Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) lives in two watercourses, namely Subotica (Sana) and Toplik (Tilava). The influence of the ecological conditions of these rivers on individuals of this species is analyzed based on 22 morphometric parameters. The assessment of abiotic conditions was done through the measurement of physical and chemical water parameters and the analysis of the composition of phytobenthos and macrozoobenthos. Sampling was carried out in June, September, and October 2021. Water quality at the investigated localities (on the basis of abiotic and biotic parameters) is oligo to betamesosaprobic. A total of 37 crayfish were analyzed (20 from Subotica and 17 from Toplik). Female crayfish have shown significant differences in the head width (HEW) and abdominal thickness (ABH). Males differed significantly in a number of parameters, including the weight (W), head shape (HEL and HEW), rostrum length (ROL), carapace width (CPW), and abdominal shape (ABH and ABL). Higher values of the indicated parameters have been found in the males from the Subotica River. The obtained results are influenced by different ecological conditions of their habitats. The Subotica River is a larger watercourse in the lowland belt with a large number of microhabitats, and the Toplik is a small river in the mountain belt, with uniform sediment and a small number of ecological niches of the analyzed species. The general ecological conditions in the water of both watercourses are also affected by aquaculture facilities, where wastewater has a direct influence on the distribution of Austropotamobius torrentium individuals in the watercourses of the Subotica and Toplik Rivers. For more detailed and complete data, it is necessary to analyze a larger number of individuals in both populations, and to include additional morphometric-meristic parameters and molecular-genetic analyses.

Rational use of available land is of great importance for the economic development of every society, especially considering the fact that soil is the primary production resource, thereby placing an even greater importance on its protection and conservation, but also on the correct use of it. This paper focuses on the municipality of Bužim, located in the north/western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the soil suitability for the purposes of corn cultivation were assessed and examined by using the FAO (1976) methodology of AEZ (agroecological zoning), which uses input data such as soil characteristics, climate change, relief patterns of the investigated area, and the requirements of the agricultural crops. Within the municipality of Bužim, 13,026.27 ha of the land is used for agricultural purposes. In regards with the corn, one distinguishes between two categories ofsoil suitability: the suitable classes (S1, S2, S3), which occupy more than 43.44% of the land surface, and the unsuitable class (the N class), which only occupies 0.94% of the land surface. Thus, it can be concluded that conditions necessary for corn do exist within the municipality of Bužim, in the form of land resources, and higher yields can be achieved by implementing landscaping measures and introducing new corn varieties in accordance with the latest scientific and expert achievements.

Due to the computing capability and memory limitations, it is difficult to apply the traditional deep learning (DL) models to the edge devices (EDs) for realizing lightweight automatic modulation classification (AMC). Recently, many works attempt to use different ways to realize lightweight AMC methods for EDs. However, the lightweight seems to be a contradiction with the classification performance in these lightweight networks. In this article, we propose an efficient lightweight decentralized-learning-based AMC (DecentAMC) method using spatiotemporal hybrid deep neural network based on multichannels and multifunction blocks (MCMBNN). Specifically, the lightweight network is designed from the perspectives of comprehensive consideration of lightweight and classification performance, which is composed of three parts to extract different features for realizing high classification performance and they are phase estimator and transformer (PET) block, spatial feature extraction block and temporal feature extraction & Softmax block. In addition, we use a multichannel input to extract complementary features of different channels for a better classification performance. The proposed DecentAMC method is an efficient training method, which is achieved by the cooperation in which multiple EDs update and upload the model weight to a central device (CD) for model aggregation to avoid the data privacy disclosure and reduce the computing power and storage pressure of CD. Experimental results show that the proposed MCMBNN can obtain an improved classification accuracy while reducing model complexity with the contributions of three blocks. Moreover, the proposed DecentAMC method can be deployed on EDs efficiently. Thus, the method has the advantages of avoiding data leakage on EDs and relieving the computing pressure of CD with relatively lower communication overhead. The simulation code and datasets are shared on GitHub.

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) was developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to measure students’ knowledge and skills needed for today’s society. PISA is a large-scale assessment of 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science. In this analysis of PISA data from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), we examined the relationship between gender, mathematics achievement, and perceived meaning in life in BIH students. The sample for this analysis comprised 6480 students (3148 females and 3332 males). The results of the analysis revealed a small but statistically significant, negative relationship between mathematics and the student’s perception of the meaning in life. Boys achieved higher scores in mathematics than girls, but the difference was relatively small. In addition, boys’ rating of meaning in life was higher than that of girls. Knowing what factors influence mathematical achievement might help educators create better intervention programs. In conclusion, we provided some possible explanations for these data.

