THE LIVES OF OTHERS: DESCRIBING AND PREDICTING JOB SATISFACTION AMONG FACULTY WORKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO

This study examined the topic of faculty satisfaction among faculty employed at the University of Sarajevo (UNSA) in Bosnia and Hercegovina (BiH). BiH has endured a difficult transition from a socialist regime to a market economy following the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990’s and its higher education sector has been particularly affected by this transition. Scholarly research has focused mostly on the impact of discrimination of certain groups at the primary and secondary levels (Pašalic-Krešo, 2008). Research into issues affecting tertiary education is still an emerging field, and research on faculty is especially sparse. Utilizing survey methodology, this study described the demographic and professional profile of the average faculty member, their satisfaction and/or agreement with various aspects of their work and working conditions and tested which variables within Hagedorn’s (2000) conceptual framework of faculty satisfaction significantly predicted their job satisfaction. The results revealed that faculty were not involved in major decision-making and that external politics heavily influenced university operations. They were dissatisfied with their overall working conditions, but especially with library offerings and administrative support. The work itself, recognition, and being single were the only variables from Hagedorn’s model that significantly predicted their overall satisfaction

Advising Experiences among First-Year International Doctoral Students

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how international graduate students in their first-year of doctoral study selected their faculty advisor and how this selection process influenced their advising relationship. Our results found that a majority of students in our sample were assigned to an interim advisor and most reported a positive advising experience. However, disquieting patterns emerged from the data: low frequency of advisor-advisee interaction, occurrences of mismatching between advisor-advisee, and an unknowingness of how to engage with one’s faculty advisor. Our study adds to the literature focusing on international students by shedding a light on nuanced advising experiences of first-year international doctoral students and by providing recommendations for faculty advisors and directors of graduate studies on ways to improve and systematize their advising practices so as to encourage retention and success among international doctoral students

A short review of headspace extraction and ultrasonic solvent extraction for honey volatiles fingerprinting

Honey volatiles exhibit a potential role in distinguishing honeys as a function of botanical origin, but heating of honey generates artefacts such as compounds of Strecker degradation and Maillard reaction products. This short review is focused on the most recently applied methods for honey volatiles fingerprinting (without generation of thermal artefacts): headspace extraction (dynamic headspace extraction (DHE), headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME)) and ultrasonic solvent extraction (USE). These methods display a varying degree of selectivity and effectiveness depending upon the compounds involved and the extraction conditions. Recent developments of these methods are discussed, with application examples drawn from the literature as well from our own research. Flavour qualities of the honey are very much dependent on the volatile and semivolatile organic compounds present in both the sample matrix and the headspace aroma. Therefore the use of one single technique is not adequate for reliable honey volatiles profiling, but combined use of headspace extraction and ultrasonic solvent extraction could be a useful tool for the characterization of the honey and identification of its botanical source through typical volatile marker compounds

Lastvine - eneolitičko nalazište u Benkovcu

The papers deals with the results of the excavations conducted in 2009/2010 at the Eneolithic site of Lastvine in Benkovac near Zadar. On the basis of typological and stylistic characteristics of pottery that makes the most abundant group of archaeological finds, the site can be ascribed to the Early Eneolithic period with certainty and associated with a number of synchronous cave sites in the wider region of the eastern Adriatic and its hinterland whose main characteristic is channelled pottery. However as opposed to these sites, Lastvine is the first open-air site, and the same time the first single-layered settlement with this type of pottery. Furthermore there are certain differences in the technique of this ornament execution.U članku se obrađuju rezultati iskopavanja koja su 2009. – 2010. provedena na eneolitičkom naselju Lastvine u Benkovcu kod Zadra. Na temelju tipoloških i stilskih karakteristika keramičke građe, koja čini najbrojniju skupinu arheoloških nalaza, nalazište je sa sigurnošću moguće pripisati ranomu eneolitiku i povezati s više istodobnih pećinskih nalazišta na širem području istočnog Jadrana i zaleđa čiju najvažniju karakteristiku čini kanelirana keramika. Međutim, za razliku od njih, Lastvine su prvo nalazište na otvorenom, a istodobno i prvo jednoslojno naselje s tom keramičkom vrstom. Osim toga, stanovite razlike postoje i u tehnici izvođenja toga ukrasa

