8 research outputs found
Promotional activities in nautic ports in Croatia
U radu pod nazivom "Promotivne aktivnosti u nautiÄkim lukama Hrvatske" prouÄava se nautiÄki turizam i promocija te njihova simbioza. Prvi dio rada posveÄen je nautiÄkom turizmu, njegovom razvoju kako u svjetskim tako i u hrvatskim okvirima. Posebna pažnja se u tom segmentu obraÄa na ACI, kao jedan od najveÄih pokretaÄa razvoja nautiÄkog turizma na prostoru Republike Hrvatske. Drugi dio rada namijenjen je za prouÄavanje promocije, posebno pritom promotivni miks i proces odvijanja promocije kao jednog složenog, zahtjevno i nadasve iznimno bitnog postupka za mnoge poslovne aktivnosti. Posljednji dio rada nastoji prikazati promotivne aktivnosti ukupne nautiÄke ponude Republike Hrvatske koje svojim djelovanjem nastoje promovirati nautiÄki turizam, a samim tim i Hrvatsku kao jednu od predvodnica nautiÄkog turizma na Mediteranu.The article entitled "Promotional Activities at Croatian Nautical Ports" examines nautical tourism and promotion and their symbiosis. The first part of the work is dedicated to nautical tourism, its development both in the world and in the Croatian contexts. In this segment, special attention is paid to ACI, one of the organization of the development of nautical tourism in the Republic of Croatia. The second part of the paper is intended to study the promotion, especially the promotional mix and the promotion process as a complex, demanding and above all extremely important process for many business activities.The last part of the paper aims to present the promotional activities of the total nautical offer of the Republic of Croatia, whose activities are aimed at promoting nautical tourism, and by that Croatia as one of the leaders of nautical tourism in the Mediterranean
Age-specific characteristics of general movements in infants: a case study
Uvid u normalnu funkciju fetalnog mozga omoguÄava nam procjena spontanih pokreta. Spontani su pokreti oni u fetusa i mladog dojenÄeta koji se oÄituju dobno specifiÄnim obilježjima u dvjema fazama: fazi uvijanja i fazi vrpoljenja. Razlikujemo normalan i tri tipa abnormalnih spontanih pokreta, a to su siromaÅ”ni, grÄevito-sinkronizirani i kaotiÄni spontani pokreti. Istraživanja pokazuju kako je prediktivna snaga procjene najbolja u fazi vrpoljenja, tj. od 2. do 4. mjeseca života. Cilj je ovog istraživanja bio ispitati optimalnost i dobno specifiÄna obilježja spontanih pokreta novoroÄenÄeta u fazi uvijanja i vrpoljenja praÄenjem neurorazvojnog trajektorija djeteta bez Äimbenika rizika. Kriterij za odabir sudionika ovog istraživanja bio je taj da je sudionik novoroÄenÄe iz uredno iznesene trudnoÄe i bez Äimbenika rizika. Sudionik je muÅ”ko novoroÄenÄe roÄeno u 40. tjednu uredne trudnoÄe i bez Äimbenika rizika. U svrhu istraživanja primijenjena je globalna procjena spontanih pokreta te detaljna procjena kvalitete spontanih pokreta u fazi uvijanja te je mjerena pojavnost i uÄestalost specifiÄnih pokreta prema srediÅ”njoj liniji u fazi vrpoljenja. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju na to kako je dojenÄe pokazalo siromaÅ”an repertoar pokreta u fazi uvijanja koji se kroz fazu vrpoljenja izmijenio i pokazao kao normalan repertoar. Ovakva promjena optimalnosti izmeÄu tranzicije obrasca spontanih pokreta uÄestala je kod dojenÄadi donesene bez Äimbenika rizika te ukazuje na uredan rani neuromotoriÄki razvoj djeteta.Insight into the normal function of the foetal brain is enabled by general movement assessment. Spontaneously generated movements are movements of the foetus and the young infant that manifest with age-specific characteristics at a writhing age and fidgety age. We distinguish normal repertoire and three types of abnormal general movements: poor, cramped-synchronised and chaotic general movements. Research has shown the best predictive strength for movements in the fidgety age, from 2 to 4 months of life. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the optimality and age-specific characteristics of general movements in toddlers at writhing and fidgety ages. The study participant was a male full-term newborn born at 40 gestational weeks from a healthy pregnancy without any risk factors. We performed global assessment of general movements, detailed assessment of the quality of general movements at the writhing age as well as measurements of the occurrence and frequency of specific movements towards the midline at the fidgety age. The results show that the infant had a poor repertoire at writhing age that changed and appeared as a normal repertoire through the fidgety phase. Such a change in normality, between the transition in general movement patterns, occurs quite often in infants without risk factors and predicts normal neuromotoric outcome
