"It All Ended in an Unsporting Way": Serbian Football and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia, 1989-2006

Part of a wider examination into football during the collapse of Eastern European Communism between 1989 and 1991, this article studies the interplay between Serbian football and politics during the period of Yugoslavia's demise. Research utilizing interviews with individuals directly involved in the Serbian game, in conjunction with contemporary Yugoslav media sources, indicates that football played an important proactive role in the revival of Serbian nationalism. At the same time the Yugoslav conflict, twinned with a complex transition to a market economy, had disastrous consequences for football throughout the territories of the former Yugoslavia. In the years following the hostilities the Serbian game has suffered decline, major financial hardship and continuing terrace violence, resulting in widespread nostalgia for the pre-conflict era

Efekat deprivacije REM faze spavanja na aktivnost acetilholinesteraze i NA+/K+-ATPaze sinaptozoma mozga pacova u hipotiroidizmu

Hipotireoidizam i deprivacija REM spavanja prepoznati su kao mogući faktori rizika za nastanak neurodegenerativnih oboljenja, pre svega Alchajmerove bolesti (AB). Enzimi acetilholinesteraza (AchE) i Na+ /K+ -ATPaza imaju ulogu u taloženju amiloidnih plakova, tako da je njihova ukupna aktivnost u mozgu obolelog od AB snižena. Cilj istraživanja bio je utvrđivanje mogućeg efekta hipotireoidizma i deprivacije REM faze spavanja na aktivnost AchE i Na+ /K+ -ATPaze. Koristili smo eksperimentalni model hipotireoidizma izazvan propiltiouracilom. Nakon uvođenja u hipotiroidizam, eksperimentalna grupa životinja (n = 12) podeljena je u dve podrupe. Životinje iz prve podgrupe (n = 6) boravile su 72 h na maloj platformi, koja ne dozvoljava REM spavanje, jer usled atonije životinja upada u vodu i budi se. Drugoj podgrupi životinja (n = 6) omogućeno je spavanje. Nakon 72 h, životinje su žrtvovane, i u sinaptozomalnoj frakciji mozga pacova određivana je aktivnost AchE i Na+ /K+ -ATPaze spektrofotometrijski. Rezultati pokazuju da hipotireoidizam dovodi do snižene aktivnosti AchE i Na+ /K+ -ATPaze u odnosu na kontrolu (p ≤ 0,01), dok zajednički efekat hipotireoidizma i deprivacije REM spavanja dovodi do snižene aktivnosti AchE i Na+ /K+ -ATPaze u odnosu na kontrolu (n = 6, p ≤ 0,01), ali ne u odnosu na hipotiroidizam (p > 0,05). Na osnovu dobijenih rezultata možemo zaključiti da hipotireoidizam smanjuje aktivnost enzima AchE i Na+ /K+ -ATPaze, a da deprivacija REM faze spavanja dodatno ne smanjuje aktivnost ovih enzima u hipotireoidizmu, tako je mogući način delovanja hipotireoidizma kao faktora rizika za nastanak AB upravo sniženje aktivnosti ovih enzima.Četvrti srpski kongres o štitastoj žlezdi : Zbornik sažetaka : Septembar, 2017, Zlatibor

The possibility of in vitro multi-enzymatic method application for the assessment of the influence of thermal treatments on organic matter digestibility of feed for ruminants

In vitro multi-enzymatic method is a two-step procedure that uses exogenous enzymes for incubation of feed that aim to imitate digestive processes in the animal. It is used for determination of organic matter digestibility (OMD) of various feedstuffs and complete mixtures used in ruminant nutrition. The aim of the present work was to determine whether this in vitro multi-enzymatic method can be applied for the assessment of the influence of thermal treatments on OMD of feed for ruminants. Samples of corn and complete mixture for cows (based on corn) were subjected to pelleting, steam flaking, micronization and extrusion. Statistical analysis of the results did not show significant increase of corn and complete mixture OMD after various thermal treatments compared to untreated samples, which can be explained by high digestibility of corn itself (exceeds 90%). Based on obtained results it can be concluded that applied in vitro method is not suitable for the assessment of the influence of thermal treatments on OMD of corn and corn based mixture, while future research should be broadened to analysis of samples with lower OMD, such as sorghum, oats and barley

