618 research outputs found
Supplemental Material - Comparative study of virulence factor genes, β-hemolysis and biofilm production in invasive and colonizing enterococci
No full textSupplemental Material for Comparative study of virulence factor genes, β-hemolysis and biofilm production in invasive and colonizing enterococci by Milica Jovanović, Branko Velebit, Tanja Tošić, Gina Maki, Sladjana Pavić, Snežana Jovanović, Rajica Stošović and Marcus J Zervos in European Journal of Inflammation.</p
Do more unequal countries redistribute more? does the median voter hypothesis hold?
No full textThe median voter hypothesis is important to endogenous growth theories because it provides the political mechanisms through which voters in more unequal countries re-distribute a greater proportion of income and thus (it is argued), by blunting incentives, reduce the country's growth rate. But he hypothesis was never properly tested because of lack of data on the distribution of (pre-tax and transfer) factor income across households, and hence on the exact amount of gain by the poorest quintile of poorest half. The author tests the hypothesis using t9 observations drawn from household budget surveys from 24 democracies. The data strongly support the hypothesis that countries with more unequal distribution of factor income redistribute more in favor of the poor - even when the analysis controls for the older people's share in total population (that is, for pension transfers). The evidence on the median voter hypothesis is much weaker. The author does find that middle-income groups gain more (or lose less) through redistribution in countries whereinitial (factor) income distribution is more unequal. This regularity evaporates, however, when pensions are dropped from social transfers and the focus is strictly on the more re-distributive social transfers.Income,Services&Transfers to Poor,Economic Theory&Research,Poverty Impact Evaluation,Environmental Economics&Policies,Inequality,Poverty Impact Evaluation,Economic Theory&Research,Safety Nets and Transfers,Services&Transfers to Poor
The Ricardian Vice: Why Sala-i-Martin’s calculations of world income inequality are wrong
No full textThe paper discusses recent world income inequality calculations by Sala- i-Martin. It shows that the two main problems with which the author had to grapple (too few data to derive countries’ income distributions, and sparseness of such data in time) are not solved in a satisfactory fashion. They, and several other simplifying assumptions, make Sala-i- Martin results very dubious. We argue that Sala-i-Martin has ended up by producing a population-weighted inter-national distribution of income augmented by a constant shift parameter and not a distribution of income among world citizens.income inequality, world, globalization
DIE "SLOWAKISCHE GRUBE" ("SLOVAČKA JAMA") AUF DEM NOERDLICHEN VELEBIT
No full textPri rekognosciranju terena, 28. srpnja 1995., slovački speleolozi B. Šmida i M. Griflik pronašli su ulaz u Slovačku jamu. Nakon devetodnevnih speleoloških istraživanja Slovaci
se spustili do "dna" na dubini od 514 m. Tom prilikom zamijećen je horizontalni kanal, -350 m. Tijekom ljeta 1996. Slovaci zajedno s kolegama iz Planinarskog društva Sveučilišta "Velebit" nastavljaju istraživanja Slovačke jame u horizontalnom kanalu na 350
dubine. Tri tjedna kasnije spustili su se do dubine od 1000 m. Tada je prvi put u ovoj jami viđena endemska troglobiontna pijavica Croatobranchus mestrovi. U listopadu 1996. grupa zagrebačkih speleologa iz planinarskih društava "Velebit" i "Željezničar" u suradnji s Hrvatskim prirodoslovnim muzejom spušta se u jamu do dubine
570 m kako bi za znanstvena istraživanja skupila jedinke pijavice. Iako taj put pijavica nije nađena, pronađeni su ostaci nepoznate vrste kornjaša iz roda Radziella. Radi nastavka istraživanja jame, 1998. i 1999. ostvarene su zajedničke hrvatsko-slovačke ekspedicije pod vodstvom Darka Bakšića i Branislava Šmide. 