We present explicit formulas for the values of augmented eccentric connectivity indices of single-defect nanocones. Our main result is that the augmented eccentricity index of an $n$-layer nanocone with a single $k$-gonal defect at its apex behaves asymptotically as $27k(1 - \ln 2) n$ for $k \geq 5$.

UDK 631.4:546.19 A simple and inexpensive method for the determination of inorganic As(III) and As(V) at low ppb levels was developed. The method is based on formation of hydride from a sample solution and its reaction with mercury bromide on a solid support. Formation of a yellow-brownish product was optically detected. Amidosulfonic acid was used as a reaction medium for determination of total inorganic arsenic, while citrate buffer (0.1 mol/dm3, pH=5.5) was used as a reaction media for determination of As(III) alone. As(V) was calculated as a difference of total inorganic arsenic and As(III). This method has been applied to soil extracts. Extraction of inorganic arsenic from soil samples was done in three-step sequential extraction with the following extractants: NH4H2PO4 (0.05 mol/dm3); NH4-oxalate buffer (0.2 mol/dm3, pH=3.25); and mixture of NH4-oxalate buffer (0.2 mol/dm3) and ascorbic acid (0.1 mol/dm3) at pH=3.25. The method was suitable for determination of inorganic arsenic species in soil extracts covering concentration range of the analyte between 0.2 - 20 ppb.

This article describes the methodology of preparation, writing and publishing scientific papers in biomedical journals. given is a concise overview of the concept and structure of the System of biomedical scientific and technical information and the way of biomedical literature retreival from worldwide biomedical databases. Described are the scientific and professional medical journals that are currently published in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, given is the comparative review on the number and structure of papers published in indexed journals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are listed in the Medline database. Analyzed are three B&H journals indexed in MEDLINE database: Medical Archives (Medicinski Arhiv), Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences and Medical Gazette (Medicinki Glasnik) in 2010. The largest number of original papers was published in the Medical Archives. There is a statistically significant difference in the number of papers published by local authors in relation to international journals in favor of the Medical Archives. True, the Journal Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences does not categorize the articles and we could not make comparisons. Journal Medical Archives and Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences by percentage published the largest number of articles by authors from Sarajevo and Tuzla, the two oldest and largest university medical centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The author believes that it is necessary to make qualitative changes in the reception and reviewing of papers for publication in biomedical journals published in Bosnia and Herzegovina which should be the responsibility of the separate scientific authority/ committee composed of experts in the field of medicine at the state level.

The goal of this paper is to analyze banking regulation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the progress made by banks in the management of banking risks. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision requires banks to establish a reasonable infrastructure for risk management. This infrastructure should identify, measure, monitor and control the risks that the bank is exposed to their operations. In this sense, the work was carried out research on the management of credit risk, liquidity risk and operational risk in order to gain knowledge about the progress of the banking sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the implementation of Basel 2. This paper represents the results of a research carried out on twenty out of thirty planned banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina that were surveyed during 2009, which makes 66.6% of the total sample (or 83.17% of total assets of the banking sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Summarized results of the questionnaire also showed further progress of the banks in complying with Basel 2, although it turned out that they often react to developments and changes without the existence of necessary infrastructure and business culture to keep it.

Properties of the Zagreb indices of pseudo-regular graphs are established, with emphasis on the Zagreb indices inequality. The relevance of the results obtained for the theory of nanomolecules is pointed out.

The European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) recommended the establishment of forensic DNA databases and specific implementation and management legislations for all EU/ENFSI members. Therefore, forensic institutions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia launched a wide set of activities to support these recommendations. To assess the current state, a regional expert team completed detailed screening and investigation of the existing forensic DNA data repositories and associated legislation in these countries. The scope also included relevant concurrent projects and a wide spectrum of different activities in relation to forensics DNA use. The state of forensic DNA analysis was also determined in the neighboring Slovenia and Croatia, which already have functional national DNA databases. There is a need for a ‘regional supplement’ to the current documentation and standards pertaining to forensic application of DNA databases, which should include regional-specific preliminary aims and recommendations.