This collective discussion brings together six women scholars of and from the post-Yugoslav space, who, using personal experiences, analyze the dynamics of knowledge production in international relations (IR), especially regarding the post-Yugoslav space. Working in Global North academia but with lived experiences in the region we study, our research is often subjected to a particular gaze, seeped in assumptions about “ulterior” motives and expectations about writing and representation. Can those expected to be objects of knowledge ever become epistemic subjects? We argue that the rendering of the post-Yugoslav space as conflict-prone and as Europe's liminal semi-periphery in the discipline of IR cannot be decoupled from the rendering of the region and those seen as related to it as unable to produce knowledge that, in mainstream discussions, is seen as valuable and “objective.” The post-Yugoslav region and those seen as related to it being simultaneously postcolonial, postsocialist, and postwar, and characterized by marginalization, complicity, and privilege in global racialized hierarchies at the same time, can make visible specific forms of multiple colonialities, potentially creating space for anti- and/or decolonial alternatives. We further make the case for embracing a radical reflexivity that is active, collaborative, and rooted in feminist epistemologies and political commitments.

Basketball is one of the popular sports in the world, and physical performance is becoming increasingly important in basketball as the game evolves. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of a 3-week modified complex training on athletic performance of women's national basketball players. An experimental study involved the participation of 12 highly trained female basketball players (national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Observed variables before and after 3-weeks of modified complex training were 300 yards test, 20-yards test, lane agility and beep test. Means and standard deviations for each of the variables were calculated, and differences pre-to-post performance changes were examined using a paired sample t-test. Three weeks of specific complex training sessions show a statistically significant increase in all tested variables, 300 yards (p≤.001); 20 yards (p≤.001); Lane agility (p≤.001) and beep test (p=.028). It can be concluded that applied complex training program has significantly improved studied parameters of condition preparation of elite female basketball players.

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Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) metamaterials characterized by mathematically-controlled topologies exhibit better mechanical properties compared to uniform structures. The unit cell topology of such metamaterials can be further optimized to improve a desired mechanical property for a specific application. However, such inverse design involves multiple costly 3D finite element analyses in topology optimization and hence has not been attempted. Data-driven models have recently gained popularity as surrogate models in the geometrical design of metamaterials. Gyroid-like unit cells are designed using a novel voxel algorithm, a homogenization-based topology optimization, and a Heaviside filter to attain optimized densities of 0-1 configuration. Few optimization data are used as input-output for supervised learning of the topology optimization process from a 3D CNN model. These models could then be used to instantaneously predict the optimized unit cell geometry for any topology parameters, thus alleviating the need to run any topology optimization for future design. The high accuracy of the model was demonstrated by a low mean square error metric and a high dice coefficient metric. This accelerated design of 3D metamaterials opens the possibility of designing any computationally costly problems involving complex geometry of metamaterials with multi-objective properties or multi-scale applications.

Glioblastomas presenting topographically at the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) are exceedingly rare. Given the specific anatomical considerations and their rarity, overall survival (OS) and management are not discussed in detail. The authors performed an integrative survival analysis of CPA glioblastomas. A literature search of PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases was performed per PRISMA guidelines. Patient data including demographics, clinical features, neuroimaging, management, follow-up, and OS were extracted. The mean age was 39 ± 26.2 years. The mean OS was 8.9 months. Kaplan–Meier log-rank test and univariate Cox proportional-hazards model identified hydrocephalus (log-rank, p = 0.034; HR 0.34; 95% CI 0.12–0.94; p = 0.038), chemotherapy (log-rank, p < 0.005; HR 5.66; 95% CI 1.53–20.88; p = 0.009), and radiotherapy (log-rank, p < 0.0001; HR 12.01; 95% CI 3.44–41.89; p < 0.001) as factors influencing OS. Hydrocephalus (HR 3.57; 95% CI 1.07–11.1; p = 0.038) and no adjuvant radiotherapy (HR 0.12; 95% CI 0.02–0.59; p < 0.01) remained prognostic on multivariable analysis with fourfold and twofold higher risk for the time-related onset of death, respectively. This should be considered when assessing the risk-to-benefit ratio for patients undergoing surgery for CPA glioblastoma.