1998. Slovačka jama istraživana je u dva odvojena kanala. Slovački su speleolozi u nastavku dvorane Pompeji dosegli dubinu od 1022 m, dok su se u Kankulovskom kanalu čiji je nastavak nazvan Velebni kanal) hrvatski speleolozi spustili do dubine od 1268 m. U 1999. godini, nakon osmodnevnog boravka na dubini od 1254 m, hrvatski speleolozi istražili su novih -670 m horizontalnih kanala, te su dosegli dubinu od 1301 m. Slovački kolege u višim dijelovima jame otkrivaju nove dijelove nazvane Žumpa, dubine 866 m, i Hermanova studnja, dubine 530 m. Tom dubinom Slovačka jama zauzima 17. mjesto na listi najdubljih jama svijeta. Značajna je i duljina ovoga objekta, koja iznosi 2414 a poligonska duljina 5548 m.While surveying the terrain on the 28th July 1995, Slovak cavers B. Šmida and M. Grifik found the entrance of a Slovak cave pot-hole. After nine days of speleo exploration, Slovaks reached the "bottom" at the depth of-514 m. They have also noted the side passage at the depth of-350 m. During summer 1996 Slovaks, together with their colleagues from the University Mountaineering Society "Velebit", continued the exploration of the Slovak cave in the horizontal passage at 350 m of depth. Three weeks later they reached depth of -1000 m. For the first time they observed in the cave an endemic troglobiontic leech named Croatobranchus mestrovi. In October 1996 a group of cavers from Zagreb, members of the societies "Velebit" and "Željezničar", in co-operation with the Croatian Natural History Museum, descended into the cave to the depth of 570 m with aim to collect a specimen of the leech for further scientific research. But, instead of a leech, they found the remnants of the unknown Coleopteran species of genus Radziella. In 1998 and 1999 Croatian-Slovak expeditions, under the leadership of Darko Bakšić and Branislav Šmida, took place with aim to continue survey of the cave. In 1998 Slovak cave was surveyed in two separated passages. Slovak cavers by the end of cavern Pompeji reached the depth of 1022 m, while the Croatian cavers reached in Kalkulovski passage (the continuation of the passage is named Velebni kanal) the depth of 1268 m. In 1999, after eight days of long surveying at the depth of 1254 m, Croatian cavers explored 670 new metres of horizontal passages and reached the depth of 1301 m. Slovak cavers discovered in upper parts passage named Zumpa at the depth of 866 m and Hermanova studnja at -530 m. This depth makes Slovak cave the 17th deepest in the world at the list of the deepest world caves. Important values are length that is 2414 m and included length of 5548 m.Bei der Rekognoszierung des Terrains am 28. Juli 1995 fanden die slowakischen Spelaeologen B. Šmida und M. Griflik den Eingang in die "Slowakische Grube". Nach neun Tagen spelaelogischer Untersuchungen ließen sich die Slowaken bis zum Boden der Grube auf der Tiefe von 514 herab. Dabei wurde ein waagrechter Kanal auf-350 m gefunden. Im Laufe des Sommers setzten die Slowaken mit den Kollegen aus der Universitaets-Alpinisten-geselleschaft "Velebit" die Untersuchung in dem waagrechten Kanal fort, auf der Tiefe von 1000 m, und dann wurde zum ersten Mai der endemische dreiglobionte Egel Croatobranchus Mestrovi gesehen. Im Oktober 1996 ließ sich eine Gruppe der Zagreber Spelaeologen aus den Alpinisten-Gesellschaften "Velebit" und "Željezničar" (Eisenbahner) in Mitarbeit mit dem kroatischen naturwissenschaftlichen Museum in die Tiefe von 570 m herab, um die Exemplare des Egels zu sammeln und zu untersuchen. Obwohl diesmal der Egel nicht gefunden wurde, wurden Reste einei unbekannten Art Hartfluegel aus dem Geschlecht der Radziella aufgefunden. Um das Untersuchen der Grube fortzusetzen, wurden gemeinsame kroatisch-slowakische Expeditionen unter Fuehrung von Darko Bakšić und Branislav Smid organisiert. 1998 wurde die "Slowakische Grube" in zwei getrennten Kanaelen untersucht. Die slowakischen Spelaeologen erreichten in der Fortsetzung des Saals "Pompei" die Tiefe von 1022, und die kroatischen Spelaeologen ließen sich in den "Kankulovski Kanal" bis zur Tiefe von 1268 m herab (seine Fortsetzung wurde "Velebni Kanal" genannt). Im Jahre 1999, nach 8 Tagen des Verweilens auf der Tiefe von 1254 m, untersuchten die kroatischen Spelaelogen noch 670 m der waagrechten Kanaele und erreichten die Tiefe von 1301 m. Die slowakischen Kollegen entdeckten in hoeheren Teilen der Grube neue Teile, die "Žumpa" (-866) und "Hermanova Studnja" (-530) gennant wurden. Mit dieser Tiefe nimmt die Slowakische Grube den 17. Platz auf der Liste der tiefsten Gruben der Welt ein. Es ist auch die Laenge dieser Grube charakteristisch, sie ertraegt 2414 m, und ihre polygonische Laenge ertraegt 5548 m
Is inequality in Africa really different ?