Language dominance in bilingual speakers of Italian and Croatian language
Zbog visoke varijabilnosti unutar dvojeziÄne populacije, poznavanje jeziÄne dominantnosti kljuÄno je i u istraživanjima i za prikladnu jeziÄnu procjenu. U istraživanjima je takvo poznavanje kljuÄno radi usporedbe ispitanika koji formiraju ujednaÄenu skupinu, ili radi njihova promatranja s obzirom na jeziÄnu dominantnost. Za valjanu jeziÄnu procjenu važno je moÄi ispitati jeziÄne vjeÅ”tine dvojeziÄne djece te odrediti dominantni jezik. Djeca koja su od najranije dobi izložena dvama jezicima, mogu pokazivati kaÅ”njenja u jezicima koje paralelno usvajaju. Neka djeca ne pokazuju gotovo nikakve razlike u razinama jeziÄnog znanja, a neka pokazuju znaÄajnije teÅ”koÄe. Bez spoznaje o jeziÄnim znanjima u drugom jeziku nemoguÄe je odrediti jesu li ti rezultati posljedica loÅ”ijeg znanja jednog jezika ili opÄenitih teÅ”koÄa u jeziÄnom razvoju. To dovodi do teÅ”koÄa i u dvojeziÄnim podruÄjima u Hrvatskoj, kao Å”to su dvojeziÄna podruÄja u Rijeci i Istri, gdje se govore hrvatski i talijanski jezik. Brojni su naÄini na koje se pokuÅ”avalo odrediti jeziÄnu dominantnost dvojeziÄnih govornika, ali ne i jedinstvena opÄeprihvaÄena procedura. U ovom istraživanju temeljni kriterij je razlika u standardnim rezultatima hrvatske i talijanske inaÄice testa TROG. Ispitano je 56 sudionika koji pohaÄaju vrtiÄke skupine s programom na talijanskom jeziku, a prepoznati su kao kandidati za ujednaÄenu dvojeziÄnost (procjena odgojitelja). Primjenom odabranog kriterija, oko 70 % djece svrstano je u skupinu ujednaÄenih dvojeziÄnih govornika, a nisu se pokazale razlike izmeÄu sudionika iz Rijeke i PoreÄa i okolice.Because of the high variability in any bilingual population, it is of a great importance to control for language dominance in both research and language assessment. This control is crucial in research in order to form unified groups of participants according to language dominance. In the language assessment of bilingual children, determining language dominance should be a priority. Children exposed to two languages from an early age may acquire them at a slower rate when compared to their monolingual piers. While this lag is hardly noticeable in some children, for others it is significant. Without knowledge about the childās language skills in the other, non-assessed language, it is impossible to determine if the results of language assessment point to the dominance of one language over another or general language difficulties. In bilingual areas of Croatia, such as Rijeka and Istria, this can be quite a challenge. While language dominance has generally been measured using a large number of different methods, there is no universally accepted procedure. This research uses the results of the Italian and Croatian versions of the TROG test to determine language dominance. Participants were 56 preschool-aged children attending kindergartens with an Italian language programme in Rijeka and Istria. Participants were preselected by their kindergarten teachers as children that might be balanced bilinguals. Using the differences in results between both TROG tests, approximately 70% of children were placed in a balanced bilinguals group. No differences were shown between groups of participants from Rijeka and Istria
The relationship between depressive syndrome and suicidal risk in patients with acute schizophrenia
Aim To determine the relationship between scores on
five factors of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
(PANSS) and Calgary Depression scale for Schizophrenia
(CDSS) and scores on the InterSePT Scale for Suicidal Thinking
(ISST) in patients with acute schizophrenia.
