Differences in Satisfaction with School and the Involvement of Parents of Students with Typical Development and with Developmental Difficulties in Activities at Home and at School

Cilj rada bio je utvrditi razlike u zadovoljstvu i uključenosti u školske aktivnosti roditelja učenika osnovne škole tipičnog razvoja i s teškoćama u razvoju. Uzorak u radu čine 896 roditelja učenika drugih i šestih razreda trinaest osnovnih škola sjeverozapadne Hrvatske, od kojih je 57 roditelja učenika s teškoćama u razvoju koji se školuju u redovitome razrednom odjelu u skladu s primjerenim programima odgoja i obrazovanja ovisno o vrsti i stupnju teškoće. Usporedbom ekvivalentnih parova roditelja iz obje skupine utvrđeno je da ne postoji statistička razlika u procjeni zadovoljstva te da je ono za obje skupine iznadprosječno, a za roditelje učenika s teškoćama u razvoju čak i više. Opća uključenost roditelja u školi je gotovo ista za promatrane skupine roditelja, dok roditelji učenika s teškoćama statistički značajno više pomažu svojoj djeci kod kuće, češće potiču čitanje, učenje matematike i prirodoslovnih predmeta te su općenito više uključeni u učenju kod kuće. Rezultati analize pokazuju da zadovoljstvo školom roditelja učenika s teškoćama u razvoju pridonosi općoj roditeljskoj uključenosti kod kuće i učenju matematike sa svojom djecom. Provedeno istraživanje ukazuje na potrebu daljnje analize zadovoljstva roditelja i utjecaja na njihovu uključenost u aktivnosti u domu i školi.The goal was to determine differences in satisfaction and inclusion of parents of elementary school students with typical development and difficulties in development in school activities. It was sampled by including 896 parents of students attending the second and the sixth grade in different elementary schools all across northwest Croatia. Out of those, 57 parents are parents of students with difficulties in development who are educated in accordance with the appropriate educational programs depending on the type and degree of difficulty in the regular class department. With the comparison of the equivalent pairs of parents from both groups, it is determined that there is no statistical difference in the assessment of satisfaction and that it is above average for both groups and for parents of students with difficulties even higher. In the ratio of investment and involvement of parents in school, it is also pretty much the same for the observed groups of parents. Nevertheless, the parents of students with difficulties statistically are significantly more involved and are helping their children when working at home; they encourage reading and learning math and science subjects. The results from the analysis show the satisfaction of parents of students with developmental difficulties adds to the general parental involvement at home and studying mathematics with their children. The research is showing the need for further analysis of parental satisfaction and the impact on their involvement with activities at home and at school

Effect of fermentation conditions on content of phenolic compounds in red wine

The evidence of compounds that increase the nutritive value of red wines has been presented in a number of papers. These compounds include catechins and proanthocyanidins among others. Their protective effect on the cardiovascular system and anticarcinogenic properties has been proved. The effect of maceration conditions and increased solid grape parts content, seed in the first place, on the content of phenolic compounds of wine was investigated. Several micro-trials were performed with Cabernet sauvignon sort; in some variants time and temperature of maceration were varied, while the ratio of residual stem and content of seed was increased several times, resulting in a significant change of phenolic compounds content in the obtained wine samples. The presence of ripe stem yielded good results, but only during six days of maceration, while in the case of longer maceration, the change of colour quality was negative. Supplementary quantities of seeds during maceration resulted in an increase of total phenols and catechins. A significant influence on colour of wines was also observed, especially in wines obtained applying shorter maceration

New gas supply routes – the role of Krk LNG Terminal in diversification of Croatia’s gas supplies

