136 research outputs found
Defining The Conceptual Model For UNESCO Digital Trail Development Based On Stakeholder Technology Acceptance: The Case Of the Scottish National Trail
No full textSlides and paper presented at 7th UNESCO UNITWIN Conference, World Heritage and Tourism Innovation, 15-20th May 2022, Portoroz, Slovenia.
Author affiliations:
Giancarlo Fedeli, Krems University,
Miha Bratec, University of Primorska
Katarzyna Minor, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Conference Website: https://unitwin2022.turistica.si/en</p
Enterococcus cecorum INFECTION IN TWO CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN AND IN TWO ADULT SEPTIC PATIENTS
Get PDFEnterococcus cecorum is mostly found as normal gut flora in farm animals, especially pigs and poultry. However, sometimes it can cause extended infections and disease in those animals, as was recently reported in Canada where it caused arthritis and osteomyelitis in chickens. Until now, only a few reports have been published on Enterococcus cecorum as a potential pathogen in humans. We have reported 4 cases of infection with this rare human pathogen. The organism was proven in 2 blood samples from adult patients with sepsis and in 2 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples taken from children with external ventricular drainage (EVD) and diagnosed ventriculitis. In two cases (one child and one adult), other bacterial pathogens were also detected. The organism could not be cultivated and could only be identified with analysis of 16S rRNA gene PCR. The following molecular biomarkers were used to confirm the infection, and exclude sample contamination: white blood cell count, neutrophils, C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT) and presepsin (sCD14-ST). Enterococcus cecorum was identified as a pathogen with 16S rRNA gene PCR and could have caused the infection in all patients. We also suspected the first possible human-to-human transmission of bacteria from a mother to a newborn child
Diagnostic accuracy of (1→3)-β-D-glucan to predict Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in non-HIV-infected patients
No full textPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a common and potentially fatal opportunistic infection in immunocompromised non-HIV individuals. There are problems with clinical and diagnostic protocols for PCP that lack sensitivity and specificity. We designed a retrospective study to compared several methods that were used in diagnostics of PCP
Use of Immunochromatographic SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing in Eight Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly
No full textThe clinical validation of the NADAL COVID-19 antigen test (Nal von Minden, Moers, Germany) started in eight Slovenian long-term health care facilities in October 2020. The purpose of clinical validation is to implement the test into the everyday working process in long-term care (LTC) facilities and demonstrate how it can be used to mitigate the spread of the virus in these environments. The facilities compared the results of antigen tests to the results obtained using Cobas 6800 SARS-CoV-2 real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (Roche, USA). Sensitivity (86.96%, 95% CI: 66.41–97.23%) and specificity (88.24%, 95% CI: 80.35–93.77%) of the NADAL COVID-19 antigen test were good. Rapid antigen testing served well for early detection of infection and helped to prevent and control spread of the SARS Cov2 in six out of eight LTCs. Moreover, mini-outbreaks were quickly resolved in all six LTCs. Locally validated immunochromatographic SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing can be used to contain the spread of the virus in LTCs. Antigen tests also deliver accurate information very quickly if used early with a low threshold. The NADAL COVID-19 antigen test proved to be a good screening tool to detect SARS-COV-2 in LTCs
Emerg Infect Dis
No full textWe report a case of Babesia crassa-like infection in an asplenic patient in Slovenia in 2014. We diagnosed the infection using microscopy, 18S rRNA sequencing, and serology and monitored parasitemia using digital PCR. With its increasing occurrence, babesiosis should be included in differential diagnoses for immunocompromised patients displaying fever
Diagnostic accuracy of (1→3)-β-D-glucan to predict Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in non-HIV-infected patients
Get PDFBackground Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a common and potentially fatal opportunistic infection in immunocompromised non-HIV individuals. There are problems with clinical and diagnostic protocols for PCP that lack sensitivity and specificity. We designed a retrospective study to compared several methods that were used in diagnostics of PCP. Patients and methods One hundred and eight immunocompromised individuals with typical clinical picture for PCP and suspicious radiological findings were included in the study. Serum samples were taken to measure the values of (1-3)-[beta]-D-glucan (Fungitell, Associates of Cape Cod, USA). Lower respiratory tract samples were obtained to perform direct immunofluorescence (DIF, MERIFLUOR Pneumocystis, Meridian, USA) stain and real-time PCR (qPCR). Results Fifty-four (50%) of the 108 patients in our study had (1-3)-[beta]-D-glucan > 500 pg/ml. Patients that had (1-3)-[beta]-D-glucan concentrations 400 pg/mL and mean Ct of 28.97 +- 5.27 (P 400pg/ml and qPCR below 30 Ct, allow us to conclude that patient has PCP. If the values of (1-3)-[beta]-D-glucan are < 400 pg/ml and qPCR is above 35 Ct than colonization with P. jirovecii is more possible than PCP
Francoska revolucija v slovenskih sodbah 19. stoletja