No full textHigh inequality in Africa is something of a paradox: Africa should be a low-inequality continent according to the Kuznets hypothesis (because African countries are poor and agriculture-based), and also because land (the main asset) is widely shared. The author's hypothesis is that African inequality is politically determined. Yet in the empirical analysis, despite the introduction of several political variables, there is still an inequality-increasing"Africa effect"linked to ethnic fractionalization. The politics, however, may work through ethnic fractionalization, which provides an easy and secure basis for the formation of political groups. Although this is a plausible explanation, it is not fully satisfactory, and the author criticizes it in the concluding section.Services&Transfers to Poor,Earth Sciences&GIS,Economic Theory&Research,Poverty Impact Evaluation,Human Rights,Inequality,Poverty Impact Evaluation,Governance Indicators,Earth Sciences&GIS,Services&Transfers to Poor
BIOSPELEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CAVES AND PITS OF THE NORTHERN VELEBIT NATIONAL PARK IN 2018
No full textProjektom Biospeleološka istraživanja i inventarizacija faune u speleološkim
objektima Nacionalnog parka Sjeverni Velebit u suradnji Javne ustanove "Nacionalni
park Sjeverni Velebit" i Hrvatskog biospeleološkog društva, biospeleološki je istraženo 5
speleoloških objekata: Jama pod Budinom kosicom, Jama u kuku, Sniježnica u Medvjeđoj
dolini, Špilja u Štirovači i Terca. U svakom je objektu sakupljana fauna, mjereni su
mikroklimatski parametri te su fotodokumentirani ulaz, unutrašnjost objekta i fauna.
Detaljno su taksonomski obrađene skupine pauka (Araneae), jednakonožnih rakova
(Isopoda), striga (Chilopoda), dvojenoga (Diplopoda), skokuna (Collembola) i kornjaša
(Coleoptera). Rezultati ovog istraživanja značajno su doprinijeli poznavanju podzemne
faune Parka te su naglasili važnost i potrebu sustavne inventarizacije podzemne faune
speleoloških objekata.Via the project ‘Biospeleological investigations and inventory of the fauna in the speleological
structures of the Northern Velebit National Park’ in collaboration with the Northern Velebit
National Park public institution and the Croatian Biospeleological Society, five speleological
structures have been biospeleologically investigated: The pit below Budina kosica, the pit in Kuk,
Sniježnica in Medvjeđa valley, the cave in Štirovača and Terca. In each structure the fauna was
collected, the microclimatic parameters were measured and the entrance, underground spaces
and fauna were photographed. Groups of spiders (Araneae), crustaceans (Isopoda), centipedes
(Chilopoda), millipedes (Diplopoda), springtails (Collembola) and beetles (Coleoptera) were
taxonomically processed in detail. In total, 27 taxa were recorded of which 13 are troglobion,
i.e. species completely adapted to life underground. Four species were noted in the park for
the first time, and one of them is new to science. The range of the measured air temperatures
started from 2.9 to 9.8°C and this shows a great diversity of the habitats of the speleological
structures of Northern Velebit, which is evident also by the number of recorded species. These
results have complemented significantly to the list of the underground fauna of the park, expanded
the knowledge of the recorded species and have highlighted the importance of the systematic
inventorying of the underground fauna of speleological structures of all dimensions, small and
large. Likewise, it has shown that the underground fauna of the Northern Velebit National Park is
extremely interesting and worthy of preservation
Branko Souček (1930–2014)
No full textAutor u članku prikazuje znanstveno djelovanje akademika Branka Součeka, rođena u Bjelovaru. Naglašava se njegovo djelovanje u Institutu Ruđer Bošković, u Nacionalnom laboratoriju Brookhaven Državnog sveučilišta New York (Brookhave National Laboratory, State University of New York) i na Sveučilištu države Arizone u Tusconu (University of Arizona, Tuscon). Ističu se postignuća koja su ostavila trajan znanstveni trag u Hrvatskoj i u svijetu. Prikazani su svi aspekti rada Branka Součeka u znanstvenom polju računarstva koji obuhvaćaju konstruiranje uređaja s obilježjima digitalnog računala, osnivanje laboratorija, autorstvo knjiga
