182 research outputs found

    The EU Strategy for the Danube Region: What Potential Contribution to Regional Stability and Co-operation? Bruges Regional Integration & Global Governance Paper 4/2011, September 2011

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    The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region is a recent initiative that aims to enhance sub-regional co-operation through collaboration on a series of crossborder projects. In this paper, I present an analysis of the strategy’s preparation and consultation stages in order to assess the extent to which it incorporates an effective external dimension, capable of enhancing regional stability and cooperation. In order to identify a set of common indicators that are indicative of successful sub-regional policy, I begin my research with an analysis of three existing sub-regional frameworks: the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, the Northern Dimension and the Black Sea Economic Co-operation. On the basis of this analysis, I identify indicators of successful sub-regional policy as: equal partnership, joint ownership, diverse stakeholder involvement, adequate funding and institutional capacity, strong level of commitment and common interests and objectives. When applied to the external dimension of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region, the indicators reveal several weaknesses that may serve to reduce the strategy’s overall effectiveness. By identifying areas for improvement, this research aims to make a contribution to progressive sub-regional policy, while providing a comprehensive case study that may be subject to analysis within a broader theoretical framework

    Short story by Mojca Kumerdej

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    Pričujoče diplomsko delo podaja značilnosti sodobne slovenske kratke proze, proučuje izbrano sodobno slovensko avtorico in njeni kratkoprozni zbirki Fragma in Temna snov ter prinaša zapis o značilnostih literature, ki jo pišejo ženske. Slovenska pisateljica Mojca Kumerdej sodi v obdobje slovenske literarne postmoderne. Za to obdobje sta značilni izrazita heterogenost in pluralnost. Znotraj dobe opazimo več literarnih smeri, ki se medsebojno prepletajo, včasih opazimo celo več literarnih smeri znotraj istega dela: neorealizem, postsimbolizem, magični realizem, neodekadenco, minimalizem, postmodernizem. Za literaturo je nemogoče najti skupno imerečemo lahko, da je obdobje slovenske postmoderne obdobje »avtopoetik«. Med literarnimi ustvarjalci je v omenjenem obdobju najpriljubljenejša kratka proza. Obseg pojma kratka proza je skrajno nejasen, zato največkrat nedoločen. Tradicionalna literarna teorija navaja več sinonimnih izrazov, kljub temu pa si sodobna literarna veda prizadeva za vrstno razločevanje znotraj področja kratke proze: kratka zgodba (short story), novela, črtica. Literarni znanstveniki (Blanka Bošnjak) razlikujejo več tipov slovenske kratke proze: postmodernističnega, ultramodernističnega, iracionalno-mističnega in neorealističnega. Neorealistični prozni pisavi sledi Mojca Kumerdej, umetnostna kritičarka in kulturna kronistka, in sicer v svoji prvi zbirki kratke proze Fragma. Literarni opus Mojce Kumerdej obsega tri dela – roman Krst nad Triglavom (2001) ter dve kratkoprozni zbirki, že omenjeno Fragmo (2003) in Temno snov (2011), ki sta osrednji predmet diplomskega dela. V Fragmi gre za prikaz neznanih, skrajnih, celo zločinskih vidikov iz življenja navidez običajnega človeka. Fragma je simbol za duševni zapredek, ki v določenem trenutku poči in privede v nepričakovana dejanja (detomor, samomor, sadomazohizem, pedofilija idr. patološkosti). Jezikovno-slogovno so besedila zaznamovana s pogovornimi in slengovskimi izrazi, pojavljajo se tudi angleški citati. Temna snov podaja zgodbe iz življenja v sodobnem svetu. Njene osrednje teme so sodobnikove frustracije, prekrite travme, spolne zlorabe, zločini, čudodelstva, izključevalnost do drugačnih, materializem. Naslov simbolizira skrite, zamolčane globine v človeku, za katere je le vprašanje časa, kdaj bodo prišle na dan. Besedila se ukvarjajo z vprašanjem, kaj se skriva za videzom, za navidez urejeno vsakdanjostjo. Napisana so v nezahtevnem, komunikativnem slogu. Mojca Kumerdej se s svojima zbirkama kratke proze nesporno uvršča med najkakovostnejše sodobne slovenske avtorice, a je treba opozoriti na dejstvo, da literarna zgodovina in kritika ženski ustvarjalnosti še vedno ne namenjata dovolj pozornosti oziroma jo puščata v ozadju.This diploma paper examines the characteristics of Slovenian short prose and focuses on a contemporary Slovenian author and her two collections of short prose: Fragma and Temna snov. Furthermore, it also considers the characteristics of women’s writing. The Slovenian writer Mojca Kumerdej is an author of the Slovenian postmodern literature. The distinctive features of this period include heterogeneity and plurality. There are several intertwining literary tendencies, sometimes even within the same piece of writing: neorealism, post-symbolism, magic realism, neo-decadence, minimalism, and postmodernism. It is impossible to find a common name for this literatureit can only be said that the Slovenian postmodern period is a period of “Autopoetics”. The most popular literary genre among the authors from this period is short prose. The definition of short prose is extremely vague, therefore for the most part undetermined. Traditional literary theory lists several synonyms, but literary theory insists on the following type classification within short prose: short story, novella, sketch story. Literary theorists (Blanka Bošnjak) define several types of Slovenian short prose. In the period after Slovenia\u27s independence, the prevailing tendency would be neorealism, which Mojca Kumerdej, the author of two collections of short prose, Fragma (2003) and Temna snov (2011), also subscribes to. In her first collection, Fragma, she deals with unknown, extreme, even criminal aspects in the life of a seemingly ordinary human being. The word “fragma” is a symbol of a mental cocoon that suddenly bursts and leads to unexpected events (infanticide, suicide, sadomasochism, paedophilia and other pathological states). In terms of language and style, the texts contain colloquial and slang terms and occasional English quotations. The author\u27s second collection, Temna snov, contains stories about the life in the modern world. The main themes include contemporary frustrations, concealed traumas, sexual abuse, crime, miracles, social exclusion, and materialism. The title Temna snov (Dark matter) symbolises hidden, concealed depths in a person, where it is only a matter of time when it all bursts into the open. The texts pose the question what is hidden behind the appearance, the seemingly tidy every-day life. The style of writing is unpretentious and communicative. On the basis of her two collections of short prose, Mojca Kumerdej unquestionably deserves her place among the best contemporary Slovenian authors. It should be noted, however, that literary history and literary critique still do not pay enough attention to female creativity

