145 research outputs found
Persiflage oder Verherrlichung des k.u.k. Heerführers Conrad von Hötzendorf? Die Polemik um Miroslav Krležas Zeitungstext Barun Konrad (1915) // Persiflage or Glorification of the Austro-Hungarian Military Leader Conrad von Hötzendorf? A Polemic on Miroslav Krleža’s Newspaper Article Barun Conrad (1915)
No full textEin Artikel über die kriegsstrategischen Kompetenzen des k.u.k. Generalstabschefs Conrad von Hötzendorf, veröffentlicht in der Zagreber Tageszeitung »Obzor« im April 1915 unter dem Titel "Barun Konrad", brachte ihrem Autor Miroslav Krleža nach Kriegsende, im neubegründeten SHS-Königreich, heftige Angriffe ein. Gegen die Vorwürfe der Austrophilie und eines verlogenen Pazifismus polemisierte Krleža – bereits als unerbittlicher Kritiker der politischen Verhältnisse in der Donaumonarchie wie auch im neuen südslawischen Staat profiliert – mehrmals und suchte dabei zu zeigen, wie seine Gegner die literarische Ironie für bare Münze nahmen und im gleichen Zuge für politische Zwecke instrumentalisierten.
An article on the war competence of Conrad von Hötzendorf, the Chief of the k.u.k. General Staff, published in the Zagreb newspaper “Obzor” in April 1915 under the title Barun Conrad, was the reason for serious attacks on its author, Miroslav Krleža, in the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. As a relentless critic of political affairs in the Danube Monarchy as well as in the new South-Slav state, Krleža repeatedly inveighed against his opponents by showing they took his irony for granted in order to use it for political purposes
Sequence Analysis of the Variable Number Tandem Repeat in Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Gene
No full textEmerg Infect Dis
No full textFrom January 1, 1995, to December 31, 1997, we reviewed records of all New York City patients who had multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB); we performed insertion sequence (IS) 6110-based DNA genotyping on the isolates. Secondary genotyping was performed for low IS6110 copy band strains. Patients with identical DNA pattern strains were considered clustered. From 1995 through 1997, MDRTB was diagnosed in 241 patients; 217 (90%) had no prior treatment history, and 166 (68.9%) were born in the United States or Puerto Rico. Compared with non-MDRTB patients, MDRTB patients were more likely to be born in the United States, have HIV infection, and work in health care. Genotyping results were available for 234 patients; 153 (65.4%) were clustered, 126 (82.3%) of them in eight clusters of >or=4 patients. Epidemiologic links were identified for 30 (12.8%) patients; most had been exposed to patients diagnosed before the study period. These strains were likely transmitted in the early 1990 s when MDRTB outbreaks and tuberculosis transmission were widespread in New York
The European Citizens’ Prize
No full textAutor je obradio Medalju časti, koju svake godine dodjeljuje Europski parlament Građaninu Europe, na osnovi provedenog postupka. Ta je nagrada utemeljena 2008. godine. Ove su godine laureati iz Republike Hrvatske Tvrtko Barun i Hrvatska udruga Transplant.The author writes about the Medal of Honour awarded on an annual basis by the European Parliament to Citizens of Europe, following an accepted procedure. The Prize was founded in 2008. This year the laureates from the Republic of Croatia were Pater Tvrtko Barun and the Croatian Transplant Association
J Infect Dis
No full textTuberculosis remains a global health problem with an enormous burden of disease, estimated at 10.4 million new cases in 2015. To stop the tuberculosis epidemic, it is critical that we interrupt tuberculosis transmission. Further, the interventions required to interrupt tuberculosis transmission must be targeted to high-risk groups and settings. A simple cascade for tuberculosis transmission has been proposed in which (1) a source case of tuberculosis (2) generates infectious particles (3) that survive in the air and (4) are inhaled by a susceptible individual (5) who may become infected and (6) then has the potential to develop tuberculosis. Interventions that target these events will interrupt tuberculosis transmission and accelerate the decline in tuberculosis incidence and mortality. The purpose of this article is to provide a high-level overview of what is known about tuberculosis transmission, using the tuberculosis transmission cascade as a framework, and to set the scene for the articles in this series, which address specific aspects of tuberculosis transmission.CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/K24 AI114444/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/UM1 AI154463/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States
InSAR-based analysis and monitoring of hazardous glacial lakes in the Himalaya
