scholarly journals East-west demographic divide in the EU: A regional overview

Stanovnistvo ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Marko Galjak
Keyword(s):  
Regional Variation ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Fertility Schedule ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education Science ◽  
East West ◽  
The Eu

The goal was to examine demographic differences between former communist regions and other regions of the EU. Besides providing a regional overview of EU?s demographic differences, we question whether the subnational approach offers any new insights into the East-West divide. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,155 EU?s NUTS3 regions from 2014. These regions are grouped in two groups: regions that were part of a com-munist country, and other regions. Mortality, fertility and age structure indicators were tested between the two groups of regions. GDP/c was used to control for differences in economic development by segmenting the regions into tree brackets: low, medium, and high. The differences were then tested for each indicator. Regional variation within countries for each indicator was also assessed. The gaps exist at regional level and are the widest with mortality and fertility schedule, regardless of GDP/c. Former communist regions on average tend to be slightly younger. Analysis of regional variation showed that subnational approach was warranted when studying East-West demographic disparities, especially when it comes to fertility schedule. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 47006: Istrazivanje demografskih fenomena u funkciji javnih politika u Srbiji]

scholarly journals Potentials For Agro-Energy Crops Production: Example Of Miscanthus Cultivation In Serbia

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Gordana Dražić ◽  
Mirjana Aranđelović ◽  
Jelena Milovanović ◽  
Zuzana Jureková ◽  
Eleonóra Marišová
Keyword(s):  
Rural Economy ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Education Science ◽  
The Eu

Abstract In accordance with priorities of sustainable development in Serbia, production and use of biomass is crucial for provision of annually renewable national sources of energy and for environmental quality conservation. Rural development has typically focused on improving agricultural production and promoting market orientation, however, as the examples of other countries in the EU accession process have shown (e.g. Slovakia), such an approach could threaten the survival of rural population. Biomass production is one of the key sectors with significant potential for diversification of rural economy. The results of multiannual research work supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia through national scientific projects and several international initiatives are summarized in this paper. The research activities focus on Miscanthus × giganteus Greef et Deu. The production potentials of miscanthus on fertile and degraded soils were investigated since 2009 in experimental plots established on moderate and extremely degraded lands in Serbia, applying various agrotechnical measures in different ecological conditions. The results show that fertile agricultural land as well as moderate degraded areas provide suitable conditions for miscanthus biomass and viable rhizomes production for energy and ecoremediation purposes.

scholarly journals Dealing with the past in the context of joint environmental emergency management in the cross border region – overview of Serbian experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
L. Jovanović ◽  
V. Radović
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Abiotic Stress Tolerance ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Republic ◽  
New Biomarkers ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Plant Abiotic Stress ◽  
The Eu

This paper was written as a part of the part of the project No. III 43010 “Modulation of antioxidative metabolism in plants for improvement of plant abiotic stress tolerance and identification of new biomarkers for application in remediation and monitoring of degraded biotopes”, and project No. III 47009 “European integrations and social and economic changes in Serbian economy on the way to the EU”, financed by the Ministry of education, science and technological development of the Republic of Serbia, and COST Action European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) no 16229.

PSYCHOLOGY IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE - 16th Days of Applied Psychology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grupa Autora
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Education Science

The International Thematic Proceedia titled „Psychology in the world of science” is a publication from the 16th International Conference “Days of Applied Psychology” held on September 25th & 26th 2020 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. This is a traditional annual nonprofit conference which has been organized since 2005 by the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, with the support and co-financing of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. The conference started with the idea of gathering researchers and practitioners who discuss the link between science and practice in different psychological areas. From the very start, this gathering has welcomed international participants, and year after year this number is on the rise. This scientific publication contains 18 peer-reviewed articles which can be classified as original scientific papers and as review papers. The authors of these manuscripts come from six countries: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Republic of Serbia.

scholarly journals Extent, regional variation and impact of gynecologist payment models in routine pelvic examinations: a nationwide cross-sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingvild Mathiesen Rosenlund ◽  
Linda Leivseth ◽  
Ingard Nilsen ◽  
Olav Helge Førde ◽  
Arthur Revhaug
Keyword(s):  
Regional Variation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pelvic Examinations ◽  
Payment Models

scholarly journals Laboratory Medicine Management: Leadership Skills for Effective Laboratory

