About Bosniaks, Islam and Socialims

Naslijeđe jugoslavenskog socijalizma još je djelotvorno na identitarnu ravan država i naroda sljednika te bivše zajedničke države. Odnos komunističke doktrine i religije, u našem ispitivanom slučaju islama, posebno zaokuplja pažnju istraživača. Na marginama iščitavanja dvije recentne knjige o odnosu islama, Bošnjaka i socijalizma nastao je ovaj tekst. On kritički propituje mjesto i ulogu islama i institucije Islamske zajednice u savremenom i nacionalnom i političkom razvoju Bošnjaka s akcentom na recentna društvena zbivanja.The legacy of Yugoslav socialism is still viable in the successor states and the nations of that former common state as a form of identity. The relationship between communist doctrine and religion, specifically Islam, is of particular interest to researchers. This paper was written under the impression of two recent books recognizing the relationship between Islam, Bosniaks and socialism. The author critically questions the place and role of Islam and the institution of the Islamic Community in the contemporary national and political development of Bosniaks, with an emphasis on recent social events

Bosna i Hercegovina: neostvarena utopija

Sve dosadašnje prijedloge ustavnih reformi, bilo da se radi o novom ustavu ili amandmanima na postojeći, javnost je doživjela prvenstveno kroz pitanje teritorijalnog ustroja zemlje. Ako je prijedlog bio pravedan i usmjeren na opće dobro građana te ako je dolazio iz redova manjih političkih stranaka, u javnosti je imao manju podršku

Evaluation of Near Real Time data from ECMWF during european wildfires

Στην παρούσα εργασία επιλέχθηκαν δεδομένα για τέσσερις πυρκαγιές(δύο πυρκαγίες στην Πορτογαλία το 2017,μία στην Ελλάδα το 2017 και μια στην Σουηδία το 2018) που είχαν πολύ διαφορετικά χαρακτηριστικά και συγκρίθηκαν με πραγματικά δεδομένα από σταθμούς στο δίκτυο Aeronet. Οι δύο πυρκαγιές στην Πορτογαλία ήταν μεγάλης κλίμακας με μεγάλο αριθμό ημερών. Στην περίπτωση της πυρκαγιάς του Ιουνίου η αιτία της πυρκαγιάς ήταν πιθανώς μια ξηρή καταιγίδα. Σε αντίθεση με την πυρκαγιά του Ιουνίου, η πυρκαγιά που ξέσπασε στις 13 Οκτωβρίου επιδεινώθηκε από τις μετεωρολογικές συνθήκες του τυφώνα Ophelia που πέρασε πάνω από τις Αζόρες και εξάπλωσε την πυρκαγιά μέχρι την Ισπανία.Σε αντίθεση με την Πορτογαλία, η πυρκαγιά στην Ελλάδα ήταν μικρής κλίμακας και κράτησε λίγες μέρες, υπήρχαν και άλλες πυρκαγιές βόρεια της Ελλάδας εκείνη την περίοδο των οποίων το αερόλυμα μπορεί να επηρέασε τον τρόπο που το μοντέλο ερμηνεύει την χωρική κατανομή των αερολυμάτων.Η περίπτωση της Σουηδίας ήταν πολύ διαφορετική καθώς οι πυρκαγιές άρχισαν τον Μάιο και έληξαν γύρω στον Αύγουστο με αιχμή τον Ιούλιο. Οι πυρκαγιές προκλήθηκαν από ένα ασυνήθιστο θερμικό κύμα καθώς ο Μάιος και ο Ιούλιος ήταν οι θερμότεροι που καταγράγηκαν ποτέ στη Σουηδία. Αυτές οι διαφορές μεταξύ των πυρκαγιών μου μελετώνται θα βοηθήσουν στην αξιολόγηση του μοντέλου σε διαφορετικές μετεωρολογικές και κλιματικές συνθήκες αλλά και σε διαφορετικές κλίμακες. Το μοντέλο του ECMWF έχει ήδη αποδειχθεί ότι έχει ελλέιψεις στην μοντελοποίηση των πυρκαγιών(Giuseppe et al; 2016), η έρευνα αυτή θα έχει ως στόχο να αξιολογήσει τις αδυναμίες και τα πλεονεκτήματα του μοντέλου κατά τη διάρκεια αυτών των πυρκαγιών.The four fires that are chosen have very different characteristics. Firstly the two fires in Portugal were large scale fires that were out of control for a number days. In the June event the cause of the tragedy most likely was a dry thunderstorm as an intense heat wave preceded the fires during the night in 17-18 of June. In contrast to the June event the fires started in 13th of October and they were exacerbated by the meteorological conditions as the hurricane Ophelia passed between the Azores and helped fan the fires into Spain. In contrast to the Portugal fires, the fire in Greece was of very small scale and it lasted only a couple of days, however there were also fires in other countries northern of Greece and their aerosol might affect the way the model interpreted the spatial distribution of aerosols. In the wildfires in Sweden the situations was radically different as the fires really started in May and ended around August, with their peak being in July. The fires were caused by an unusual heatwave, as May and July were the warmest ever recorded in Sweden. These differences between the events will help validate the model in different meteorological conditions, climates and scale of events. The ECMWF model has already proven to have deficiencies in the modelling of fires (Giuseppe et al; 2016), this research will aim to evaluate the weaknesses and strengths of the model during these events

