The paper semantically analyzes the corporeality in the poetic discourse of Momčilo Nastasijević. The verses indicate the semantic structure of the body through its sensuous, affective and ontological segment. The conceptual distinction between the body and corporeality is emphasized, by pointing to the body as a conceptual domain that is conceptualized through the plant world and corporeality as a quality that arises in bodily intercommunication. Corporeality is semantically formed in the fusion of bodily relationship and the dynamics of its meaning finds the words whose semantic content is dynamic, and in most cases these words are lexemes that denote processes in the vegetative world. Corporeality is not limited to the material appearance of the body, but is recognized as a space in which the body exists incorporeal and immaterial. Corporeality arises in the human physical-physiological substance of the body, but at the same time it is in the human being an inseparable form with the soul (feelings). There is an ontological component of meaning of the corporeality based on Christian ethical theses. Corporeality is also a metaphysical presupposition of human existence. It is confirmed in the songs with verses about the insatiability of thirst, i.e., eros, which is not bare libido sexualis, but longing and necessity for another being, i.e., the necessity to know the spiritual and divine principle through another body (another being). The function of desire is also shown in conceptual representations of corporeality. According to the poet's essays, desire is the disharmonization of the human personality, and that connotation predetermines the negative meaning of corporeality. In that sense, the body is a state of death and carries the potential for perversion. Hence, the thought of bodily renunciation and prohibition of bodily desire appears in the verses, which is also the influence of Christian views on Nastasijević's poetics and semantics of corporality.

The term Industry 4.0 was created as part of a strategic document by the German government aimed at integrating the internet of things and services into the production environment (i.e., the formation of cyber-physical systems). One of the basic tools of artificial intelligence is search and optimization. The task of optimization is to search and find the best possible solution from the solution space. When defining product form and structure during product design, structure optimization is among the essential stages. Believing that the product must be optimized, modern CAD systems have begun to implement structure optimization as an option during product design. Based on the previously mentioned in this chapter, heuristic optimization methods will be presented with special reference to genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, and their application in structure optimization. Some software that offer the option of optimization, either as a separate package or as an option of a CAD system, are given at the end of this work.

This study analyses the process of adopting of the sign language with deaf and hard of hearing preschool children in the context of the result of linguistic and psycholinguistic research. The importance of the sign language is emphasized and its historical development is analyzed. It is pointed to the significance of the critical period for the adoption and the learning of the sign and spoken language with deaf and hard of hearing preschool children. The sign language is natural and primary linguistic expression of deaf children. Deaf and hard of hearing children are exposed to the sign and spoken language, they have better understanding and linguistic production than the children who are only exposed to the spoken language. Bilingualism involves the knowledge and the regular use of the sign language, which is used by the deaf community, and of the spoken language, which is used by the hearing majority. Children at the preschool age should be enabled to continue to adopt the language they started to adopt within the family (the sign language or the spoken language). Children will adopt the best both linguistic modalities through the interaction with other fluent speakers (the adults and children).

A way of communication on an equal footing with oral and written speech is sign language. Oral speech is a common way of communication, written speech has, with the development of information technologies, been taking up more and more space. In a parallel with them, communication can also take place through sign language, which is, to deaf people, as well as to all those who use it, a natural, simple and easy way to communicate. Relationship towards sign language has changed significantly throughout history from acceptance and isolated use, to complete rejection, and then to encouraging its adoption and emphasizing its importance for the cognitive, emotional, educational, social, and general development of deaf children. Serbian Sign Language (SSL) serves deaf people in Serbia as a means for everyday communication, for expressing desires, willingness, for learning, for intellectual discussions, for expressing personal style. Although the standardization of the Serbian Sign Language was completed in 2015, even nowadays we may still find certain gestures of expression varying in different regions. Different countries have different sign languages that are not reciprocally understood in use. They are distinguished by their own grammar (semantics, morphology, and syntax), different from the grammar of spoken languages. The distinguishing and recognition of sign languages in the world has led to changes in the field of education of deaf children. In bilingual schools, children acquire both sign and spoken languages, and teachers know both of the mentioned languages. The importance of sign language in the education of deaf children is emphasized.

The use of geospatial technology at lower levels of education has become a global tendency. However, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country that is virtually uncharted in this regard, and the present paper has the main purpose to change that fact. Results of a survey conducted among geography teachers place this country within the entry category. Different attitudes among various groups of teachers (based on gender, age and regional distribution) have also been tested. Although the general hypotheses could not be confirmed, certain specific differences have been found, such as in the use of virtual globes, theoretical knowledge of GIS and willingness to attend educational training courses.

This paper investigated the strength of corner tenon joints made from natural ash wood and thermally-modified ash wood. Previously, an analysis of selected physical and mechanical properties of natural and thermal-treated ash wood was performed. The results showed that thermo-treated ash wood in relation to natural ash wood has a remarkable lower wood moisture content, 23% lower bending strength and 25% higher compressive strength parallel to grain. The joints strength (maximal moment), calculated on the basis of measured maximal applied loads (maximal force), were compared for a set of natural ash wood joints and a set of thermo-treated ash wood joints. Results of the tests showed that, for the same test specimen configurations, the maximum force of joints made of natural ash wood was higher than the force values of joints made of thermo-treated ash wood, i.e. the strength of thermo-treated joints has 50% lower value compared to the strength of the natural ash joints. It has been shown that thermal modification changes the technical properties of wood and that therefore thermally modified wood has a remarkable reduced construction quality.

Linear viscoelastic materials whose characteristics are suitable for description by the Prony series use experimental data to obtain the so-called “master” curve. The analysis of experimental results with the Prony model sometimes requires prior knowledge of the time parameters of the model ,, in order to make the corresponding module more suitable for use in analytical form. In this way, the existing model is optimized to some extent, while in this paper the approach is used that all parameters in the Prony series for (E i , τ i ) were determined using the well-known least squares method and its variations. The number of members in Prony’s series is initially smaller and increases proportionately. To determine the relaxation modulus using the Prony model, an example from an available article [1] was selected in this paper, while the performed experiment was used to determine the creep modulus. During the performance of the load experiment, the function of constant increase (ramp-test) was used. The previous experiment was done for the actual material ABS plastic (Acrylonitrile butaden styrene).