bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENERAPAN METODE ALGORITMA K-MEANS CLUSTERING UNTUK PEMETAAN PENYEBARAN PENYAKIT DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE (DBD)
Authors: Sembiring Muhammad Ardiansyah
Published: November 2021

DBD umumnya disebabkan oleh nyamuk Aedes Aegypti. Nyamuk tersebut biasa hidup di lingkungan yang kotor. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk  menerapkan konsep data mining menggunakan algoritma K-Means (clustering) untuk pemetaan desa yang terjangkit Demam Berdarah Dengue. Pemetaan yang dilakukan untuk mencari daerah yang banyak  terjangkit penyakit DBD, dan daerah yang jarang terjangkit penyakit DBD  Berdasarkan hasil penelitian terdapat 3 cluster untuk tingkat penyebaran penyakit DBD yakni cluster 1 dengan kategori sedang, cluster 2 dengan kategori tinggi dan cluster 3 dengan kategori rendah. Performance yang dihasilkan menggunakan Devies Bouldin Index (DBI) adalah sebesar 1.044 yang menunjukkan K=3 sebagai jumlah kelompok yang paling optimum dibandingkan K lainnya. Hasil pemetaan yang dilakukan dapat membantu pemerintah bertindak cepat dalam mengambil keputusan bagi daerah yang rawan terjangkit penyakit DBD di Kecamatan Setia Janji.
Medo e preconceito: experiências de transgêneros no contexto organizacional
Authors: Borges Candido Leandro , Medeiros Cintia Rodrigues de Oliveira
Published: November 2021

As formas de discriminação contra gêneros que emergem nas relações de trabalho já foram objeto de diversos estudos, no entanto, existe uma lacuna no que tange às experiências dos transgêneros dentro das organizações. Nesse sentido, a partir da ótica da teoria queer, de desconstrução e questionamento das categorias convencionais, buscamos analisar as experiências de pessoas transgêneras nas organizações, no tocante às formas de discriminação que emergem nas relações de trabalho. Para tanto, realizamos uma pesquisa empírica, entrevistando oito pessoas transgêneras sobre suas experiências no trabalho. Como resultados, mostramos as diferentes formas de preconceito e discriminação percebidas pelas pessoas entrevistadas, nas relações de trabalho, bem como as implicações sociais e psicológicas que essas podem causar. Esses resultados apontam ainda para a necessidade de ampliar os estudos sobre a presença de pessoas transgêneras nas organizações, sob uma ótica de desconstrução de gênero e sexualidade.
THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR IN PARTY CREATION OF MODERN RUSSIA
Authors: Slobozhnikova Valentina
Published: November 2021

The problem of religiosity influence on party construction in modern Russia is analyzed within three periods proposed by the author: 1. the nineties of the twentieth century - the period without restrictions on the use of religion; 2. The first decade of the twenty first century – the period of sufficiently strong principles of state secularism; 3. 2012 – present – the period of “primitive secularism” overcoming. Conclusions and generalizations are made within a broad empirical material, including the study of party’s public declaration. The basic trends and features of the religiosity influence on party construction have been determined. It has been analyzed in relation to religion and believers of the leading political parties. Particular attention is paid to political parties that have been using religious ideas in their programs and within party’s ideology construction.
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC LIFE OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY
Authors: A. Borisova Polina
Published: November 2021

This article considers specifics of the role of church and religious organization in life of modern Russian society. It marks the most challenging theoretical and methodological problems faced by the national sociology of religion. Particularly, special attention is paid to the question of theoretical and practical conceptualisation of two structural discipline’s conceptions – religiousness and churchism. Analysis of this problem provides an overview of empirical data on topical and controversial events for multi-religious Russian society like tolerance, liberality, violation of Believers’ feelings.
ETHNO-CONFESSIONAL PROCESSES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA AT THE BEGINNING OF XXI CENTURY (IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP CONFESSIONS AND THE STATE)
Authors: V. Shilov Nikolay
Published: November 2021

This article offers a general overview of the most important events in the religious life of Mordovia in the early 2000s - mid 2010s, on which basis it is possible to trace the main trends in the religious situation in the country at the present stage. Particular attention is paid to the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Muslim Ummah (community) in the territory of the Republic of Mordovia as the most influential denominations in the region. These denominations have established close relationships and diverse social partnership with government agencies of Mordovia. The author shows that the main problems of religious life of the Republic of Mordovia are: attempts to spread Wahhabism in the republic, as well as the rivalry of individual spiritual administrations of Muslims. However, in general, ethno-confessional situation in the Republic of Mordovia in early 2000s - mid 2010s, has been characterized as stability.
STATE AND RELIGION: PROBLEMS OF INTERACTION
Authors: T. Toshchenko Zhan
Published: November 2021

