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Sequentiality of beetle communities in the longitudinal gradient of a lowland river in the context of the river continuum concept

The main goal of the study was to recognize the mechanisms underlying assemblage structuring of aquatic beetle fauna inhabiting a medium-sized, lowland river exposed to anthropogenic pressures. An attempt was made to identify the impact of numerous abiotic factors on how beetle communities are formed, with particular emphasis on geomorphological and landscape-related factors, which tend to be omitted from many studies of aquatic organisms. Our intention was to refer the results of our study to the...

Download 2022 Edyta Buczyńska , Paweł Buczyński , Joanna Pakulnicka , Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska , Edyta Stępień , Vladimir Pešić , Ewa Filip , Robert Stryjecki , Andrzej Zawal , Aleksandra Bańkowska

National Library of Serbia

Clinical and microbiological effects of photodynamic therapy applied in non-surgical treatment of periodontitis

Background/Aim. Treatment of periodontitis undergoes several treatment phases. Non-surgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) represents the basic treatment stage, and it is applied to all the patients undergoing periodontal treatment. Adjunctive antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is one of several contemporary and relatively new possibilities with a role to inactivate microorganisms responsible for the occurrence and progression of the disease. The aim of this study was to comparatively analyze...

Download 2022 Radovan Jovanovic , Aleksandar Djordjevic , Meliha Sehalic , Rasa Mladenovic , Zoran Vlahovic , Mirko Mikic , Zoran Arsic , Dragan Marjanovic

Wiley

Female infertility in the era of obesity: The clash of two pandemics or inevitable consequence?

AbstractObesity is an epidemic that has led to a rise in the incidence of many comorbidities: among others, reduced fertility is often under‐evaluated in clinical practice. The mechanisms underlying the link between reduced fertility and obesity are numerous, with insulin resistance, hyperglycaemia and the frequent coexistence of polycystic ovary syndrome being the most acknowledged. However, several other factors concur, such as gut microbiome alterations, low‐grade chronic inflammation and oxidative...

Download 2022 Lucio Gnessi , Maria Elena Spoltore , Rossella Mazzilli , Ljiljana V. Marina , Paulina Ormazabal , Antoan Stefan Sojat , Sanja Medenica , Antongiulio Faggiano , Mikiko Watanabe

Wiley

DNA barcoding of Chironomidae from the Lake Skadar region: Reference library and a comparative analysis of the European fauna

AbstractAimsThe main aim of this study was to fill a gap in barcoding data of the European Chironomidae of the Balkan region, developing and testing the efficiency of a reference DNA barcode library for ancient Lake Skadar basin species (Montenegro/Albania), a region of Europe never before subjected to barcoding studies on Chironomidae. Another aim was to test the efficiency of DNA barcoding for the identification of European Chironomidae, including the estimation of optimal identification thresholds,...

Download 2022 Bruno Rossaro , Piotr Gadawski , Matteo Montagna , Vladimir Pešić , Wojciech Giłka , Giulia Magoga , Michał Grabowski

IEEE

Impact of Migration Processes on Changes in the Volume and Redistribution of Municipal Waste in European Countries

Download 2022 Bogdan Dergaliuk , Olena Korohodova , Nikola Milović , Alla Hrechko , Valentina Marchenko , Daker Elrabay'a

Hindawi Limited

A Novel Integrated Model under Fuzzy Environments as Support for Determining the Behavior of Pedestrians at Unsignalized Pedestrian Crossings

Pedestrians as a vulnerable category of traffic participants demand a special attention, particularly regarding their behavior at unsignalized pedestrian crossings. Unquestionably, when crossing a road at these types of pedestrian crossings, there is a potential risk, for both the pedestrians and other traffic participants, as well. Accordingly, this article shows the research on pedestrians’ behavior at unsignalized intersections, conducted at four locations in the urban environment of Novi Sad....

Download 2022 Valentina Mirović , Jelena Mitrović Simić , Dillip Kumar Das , Biljana Ivanović , Vuk Bogdanović , Vladimir Jakovljevic

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries

The occurrence of the jellyfish Aequorea cf. forskalea in the Adriatic Sea

Jellyfish are becoming an increasingly important component of studies of the global marine environment, as their frequent mass phenomena affect ecosystem performance and have economic and health consequences. Recent research has focused primarily on mass occurrences of scyphozoans and ctenophores, while less attention has been paid to hydromedusae blooms, which can also have significant impacts on the marine ecosystem with economic consequences. Like many members of the Scyphozoa and Ctenophora,...

Download 2022 Nastjenjka Supić , Ivana Violić , Paolo Paliaga , Davor Lučić , Natalia Bojanić , Branka Pestorić , Martin Vodopivec , Alenka Malej

National Library of Serbia

Thermo-mechanical analysis of linear welding stage in friction stir welding: Influence of welding parameters

The influence of friction stir welding parameters on thermo-mechanical behavior of the material during welding is analyzed. An aluminum alloy is considered (Al 2024 T351), and different rotating and welding speeds are applied. The finite element model consists of the working plate (Al alloy), backing plate and welding tool. The influence of the welding conditions on material behavior is taken into account the application of the Johnson-Cook material model. The rotation speed of the tool affects...

Download 2022 Darko Veljic , Nenad Radovic , Darko Bajić , Aleksandar Sedmak , Bojan Medjo , Mihailo Mrdak , Marko Rakin

Wiley

Construction of Sensor for Submicromolar Detection of Riboflavin by Surface Modification of SPCE with Thermal Degradation Products of Nickel Acetate Tetrahydrate

AbstractNickel acetate tetrahydrate (NAT) sample series were used to modify screen‐printed carbon electrodes (SPCE). The samples were hybrid Ni/NiO nanocomposites, where the NiO phase increased with an applied treatment temperature. Results of electrochemical measurements pointed that the Ni/NiO550/SPCE‐modified electrode had the best analytical performance toward the detection of riboflavin (RF). The Ni/NiO550/SPCE‐based sensor showed linear response with RF in the concentration range of 0.5–75 μM...

Download 2022 Milica Kosović‐Perutović , Svetozar Musić , Bratislav Antić , Dalibor M. Stanković , Željko K. Jaćimović , José F. M. L. Mariano , Stjepko Krehula , Miloš Ognjanović

Informa UK Limited

First DNA barcodes of water mites from the Indian Himalayas with description of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

Download 2022 Pankaj Bahuguna , Harry Smit , Vladimir Pešić , Rajesh Rayal , Neha Sharma , Kumbhlesh Kamal Rana