Background/Aim: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that is associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. The effect of vitamin D on bone health has been long known, but its extraskeletal role especially in cardiovascular disease and skin disease, is the subject of recent research. This study aimed to assess the influence of high-dose vitamin D supplementation on the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score and lipid profile in patients with psoriasis. Methods: The study included 20 adult patients with chronic plaque psoriasis. They received vitamin D capsules in a daily dose of 5,000 IU over 12 weeks. Measured serum concentrations of lipid metabolism parameters were triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). PASI was used to determine the severity of the disease. Results: High-doses vitamin D supplementation had a significant influence on reduction in PASI score in all patients (17.99 ± 12.42 vs 10.27 ± 8.53; p < 0.001). The supplementation of high dose vitamin D induced statistically significant lowering of the TC, LDL-C and TG in the psoriatic patients (p < 0.05). Furthermore, significant increase in serum HDL-C level was observed. The change of PASI score showed week positive correlation with the changes in serum TC and LDL-C (r = 0.303, p = 0.03 and r = 0.357 p = 0.013). Conclusion: High-dose vitamin D supplementation had a positive impact on clinical status of the chronic plaque psoriasis patients, measured by PASI score. It also improved the serum lipid profile of these patients. Double-blinded prospective studies are needed in order to get more comprehensive data related to vitamin D, lipid metabolism and severity of psoriasis.

Background/Aim. Periodontal disease is an inflammatory disease that occur in the tissues surrounding the teeth in response to bacterial biofilm accumulation (dental plaque). Among others, Tannerela forsythia (Tf) was recognized as one of the most significant and specific bacterial species in periodontal pocket (?red complex? bacteria). Atherosclerosis is a progressive narrowing of arteries that may lead to occlusion, as a consequence of lipid deposition. It underlies coronary heart disease (80%), as well as myocardial and cerebral infarctions. Increasing evidence over the past decade suggests a link between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis, where Tf can enter the systemic circulation directly or indirectly, and be present in atherosclerotic blood vessels. Therefore, the aim of this study was to detect the presence of Tf in atheromatous plaques obtained from different blood vessels in patients with chronic periodontitis. Methods. Ninety patients (male 61, female 29) with periodontal disease and atherosclerosis [recruited for either carotid artery stenosis requiring endartectomy or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)] were included in this study. Clinical periodontal examinations consisted of plaque index (PI) (according to Silness L?u), gingival index (GI) (according to L?e Silnes), sulcus bleeding index (according to M?hleman-Son) and periodontal probing depth (PPD). Presence of Tf in periodontal pockets and atherosclerotic vessels was detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method with positive control Tf ATCC 43037. Results. Tf was present in subgingival plaques of 68 (75.6%) of the patients, while its presence in atheromatous plaques were registered in 42 (53.3%) of the patients. It was significantly present in coronary blood vessels (41.7%), followed by carotid arteries (35.4%) and a. abdominalis aneurism (12.5%), a. mamaria (8.5%) and a. femoralis (2.1%) while in a. iliaca Tf was not detected at all. Conclusion. The present study suggests strong relationship between periodontal inflammation and atherogenesis; therefore, it should be considered as potential risk factor for atherosclerosis. Accordingly, it would be necessary to control periodontal disease in order to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with atherosclerosis.

Procjena botaničkog sastava pašnjaka na različitim područjima s posebnim osvrtom na udjele terpena, koji osim učinka na terpenski profil arome mesa preživača mogu imati i potencijalni imunomodulacijski učinak, od bitnog je interesa suvremenog ovčarstva u R. Hrvatskoj. U istraživanjima u okviru ovog rada, pokazano je da ljekovite svojte bogate terpenima poput gospine trave (Hypericum perforatum L.), stolisnika (Achillea millefolium L.) i matičnjaka (Melissa officinalis L.) zbog statistički značajno veće učestalosti, gustoće i pokrovnosti na pašnjacima Velike Crkvine, u odnosu na pašnjake u Kvarte, potencijalno utječu na bolji imunosni status ovaca. Stoga su u ovom radu dobiveni rezultati znanstvena preporuka za daljnju procjenu biljnog sastava pašnjaka u Velikoj Crkvini tijekom istraživanja HRZZ projekta IP-2016-06-3685 u cilju postizanja dodatnih saznanja o učinku terpena na zdravlje i aroma sastav janjećeg mesa i to sve u svrhu proizvodnje inovativnih funkcionalnih proizvoda od janjećeg mesa.