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nada Majkić-Singh
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Clinical Chemistry ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Laboratory Medicine ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Serbia And Montenegro ◽  
Medicine Management ◽  
Management Leadership ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
Education Science

SummaryForum of the European Societies of Clinical Chemistry (FESCC) decided that the FESCC Symposium for Balkan Region would be held each year in Belgrade and organized by the Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia and Montenegro (SMBSM). Professor Victor Blaton, at the time President of the FESCC, supported the organization of the Symposium. Purpose of these Symposia has been to educate clinical biochemists from Balkan region to improve management, leadership skills for effective laboratories. As a result of these decision twelve symposia have been organized thus far very successfully. Here the most important Symposium topics will be reviewed. Also, the 13thEFLM Symposium for Balkan Region under the title »Laboratory Medicine Management: Leadership Skills for Effective Laboratory«(Belgrade, September 2017) is organized by EFLM and SMBS under the Auspices of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC), Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia and Ministry of Health of Serbia with participation of the European and domestic specialists in field of Laboratory Medicine.

scholarly journals Degree of regional variation and effects of health insurance-related factors on the utilization of 24 diverse healthcare services - a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjia Wei ◽  
Agne Ulyte ◽  
Oliver Gruebner ◽  
Viktor von Wyl ◽  
Holger Dressel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Managed Care ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Healthcare Utilization ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Background Regional variation in healthcare utilization could reflect unequal access to care, which may lead to detrimental consequences to quality of care and costs. The aims of this study were to a) describe the degree of regional variation in utilization of 24 diverse healthcare services in eligible populations in Switzerland, and b) identify potential drivers, especially health insurance-related factors, and explore the consistency of their effects across the services. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using health insurance claims data for the year of 2014. The studied 24 healthcare services were predominantly outpatient services, ranging from screening to secondary prevention. For each service, a target population was identified based on applicable clinical recommendations, and outcome variable was the use of the service. Possible influencing factors included patients’ socio-demographics, health insurance-related and clinical characteristics. For each service, we performed a comprehensive methodological approach including small area variation analysis, spatial autocorrelation analysis, and multilevel multivariable modelling using 106 mobilité spaciale regions as the higher level. We further calculated the median odds ratio in model residuals to assess the unexplained regional variation. Results Unadjusted utilization rates varied considerably across the 24 healthcare services, ranging from 3.5% (osteoporosis screening) to 76.1% (recommended thyroid disease screening sequence). The effects of health insurance-related characteristics were mostly consistent. A higher annual deductible level was mostly associated with lower utilization. Supplementary insurance, supplementary hospital insurance and having chosen a managed care model were associated with higher utilization of most services. Managed care models showed a tendency towards more recommended care. After adjusting for multiple influencing factors, the unexplained regional variation was generally small across the 24 services, with all MORs below 1.5. Conclusions The observed utilization rates seemed suboptimal for many of the selected services. For all of them, the unexplained regional variation was relatively small. Our findings confirmed the importance and consistency of effects of health insurance-related factors, indicating that healthcare utilization might be further optimized through adjustment of insurance scheme designs. Our comprehensive approach aids in the identification of regional variation and influencing factors of healthcare services use in Switzerland as well as comparable settings worldwide.

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Education Science

The International Thematic Proceedia titled „Psychological research and practice” is a publication from the 15th International Conference “Days of Applied Psychology” held on September 27th & 28th 2019 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. This is a traditional annual nonprofit conference which has been organized since 2005 by the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, with the support and co-financing of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. The conference started with the idea of gathering researchers and practitioners who discuss the link between science and practice in different psychological areas. From the very start, this gathering has welcomed international participants, and year after year this number is on the rise. This scientific publication contains 18 reviewed articles which can be classified as original scientific papers. The authors of these manuscripts come from five countries: Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republic of Serbia. Papers belong to the different areas of psychology, reflecting the scope of interest of the authors as well as the topic of the conference. This publication is organized into the following thematic sections: 1) Plenary lecture; 2) Developmental and Educational psychology 3) Social Psychology; 4) Psychology of Personality and Individual Differences and Psychological Measurement; 5) Clinical and Health Psychology; 6) Organizational and Marketing Psychology, and 7) Symposium: Understanding sexual related behavior in students: Personality, emotions and attitudes.

