The aestheticization of Yugoslav architecture through structuralist analysis of form meaning relationship

This paper addresses the aestheticization of Yugoslav architecture through the implementation of structuralist form that took place between the early 1950s and the late 1970s, and calls attention to the need for contemplating the relationship between formal and intrinsic elements in architecture. An important component of the interest for the formal issues of architecture was to make a distance from functionalistic philosophy, which led to novel understanding of form and to the aestheticization of architecture. Structuralist aesthetics, which was accepted in the 1950s, changed the concept of form for the concept of structure, and focused on the elucidation of internal construction and organization. With reference to structuralist theoretic-methodological approach, an aspiration of Yugoslav architects for achieving inter-relationship between physical and semiotic structure via invisible laws that define and form elements of structure is pointed out. Different aspects of aesthetics of Yugoslav architecture reflected in various approaches for accepting the formal principles: the recognition of constructive aesthetics and importance of integration of constructive and formal elements of an organic entity, the interest in relations between the elements of architectural system, the idea of fluid space, and the evolutionary growth, development and transformation. This paper starts from the premise that the aspiration for aestheticization of architectural form through articulation of the unity of elements promoted Yugoslav architecture to build a connection between formal structure of an object and the meaning of its structural elements

HP-SEE User Forum 2012

This book is a collection of carefully reviewed papers presented during the HP-SEE User Forum, the meeting of the High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for South East Europe’s (HP-SEE) Research Communities, held in October 17-19, 2012, in Belgrade, Serbia. HP-SEE aims at supporting and integrating regional HPC infrastructures; implementing solutions for HPC in the region; and making HPC resources available to research communities in SEE, region, which are working in a number of scientific fields with specific needs for massively parallel execution on powerful computing resources. HP-SEE brings together research communities and HPC operators from 14 different countries and enables them to share HPC facilities, software, tools, data and research results, thus fostering collaboration and strengthening the regional and national human network; the project specifically supports research groups in the areas of computational physics, computational chemistry and the life sciences. The contributions presented in this book are organized in four main sections: computational physics; computational chemistry; the life sciences; and scientific computing and HPC operations.  

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Characteristics and Outcomes of Critically Ill Pregnant/Postpartum Women with COVID-19 Pneumonia in Western Balkans, The Republic of Srpska Report

Background and Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease that has spread worldwide. As of 5 March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in approximately 111,767 cases and 6338 deaths in the Republic of Srpska and 375,554 cases and 15,718 deaths in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our objective in the present study was to determine the characteristics and outcomes of critically ill pregnant/postpartum women with COVID-19 in the Republic of Srpska. Materials and Methods: The retrospective observational study of prospectively collected data included all critically ill pregnant/postpartum women with COVID-19 in a university-affiliated hospital between 1 April 2020 and 1 April 2022. Infection was confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from nasopharyngeal swab specimens and respiratory secretions. Patients’ demographics, clinical and laboratory data, pharmacotherapy, and neonatal outcomes were analysed. Results: Out of the 153 registered pregnant women with COVID-19 treated at the gynaecology department of the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, 19 (12.41%) critically ill pregnant/postpartum women (median age of 36 (IQR, 29–38) years) were admitted to the medical intensive care unit (MICU). The mortality rate was 21.05% (four patients) during the study period. Of all patients (19), 14 gave birth (73.68%), and 4 (21.05%) were treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO). Conclusions: Fourteen infants were born prematurely and none of them died during hospitalisation. A high mortality rate was detected among the critically ill pregnant/postpartum patients treated with mechanical ventilation and vvECMO in the MICU. The preterm birth rate was high in patients who required a higher level of life support (vvECMO and ventilatory support)