Biomedical engineering employs engineering expertise in solving biological and medical problems to improve the quality of life. The paper describes the significance of combining life sciences with technology and engineering, and discusses objectives and characteristics of biomedical engineering education. Huge interest in this area and also a rapid development of relevant engineering fields provides opportunities both for educators and graduates. Some of the challenges are: building competences in two demanding fields: biology and engineering, the importance of medical ethics in study programs in other engineering disciplines and health professions, relation with relevant stakeholders such as industry and healthcare institutions. The role and the need of biomedical engineering education in the region are discussed, and didactic paradigms suitable to address opportunities and challenges are explored.

In addition to knowledge and experience of medical doctors, correct diagnosis and appropriate patient treatment largely depend on accuracy and functionality of medical devices. In a large number of serious medical situations proper functionality of medical devices is crucial for patients. Therefore it is necessary to carry out as strict and independent testing of functionalities of medical devices as possible and to obtain the most accurate and reliable diagnosis and patient treatment. This paper presents the results of study conducted by the Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMBIH) that highlight the necessity of introducing metrology into medicine and defining standard regulations for inspections of medical devices. As it has been previously done for other kinds of devices that are under jurisdiction of the Institute of Metrology of BH, this research provides a foundation for the introduction of medical devices into the legal metrology system with precisely defined units of measurement, their ranges and errors. The study was based upon data collected through three clinical centers, 25 hospitals, 63 health centers and 320 private health institutions in BH over the course of one year. As a result of this study, the medical devices that have been introduced into the legal metrology system in BH include ECG devices, defibrillators, patient monitors, respirators, anesthesia machines, dialysis machines, pediatric and neonatal incubators, therapeutic ultrasounds, infusion pumps and perfusors. Furthermore, standard inspection regulations for the aforementioned medical devices are also defined. Additionally, a national laboratory for the inspection of medical devices was established and it currently operates under the ISO 17020 standard. With the introduction of medical devices into the legal metrology system and with the establishment of a fully operational national laboratory for inspection of medical devices, we expect that the reliability of medical devices in diagnosis and patient care will increase and that the costs of the health care system in BH will be reduced.

Solving complex combinatorial optimization problems using classical algorithms is not efficient related to resources and time. To overcome the problem, we used optimal parameters selection based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithms. In this paper, we present algorithm for solving telecommunication network using ACO for searching optimal ring star network topology. We analyzed ant's optimization ability based on shortest path between the nest and food location. In our research we used: Ant System, Elitist Ant System, Rank-Based Ant System, and MAX-MIN Ant System. The program is developed using GNU C++ to prove the algorithm theoretical convergence through simulation on variety of topologies regarding to node numbers. The algorithm was adapted to solve design of telecommunication network, which connects terminals to concentrators using point-to-point connections. The algorithm's output is a star topology showing connections of concentrators in a ring creating Digital Data Service. Algorithm uses seventeen parameters, with thirteen metrics to evaluate configurations. Program validation is performed using three different network node configurations for all four ACO algorithms, only changing two control parameters: speed of pheromone evaporation and existence of local search. The best path was evaluated based on: total time, number of iterations, ring size, and value of topology.

Normal acid-base status represents the value of hydrogen ions in extracellular fluid is within pH range of 7.36 (44 nmol/L) and 7.44 (36 nmol/L). Acid-base balance disorders may be a result of enhancement or reduction in amount of hydrogen ions, and include four basic disorders: metabolic and respiratory acidosis, metabolic and respiratory alkalosis. First step implies diagnosing the type of acid-base status disorder. The application input consists of blood analysis data and body weight info. Next step is determining the significance of the disorder and finally recommending future treatment. Software offers the optional functionality of entering mineral level values to improve treatment recommendations. Following the latest trends, along with the aim of increasing availability and mobility of the system, the software is developed for the Android platform using the Java programming language.