The article analyzes the modern forms of relations between the state and religion: a theocracy, a state religion, confessional structure, political nondenominational state resurgent religious influence on government. Particular attention is paid to the ways and methods of solving the state-religious issues (the war between and within religious conflicts, overcoming discord in the interpretation of the canons and dogmas, flirting with clerics). The analysis is based on a broad historical context. Finally, it analyzes the reality of the interaction between religion and political power in modern Russia and the reaction of the population to these relationships.
MANAGING RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS AND CREEDS IN THE MODERN ERA
Authors: G. Chernyshov Alexey
Published: November 2021

This article will present some historical cases, some ancient, some very recent of how the processes of globalization, resulting in the endless subconscious movement of the people, put on the agenda not only the issues of ethnic and religious identification of a particular ethnic group, but also the impact of waves of migration on the existing local societies. For many countries, this was not just a test of strength, but also on survival, to retain their original start. Therefore, it is important to understand the role of religion in the modern world. The question is what the “substance” of this process is, how to understand the religious consciousness and how to manage it.
IN NETWORK: THE CASE FOR DECOLONIAL JEWISH THOUGHT
Authors: Slabodsky Santiago
Published: November 2021

In this article I take the blind spots in the liberal interpretation of modern Jewish thought as a starting point to argue for the necessity of adopting a decolonial framework for situating the critical thrust of Jewish intellectuals. I contend that this innovative approach illuminates the existential condition that became the driving force behind the articulation of Jewish subversions of modernity. While most liberal interpreters situate these as a result of the development of the nation-state, I show that this presumption of nineteenth/twentieth centuries (European) Jews leading the critical process ignores centuries of struggles and reproduces Eurocentric liberating qualities. As such it limits critical thought to the same spatial context where oppressive discourses emerged. As an alternative I contend that the critical thrust of Jewish thought is the outcome of a more long-standing process known as coloniality and encompassing the patterns of domination that developed in colonial contexts but exceeded their temporal and spatial dimensions. This process is traced back to the sixteenth century, when Jewish intellectuals became one group among other racialized collectives to attack the core of a 500 years-long process. I conclude by claiming that this framework can offer an invigoration of the field by re-evaluating disciplinary alliances, methodological frames, and geopolitical sensitivities.
THE JEWISH QUESTION, SECULARIZATION AND THE NATION-STATE CRISIS IN HANNAH ARENDT: FOR A POLITICS OF PLURALITY
Authors: Borovinsky Tomas
Published: November 2021

In the present paper we intend to rethink the “Jewish question”, in the context of religion’s secularization and the modern nation-state crisis, in Hannah Arendt’s political thought. She writes, on the other hand, in and over the decline of modern nation-states that expel and denationalize both foreign citizens and their own depending on the case. She also thinks as a Jew from birth who suffers persecutions and particularly theorizes on her Jew condition and the future of Judaism before and after the creation of the State of Israel. As we will see during this paper we can identify these three issues all together, particularly in the Zionist experience: modern secularization, decline of the nation-state and the “Jewish question”. And it is from these intertwined elements that we can draw a critical thinking for a politics of pluralism.
TIKKUN OLAM AND TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: JEWISH VOLUNTEERS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Authors: Rein Raanan
Published: November 2021

The number of Jewish volunteers who joined the International Brigades (IB) in order to defend the Spanish Republic against the Nationalist rebels was very high. Their presence among volunteers from each nation was in most cases greatly disproportionate to their representation in the general population of those
countries. Many of these volunteers held internationalist views, and the idea of emphasizing their Jewish identity was alien to them. But in fact—as is reflected, for example, in the letters they sent from the Spanish trenches to their friends and relatives or in their memoirs—they also followed the Jewish mandate of tikkun
olam, a Hebrew phrase meaning “repairing the world,” or showing responsibility for healing and transforming it. Many volunteers attempted to block, with their own bodies if need be, the Nazi and Fascist wave sweeping across Europe, thus defending both universal and Jewish causes. While there is a voluminous bibliography on the IB, less attention has been given to Jewish participation in the Spanish Civil War; and most studies of Jewish participation in the war focus on Jewish-European or on Jewish-North American volunteers. There is a conspicuous absence of historiography about Jewish-Argentines, and very little written on Jewish-Palestinians, in the Iberian conflict. This article looks at volunteers from these two countries and their motivation for taking an active part in the Spanish Civil War.
PUBLIC RITUALS: GRASPING MYTH IN DAVID GROSSMAN’S TO THE END OF THE LAND
Authors: Almog Yael
Published: November 2021