Objetivo: Avaliar qualidade de vida, ansiedade, depressão e desesperança em casais submetidos a avaliação/tratamento em serviço público de Reprodução Humana no Brasil. Método: Todos os casais estiveram em avaliação e tratamento para fertilização de setembro de 2014 a julho de 2015 foram entrevistados. Os instrumentos utilizados foram a Escala de Ansiedade e Depressão Hospitalar (HAD), o Fertility Quality of Life tool e a Escala de Desesperança de Beck. Resultados: Participaram do estudo 272 participantes (57,4% mulheres). Foram encontrados 20,9% de sintomas de ansiedade, 12,2% de depressão e 18,4% de desesperança no grupo. Os resultados mostraram que os baixos índices nas subescalas Emocional e Mente/Corpo estavam relacionados aos sintomas depressivos em mulheres, enquanto a relação com a depressão centrava-se na subescala Mente/Corpo. Nas mulheres, os baixos índices foram encontrados nas subescalas Emocional e Mente/Corpo relacionados com a desesperança, enquanto nos homens as subescalas Mente/Corpo e Tolerabilidade mostraram-se significativamente comprometidas. Conclusões: A experiência do casal pode se tornar um fator de risco maior aos danos na qualidade de vida durante o tratamento, o que aumenta a possibilidade de um impacto significativo na saúde física e mental do casal.

This paper was based on the fact that educators’ social communicative competences are insufficiently discussed in professional literature, and that there is no research instrument testing them. Therefore, the goal of this paper was to develop and then empirically validate the Scale for the Assessment of Educators’ Social Communicative Competences. The first version of the instrument consisted of the following subscales: Nonviolent Communication, Self-Awareness, Awareness of Others, Self-Management-Emotion Regulation, Self-Esteem, Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. The initial version of the scale contained 70 items. The instrument was applied to a sample of 243 respondents, educators from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and psychometric validation was carried out, which included an item analysis, a factor analysis to check the validity and reliability of the measuring instrument. Eventually, an instrument consisting of 32 items was obtained. The following 6 factors were confirmed: Nonviolent Communication, Self-Awareness, Awareness of Others, Self-Management-Emotion Regulation, Self-esteem and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. The reliability of all the subscales except for the Self-Awareness subscale was found to be satisfactory: Non-violent Communication (5 items; α=.697), Self-Awareness (6 items; α=.487), Awareness of Others (4 items; α=.804), Self-Management-Regulation of Emotions (5 items; α=.817), Self-Esteem (7 items; α=.701), Nonviolent Conflict Resolution (5 items; α=.771). It was concluded that the developed research instrument intended for the assessment of educators’ social communicative competences has satisfactory characteristics.

Cytogenetic testing plays a major role in the diagnosis of different types of lymphadenopathies, assessment of survival prognosis, but also in the selection of adequate therapeutic strategies. Reports on aggressive head and neck lymphomas combining (cyto)genetics with pathology are rare, also lacking in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of this retrospective study was to provide all chromosome aberrations data recorded in the group of patients diagnosed with malignant head and neck lymphadenopathy, and to analyze advantages and disadvantages of bone marrow (BM) cytogenetics analysis. Out of 819 patients who underwent cytogenetic analysis of BM in five years’ time spread, chromosomal abnormalities were analysed in 54 karyotypes of patients with clinically suspected head and neck lymphadenopathy. We recorded 66,6% Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 26% Hodgkin lymphoma, 3,7% Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 3,7% Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Chromosomal abnormalities in the karyotype were detected in 32 (59.2%) of a total of 54 patients. A normal karyotype was observed in 14 (26%) patients. In 8 (14.8%) subjects, it was not possible to perform cytogenetic analysis. The results of this research are representative in a term of the karyotype characteristics of patients with head and neck lymphoma. This is the first work of its kind in Bosnia and Herzegovina and will continue through a multicenter study in order to characterise the diagnostic and prognostic significance of cytogenetic abnormalities in lymphoma patients.

Rad obrađuje problematiku otvorenosti šuma mrežom primarne šumske prometne infrastrukture te dinamiku građenja, održavanja i rekonstrukcije šumskih cesta u Federaciji BiH od 2005. do 2020. godine. Otvorenost šuma u Federaciji BiH još je značajno ispod potrebne minimalne (15 m/ha za brdsko-planinska područja) za racionalno gospodarenje šumskim resursima. Građenje je novih šumskih cesta imperativ za šumarske tvrtke, međutim dinamika izgradnje novih cesta daleko je ispod potrebne razine. Također, rekonstrukcija postojećih šumskih cesta koje su većinom građene 70-ih i 80-ih godina prošloga stoljeća, a čija nosivost nije usklađena sa zahtjevima suvremenih kamionskih skupova, gotovo pa u potpunosti izostaje. Jedan od osnovnih problema za provođenje predmetne analize jest prikaz podataka šumarskih poduzeća u Federaciji BiH, koja rekonstrukciju, održavanje i redovitu sanaciju daju kao jedan podatak, zbog čega realne pokazatelje stvarno izvršenih radova za pojedinačne vrste radova nije moguće na pravi način opisati. Uz kvantitativne podatke koji su dani u radu, također su iskazani i financijski pokazatelji planiranih i realiziranih radova.

