseins, und damit diente er eher seiner Versklavung als seiner Befreiung. Heideggers Abhandlung ?ber die Geschichtlichkeit beruht auf der Ablehnung des Begriffs der Geschichte, beziehungsweise Hegels Begriffs der Weltgeschichte. Die Rechtfertigung dieser Korrektur wurde in unverzichtbarer Opposition zwischen der Erkentnnis der Geschichte und der Befragung des geschichtlichen Seins gefunden, wessen eigene Struktur in der egsistentiell-zeitlichen M?glichkeit des Geschehens liegt. In der Behauptung, dass das urspr?ngliche Verst?ndnis keine allgemeine Kentnnis f?r alle darbieten kann, ?ffnet sich die ganze Problematik der Heideggers Position. Sie beruht n?hmlich auf der These, dass die Welt der ?ffentlichkeit keine Rationalit?t bietet und das Dasein im Bezug auf die ?ffentlichkeit hat nichts, worauf es sich st?tzen k?nnte.
Stratigraphical and Lithological characteristics of Preloess sediments in Eastern Srem, Serbia
Authors: Nenadic Drazenko , Simic Vladimir , Knezevic Slobodan
Published: November 2007

In the area of Eastern Srem Pleistocene sediments cover large territories. Their facial diversity and very complex interrelations of lithological units are one of the important features of this part of the Pannonian basin. Study of stratigraphic, lithologic, sedimentologic and mineralogic characteristics of these deposits from boreholes in Zemun, Indjija, Cortanovci and Ruma led to conclusion that the interaction of tectonic and climatic changes, as well as difference in sedimentological environments, caused formation of genetically different lithostratigraphic units.
Some species of the Genus Hemicytheria Pokorny (Ostracoda, Crustacea) from the Upper Miocene of Serbia
Authors: Rundic Ljupko
Published: November 2007

The ostracod genus Hemicytheria is very important for biostratigraphy of the caspibrackish deposits of the Pannonian basin. More than twenty species are known from regions of central Serbia and adjacent provinces. Most of them being found in the Pannonian and Pontian sediments (Sokac, 1972; Krstic, 1985; Rundic, 1992, 1993, 1997). Herein, three new species are reported for the first time: Hemicytheria setosa n. sp., Hemicytheria carinata n. sp., Hemicytheria portaferrica n. sp.
The fauna of Prebreza (southern Serbia) and its position within the mammalian neogene units
Authors: Stefanovic Ivan
Published: November 2007

The paleontological site of Prebreza in southern Serbia is an important European mammalian site of Middle Miocene age. The presence of various species shows the migration routes of various taxa in intercontinental exchange that occurred between Europe, Asia and Africa. In this paper, a short revision of published taxa is given. The correlation to other Neogene sites, such as ?andir, In?n?, Pasalar (Turkey) and Belometchetskaya (North Caucasus) shows the position within MN6 Mammalian Neogene unit. The large collections from, and the capacity of the Prebreza site, will be the subject of further research of paleontologists and other scientists, interested in the evolution of fauna, paleogeography and the climate.
On the graptolite schist's formation, Silurian-Lower Devonian, in the Carpatho-Balkanides of eastern Serbia
Authors: Krstic Branislav , Maslarevic Ljubinka , Sudar Milan
Published: November 2007

The fabric of the Silurian and a part of the Lower Devonian in the Carpatho-Balkanides of eastern Serbia, i.e. in two large geotectonic units, the Kucaj Unit (Getic) and the Luznica Unit (West Kraishte), is reviewed in this paper. Silurian sediments of the Serbian part of the Carpatho-Balkanides are made of the Graptolite Schists Formation, from the lower part of the acuminatus Zone at the Ordovician-Silurian boundary to the transgrediens Zone at the Silurian-Devonian boundary. The presence of all parts of the Silurian is proved on the basis of graptolite faunas: Llandovery (Rhuddnanian, Aeronian, Telychian), Wenlock (Sheinwoodian, Homerian), Ludlow (Gorstian, Ludfordian) and Pridoli. Two Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) zones (uniformis and hercynicus), with which the deposition of the Graptolite Schists Formation ended in eastern Serbia is also described. Data on the geochemical characteristics of the Graptolite Schists Formation are presented as well.
Radiometric K/ag data as evidence of the geodynamic evolution of the Zdraljica ophiolitic complex, central Serbia
Authors: Resimic-Saric Kristina , Cvetkovic Vladica , Balogh Kadosa
Published: November 2007

