Patterns of martyrial sanctity in the royal ideology of medieval Serbia continuity and change

Especially important for the development of the holy king concept with the Serbs appears to be the early period of Serbian sovereignty, initially in Zeta, and subsequently in Raška under Stefan Nemanja and his descendants. During the eleventh century, cults of royal martyrs arise across the Slavic world, receiving a most enthusiastic response connected with the spread of the martyrial and monastic ideals in Byzantium. The cult of St Vladimir is the earliest royal saint's cult with the Serbs, and it is rightfully set apart from the ideologically consistent whole encompassing the subsequent cults of the Nemanjić rulers. The cult of this royal saint undergoes a change in the twelfth century as regards the image of the exemplary ruler. The martyrial cults of holy kings emerge in medieval Serbia only in the fifteenth century, under the influence of completely different motives. The cults of national royal saints associate domestic dynasties with the Old Testament-based traditions of God-chosenness, which play a central role in the processes of securing political legitimation for ruling houses. At the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, we can see both the national and universal relics being used for raising an awareness of chosen ness observable in expanding the sacred realm as the fatherland's prayerful shield. In that sense, all-Christian relics, especially those of Constantinopolitan provenance, become integrated into domestic traditions

The Byzantine apocalyptic tradition a fourteenth-century Serbian version of the Apocalypse of Anastasia

Early translations of the Apocalypse of Anastasia into Old Church Slavonic appear in several versions incorporated into miscellanies of the zbornik (collection) type. These texts belong to various genres of religious prose and are usually assembled in apocryphal collections about journeys to the other world. The earliest known Serbian version of the Apocalypse of Anastasia is the fourteenth-century manuscript dated to about 1380 (MS 29). The present paper gives an analysis of this narrative

Travel as Architecture Pedagogy: Constructing Student Memories

The paper explores how travel, through the experience of study abroad programs, affects the spatial imagination and design methods of architecture students. Travel experiences can be a critical factor in shaping a student's design thinking, as memorable imagery of places, spaces, and people is stored and reassembled along with new experiences in subsequent conceptualizations. The paper seeks to answer several questions: How do profound personal observations and experiences influence student design thinking? How is new context observed, assimilated, processed, and finally implemented? By immersion in a different culture, students acquire a level of insight that significantly accelerates experimentation in their future work. The paper will explicate the role and influence of travel, displacement and creativity in study abroad programs by demonstrating actual student work, project assignments and the pedagogy applicable

The place and role of serologic methods in detecting Helicobacter pylori infection

The aim of the study was to determine the place and role of serologic methods in detecting Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, on the basis of estimated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and complement fixation test (CFT) sensitivity and specificity. A total of 549 patients were included in the study. ELISA and CFT as serologic methods were compared with invasive methods (rapid urease test--CLO test, culture, histology). The sensitivity of serologic methods was above 90%, and their specificity was around 80%. Study results confirmed the value, reliability and usefulness of serologic methods in the detection of H. pylori infection

The Byzantine apocalyptic tradition a fourteenth-century Serbian version of the Apocalypse of Anastasia

Early translations of the Apocalypse of Anastasia into Old Church Slavonic appear in several versions incorporated into miscellanies of the zbornik (collection) type. These texts belong to various genres of religious prose and are usually assembled in apocryphal collections about journeys to the other world. The earliest known Serbian version of the Apocalypse of Anastasia is the fourteenth-century manuscript dated to about 1380 (MS 29). The present paper gives an analysis of this narrative

Management of waste biomass from food industry: Potential application of peach shells for waste water treatment

As available at lowor zero-cost, agricultural and food industry waste biomass has great potential to be used for wastewater treatment. It has been shown that, with minimum of chemical or mechanical pre-treatment, waste biomass has great adsorption capacity for different heavy metals, organic and biological pollutants from both drinking and wastewater. Since biomass is a renewable resource that is generated daily as waste and requires storage, its inclusion in sustainable development and the circular economy would have multiple benefits for society as a whole. The use of waste biomass for wastewater treatment would have a positive environmental, energy and economic impact on a country's welfare, especially developing ones

Densification of BTS Functionally Graded Materials during Sintering

Poster presented at the 10th Conference of the Materials Research Society of Serbia - YUCOMAT 2008, Herceg Novi, Crna Gora, 8-12. septembar 2008

Application of the master Sintering Curve Theory to Sintering of BTS FGMs

Poster presented at PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2008. 9th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade, September 24-26, 200

Merenje raspodele veličina čestica metodom difrakcije laserske svetlosti

U ovom tekstu opisan je princip rada instrumenta za merenje raspodele veličina čestica Mastersizer 2000, Malvern Instruments Ltd., UK, koji radi na principu analize difraktovane svetlosti. Na konkretnim primerima, pokazali smo da metoda nije rutinska, da se ne svodi na unošenje uzorka u uređaj i pritiskanje dugmeta. Pokazali smo da način pripreme uzoraka za merenje i tačnost rezultata zavise od fizičkih i hemijskih karakteristika analiziranog materijala.The paper deals with the main principles of determination of particle size distribution using Mastersizer 2000, Malvern Instruments Ltd., UK. On the example of several problems we have demonstrated that the method is not a routine one and that the measurement procedure is not limited to entering a sample into the dispersion unit and pressing the button. Furthermore, we have shown that the sample preparation method and, therefore, the accuracy of results conclusively depend on physical and chemical properties of the analyzed materials