Projekt terenskog pregleda područja grada Nove Gradiške

U proljeće 1997. godine Odsjek za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu proveo je u suradnji sa Zavičajnim muzejom Nova Gradiška projekt sustavnog terenskog pregleda područja grada Nova Gradiška. Projekt je obuhvaćao teritorij katastarskih općina Nova Gradiška, rešetari, Cernik, Baćin Dol i Šumetlica, a istraživanja su registrirala 24 nalazišta iz prapovijesnog i srednjovjekovnog perioda

Ampelographic and genetic characterization of Croatian grapevine varieties

Before the Phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae) crisis in Croatia more than 400 grape varieties were under cultivation. Today their number is drastically decreased. Recently, many efforts in the preservation of grapevine biodiversity were undertaken: detailed inventory of varieties in different wine-growing regions, establishing of national and regional collections and their systematic ampelographic and genetic characterisation. This paper shows results of multiannual ampelographic and genetic research concerning Croatian grapevines considered as autochthonous varieties. After identification, many synonyms and homonyms were detected and unique genotypes were selected. Basic data of them are shown: description (according to OIV descriptors) and genetic profiles (9 SSR loci), growing area and status of vulnerability. Also, genetic relationship based on the shared allele distance is computed from SSR data. Results show certain level of similarity among varieties, and classify Croatia as important gene-pool in Europe. Some additional accessions which were detected and introduced into collections recently are still being investigated and characterized so that the here presented list of Croatian native grapevine cultivars is not final

The Historical Context of the Gender Gap in Mathematics

This chapter is based on the talk that I gave in August 2018 at the ICM in Rio de Janeiro at the panel on "The Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences from a Historical Perspective". It provides some examples of the challenges and prejudices faced by women mathematicians during last two hundred and fifty years. I make no claim for completeness but hope that the examples will help to shed light on some of the problems many women mathematicians still face today

Motivation of UK school pupils towards foreign languages: a large-scale survey at Key Stage 3

Motivation is one of the most significant predictors of success in foreign language learning. While individual and governmental commitment to the learning of foreign languages is growing throughout most of Europe and across the globe, it is stuttering in the United Kingdom. An entitlement to language learning in primary school is not yet fully in place, whilst the removal of language from the core curriculum at Key Stage 4 (ages 14 to 16) has led to a dramatic fall in numbers of language learners. Among national initiatives seeking to enhance learners’ interest in languages among school pupils are Specialist Language Colleges and the Languages Ladder. The latter, by certifying achievement through its associated accreditation scheme Asset Languages, seeks to engender a sense of success and motivate continuation of language study. This article reports on a study conducted in 2005-06 of the language learning motivation of over ten thousand school pupils at Key Stage 3 – the only group currently obliged to study a foreign language. The study analyses the nature of learner motivation and its relationship with gender, level of study (Years 7, 8 and 9) and type of school, and thus provides evidence for possible measures to increase numbers of teenagers studying a foreign language, and a baseline against which the success of policy initiatives can be measured in the future

Projekt terenskog pregleda područja grada Nove Gradiške

U proljeće 1997. godine Odsjek za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu proveo je u suradnji sa Zavičajnim muzejom Nova Gradiška projekt sustavnog terenskog pregleda područja grada Nova Gradiška. Projekt je obuhvaćao teritorij katastarskih općina Nova Gradiška, rešetari, Cernik, Baćin Dol i Šumetlica, a istraživanja su registrirala 24 nalazišta iz prapovijesnog i srednjovjekovnog perioda