Methods Data were collected on sociodemographic
and clinical characteristics of 180 drug-treated in-patients
with acute schizophrenia. Their symptoms were assessed
with PANSS, CDSS, and ISST and correlations between the
scores were calculated. Statistically significant correlations
were included in the logistic regression analysis to identify
predictors of suicidal risk.
Results CDSS (P < 0.001) score and negative (P < 0.001),
disorganized (P = 0.041), emotional (P < 0.001), and total
score on PANSS (P < 0.001) showed a significant positive
correlation with ISST. Stepwise logistic regression analysis
revealed that CDSS scores (odds ratio [OR] 5.18; confidence
interval [CI] 1.58-16.95), and disorganized (0.90; 0.81-0.99)
and emotional (1.15; 1.01-1.30) factors of PANSS were predictors
of suicidal risk.
Conclusion Our results suggested a considerable association
between depressive syndrome as assessed by the
PANSS emotional factor and CDSS score and suicidal risk in
patients with acute schizophrenia
POTROÅ AÄKI ETNOCENTRIZAM MLADIH NA PODRUÄJU GRADA SPLITA : Diplomski rad
Posljednjih nekoliko desetljeÄa, posebice razvojem meÄunarodne trgovine i rastom stupnja globalizacije, potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam sve viÅ”e zaokuplja pažnju marketinÅ”kih struÄnjaka pri prouÄavanju ponaÅ”anja potroÅ”aÄa kao srediÅ”ta svih marketinÅ”kih aktivnosti. PotroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam svoje korijene vuÄe s poÄetka 20. stoljeÄa, kao socioloÅ”ki pojam etnocentrizam, kojeg je ustanovio Sumner. Pridjev potroÅ”aÄki dobiva u drugoj polovici 20. stoljeÄa kada mnogi istraživaÄi i struÄnjaci nastoje ustanoviti koji su to sve Äimbenici koji utjeÄu na kupnju domaÄih i stranih proizvoda, odnosno koji su to Äimbenici utjecaja na potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam. Prekretnica u razvoju empirijskog istraživanja jest kreiranje CETSCALE, meÄunarodno priznatog instrumenta za mjerenje etnocentriÄnih tendencija ispitanika koja se koristila i u sklopu ovog rada. Rad se sastoji od osnovna dva dijela, teorijskog i empirijskog dijela. Teorijski dio prikazuje povijesni presjek nastanka pojma etnocentrizma te najvažnija istraživanja u navedenom podruÄju. Posebni osvrt pridodan je utjecaju demografskih i socio-psiholoÅ”kih Äimbenika na potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam. U sklopu empirijskog dijela rada, provedeno je istraživanje na uzorku od 604 ispitanika s podruÄja grada Splita u dobi od 24 do 40 godina. Anketnim upitnikom ispitao se potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam ā CETSCALE, demografska obilježja ispitanika te su postavljena pojedina pitanja iz skupine socio-psiholoÅ”kih obilježja koja su se odnosila na putovanja u inozemstvo te pet tvrdnji vezanih uz patriotizam.In the last few decades, particularly with the development of international trade and the growing degree of globalization, consumer ethnocentrism has increasingly occupied the attention of marketing experts in studying consumer behavior as the basis of all marketing activities. Consumer ethnocentrism has its roots from the early 20th century, as the sociological term ethnocentrism, established by Sumner. The term consumer ethnocentrism has been used since the second half of the 20th century, when many researchers and experts were trying to determine what are the factors that affect the purchase of domestic or foreign products, or what are the factors influencing consumer ethnocentrism. A turning point in the development of empirical research is the creation of CETSCALE, an internationally recognized instrument for measuring the ethnocentric tendencies of respondents. CETSCALE was also used in this paper. This paper consists of two basic parts, a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part illustrates the historical cross-section of the emergence of the concept of ethnocentrism and the most important research in this area. Special attention is paid to the influence of demographic and socio-psychological variables on consumer ethnocentrism. As part of the empirical part of this paper, a study was conducted on a sample of 604 respondents from Split, ranging from 24 up to 40 years. The survey questionnaire examined consumer ethnocentrism - CETSCALE, demographic characteristics of respondents and some of socio-psychological characteristics related to travel abroad and five statements related to patriotism
