On Responsibility in University Teaching: Aspects Contributing to the Enhancement of Teaching Quality Provided at Universities

This paper will highlight the intrinsic link between university educators’ general responsibilities and the three domains of responsibilities. The text initially presents perspectives regarding responsibility and the act of teaching. It is then followed by an analysis of the concept of responsibility in teaching, which is examined across three distinct domains: the domain of encouraging students’ curiosity, the domain of keeping abreast of the prospective career requirements for students, and the domain of language usage. In brief, it is crucial to enhance teachers' sense of responsibility toward their students, as it can ultimately result in enhanced academic achievement and personal development for students

Models of communicative competence in learning English as a second or foreign language

This paper represents an attempt to explore the meaning of the term communicative competence in a foreign language and its main components, as well as the importance of its achievement. It starts with different definitions and models of communicative competence, showing how this term came about and how it became the main goal of teaching and learning English as a foreign or second language in many countries. The paper also recommends some activities, which can be of great importance when it comes to mastering English and acquiring communicative competence, when applying a communicative approach in teaching a foreign language

Reintroduction of the Building Code for Canton Sarajevo as a Prerequisite of Urban Planning and Urban Management in the Cantonal Transformation Process

The City of Sarajevo, since its establishment in the 15th century, was facing a constant population growth and enlargement process of the city area. Due to the topographical conditions of Sarajevo's location in the valley, the potential expanding city area is very limited and the future expanding zones should be carefully selected (Arhiv Zavoda za planiranje razvoja Kantona Sarajevo, 1984a). Different phases and epochs of city's development history are readable along the valley from east towards west, from Ottoman, through Austro–Hungarian, Modern and Post–Modern period. As a part of former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Sarajevo got its first Building Code in 1880. This planning document should have helped to regulate the upcoming development of the city and its settlement area in an integrative way. In 1893 Sarajevo got its second Building Code, an "update" of the first one, and ever since then, this kind of spatial planning instrument was and is missing in Sarajevo's development and planning regulative (Biblioteka Zemaljskog muzeja BiH, 1884). This paper explains why it is important to reintroduce the planning tool of the “Building Code for Canton Sarajevo” as an instrument of the integrative, balanced and smart trans-sectoral development of Canton Sarajevo

Approaches and Aspects of Advanced Learning in Mechanical Engineering and Economics Students’ Classrooms

It is important to identify the situation our students encounter in the process of learning the English language, especially through ESP courses. We came to an idea to actively engage our students in the process of learning/acquisition and assessment, in order to encourage their learning efficiency. The crucial is students’ readiness to explore new technologies that can enhance their studying. Establishing proper environment for EMI is of great importance for our students, as well as for our country, in the light of world academic flows

Office building BULEVAR 79

The office building was renovated using modern materials and techniques. Since the building is not listed authors had a freedom to experiment with materials and elements that are not common in the local design practice

The growing role and importance of English for specific purposes: Students' awareness and attitudes

The knowledge of the English language, as a global lingua franca is necessary for following professional literature, communicating with foreign business partners, as well as correspondence and various forms of written expression. An important aspect of language education on the higher educational level is learning English for a given purpose. ESP (English for Specific Purposes), as a subfield of the English language, that is distinct and special, is an excellent means for individuals to connect and communicate within a certain profession. The primary objective of a foreign language learning curriculum, utilising a communicative approach, is to equip students with the requisite knowledge and practical skills to effectively communicate in a second language. The aim of this paper is to examine to what extent university students are motivated to learn ESP, as well as to what extent they are aware of the importance of ESP for the profession they have chosen. This paper also aims to determine whether students, who after many years of learning English continue to study it at the university, have any particular expectations from the ESP course in the first year of study, whether there are certain difficulties with the acquisition of professional terminology, as well as to what extent the students are satisfied with the achieved success. The paper employed quantitative research as a research methodology to evaluate the set hypothesis by statistically analyzing numerical data. Questionnaires were used to collect data which then were analysed using descriptive statistics in order to provide exact and reliable information

The presence of high mobility group box-1 and soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

BACKGROUND: The involvement of high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) in various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases has been documented but clinical trials on the contribution of this pro-inflammatory alarmin in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are basically absent. To address the presence of HMGB1 and a soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) in different subtypes of JIA and additionally in children with SLE, we enrolled a consecutive sample of children harvested peripheral blood as well as synovial fluids (SF) at diagnosis and correlated it with ordinary acute-phase reactants and clinical markers. ----- METHODS: Serum and synovial fluids levels of HMGB1 and sRAGE in total of 144 children (97 with JIA, 19 with SLE and 27 healthy controls) were determined by ELISA. ----- RESULTS: The children with JIA and those with SLE were characterised by significantly higher serum levels of HMGB1 and significantly lower sRAGE levels compared to the healthy controls. A positive correlation between serum HMGB1 and ESR, CRP, α2 globulin was found while serum sRAGE levels were inversely correlated with the same inflammatory markers in children with JIA. Additionally, high level of serum HMGB1 was related to hepatosplenomegaly or serositis in systemic onset JIA. ----- CONCLUSION: The inverse relationship of the HMGB1 and its soluble receptor RAGE in the blood and SF indicates that inflammation triggered by alarmins may play a role in pathogenesis of JIA as well as SLE. HMGB1 may serve as an inflammatory marker and a potential target of biological therapy in these patients. Further studies need to show whether the determination of HMGB1 levels in patients with JIA can be a useful guideline for detecting disease activity