The article investigates David Grossman’s To the End of the Land as an intervention into debates on the presence of myth in Israeli society. Do resonances of the Bible in Modern Hebrew perpetuate biblical narratives as constitutive to Israeli collective memory? Do literary references to the Bible dictate the rootedness of Hebrew speakers to the Land? Grossman’s novel discerns the implications of these questions for the political agency of individuals. It does so through the striking adaptation of a motif much frequented in Israeli literature: the Binding of Isaac. The prominent biblical myth is transformed in the novel through a set of interplays: the unusual enactment of the Akedah scene by a matriarch; original exegeses of biblical names; and the merging of several biblical narratives into the novel’s structure. The protagonists reveal their “awareness” of these interplays, when they reflect on the correspondence of their “lives” with various biblical narratives – whose divergence from one another enable them to negotiate the overdetermination of myth in political discourse. The article argues that the novel’s reflective stance on the role of myth in Israeli society is codependent on the philosophy of language that it develops. To the End of the Land features language acquisition, linguistic interferences with Israel’s main vernacular by other languages, word play and semiotic collapse. Through the presentation of linguistic utterances as contingent, associative, subjective and ever-changing, the identification with biblical narratives is rendered volatile. To the End of the Land questions the limits of Israeli literature in redefining the valence of the language in which it is written as well as the ability of literary texts to reshape major conditions for their own reception: collective memory and national motifs.
SECULARIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN SOUTHEAST MEXICO
Authors: Gómez Peralta Héctor
Published: November 2021

The paper explains the process of transition to democracy of a Zapotec community in the deep highlands of Oaxaca, in Southern México. That transition go hand to hand with profound religious changes. The paper shows how that political transition took place because a strong process of secularization and religious pluralism that modified all the socioeconomics structures of the Zapotec people. The paper shows the transition from a political regimen ruled by Shamans, a theocracy, to a gerontocracy, a regimen ruled by an Elder’s Council. And more lately, the transition from gerontocracy to the formation of a direct democracy, a regimen ruled by a People’s Assembly, integrated by all the citizens of the Zapotec community.
PENGARUH PENDIDIDKAN KESEHATAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENGETAHUAN KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI ANAK DISABILITAS INTELEKTUAL
Authors: Kelrey Fathimah
Published: November 2021

Disabilitas intelektual pada anak merupakan Ketidakmampuan atau keterbatasan kecerdasan yang menjadikan mereka rentan terhadap permasalahan diantaranya yaitu masalah kesehatan reproduksi dan salah satu upaya penanganannya yaitu memberikan pendidikan kesehatan reproduksi melalui media edukatif audio visual. Tujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh pendidikan kesehatn media audio visual dalam meningkatkan  pengetahuan  kesehatan reproduksi anak  disabilitas  intelektual. Peneltian ini menggunakan metode Pre-eksperiment dengan pendekatan Pretest-Posttest design. Sampel dalam penelitian berjumlah 24 orang anak disabilitas intelektual dengan Teknik quota sampling, non probability sampling. Lokasi penelitian dilakukan di  Sekolah luar biasa Rela Bhakti Gamping 1 Sleman Yogyakarta pada bulan Mei- Juni 2019. Uji Analisis menggunakan Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. Hasil penelitian menunjukan adanya Pengaruh yang signifikan  dengan nilai p value 0,00<0,05.
Pengaruh Edukasi Gizi terhadap Pengetahuan Ibu tentang Stunting di Desa Kamal Kabupaten Seram Bagian Barat
Authors: Rehena Zasendy , Hukubun Monike , Nendissa Andriana Ritje
Published: November 2021

Stunting is a chronic malnutrition problem caused by inadequate nutritional intake for children for a long time due to food intake that is not in accordance with nutritional needs which has an impact on stature height of children. Stunting in toddlers can be caused by the mother's knowledge of improper food selection. Increasing knowledge of mothers in choosing healthy foods for toddlers can be done through public health programs, one of which is by providing health education or nutrition education by means of extension which is an intervention to change knowledge and behavior as a determinant of health or public health. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of nutrition education on maternal knowledge about stunting in Kamal Village, West Seram Regency. This type of research is a Quasi-experimental with a one group pretest - postest design. This research was conducted in February 2020 in Kamal village, West Seram Regency. Sampling was done by using the total sampling method. The T-Test results showed that the P value was 0.000 <α 0.05, which means that there was a significant difference in maternal knowledge before and after receiving counseling, namely an increase in maternal knowledge about the meaning of stunting, a factor that causes stunting. , how to prevent and overcome it in children under five. Suggestions for mothers to be more involved in health education activities. For health agencies to be able to provide regular health education for mothers.
Literary Transfers between „Peripheries”:
Henryk Sienkiewicz’s The Lighthouse Keeper and the Mediating Role
of the Center in the Circulation of Literary Works
Authors: Starky Thomas
Published: November 2021

