Two Basic Characteristics of Sport

Slobodno vrijeme i sport su bitne i međusobno povezane pojave današnjice, koje pred misao i etiku postavljaju mnoga pitanja i nude odgovore relevantne za izbor puta kojim ćemo ići, jer usmjeravaju ljudske težnje i djelovanje. Sport je postao vrlo važan fenomen, te se njime bave filosofija i još više etika, koja u njemu ne otkriva samo negativnosti, nego i vrlo važne elemente suvremenog života. Sport je značajan za etičko mišljenje u dvama područjima – u bioetici, kao zaštiti i unapređenju življenja, i u kulturi – kojoj doprinosi svojom bîti, praksom i duhovnim i moralnim vrijednostima.Free time and sport are substantial and interconnected phenomena of today. They pose many questions for thought and ethics offering answers relevant for making a choice of the direction of human aspirations and acts. Sport has become very considerable phenomenon, so philosophy and moreover ethics attend to it, discovering in the sport not only negative things, but also a very significant elements of recent life. Sport has a specific importance in ethical thought in two fields – bioethics, as a protection and development of living, and culture – to which sport contributes with its essence, its practice and its spiritual and moral values

Good People, Good Relations, For Good Life, and Good Society

Democracy is not only a mechanism of political decision-making, but is also a lifestyle. That is why democracy does not represent only politics oriented to an open society; rather, it represents the development of good life and good society with virtues and worthy goals. This can only be done by good people, well-developed autonomous individuals, who have the desire to live freely, rightly, well and creatively. Only in democracy is it possible to reach this genuine and high human aspiration, in the same way that only mature individuals, with their lives and. decisions, can realise

Pavao Vuk-Pavlović\u27s Ethical Views

Ovaj tekst prikazuje djelovanje Pavla Vuk-Pavlovića na Katedri za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Skoplju, gdje je Vuk-Pavlović predavao etiku, estetiku, a kasnije i istoriju antičke i srednjovekovne filozofije, te ocrtava njegovo značenje za historiju te Katedre. Autor, asistent Vuka-Pavlovića, iznosi u tekstu relevantne podatke o svim vidovima aktivnosti Vuka- Pavlovića u tom razdoblju (o djelima nastalim u tom periodu, o inicijativi za osnivanje Estetičke laboratorije itd.), Na kraju se osvrće na temelje postavke Vuk-Pavlovićeve etike, kojima je ovaj svagda nastojao ostati vjernim.This text presents Pavao Vuk-Pavlović\u27s activity at the Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skoplje, where Vuk-Pavlović taught ethics, aesthethics and later the history of antique and medieval Philosophy, and outlines his importance for the history of that Department. The author, Vuk-Pavlović\u27s assistent, provides relevant information in the article on all aspects of Vuk-Pavlović\u27s activities during that period (the work he wrote during that period, initiatives for founding the Aesthetics laboratory, etc.). In closing he reviews the basic postulates of Pavao Vuk-Pavlović\u27s ethics, to which he always strove to remain faithfu

A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Schizophrenia

BACKGROUND: Understanding the prevalence of schizophrenia has important implications for both health service planning and risk factor epidemiology. The aims of this review are to systematically identify and collate studies describing the prevalence of schizophrenia, to summarize the findings of these studies, and to explore selected factors that may influence prevalence estimates. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Studies with original data related to the prevalence of schizophrenia (published 1965–2002) were identified via searching electronic databases, reviewing citations, and writing to authors. These studies were divided into “core” studies, “migrant” studies, and studies based on “other special groups.” Between- and within-study filters were applied in order to identify discrete prevalence estimates. Cumulative plots of prevalence estimates were made and the distributions described when the underlying estimates were sorted according to prevalence type (point, period, lifetime, and lifetime morbid risk). Based on combined prevalence estimates, the influence of selected key variables was examined (sex, urbanicity, migrant status, country economic index, and study quality). A total of 1,721 prevalence estimates from 188 studies were identified. These estimates were drawn from 46 countries, and were based on an estimated 154,140 potentially overlapping prevalent cases. We identified 132 core studies, 15 migrant studies, and 41 studies based on other special groups. The median values per 1,000 persons (10%–90% quantiles) for the distributions for point, period, lifetime, and lifetime morbid risk were 4.6 (1.9–10.0), 3.3 (1.3–8.2), 4.0 (1.6–12.1), and 7.2 (3.1–27.1), respectively. Based on combined prevalence estimates, we found no significant difference (a) between males and females, or (b) between urban, rural, and mixed sites. The prevalence of schizophrenia in migrants was higher compared to native-born individuals: the migrant-to-native-born ratio median (10%–90% quantile) was 1.8 (0.9–6.4). When sites were grouped by economic status, prevalence estimates from “least developed” countries were significantly lower than those from both “emerging” and “developed” sites (p = 0.04). Studies that scored higher on a quality score had significantly higher prevalence estimates (p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: There is a wealth of data about the prevalence of schizophrenia. These gradients, and the variability found in prevalence estimate distributions, can provide direction for future hypothesis-driven research