POTROÅ AÄKI ETNOCENTRIZAM MLADIH NA PODRUÄJU GRADA SPLITA : Diplomski rad
Posljednjih nekoliko desetljeÄa, posebice razvojem meÄunarodne trgovine i rastom stupnja globalizacije, potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam sve viÅ”e zaokuplja pažnju marketinÅ”kih struÄnjaka pri prouÄavanju ponaÅ”anja potroÅ”aÄa kao srediÅ”ta svih marketinÅ”kih aktivnosti. PotroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam svoje korijene vuÄe s poÄetka 20. stoljeÄa, kao socioloÅ”ki pojam etnocentrizam, kojeg je ustanovio Sumner. Pridjev potroÅ”aÄki dobiva u drugoj polovici 20. stoljeÄa kada mnogi istraživaÄi i struÄnjaci nastoje ustanoviti koji su to sve Äimbenici koji utjeÄu na kupnju domaÄih i stranih proizvoda, odnosno koji su to Äimbenici utjecaja na potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam. Prekretnica u razvoju empirijskog istraživanja jest kreiranje CETSCALE, meÄunarodno priznatog instrumenta za mjerenje etnocentriÄnih tendencija ispitanika koja se koristila i u sklopu ovog rada. Rad se sastoji od osnovna dva dijela, teorijskog i empirijskog dijela. Teorijski dio prikazuje povijesni presjek nastanka pojma etnocentrizma te najvažnija istraživanja u navedenom podruÄju. Posebni osvrt pridodan je utjecaju demografskih i socio-psiholoÅ”kih Äimbenika na potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam. U sklopu empirijskog dijela rada, provedeno je istraživanje na uzorku od 604 ispitanika s podruÄja grada Splita u dobi od 24 do 40 godina. Anketnim upitnikom ispitao se potroÅ”aÄki etnocentrizam ā CETSCALE, demografska obilježja ispitanika te su postavljena pojedina pitanja iz skupine socio-psiholoÅ”kih obilježja koja su se odnosila na putovanja u inozemstvo te pet tvrdnji vezanih uz patriotizam.In the last few decades, particularly with the development of international trade and the growing degree of globalization, consumer ethnocentrism has increasingly occupied the attention of marketing experts in studying consumer behavior as the basis of all marketing activities. Consumer ethnocentrism has its roots from the early 20th century, as the sociological term ethnocentrism, established by Sumner. The term consumer ethnocentrism has been used since the second half of the 20th century, when many researchers and experts were trying to determine what are the factors that affect the purchase of domestic or foreign products, or what are the factors influencing consumer ethnocentrism. A turning point in the development of empirical research is the creation of CETSCALE, an internationally recognized instrument for measuring the ethnocentric tendencies of respondents. CETSCALE was also used in this paper. This paper consists of two basic parts, a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part illustrates the historical cross-section of the emergence of the concept of ethnocentrism and the most important research in this area. Special attention is paid to the influence of demographic and socio-psychological variables on consumer ethnocentrism. As part of the empirical part of this paper, a study was conducted on a sample of 604 respondents from Split, ranging from 24 up to 40 years. The survey questionnaire examined consumer ethnocentrism - CETSCALE, demographic characteristics of respondents and some of socio-psychological characteristics related to travel abroad and five statements related to patriotism
Promotional activities in nautic ports in Croatia
U radu pod nazivom "Promotivne aktivnosti u nautiÄkim lukama Hrvatske" prouÄava se nautiÄki turizam i promocija te njihova simbioza. Prvi dio rada posveÄen je nautiÄkom turizmu, njegovom razvoju kako u svjetskim tako i u hrvatskim okvirima. Posebna pažnja se u tom segmentu obraÄa na ACI, kao jedan od najveÄih pokretaÄa razvoja nautiÄkog turizma na prostoru Republike Hrvatske. Drugi dio rada namijenjen je za prouÄavanje promocije, posebno pritom promotivni miks i proces odvijanja promocije kao jednog složenog, zahtjevno i nadasve iznimno bitnog postupka za mnoge poslovne aktivnosti. Posljednji dio rada nastoji prikazati promotivne aktivnosti ukupne nautiÄke ponude Republike Hrvatske koje svojim djelovanjem nastoje