The study presents age data and petrologic characteristics of igneous rocks of the Zdraljica ophiolitic complex (ZOC), situated in central Serbia, 150 km south of Belgrade. The complex consists predominately of a MORB/VAB-like tholeutic suite, represented mostly by gabbros and diabases. The tholeiitic suite is intruded by calc-alkaline intermediate and acid magmas of a VA-affinity, which presumably formed in a pre-collisional setting. The whole complex is intruded by peraluminous granite magmas. The crystallization age of the calc-alkaline pre-collisional quartzdiorite is 168.4?6.7 Ma and it post-dates the formation of the here exposed ocean?ic crust. Geological evidence suggest that the emplacement of the complex occurred during the Upper Jurassic. With respect to their petrology and age, the Zdraljica ophiolitic rocks are similar to the south Apuseni Mts. ophiolites, situated to the north, and to the Kursumija and Guevgeli ophiolites, situated to the south. All these ophiolites probably formed as parts of a single Jurassic belt, which can be termed the eastern branch of the Vardar Zone.
Trans-border (south-east Serbia/west Bulgaria) correlations of the Jurassic sediments: Infra-Getic Unit
Authors: Tchoumatchenco Platon , Rabrenovic Dragoman , Radulovic Barbara , Radulovic Vladan
Published: November 2007

The Infra-Getic Unit is a palaeogeographic unit, predestined by palaeotectonics. From the point of view of geological heritage, it represents a geosites framework. For the purpose of the correlation, the Serbian sections of Lukanja, Bogorodica Monastery, Rosomac and Senokos, as well as the Bulgarian sections of Komshtitsa, Gintsi, and Stanyantsi were used. The Jurassic sediments of the Infra-Getic Unit crop out on the southern slops of the Stara Planina Mountain in east Serbia and west Bulgaria. The Lower Jurassic started with continental and continental-marine sediments (clays and sandstones) (Lukanja clastics and Lukanja coal beds in Serbia and the Tuden Formation in Bulgaria) and continue with Lukanja quartz sandstones (Serbia) and the Kostina Formation (Bulgaria). These sediments are covered by Lukanja brachiopod beds and Lukanja limestones (Serbia) and the Romanov Dol, Ravna and Dolni Loukovit Members of the Ozirovo Formation (Bulgaria) predominantly consist of bioclastic limestones. The sedimentations follow with Lukanja belemnites-gryphaea beds (marls and clayey limestones), which in Bulgaria correspond to the Bukorovtsi Member (also marls and clayey limestones) of the Ozirovo Formation. The Middle Jurassic sedimentation started with black shales with Bossitra alpine. These sediments are individualized in Serbia as Senokos aleurolites and clays and in Bulgaria they are known as the Etropole Formation. In Serbia the section continues with sandstones called Vodenicki sandstones of Bajocian age, known in Bulgaria as the Dobrogled Member of the Polaten Formation. However, in Bulgaria, the age is Upper Bajocian-Lower Bathonian, and it cover the marls of the lower member (Gornobelotintsi Member) of the Bov Formation and is covered by the upper member - alternation of marls and clayey limestones - the Verenitsa Member of the Bov Formation. The Vodenicki sandstones-Dobrogled Member which ended their distribution in the section of Komshtitsa, to the east (in the Gintsi section), they are not represented - build a body of sandstones, a prodelta coming from the west to the east. The Bov Formation corresponds to the Senokos ammonite beds in east Serbia. The upper boundary of the Senokos ammonite beds and of the Bov Formation is sharp. It is covered by grey limestones of the Yavorec Formation in Bulgaria and by the Kamenica limestones in eastern Serbia. They are covered by grey or red nodular/lithoclastic limestones ("ammonitico rosso" type) of the Gintsi Formation in Bulgaria and the Pokrovenik ammonitic (acanthicum) limestones in Serbia. The Jurassic section in the Infra-Getic ended with grey micritic and lithoclastic limestones, which belong to the Rosomac and Rsovci limestones in east Serbia and to the Glozhene Formation in Bulgaria.
Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa District (northwest Bulgaria): A preliminary note
Authors: Jagt John , Motchurova-Dekova Neda , Ivanov Plamen , Cappetta Henri , Schulp Anne
Published: November 2007