This paper presents the results of study conducted by the Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMBIH) that highlight the necessity of introducing metrology into medicine and defining standard regulations for inspections of medical devices. As it has been previously done for other kinds of devices that are under jurisdiction of the Institute of Metrology of BH, this research provides a foundation for the introduction of medical devices into the legal metrology system with precisely defined units of measurement, their ranges and errors. The study was based upon data collected through three clinical centers, 25 hospitals, 63 health centers and 320 private health institutions in BH over the course of one year. As a result of this study, the medical devices that have been introduced into the legal metrology system in BH include ECG devices, defibrillators, patient monitors, respirators, anesthesia machines, dialysis machines, pediatric and neonatal incubators, therapeutic ultrasounds, infusion pumps and perfusors. Furthermore, standard inspection regulations for the aforementioned medical devices are also defined. Additionally, a national laboratory for the inspection of medical devices was established and it currently operates under the ISO 17020 standard. Keywords : medical device, healthcare system, legislative, standard, metrology

This paper presents a XML-based specification of the fuzzy system (FS) with objective to facilitate FS development by separation of the Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) implementation and a problem domain description. Generic FIS application is implemented in Java, and XML schema for domain knowledge specification is developed. Study case supporting the experimental evaluation of the proposed solution is software quality evaluation.

The paper presents heuristic based evaluation of mobile services web portal. Development context for the BH Telecom Mobile Services web portal is described, including the evaluation team organization and training. Usability evaluation is integrated with redesign proposals, and Heuristic Evaluation Report is established to support the process. The evaluation results are presented and discussed, highlighting several procedural and product improvements.

This paper presents a model for teaching Heuristic Evaluation in a Human Computer Interaction (HCI) course. The course objective is to teach students to design HCI as an approach to develop usable software. The students are involved in the process of the Heuristic Evaluation to learn to address usability problems as a part of an iterative design process. The evaluation supports other course objectives: combine theoretical knowledge as usability principles, interaction design patterns with practical experience obtained through project work. Student achievements and assessment are presented indicating the assignment results.

This paper presents results in cloning Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) component behavior using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) component. Both FIS and ANN components are part of the intelligent framework VIMAS developed in Java programming language. VIMAS objective is to enable integration of the computational methods in a holistic manner. The FIS component generates training set for the ANN component containing a sequence of representative input combinations accompanied with the respective output. The FIS component sends necessary configuration data and training set data to the ANN component. After the training, the ANN component is presented with input data, and results are compared.

Since agile development was invented in the mid-1990s, it changed the way of doing software development. The emphasis is placed on a short development cycles based on a feedback from customer. But, agile development was missing important component - development platform for supporting fast development cycles. That missing linking component can be recognized in a cloud computing, which eliminates major distribution requests which can downgrade agile development. The goal of this paper is to describe the connection of agile methods for software development with cloud computing platform. By describing that connection, benefits and improvements in whole software development process are being pointed out. As a practical part of this paper, the application for warehouse management is developed applying agile method called Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) on Google App Engine platform as a service. This development is compared with the development of the application for warehouse management by agile methods but in a traditional way.

This paper brings a short overview of the history of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, the publisher of the journal Philosophy and Society. The first issue came out in 1987 as a collection of essays, and for the last eight years it has been published annually. In 2005 it became a journal with three issues per year, becoming quarterly since 2011. The article gives a review of all special topics covered in the journal up until the end of 2012. In addition, the article provides a detailed analysis of the journal’s special issue on Antifascism (IV/1993). We argue that this issue is an important historical document in the changing social atmosphere of the former Yugoslavia, with the first signs of its disintegration. The papers were initially presented at a conference held on 2, 3 July, 1991.

The immediate motive for organizing the Belgrade symposium “Socialism and Culture” held in late 1969 were prohibitions. After June 1968 there were about forty political interventions in Serbia (while there had been none in the previous twenty years), considerably more than in other Yugoslav republics. The conclusion that was reached was that cultural life was provincialized and underdeveloped. The author in this paper extends the topic to a more global level since the intentions of the dialogue allowed for that. Data on Goli Otok, provided by Milovan Đilas, fit well with these facts. The Otok was the most drastic and dramatic prohibition in the entire history of the Second Yugoslavia. From both contemporary and presentday perspectives, the symposium may be interpreted as a cry for freedom. In this conversation, the members of the Belgrade wing of the Praxis group played a crucial role. Some of these same people would later participate in the events infamously marking the 1990s, above all the civil and religious wars. The Zagreb “headquarters” of Praxis was, on the contrary, never affected by the nationalist virus. Finally, arguments are proposed about Dobrica Cosic as the Serbian Faust, and the thesis of this writer being the Father of the Nation is contested.

Political history of the Second Yugoslavia was continuously sacral, while secularization mainly took place within the arts’ domain. The Cominform (Informbiro) and split with the SSR opened up a space for greater freedom of creativity (Kardelj, Đilas, Segedin) and for the abandonment of the socialist realism and its attempt to control the content of art (Zogovic). A third position on literature was promoted by Vladan Desnica.