Unatoč sve većem udjelu energije dobivene iz obnovljivih izvora u ukupnoj strukturi potrošnje energije, prirodni plin ostaje vrlo važna komponenta u energetskoj bilanci. Ukapljeni prirodni plin ima sve veću ulogu u globalnoj energetskoj strukturi, između ostalog i iz razloga što je prepoznat kao tranzicijski energent na putu prema potpunom prestanku korištenja fosilnih goriva. Uspješnim završetkom izgradnje terminala za prihvat, skladištenje i otpremu UPP-a na otoku Krku, koji je 1. siječnja 2021. pušten u komercijalni rad, Republika Hrvatska je ostvarila strateški nacionalni prioritet u osiguravanju sigurnosti opskrbe plinom. Terminal za UPP značajno utječe na diversifikaciju dobavnih pravaca i omogućava opskrbljivačima prirodnim plinom u Republici Hrvatskoj i susjednim zemljama dobavu prirodnog plina iz izvora iz koji su do sada bili nedostupni regionalnom tržištu. Samim time značajno se izmijenila geostrateška pozicija Hrvatske kao poveznice prema tržištima ovog dijela Europe.Despite the growing share of energy from renewable sources in the overall structure of energy consumption, gas remains a very important component in the energy balance. Liquefied natural gas has an increasing role in the global energy structure, among other things due to the fact that it is recognized as a transitional energy on the way to the complete cessation of the use of fossil fuels. With the successful completion of the construction of the terminal for reception, storage and dispatch of LNG on the island of Krk, which was put into commercial operation on January 1, 2021, the Republic of Croatia has achieved a strategic national priority in ensuring security of gas supply. The LNG terminal significantly affects the diversification of gas supply routes, which enables Croatia to supply gas from sources from which gas has not been able to reach Croatia, and changes Croatia\u27s geostrategic position as a link to the markets of this part of Europe

COMPUTER-AIDED PSYCHOTHERAPY BASED ON MULTIMODAL ELICITATION, ESTIMATION AND REGULATION OF EMOTION

Contemporary psychiatry is looking at affective sciences to understand human behavior, cognition and the mind in health and disease. Since it has been recognized that emotions have a pivotal role for the human mind, an ever increasing number of laboratories and research centers are interested in affective sciences, affective neuroscience, affective psychology and affective psychopathology. Therefore, this paper presents multidisciplinary research results of Laboratory for Interactive Simulation System at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb in the stress resilience. Patient’s distortion in emotional processing of multimodal input stimuli is predominantly consequence of his/her cognitive deficit which is result of their individual mental health disorders. These emotional distortions in patient’s multimodal physiological, facial, acoustic, and linguistic features related to presented stimulation can be used as indicator of patient’s mental illness. Real-time processing and analysis of patient’s multimodal response related to annotated input stimuli is based on appropriate machine learning methods from computer science. Comprehensive longitudinal multimodal analysis of patient’s emotion, mood, feelings, attention, motivation, decision-making, and working memory in synchronization with multimodal stimuli provides extremely valuable big database for data mining, machine learning and machine reasoning. Presented multimedia stimuli sequence includes personalized images, movies and sounds, as well as semantically congruent narratives. Simultaneously, with stimuli presentation patient provides subjective emotional ratings of presented stimuli in terms of subjective units of discomfort/distress, discrete emotions, or valence and arousal. These subjective emotional ratings of input stimuli and corresponding physiological, speech, and facial output features provides enough information for evaluation of patient’s cognitive appraisal deficit. Aggregated real-time visualization of this information provides valuable assistance in patient mental state diagnostics enabling therapist deeper and broader insights into dynamics and progress of the psychotherapy

Body composition of young soccer players

Purpose: The main aim of this study was to examine and analyse the body composition of young soccer players across different age groups. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 126 young soccer players divided into age categories: U15 – 53 players (age=14.68±0.47); U17 – 51 players (age=16.47±0.50); U19 – 22 players (age=18.05±0.38). The subjects’ height was measured using an anthropometer, while their body composition was measured using the TANITA BC-420MA digital scale. Results: On average, soccer players in the U15 group had significantly lower body height, weight, body mass index and fat free mass than U17 and U19 players, but had a higher percentage of body fat (p < 0.05). In addition to the percent of body fat mass, which tends to significantly decrease with age, the results also demonstrate significant non-linear increases in body height, weight, and lean body composition concurrent with the players’ ages. Conclusion: These results indicate that younger soccer players have lower absolute values of morphological characteristics compared to senior players

PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS (research results)

Tri su velika javnozdravstvena problema čije se negativne posljedice odražavaju posebno na adolescentima; pušenje, pijenje alkoholnih pića i drogiranje. Odnedavno su i stručni suradnici u školskim povjerenstvima za borbu protiv pušenja, kojima je jedna od osnovnih i prvih zadaća pratiti pojavnost pušenja u školama. Kako je pušenje kod mladih često povezano s ostalim rizičnim ponašanjima, opravdano je istovremeno s prikupljanjem podataka o pušenju, prikupiti podatke i o ostalim navedenim rizičnim ponašanjima mladih.There are three big public health problems, the negative consequences of which have an impact on adolescents, i.e. smoking, drinking, and drug-taking. Experts have recently joined school boards for the prevention of smoking, whose task is to monitor the incidence of smoking in schools. As smoking is often linked to other kinds of hazardous behavior of adolescents, the simultaneous collection of data on other types of hazardous behavior is justified