The article considers literary transfers between peripheral regions of the world literary map via analysis of the translations into classical Chinese of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s short story The Lighthouse Keeper and Adam Mickiewicz’s Invocation from his epic poem Master Thaddeus by the brothers Zhou Zuoren and Zhou Shuren, best known by his pen name Lu Xun. The description of the plot of Sienkiewicz’s story, with its mapping of the trajectory of Mickiewicz’s poem from its nostalgic Polish setting to a remote island in Central America, turns out to mirror the literary transfers between peripheries that the short story itself took from Poland to the Far East. In considering this circulation of literary works and the poetic transfer between peripheries, the mediating role of the center as conceived of by P. Casanova and F. Moretti is reassessed.
Inspiration from Translation: The Golden Age of English-Language Children’s Literature and Its Impact on Polish Juvenile Fiction
Authors: Wieczorkiewicz Aleksandra
Published: November 2021

The article presents a cross-sectional view of the impact of the translations of English-language juvenile literature of the Golden Age on Polish literary production for young readers. This panorama of infl uences and reception modes is presented in three comparative close-ups, dealing with characters and recipients (English ‘girls’ novels’ and their Polish equivalents), literary convention (adventure novels), and fairytale quality, imagination, and fantasy (Polish literary works inspired by English classic fantasy books). The study shows that Golden Age children’s literature transferred into Polish by means of translation brought new trends, motifs, genres and themes to Polish juvenile literature, signifi cantly contributing to its development.
Emigration and Translation Process on the Examples of the Translation of the
Novels Red Bread by Maurice Hindus and Assignment in Utopia by Eugene Lyons
into Russian and Polish
Authors: Fiadutsik Yauheniya
Published: November 2021

The article offers a brief survey of the emigration from what is now the territory of Belarus
and discusses the impact of such an experience on the mindsets and creativity of émigré writers,
with a special focus on the linguistic features refashioned under the infl uence of alien cultures.
The article analyzes Red Bread by Maurice Hindus and Assignment in Utopia by Eugene Lyons and
their partial translations from English into Polish and/or Russian, highlighting the linguistic diffi culties
that the translators may have faced as well as possible solutions. Special attention is paid to
the sequence of the translators’ actions when working with a stylistically eclectic text, the importance
of pre-translation analysis and extratextual factors.
Genre Hybrids – Between Impossibility, Transitionality and a Search for Fullness
Authors: Osiński Dawid Maria
Published: November 2021

The article offers an overview of the content of the present issue of the „Tekstualia” and problematizes the issue of hybridity in literature and other arts by looking at phenomena such as hybridization as a mechanism of constructing new esthetic and ontological models or as a key to understanding heterogenic origins and features of literature and other arts. More specifi c problems under discussion include: experimentation, para-texts, amorphousness in art, genres in-between, intertextuality, interactivity. Hybridity in art raises a range of ontological, epistemological, and axiological questions that pertain to predominant cultural models across time. Hybrids are artistic phenomena that escape classifi cation, and they play an important role in cultural dynamics because they shape new sensitivities, they also play an important part in culture (especially modern and postmodern), because they require their own description and language.
Ballads and Romances or Ballads-Romances? On the romance in Mickiewicz’s poetic cycle
Authors: Jędrzejewski Tomasz
Published: November 2021

The article discusses the problem of the romance as a genre in Adam Mickiewicz’s poetic cycle Ballady i romanse (Ballads and Romances). So far scholars have paid attention mainly to Mickiewicz’s ballads and his innovative use of this genre, treating the romance as a ballad-like genre, without its own specifi city and rather marginal in the context of the developing romantic aesthetics. However, a closer analysis of the poems Kurhanek Maryli and Dudarz shows their distinctiveness within Mickiewicz’s poetic volume. The poet’s romance turns out to be a weak ballad of sorts, only stressing the potentiality of fantastic events. This genre can also be described as a contamination of the idyllic convention with elements of a horror ballad.
Typographical and Editorial Solutions as a Source of Hybridization in Polish
Non-Fiction Literature
Authors: Frukacz Katarzyna
Published: November 2021

The article focuses on the selected examples of the blurring of a book’s genre status by means of specifi c editorial solutions, such as the use of a spatial layout of the text, the differentiation of fonts, the selection of printing paper, the cover design etc. This mechanism is discussed
on the example of six experimental works of contemporary Polish non-fi ction literature. Books
by Filip Springer and Jarosław Mikołajewski, bordering upon literary reportage, show how the use
of typography enhances the formal hybridity or even amorphousness of the text. In turn, Mariusz
Szczygieł and Wojciech Tochman, their documentary narratives, emphasize the mutual synergy between the physical components of the book, which undermines the standard genre classifi cation.
Cardiac Dysfunction and Serum Ferritin Level as Early Prognostic Markers in Children with Sepsis: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: M. Ismail Ahlam , Ahmed El Sayed Ahmed Abu Elela Mostafa , Nashaat Roshdy Ahmed Islam , Mohamed Sabry Mahmoud Nagwa
Published: November 2021