promovirati nautiÄki turizam, a samim tim i Hrvatsku kao jednu od predvodnica nautiÄkog turizma na Mediteranu.The article entitled "Promotional Activities at Croatian Nautical Ports" examines nautical tourism and promotion and their symbiosis. The first part of the work is dedicated to nautical tourism, its development both in the world and in the Croatian contexts. In this segment, special attention is paid to ACI, one of the organization of the development of nautical tourism in the Republic of Croatia. The second part of the paper is intended to study the promotion, especially the promotional mix and the promotion process as a complex, demanding and above all extremely important process for many business activities.The last part of the paper aims to present the promotional activities of the total nautical offer of the Republic of Croatia, whose activities are aimed at promoting nautical tourism, and by that Croatia as one of the leaders of nautical tourism in the Mediterranean
Language dominance in bilingual speakers of Italian and Croatian language
Zbog visoke varijabilnosti unutar dvojeziÄne populacije, poznavanje jeziÄne dominantnosti kljuÄno je i u istraživanjima i za prikladnu jeziÄnu procjenu. U istraživanjima je takvo poznavanje kljuÄno radi usporedbe ispitanika koji formiraju ujednaÄenu skupinu, ili radi njihova promatranja s obzirom na jeziÄnu dominantnost. Za valjanu jeziÄnu procjenu važno je moÄi ispitati jeziÄne vjeÅ”tine dvojeziÄne djece te odrediti dominantni jezik. Djeca koja su od najranije dobi izložena dvama jezicima, mogu pokazivati kaÅ”njenja u jezicima koje paralelno usvajaju. Neka djeca ne pokazuju gotovo nikakve razlike u razinama jeziÄnog znanja, a neka pokazuju znaÄajnije teÅ”koÄe. Bez spoznaje o jeziÄnim znanjima u drugom jeziku nemoguÄe je odrediti jesu li ti rezultati posljedica loÅ”ijeg znanja jednog jezika ili opÄenitih teÅ”koÄa u jeziÄnom razvoju. To dovodi do teÅ”koÄa i u dvojeziÄnim podruÄjima u Hrvatskoj, kao Å”to su dvojeziÄna podruÄja u Rijeci i Istri, gdje se govore hrvatski i talijanski jezik. Brojni su naÄini na koje se pokuÅ”avalo odrediti jeziÄnu dominantnost dvojeziÄnih govornika, ali ne i jedinstvena opÄeprihvaÄena procedura. U ovom istraživanju temeljni kriterij je razlika u standardnim rezultatima hrvatske i talijanske inaÄice testa TROG. Ispitano je 56 sudionika koji pohaÄaju vrtiÄke skupine s programom na talijanskom jeziku, a prepoznati su kao kandidati za ujednaÄenu dvojeziÄnost (procjena odgojitelja). Primjenom odabranog kriterija, oko 70 % djece svrstano je u skupinu ujednaÄenih dvojeziÄnih govornika, a nisu se pokazale razlike izmeÄu sudionika iz Rijeke i PoreÄa i okolice.Because of the high variability in any bilingual population, it is of a great importance to control for language dominance in both research and language assessment. This control is crucial in research in order to form unified groups of participants according to language dominance. In the language assessment of bilingual children, determining language dominance should be a priority. Children exposed to two languages from an early age may acquire them at a slower rate when compared to their monolingual piers. While this lag is hardly noticeable in some children, for others it is significant. Without knowledge about the childās language skills in the other, non-assessed language, it is impossible to determine if the results of language assessment point to the dominance of one language over another or general language difficulties. In bilingual areas of Croatia, such as Rijeka and Istria, this can be quite a challenge. While language dominance has generally been measured using a large number of different methods, there is no universally accepted procedure. This research uses the results of the Italian and Croatian versions of the TROG test to determine language dominance. Participants were 56 preschool-aged children attending kindergartens with an Italian language programme in Rijeka and Istria. Participants were preselected by their kindergarten teachers as children that might be balanced bilinguals. Using the differences in results between both TROG tests, approximately 70% of children were placed in a balanced bilinguals group. No differences were shown between groups of participants from Rijeka and Istria