162 research outputs found
Implementation of the Domestic Violence Law in the Republika Srpska
No full textIn this paper author analyzes criminal offence "Violence in family or extended family". This criminal offence was introduced for the first time in the new Criminal Code of the Republika Srpska in 2000 (article 198). In the first part of the paper author exposes characteristics of legal provisions regarding criminal offence "Violence in family or extended family". In the second part practical implementation of this criminal offence is analyzed. For doing that analyzes, the author uses the interviews carried out with representatives of the police, prosecutors judges and representatives of non-governmental organizations. At the end author suggests introduction of certain measures for victim protection such as mandatory arrest of a perpetrator, the increased efficiency of the criminal procedure, restraining orders (regarding communication and contact between perpetrator and victim) and other measures, which should provide adequate implementation of this incrimination and optimal protection of victims of this crime
Legal protection of victims of domestic violence in Republika Srpska
No full textLegal protection of victims of domestic violence in Republika Srpska is analyzed in this work. With regard to the above, the author highlights that in Republika Srpska there are two forms of legal protection from domestic violence they fall within the remit of criminal law and misdemeanor law. Introduction of such protection model was intended for the protection of victims from this form of violent behavior, which is, by its characteristics a specific form of criminal behavior and as such demands special measures of lawful reaction by the state. Protection of victims of domestic violence falling within the remit of criminal law, which is very important since it attaches the same gravity to this and the other forms of criminality giving it a certain degree of criminal-political weight, has not produced expected results. For that reason was adopted a special Law on Protection from Domestic Violence defining the notion of domestic violence, persons considered to be a family members, methods of their protection, as well as the kind and purpose of misdemeanor law related norms with emphasizing the fact that all the proceedings initiated under this law are of an urgent nature. The main driving force leading to the adoption of this Law is to obtain a complete and systematic regulation of domestic violence to enable faster, more efficient and durable protection of the endangered persons. The most important thing about this Law on Protection from Domestic Violence is introduction of protective measures, which could be sentenced against the perpetrator and which, in fact, allow for the protection of victims to family violence. Method of its concrete implementation regulated is by the relevant by-laws. Adoption of law sanctioning domestic violence, either as a criminal act or as a misdemeanor, together with the adoption of by-laws for the implementation of particular protective measures, represent a step forward in combat and prevention of domestic violence. However, the author emphasizes that, despite such normative solutions, we still cannot talk about some important results achieved in the area of combat and prevention of domestic violence. Therefore, a wide-scope action was initiated on the territory of Republika Srpska in the direction not only of combating of family violence, but also finding and eradication of reasons and causes of negative social manifestation. The final goal of this activity is protection of victims, prevention of violence and preservation of a healthy family as a basis of society
Fully Automated Electrically Controlled Tunable Broadband Interferometric Dielectric Spectroscopy for Aqueous Solutions
No full textsponsorship: Manuscript received May 16, 2021; accepted June 22, 2021. This work was supported in part by KU Leuven Internal Funding (C2 project mu 2BIO) and in part by the Flemish Hercules. The work of Meng Zhang was supported by the Scholarship provided by the Chinese Scholarship Council. (Corresponding author: Xiue Bao.) (KU Leuven Internal Fund, Flemish Hercules, Chinese Scholarship Council)status: Publishe
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Dependent Modulation of Liver Diseases.
No full textAcute liver failure and cirrhosis display sequential and overlapping severe pathogenic processes that include inflammation, hepatocyte necrosis, and fibrosis, carrying a high mortality rate. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a heterogeneous subset of stromal stem cells with immunonodulatory characteristics. MSCs are considered to act through multiple mechanisms to coordinate a dynamic, integrated response to liver inflammation and fibrosis, which prevents the progressive distortion of hepatic architecture. Accordingly, MSCs as well as their products have been investigated as a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of inflammatory and fibrotic liver diseases. In this review, we highlight the current findings on the MSC-based modulation of liver inflammation and fibrosis, and the possible use of MSCs in the therapy of immune-mediated liver pathology. We briefly describe the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in MSC-dependent modulation of cytokine production, phenotype and function of liver infiltrated inflammatory cells and compare effects of engrafted MSCs versus MSC-generated conditioned medium (MSC-CM) in the therapy of acute liver injury. In order to elucidate therapeutic potential of MSCs and their products in modulation of chronic liver inflammation and fibrosis, we present the current findings regarding pathogenic role of immune cells in liver fibrosis and describe mechanisms involved in MSC-dependent modulation of chronic liver inflammation with the brief overview of on-going and already published clinical trials that used MSCs for the treatment of immune mediated chronic liver diseases. The accumulating evidence shows that MSCs had a significant beneficial effect in the treatment of immune-mediated liver diseases
Il concerto delle Muse nella Città Ideale : indagini sul programma iconografico del Tempietto del Palazzo Ducale di Urbino con un'ipotesi di ricostruzione virtuale
No full textThe pictorial cycle originally housed in the so-called Tempietto delle Muse in Federico da Montefeltro’s Ducal Palace in Urbino (the oldest attestation of the iconographic representation of the Muses as musicians within a courtly context), visualizes the celebratory theme of music as a mirror of the harmony realized by the Duke during his reign, representing, at the same time, the praise of the ducal "musicality" and that of his favorite musical instruments and repertories.