Variations revealed by INFREP Radio Network in correspondence of six earthquakes with MW greater than 5.0 occurred in the Balkan Peninsula and Adriatic Sea on 26 and 27 November, 2019

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Francesco Biagi ◽  
Alexandra Nina ◽  
Anita Ermini ◽  
Giovanni Nico
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Signal Amplitude ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Education Science

<p>In this work we analyse variations in VLF/LF radio signal amplitudes recorded by the INFREP network in the period 16 November – 6 December, 2019 characterized by very intensive seismic activities in the Balkan peninsula, Crete, and Adriatic, Aegean and Black seas. Namely, 38 earthquakes with magnitude greater than 4.0 occurred in this area during the noticed period; the most intensive of them occurred on 26 and 27 November: three events in Albania (M<sub>w</sub>= 6.4, 5.3, 5.1), one in Crete (M<sub>w</sub>= 6), one in Bosnia and Herzegovina (M<sub>w</sub>= 5.4) and two in Adriatic sea (M<sub>w</sub>= 5.4, 5.3). We study both long- and short- term variations that are already recorded in earlier studies. The long-term variations relate to changes in the amplitude intensities in periods of several days and their existence is shown in many previous studies. The recent analyses also indicate short-term variations in signal amplitude noises started about several tents of minutes before the earthquake (Nina et al. 2020). In this work, we analyse different areas using INFREP network, which allow us to study local changes in the atmosphere. In order to examine possible precursors we considered longer time started and ended 10 days before and after the most intensive of the considered earthquakes, respectively.</p><p>This research is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, under the projects 176002 and III44002.</p><p>References</p><p>Nina, A., S. Pulinets, P. F. Biagi, G. Nico, S. T. Mitrović, M. Radovanović and L. Č. Popović. Science of the Total Environment 710 (2020) 136406</p>

scholarly journals Methods used to conduct the pan-European Union survey on consumer attitudes to physical activity, body weight and health

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (1a) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Kearney ◽  
MJ Kearney ◽  
S McElhone ◽  
MJ Gibney
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Population Weight ◽  
The Eu

AbstractObjectiveThe purpose of conducting this survey was to identify data on consumer attitudes towards and beliefs about physical activity, body weight and health among the 15 countries of the EU.DesignA cross-sectional study to get a picture of the attitudes to physical activity, body weight and health in the EU. For this, it was considered important that samples be nationally representative so that inferences drawn from the data could be applied to the population in each country as well as to the EU population as a whole. Using a non-probability sampling method employing quota controls (and the national weight) we obtained large sample sizes from each country which were nationally representative in terms of the variables age, sex and regional distribution. To ensure samples were truly nationally representative a national weight was used when analysing the data using the same characteristics as those used to define quotas. When examining pooled estimates for the total EU sample a population weight was applied.ResultsIn total, 15 239 subjects aged 15 years and upwards in the EU completed the survey. This article gives details on the methods used in carrying out the survey from design of the questionnaire to sample selection, questionnaire administration and analysis of the data. The methods and their limitations are discussed.

scholarly journals Brazilian Sign Language teaching in undergraduate nursing courses

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (suppl 5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Silva da Costa ◽  
Lúcia Cristina da Silva Pereira ◽  
Guilherme Guarino de Moura Sá ◽  
Otávio Washington Lima Silva ◽  
Lívia Moreira Barros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Brazilian Sign Language ◽  
Nursing Courses

ABSTRACT Objective: to characterize the Brazilian Sign Language teaching in undergraduate nursing courses. Method: a cross-sectional study, carried out on the curriculum matrices of 553 higher education nursing courses. Data collection took place through access to the websites of the Ministry of Education and educational institutions. Results: the nursing courses that offered Libras were located predominantly in the Southeast (36%), coming from private institutions (87.2%). Most Libras courses (82%) were offered on a mandatory basis in the second half of the course (46.7%). The semester in which the offer was most frequent was the eighth (15.9%). There was an association (p <0.001) between the offer of course and the variable “public or private category”. Conclusions: there was a predominance of Libras course in private institutions, in the Southeast region, with a 40-hour workload, offered in the second half of the course.

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