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River Habitat Survey: Does This Help to Explain the Nature of Water Mite (Acari and Hydrachnidia) Assemblages?

In the European Union, assessments of the quality of the aquatic environment based on aquatic invertebrates are mandatory. Biological methods are supplemented with hydromorphological assessments of watercourses. There are many studies analysing the relationships between aquatic invertebrates and the hydromorphological assessment of the environment by the River Habitat Survey (RHS) method, but thus far, there has been no detailed study including water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) and the application...

Download 2023 Grzegorz Michoński , Joanna Pakulnicka , Iga Lewin , Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska , Vladimir Pešić , Ewa Filip , Robert Stryjecki , Andrzej Zawal , Aleksandra Bańkowska , Tapas Chatterjee

Wiley

Limited population genetic variation but pronounced seascape genetic structuring in populations of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from the eastern Adriatic Sea

AbstractPopulation genetic analysis of variation at five neutral microsatellite loci for Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from 18 sites along the eastern Adriatic Sea revealed little or no spatial variation. In contrast, seascape genetics analysis revealed a pronounced locus‐specific gradient in allelic and genotypic frequencies across the study region. At a sixth locus, MGE7, the frequencies of two alleles, MGE7243 and MGE7249, were strongly associated, negatively and positively,...

Download 2023 Lidija Svečnjak , Ana Gavrilović , Joanna S. Hamilton , Mirna Mrkonjić Fuka , Rigers Bakiu , Slađana Nikolić , Marina Piria , Jonathan P. A. Gardner

SAGE Publications

No social distancing from food: How the COVID-19 pandemic shaped student food-related activities in the Western Balkans

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced food preparation and consumption habits, as well as food wastage. The pandemic also affected the lives of university students worldwide; their learning and living environments changed, influencing their eating habits. Aim The purpose of this study was to evaluate the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ food-related activities in four countries in the Western Balkans: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Montenegro. Methods...

Download 2023 Sinisa Berjan , Željko Vaško , Tarek Ben Hassen , Aleksandra Despotovic , Hamid El Bilali , Adriana Radosavac , Zvezda Bogevska , Drago Cvijanovic , Mohammad S. Allahyari

IEEE

Research and Analysis of IT Specifications of Good Practices in the Area of Artificial Intelligence

Download 2023 K. Rasheva - Yordanova , P. Petrov , P. Tsvetkova , V. Martsenyuk , I. Dirgova-Luptakova , I. Kostadinova , P. Petrova , I. Jovancevic , G. Dimitrov , D. Rancic

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Redox Status and Telomere–Telomerase System Biomarkers in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Using a Principal Component Analysis: Is There a Link?

In the present study, we examined redox status parameters in arterial and venous blood samples, its potential to predict the prognosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients assessed through its impact on the comprehensive grading SYNTAX score, and its clinical accuracy. Potential connections between common blood biomarkers, biomarkers of redox status, leukocyte telomere length, and telomerase enzyme activity in the acute myocardial infarction burden were assessed using principal component...

Download 2023 Milica Stefanović , Srdjan Kafedžić , Aleksandar N. Nešković , Saša Hinić , Ivan Ilić , Barbara Ostanek , Miron Sopić , Nataša Bogavac-Stanojević , Janja Marc , Marija Zdravković , ... Pogledajte sve

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The Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2-Inhibitors on Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease or Steatohepatitis and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are part of metabolic syndrome and share multiple causal associations. Both conditions have an alarmingly increasing incidence and lead to multiple complications, which have an impact on a variety of organs and systems, such as the kidneys, eyes, and nervous and cardiovascular systems, or may cause metabolic disruptions. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2-inhibitors (SGLT2-i), as an antidiabetic class with well-established...

Download 2023 Roxana Adriana Stoica , Anca Pantea Stoian , Manfredi Rizzo , Andrej Janež , Špela Volčanšek , Djordje Popovic , Emir Muzurović , Teodor Salmen , Ioana-Cristina Bica

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Modelling Water Erosion and Mass Movements (Wet) by Using GIS-Based Multi-Hazard Susceptibility Assessment Approaches: A Case Study—Kratovska Reka Catchment (North Macedonia)

Kratovska Reka is a short (17.3 km) left tributary of Kriva Reka, whose watershed (68.5 km2) is located on the northwestern slopes of the Osogovo Mountains (North Macedonia). Due to the favorable natural conditions and anthropogenic factors, the Kratovska Reka catchment is under a high risk of natural hazards, especially water erosion and landslide occurrences. For this reason, the paper presents an approach of modelling of potential erosion and areas susceptible to the above-mentioned hydro-meteorological...

Download 2023 Velibor Spalevic , Slobodan B. Marković , Tin Lukić , Ivica Milevski , Bojana Aleksova

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Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety

Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of electric bicycles on the roads and a rise in the number of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. There are various causes of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. Out of the total number of fatalities in traffic, bicyclists account for 9% in the Republic of Serbia. Road crashes occurring when motor vehicles overtake bicyclists make up 13% of the total number of road crashes involving bicyclists. Having in mind the above-mentioned, an experimental...

Download 2023 Darina Duplakova , Aleksandar Trifunović , Svetlana Čičević , Dalibor Pešić , Sreten Simović , Uros Manojlovic , Jan Duplak , Tijana Ivanišević , Aleksandar Zunjic

Wiley

FRUITFLYRISKMANAGE: A Euphresco project for Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae) risk management applied in some European countries

AbstractCeratitis capitata (Wiedemann), the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is one of the world's most serious threats to fresh fruits. It is highly polyphagous (recorded from over 300 hosts) and capable of adapting to a wide range of climates. This pest has spread to the EPPO region and is mainly present in the southern part, damaging Citrus and Prunus. In Northern and Central Europe records refer to interceptions or short‐lived adventive populations only. Sustainable programs for surveillance,...

Download 2023 David Lopes , Francisco Beitia , Antoon Loomans , Alois Egartner , Valerie Balmés , Eugenia de Andrade , Sanja Radonjic , Mojca Rot , Tomasz Konefal , Constantina Chireceanu

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The Catalytic Effect of Vanadium on Sorption Properties of MgH2-Based Nanocomposites Obtained Using Low Milling Time

The effects of catalysis using vanadium as an additive (2 and 5 wt.%) in a high-energy ball mill on composite desorption properties were examined. The influence of microstructure on the dehydration temperature and hydrogen desorption kinetics was monitored. Morphological and microstructural studies of the synthesized sample were performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), laser particle size distribution (PSD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) methods, while differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)...

Download 2023 Nikola Novaković , Vanja Asanović , Milica Prvulović , Igor Milanović , Nenad Filipović , Jasmina Grbović Novaković , Zorana Sekulić , Bojana Babić , Dragan Rajnović