Get PDFThe author represents the points of view as to the French Revolution of the Slovene liberal daily Slovenski Narod (Slovene Nation) 1870, 1889, and catholic daily Slovenec (Slovenian) 1889, further of the authors of the first Slovene universal (world) histories Miha Verne (1863) and Josip Stare (1888), as well as of the historian and later politician Fran Šuklje (1870—1884).Avtor prikazuje, s kakšnimi očmi so gledali na francosko revolucijo slovenski liberalni dnevnik Slovenski Narod (1870, 1889) in katoliški dnevnik Slovenec (1889), pisca prvih slovenskih občih (svetovnih) zgodovin Miha Verne (1863) in Josip Stare (1888) ter zgodovinar, pozneje politik Fran Šuklje (1870—1884)
Engaging Ethnography and Tourism. A Native Festival Organiser's Experience
Get PDFU etnologiji su sve glasniji zahtjevi za istraživanjem s namjenom društvenog djelovanja. Posebno se istraživačko ishodište uspostavlja kada je etnolog već unaprijed dio društvenoga procesa koji namjerava istražiti te svojim znanjem na njega i djelovati. Autor obrađuje vlastito iskustvo omladinskog aktivista, odnosno organizatora festivala i etnografa domaćeg okoliša. Također pojašnjava zašto je svoje istraživanje usmjerio na polje turizma.While “anthropology at home” has become a widely recognised research agenda, research deriving from the researcher’s own identity, locality and habitual practices is still not a very common practice. The author analyses how certain
aspects of his own (local) identity formation constituted his fieldwork projects. He shows how his local identification evolved through interaction with certain place-making processes, which he was also analysing as a researcher. At a certain point the author realised he was not merely ethnographically documenting these processes, but was also actively initiating them. His role of “fellow passenger”
thus developed into a consciously activist role. Since at the time tourism was emerging as a generator of local change and public hope, the author too engaged in tourism-related activities, namely music festivals. The author also points out certain ethical dilemmas that have accompanied his untypical research agenda,
and discusses the possibilities of ethnography and tourism for creating a nonreactionary concept of place and local identity
Ptuj and other real places in the narrative prose of Miha Remec
Get PDFV magistrski nalogi z naslovom Ptuj in drugi realni kraji v pripovedni prozi Mihe Remca je poudarek na dogajalnem prostoru, tj. mestu Ptuj, ki je rojstni kraj avtorja obravnavanih del Mihe Remca.
V prvem delu naloge je predstavljena teoretična zasnova za analizo, to je teorija dogajalnega prostora v literaturi, teorija urbanega romana, teorija identificiranja realnih krajev v literaturi in predstavitev osrednjih kronotopov po Bahtinu. Teoretični del naloge vključuje še obravnavo mesta kot dogajalnega prostora v tuji in slovenski literaturi ter pomen kolektivne memorije in geniusa loci v književnosti.
V drugem delu magistrske naloge sledi analiza literarnih del. Osrednji del predstavljajo povest z dramsko predlogo in dva romana, ki so prostorsko umeščeni v mesto Ptuj in okolico. V njih so predstavljeni zgodovinski, politični in kulturni vidiki Ptuja. Ob tem so prikazane možnosti pojavitev kolektivne memorije, geniusa loci in regionalne identitete. Prikazani so opisi okolja, iz katerih lahko razberemo, ali je Ptuj v vlogi urbanega mesta ali ne. Romana sta obravnavana tudi po kategorizaciji kronotopov po Bahtinu. Sledi obravnava drugih Remčevih pripovednih del, ki ne vsebujejo sestavine oz. dogajalnega prostora Ptuja, a se v njih pojavi ogromno drugih realnih krajev ter primerjava teh z opisi Ptuja. Na koncu so predvidene tudi povezave del, oziroma realnih krajev v njih, z avtorjevim življenjem.The master thesis with the title Ptuj and other real places in the narrative prose of Miha Remc focuses on the setting, i.e. the town Ptuj, the birthplace of the author of the discussed literary works, Miha Remc.
The first part of the thesis introduces the theoretical concepts for analysis, which is the theory of the narrative space in literature, the theory of urban novel, the theory of real places identification in literature as well as the introduction of central chronotopes according to Bahtin. The theoretical part of the thesis includes the role of the city as the narrative space in foreign and Slovenian literature as well as the importance of collective memory and Genious Loci in literature.
The second part of the master thesis includes the analysis of literary works. The central part are the tale with dramatic material and two novels, which are placed into the town of Ptuj and its surroundings. They present the historical, political and cultural aspects of Ptuj. The possibility of occurrences of collective memory, Genious Loci and regional identity are also shown. This part also includes descriptions of surroundings which show whether Ptuj is playing a role of an urban town or not. The novels are also discussed after the chronotope categorisation according to Bahtin. This is followed by the analysis of other narrative works of Remec, which do not include Ptuj, however many other real places occur in them as well as the comparison to the descriptions of Ptuj. At the end of the thesis there are also connections of works or real places, which occur in these works, with the authors life
Hate Speech and French Mediaeval Literature
Get PDFHate speech is spoken or written word which expresses a hostile attitude of a dominating majority towards any kind of minority. The author analyses a few examples of hate speech in literary history and concludes that such a phenomenon is typical of The Song of Roland, whether uttered in a direct way or spoken between the lines. One will expect hate speech in epic and heroic poetry, less in the Troubadour poetry. Yet we come across this awkward characteristic even in their love poetry. To be quite clear, in the poetry of Bernart de Ventadorn. The last part of the article is about the courtly romance. The author concludes that hate speech can only be controlled by love, not any, but the love that makes one a better person, and which the Troubadours called fin’amors
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