ŽIVOTNE I AKADEMSKE AKTIVNOSTI ZASLUŽNIH I UMIROVLJENIH PROFESORA SVEUČILIŠTA U MARIBORU

Higher education lecturers go through a long developmental path from graduate students to academic title of professor. On this path, the most delicate period is the retirement. The age of 60 or 65, which is approximately the same as the retirement age in most developed countries, is supposed to be the onset of old age. Today, when we live longer and healthier, irreparable damage would occur if society and the state didn’t take advantage of the knowledge, wisdom and skills that senior professors have accumulated throughout their careers. The vast majority of senior professors could still contribute and participate in the development of society. In our article, we presented the results of a survey regarding the academic and life activities of senior professors, members of the Center for Retired and Distinguished higher education teachers of the University of Maribor. The results showed that the vast majority of retired and professors emeriti were still active in academic life and contributed to the development and functioning of the University.Visokoškolski učitelji prolaze dugi razvojni put od diplomanta do profesora. Na tom putu je jedno od najdelikatnijih razdoblja odlazak u mirovinu. Starost od 60 ili 65 godina, otprilike ista kao i starost za umirovljenje u većini razvijenih zemalja, označava početak starosti. Danas, kada živimo duže i zdravije, događa se nepopravljiva šteta ako društvo i država ne iskoriste znanje, mudrost i vještine koje je starija generacija akademika akumulirala tijekom svoje karijere. Velika većina starijih profesora može doprinijeti i sudjelovati u razvoju društva. U ovom članku prikazujemo rezultate istraživanja o akademskim i životnim aktivnostima članova Centra za umirovljene i zaslužne profesore Sveučilišta u Mariboru. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da je velika većina umirovljenih i zaslužnih profesora aktivna u akademskom životu i konstruktivno doprinosi razvoju i djelovanju Sveučilišta

Occurrence of polycyclic musks in pore water of the sediment-freshwater system: passive sampler application

Polycyclic musks are aroma compounds used worldwide as substitutes for natural musks, which have become ubiquitous pollutants in the environment. The land-based input and partition behavior of musks in sediments and fresh water are important for understanding their fate in the aquatic environment. In this study, a 10 sediment samples were collected and used to determine three polycyclic musks: tonalide, galaxolide and cashmeran. All three pollutants were detected in the sediment of the Danube River, but in very low concentrations (< 2 ng/L). In the article, the ex-sity passive methodology of sediment sampling was applied. For this purpose, silicone rubber sheets were used so that, after establishing equilibrium relations between sediment and polymer, the concentration of musk could be determined. Relations of two important parameters for risk assessment- freely dissolved concentration (Cw) in the pore water and the accessible (releasable) concentration in the sediment (CAOC) were deviated the most in the Belegiš locality, with total Cw values of 0.003 ng/L for Galaxolide and Tonalide, and 0.02 ng/L for Cashmeran. The highly significant linear isotherms for musks obtained by the method of equilibrium passive sampling confirmed the partition driven nature of their exchange between water and sediment for the investigated sediments

ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINATION IN SEDIMENTS COLLECTED FROM A RURAL-, URBAN- AND INDUSTRIAL-IMPACTED AQUATIC SYSTEM (DANUBE, SERBIA)

The spatial distribution of various organochlorinated compounds (PCBs and ОCPs (DDTs, HCB, and HCHs)) were investigated in sediments of Serbia\u27s stretch of the Danube River. The obtained concentrations appeared to be relatively low in comparison with other river sediments worldwide. The results demonstrated a wide range of concentrations (µg/kg dry weight) with the following decreasing order: Σ6DDTs (0.70 - 16.65) > Σ 7PCBs (0.25 - 3.54) > Σ 5HCH (0.04 - 2.28) > HCB (0.06 - 0.62), with a dominance of o,p’ -DDT. Relatively higher ΣDDT concentrations and high DDT/DDE + DDD ratios in two sampling locations near the industrial cities indicates a current DDT usage, probably linked to public health concerns. Compositional analyses indicated that hexa- and hepta-PCBs were dominant for PCBs. Our results indicated that the contamination with PCBs came from nonpoint deposition, such as atmospheric contribution and surface runoff, for lightly chlorinated congeners and point source deposition, such as the industrial sources along river flow, for highly chlorinated congeners, whereas OCPs originate mainly from old residues and new usage of pesticides in agriculture and aquaculture. These results contribute to the sparse regional database for organochlorinated compounds in the Danube basin

Relation between erythrocyte parameters and stillbirth in piglets

The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between erythrocyte parameters of piglets and their mortality during parturition. Erythrocyte count, haematocrit volume, blood haemoglobin concentration, mean cell volume (MCV), mean cell haemoglobin (MCH) and mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were determined in 80 live-born and 109 stillborn piglets. In both live-born and stillborn piglets the investigated parameters were evaluated with respect to sex and birth mass. Blood samples of all piglets were collected immediately after birth. Stillborn piglets had lower erythrocyte values (P<0.01), haemoglobin (P<0.05) and haematocrit (P<0.01) than live-born piglets. The results suggest that the incidence of stillbirth in piglets is associated with reduced levels of erythrocytes and haemoglobin in their blood. There are no significant influences of sex and birth mass on any of the investigated erythrocyte parameters in either live-born or stillborn piglets