WISE MORALS FOR GOOD LIVING

A good book will certainly attract attention of educators and those interested in regular life knowledge. Marija Ajdinska and Velichko Andreevski, well - known pedagogues and special educators, collected thousands of edifying sayings from all over the world and published them as a necessary work for those who think of themselves and others and of life itself. This collection of morals on 300 pages can certainly direct one on the right life path.The morals are divided in 10 chapters – for man and life, woman and love, work and success, good and evil, happiness and hope, freedom and peace, health and age, humanity and friendship, joy and trouble. For each issue there are important considerations and morals, everyone can find a guide for his/her behaviour. Here is one of the morals: “A practical person considers everything in life seriously, but not tragically.”This book of wisdoms reminds us of education and development for everyone. A man was born as a human being that could survive only with the help of other people and learning

Two Basic Characteristics of Sport

Slobodno vrijeme i sport su bitne i međusobno povezane pojave današnjice, koje pred misao i etiku postavljaju mnoga pitanja i nude odgovore relevantne za izbor puta kojim ćemo ići, jer usmjeravaju ljudske težnje i djelovanje. Sport je postao vrlo važan fenomen, te se njime bave filosofija i još više etika, koja u njemu ne otkriva samo negativnosti, nego i vrlo važne elemente suvremenog života. Sport je značajan za etičko mišljenje u dvama područjima – u bioetici, kao zaštiti i unapređenju življenja, i u kulturi – kojoj doprinosi svojom bîti, praksom i duhovnim i moralnim vrijednostima.Free time and sport are substantial and interconnected phenomena of today. They pose many questions for thought and ethics offering answers relevant for making a choice of the direction of human aspirations and acts. Sport has become very considerable phenomenon, so philosophy and moreover ethics attend to it, discovering in the sport not only negative things, but also a very significant elements of recent life. Sport has a specific importance in ethical thought in two fields – bioethics, as a protection and development of living, and culture – to which sport contributes with its essence, its practice and its spiritual and moral values

Tailoring the Structure of Lipids, Oleogels and Fat Replacers by Different Approaches for Solving the Trans-Fat Issue—A Review

The issue of the adverse effects of trans-fatty acids has become more transparent in recent years due to researched evidence of their link with coronary diseases, obesity or type 2 diabetes. Apart from conventional techniques for lipid structuring, novel nonconventional approaches for the same matter, such as enzymatic interesterification, genetic modification, oleogelation or using components from nonlipid origins such as fat replacers have been proposed, leading to a product with a healthier nutritional profile (low in saturated fats, zero trans fats and high in polyunsaturated fats). However, replacing conventional fat with a structured lipid or with a fat mimetic can alternate some of the technological operations or the food quality impeding consumers’ acceptance. In this review, we summarize the research of the different existing methods (including conventional and nonconventional) for tailoring lipids in order to give a concise and critical overview in the field. Specifically, raw materials, methods for their production and the potential of food application, together with the properties of new product formulations, have been discussed. Future perspectives, such as the possibility of bioengineering approaches and the valorization of industrial side streams in the framework of Green Production and Circular Economy in the production of tailored lipids, have been highlighted. Additionally, a schematic diagram classifying conventional and nonconventional techniques is proposed based on the processing steps included in tailored lipid production as a convenient and straightforward tool for research and industry searching for healthy, sustainable and zero trans edible lipid system alternatives