Is Collective Memory Making the Next Balkan War Imminent?

Sometimes cultures, religions, and ethnicities that shared the same space for centuries become fierce rivals, forcing their irreconcilable differences to develop to such an extent that they see war as the only option. The Balkans has had its share of conflicts, destruction, and atrocities leaving scars too deep to heal. The question is: have they seen the end of it, or will the frozen conflict lurking beneath the fragile peace unleash its deadly force again

Core/shell magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles with radially oriented wide mesopores

Core/shell nanoparticles, containing magnetic iron-oxide (maghemite) core and mesoporous shell with radial porous structure, were prepared by dispersing magnetite nanoparticles and adding tetraethylorthosilicate to a basic aqueous solution containing structure-templating cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and a pore-swelling mesithylene. The material is characterized by SEM and TEM imaging, nitrogen sorption and powder X-ray diffraction. Distinctive features of the prepared material are its high surface area (959 m2/g), wide average pore diameter (12.4 nm) and large pore volume (2.3 cm3/g). The material exhibits radial pore structure and the high angle XRD pattern characteristic for maghemite nanoparticles, which are obtained upon calcination of the magnetite-containing material. The observed properties of the prepared material may render the material applicable in separation, drug delivery, sensing and heterogeneous catalysis

Complicated Urinary Tract Infections - Urological Aspects

Komplicirane infekcije mokraćnog sustava (IMS) uz prisutnost strukturnih ili funkcionalnih abnormalnosti mokraćnog sustava od primarnog su urološkog interesa. Najčešće je potrebno aktivno urološko liječenje poremećaja urotrakta kako bi se postigla eradikacija infekcije te prevenirao nastanak recidiva. Brojne prirođene i stečene abnormalnosti mokraćnog sustava, koje dovode do opstrukcije odnosno usporavanja ili zastoja normalnog toka mokraće, mogu dovesti do razvoja kompliciranih IMS-a. U sklopu kompliciranih infekcija bubrega mogu nastati komplikacije i posebni klinički entiteti (pionefros, renalni apscesi, emfizematozni pijelonferitis, ksantogranulomatozni pijelonefritis) koji zahtijevaju hitno urološko liječenje pa i nefrektomiju zahvaćenog bubrega.Complicated urinary tract infections (UTI) associated with structural or functional abnormality of the urinary tract are of the primary urological interest. Management of the urological abnormality is often necessary to cure UTI and to prevent recurrent infection. A wide variety of both congenital and acquired urinary abnormalities, which cause obstruction and stasis of urine flow, may lead to complicated UTI. Complicated urinary infections of the kidney may be associated with complications (pyonephrosis, renal abscesses, emphysematous pyelonephritis, xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis) which require urgent urological treatment, including nephrectomy

THE RETAIL CONCENTRATION AND CHANGES OF THE GROCERY RETAIL STRUCTURE

Concentration is one of several key processes that are taking place in retail markets of the European countries. Retail concentration process occurs in all EU countries and it’s manifested with the decreasing number of leading retailers with simultaneous increase in their market share. Undergoing process of retail market concentration is bringing new challenges to all market participants: suppliers, existing retailers and customers. In this paper we will discuss concentration in retail industry, particularly in grocery retailing. The reached level of the grocery retail market concentration will be explained on European and national level in Croatia. In addition, we will address the impact of concentration process on some other trends and its influence on the retail market structure

Multilateralne inicijative na Balkanu u razdoblju između 1995. i 2015. godine

Osnovna je tema rada analiza multilateralne suradnje na Balkanu od vreme-na potpisivanja Dejtonskog sporazuma iz 1995. godine do današnjih dana. Rad se posebno bavi interpretiranjem ideološkog sadržaja suvremenih ideja o balkanskom povezivanju i njihove političke pozadine. Analitički fokus rada usmjeren je ka opisu intenziteta i kvalitete ovdašnje multilaterale kroz Vijeće za regionalnu suradnju, platformu CEFTA, crnogorsku inicijativu WB6 te cje-lokupan euroatlantski integrativni okvir.The main topic of this paper is the analysis of multilateral cooperation in the Balkans, from the time of the signing of Dayton Agreement in 1995 to the present day. The paper interprets the ideological contents of the modern idea of the Balkan Union and its political background. The analytical focus of this paper is aimed to describe the intensity and quality of current multilateral cooperation, through the Regional Cooperation Council, CEFTA platform, Montenegrin Initiative WB6, and the entire Euro-Atlantic integration fra-mework