Background: Sepsis still causes morbidity and mortality in children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Sepsis induces myocardial dysfunction and causes a reversible decline in ejection fraction (EF) of ventricles. Many biomarkers have been described for diagnosing sepsis, including serum ferritin and C-reactive protein (CRP). Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the relationship of cardiac dysfunction evaluated using echocardiogram, ferritin, and CRP with negative outcomes of sepsis in the PICU. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 80 patients aged between one month and six years who fulfilled the following criteria: (1) confirmed diagnosis of sepsis according to the American College of Critical Care Medicine; (2) receiving ventilation for 48 h and/or vasoactive medicines. The CRP and ferritin levels were recorded on the first day (D1) and third day (D3) of hospitalization in the PICU. Participants underwent an echocardiography study to investigate the ejection fraction on D1 and D3. All outcomes were evaluated. Results: Our results showed a highly statistically significant difference between D1 and D3 in ejection fraction (P = 0.001). The serum ferritin level and CRP enhanced significantly from D1 to D3 (P < 0.001). Low left ventricular ejection fraction, and high serum ferritin were associated with unfavorable outcomes (P values < 0.001 and 0.021, respectively), but there was no significant difference in the outcomes regarding CRP. Conclusions: Cardiac dysfunction and high serum ferritin were associated with unfavorable outcomes in children with sepsis admitted to the PICU.
Efficacy and Safety of Novel Herbal Tablets in COVID-19 Patients in Hospital Stay Days, ICU Admission and Mortality Rate Thereof: An Ppen-Label, Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Varshochi Mojtaba , Shahi Mohammad , Rahimzadeh Maryam , Amini Hassan , Mohammadzadeh Ramin
Published: November 2021

Background: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the super-spreading virus, has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the novel suggested herbal compound, formulated as compressed tablets, in reducing the length of hospital stay (LoS), intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and mortality in confirmed COVID-19 cases. Methods: Following an open-label, single-blind randomized clinical trial design, a total of 200 patients aged 18-65 admitted to Imam Reza hospital in Tabriz, northwest of Iran, were randomized to intervention and control groups in a 1:1 ratio, i.e., 100 subjects in each group. The former received standard treatment along with the compressed herbal tablets, and the latter only received the standard treatment. Adverse reactions incidence within 180 days after the beginning of the intervention was set as the primary safety endpoint. The most important and active ingredients of the tablets were Terminalia chebula, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Anacyclus pyrethrum, Senna alexandrina, Ferrula asafoetida, Pistacia lentiscus, Zizyphus jujuba, Crocus sativus, Echinacea angustifolia, and Hyssopus officinalis. This trial is registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (code: IRCT20200522047545N1). Results: Those in the intervention arm had significantly lower rates of LoS (7.38 vs. 9.45, P = 0.030), ICU admission (6 out of 100 vs. 32 out of 100, P = 0.000), and mortality (1 vs. 19 out of 100, P = 0.000). Conclusions: Our observations suggest that adequate improvement is provided by the prepared herbal compound along with substantial savings in hospitalization hoteling costs. While further multi-center studies with a larger sample size are needed to extend our knowledge regarding the effect of this new option, these novel clinical data may well provide a new alternative for the management of COVID-19 disease.
Perceptual, Reflective, and Speculative Doubt
Authors: Vaidya Anand Jayprakash ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: November 2021

In this paper I present the distinction between perceptual, reflective, and speculative doubt by engaging with the work of (mostly) early naiyāyikas. I argue that the definition of the causes of doubt offered by Gautama Akṣapāda in the Nyāya-Sūtra, and commented upon by later naiyāyikas leads to a distinction between perceptual and reflective doubt, but not to a notion of speculative doubt. I then move on to critically assess J.N. Mohanty’s comparison of Descartes’s method of doubt with the Nyāya theory of doubt through the lens of Janet Broughton’s work on Descartes’s Method of Doubt.
Safety measure of prohibiting participation in public procurement procedures in Misdemeanor law
Authors: Milić Ivan
Published: November 2021

In December 2019, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia passed the Law on Amendments to the Law on Misdemeanors, which has a total of three articles. The law entered into force on July 1, 2020. It prescribes a new safety measure prohibiting participation in public procurement procedures. The focus of the author's attention is, more precisely, the safety measure of prohibition participation in public procurement procedures.
Crime scene protection by private security officers
Authors: Leštanin Branko
Published: November 2021

