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    AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF FILTER COEFFICIENTS FOR LOCAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT

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    This study proposes an algorithm whose main advantage is in enabling the automatic determination of non-linear homomorphic filter coefficients used for local contrast enhancement in digital image processing. The presented algorithm is tested in a real production environment. The obtained results are compared with relevant examples in literature, showing the advantages of the achieved results or a relatively high level of their correspondence with reference results. The proposed procedure can be used for various applications in mechatronics, robotics and automatized production systems

    Thermal mass impact on energy performance of a low, medium and heavy mass building in Belgrade

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    Heavy mass materials used in building structures and architecture can significantly affect building energy performance and occupant comfort. The purpose of this study was to investigate if thermal mass can improve the internal environment of a building, resulting in lower energy requirements from the mechanical systems. The study was focused on passive building energy performance and compared annual space heating and cooling energy requirements for an office building in Belgrade with several different applications of thermal mass. A three-dimensional building model was generated to represent a typical office building. Building shape, orientation, glazing to wall ratio, envelope insulation thickness, and indoor design conditions were held constant while location and thickness of building mass (concrete) was varied between cases in a series of energy simulations. The results were compared and discussed in terms of the building space heating and cooling energy and demand affected by thermal mass. The simulation results indicated that with addition of thermal mass to the building envelope and structure: 100% of all simulated cases experienced reduced annual space heating energy requirements, 67% of all simulated cases experienced reduced annual space cooling energy requirements, 83% of all simulated cases experienced reduced peak space heating demand and 50% of all simulated cases experienced reduced peak space cooling demand. The study demonstrated that there exists a potential for reducing space heating and cooling energy requirements with heavy mass construction in the analyzed climate region (Belgrade, Serbia)

    2,2 '-{1,1 '-[2,2 '-Oxalylbis(hydrazin-2-yl-1-ylidene)]diethylidyne}dipyridinium bis(perchlorate) dihydrate

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    The title salt, C(16)H(18)N(6)O(2)(2+)center dot 2ClO(4)(-)center dot 2H(2)O, was obtained unintentionally as a major product in the reaction of Zn(ClO(4))(2)center dot 6H(2)O with the N',N'(2)-bis[(1E)-1-(2-pyridyl)ethylidene]ethanedihydrazide (H(2)L) ligand. The (H(4)L)(2+) cation lies across a centre of inversion. The pyridiniumimine fragments of (H(4)L)(2+) adopt syn orientations. Intramolecular N-H center dot center dot center dot N and N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of S(5) motifs. In the crystal, neighbouring cations are connected by pi-pi interactions between pyridinium units with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.600 (1) angstrom. Moreover, the crystal components are assembled into two-dimensional layers via N-H center dot center dot center dot O and O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds, with no direct hydrogen-bonding interactions between cations

    Anthropometrische, kraft-, ausdauer-und flexibilitätsmerkmale männlicher elite-eiskletterer und sportkletterer

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    Objective: Purpose of this study was to compare elite male ice climbers and sport climbers for their anthropometry, muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility. Although there is a certain overlap between these two activities, sport climbing, which recently became an Olympic discipline, has been studied significantly more than the ice climbing. Hence, the second aim was to indirectly determine whether sport climbing training processes and nutrition can be beneficial for the ice climbing athletes. › Methods: 23 male ice climbers of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2010 in Saas Fee (Switzerland) who all reached the final round were compared to 23 elite male sport climbers, which refers to “on sight” climbing grade of VII+/6b (UIAA/French) or higher. Measurements included anthropometry, three different tests for flexibility, two for strength and two for endurance. › Results: Ice climbers have more fat in the trunk region (Fat%-T), have significantly less handgrip strength in both hands, as well as strength to mass ratio (SMR) of the dominant hand. In the test “foot raise”, ice climbers showed significantly less flexibility. › Conclusion: Results indicate that ice climbers have not only higher body fat percentage, probably as an adaption to cold environment but also lower strength and flexibility than sport climbers. With such data, we can conclude that sport climbing training protocols for development of strength, endurance and flexibility can be potentially beneficial to ice climbers.Ziel: Ziel dieser Studie war es, männliche Elite-Eisk letterer und Sportk letterer hinsichtlich ihrer Anthropometrie, Muskelkraft, Ausdauer und Flexibilität zu vergleichen. Das zweite Ziel war zu bestimmen, ob Trainingsprozesse und Ernährung auf der Grundlage von Untersuchungen an Sportk letterern auch für Eiskletterer von Vorteil sein können.›Methoden: 23 männliche Eisk letterer des Ice Climbing World Cup 2010 in Saas Fee (Schweiz), die alle in die Finalrunde kamen, w urden mit 23 männlichen Elite-Sportkletterern verglichen, die „on sight“ einen K lettergrad von V II+/6b (UIA A/French) oder hö-her aufw iesen. Die Messungen umfassten die Anthropometrie, drei verschiedene Tests für Flexibilität, zwei für K raft und zwei für Ausdauer.›Ergebnisse: Eisk letterer haben mehr Fett im Rumpf bereich (Fat%-T), signifikant weniger Handgriff kraft in beiden Händen sowie Kraft-zu-Masse-Verhältnis (SMR) der dominanten Hand. Eiskletterer zeigten deutlich weniger Flexibilität imHüftbereich.›Schlussfolgerung: Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Eisk letterer nicht nur einen höheren Körperfettanteil haben, wahrscheinlich als Anpassung an eine kalte Umgebung, sondern auch eine gerin-gere Kraft und Flexibilität als Sportkletterer. Sportkletter-Trai-ningsprotokolle können zur Entw ick lung von Kraft, Ausdauer und Flexibilität für Eisk letterer potenziell von Vorteil sein

