Maps and cartographers in the journal "Radovi" published by the Forest Research Institute Jastrebarsko (1966-2005)

Vezano uz bogatu tradiciju izrada karata na Šumarskom institutu, Jastrebarsko i na njihovo često pojavljivanje u časopisu Radovi, cilj ovog rada bio je kvantitativno i kvalitativno obraditi sve objavljene karte i autore. U časopisu Radovi u 40 godina izlaženja objavljeno je 242 karte na kojima se javlja 78 autora od kojih su gotovo polovica bivši ili sadašnji djelatnici Instituta. Na kartiranjima vegetacije najviše su radili su Stjepan Bertović, Zvonimir Pelcer, Juraj Medvedović i Vladimir Lindić. Najčešći autori pedoloških karata bili su Jakob Martinović i Boris Vrbek, a karata ekološko-gospodarskih tipova (EGT) Dražen Cestar sa suradnicima. U novije se vrijeme javljaju moderniji kartografski prikazi digitalnih karata čiji su najznačajniji autori Branimir Mayer, Nikola Komlenović, Ivan Pilaš). U radu su dane kratke biografije i ogledne karte svih značajnijih kartografa Šumarskog instituta, Jastrebarsko te cjeloviti popis svih objavljenih karata i njihovih autora.In view of the rich tradition of map production in the Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, and their frequent appearance in the journal Radovi, the aim of this paper is to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse all published maps and their authors. During 40 years of publishing the journal Radovi 242 maps have been published by 78 authors, of which almost half were, or still are, employees of the Institute. Most work on the mapping of vegetation was contributed by Ivan Bertović, Zvonimir Pelcer, Juraj Medvedović and Vladimir Lindić. Authors of pedological maps were Jakob Martinović and Boris Vrbek, and ecological-management maps Dražen Cestar and co-workers. More recently more modern cartographic presentations have appeared of digital maps (Branimir Mayer, Nikola Komlenović, Ivan Pilaš). Brief biographies and specimen maps are given of all more important cartographers of the Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, and a list of all published maps and their author

Geokinematics of Central Europe: New insights from the CERGOP-2/Environment Project

The Central European Geodynamics Project CERGOP/2, funded by the European Union from 2003to 2006 under the 5th Framework Programme, benefited from repeated measurements of thecoordinates of epoch and permanent GPS stations of the Central European GPS Reference Network(CEGRN), starting in 1994. Here we report on the results of the systematic processing of availabledata up to 2005. The analysis has yielded velocities for some 60 sites, covering a variety of CentralEuropean tectonic provinces, from the Adria indenter to the Tauern window, the Dinarides, thePannonian Basin, the Vrancea seismic zone and the Carpathian Mountains. The estimated velocitiesdefine kinematical patterns which outline, with varying spatial resolution depending on the stationdensity and history, the present day surface kinematics in Central Europe. Horizontal velocities areanalyzed after removal from the ITRF2000 estimated velocities of a rigid rotation accounting forthe mean motion of Europe: a ~2.3 mm/yr north-south oriented convergence rate between Adria andthe Southern Alps that can be considered to be the present day velocity of the Adria indenterrelative to the European foreland. An eastward extrusion zone initiates at the Tauern Window. Thelateral eastward flow towards the Pannonian Basin exhibits a gentle gradient from 1-1.5 mm/yrimmediately east of the Tauern Window to zero in the Pannonian Basin. This kinematic continuityimplies that the Pannonian plate fragment recently suggested by seismic data does not require aspecific Eulerian pole. On the southeastern boundary of the Adria microplate, we report a velocitydrop from 4-4.5 mm/yr motion near Matera to ~1 mm/yr north of the Dinarides, in the southwesternpart of the Pannonian Basin. A positive velocity gradient as one moves south from West Ukraineacross Rumania and Bulgaria is estimated to be 2 mm/yr on a scale of 600-800 km, as if the crustwere dragged by the counterclockwise rotation along the North Anatolian Fault Zone. This regimeapparently does not interfere with the Vrancea seismic zone: earthquakes there are sufficiently deep(> 100 km) that the brittle deformation at depth can be considered as decoupled from the creep atthe surface. We conclude that models of the Quaternary tectonics of Central and Eastern Europeshould not neglect the long wavelength, nearly aseismic deformation affecting the upper crust in theRomanian and Bulgarian regions

Spontaneous Diaphragmatic Hernia

A spontaneous diaphragmatic hernia (SDH) occurs when intra-abdominal contents extend into the thoracic cavity through a defect in the diaphragm after a sudden increase in intra-abdominal pressure. SDH is one of the rarest surgical emergencies with less than 30 reported cases in the literature. 1, 2 In our case a 94-year-old female presented to the emergency department in respiratory distress with unilateral breath sounds and was diagnosed with a SDH. The only treatment option for a SDH is surgical. 3, 11 However, nasogastric tube decompression of the gastrointestinal tract and supplemental oxygen can be used to alleviate symptoms until definitive operative management is performed

Spatio-temporal Evolution as Bigraph Dynamics

We present a novel approach to modelling the evolution of spatial entities over time by using bigraphs. We use the links in a bigraph to represent the sharing of a common ancestor and the places in a bigraph to represent spatial nesting as usual. We provide bigraphical reaction rules that are able to model situations such as two crowds of people merging together while still keeping track of the resulting crowd's historical links

Academic Emergency Medicine Physicians' Anxiety Levels, Stressors, and Potential Stress Mitigation Measures During the Acceleration Phase of the COVID‐19 Pandemic

ObjectiveThe objective was to assess anxiety and burnout levels, home life changes, and measures to relieve stress of U.S. academic emergency medicine (EM) physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic acceleration phase.MethodsWe sent a cross-sectional e-mail survey to all EM physicians at seven academic emergency departments. The survey incorporated items from validated stress scales and assessed perceptions and key elements in the following domains: numbers of suspected COVID-19 patients, availability of diagnostic testing, levels of home and workplace anxiety, severity of work burnout, identification of stressors, changes in home behaviors, and measures to decrease provider anxiety.ResultsA total of 426 (56.7%) EM physicians responded. On a scale of 1 to 7 (1 = not at all, 4 = somewhat, and 7 = extremely), the median (interquartile range) reported effect of the pandemic on both work and home stress levels was 5 (4-6). Reported levels of emotional exhaustion/burnout increased from a prepandemic median (IQR) of 3 (2-4) to since the pandemic started a median of 4 (3-6), with a difference in medians of 1.8 (95% confidence interval = 1.7 to 1.9). Most physicians (90.8%) reported changing their behavior toward family and friends, especially by decreasing signs of affection (76.8%). The most commonly cited measures cited to alleviate stress/anxiety were increasing personal protective equipment (PPE) availability, offering rapid COVID-19 testing at physician discretion, providing clearer communication about COVID-19 protocol changes, and assuring that physicians can take leave for care of family and self.ConclusionsDuring the acceleration phase, the COVID-19 pandemic has induced substantial workplace and home anxiety in academic EM physicians, and their exposure during work has had a major impact on their home lives. Measures cited to decrease stress include enhanced availability of PPE, rapid turnaround testing at provider discretion, and clear communication about COVID-19 protocol changes