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Overview of the IPARD Program Funds Usage in the Republic of Croatia
The Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance â IPA was offered as an aid to the Republic of Croatia for implementation of required reforms within its preparation for full membership in the European Union. The assistance is aimed to support the set-up of a system for efficient management of European Union funds. The IPA program was established by the EU Council Regulation no. 1085/2006, which defines general principles and assistance framework. Detailed provisions are defined in the Regulation no. 718/2007, made up of five components: IPA-TAIB, IPA-CBC, IPA-RD, IPA-HRD and IPARD. Financial framework of the Program is determined by the Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Commission - MFF for each participating country in the IPA components. The main objective of the IPARD program is to improve the agricultural sector and its market efficiency according to the EU standards, to implement preparatory activities for incorporation of agricultural and environmental measures and the LEADER, as well as to develop rural economy. The IPARD program in the Republic of Croatia is carried out through the Measure 101 âInvestments in agricultural holdings to restructure and upgrade to the EU standardsâ, Measure 103 âInvestments in processing and marketing of agriculture and fishery products to restructure and upgrade to the EU standardsâ, Measure 301 âImprovement and development of rural infrastructureâ, Measure 302 âDevelopment and diversification of rural economic activitiesâ and Measure 202 âPreparation and implementation of local rural development strategiesâ. The objective of presented paper is to overview the usage of IPARD funds in the Republic of Croatia in the period 2010-2013
Graphene-based photovoltaic cells for near-field thermal energy conversion
Thermophotovoltaic devices are energy-conversion systems generating an
electric current from the thermal photons radiated by a hot body. In far field,
the efficiency of these systems is limited by the thermodynamic
Schockley-Queisser limit corresponding to the case where the source is a black
body. On the other hand, in near field, the heat flux which can be transferred
to a photovoltaic cell can be several orders of magnitude larger because of the
contribution of evanescent photons. This is particularly true when the source
supports surface polaritons. Unfortunately, in the infrared where these systems
operate, the mismatch between the surface-mode frequency and the semiconductor
gap reduces drastically the potential of this technology. Here we show that
graphene-based hybrid photovoltaic cells can significantly enhance the
generated power paving the way to a promising technology for an intensive
production of electricity from waste heat.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Evidence of early multi-strange hadron freeze-out in high energy nuclear collisions
Recently reported transverse momentum distributions of strange hadrons
produced in Pb(158AGeV) on Pb collisions and corresponding results from the
relativistic quantum molecular dynamics (RQMD) approach are examined. We argue
that the experimental observations favor a scenario in which multi-strange
hadrons are formed and decouple from the system rather early at large energy
densities (around 1 GeV/fm). The systematics of the strange and non-strange
particle spectra indicate that the observed transverse flow develops mainly in
the late hadronic stages of these reactions.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Skyrmions and edge spin excitations in quantum Hall droplets
We present an analysis of spin-textures in Quantum Hall droplets, for filling
factors . Analytical wavefunctions with well defined quantum
numbers are given for the low-lying states of the system which result to be
either bulk skyrmions or edge spin excitations. We compute dispersion relations
and study how skyrmions become ground states of the Quantum Hall droplet at
. A Hartree-Fock approximation is recovered and discussed for
those spin textures.Comment: RevTeX, four postscript figures appende
Charged particle production in the Pb+Pb system at 158 GeV/c per nucleon
Charged particle multiplicities from high multiplicity central interactions
of 158 GeV/nucleon Pb ions with Pb target nuclei have been measured in the
central and far forward projectile spectator regions using emulsion chambers.
Multiplicities are significantly lower than predicted by Monte Carlo
simulations. We examine the shape of the pseudorapidity distribution and its
dependence on centrality in detail.Comment: 17 pages text plus 12 figures in postscript 12/23/99 -- Add TeX
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Transition from self-supported to supported living: Older people's experiences
To become dependent on professional support to accomplish the daily activities of life can be considered a turning point, involving a range of challenging changes in life. The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of older home-dwelling individuals in transition from self-supported to supported living from a lifeworld perspective. Five women and five men were interviewed, and a descriptive phenomenological design was used. The findings showed that an attitude of acceptance was an essential characteristic for this group. An attitude of acceptance comprised: flexibility and tolerance, recognition and hopes, and valuation of self and situation. Finding themselves in a situation they had to submit to, they took an attitude of acceptance. An attitude of acceptance implied acknowledgement of the situation as well as positivity and desires to manage. This attitude may represent a significant potential for improvement. Awareness of this is crucial to support older individuals in a healthy way through the transition process. An attitude of acceptance, however, also implied an acceptance of discontinuity in their lives, renunciations, and denigration of own needs. But this aspect of the acceptance was trivialized by the participants and not equally obvious. Insight into this complexity is vital to avoid ignorance of older individualsâ vulnerability in the transition process
New results from the NA57 experiment
We report results from the experiment NA57 at CERN SPS on hyperon production
at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/ and 40 GeV/.
, and yields are compared with those from the STAR
experiment at the higher energy of the BNL RHIC. , , \
and preliminary transverse mass spectra are presented and interpreted
within the framework of a hydro-dynamical blast wave model.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, contribution to the proceedings of The XXXVIIIth
Rencontres de Moriond "QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions
Enumeration of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis by quantitative real-time PCR, culture on solid media and optical densitometry
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Different approaches are used for determining the number of <it>Mycobacterium avium </it>subsp. <it>paratuberculosis </it>(MAP) cells in a suspension. The majority of them are based upon culture (determination of CFU) or visual/instrumental direct counting of MAP cells. In this study, we have compared the culture method with a previously published F57 based quantitative real-time PCR (F57qPCR) method, to determine their relative abilities to count the number of three different MAP isolates in suspensions with the same optical densities (OD). McFarland turbidity standards were also compared with F57qPCR and culture, due to its frequent inclusion and use in MAP studies.</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>The numbers of MAP in two-fold serial dilutions of isolates with respective OD measurements were determined by F57qPCR and culture. It was found that culture provided lower MAP CFU counts by approximately two log<sub>10</sub>, compared to F57qPCR. The McFarland standards (as defined for <it>E. coli</it>) showed an almost perfect fit with the enumeration of MAP performed by F57qPCR.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>It is recommended to use culture and/or qPCR estimations of MAP numbers in experiments where all subsequent counts are performed using the same method. It is certainly not recommended the use of culture as the standard for qPCR experiments and <it>vice versa</it>.</p
Results on hyperon production from the NA57 experiment
Recent results on hyperon production in Pb--Pb collisions from the NA57
experiment are reported. Strangeness enhancement and the transverse mass
spectra properties at 158 GeV per nucleon are described.Comment: submitted to Acta Phys. Hung. A (Heavy Ion Physics
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