Does It Pay to Invest in Education in Croatia?

Countries of Central and Eastern Europe experienced a rapid increase of return to education with the advent of the transition. This is well-documented for most of the countries but, until now, there were no empirical studies of the dynamics of wage premiums in post-transition Croatia. This paper, therefore, intends to fill in that gap. We look at the dynamics of wage premiums in Croatia and estimate how much the return to education has changed between 1996 and 2004 on the basis of labor force survey data. We compare these results with similar ones for selected transition countries and then we look at some possible explanations of our findings. Contrary to most transition countries, premiums for education in Croatia began to grow only at the end of the 1990's. In a way, wage adjustment in Croatia has been delayed. However, by 2004, it reached the level of premiums found in other transition countries and advanced market economies, thus creating market incentives for investment in education. We also look at additional features of the wage structure, such as non-linearities in the return to education associated with attainment of credentials and return to experience.Croatia, human capital, returns to education

Political Tolerance among Youth in Croatia

This research on the political tolerance among youth (high school and university students) is based on the theory and concepts of J. Sullivan and his associates (1979). The level of political tolerance of our respondents towards the least liked group depends largely upon the group itself, and the content of political freedom that is tolerable or intolerable. Averaging the responses to the six questions of political tolerance, only 35 percent of the respondents displayed political tolerance. This level of tolerance is closer to that of Israeli citizens than American or British

The Values and Tolerance of Civil Liberties

The relationship between values and political tolerance is complex and important for systematic research. Some researchers (P. Sniderman, 1988; J. F. Fletcher, 1990) have shown that attitudes supporting civil freedoms are rooted in the interaction of fundamental values. Our research in Croatia has shown that the support of civil freedoms (citizens\u27 rights) depends upon increased political participation, and especially through the freedom value. While the Canadian research of J. Fletcher showed that the support for the powers of the state come from respect for the value of the community, our results showed that our sample (high school and university students) expresses that support through respect for authority. That is an important difference that is discussed in greater length in the article

Supplementary material for the article: Janović, B. S.; Collins, A. R.; Vujčić, Z. M.; Vujčić, M. T. Acidic Horseradish Peroxidase Activity Abolishes Genotoxicity of Common Dyes. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2017, 321, 576–585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.09.037

Supplementary material for: [10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.09.037]Related to published version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2356]Related to accepted version: [http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3189

Interakcije antitumorskog seskviterpenskog hidrohinona avarola sa DNA in vitro

Changes in electrophoresis pattern after interaction of supercoiled plasmid pBR322 DNA with avarol was studied at a micromolar concentration of reactants under mild reaction conditions. Interactions of avarol with linear high-molecular CT-DNA at millimolar concentrations were analyzed by electrophoresis and UV spectrophotometry. It was observed that avarol is capable of quenching ethidium bromide fluorescence in DNA bands. An increase in the absorbance of DNA was detected. The results indicate the binding of avarol to DNA and/or modification of nucleotide bases.Proučavane su promene elektroforetskog ponašanja DNA posle interakcija superhelikoidalnog plazmida pBR322 s avarolom pri mikromolarnim koncentracijama reaktanata pod blagim reakcionim uslovima. Interakcije avarola sa linearnom visokomolekulskom CT-DNA pri milimolarnim koncentracijama analizirane su elektroforezom i UV spektrofotometrijom. Uočeno je da je avarol u stanju da gasi fluorescenciju etidijum-bromida u trakama koje potiču od DNA. Detektovan je porast apsorbancije DNA. Rezultati ukazuju na vezivanje avarona za DNA i/ili modifikaciju nukleotidnih baza

Thermal stability and energy of deactivation of immobilized cell wall invertase in natural and synthetic hydrogel polymers

[https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.12340