<p>Compounding in English is a complex linguistic phenomenon.Analyses of compounds can be quite demanding as it is sometimes necessary to analyze word classes comprising compounds in order to distinguish between composite nominals and compound nouns. Due to the complexity of their form, it may be rather difficult to interpret their meaning appropriately, especially in the absence of proper contextual clues. The present paper investigates the frequency and types of compounds in a selection of texts in economics collected from the 1995 and 2015 journal volumes. The analysis includesfrequency data and comparisons between different types of compounds used in the two-decade period. The results show that the frequency of compounds in economic texts has increased, along with their complexity. The most frequent type were the nominal compounds,neoclassical being the least used.</p>

<p>U ovom programskom izvje&scaron;taju se prezentiraju detalji studijske posjete Njemačkoj grupe studenata Odsjeka za njemački jezik i književnost Filozofskog fakulteta u Zenici u oktobru 2019. Posjećena su tri univerziteta u Bavarskoj, Friedrich-Alexander Universit&auml;t Erlangen-N&uuml;rnberg, Universit&auml;t Bayreuth i Universit&auml;t Bamberg. U okviru dvodnevnih posjeta svakog od univerziteta studenti su posjetili odsjeke germanistika gdje im je upriličena prezentacija studijskih programa, posebno master studijski programa, i razmjenjivali iskustva sa njemačkim studentima. Prisustvovali su i na niz predavanja i aktivno učestvovali na seminarima, obi&scaron;li univerzitetske kampuse i posjetili univerzitetske biblioteke. U poslijepodnevnim satima studenti su obilazili kulturno-historijske znamenitosti M&uuml;nchena, N&uuml;rnberga, Erlangena, Bayreutha i Bamberga.</p>

Abstract:The authors provide guidelines, based on an extensive review of the international literature, for conducting, interpreting, and reporting primary and secondary research on children who are deaf and hard of hearing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The purpose of the review is to present arguments in support of conceptualizing education and rehabilitation, to explore the educational implications of such conceptualizations, and to suggest directions for future inquiry. Problematic areas are covered, such as research on the structure of a signed language, the use of information technology, inclusion, vocational and professional orientation, and motoric abilities and skills. The article concludes with recommendations for further investigating the educational achievement of students who are deaf and hard of hearing so as to improve educational practice.

Abstract:Fingerspelling and its relationship with literacy skills among deaf and hard of hearing children who use American Sign Language is an increasingly popular research topic. However, there is limited research on whether reading interventions that systematically include fingerspelling are more effective for improving literacy skills than reading interventions that do not. In an adapted alternating-treatment single-case study, the authors contrasted the number of words learned under three conditions: a productive fingerspelling condition, in which word reading was taught through activities that emphasized productive fingerspelling; a chaining condition, in which teachers chained written words with receptive fingerspelling; and a sign-to-print condition, in which fingerspelling was not used. Five of the 6 participants learned most of the words taught with no differentiation by condition. Participants could recognize and fingerspell taught words, even if those words were not taught via fingerspelling.

<p>Rad se bavi karakterističnim jezičkim i stilskim osobenostima sevdalinke. Sevdalinke koje su u ovom radu analizirane su prikupljene u Antologiji bo&scaron;njačke usmene lirike Muniba Maglajlića. Jezik sevdalinke se proučava na fonetsko-fonolo&scaron;kom, morfolo&scaron;kom, sintaksičkom i semantičkom nivou. Sevdalinkom je iskazana narodnost jer ona u narodu nastaje, ali u narodu i obitava. Također su nagla&scaron;ene senzualnost i životna/ljudska tragičnost. Ipak, njena najvažnija zadaća je izražavanje i preno&scaron;enje emocija, osjećanja koja su suvi&scaron;e kompleksna da bi bila iskazana običnim razgovornim stilom. Jezik sevdalinke je narodni jezik, jezik vremena u kome je sevdalinka nastajala. Međutim, gledano iz savremene jezičke perspektive, za njega se kaže da je arhaizirani jezički izraz.</p>

