Историјски и етнолошки утицаји на традиционалну културу Помака у грчкој Тракији

The traditional society of the Pomaks is structured on a series of contrasts which characterize their traditional system of values. The problems they face as much in the boundaries of the Muslim minority of Thrace, as well as in the frames of the wider Greek society of the region have defined their cultural expression.Pomaci su slovenofono muslimansko stanovništvo u Zapadnoj Trakiji, po jeziku i tradicionalnoj kulturi različito od stanovništva muslimanske manjine u Grčkoj. O Pomacima se takođe ne može govoriti kao koherentnoj grupi. Teritorijalna pripadnost povlači jezičke i običajne i socijalne razlike, pa tako se izdvajaju, na primer, Pomaci okruga Rodopa ili Ksanti. Struktura tradicionalne kulture Pomaka zasniva se kontrastima vekovima uobličavanog sistema vrednosti. Njihov sadašnji kulturni izraz otkriva promene proistekle iz simbioze tradicije etniteta ove muslimanske manjine i hrišćanskog grčkog okruženja. Inovacije kod Pomaka, čiji je svakodnevni život organizovan po islamskim moralnim i praktičnim odredbama ispoljavaju se u običajima životnog ciklusa, posebno svadbenim i samrtnim. U intenzitetu promena ispoljava se socijalni momenat izazivajući razlike između Pomaka u seoskim i gradskim sredinama

Greek Proverbial Phrases from Modern Satirical Paraphrases of Texts and Titles of the Greek Orthodox Church

This study presents the phenomenon of satirical paraphrase of ecclesiastical texts, some of which acquired in the passage of time proverbial use in the daily life and communication of the Greeks. The study is focused on: a) proverbial phrases from corruption of liturgical phrases and texts, b) proverbial phrases from the corruption of ecclesiastical ad-ministrative titles of Metropolises and c) metropolitans proverbial phrases from the corruption of hymns and prayers

Dynamic Analysis of Buried Structures

The transient response of a circular cylindrical cavity in a linear elastic or viscoelastic infinite or semi-infinite medium under conditions of plane strain is examined. The method employed is the dynamic Boundary Integral Equation Method in conjunction with the Laplace Transform. The results obtained are compared with results stemming from analytical solutions, where available, and numerical solutions to assess the accuracy, efficiency and applicability of the method

Pseudo-polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in a 12-lead Holter Recording

AbstractWe present an image of pseudo-polymorphic ventricular tachycardia recording on a 12-lead surface ECG Holter. Although at first glance the appearance of the recording resembled polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, careful investigation revealed normal electrocardiographic findings

Transport Properties of Shale Gas in Relation to Kerogen Porosity

Kerogen is a micro-porous amorphous solid, which consist the major component of the organic matter scattered in the potentially lucrative shale formations hosting shale gas. Deeper understanding of the way kerogen porosity characteristics affect the transport properties of hosted gas is important for the optimal design of the extraction process. In this work, we employ molecular simulation techniques in order to investigate the role of porosity on the adsorption and transport behavior of shale gas in overmature type II kerogen found at many currently productive shales. To account for the wide range of porosity characteristics present in the real system, a large set of 60 kerogen structures that exhibit a diverse set of void space attributes was used. Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations were performed for the study of the adsorption of CH4, C2H6, n-C4H10 and CO2 at 298.15 K and 398.15 K and a variety of 2 pressures. The amount adsorbed is found to correlate linearly with the porosity of the kerogen. Furthermore, the adsorption of a quaternary mixture of CH4, C2H6, CO2 and N2 was investigated in the same conditions, indicating that the composition resembling that of the shale gas is achieved under higher temperature and pressure values, i.e. conditions closer to these prevailing in the hosting shale field. The diffusion of CH4, C2H6 and CO2, both as pure components and as components of the quaternary mixture, was investigated using equilibrium Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations at temperatures of 298.15 and 398.15 K and pressures of 1 and 250 atm. In addition to the effect of temperature and pressure, the importance of limiting pore diameter (LPD), maximum pore diameter (MPD), accessible volume (Vacc) and accessible surface (Sacc) on the observed adsorbed amount and diffusion coefficient was revealed by qualitative relationships. The diffusion across the models was found to be anisotropic and the maximum component of the diffusion coefficient to correlate linearly with LPD, indicating that the controlling step of the transport process is the crossing of the limiting pore region. Finally, the transport behavior of the pure compounds was compared with their transport properties when in mixture and it was found that the diffusion coefficient of each compound in the mixture is similar to the corresponding one in pure. This observation agrees with earlier studies in different kerogen models comprising wider pores that have revealed negligible cross-correlation Onsager coefficients

Irregular ventricular tachycardia underdetected by implantable cardioverter defibrillator device

A case of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia underdetected by a single chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator because of RR interval irregularity is presented. The programmed stability criterion is responsible for the underdetection. Special attention must be paid when it comes to programming this detection parameter. (Cardiol J 2008; 15: 281-283