Ensuring Professionalism of the External Evaluation Commission: The Slovenian Case Study

In 2006–2007, the Slovenian higher education (HE) system took the first steps toward building a national model of institutional external evaluation (IEE), which would be comparable with other European models. In the first part of the article, the authors discuss the main tendencies within the European he area. This is followed by an outline of the developments in the field of quality assurance within Slovenian he, stressing the years 2006 and 2007. The scientific contribution of the article lies in the evaluation outcomes of the national pilot IEES, with focus on the professional competences of the External evaluation commission (EEC) members. Observation results stress the importance of the proper training of EEC members. The authors propose that a systematic follow-up on the EEC work needs to be established and a code of ethics drawn up, highlighting the preferred values and principles of EEC members.quality assurance, higher education, external evaluation, institutional evaluation, external evaluation commission

Grafovski model za baze podataka

Tema ovog rada je grafovska baza podataka. Na temelju analiziranih karakteristika grafovskih baza podataka i njihove usporedbe s karakteristikama tradicionalnih relacijskih baza podataka, zaključuje se kako ova kategorija NoSQL baza podataka zadovoljava potrebe suvremenih korisničkih zahtjeva. Proučavan je softverski paket za rad s grafovskim bazama podataka Neo4j, te njegov način rada, kao i prolazak po grafu. Iako mlada i nezrela tehnologija naspram relacijske baze podataka, danas se koristi u velikim korporacijama i u društvenim mrežama. Postupak pretraživanja je puno brži, budući da se upit izvodi nad određenim dijelom grafa, a ne nad cijelom bazom podataka, što predstavlja problem kod upita koji obuhvaćaju cijelu bazu podataka. Opisan je specifičan jezik za postavljanje upita, Cypher. Na kraju rada dan je primjer grafovske baze podataka u Neo4j. Na njoj su prikazani jednostavni, složeni upiti, ali i specifični upiti koji su teško izvedivi u relacijskoj bazi podataka. Prikazan je primjer upita grafovske baze podataka u aplikaciji.In this work, graph databases have been studied. Based on the analyzed characteristics of graph databases and their comparison with the traditional relational databases, this category of NoSQL responds user requirements. A software package Neo4j was studied, its description of work and search. Although young and immature technology versus relational database, it is now used in large corporations and social networks. The search is much faster, because the query is focused in specific part of the graph rather than the entire database, which is a problem with queries that includes the entire database. Cypher, specific query language is described. At the end of the work, there is an example of graph database in Neo4j. It shows simple, complex queries. There are examples of specific queries, which are difficult to implement in the relational database. An example of a graph database query is shown in the application

Günekoloogia

Eesti Arst 2015; 94(3):16

Toward basic interaction design

"Where are the artists?" asked Hiroshi Ishii, a professor at MIT Media Lab, adressing a panel at the 2008 conference on human factors in computing systems, this year entitled Art.Science.Balance. The question reflected the overall atmosphere of the event and referred to more general issues of aesthetics which are buried by problems of evaluation, functionality, and more recently, social issues. The aesthetic aspects of an interactive experience are often seen as results of an artistic moment of creativity. This essay explores a different approach -one that draws from a structured investigation of the design materials that contribute to an aesthetic experience

Percepcije avtentičnosti in tradicionalnosti

Percepcije avtentičnosti in tradicionalnosti - od izvirne neposrednosti do pragmatične uporabnost

Infotehnoloogia ja meditsiini lõimimise rahvusvaheline konverents

Eesti Arst 2013; 92(9):538–53

Pomen vrtičkarske dejavnosti v Ljubljani za posameznika, okolje in mesto

V besedilu je pomen vrtičkarske dejavnosti v Ljubljani obravnavan s treh vidikov: z družbenega in ekološkega vidika ter vidika mesta kot prostorske enitete. Vrtičkarstvo v mestu kot običajna urbana praksa zadeva več aspektov, ne le preskrbe s hrano, kot je poudarek tega besedila. Kot neformalna družbena dejavnost zadovoljuje mnoge potrebe posameznikov in se nanaša na kakovost življenja in bivalnega okolja. Slednje je pomembno tudi ob upoštevanju prostorskih vrednot in preferenc, saj v proučevanju vrtičkarstva kot družbenega pojava ugotavljamo kulturno specifični in družbeni pomen te dejavnosti za ljubljanske prebivalce. Vrtičkarstvo je torej ob ustreznih pogojih ter urejanju in nadziranju dejavnosti pozitivno v več vidikih, ne le za uporabnike, ampak tudi za mesto in okolje sámo, saj je pomemben del zelenega sistema mesta in s tem pozitivne mestne podobe. Nesoglasja, do katerih je prišlo zaradi sanacije vrtičkarskih območij v Ljubljani, so zahtevala ustrezno reševanje problematike vrtičkarstva. Zaradi tega dejstva in da bi se preprečili problemi, ki potencialno izhajajo iz te dejavnosti, pa poudarjamo pomembnost in smiselnost vrtičkarstva, s poudarkom na prednostih, ki jih ta praksa prinaša