    PICTURE BOOKS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MOJCA OSOJNIK

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    Namen moje diplomske naloge je bil predstaviti Mojco Osojnik kot avtorico in ilustratorko njenih štirih avtorskih slikanic. Ker je slikanica likovno-tekstovna celota, sem v vsaki slikanici analizirala likovni in tekstovni del. Pri besednem delu so me zanimale morfološke značilnosti besedila, pri likovnem delu sem se osredotočila na likovne značilnosti ilustracij. Podrobna analiza posameznih slikanic mi je pomagala ugotoviti, ali so moje hipoteze, ki sem jih postavila na začetku diplomskega dela, pravilne ali nepravilne. Besedila Mojce Osojnik so pravljična, in sicer gre za kratke sodobne pravljice s poosebljeno živaljo. V teh pravljicah so glavni literarni liki poosebljene živali. V njih opazimo dvoplastnost dogajanja, ki se odvija v enem samem svetu. Irealno raven vzpostavljajo poosebljene živali, ki pa so postavljene v realni svet (sodobno okolje). Prevladuje vsevedi pripovedovalec. Besedila imajo leposlovno vsebino in poučno tematiko (na slednjo opozarjajo pregovori na koncu zgodbe)izjema je slikanica z naslovom Hiša, ki bi rada imela sonce. V tej pravljici je glavni literarni lik poosebljen predmet, zato jo štejemo pod kratko sodobno pravljico s poosebljenim predmetom. Besedila so namenjena in razumljiva otrokom, ki ne znajo brati (otrokom v predšolskem obdobju) in otrokom, ki samostojno berejo. Da bi bolje razumela in opredelila značilnosti ilustracij Mojce Osojnik, sem dodatno analizirala tri slikanice, v katerih je Mojca le ilustratorka. Ugotovila sem, da je likovni izraz Mojce Osojnik zelo kompleksen. V svoje ilustracije rada vključuje kolaž, fotografijo in druge likovne tehnike, ki jih med seboj kombinira. Ilustracije so polne različnih prostorskih pogledov in filmskih rezov. Ilustracije dopolnjujejo in se logično vežejo na pripoved. V njih najdemo vrhunsko oblikovane rešitve, zato so zanimive tudi za odrasle. Zaradi drobnih humorističnih detajlov živih barv pa so ilustracije privlačne tudi za otroke.SUMMARY The main aim of the assignmnet is to present Mojca Osojnik as a writer and as an illustrator of her four authorial picture books. A picture book consists of a drawing-verbal unit, so I decided to analyse both - drawing and verbal part. At the verbal part I focused my interest on morphological characteristics of the text whereas at the drawing part I centred on characteristics of the illustrations themselves. Detailed analysis of the individual picture books helped me to confirm or to reject my hypothesis. Texts of Mojca Osojnik are fairy – they are short contemporary fairy-tales with a personified animalthe main characters are animals. In fairy-tales of Mojca Osojnik we meet two layers of the events taking place in one single world: unreal layer is presented by personified animals which are set in the real world (modern world). So called »all-knowing« author prevails in her tales. The stories of her fairy-tales consist of instructive elements, too (we can notice them as proverbs in the end of the tales)but there is one single exception - the picture book Hiša, ki bi rada imela sonce. The main character in the last mentioned picture book is a personified object, so we classify this picture book as a short contemporary fairy-tale with a personified object. The texts are meant and intelligible for unliterate children (preschool children) as well as for literate children. Due to better understanding and definition of the characteristics of illustrations of Mojca Osojnik, I additionally analysed three of her picture books where she appears only as an illustrator. I found out that her artistic image as an illustrator is very complex. She likes to include and combine different artistic techniques, photos and patchwork. Her illustrations are full of different space looks and film cuts. Her illustrations logically complete her stories. We can meet there brilliant solutions, that is why they are attractive for adults, too. Tiny humourous details of glaring colours drag children to admire the illustrations of Mojca Osojnik

