Social media in the concept of securization

Z razvojem novih tehnologij se povečuje tudi njihova vloga v okviru varnostnega in obrambnega sistema. Ena izmed teh tehnologij so tudi družbena omrežja. Pomen družbenih omrežij se povečuje na vseh področjih sodobnega življenja, pri čemer politika in nacionalna varnost nista izjemi. Čeprav so družbena omrežja precej novo orodje, je bila mehka moč v obliki vplivanja na mnenja, percepcije in vrednote ciljnih občinstev že dolgo orodje držav, kar lahko vidimo v velikem pomenu, ki so ga diskurzu in vzgoji pripisovali totalitarni režimi, ali pomenu propagande v hladni vojni. Prilagodljivost je ena izmed lastnosti uspešnega oblikovanja javnega mnenja, zato ne preseneča, da se v ta namen uporabljajo tudi nove tehnologije, vključno z družbenimi omrežji. Ta so posebej uporabna za različne oblike psihološkega in informacijskega delovanja, kjer za razliko od prejšnjih komunikacijskih sredstev omogočajo bolj decentralizirano in nenadzorovano širjenje informacij. Percepcije imajo velik pomen v oblikovanju in poteku družbenega življenja, kjer naše dojemanje pogojuje odnos do posameznega vprašanja, politike, države ali skupine, z ustvarjanjem percepcij pa lahko posredno vplivamo tudi na oblikovanje varnostne politike, saj je oblikovanje diskurza ključen element sekuritizacije.The development of new technologies also increased their role in the security and defense sector. One of these technologies are also social networks. The significance of social networks is increasing in all areas of modern life, with political and national security are no exception. Although social networks are relatively new tool, the soft power in the form of influencing the opinions, perceptions and values of target audiences has long been a tool of states, which can be seen in the importance attributed to the discourse and education in totalitarian regimes or the meaning of propaganda in the Cold War. Since flexibility is one of the features of a successful shaping of public opinion, it is not surprising that new technologies, including social networks, are being used for this purpose. These are especially useful for various forms of psychological and information activity, where, unlike previous communication tools,allow more decentralized and uncontrolled dissemination of information. Perceptions play big role in shaping and the course of social life, where they determines the relation to an individual question, policy, state or group and by creating perceptions we can indirectly influence the defence and security policy, since the formation of discourse is a key element of securitization

Role of the N-Terminal Seven Residues of Surfactant Protein B (SP-B)

Breathing is enabled by lung surfactant, a mixture of proteins and lipids that forms a surface-active layer and reduces surface tension at the air-water interface in lungs. Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is an essential component of lung surfactant. In this study we probe the mechanism underlying the important functional contributions made by the N-terminal 7 residues of SP-B, a region sometimes called the “insertion sequence”. These studies employed a construct of SP-B, SP-B (1–25,63–78), also called Super Mini-B, which is a 41-residue peptide with internal disulfide bonds comprising the N-terminal 7-residue insertion sequence and the N- and C-terminal helices of SP-B. Circular dichroism, solution NMR, and solid state 2H NMR were used to study the structure of SP-B (1–25,63–78) and its interactions with phospholipid bilayers. Comparison of results for SP-B (8–25,63–78) and SP-B (1–25,63–78) demonstrates that the presence of the 7-residue insertion sequence induces substantial disorder near the centre of the lipid bilayer, but without a major disruption of the overall mechanical orientation of the bilayers. This observation suggests the insertion sequence is unlikely to penetrate deeply into the bilayer. The 7-residue insertion sequence substantially increases the solution NMR linewidths, most likely due to an increase in global dynamics

Military dictionary by students of defence studies

The military dictionary by students of defense sciences was created during the course Slovenian language and Slovenian military idioms (2012/13 and 2013/14) at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It was created by second-year students under the supervision of Dr. Nataša Logar and Dr. Erik Kopač. The starting point for the selection of terms was the Military Doctrine (2006) and the Military Logistics Doctrine (2008). The dictionary consists of 192 terms with definitions and English equivalents. The dictionary is distributed in XML using the TBX (TermBase eXchange) standard for representing and exchanging information from termbases