Contrastive analysis of phrasemes

U prilogu se analiziraju podudarnosti i razlike frazema u hrvatskome, engleskome, njemačkome i talijanskome jeziku. U frazemima podudarne strukture i istovjetna frazeološkoga značenja ustanovljena su četiri odnosa: 1. podudarnost leksemskih sastavnica i frazemske slike; 2. djelomična podudarnost leksemskih sastavnica i sličnost frazemske slike; 3. podudarnost frazema u nekim jezicima i različitost u drugim jezicima; 4. nepodudarnost leksemskih sastavnica i različitost slike. Podudarnosti se temelje na zajedničkoj iskustvenoj podlozi ili na kalkiranju, a razlike proizlaze iz specifičnosti kulture kojoj jezik pripada.The paper analyses the compatibility and differences in phrasemes in the Croatian, English, German and Italian languages. Four types of equivalence have been established in phrasemes of corresponding structure and identical phraseological significance. 1. Lexical compatibility of phraseme components and compatibility of in-depth structure; 2. Partial compatibility of lexical components and similarity of in-depth structure; 3. Compatibility of phrasemes in some languages and differences of phrasemes in others languages;. 4. Diversity of lexical components and in-depth structures for each language analysed. The compatibility is based on a common experiential base or on calquing and the differences arise from the specific cultures to which the languages belong

Jezično posuđivanje i purizam u hrvatskome jeziku

In this paper we present a series of evident and latent as well as direct and indirect influences of foreign languages on Croatian. We consider linguistic borrowing through the prisms of purism in contemporary European languages and of implicit and explicit purism in Croatian. We argue that Croatian linguistic purism is consonant with similar activities taking place in other European languages, addressing the same issues according to the same criteria, and that it has been a constant feature of the language, varying only in the degree of intensity. Croatian, as a traditionally purist language, has not accepted foreign language models passively, but has adapted loanwords according to its rules, at the same time activating its expressive potential by creating calques as substitutes for foreign language models.Hrvatski je jezik sukladno svojim snagama živio u duhovnim kretanjima koja su ga okruživala i živo se uključivao u europske kulturne i civilizacijske tokove. U prilogu se daje sintetski prikaz hrvatskih jezičnih dodira s drugim kulturnim, civilizacijskim i jezičnim krugovima. Iz tih je dodira izraslo evidentno (posuđenice) i latentno (prevedenice) posuđivanje i neprekidno zamjetan jezični purizam. Puristička se djelatnost osobito očituje u procesu standardizacije jezika, stoga se umjereni purizam smatra univerzalnom značajkom standardnih jezika. Hrvatski je purizam u suglasju sa sličnim nastojanjima u europskim jezicima: bavi se istim pitanjima, ima jednake kriterije i neprekidno traje s različitim intenzitetom. U jezicima s izrazitijom purističkom tendencijom izravno jezič no leksičko posuđivanje uzmiče pred kalkiranjem. Hrvatski je jezik oblikovao aktivni odnos prema stranojezičnim činjenicama. To je skrb za jezičnu pravilnost koja ne prihvaća svaku stranu riječ pasivno, proizvoljno i bez prosudbe, ali je prihvaća ako mu je potrebna i pri tom je usklađuje sa svojim jezičnim zakonitostima. Hrvatski se purizam očituje ne samo u otporu prema pasivnom preuzimanju stranih riječi, već prije svega u njegovu poticajnu djelovanju da se pokrenu vlastite mogućnosti u stvaranju izraza za izvanjezične inovacije: on je nuždan uvjet za stvaranje prevedenica u najširem smislu toga naziva. Puristička djelatnost koja za cilj odabire prevedenice kao prikladnija jezična rješenja od posuđenica također je podložna kritičkom preispitivanju. U hrvatskome je jeziku u normativnoj ocjeni posuđenica i prevedenica bilo zastranjivanja, i to u rasponu od potpunog proskribiranja ili jednih ili drugih, do nekritičnog prihvaćanja i jednih i drugih. Glavnina standardološke prakse priklanja se umjerenom stavu. Kao što je cjelokupna povijest hrvatskoga standardnoga jezika obilježena nastojanjem da se u prihvaćanju stranojezičnih činjenica poštuje na- čelo reda i funkcionalnosti, tako su i danas aktualna normativna pitanja posuđenica i prevedenica. Imajući u vidu leksičko raslojavanje i polifunkcionalni karakter standardnoga jezika u procjeni posuđenica i prevedenica, potreban je diferenciran pristup: jedan sinonimski parnjak u neutralnoj, drugi u obilježenoj ulozi. Pristupa li se jezičnim činjenicama funkcionalno, u prvi će plan doći pozitivne strane purizma i neće biti mjesta negativnim konotacijama koje se obično stavljaju u prvi plan pa se jezični purizam smatra nepoželjnom pojavom. Purizam kao opiranje neosjetljivosti za stilističko raslojavanje sinonim je za jezičnu kulturu. Zahvaljujući njemu, hrvatski se jezik leksički obogatio, posuđenice prilagodio fonološki, morfološki i semantički, a u prevedenicama očuvao izraznu samosvojnost i uključio u širu jezičnu konvergenciju