    Determining transposable element expression from RNA sequencing data

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    Transpozicijski elementi (TE) sestavljajo približno polovico človeškega genoma in lahko vplivajo na izražanje genov, dostopnost kromatina, aktivirajo lahko poti celičnega signaliziranja, odzive preko RNK interference, sprožijo staranje in protivirusne aktivnosti. Njihovo preučevanje je zahtevno zaradi velike raznolikosti zaporedij, lokusov in števila kopij v genomu. V delu smo iz podatkov sekvenciranja RNK izvedli analizo diferencialnega izražanja TE pri otrocih s COVID-19 povezanimi inflamatornimi boleznimi v času aktivne bolezni pred zdravljenjem in 6 mesecev po predstavitvi bolezni oz. ob remisiji. Vzorec odvzet v remisiji je služil kot kontrolni vzorec. Izvedli smo analizo diferencialnega izražanja TE z bioinformacijskim orodjem TEtranscripts in uporabo referenčnih genomov GRCh38 in T2T-CHM13. Rezultati analize so pokazali 681 statistično značilno diferencialno izraženih TE ob uporabi GRCh38 in 738 ob uporabi T2T-CHM13, pri čemer so bili ob hkratnem upoštevanju kriterija |logFC| ≥ 2 diferencialno izraženi 3 TE ob uporabi GRCh38 in 2 ob uporabi T2T-CHM13. Vsi statistično značilno izraženi TE z |logFC| ≥ 2 so bolj izraženi v času aktivne bolezni kot pa v remisiji, kar potrjuje ugotovitev iz literature, da je povečana aktivnost TE značilna za inflamatorna stanja. Referenčni genom T2T-CHM13 kot prvi popoln človeški genom predstavlja boljšo referenco za določanje izražanja TE, zakaj točno pride do razlik z GRCh38, pa bi morali še natančneje proučiti.Transposable elements (TEs) make up approximately half of the human genome and can affect gene expression, chromatin accessibility, activate cell signalling pathways, RNA interference responses as well as trigger ageing and antiviral activities. Their study is challenging due to the high diversity in terms of sequences, loci and copy number in the genome. In this work we used RNA sequencing data to analyse the differential expression of TEs in children with COVID-19-associated inflammatory diseases before treatment, during flare, and at time of disease remission, after 6 months. The sample taken at remission was considered as control sample. The analysis was performed using the TEtranscripts bioinformatics tool and the GRCh38 and T2T-CHM13 reference genomes. The results of differential expression analysis performed by the tool showed 681 statistically significant differentially expressed TEs using GRCh38 and 738 using T2T-CHM13, with three TEs expressed using GRCh38 and two using T2T-CHM13 when filtering for |logFC| ≥ 2. All significant transposable elements with expression |logFC| ≥ 2 are expressed more in flare of disease than in the remission state, confirming the finding in literature that increased TE activity is characteristic of inflammatory state. The T2T-CHM13 reference genome as the first complete human genome provides a better reference for determining TE expression, however, the exact reasons for the differences with GRCh38 should be further investigated

