The occurrence of Trichophytosis among people and cattle on a farm in Vojvodina, Serbia

Dermatophytoses are frequent contagious fungal skin diseases that affect the skin of people and animals. Zoophile dermatophytes pose a significant problem for both human and veterinary medicine, and they are especially present among bovines. In this paper we showed a simultaneous occurrence of trichophytosis among professionally exposed people and bovines on a farm in Vojvodina, Serbia. The tested samples (skin scrapings and hair) originating from people and animals, were positive for Trichophyton verrucosum dermatophyte which was determined by applying a direct microscopic examination of the smears, as well as the isolation and identification of the agents

Quality assurance of the Serbian national E-PRTR register reported data for large combustion plants

U periodu od 2007. do 2009. godine, a radi kontrole i ograničenja emisije iz industrije u skladu sa Pravilnikom o metodologiji za izradu integralnog katastra zagađivača, za potrebe Integralnog katastra zagađivača niz postrojenja su bila dužna da dostave podatke o količinama zagađujućih materija ispuštenih u vazduh i vode, kao i o generisanju otpada. Ovaj registar je sastavni deo informacionog sistema zaštite životne sredine Republike Srbije, koji vodi i čiju kontrolu podataka vrši Agencija za zaštitu životne sredine. Cilj ovog rada je kvalitativna analiza podataka o emisiji zagađujućih materija u vazduh (SOx, NOx i praškaste materije), na osnovu dostavljenih podataka za 2009. godinu. Proračun emisija je izvršen na osnovu metodologije koja je propisana Konvencijom o prekograničnom zagađenju vazduha na velikim udaljenostima. Radom su obuhvaćena velika ložišta sa izlazom toplote većim od 50 MW. Analiza je obuhvatila 37 postrojenja sa ukupno 61 emiterom.The Serbian E-PRTR register (The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) was established in 2007 and harmonized with PRTR protocol of Arhus convention and E-PRTR directive. In this paper, the quality of 2009 data reported to the Serbian PRTR register was analyzed. The analysis includes 37 large combustion plants with the capacity equal or greater than 50 MW. The combustion plants include power plants, heating plants and industrial energy units. The calculation is done using EMEP-EEA 2009 methodology and Tier 2 approach. The analysis obtained presents an overview of the quality of the reported data for SOx, NOx and TSP emissions for 61 combustion units, e.g., emitters (stacks). The results show that all 61 emitters reported data with the deviation greater than 25%, with 55% of the emitters reporting data that differed from pollutant to pollutant in comparison to the estimated data. Out of those, 30% of the emitters reported smaller and 8% reported greater emissions than estimated emissions with 7% of the emitters not submitting any emissions data. The analysis also includes calculation of the emissions scope limit within 95% confidence interval. According to these results, it can be concluded that only 15% of the emitters have emission levels that fall within the scope limits, 47% of the emitters reported data of which two data fall within the scope limits, 28% of the emitters reported data of which only one data fall within the scope limits, 3% of the emitters had data that didn't fall within the scope limits, and 7% did not reported any emission data. The results of the analysis can be summarized as: 1) operators in facilities do not know how to calculate emissions from their sources, and 2) the application of global emission factors can lead to considerable errors. The main reasons for significant deviation are different fuel quality, type of technical units and human error, thus national emission factors should be developed

Estimation of evaporative losses during storage of crude oil and petroleum products

Storage of crude oil and petroleum products inevitably leads to evaporative losses. Those losses are important for the industrial plants mass balances, as well as for the environmental protection. In this paper, estimation of evaporative losses was performed using software program TANKS 409d which was developed by the Agency for Environmental Protection of the United States - US EPA. Emissions were estimated for the following types of storage tanks: fixed conical roof tank, fixed dome roof tank, external floating roof tank, internal floating roof tank and domed external floating roof tank. Obtained results show quantities of evaporated losses per tone of stored liquid. Crude oil fixed roof storage tank losses are cca 0.5 kg per tone of crude oil. For floating roof, crude oil losses are 0.001 kg/t. Fuel oil (diesel fuel and heating oil) have the smallest evaporation losses, which are in order of magnitude 10-3 kg/tone. Liquids with higher Reid Vapour Pressure have very high evaporative losses for tanks with fixed roof, up to 2.07 kg/tone. In case of external floating roof tank, losses are 0.32 kg/tone. The smallest losses are for internal floating roof tank and domed external floating roof tank: 0.072 and 0.044, respectively. Finally, it can be concluded that the liquid with low volatility of low BTEX amount can be stored in tanks with fixed roof. In this case, the prevailing economic aspect, because the total amount of evaporative loss does not significantly affect the environment. On the other hand, storage of volatile derivatives with high levels of BTEX is not justified from the economic point of view or from the standpoint of the environment protection