O artigo tematiza os direitos da personalidade e a possibilidade de que eles sejam objetos de negócios jurídicos existenciais. Parte-se da seguinte problematização de pesquisa: são cabíveis as limitações decorrentes da ingerência de normas de ordem pública no que tange ao objeto que o negócio jurídico pode perseguir, especialmente quando versa sobre direitos personalíssimos? A pesquisa se faz necessária tendo em vista a delimitação da doutrina majoritária, quanto ao objeto da relação negocial, versar unicamente sobre bens de natureza patrimonial. Como hipótese, entende-se que seria possível, diante dos avanços sociais e da teoria contratual, que os direitos personalíssimos se apresentem como objeto de relações negociais. O estudo apoiou-se no método hipotético-dedutivo para a busca e obtenção de respostas a tal indagação, com recurso à técnica de pesquisa bilbiográfica e documental.

Background This study was conducted to explore the association of different phenotypes, count, and location of chronic covert brain infarctions (CBIs) with detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) on prolonged post‐stroke cardiac rhythm monitoring (PCM). Methods and Results We conducted a cohort single‐center study of consecutive first‐ever ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack patients undergoing PCM between January 2015 and December 2017. We blindly rated CBI phenotypes according to established definitions and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) according to the age‐related white matter changes rating scale. We used (multiple) regression models to assess the association of the imaging biomarkers and incident AF on PCM. A total of 795 patients (median [interquartile range]) aged 69 (57–78) years, 41% women, median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score 2 (0–5), median PCM duration 14 (7–14) days, and AF detection in 61 patients (7.7%) were included. On univariate analysis, WMHs (per point odds ratio, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.03–1.78]) but not CBIs (odds ratio, 0.90 [95% CI, 0.52–1.56]) were associated with AF detection. Neither CBI phenotype, count, nor location were associated with AF detection. After adjustment for age, hypertension, and stroke severity, neither increasing WMHs (per point adjusted odds ratio, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.60–1.20]) nor CBIs (adjusted odds ratio, 0.60 [95% CI, 0.33–1.09]) were independently associated with AF detection. Conclusions Although WMHs and CBIs represent surrogate biomarkers of vascular risk factors, neither WMHs nor CBIs, including their phenotypes, count, and location, were independently associated with AF detection on PCM. In patients with manifest ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, the presence of imaging biomarkers of chronic ischemic injury does not seem promising to further refine prediction tools for AF detection on PCM.

Molds are often found in patients with pre-existing asthma, when they can be the cause of worsening asthma and even death. However, they can also represent a risk factor for the development of asthma in a previously healthy person. The most allergenic molds causing respiratory diseases are: Aspergillus, Alternaria, Penicillium and Cladosporium with an emphasis on Aspergillus in patients with asthma. In order to be inhaled their spores must be ≤5 µm in size. Germination of inhaled mold spores in the lungs is related to Th2 and Th17 pathways, as well as activation of the innate immune system, but also could promote sensitization to allergens of other mushrooms, as well as allergy to pollens and dust mites. Sensitization rates in asthma patients range from 5-50% of patients. Molds can act as internal or external sources of respiratory allergens depending on the climatic conditions. The diagnosis of fungal allergy is complicated by the fact that patients with mold allergy are often polysensitized to pollen as well. Therefore, a good allergic anamnesis and clinical picture play a key role. Regarding diagnostic procedures, the most important are serum fungal-specific IgE or precipitins, total IgE, IgG against suspected fungus, peripheral blood eosinophils and fungal-specific skin prick tests. The role of antifungal therapy in severe asthma remains unclear. Further research is needed to better define the potential utility of antifungal drugs in patients with asthma and mold sensitization or allergy to identify drugs and populations of patients who would benefit from such treatment. There is also insufficient evidence for the safety and efficacy of allergen immunotherapy in mold-sensitive patients. About 70% of patients with severe eosinophilic asthma with sensitization or allergy to Aspergillus and Penicillium could benefit with Mepolizumab therapy. On the other side, measures to avoid mold still remain key factor in therapy.