Proceedings of the "Never Forget" International Seminar on the Holocaust and Human Rights held on February 23, 2023 in Čakovec

Projekt Židovske općine Čakovec “Never Forget - Nikad ne zaboravimo” važan je jer predstavlja vrijednu inicijativu lokalne zajednice da ,,odozdo“ ukaže na važnost sjećanja i obrazovanja o Holokaustu. Ovaj zbornik, kao dio projekta, predstavlja pokušaj revitalizacije istraživanja i debata o Holokaustu u Hrvatskoj. Zbornik predstavlja radove autora koji dolaze iz krajnje različitih područja, institucija i razina obrazovanja te njeguju različite pristupe i metode. Neki od radova fokusiraju se na istraživanja lokalne povijesti kroz fokus na empirijska istraživanja, drugi pak naglasak stavljaju na interdisciplinarni pristup te teorije o problemima reprezentacije i spoznaje o Holokaustu. Neki od autora u zbomiku najavljuju nove publikacije, projekte i istraživanja koji imaju potencijal značajno obogatiti područje studija Holokausta u Hrvatskoj. Ovaj zbomik, kao i projekt “Never Forget - Nikad ne zaboravimo”, vrijedna je inicijativa koja ima za cilj povezati autore i edukatore te dodatno osnažiti istraživanje i obrazovanje o Holokaustu kao i sjećanje na židovsku zajednicu u Hrvatskoj.The "Never Forget" project of the Jewish Municipality of Čakovec is important because it represents a valuable initiative of the local community to point out the importance of remembering and educating about the Holocaust "from below." This collection, as part of the project, represents an attempt to revitalize research and debates about the Holocaust in Croatia. The collection presents the works of authors who come from very different fields, institutions and levels of education and nurture different approaches and methods. Some of the papers focus on local history research through a focus on empirical research, while others emphasize an interdisciplinary approach and theories on the problems of representation and knowledge about the Holocaust. Some of the authors in the magazine announce new publications, projects and research that have the potential to significantly enrich the field of Holocaust studies in Croatia. This booklet, as well as the "Never Forget" project, is a valuable initiative that aims to connect authors and educators and further strengthen research and education about the Holocaust as well as the memory of the Jewish community in Croatia.Sadržaj: Loranda Miletić “Poučavanje i učenje o Holokaustu u Republici Hrvatskoj na primjeru Jadranskog dijaloga”, Siniša Bjedov “Književnost i povijesti u zastupanju stvarnosti”, Goran Hutinec “Deportacije iz NDH i hrvatskih zemalja u Auschwitz”, Vladimir Huzjan “Što varaždinski srednjoškolci znaju i misle o fašizmu i antifašizmu? U povodu 80. obljetnice progona Židova u Varaždinu (1941.- 2021)”, Janja Kovač i Slaven Ujlaki “Tragedija židovskog naroda Donje Dubrave”, Vojko Kunaver “Nastava povijesti o Holokaustu u slovenskom školskom prostoru”, Helena Zečar Lajtman “Holokaust - etičko i sociološko gledište”. Kristina Vinković “Obrada dokumentarnog filma ,,May Your Memory Be Love - the Story of Ovadia Baruch”

