THE NEED OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED MUSIC THERAPY ASSESSMENT PROFILE IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FOR A PEDAGOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PERSONALITY OF A GIFTED CHILD

The main purpose of this academic research is to clarify the need of implementing IMTAP- Individualized Music Therapy Assessment Profile, in the pedagogical and psychological assessment of the personality of a gifted child in the educational process, from the aspect of the special educational needs, through analysis of the obtained results from the assessment of the social segment of the personality of gifted children with IMTAP and the results of the testing of the same children with AMP- Achievement Motivation Profile used as comparison.            For the first time the IMTAP was used in our country, based on the world wide experiences of his use for obtaining relevant data for the global functioning  of the child’s personality. It was used with two groups of adolescents: adolescents gifted for fine arts and adolescents gifted for music. Within 20 music-therapy workshops, where the method of active music therapy of Nordoff & Robbins and the technique of musical improvisation were applied, we identified the strengths and weaknesses of a personality and successfully tracked the progress of the skill for establishing relationships, as a determined problem in the social-emotional area of one’s personality. The results of the IMTAP were compared and statistically analyzed with the results for the social-emotional area of the personality, obtained during the verbal evaluation (self-evaluation) of the two groups of adolescents with AMP.The use of IMTAP showed the usability of the musical activities as a multi sensor medium and recognizable non-verbal communication and showed that their usage as an instrument for the pedagogical and psychological assessment of the social segment in a gifted child’s personality, allows recognition and tracking of the strengths and weaknesses  of the child’s personality from the aspect of the special educational needs

Employment, labor productivity and environmental sustainability: Firm-level evidence from transition

This paper examines how investment in environmentally sustainable practices impacts employment and labor productivity growth of firms in transition economies. The study considers labor skill composition and geographical differences, shedding light on sustainability dynamics. The empirical analysis relies on the World Bank-s Enterprise Survey 2019 for 24 transition economies, constructing an environmental sustainability index from various indicators through a Principal Components Analysis. To address endogeneity, a battery of fixed effects and instrumental variables are employed. Results reveal the relevance of environmental sustainability for both employment and labor productivity growth. However, the significance diminishes when addressing endogeneity comprehensively, alluding that any relation between environmentally sustainable practices and jobs growth is more complex and needs time to work. The decelerating job-creation effect of sustainability investments is however confirmed for the high-skill firms, while low-skill firms benefit from labor productivity gains spurred by such investment. Geographically, Central Europe sees more pronounced labor productivity impacts, possibly due to its higher development and sustainability-awareness levels as compared to Southeast Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

DOT: A flexible multi-objective optimization framework for transferring features across single-cell and spatial omics

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and spatially-resolved imaging/sequencing technologies have revolutionized biomedical research. On one hand, scRNA-seq provides information about a large portion of the transcriptome for individual cells, but lacks the spatial context. On the other hand, spatially-resolved measurements come with a trade-off between resolution and gene coverage. Combining scRNA-seq with different spatially-resolved technologies can thus provide a more complete map of tissues with enhanced cellular resolution and gene coverage. Here, we propose DOT, a novel multi-objective optimization framework for transferring cellular features across these data modalities. DOT is flexible and can be used to infer categorical (cell type or cell state) or continuous features (gene expression) in different types of spatial omics. Our optimization model combines practical aspects related to tissue composition, technical effects, and integration of prior knowledge, thereby providing flexibility to combine scRNA-seq and both low- and high-resolution spatial data. Our fast implementation based on the Frank-Wolfe algorithm achieves state-of-the-art or improved performance in localizing cell features in high- and low-resolution spatial data and estimating the expression of unmeasured genes in low-coverage spatial data across different tissues. DOT is freely available and can be deployed efficiently without large computational resources; typical cases-studies can be run on a laptop, facilitating its use.Comment: 36 pages, 6 figure

A Prospective Study to use and Misuse of Benzodiazepines to Different Examined Groups by Education in R. Macedonia

The purpose of this research is to depict the use of benzodiazepines in the Republic of Macedonia, according to different characteristics, combining alcohol and illegal toxic substances, the most common reasons for using them, symptoms arising from sudden cessation of use, modes of supply of the drug, increase of the dose alone, analyzed within groups of respondents divided according to gender, age and type of education (health professionals, non-medical persons). The research is conducted using a prospective survey in The Republic of Macedonia

Egg Quality Characteristics in Autochthonous Genotypes of Chickens Raised on Macedonian Rural Farms

Egg quality characteristics of three different autochthonous chicken phenotypes (phenotype having ashy-silvery-brown leghorn laced plumage color, phenotype having light brown spangled plumage color and phenotype having black or blue plumage color) were examined. These types of chickens are mainly raised as backyard rural area flocks in the villages of R. Macedonia. The data were collected through first systematic approaches in phenotypical identification and characterisation of these autochthonous genotypes realized recently. Three small flocks of old hens collected from different villages and placed in control pens were established. No data about number of eggs/hen/year is available for the established flocks. Further investigations are needed to record productive (number of egg produced) and reproductive data. The plan was that additional, yearly production records be collected from the flock produced as offspring from established flock of old hens collected from different villages and placed in control pens. Set of 90 eggs was collected (30 eggs from each plumage phenotype) and basic egg quality parameters measured. Egg size (weight) was 50.71g for brown laced plumage phenotype, 60.48g for blue plumage phenotype and 52.6 g for light brown spangled plumage phenotype. Egg shell strength was 3965, 3628 and 3924 g/cm2 for brown laced, blue and brown spangled plumage phenotype, respectively. Light brown spangled plumage phenotype had the highest value of yolk color (10.29) and Hough Units (76.63) compared to brown laced (10.08 and 75.27) and blue (9.09 and 71.65) plumage phenotype