There is no doubt that this sophisticated iconographic project was elaborated within an humanistic neoplatonic celebratory program, but its reconstruction is complicated by the lack of documents concerning its sources and the original number and disposition of the paintings, partly lost.
On the basis of an in-depth analysis of the pictorial cycle’s 'iconographic genealogy’, the Author proposes an original global interpretation of the decorative programme and a new hypothesis to identify the iconographic sources of the lost paintings and their possible disposition.
To support these hypotheses, the essay includes also a virtual reconstruction of the pictorial cycle, "relocating” inside the Tempietto both the surviving and the missing paintings
Cells Connected by Tiny Tunnels
No full textAbstract
Intracellular communication is imperative for multicellular organisms. Such devices as synapses and gap junctions have been recognized for decades. Now Amin Rustom, Raiser Saffrich, Ivanka Markovic, Paul Walther, and Hans-Hermann Gerdes have described a new model of cell-to-cell communication.
While looking at PC12 (rat pheochromocytoma) cells in the presence of fluorescently labeled wheat germ agglutinin, Rustom et al. observed relatively long connections extending between cells. These structures were 50 to 200 nm in diameter and up to several cell diameters in length and were named tunneling nanotubes (TNTs). TNTs were subsequently found connecting cultured cells from other lines. They were consistently positioned along the smallest distance between the cells, did not contact the substrate, and occasionally were branched. TNTs immunostained positive for actin, but did not contain microtubules. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy definitively established that a TNT represented a seamless continuity of the plasma membrane from one cell to another.</jats:p
The effect of annealing temperature and time on synthesis of graphene thin films by rapid thermal annealing
No full textIn this paper, we performed synthesis of graphene thin films by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) of thin nickel–copper (Ni/Cu) layers deposited on spectroscopic graphite as a carbon source. Furthermore, we investigated the effect of annealing temperature and annealing time on formation and quality of synthesized graphene films. Raman spectroscopy study showed that annealing at lower temperatures results in formation of monolayer graphene films, while annealing at higher temperatures results in formation of multilayer graphene films. We used Raman mapping to determine the distribution of graphene sheets. Surface morphology of graphene thin films was investigated by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy with EDS probe
One vote in favour of Franjo Marković
No full textIn the event of 70‘h anniversary of the death of the Croatian romantic
writer Franjo Markovic (1845—1914) the author tries to incite the interest for the researching and interpreting of the works of this poet, epic writer, playwright, critic, essayist and philosopher. The author tries to stimulate the new attitude towards Croatian literary work of the past century and point out Markovid’s importance and stimulative function which is unduly being forgotten
High-performance hybrid-fibre concrete: Development and utilisation
No full textAlthough concrete is the most utilised building material nowdays, this material has a large shortcoming: it has a good resistance against compressive stresses, but a very low resistance against tensile stresses. Usual way to solve this problem is the application of steel reinforcement in concrete structures. Other possibility is the application of different types of fibres in concrete, for example steel or synthetic fibres: this material is then called "fibre concrete". In the past, many types of fibre concrete were developed. For many of them, the added value of fibres was rather low: almost no improvement of tensile strength could be achieved. In this research project, an innovative type of fibre concrete is developed, with improved both the tensile strength and the ductility: the Hybrid-Fibre Concrete (HFC). The expression "Hybrid" is here applied to point out to the hybridisation of fibres: short and long steel fibres were combined together in one concrete mixture. This is opposite to the conventional steel fibre concretes, which contain only one type of fibre. Within this research project, all important aspects needed for successful development and applications of Hybrid-Fibre Concrete have been considered. In total 15 mixtures, with different types and amounts of steel fibres were developed and tested in the fresh state (workability, with the self-compactability as a main goal) as well as in the hardened state (uniaxial tensile tests, flexural tests, pullout tests on single fibres and compressive tests). A new analytical model for bridging of cracks by fibres was developed and successfully implemented for tensile softening response of HFC. At the end, the utilisation of HFC in the engineering practice was discussed, including a case-study on light precast prestressed beams made of HFC, without conventional reinforcement. There many other possibilities for the applications of this material in building engineering, civil infrastructure, geotechnical and tunnelling engineering. It is also expected that the durability of the Hybrid-Fibre Concrete is better compared to conventional concrete, which could be its another big advantage.Civil Engineering and Geoscience
Influence of reaction-induced convection on quorum sensing in enzyme-loaded agarose beads
No full text© 2019 Author(s). In theory, groups of enzyme-loaded particles producing an acid or base may show complex behavior including dynamical quorum sensing, the appearance of synchronized oscillations above a critical number or density of particles. Here, experiments were performed with the enzyme urease loaded into mm-sized agarose beads and placed in a solution of urea, resulting in an increase in pH. This behavior was found to be dependent upon the number of beads present in the array; however, reaction-induced convection occurred and plumes of high pH developed that extended to the walls of the reactor. The convection resulted in the motion of the mm-sized particles and conversion of the solution to high pH. Simulations in a simple model of the beads demonstrated the suppression of dynamical quorum sensing in the presence of flow
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