Reengineering of business processes and organizational effectiveness

V dinamičnem in turbulentnem okolju je potrebno podjetje, njegove procese in organiziranost v podjetju nenehno prilagajati in izboljševati. Poslovno okolje sodobne organizacije označujejo nepredvidljivi poslovni dogodki in hitrejše spremembe. Podjetja zato iščejo načine, kako se uspešno in učinkovito prilagajati spremembam. Podjetjem se je že ta trenutek potrebno prilagajati okolju, ki bo nastalo jutri. Ravno ta odnos med podjetjem in okoljem postaja ključno vprašanje preživetja in uspešnega poslovanja. Zato bo vsako podjetje, ki bo hotelo dolgoročno igrati pomembno vlogo na trgu, moralo slej ko prej uvesti spremembe v svoje poslovanje. Eden od načinov uvajanja sprememb je reinženiring poslovnih procesov. Reinženiring poslovnih procesov je korenito preoblikovanje procesa s ciljem drastične izboljšave kazalcev učinkovitosti. Reinženiring poslovnih procesov ni za uvajanje katerekoli spremembe, ampak za uvajanje spremembe, ki je za podjetje drastična in korenita. Pri izvedbi reinženiringa poslovnih procesov ima veliko vlogo za učinkovito in uspešno izvedbo reinženiringa poslovnih procesov vključenost in podpora managementa, lastnikov ter zaposlenih. Zato je ključno, da pri izvedbi uporabimo motivacijo in ostale prijeme za zmanjšanje odpora zaposlenih do reinženiringa poslovnih procesov, ki največkrat izhaja iz straha pred spremembami. Uvajanje sprememb z uporabo reinženiringa poslovnih procesov je osrednja tema magistrske naloge. Na primeru podjetja je prikazan model reinženiringa poslovnih procesov oziroma uvajanje sprememb s pomočjo njega. Prikazani so pozitivni učinki uporabe reinženiringa poslovnih procesov oziroma pozitivni vplivi na organizacijsko kulturo, zahteve kupcev in na poslovanje podjetja.In a dynamic and turbulent business environment, it is necessary for companies with all its processes and organizational structure to constantly adapt and improve. The business environment of modern organizations is defined by unpredictable events and fast changes. Therefore companies are looking for ways how to effectively and efficiently adapt to the changes. Company needs to adapt to the changes today for the changes which will happen in the future. This relationship between the company and the environment is becoming a key issue for the company’s survival and viability. Therefore any company that wants to be a long-term player and wants to have an important role in the market will need to implement changes in their business. One way of introducing changes is with the use of reengineering of business processes. Reengineering of business processes is radical transformation of process with the aim of drastic improvements of performance indicators. Reengineering of business processes is not for the introduction of any changes but for the introduction of drastic and radical changes for the company. Involvement and support of management, shareholders and employees play a key role for the effective and successful implementation of reengineering of business processes. It is therefore crucial that we use different motivation techniques and other strategies to reduce employee’s resistance to reengineering of business processes and fear of change. The introduction of changes with application of reengineering of business processes is a central theme of this master thesis. On the business case of the company we show model of implementation of reengineering of business processes. We have shown positive effects of the use of business process reengineering and positive impacts on organizational culture, customer requirements and the company\u27s business

Borba s krizom i vanjskim dugom na Islandu: Priča o uspjehu?

U ovom radu opisan je financijski kolaps Islanda i njegov uspješan oporavak. Predmet ovog diplomskog rada je istraživanje početaka i temelja financijske krize do kasnijeg oporavka te ekonomske budućnosti Islanda. Navedena kriza je povezana sa svjetskom ekonomskom krizom koja je započela 2007. godine u SAD-u. U radu ćemo pojasniti zbog čega je Island specifičan slučaj, posebno ako promatramo odnos broja stanovnika, BDP-a i financijskog tržišta. Također je važno upoznati se sa specifičnostima islandske ekonomije i njezinog financijskog tržišta, prikazati utjecaj i posljedice krize te izvući potrebite zaključke o budućnosti Islanda

Razlike u zadovoljstvu školom i uključenosti roditelja učenika tipičnog razvoja i s teškoćama u razvoju u aktivnosti u domu i školi

Cilj rada bio je utvrditi razlike u zadovoljstvu i uključenosti u školske aktivnosti roditelja učenika osnovne škole tipičnog razvoja i s teškoćama u razvoju. Uzorak u radu čine 896 roditelja učenika drugih i šestih razreda trinaest osnovnih škola sjeverozapadne Hrvatske, od kojih je 57 roditelja učenika s teškoćama u razvoju koji se školuju u redovitome razrednom odjelu u skladu s primjerenim programima odgoja i obrazovanja ovisno o vrsti i stupnju teškoće. Usporedbom ekvivalentnih parova roditelja iz obje skupine utvrđeno je da ne postoji statistička razlika u procjeni zadovoljstva te da je ono za obje skupine iznadprosječno, a za roditelje učenika s teškoćama u razvoju čak i više. Opća uključenost roditelja u školi je gotovo ista za promatrane skupine roditelja, dok roditelji učenika s teškoćama statistički značajno više pomažu svojoj djeci kod kuće, češće potiču čitanje, učenje matematike i prirodoslovnih predmeta te su općenito više uključeni u učenju kod kuće. Rezultati analize pokazuju da zadovoljstvo školom roditelja učenika s teškoćama u razvoju pridonosi općoj roditeljskoj uključenosti kod kuće i učenju matematike sa svojom djecom. Provedeno istraživanje ukazuje na potrebu daljnje analize zadovoljstva roditelja i utjecaja na njihovu uključenost u aktivnosti u domu i školi