Sistemi upravljanja sadržajem - pojam i karakteristike / Content management systems: Concept and features

Rad predstavlja kratak prikaz osnova programskog rešenja koje je u poslednjih desetak godina okupiralo sve veće i ozbiljne poslovne organizacije koje svoje poslovanje, celokupno ili delimično, zasnivaju na principima Internet tehnologija i elektronskog poslovanja. Sistemi upravljanja sadržajima nametnuli su se kao potreba da se izvrši potpuna automatizacija poslovanja jedne organizacije. U perspektivi, upravljanje dokumentima komandno-informacionih sistemima Vojske Srbije biće zasnovano na sistemima upravljanja sadržajima. / Introduction The paper explains the importance and the role of content management systems, gives an overview of the functionality required by such systems and makes a categorization of existing content management systems, thus performing, to some extent, a systematization of this area. Internet technologies and e-business Electronic business is a set of business activities that occur by ICT, especially Internet. CMS existence is conditioned by the development of Internet technology. Basic terminology, problem and solution The basic terms of which problems are considered in this paper are Content, Content Management and Content Management System. Content management systems demand Content management systems demand is reflected in the following: (1) complex structure and a hierarchy of target groups are major challenges for the selection and implementation of an adequate system of content management in decision-making processes; (2) timely adoption of key decisions and their implementation is currently a considerable advantage over competitors; (3) by applying modern information and communication technologies and service-oriented architecture, content, especially documents, management provides security and protection of information in the process of content managing. Content management systems types This article describes the following types of content management systems: Document Management System, Digital Asset Management, Web Content Management and Learning Content Management. Content management systems basic parts The main parts of the content management system are: (1) Content integration, including any content manipulation (input, processing, display); (2) Version control, older versions of files are stored in the database (date of creation/change, and optional comment). Thanks to version control, web site can be restored later (rolled-back) to the previous version; (3) Workflow, allows defining processes in a few steps concerning the creation, review and approval of content publishing; (4) Content repositorium (relational, object or XML databases) greatly improves reuse and content management, especially when these items have a high repetition level; (5) Users management and their privileges; (6) User interface. Display of client and administrative console is done through a web browser; (7) Applications represent an addition to content management systems (business rules, API functions, search, forum, etc.) Content management systems classification Content management systems classification can be performed by different elements: (1) by type, where the content management system is a framework or system; (2) by license; (3) by used technology; (4) by price. The paper briefly explains the classification. Conclusion Future direction of research of content management system applications in the Serbian Army would be based on the advantages and disadvantages of electronic document management system repositories, for example realistic management processes and data flows within the command and information system

Waste reduction algorithm used as the case study of simulated bitumen production process

Waste reduction algorithm - WAR is a tool helping process engineers for environmental impact assessment. WAR algorithm is a methodology for determining the potential environmental impact (PEI) of a chemical process. In particular, the bitumen production process was analyzed following three stages: a) atmospheric distillation unit, b) vacuum distillation unit, and c) bitumen production unit. Study was developed for the middle sized oil refinery with capacity of 5000000 tones of crude oil per year. Results highlight the most vulnerable aspects of the environmental pollution that arise during the manufacturing process of bitumen. The overall rates of PEI leaving the system (PEI/h) - Iout PEI/h are: a) 2.14105, b) 7.17104 and c) 2.36103, respectively. The overall rates of PEI generated within the system - Igen PEI/h are: a) 7.75104, b) -4.31104 and c) -4.32102, respectively. Atmospheric distillation unit have the highest overall rate of PEI while the bitumen production unit have the lowest overall rate of PEI. Comparison of Iout PEI/h and Igen PEI/h values for the atmospheric distillation unit, shows that the overall rate of PEI generated in the system is 36.21% of the overall rate of PEI leaving the system. In the cases of vacuum distillation and bitumen production units, the overall rate of PEI generated in system have negative values, i.e. the overall rate of PEI leaving the system is reduced at 60.11% (in the vacuum distillation unit) and at 18.30% (in the bitumen production unit). Analysis of the obtained results for the overall rate of PEI, expressed by weight of the product, confirms conclusions

Absence of linkage disequilibria between chromosomal arrangements and mtDNA haplotypes in natural populations of Drosophila subobscura from the Balkan Peninsula