The exercise of authority by private security officers causes many controversies both in the domestic security system and abroad. Although the system of private security is not a new institute, being already known in almost all countries, the legal regulation has not yet been completed. The paper examines the legal regulation and the procedure for the exercise of the authority of crime scene protection. The introduction provides a brief comparative legal analysis of the legal systems of the neighboring countries and a number of other European countries. In the second part, the analysis of the legal norms leads to the basic principles for the enforcement of the authority by private security officers. The third part analyzes the power relating to prohibition of entry and stay in the protected facility as a potential authority that can be used as a basis for crime scene protection. In the fourth part, from the available literature and from the practical procedure, the actions of the private security officer during the crime scene protection in the situation when there is no explicit legal norm are shaped. It is concluded that from the aspect of legal regulation and enforcement of this authority, there are two types of legal systems, that the basis and limits of enforcement of this authority can be in criminal and misdemeanor legislation, that the tactics and manner of exercise correspond to these applied by police officers and that this power must find its place de lege ferenda in the systemic law pertaining to this area.
The decline of defined benefit pension plans in developed countries
Authors: Luković Stevan , Savićević Marko
Published: November 2021

Defined benefit pension plans have played an important role in pension sectors of developed countries in North America, Great Britain and Western Europe for several decades. However, with the beginning of the 21st century, altered demographic trends and global financial market fluctuations have significantly disrupted the financial position of defined benefit pension plans. The aim of this paper is to examine the long-term movement of indicators of the importance of defined benefit pension plans in the pension systems of four developed countries: the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and Great Britain. In these countries defined benefit pension plans still have an important role. The analysis shows that the number of occupational defined benefit pension plans in private sector in the observed countries is declining, along with the continuously decreasing number of participants and increasing problems in achieving a sustainable financial position in the long run.
Employees' satisfaction with communication in the organization
Authors: Petković Nebojša , Rapajić Milan
Published: November 2021

Success of an organization is connected to employees' motivation and their satisfaction. Motivation growth in an organization is directly influenced by employees' communication at all levels. The subject of the survey is employees' satisfaction with communication in an organization. The aim of this work is to find out how 500 employees in Nis region estimate communication in an organization, the communication influence to the work motivation and work satisfaction in organization, how the employed managers value the superiors' communication to the employees, and which aspect of communication they are satisfied with, as well as how the employees and managers value the superiors' communication with the employees and which aspects of communication they are satisfied with. In the work the first to be analyzed were the relevant theoretical attitudes on the influence of employees' communication and communicational pleasure amongst them. The results of the realized empirical survey show that even though the employees at all levels in organization are definitely conscious of the importance of communication in organization, the managers have more positive attitude than the employees concerning the influence of certain communication on the work motivation and job satisfaction. There are remarkable differences in estimating satisfaction with certain aspects of communication, too, and the higher the position level of the observed in the organizational hierarchy is the more positive attitude on communication as a motivational factor in communication satisfaction is.
Interplay between digital technologies and business performance in banking industry: Global and regional perspectives
Authors: Musabegović Ismail , Ozer Mustafa , Lazić Milena , Jovanović Stefan
Published: November 2021

In order to remain competitive on both domestic and global market as well as to satisfy evolving consumers' needs, modern banks must not ignore the potential of digital and smart technologies. Taking into consideration the importance of digitalization as a new standard in business practice, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of digitalization on the performance of banking sector globally and in SEE region. The main purpose of this paper is to test if the investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) contribute to the growth of profitability of banking sector as well as to the reduction of OPEX. In order to test the influence of investments in ICT on banking performance adequately, the static panel data models of fixed effects models were used. The results indicate that the influence of investments in ICT on OPEX defers on global and regional level. The results also indicate statistically significant positive relationship between investments in ICT and banks' profitability in SEE region.
The impact of economic development on the efficiency of the financial sector
Authors: Cvetković Milica , Cogoljević Maja , Ranđelović Marija
Published: November 2021

A stable financial sector creates economic development. Speculative actions in financial markets cause disturbances and are an indicator of economic instability. The growth of a modern market economy more than two centuries ago is interconnected with the growth of the financial system. The averment that there is a connection between the growth of the financial and real sectors of the economy is as old as economics science. A developed financial system encourages competition, expands the market, and increases the efficiency of financial institutions. The depth and the breadth of financial markets are growing, which are transmission to the performance and structure of the economy. Through linking savings and investments, the financial system controls and manages the risks that are characteristic of financial operations and facilitates the interaction of production and consumption. The financial systems of transition countries are not sufficiently developed, so this paper aims to point out the interconnectedness and impact of the financial system on macroeconomic stability.
Exclusive purchasing agreement as a special type of distribution agreement: The concept, legal nature and sources of law
Authors: Tepavac Nevena , Ivković Slavko
Published: November 2021

It is noticeable in business practice that direct sales of goods are very rare which means that economic entities in the market, which mainly operate at different levels of production or distribution, are often part of complex distribution systems by which the product reaches from the producer to the final consumer in the fastest and easiest way. These distribution systems are formed by means of distribution agreements, which according to their specifics, can be divided into an exclusive distribution agreement, a non-exclusive distribution agreement, a selective distribution agreement and an exclusive purchasing agreement. An exclusive purchasing agreement, as a special type of distribution agreement, is a framework, unnamed agreement, with permanent obligation, which contains certain elements of exclusivity and thus restricts competition, so it is very important to harmonize it with the relevant provisions of competition law. The subject of this paper is the study of the exclusive purchasing agreement through the determination of its concept, basic features, legal nature and sources of law which are applied to it.
From nucleated to ex vivo manipulated stem cells: An updated biological and clinical synopsis
Authors: Balint Bela , Pavlović Mirjana , Todorovic Milena
Published: November 2021