Effects of Non-Zero Spin in Sub-Barrier Fusion Involving Odd Mass Nuclei: The Case of 36S + 50Ti, 51V

International audience; A detailed comparative study of the sub-barrier fusion of the two near-by systems ^36S + ^50Ti, ^51V was performed at the National Laboratories of Legnaro (INFN). We aimed to investigate the possible effect of the non-zero spin of the ground state of the ^51V nucleus on the sub-barrier excitation function, and in particular on the shape of the barrier distribution. The comparison of the exctiation functions and barrier distributions highlighted a very similar behavior, down to the level of 20–30 µb. Coupled-channels calculations have been performed including the low energy excitations of both projectile and targets and the results are in very good agreement with the data. This indicates that the low-lying levels in ^51V can be interpreted in the weak-coupling scheme and that the extra proton in the f_7/2 shell does not have a significant influence on sub-barrier fusion

Analytical techniques for multiplex analysis of protein biomarkers

Introduction: The importance of biomarkers for pharmaceutical drug development and clinical diagnostics is more significant than ever in the current shift toward personalized medicine. Biomarkers have taken a central position either as companion markers to support drug development and patient selection, or as indicators aiming to detect the earliest perturbations indicative of disease, minimizing therapeutic intervention or even enabling disease reversal. Protein biomarkers are of particular interest given their central role in biochemical pathways. Hence, capabilities to analyze multiple protein biomarkers in one assay are highly interesting for biomedical research. Areas covered: We here review multiple methods that are suitable for robust, high throughput, standardized, and affordable analysis of protein biomarkers in a multiplex format. We describe innovative developments in immunoassays, the vanguard of methods in clinical laboratories, and mass spectrometry, increasingly implemented for protein biomarker analysis. Moreover, emerging techniques are discussed with potentially improved protein capture, separation, and detection that will further boost multiplex analyses. Expert commentary: The development of clinically applied multiplex protein biomarker assays is essential as multi-protein signatures provide more comprehensive information about biological systems than single biomarkers, leading to improved insights in mechanisms of disease, diagnostics, and the effect of personalized medicine

The politics of performance: transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999–2004

This paper examines transnational relations between the Yugoslav successor states from the point of view of popular music, and demonstrates how transnational musical figures (such as Djordje Balaševi?, Mom?ilo Bajagi?-Bajaga and Ceca Ražnatovi?) are interpreted as symbolic reference points in national ethnopolitical discourse in the process of identity construction. Another symbolic function is served by Serbian turbofolk artists, who in Croatia serve as a cultural resource to distance oneself from a musical genre associated by many urban Croats with the ruralization (and Herzegovinization) of Croatian city space. In addition, value judgements associated with both Serbian and Croatian newly composed folk music provide an insight into the transnational negotiation of conflicting identities in the ex-Yugoslav context. Ultimately the paper shows how the ethnonational boundaries established by nationalizing ideologies created separate cultural spaces which themselves have been transnationalized after Yugoslavia's disintegration

Age, Successive Waves, Immunization, and Mortality in Elderly COVID-19 Haematological Patients: EPICOVIDEHA Findings

Introduction: elderly patients with haematologic malignancies face the highest risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. The infection impact in different age groups remains unstudied in detail. Methods: We analysed elderly patients (age groups: 65-70, 71-75, 76-80 and >80 years old) with hematologic malignancies included in the EPICOVIDEHA registry between January 2020 and July 2022. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression models were conducted to identify factors influencing death in COVID-19 patients with haematological malignancy. results: the study included data from 3,603 elderly patients (aged 65 or older) with haematological malignancy, with a majority being male (58.1%) and a significant proportion having comorbidities. The patients were divided into four age groups, and the analysis assessed COVID-19 outcomes, vaccination status, and other variables in relation to age and pandemic waves.tThe 90-day survival rate for patients with COVID-19 was 71.2%, with significant differences between groups. The pandemic waves had varying impacts, with the first wave affecting patients over 80 years old, the second being more severe in 65-70, and the third being the least severe in all age groups. factors contributing to 90-day mortality included age, comorbidities, lymphopenia, active malignancy, acute leukaemia, less than three vaccine doses, severe COVID-19, and using only corticosteroids as treatment. Conclusions: These data underscore the heterogeneity of elderly haematological patients, highlight the different impact of COVID waves and the pivotal importance of vaccination, and may help in planning future healthcare efforts