Various geophysical and physical processes, as well as the exploitation of objects, among other things, cause deformations of objects. The work of the geodetic expert is to detect the presence (absence) of deformation or deviations of the actual object from its planned geometry, with appropriate reliability measures. This paper presents the use of regression analysis as a verification process of two high-rise buildings (UNITIC towers in Sarajevo) verticality. Starting with the development of the geodetic network, through measurement and data processing, until the planning and execution of geodetic monitoring of buildings, as well as data processing, this paper is a well-rounded study. The entire process indicated that the regression analysis is extremely sensitive to measurement's accuracy, and the modeled directions that approximate building's edges tend to deviate from the vertical, which can be said in particular for the southern skyscraper (U2).

Th is paper presents the results of chemical composition and microbiological safety testing of dry cured meat products, fermented and semi-dry or pasteurized sausages produced by several meat industries from Herzegovina. In the period from 2016 to 2018, a total of 85 meat products were sampled.Th ese included 20 samples of fermented pork sausages, 10 samples of dry-cured pork loin, 5 samples of dry-cured pork neck and 50 samples of heat-treated sausages. Quality control testing of the samples included determination of meat protein, crude fat, moisture, sodium nitrite and polyphosphates content in sausages, using standard analytical methods. It was confi rmed that all analysed samples meet the requirements in terms of chemical composition, level of additives and microbiological safety. In comparison with dry cured meat products and sausages analyses results, with minimum requirements that are set forth in regulations for that product category. Th e above mentioned suggests that the analysed samples are good quality products and they are in compliance with the regulations.

Stavovi i percepcije kninskih srednjoskolaca o uzgoju i primjeni sobnog bilja - Attitudes and perceptions of the Knin-based secondary school pupils concerning the growing and use of indoor plants

U radu je prikazana morfološka varijabilnost ploda 25 populacija javora klena (Acer campestre L.) na području Bosne i Hercegovine. Morfometrijsko istraživanje unutari među-populacijske varijabilnosti provedeno je na temelju 10 morfoloških značajki ploda, pri čemu su korištene deskriptivne i univarijatne statističke analize. Provedenim istraživanjem najmanje varijabilnim značajkama pokazale su se varijable koje opisuju oblik ploda, sa najmanjom varijabilnošću kod značajke odnos širine i dužine sjemenke. Za razliku od toga, za mjerene značajke ploda utvrđeni su viši koeficijenti varijacije. Najvarijabilnija značajka ploda u javora klena bila je dužina stapčice ploda. Najdivergentnije populacije obuhvaćene ovim istraživanjem bile su populacija Trebinje i populacija Rogatica. Za populaciju Trebinje utvrđene su minimalne srednje vrijednosti za pet od devet analiziranih značajki ploda, a za populaciju Rogatica maksimalne srednje vrijednosti za pet od devet analiziranih značajki. Analizom varijance ustanovljene su statistički značajne razlike između populacija za sve analizirane značajke. Isto tako, istraživanjem je utvrđeno da je unutarpopulacijska varijabilnost veća od međupopulacijske varijabilnosti za većinu istraživanih značajki. Odstupanje od tog pravila pokazuje varijabla F4 (dužina krilca ploda bez sjemenke) gdje komponenta varijance na međupopulacijskoj i unutarpopulacijskoj razini zauzima podjednak udio u ukupnoj varijanci. Provedena istraživanja morfološke varijabilnosti ploda javora klena u Bosni i Hercegovini predstavljaju pionirska istraživanja ove vrste, a dobiveni rezultati, temeljeni na morfometrijskoj analizi morfoloških značajki plodova, mogu poslužiti kao temelj za daljnja istraživanja.