Hematopoietic stem cells (SCs) are responsible for the production and replacement (proliferation) of an extensive quantity of functionally competent blood cells (differentiation) during the entire life, while simultaneously maintaining the ability to reproduce themselves (self-renewal). A complex network of interactive substances and factors organize and protect the survival, maturation and multiplication of SCs. Hemobiological events in the bone marrow (BM) are synchronized and balanced by the extracellular matrix and microenvironment provided by stromal cells. These cells-including macrophages, fibroblasts, dendritic, endothelial and other cells-stimulate SCs by producing specific hematopoietic growth factors. Other cytokines secreted by stromal cells regulate the adhesion molecules positioned on SCs, allowing them to remain in the BM or migrate to an area where the respective cell type is needed. Thus, hematopoietic SCs could be defined as cells with high proliferative capacity and extensive potential to differentiate into all blood cells or some somatic cell types (SC plasticity)-such as cardiomyocytes, myocytes, osteocytes, chondrocytes, hepatocytes, and even endothelial cells. Recent increasing clinical use of cell-mediated therapeutic approaches has resulted in increased needs for SCs, but in superior operating procedures during their ex vivo manipulations. The aim of cell harvestings is to obtain a higher SC yield and improved viability or clonogenicity. The goal of optimized cryoinvestigation protocols is to get a minimized cell damages (cryoinjury). Despite the fact that different SC collection protocols and cell freezing practice are already in routine use, a lot of questions related to the optimal SC ex vivo manipulations are still unresolved. This review summarizes fundamental knowledge and methodological approaches, and recapitulates data enabling progress on constantly evolving research frontiers in the SC area. The studies (including also our investigations) that evaluated the efficiency and safety of SC-treatment (transplants and regenerative medicine) will be also concisely presented.
Percutaneous coronary interventions in patient with hemophilia A, partial gastrectomy and recurrent myocardial infarction
Authors: Vučić Miodrag , Vacić Nebojša
Published: November 2021

Acute coronary syndrome is not rare in patients with haemophilia. We report a case of 55-year-old male patient with haemophilia A and gastric resection with Billroth II anastomosis with repeated STEMI and NSTEMI who was successfully treated by PTCA with stent implantation. Patient was admitted to the emergency department (April 2010). Coronary angiography revealed occlusion of mid-RCA, suboclusion of proximal LAD and also of medial Diagonal (Dg) brunch. Bare metal stent was implanted into the RCA. Two-years after (March 2012) patient was readmitted due to chest pain. Coronary angiography showed occluded posterior descendent artery from right coronary artery, subocluded proximal and medial LAD and first Diagonal brunch. Two Carbostents were implanted. There are no reports on the use of drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with hemophilia; however, with concerns about bleeding diathesis, bare-metal stents are regarded as safe. Our choice was new stent type, allowing more rapid reendothelialization, and minimizing the risk of stent thrombosis in the situation when the discontinuation of dual antiplatelet therapy. Antiplatelet therapy is important for preventing thrombus formation in the implanted stent even in patients with abnormal coagulation and high bleeding risk. New rapid-reendothelization stents may be the better choice in this group of patients.
The importance of occupational medicine in traffic accidents prevention
Authors: Jovanović Jovica , Banić Svetlana
Published: November 2021

The aim of this study is the analysis of medical selection of drivers and candidates for car drivers sent to preliminary, periodic or special medical examination in the last ten years period. At the preliminary medical examination 2,3% of candidates were declared to be incapable, 8,2% of candidates had a limited driving ability. At the periodic medical examination 12,2% of drivers were declared to be incapable to driving and 28,7% of drivers had a limited driving ability. At the special medical examination 37,3% of drivers were declared to be incapable for driving and 53,9% of drivers had a limited driving ability. In our opinion, medical selection of drivers and candidates for car drivers is a significant preventive measure of traffic trauma.
Effects of vasoactive therapy in patients with sensorineural hypoacusis
Authors: Rančić Dejan , Todorović Jovan , Mladenović Marija
Published: November 2021