Cultural and Historical Context of Creating Calques in the Croatian Language

U identifikaciji prevedenica uz jezične pokazatelje – podudarnost oblika i značenja u jeziku primaocu i jeziku davaocu – izuzetnu važnost imaju kulturno-povijesni čimbenici preuzimanja stranoga obrasca. Zbog jezične sličnosti, osobito među srodnim jezicima, i moguće poligeneze, kulturno-povijesni čimbenici mogu biti pouzdani pokazatelji podrijetla uzora za kalkiranje. Kulturno-povijesni kontekst pokazuje koja su leksička područja bila ili jesu otvorenija utjecaju jednoga jezika, a koja drugoga jezika. Izvanjezični kontekst posuđivanja otkriva putove širenja obrasca za kalkiranje od jezika davaoca do jezika primaoca ili jezika posrednika.Calques represent a latent form of linguistic borrowing. In its larger sense, the term refers to any form of the exchange of foreign formational features for those of the proper language. Because of the latent form of borrowing, calques are more difficult to identify than the loans. In their identification, apart from the linguistic indicators (correspondence of the forms in the source language and correspondence of the meaning in both languages), very significant are cultural and historical factors of a foreign pattern takeover. Because of language similarities, especially among related languages, and possible poligeneze, it is cultural and historical factors that may be reliable indicators of calque origin model. Cultural and historical context is constituted by many factors of extralinguistic borrowing: direct geographical contact, national and political ties, economic, civilizational and scientific-technical ties and cultural diffusion between two or more nations and their languages. The knowledge of cultural and historical context indicate which lexical category has been susceptible to the influence of one language, and which one to the other. In addition, the extralinguistic context of language borrowing reveals the broadening of the calque patterns from the source language, through one or more intermediary language, to the target language. Without the knowledge of the intermediary language, one could not determine the manner in which certain calques have been shaped, the type of changes in their formational structure and meaning developed from the initial model to final form

Histopatološke promjene u sirištima jelena lopatara na Brijunima - kratko priopćenje.

This study was performed to establish histopathological changes in the abomasa of fallow deer (Dama dama) from the Brijuni islands, in order to investigate the possible presence of Helicobacter species in this species, since literature data on abomasal histopathology are scarce, and data on the presence of Helicobacter species in red deer are absent. The study was performed on 23 abomasal samples taken from young adults (c. 1 year of age) shot in legal hunts. In all the samples inflammatory changes were visible. The histopathological findings from the samples examined were similar, indicating the epizootical nature of the disease, and they were similar to findings described in dogs with a gastric infection from Helicobacter-like organisms. However, in the abomasa of fallow deer Helicobacter organisms were not detected after the appropriate stains were applied, therefore the aetiological factor responsible for such histopathological changes has yet to be identified.Istraživanje je provedeno da bi se ustanovile patohistološke promjene u sirištima jelena lopatara (Dama dama) s brijunskog otočja i eventualna prisutnost Helicobacter vrsta u ove vrste, budući da je malo literaturnih podataka koji se tiču patohistoloških promjena u sirištu. Pregledom literature nismo pronašli niti jednu referencu o prisutnosti Helicobacter vrsta u jelena lopatara. Istraživanje je provedeno na 23 uzorka sirišta mladih odraslih jedinki (starosti oko godinu dana), žrtvovanih u redovitom odstrelu. U svim uzorcima ustanovljene su upalne promjene u sirištu. Patohistološki nalazi svih pregledanih uzoraka bili su slični, što ukazuje na epizootsku prirodu bolesti, te sličnost nalazima u želucima pasa inficiranih helikobakteru sličnim organizmima. Međutim, u sirištima jelena lopatara nakon obrade odgovarajućim tehnikama bojenja nismo ustanovili Helicobacter vrste, te zaključujemo da je etiološki čimbenik odgovoran za promjene nepoznat

Inventory of meat industry polluters in Vojvodina region

Inventory of Polluters is the register of information and data on environmental polluters and represents a major starting point for identifying and monitoring of pollution sources. One of the objectives of the National project of the Ministry of Education and Science no 46009: Improvement and development of hygienic and technological procedures in production of animal originating foodstuffs with the aim of producing high-quality and safe products competitive on the global market, is to establish the Inventory of Polluters from the meat industry acquiring all the data required by the Serbian legislation. The meat industry sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. Inventory of Polluters will include the information and data from polluters identified on the territory of AP Vojvodina from the meat industry sector. According to the obtained results, the total number of potential water pollutants within this sector totals up to 94 legal entities