o mikroprocesorima i računalima.In this paper, the author presents the scientific activity of Academy Member Branko Souček, who was born in Bjelovar. His activity at the Ruđer Bošković Institute; at the Brookhave National Laboratory, State University of New York; and at the University of Arizona, Tuscon is pointed out. Achievements that have left a lasting scientific trace in both Croatia and the world are stressed. Presented are all aspects of Branko Souček’s active work within the scientific field of computer science, encompassing the construction of devices bearing features
of digital computers; laboratory establishment; authorship of books on microprocessors and computers
The organization of the chaos
No full textTitle: Organizimi i Kaosit (The organization of the chaos) Originally Published: In the monthly review Neo-shqiptarisma, Nr. 1, Tirana, 1930 Language: Albanian The excerpts used are from A. Plasari ed., Formula të Neoshqiptarismës. Përmbledhje shkrimesh (Tirana: Apollonia, 1996), pp. 99–102. About the author Branko Merxhani [1894 Istanbul – 1981, Istanbul]: scholar and writer. He was born in Istanbul and educated in Germany. In all likelihood, only his father was Albanian. By the end of the 1..
The organization of the chaos
No full textTitle: Organizimi i Kaosit (The organization of the chaos) Originally Published: In the monthly review Neo-shqiptarisma, Nr. 1, Tirana, 1930 Language: Albanian The excerpts used are from A. Plasari ed., Formula të Neoshqiptarismës. Përmbledhje shkrimesh (Tirana: Apollonia, 1996), pp. 99–102. About the author Branko Merxhani [1894 Istanbul – 1981, Istanbul]: scholar and writer. He was born in Istanbul and educated in Germany. In all likelihood, only his father was Albanian. By the end of the 1..
Cash social transfers, direct taxes, and income distribution in late socialism
No full textThe author analyzes the impact of direct taxes and cash social transfers on income distribution in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia in the years before the collapse of communism. He contrasts the results for socialist and market economies. Cash social transfers accounted for about a fifth of gross income, a proportion comparable with that in developed welfare economies. Generally, cash transfers were unrelated to income in socialist countries, in marked contrast with market economies, where such transfers go mainly to low income households. Direct taxes played almost no role in income redistribution. They were small - 1 to 2 percent of gross income, except in Hungary - and proportional to income. Most taxes were paid by enterprises, as payroll taxes, and most workers were unaware of the taxation and that public spending could not permanently exceed public revenues from taxation. In socialist countries, social support was built into the system through full employment guarantees, state run pension schemes, and free public education and health care. The only explicit policy toward poverty involved alcoholics, handicapped people, and other special categories. This system is being replaced by a market system in which the labor market is key and those who cannot earn enough must be supported by the state. To counteract increasing income disparities, social transfers must be focussed more on the poor. Eastern European states are ill prepared for this role. They have no experience in identifying the needy and targeting support to them. The question is, toward which world of welfare capitalism are the formerly socialist countries likely to evolve? The author contends that the Central European countries will probably evolve toward the corporatist model of continental Europe. Capitalist countries in Europe tend to have large social transfers that are often related to previous earnings, so they have relatively limited roles in income distribution. Transfers are closer to social insurance than to social assistance. The evolution of more agricultural Balkan countries and the Slavic republics of the former Soviet Union is more difficult to predict. Poorer and more agriculture based countries are generally less able to administer welfare schemes, gauge individual incomes, deliver social support - and their finances may be even more strained than those of their Central European counterparts.Services&Transfers to Poor,Poverty Impact Evaluation,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Safety Nets and Transfers
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