Hearing loss is one of the most common health problems which is manifested by a subjective feeling of impaired hearing, the impossibility of listening in noise, intermittent or constant tinnitus. It can be conductive or sensorineural type (SNHL). Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by degeneration of the cochlea, which is responsible for the transduction of sound stimuli into nerve impulse. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the applied vasoactive and hemokinetic therapy in people with sensorineural hypoacusis who refused embedding hearing AIDS. This retrospective study included 51 patients, which were in a three-year period in Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology KC Nis diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss. Patients were clinically evaluated on the basis of the findings of otoscopy and tonal audiometry. Patients were treated with pentoxifylline, vitamins B1 and B6, cinnarizine (older than 50 years) and betahistine (younger than 50 years), for 28 days. After the treatment, using pure tone audiometry, we monitored the frequency of 125-8000 Hz and improvements in decibels. Controls were in 3 to 4 weeks. For analyzing and processing we used the worst finding and the best answer. Applied therapy led to improvements in all frequencies, particularly at high frequencies (2-8 kHz) (p < .001). Subjective symptoms such as tinnitus were absent, or were losing their intensity. Patients had a subjective feeling of better auditory functionality (better communication, better hearing experience of environment). In our study, we demonstrated that administration of vasodilators and hemokinetics in the treatment of patients with SNHL has positive effects in all frequencies, especially at high frequencies (2-8 kHz).
Talent identification and development issues in modern sport
Authors: Čoh Milan
Published: November 2021

Identifying talented young athletes and their timely integration into the process of training the sports discipline best suited to their abilities is one of the most important tasks of sports science and profession. Wrong decisions are numerous and extremely painful. The problem of talented individuals lies in the fact that their abilities are not limited to a single domain, but a number of different ones. The fundamental dilemma is related to the decision concerning the selection of a sports discipline and the time period of engagement in a specific sport. Is early engagement of children in sport beneficial or not? The answer is both yes and no! Early engagement of children in sports is a trend in modern sport. Many young talented athletes burn out too soon. Many coaches and overly ambitious parents often have quite unrealistic expectations from their children’s sports results. Talented young athletes often terminate their sports career due to overly ambitious and specific training, injuries and lack of intrinsic motivation.
Effects of the health and prevention nordic walking program on the functional status of women aged 30-40
Authors: Jotov Nebojša , Ivanovski Aleksandar , Mitić Dušan
Published: November 2021

In mitigating the negative effects of technological development and modern lifestyle, it is necessary to apply proper models of physical activity programs oriented towards health and prevention. The application of such models enables an efficient optimization of functional capacities, the preservation and enhancement of health, as well as an elimination and mitigation of health issues. Lately, Nordic walking is being used as a sports-recreational activity and a health and prevention technique. In this research, the sample of respondents consisted of women aged 30-40. The total number of respondents comprised 28 individuals (N=28). The applied Nordic walking experimental program lasting three times a week over three months resulted in a change in the results of the functional capacities. Testing differences between the initial and final measuring of the effects of functional capacities of the applied program show a significant statistical difference corresponding to a significant level of p<0.05 in all examined variables (vital capacity - FVITKP, heart rate in state of inactivity - FFSRCM, pulse in state of activity - FFSRCR, systolic blood pressure - FTASI, diastolic blood pressure - FTADI, relative oxygen consumption - VO2 max, Stange test - PŠ, Romberg test - PR). The aim of this research is to evaluate the effects of the three-month long Nordic walking program on the functional capacities of women aged 30-40.
The quantitative analysis of animation programs in tourism
Authors: Ivanovski Aleksandar , Ugrinić Bojan , Ćirić-Duvnjak Katarina , Pantelić Saša , Mitić Dušan
Published: November 2021

The aim of the paper was to analyze tourist participation in animation programs during daily recreational activities within package tours which included apartment accommodation in Greece, i.e. whether there are differences between male and female participation rate in certain activities. Indirectly, based on the obtained results, it is necessary to establish whether animation programs should be conducted jointly and/or they should be planned and conducted separately for men and women. Another aim was to determine whether any differences occurred in animation programs during multiannual monitoring.
Social investment image projection
Authors: Dugalić Sretenka
Published: November 2021

The achievement of a sports result requires infrastructure and capital to build, as well as maintenance. The sporting event and performance grow into the image (enriched sports product) when the capacity of the venues provide economically sustainable concept. The survey shows that: 1 / visitors’ perception and the tradition affect attendance; 2 / marketing–management is projecting such sports-service processes that attract audiences, sponsors and the media, and through its image become attractive to the venue staff, and the society as a whole. The aim is to highlight the importance of valorisation of infrastructure in which valuable sporting results are achieved, and justify their mission too. Key projecting points are: 1 / commercialization of sports facilities due to new socio-economic impacts; 2 / keeping abreast of global trends in the venues’ construction and operation by introducing best practices; 3 / the physical elements as determinants of the image (design, etc.); 4 / the image significance for financing and business; 5 / projection strategies for facilities’ design. Projection and maintenance of the attractive image affects the audience's response, increasing the revenue needed for its functioning and modernization through the naming rights, ultimately ensuring continuity of attendance. The image of a social investment determines its further exploitation, so it is projected with special attention.