Preliminary descriptions are given of selected specimens from an assemblage of >65 isolated vertebrate remains, collected in 1985 at the Labirinta cave situated between the villages of Drashan and Breste, east of Cherven Briag (Vratsa district, northwest Bulgaria), from strata of late Maastrichtian age (Kajl?ka Formation). Recorded are a fragmentary lower jaw of a mosasaurine squamate, Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni (MANTELL, 1829), with two teeth preserved in situ, as well as two isolated teeth of lamniform sharks, assigned to Squalicorax pristodontus (AGASSIZ, 1843) and Anomotodon sp. Other vertebrate remains in this assemblage include rather poorly preserved fragments of skull and appendicular skeleton of mosasaurs, but it cannot be ruled out that other vertebrate groups (elasmosaurid plesiosaurs) are represented as well. To establish this, the additional material needs to be studied in detail and compared with existing collections; it will be described in full at a later date. A partial phragmocone of a scaphitid ammonite, found associated, is here assigned to Hoploscaphites constrictus (J. SOWERBY, 1817) and briefly described as well. This record dates the Labirinta cave sequence as Maastrichtian, as does the echinoid Hemipneustes striatoradiatus (LESKE 1778); tooth morphology of Squalicorax pristodontus and a find of the pachydiscid ammonite Anapachydiscus (Menuites) cf. terminus WARD and KENNEDY 1993 from correlative strata nearby narrow this down to late, or even latest Maastrichtian. Finally, some remarks on mosasaur and plesiosaur distribution during the Campanian-Maastrichtian across Europe are added.
On the modifier razgovetno
Authors: Ivic Milka
Published: November 2007

A problem not previously considered is whether the actual Standard Serbian vocabulary of manner adverbs coincides with the one attested in Vuk Karadzic' times. Pointing to some relevant facts concerning the co-occurrence of the speech act verbs with the manner modifier razgovetno, this paper not only delineates the differences in the expression of such a manner modification between the earlier stages of Standard Serbian and the contemporary language but also provides a novel argument for the validity of the author's claim (published in one of her previous articles) that it is theoretically as well as pragmatically important to distinguish between the partial and the total types of predicate modifiers.
On Slavic etymological dictionaries
Authors: Hamp Eric
Published: November 2007

Razmatranje odrednica u novijim slovenskim etimoloskim recnicima posvecenih prasl. reci *celn i njenim refleksima ilustruje razlicitost njihovih pristupa i vodi zakljucku da njeno indoevropsko poreklo ostaje nejasno, uz opasku da se poredjenja sa prasl. *kol-eno, lit. kelys itd. < praie. *kwel- 'okretati se' i sa grc. krolov medjusobno iskljucuju, jer je, za razliku od prvog, ovaj drugi koren po svoj prilici sadrzavao laringal, i rec *celn bi se dala svesti na njega pod pretpostavkom da je prvobitno bila naglasena akutom.
The role of order and disorder in thermal and material sciences part 1: Heat and society
Authors: Sesták J.
Published: November 2007

The notion of heat is thoroughly analyzed and its historical links are searched particularly with relation to both the Greek philosophy (Milesians, Pythagoreans, atomists, etc.) and in the present day thermal physics. Fluctuation, spontaneity and chaos are discussed. Thermodynamics is reviewed in the relation to both the traditional development and the modern description of disequilibria (open systems). Effect of dissipation is shown often to provide new, self-organized structures. Exploitation of fire and its conscious use as a manufacturing power are analyzed in terms of generalized engines to act in the sense of the information transducers.
Influence of time of annealing on anneal hardening effect of a cast CuZn alloy
Authors: Nestorovic Svetlana , Ivanic Lj. , Markovic Desimir
Published: November 2007

Investigated cast copper alloy containing 8at%Zn of a solute. For comparison parallel specimens made from cast pure copper. Copper and copper alloy were subjected to cold rolling with different a final reduction of 30,50 and 70%. The cold rolled copper and copper alloy samples were isochronally and isothermally annealed up to recrystallization temperature. After that the values of hardness, strength and electrical conductivity were measured and X-ray analysis was performed. These investigations show that anneal hardening effect at alloys was attained under recrystallization temperature in the temperature range of 180-3000C, followed with an increase in hardness. The amount of strengthening increase with increasing degree of prior cold work. Also the X-ray analysis show the change of lattice parameter during annealing when anneal hardening effect was attained.
Development and study of iron-based nanoadsorbents
Authors: Deliyanni E. , Bakoyannakis D. , Zouboulis A. , Matis K.
Published: November 2007

The application of an innovative, simple and low cost method was tested for the preparation of nanocrystalline iron hydroxides and oxyhydroxides; different iron precursors have been earlier used and combined to different volatile precipitating agents. The examined in the present product, akagan?ite [?-FeO(OH)], had high surface area and definite pore size distribution. The produced materials were examined in detail (i.e. by powder X-ray diffraction, TEM and nitrogen sorption measurement). Main aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of the prepared material in the removal of heavy and toxic metal cations, like Cd(II), from aqueous solutions; cadmium constitutes a priority pollutant. Sorption was found to depended on the solution pH and its ionic strength. Typical isotherm models were applied and calculated the values of maximum adsorbent capacity for the metal as well as that of the enthalpy change during the removal process.