Effects of hemazin SC 500 (terbuthylazine) on antioxidative enzymes in human erythrocytes in vitro

The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of the commercial formulation hemazin SC 500, an herbicide containing terbuthylazine as the active compound, on the isoenzyme patterns and activities of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) and catalase (CAT), as well as on the glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity, in human erythrocytes in vitro. The human erythrocytes were treated with hemazin SC 500 over a broad range of terbuthylazine concentrations (37 nmol L-1– –37 mol L-1) for 1 and 3 h at a temperature of 37°C. Native electrophoresis of the control and treated samples revealed two SOD1 and one CAT isoform. Treatment did not affect the SOD1 and CAT isoenzyme profile, but induced a change in their activities. Terbuthylazine at lower concentration induced a significant increase of the total SOD1 activity and decreased the GST activity in samples incubated for 1 and 3 h. On the other hand, the highest increase in the CAT activity was observed for the sample treated for 1 h with a higher concentration of terbuthylazine. Hemazin SC 500 containing terbuthylazine induces changes in the erythrocyte antioxidative system whereby the response of individual enzymatic antioxidants depends on the concentration of the pesticide and the incubation time

Kriterijumi potrošača pri kupovini konzumnih jaja i kvalitet jaja u marketima na području grada Beograda

In order to examine the consumers' attitude towards eggs, 239 respondents in the area of the City of Belgrade were surveyed, and the assessment of the quality of eggs on the Belgrade market was done by examining the quality of eggs in super/hypermarkets. In the survey, consumers expressed their views about the place of purchase of eggs, the criteria for purchasing and the significance of certain quality traits/properties. In the egg quality test eggs of class A were used, and it was done on egg samples from 5 super/hypermarkets, from a total of 10 egg manufacturers. Based on the results of the study, it was found that most egg consumers buy in super/hypermarkets (39.62%), that the brand/manufacturer was not important for 30.37% of the respondents, that they preferred to buy larger eggs (SS, S and A classes). The quality of eggs is very important for 73.28% of subjects, and the colour of the yolk preferred by the respondents was extremely yellow (62.76%). The supply of table eggs on the market was different (from 1 to 5 manufacturers) per retail store. The quality of eggs, observed for all super/hypermarkets and all manufacturers, expressed in Haugh units, decreased with the shelf life of eggs. The quality of eggs from category 1 to 10 days, in all super/hypermarkets, observed for all manufacturers, was within the studied class A, with egg weight ranging from 60.9 to 64.1g, egg shell colour from 3.6 to 4.2, egg cleanness 4.4 to 5.0, the colour of the yolk (Roche) from 10.9 to 13.2, and the number of Haugh units from 73.2 to 91.7. The results of the research indicate that consumers in the City of Belgrade are placing importance on the quality of table eggs, that there are differences in the supply and freshness of the eggs between the markets, and that there are differences in the quality within the same market, regardless of the manufacturer.U cilju ispitivanja stavova potrošača jaja anketirano je 239 ispitanika na području Grada Beogradu, a ocena kvaliteta jaja na beogradskom tržištu obavljena je ispitivanjem kvaliteta jaja u super/hipermarketima. Kroz anketno ispitivanje potrošači su se izjasnili o mestu kupovine jaja, o kriterijumima pri kupovini i o značaju pojedinih osobina kvaliteta. Ispitivanje kvaliteta jaja odnosilo se na jaja klase A, a obavljeno je na uzorcima jaja iz 5 super/hipermarketa, za ukupno 10 proizvođača jaja. Na osnovu rezultata ispitivanja konstatovano je da većina potrošača jaja kupuje u super/hipermarketima (39,62%), da pri kupovini nije bitna robna marka/proizvođača za 30,37% ispitanika, da najradije kupuju jaja veće mase (SS, S i A klase). Kvalitet jaja veoma je važan za 73,28% ispitanika, a boja žumanca koju preferiraju je iz kategorije izrazito žuta (62,76%). Ponuda konzumnih jaja bila je različita (od 1 do 5 proizvođača) po marketu. Kvalitet jaja, posmatrano za sve super/hipermarkete i sve proizvođače iskazan kroz Hogove jedinice opadao je sa starošću jaja. Kvalitet jaja iz kategorije 1 do 10 dana, u svim super/hipermarketima, posmatrano za sve proizvođače, bio je u okviru ispitivane klase A, pri čemu se masa jaja kretala od 60,9 do 64,1g, boja ljuske od 3,6 do 4,2; čistoća jaja od 4,4 do 5,0; boja žumanca (Roche) od 10,9 do 13,.2, a broj Hogovih jedinica od 73,2 do 91,7. Rezultati istraživanja upućuju na zaključak da potrošači u Gradu Beogradu poklanjaju pažnju značaju kvaliteta konzumnih jaja, da između marketa postoje razlike u pogledu ponude i svežine jaja, kao i da unutar jednog marketa i posmatrano na nivou svih marketa postoje razlike u kvalitetu, u zavisnosti od proizvođača