Chemical profile of the organic residue from ancient amphora found in the Adriatic Sea determined by direct GC and GC-MS analysis

An ancient organic residue was collected from the bottom of a Greco-Italian amphora found in the Adriatic Sea and investigated by direct GC and GC- MS analysis. The headspace composition was determined by HS-SPME using: (1) DVB/CAR/PDMS and (2) PDMS/DVB fibres. Higher percentages of benzene derivatives, monoterpenes and other low- molecular aliphatic compounds were obtained by method (1) in contrast to higher percentage of naphthalene and phenanthrene derivatives found by method (2). In comparison with the composition of pine resin, it is more likely that the found low- molecular aliphatic alcohols, acids, esters and carbonyls with 2-phenylethanol were trapped and preserved within the organic residue from stored wine – the amphora’s originally content. Semi- volatile diterpenes methyl dehydroabietate (33.6%) and retene (24.1%) were dominant in the residue CH2Cl2 solution. Other abundant compounds were 1, 4-dimethoxyphenanthrene (6.8%) as well as other naphthalene and/or phenanthrene derivatives [7-(1- methylethyl)-1, 4a-dimethyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 9, 10, 10a- octahydronaphthalene, 7-(1-methylethyl)-1, 4a- dimethyl-2, 3, 4, 4a, 9, 10-hexahydrophenanthrene, 7- (1-methylethyl)-1, 4a-dimethyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 9, 10, 10a- octahydro-phenanthrene, 3, 6-dimethylphenanthrene and 2, 3, 5-trimethylphenanthrene]. Possible sources and formation pathways of the major compounds in the residue were discussed

BANKARSKI SEKTOR U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI IZMEĐU GLOBALNE FINANCIJSKE KRIZE I COVID-19

Stable and good operating banking sector is important for stability of financial system and development of national economy. Having on mind specific features of financial system in Bosnia and Herzegovina as banking dominated, authors will analyse changes in its banking sector in the period between global financial crisis and COVID-19. Banking sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been analysed through a series of indicators. Authors in this paper will analyse number of banks in banking sector, bank intermediation, total assets, loans and deposits, credit risk expose of banks and liquidity. Aim of this paper is to compare behaviour of banking sector in two crises and present impact of its activities and performance (profitability, liquidity and risk).Stabilni i operativan sektor bankarstva važan je za stabilnost financijskog sustava i razvoj nacionalnog gospodarstva. Imajući na umu specifičnosti financijskog sustava u Bosni i Hercegovini kao bankarski dominantnog autori će analizirat promjene u bankarskom sektoru u razdoblju od financijske krize 2008. do COVID-19. Bankarski sektor u Bosni i Hercegovini analiziran je kroz odabrane pokazatelje strukture bankarskog sektora i njegove performanse u razdoblju od 2005-2021. U radu će se analizirat broj banaka u bankarskom sektoru, bankarsko posredovanje, ukupna aktiva, krediti i depoziti, izlaganje banaka kreditnom rizikom i likvidnost. Cilj ovog rada je usporediti ponašanje bankarskog sektora u dvije krize i prikazati utjecaj kriza na aktivnosti banaka i njihove performanse (profitabilnost, likvidnost i rizik)

Database Forensics

Tema završnog rada je teorija forenzika baza podataka te će teorijski koncepti napisani u završnom radu biti provedeni u praktičnom dijelu. Završni rad podijeljen je u pet glavnih poglavlja: Digitalna forenzika, Baza podataka, PostgreSQL, Forenzika baza podataka te na koncu Praktični dio. U poglavlju digitalna forenzika opisat će se digitalna forenzika kao jedna od grana forenzičkih znanosti, njezinom statusu, primjerima te kratkoj povijesti. U poglavlju Baza podataka objasnit će se osnovni teorijski koncepti baza podataka koji će biti potrebni za lakše shvaćanje kasnijih poglavlja. U poglavlju PostgreSQL opisat će se PostgreSQL kao jedan od mnogih sustava za upravljanje bazom podataka. U poglavlju forenzika baza podataka opisat će se forenzika baza podataka kao jedna od podvrsta digitalne forenzike. U poglavlju Praktični dio prikazat će se izrada praktičnog dijela završnog rada koji se temelji na teorijskim konceptima prethodnih poglavlja