Nesreće sa prevrtanjem traktora u Makedoniji

In this paper are the results of the rollover tractor accidents in Macedonia. In the period of investigation from 1999 to 2003 in Macedonia occurred total 398 tractor traffic accidents and accidents with tractors on the field. The 212 tractor traffic accidents are the results from collision between tractors and other vehicle on the roads, and 120 accidents are divide in 6 varieties of traffic accidents. As the results of the lost control of the vehicle in tractor traffic accidents happened 34 accidents with lending of vehicle of the road and 34 tractor rollovers. In this period of investigation occurred 66 tractor accidents on the field. According to the variety of accidents 41 accidents are the results of tractor rollover.U ovom radu prikazani su rezultati ispitivanja nesreća sa traktorima u poljoprivredi Makedonije. Posebna pažnja posvećena je nesrećama koja su rezultat prevrtanje traktora u saobraćajnim udesima i nesreće pri radu sa traktorom. U periodu ispitivanja od 1999 do 2003 godine dogodilo se ukupno 398 nesreća sa traktorima. Od toga 212 saobraćajnih nesreća su rezultat sudara traktora i ostalih motornih vozila, a 120 nesreća, podeljene su u 6 vrsta saobraćajnih nesreća. Zbog gubljenja kontrole nad vozilom u saobraćajnim nesrećama, najčešće dolazi do prevrtanja ili sletanja vozila sa kolovoza gde je pojedinačno evidentirano 34 nesreće ovog tipa nesreća. U periodu istraživanja dogodilo se još 66 nesreća pri radu sa traktorom. Prema vrsti nesreća pri radu sa traktorom najviše 41 nesreća je rezultat prevrtanja traktora

Preventivne mere u sprečavanju udesa sa traktorima u poljoprivredi Republike Makedonije

In this paper are presented prevention measures for decreasing the number of tractor accidents in agriculture in Republic of Macedonia. According from the results of the investigation from 1999 to 2003 in agriculture production was reported 398 tractor accidents. As the results of disrespect of traffic signs and regulations happened 203 (51, 00%) accidents, psycho-physical condition and poorly experience was cause of 87 (21,86%) accidents and 42 (10,55%) accidents are results of mistakes of pedestrians, riders and technical malfunction of vehicles. In agricultural condition on the field happened 66 (16,58%) tractor accidents. For decreasing the number of tractor related accidents and injuries in the agriculture production in Republic of Macedonia, we have to implement recommendations which are described in: Regulations for tractor safety, Technical solution for increasing of tractor safety, and The organization measures for safety tractor exploitation.U radu su prikazane preventivne mere u cilju sprečavanja udesa sa traktorima u poljoprivredi Republike Makedonije. Prema rezultatima istraživanja u vremenskom periodu od 1999 do 2003 godine, dogodilo se ukupno 398 nesreća u kojima su učestvovali traktori. Kao rezultat nepoštovanja saobraćajnih znakova i propisa dogodilo se 203 (51,00 %) nesreća, psiho-fizičko stanje i nedovoljno iskustva rukovaoca traktora uzrok je 87 (21,86%) nesreća, a greške pešaka, putnika i tehnička neispravnost vozila 42 (10,55%) nesreća. Pri radu sa traktorima u poljoprivrednim uslovima dogodilo se ukupno 66 ( ili 16,58%) nesreća. Kao posledice u ovim nesrećama nastradalo je ukupno 610 osoba. Sa ciljem sprečavanja udesa i smanjenja broja povređenih osoba u poljoprivredi Republike Makedonije treba dosledno se pridržavati prema predloženim preventivnim merama koje su navedene u: • zakonskim regulativama sigurnosti rada TMA, • tehnička rešenja za povećanje bezbednosti i sigurnosti rada TMA, i • organizaciona rešenja rada TM

Primena elektronskih komponenti na traktorima i radnim mašinama u funkciji povećanja kontrole sigurnosti i eksploatacije

The development of modern electronics and computers has important influence on agriculture and working machine industry. The most high-tech electronic configurations are applied on modern agriculture and working machine. The application of electronics components on agriculture and working machine makes easier operateds work, and also has huge influence on safety and security. The modem transmission systems, fueling systems, braking systems, machine managing, as well as working process's control, must be controled by modern electronics components, with managing and controling working process. Higher development level of mechanical components of machine, is the precondition for properly using of electronics compoments. The special role in development modern agriculture technics has electronical systems for posing machines in the field. (GPS). GPS systems have possibility to register many parameters and information about effects, income, fuel's consumotion and other machine's parameters having electronical equipment.Razvoj savremene elektronike i računara ima uticaj i na industriju poljoprivrednih i radnih mašina. Najsavremeniji elektronski sklopovi našli su primenu kod savremenih sredstva poljoprivredne i radne mehanizacije. Primena elektronskih komponenti na savremenim poljoprivrednim i radnim mašinama mnogo olakšava rad rukovaocima, i u znatnoj meri doprinosi njihovoj sigurnosti i bezbednosti. Savremeni sistemi za prenos snage (transmisija), sistemi za napajanje motora gorivom, sistemi za kočenje, upravljanje mašinama, kao i kontrolu elemenata radnih procesa, moraju biti kontrolisani savremenim elektronskim komponentama. Viši razvojni nivo mehaničkih komponenata mašina preduslov je za pravilno korišćenje elektronskih komponenata. Posebnu značajnu ulogu u razvoju savremene poljoprivredne tehnike imaju elektronski sistemi za pozicioniranje mašina na terenu (GPS). GPS sistemi imaju i mogućnost precizne evidencije mnogobrojnih parametara i podataka o učinku, prinosima, potrošnji goriva i drugih parametara mašina koje imaju ovakvu elektronsku opremu