    Wireless Networks Security

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    V diplomskem delu obravnavamo varnost, penetracijsko testiranje in različne tipe napadov na brezžična omrežja. Teoretično se seznanimo s področjem brezžičnih omrežij, varnostnimi mehanizmi in najbolj uporabljenimi varnostnimi standardi. V nadaljevanju sistematično pregledamo področje penetracijskega testiranja. Razdelimo penetracijsko testiranje na tipe in različne metodologije. Pojasnimo naloge izvajalca in naročnika penetracijskega testiranja. Opišemo potek izvajanja penetracijskega testiranja z metodologijo NIST na ciljnem sistemu in brezžičnem omrežju. Nato se osredotočimo na znane napade na brezžičnih omrežjih. Spoznamo ranljivosti, ki omogočajo njihovo izvajanje. Napade tudi praktično izvedemo na lastnih napravah.In this thesis we deal with security, penetration testing and different types of attacks on wireless networks. We theoretically familiarize with the field of wireless networks, security mechanisms and the most used security standards. Then we systematically overview the field of penetration testing. We divide the penetration testing on types and different methodologies. We explain the tasks of the provider and the subscriber in penetration testing. Description of the process of conducting the penetration testing is made using NIST methodology on the target system and wireless network. Then we focus our attention on known attacks on wireless networks. We learn about the theoretical part of security authentication and the vulnerabilities of wireless networks. The attacks are also practically executed on our own devices

    EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND SHOPPING CENTRES

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    V magistrskem delu sem raziskovala vpliv razdrobljenosti občin na upravljanje s prostorom na primeru industrijskih con in nakupovalnih središč. Zanimalo me je, kam, na katera zemljišča in v kakšnem obsegu so se umeščale industrijske cone in nakupovalna središča. Za obravnavano območje sem izbrala pomursko statistično regijo, saj je le-ta najbolj razdrobljena na 27 občin (ob osamosvojitvi so bile le 4) ki so majhne tako po površini kot tudi številu prebivalcev. Po pregledu literature o lokalni samoupravi in njenem delovanju v prostorskem načrtovanju sem ugotovila, da je upravljavska sposobnost manjših občin večinoma slabša, ni pa nujno. Nadalje sem raziskovala občine in njihove občinske uprave pomurske statistične regije ter ugotovila, da so vse povezane v skupne občinske uprave ali v skupne občinske inšpektorate, izjema je mestna občina Murska Sobota. V programu Arc Gis sem označila površine umeščenih industrijskih con in nakupovalnih središč ter s pomočjo zgodovinskih satelitskih posnetkov hkrati preverjala, na katera zemljišča so cone in nakupovalna središča umeščeni. Ugotovila sem, da so novi objekti bili postavljeni na kmetijskih zemljiščih (njiva, travnik, …) in gozdnih zemljiščih. Nato sem s pomočjo študije ranljivosti, privlačnosti in ustreznosti prostora za proizvodne cone naredila analizo privlačnosti, ranljivosti in ustreznosti prostora za umestitev con in središč. S pomočjo ustreznosti prostora sem preverila primernost že umeščenih ter načrtovane površine za umestitev industrijskih con in nakupovalnih središč. Ugotovila sem, da so umeščeni objekti večinoma na neustreznih zemljiščih, prav tako načrtovane površine niso na najbolj ustreznih zemljiščih. Nazadnje podajam ukrepe za boljše upravljanje s prostorom.In my master\u27s thesis, I researched the impact of the fragmentation of municipalities on spatial management using the example of industrial zones and shopping centers. I was interested in where, on which land and to what extent the industrial zones and shopping centers were located. I chose the Pomurje statistical region for the area under consideration, as it is the most fragmented into 27 municipalities (at the time of independence, there were only 4), which are small both in terms of area and number of inhabitants. After reviewing the literature on local self-government and its functioning in spatial planning, I found that the management ability of smaller municipalities is mostly worse, but it is not necessarily so. I further researched the municipalities and their municipal administrations of the Pomurska statistical region and found that they are all connected to joint municipal administrations or joint municipal inspectorates, the exception being the municipality of Murska Sobota. In the ArcGis program, I marked the surfaces of located industrial zones and shopping centers and with the help of historical satellite maps recordings, simultaneously checking on which land the zones and shopping centers are located. I found out that the new facilities were built on agricultural and forest land. Then, with the help of a study of the vulnerability, attractiveness and suitability of the space for the production zones, I made an analysis of the attractiveness, vulnerability and suitability of the space for the placement of zones and centers. I checked the suitability of already placed and planned areas for the placement of industrial zones and shopping centers. I found that the facilities located are mostly on unsuitable land, and the planned areas are also not on the most suitable land. Finally, I give measures for better management of space
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