This article examines the recent trends in whistleblowing regulation, analysing the issue of financial rewards as one of the key distinctions between the legislative solutions on the matter in the United States as compared to European jurisdictions. Using the lens of corruption theories, the article concludes that the usage of financial rewards increases the overall regulatory capacity of the state to reduce corruption and fraud and reduce the emerging, largely anonymous digital whistleblowing. The financial rewards are also, due to the peculiar nature of both corruption and whistleblowing, an adequate tool to help to quantify the effects of whistleblowing. The article argues that the introduction of financial rewards should not be viewed as dependent on the differences in the legal traditions or culture but on the quality of the institutions and their ability to assess the reports of the whistleblowers. The article offers considerations concerning the conditions for the introduction of financial rewards.

The paper presents the most recent achievements in developing AMADEOS - the first online web-based tool aimed at business process model-driven database design. The preexisting AMADEOS was able only to derive an initial conceptual database model automatically, while other design phases were not supported. The most recent development efforts resulted in the complete coverage of the database design process, from conceptual model to physical database, by using the standard UML notation.

The idea of this paper is the proposal of a low-cost control device based on the concept of IoT, which will have many functionalities integrated. A large number of integrated functionalities make it possible to satisfy a large number of different users. The proposed control device solution could be used both for controlling the operation of devices and machines in industrial plants and for training engineers.

Embedded systems are widely used in different spheres of everyday life. Implementation of web server into these systems enable remote access to processed data. Web server implementation should be suitable for limited resources of these systems. In this paper, web server implementation in system for air parameter monitoring will be presented. This implementation is done using LwIP stack and enables remote access to measurement results within local network. Operation principle of web server and whole system will be discussed.

This paper presents unified force and position control based on sliding mode control (SMC) for a series elastic actuator (SEA). Compliant motion of robotic systems is crucial when dealing with unstructured environments as in the case of physical human-robot interaction. Therefore, not only traditional mechanical systems with stiff joints but also mechanically compliant systems such as SEAs have been actively studied. In order to accomplish versatile tasks, the strategy enabling both position control and force control is favorable. In this paper, the controller synthesizing position and force controllers on the basis of SMC for the control problem of SEAs is proposed by extending our previous work. Simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method.

Many different methods are used for generating blackbox test case suites. Test case minimization is used for reducing the feasible test case suite size in order to minimize the cost of testing while ensuring maximum fault detection. This paper presents an optimization of the existing test case minimization algorithm based on forward-propagation of the cause-effect graphing method. The algorithm performs test case prioritization based on test case strength, a newly introduced test case selection metric. The optimized version of the minimization algorithm was evaluated by using thirteen different examples from the available literature. In cases where the existing algorithm did not generate the minimum test case subsets, significant improvements of test effect coverage metric values were achieved. Test effect coverage metric values were not improved only in cases where maximum optimization was already achieved by using the existing algorithm.

In this study, the implementation of Free Route Airspace (FRA) in Europe is presented, with special reference to the merge of SECSI FRA (South East Common Sky Initiative Free Route Airspace) and FRA IT(Free Route Airspace in Italy) in to the SECSI IT FRA. Free Route Airspace is a certain volume of airspace in which users are free to plan a route between defined entry and exit points. Depending on the availability of airspace, routing is possible via waypoints, without calling the Air Traffic Service (ATS) route network. The purpose of this paper is to show how the implementation of free route airspace in Europe, affects traffic indicators in terms of flight length, fuel consumption, environmental impact and economy. This paper will also show a slight decrease in air traffic controller load as a result of the implementation of free route airspace. We also wanted to show how, the merge of SECSI FRA and FRA IT, affects Bosnia and Herzegovina airspace. When fully implemented at European level, it should allow the following savings, compared to the current situation: 1 billion nautical miles in terms of flight length, 6 million tons of fuel savings, and 5 billion euros less costs in in terms of fuel savings.