Readers education: the variety of teaching situations in elementary school classrooms

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo descrever e analisar práticas de leitura literária propostas em salas de aula de Ensino Fundamental I e as relações possíveis entre textos, alunos e professores. Optou-se por investigar tais práticas em duas turmas de 5º ano em duas escolas da cidade de São Paulo, uma particular e uma pública. A coleta de dados, realizada no 2º semestre de 2013, dividiu-se em duas fases. A primeira consistiu em entrevistas com as professoras das turmas selecionadas, por meio das quais se procurou identificar os objetivos que almejavam com o trabalho com leitura literária. Já a segunda fase correspondeu às observações das aulas, a fim de aprofundar as temáticas surgidas a partir das entrevistas e refletir sobre as relações existentes entre textos, alunos e professoras. A análise dos dados coletados permitiu concluir que a diversidade dos usos que são feitos dos livros e da literatura na sala de aula justifica-se nas inúmeras variáveis que interferem nessa prática, e que garantir um espaço de abertura para que os alunos se manifestem e possam se identificar nas leituras que realizam pode minimizar as dificuldades da tarefa de formá-los como leitores. Do ponto de vista teórico, foram levadas em consideração as discussões de Bakhtin (2010) a respeito dos gêneros do discurso, as ideias de Hans Robert Jauss (2011) como principal representante da estética da recepção, os estudos de Wolfgang Iser (1999) sobre a importância do leitor, e as pesquisas dos franceses Vincent Jouve (2002), Catherine Tauveron (2013) e Annie Rouxel (2013) acerca do trabalho com literatura na sala de aula.This dissertation has as the objective to describe and investigate literary reading practices proposed in classrooms in elementary school classrooms and the possible relationships among texts, students and teachers. The choice was to investigate those practices in two 5th grade classrooms in a private and a public schools in São Paulo. The data collection, held in the 2nd half of 2013, was developed in two phases. The first phase consisted of interviews with teachers from selected classes. The aim was to identify the objectives they longed when working with literary reading. The second phase corresponded to observations of classes, to deepen the themes emerged during the interviews and to reflect about relationships among texts, students and teachers. The analysis of the collected data brought the conclusion that the diversity of the ways books and literature are used in classrooms is justified in many variables that interfere in this practice. It that a guaranteed open space for students to express and identify themselves when reading can minimize the challenges to transform them into readers. From a theorical point of view, this dissertation takes into consideration Bakhtin (2010) discussions about discourse genres, Hans Robert Jauss (2011) ideas as the main representative of aesthetics reception, studies of Wolfgang Iser (1999) about the importance of the reader, and the investigation of the French researchers Vincent Jouve (2002), Catherine Tauveron (2013) and Annie Rouxel (2013) concerning the work with literature in classrooms

