A new epigean false scorpion: Roncus sumadijae n. sp. (Neobisiidae, Pseudoscorpiones) from the Balkan Peninsula (Western Serbia)

A new endemic epigean species from the village of Adžina Livada, nr. Kragujevac, Mts. Gledićke Planine, western Serbia, is erected, described and thoroughly illustrated. Its main morphometric characters and important diagnostic features are analyzed and compared to the two closest congeners, Roncus ivanjicae B. Ćurčić, and R. golijae B. Ćurčić from western Serbia, respectively

Jugoslovenska hidroeskadrila u Abukiru 1941-1942

The article gives an overview of the combat activities of the Yugoslav floatplane Squadron that evade the capitulation of the Yugoslav Army, flew since 16th Aprila 1941 over the Greece and Mediteranean and continued fighting against the Axis with the Royal Air Force. The unit was stationed in Aboukir, Egypt until April 1942. The Squadron operated eight Dornier Do-22s plus a sole Yugoslav SIM-XIV-H floatplane. It was part of the exile Royal Air Force, but was operationally attached to the 230th Squadron RAF. The article was written on the original documents of the unit, which are preserved in the Serbian Military Archive, Belgrade, and documents from the Public Record Office

Srpski vojnik na Solunskom frontu 1916-1918.

In the recent period, when the 100th Anniversary of the Great War actualized the research of the subjects related to this war, the issue of the soldier’s life on the front and his daily routine, behavior, different attitudes, fears and prejudices, remained out of the research. The Serbian military primarily sources from the war also do not pay too much attention to this subject. The article provides framework for an overview of the social life of the Serbian soldier on the Macedonian Front 1916–1918. Mostly it is related to soldier’s non-combat activities while on the front and away from Homeland. The article also analyses the common soldier’s attitudes toward the Allies on the front. It is based on collected oral testimonies, gathered in Serbia in 1980ties among the veterans, as well as from the memoir literature

Sukob JNA i Teritorijalne odbrane Slovenije na Severnoj Primorskoj 1991.

The article provides a detailed description of armed conflict in the Primorska region during War in Yugoslavia or Slovenian Independence War, from June 26 to July 7, 1991. The Slovenian TO was commanded by the Republic Slovenia Territorial Defence Headquarters and it was consisted of seven regional Headquarters. One of them was the 6th Regional Staff of Territorial Defence of the Northern Primorska. On the other side, most of the JNA forces in the area of Northern Primorska during 1991 were controlled by the 228th Motorised brigade and two border Battalions in Sežana and Nova Gorica. The movement of the JNA units upon the orders of the Federal Yugoslav Government with the intention to seize the international border crossings with Italy, and halt the process of the Slovenian independence, started from the barracks in Pivka to the Vipava Valley on „the day before“, the 26th June 1991. On the following day the JNA units occupied main international border crossings around Nova Gorica. The attack of Slovenian TO units and defeat in Rožna Dolina border crossing on the 28th June was a turning point in the clash in the Primorska. Following this incident another armoured unit at the Vrtojba border crossing surrendered on the following day. That development led to collapse of the eventual JNA further movements and operations. The most important aspect of the conflict in Northern Primorska region during Slovenian Independence War was its negotiated resolution between JNA and Slovenian political and defence structures, mostly without using arms. Some of the guardhouses surrendered to Slovenian forces, and in the afternoon of the 2nd July the ceasefire was arranged. In following days the international arbitration help the process of the negotiations between the Federal Yugoslav and Slovenian authorities, which resulted in decision that JNA forces should withdraw from Slovenia in period between August and October 1991

Slučaj Aleksandra Rankovića prema dokumentima KOS-a: da li je bilo prisluškivanja?

The article reviews the issue of the affair and the political fall of the Aleksandar Ranković in 1966. Ranković was the establisher and the main responsible man for the work of the Yugoslav security services after the 1944. In June 1966, he was accused for the illegal taping of the Tito and his wife Jovanka in their premises. It was the pretext for further accusations for his conservative political attitude, which then used for the establishment of the wider accusations presented to the wider party circles at party Central Committee gathering at Brioni island on the 1st July 1966, known as the Brionski Plenum. After this event, Ranković and some of his close collaborators from the Yugoslav and Serbian Security services were removed from political life. This article discuss the accusations based on the research in the archives of the Yugoslav Army Counterintelligence services, which were responsible for the investigation on the technical side of the accusations of the alleged Ranković and security taping of the Tito’s activities’ in summer of the 1966

Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of copper and zinc-doped hydroxyapatite nanopowders

Antimicrobial materials based on hydroxyapatite are potentially attractive in a wide variety of medical applications. The synthesis of copper and zinc-doped hydroxyapatite was done by neutralization method. This method consists of dissolving CuO or ZnO in solution of H3PO4, and the slow addition to suspension of Ca(OH)(2) for obtaining monophasic product. Characterization studies from XRD, SEM, TEM and FTIR spectra showed that particles of all samples are of nano size and they do not contain any discernible crystalline impurity. The quantitative elemental analysis showed that the copper and zinc ions fully incorporated into the hydroxyapatite. The antimicrobial effects of doped hydroxyapatite powders against pathogen bacterial strains Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and pathogen yeast Candida albicans were tested in solid and liquid media. Quantitative test in liquid media clearly showed that copper and zinc-doped samples had viable cells reduction ability for all tested strains

Antimicrobial Activity of Copper and Zinc-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanopowders

4th BBBB-Bled International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences - New Trends in Drug Discovery, Delivery Systems and Laboratory Diagnostics, Sep 29-Oct 01, 2011, Bled, Sloveni