No full textGlacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are outbursts caused by the failure of glacial lake moraine dams. Longer ongoing processes, such as moraine dam degradation, or instantaneous events, such as landslides, can trigger dam failure. GLOFs have a catastrophic downstream impact leading to significant economic damages and more than 12000 casualties worldwide until 2015, with Bhutan and Nepal being impacted the most. Climate change causes increasing temperature and precipitation, leading to the expansion of glacial lakes and the destabilisation of glaciers, slopes and moraine dams. Consequently, GLOFs are likely to become more frequent, and glacial lakes require continuous monitoring and analysis to understand and predict GLOF-related hazards. Since glacial lakes often lie in inaccessible mountainous regions, on-site monitoring is challenging and remote sensing proposes a safe and cost-effective solution. Satellite radar is unaffected by nighttime and clouds, enabling continuous displacement measurements. Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) using Sentinel-1 data from 2014 to 2021 was applied at six Himalayan glacial lake areas (Imja, Lunana, Barun, Rolpa, Thulagi and Lumding) to identify potential GLOF hazards and to investigate InSAR's capability as a monitoring tool. Optical, meteorological and topographical data were used to aid in interpreting the InSAR observations; linking displacements to potential hazards and evaluating the limitations of an InSAR-based analysis. Significant deformation was detected at the terminal moraines of Imja, Thulagi, Rolpa, Lunana and Barun Lakes; on lateral moraines at Rolpa and Lunana Lakes; and on rock glaciers at Imja, Rolpa, Barun and Lunana Lakes. In addition, significant seasonal variation could be distinguished, showing the impact of temperature and precipitation on geomorphological processes and potential hazard developments at glacial lakes. InSAR-related limitations arose in regions with significant topographic variations, extant snow or vegetation covers, and rapid displacements. This study demonstrates the capability of satellite InSAR as a glacial lake monitoring tool. An InSAR-based analysis is instrumental in highlighting areas from where GLOFs could originate, requiring mitigation measures or further investigation to map the impact of failure. By extending the research frame over multiple years, continuous and long-term monitoring could demonstrate the climatic influence on displacements and GLOF trigger developments.Applied Earth Science
The responsibility of rail carrier for the death and physical injury of passengers in rail transport after the accession of the Republic of Criatia to the European Union
No full textAutorica u radu analizira odredbe o odgovornosti prijevoznika za smrt i tjelesne ozljede
putnika koje nastanu tijekom realizacije ugovora o prijevozu željeznicom u odnosu na
domaće pravne propise. Nakon ulaska Republike Hrvatske u Europsku uniju (u daljnjem
tekstu EU) 1. srpnja 2013. na domaći prijevoz putnika primjenjuju se odredbe Uredbe
(EC) 1371/2007 Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća o pravima i obvezama putnika u željezničkom
prometu (u daljnjem tekstu Uredba 1371/2007)1 koje su u cijelosti implementirane
u hrvatsko zakonodavstvo. Obrada pitanja odgovornosti prijevoznika za navedene štete
izvršena je kroz prikaz i analizu: pravnih izvora, međunarodnih i domaćih, ugovora o
prijevozu putnika, općih odredaba o odgovornosti prijevoznika, odgovornosti prijevoznika
za smrt i tjelesne ozljede putnika. Posebnu pozornost posvećuje institutu osiguranja od
odgovornosti prijevoznika i izravnoj tužbi. Autorica zaključuje da je Republika Hrvatska
uskladila svoje zakonodavstvo s međunarodnim unifikacijskim instrumentima i pravom
EU iz područja željezničkog putničkog prijevoza, što je uvelike doprinijelo osuvremenjivanju
hrvatskog ugovornog prijevoznog prava.The author analyses the provisions on responsibility for the death and physical injury
of passengers in rail transport after the implementation of the agreement on rail transport
in relation to domestic legal regulations. After the accession of the Republic of Croatia to
the European Union on 1 July 2013, in the domestic transport of passengers the provisions
of the Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of 23 October 2007 of the European Parliament and
of the Council on rail passengers’ rights and obligations are applicable. They are entirely
implemented in the Croatian legislation. The analysis of the question of passenger responsibility
in the aforementioned loss is done through the analysis of: legal sources, both international
and national; agreement on passenger transport; general provisions on the responsibility of
rail carrier, and the responsibility of rail carrier for death and physical injury of passengers.
Particular attention is paid to the insurance of the rail carrier’s liability and to the direct
action. The author concludes that the Republic of Croatia has harmonised its legislation with
international unification instruments and the law of the European Union in the area of rail
passenger transport; this has greatly contributed to the modernisation of Croatian contractual
transport law
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