Polymorphism T -> C (-34 bp) of gene CYP17 promoter in Greek patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Objective: To investigate the: frequency of T–>C substitution (-34 bp) of gene CYP17 promoter in Creek patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to elucidate its role in the pathogenesis of the syndrome. Design: Follow-up study. Setting: Academic research setting. Patient(s): Fifty patients with PCOS and 50 healthy women. Intervention(s): Body mass index and the waist-hip ratio were determined for each woman. Blood samples were obtained for DNA analysis and hormone estimates. Main Outcome Measure(s): Serum total T levels. Result(s): Seventeen patients (34%) did not carry the base pair substitution (genotype A1A1) and their mean (+/- SD) total T level was 75.7 +/- 32.2 ngl/dL, 29 patients (58%) were heterozygous carriers of the A2 allele (genotype A1A2) and their mean total T level was 77.8 +/- 29.9 ng/dL, and 4 patients (8%) carried the A2 allele in homozygosity (genotype A2A2) and their mean total T level was 87.0 +/- 2.8 ngl/dL. Twenty-two controls had the genotype A1A1 (44%) and their mean total T level was 39.1 +/- 15.5 ng/dL, whereas 28 (56%) had the genotype A1A2 and their mean total T level was 44.9 +/- 22.1 ng/dL. Homozygosity of the polymorphic A2 allele was not observed in controls, and this difference (8% versus 0%) was statistically significant. Conclusion(s): Although this base pair substitution is not the primary genetic defect in PCOS, it may aggravate the clinical picture of hyperandrogenemia, particularly when homozygosity exists. (Fertil Steril(R) 1999;71:431-5. (C)1999 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)

A survey of the polycystic ovary syndrome in the Greek island of Lesbos: Hormonal and metabolic profile

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by hyperandrogenism, chronic anovulation, and oligomenorrhea (O/M). PCOS has variable clinical phenotypes, biochemical features, and metabolic abnormalities. To determine the prevalence of PCOS in the Greek population as well as the metabolic parameters, we performed a cross-sectional study of 192 women of reproductive age (17-45 yr), living on the Greek island of Lesbos. They were divided into 4 groups according to the presence of hirsutism (defined as a Ferriman-Gallwey score greater than or equal to 6) and O/M: group N (n = 108), regular menses and absence of hirsutism; group 1 (n = 56), regular menses and hirsutism; group 2 (n = 10), O/M and absence of hirsutism; and group 3 (n = 18), O/M and hirsutism. Body mass index, waist to hip ratio, and mean blood pressure did not differ among the studied groups. Hormonal profile was assessed by measuring free testosterone (FT). The prevalence of PCOS, defined by the presence of O/M and biochemical hyperandrogenism (FT greater than or equal to 95th percentile of the normal women), was estimated to be 6.77% (13 women of 192). Higher FT levels were observed in group 3 (O/M and hirsutism) compared with groups N (P < 0.00001) and 1 (P < 0.0001) and in groups I (hirsutism) and 2 (O/M) compared with group N (P < 0.0001 and P < 0.005, respectively). Sex hormone-binding globulin levels were lower in women with PCOS and in groups 1 and 3 than those in group N (P < 0.002, P < 0.02, and P < 0.002, respectively) independently of the body mass index. The metabolic profile was investigated by measurements of fasting glucose (FG), fasting insulin (FI), and estimation of the fasting glucose to insulin ratio (FG:I ratio). After covariance adjusted for the BMI, Fl levels were higher in group 3 and in women with PCOS than in the normal (P < 0.005 and P < 0.002, respectively) and the hirsute (P < 0.05 and P < 0.02, respectively) women, whereas FG levels did not differ among the studied groups. The FG:I ratio was lower in group 3, group 1, and in women with PCOS than in normal women (P < 0.05). Finally, a high incidence of family history of diabetes mellitus (P = 0.001) and menstrual disorders (P = 0.01) was observed in women with PCOS, in contrast to the normal and hirsute women. In conclusion, PCOS appears to be a particularly common endocrine disorder in the Greek population under study (prevalence, 6.77%); furthermore, it is associated with certain metabolic abnormalities. These data also suggest that the severity of the fasting hyperinsulinemia is associated with the severity of the clinical phenotype of hyperandrogenism independently of obesity