The genetic structure of Drosophila subobscura from the Balkan Peninsula was studied with respect to restriction site polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA in populations from the Derventa River Gorge and Sicevo Gorge (Serbia). To investigate the role of cytonuclear interactions in shaping mitochondrial DNA variability in natural populations of this species, the study was complemented with the analysis of linkage disequilibria between mitochondrial haplotypes and chromosomal inversion arrangements. Similar to other populations of D. subobscura, two main haplotypes (I and II) were found, as well as a series of less common ones. The frequencies of haplotypes I and II accounted for 25.8% and 71.0%, respectively, in the population from the Derventa River Gorge, and for 32.4% and 58.1%, respectively, in the population from Sicevo Gorge. One of the haplotypes harbored a large insertion (2.7 kb) in the A+T rich region. The frequency distribution of both haplotypes did not depart from neutrality. Contrary to prior studies, we did not detect any significant linkage disequilibrium between the two most frequent mtDNA haplotypes and any of the chromosomal arrangements in either of the populations. We conclude that linkage disequilibrium is not a general occurrence in natural populations of D. subobscura, and we discuss how transient coadaptations, ecologically specific selective pressures, and demographics could contribute to population-specific patterns of linkage disequilibrium.Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia [173012

Absence of linkage disequilibria between chromosomal arrangements and mtDNA haplotypes in natural populations of Drosophila subobscura from the Balkan Peninsula

The genetic structure of Drosophila subobscura from the Balkan Peninsula was studied with respect to restriction site polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA in populations from the Derventa River Gorge and Sicevo Gorge (Serbia). To investigate the role of cytonuclear interactions in shaping mitochondrial DNA variability in natural populations of this species, the study was complemented with the analysis of linkage disequilibria between mitochondrial haplotypes and chromosomal inversion arrangements. Similar to other populations of D. subobscura, two main haplotypes (I and II) were found, as well as a series of less common ones. The frequencies of haplotypes I and II accounted for 25.8% and 71.0%, respectively, in the population from the Derventa River Gorge, and for 32.4% and 58.1%, respectively, in the population from Sicevo Gorge. One of the haplotypes harbored a large insertion (2.7 kb) in the A+T rich region. The frequency distribution of both haplotypes did not depart from neutrality. Contrary to prior studies, we did not detect any significant linkage disequilibrium between the two most frequent mtDNA haplotypes and any of the chromosomal arrangements in either of the populations. We conclude that linkage disequilibrium is not a general occurrence in natural populations of D. subobscura, and we discuss how transient coadaptations, ecologically specific selective pressures, and demographics could contribute to population-specific patterns of linkage disequilibrium.Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia [173012

Antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of mono- and bissalicylic acid derivatives

A simple synthesis of mono- and bis-salicylic acid derivatives 1-10 by the transesterification of methyl salicylate (methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate) with 3-oxapentane-1,5-diol, 3,6- dioxaoctane-1,8-diol, 3,6,9-trioxaundecane-1,11-diol, propane-1,2-diol or 1-aminopropan- 2-ol in alkaline conditions is reported. All compounds were tested in vitro on three malignant cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, PC-3) and one non-tumor cell line (MRC- 5). Strong cytotoxicity against prostate PC-3 cancer cells expressed compounds 3, 4, 6, 9 and 10, all with the IC50 less than 10 μmol/L, which were 11-27 times higher than the cytotoxicity of antitumor drug doxorubicin. All tested compounds were not toxic against the non-tumor MRC-5 cell line. Antioxidant activity of the synthesized derivatives was also evaluated. Compounds 2, 5 and 8 were better OH radical scavengers than commercial antioxidants BHT and BHA. The synthesized compounds showed satisfactory scavenger activity, which was studied by QSAR modeling. A good correlation between the experimental variables IC50 DPPH and IC50 OH and MTI (molecular topological indices) molecular descriptors and CAA (accessible Connolly solvent surface area) for the new compounds 1, 3, and 5 was observed

Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour

With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized that the associations of empathic prosocial concern and fear of disease with support towards preventive COVID-19 behaviours would be moderated by trust in the government. Results suggest that the association between fear of disease and support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours was strongest when trust in the government was weak (both at individual- and country-level). Conversely, the association with empathic prosocial concern was strongest when trust in the government was high, but this moderation was only found at individual-level scores of governmental trust. We discuss how motivations may be shaped by socio-cultural context, and outline how findings may contribute to a better understanding of collective action during global crises