    Supporting Information for: "Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Origin of Magnetic Anisotropy in Pentagonal Bipyramidal Isothiocyanato Co(II), Ni(II), and Fe(III) Complexes with Quaternary-Ammonium-Functionalized 2,6-Diacetylpyridine Bisacylhydrazone"

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    Comparison of the EPR spectra of 1 and 2 (Figure S1); additional Mössbauer spectra (Figures S2–S5); Kohn–Sham molecular orbitals with dominant metal d character (Figures S6–S8); calculated principal components of the g-tensor (Table S1); calculated J values (Table S2); transition energies and contributions of the excited states to D and E (Tables S3–S6); d-orbital splitting according to AI-LFT (Table S7); composition of the multideterminant wave function of the ground and selected excited states (Table S8).This is Supplementary information for: Darmanović Darinka, Shcherbakov Igor N., Duboc Carole, Spasojević Vojislav, Hanžel Darko, Anđelković Katarina, Radanović Dušanka, Turel Iztok, Milenković Milica R., Gruden Maja, Čobeljić Božidar, Zlatar Matija, "Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Origin of Magnetic Anisotropy in Pentagonal Bipyramidal Isothiocyanato Co(II), Ni(II), and Fe(III) Complexes with Quaternary-Ammonium-Functionalized 2,6-Diacetylpyridine Bisacylhydrazone" 123, no. 51 (2019):31142-31155, [https://dx.doi.org/ 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08066 ]The published version of the article: [http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3314]The peer-reviewed version of the article: [http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3269

    Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Origin of Magnetic Anisotropy in Pentagonal Bipyramidal Isothiocyanato Co(II), Ni(II), and Fe(III) Complexes with Quaternary-Ammonium-Functionalized 2,6-Diacetylpyridine Bisacylhydrazone

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    Magnetic anisotropy in pentagonal bipyramidal complexes of Co(II) (1 and 2), Fe(III) (3 and 4), and Ni(II) (5) with a 2,2′-[2,6-pyridinediylbis(ethylidyne-1-hydrazinyl-2-ylidene)]bis[N,N,N-trimethyl-2-oxoethanaminium] equatorial ligand and isothiocyanato axial ligands has been investigated by magnetic susceptibility measurements, powder X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, ab initio, and ligand-field density functional theory (LFDFT) calculations. The studied complexes display three distinct types of magnetic anisotropy. Co(II) complexes (1 and 2) show an easy plane anisotropy with large and positive D values and negligible rhombicity. The Ni(II) complex (5) has uniaxial magnetic anisotropy with a negative D value. Fe(III) complexes (3 and 4) have small zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameters. Theoretical modeling is used to rationalize the magnetic anisotropy in these systems and to identify the most important excited states that are responsible for the zero-field splitting. These excitations are a consequence of the electronic structure of the central metal ion in ideal pentagonal bipyramidal coordination.This is the authors' peer-reviewed version of the article: Darmanović Darinka, Shcherbakov Igor N., Duboc Carole, Spasojević Vojislav, Hanžel Darko, Anđelković Katarina, Radanović Dušanka, Turel Iztok, Milenković Milica R., Gruden Maja, Čobeljić Božidar, Zlatar Matija, "Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Origin of Magnetic Anisotropy in Pentagonal Bipyramidal Isothiocyanato Co(II), Ni(II), and Fe(III) Complexes with Quaternary-Ammonium-Functionalized 2,6-Diacetylpyridine Bisacylhydrazone" 123, no. 51 (2019):31142-31155, [https://dx.doi.org/ 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08066 ]The published version: [http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3314]Supplementary data: [https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4438
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