Promene u položaju autonomnih pokrajina u Srbiji krajem šezdesetih godina 20. veka odrazile su se na odnose Kosova i Metohije sa Albanijom. Državni sekretarijat za inostrane poslove i Savezno izvršno ...veće počeli su 1967. godine da ohrabruju kulturno i ekonomsko povezivanje Kosova i Metohije sa Albanijom, objašnjavajući to strategijom za normalizaciju odnosa između Jugoslavije i Albanije. Nakon skupova u Prištini i Tirani i međusobnih poseta prosvetnih delegacija, dogovoreno je da se udžbenici iz Albanije koriste u školskom sistemu Kosova i Metohije, a kosovska preduzeća su svoju proizvodnju preusmerila na albansko tržište. Profesori Univerziteta u Tirani angažovani su u nastavi na prištinskim fakultetima. Izveštaji albanskih predavača iz Prištine omogućili su partijskom vrhu Albanije širok spektar informacija o situaciji u Jugoslaviji. Rad se primarno zasniva na neobjavljenoj arhivskoj građi Centralnog državnog arhiva Albanije u Tirani, uz korišćenje dokumenata iz srpskih arhiva kao i objavljenih istorijskih izvora i literature.
Na osnovu arhivske građe i stručne literature rad analizira pogranični promet i problem dvovlasničkih imanja Jugoslavije i Albanije tokom 1945–1948. Ove dve države uspostavile su intenzivnu ekonomsku ...saradnju nakon Drugog svetskog rata. Kao bitno pitanje istaknuto je rešavanje odnosa duž jugoslovensko-albanske granice. Potpisan je Sporazum o pograničnom prometu 1945, a nakon posete Envera Hodže Jugoslaviji sredinom 1946. ukinuta je carinska granica i izjednačene su valute. Probleme oko dvovlasničkih imanja rešavala je mešovita albansko-jugoslovenska komisija. Ipak, svi započeti projekti i rešavana pitanja bili su prekinuti albanskim prihvatanjem Rezolucije Informbiroa u junu 1948, nakon čega je jugoslovensko-albanska granica bila zatvorena.
The vegetation of Buna River Protected Landscape is described. The area comprises both the alluvial plain of the lower course of the Buna river that marks the boundary between Montenegro and Albania, ...and a carbonatic range. The vegetation is characterized by a high β-diversity (27 alliances and 46 associations), especially in wetlands and dry grasslands. In the area it is possible to distinguish 1 dunal and 4 hygro-sequences in the alluvial plain and 3 xeroseries in the carbonatic range. Associations Clematido viticellae-Punicetum granati and Periploco graecae-Alnetum glutinosae are described as new.
V članku je opisana vegetacija v zavarovanega območja ob reki Buna. Območje obsega aluvialno ravnino ob spodnjem teku reke Buna, ki predstavlja mejo med Črno goro in Albanijo in karbonatnim hribovjem. Za vegetacijo je značilna visoka β diverziteta (27 zvez in 46 asociacij), še posebej pa mokrišča in suha travišča. V območju smo izločili 1 sekvenco na sipinah, 4 higro sekvence na aluvialni ravnici in 3 ksero serije na karbonatnem masivu. Asociaciji Clematido viticellae-Punicetum granati in Periploco graecae-Alnetum glutinosae sta novo opisani.
Elidor Mëhilli has produced a groundbreaking history of communist Albania that illuminates one of Europe's longest but least understood dictatorships.From Stalin to Mao, which is informed throughout ...by Mëhilli's unprecedented access to previously restricted archives, captures the powerful globalism of post-1945 socialism, as well as the unintended consequences of cross-border exchanges from the Mediterranean to East Asia.
After a decade of vigorous borrowing from the Soviet Union-advisers, factories, school textbooks, urban plans-Albania's party clique switched allegiance to China during the 1960s Sino-Soviet conflict, seeing in Mao's patronage an opportunity to keep Stalinism alive. Mëhilli shows how socialism created a shared transnational material and mental culture-still evident today around Eurasia-but it failed to generate political unity. Combining an analysis of ideology with a sharp sense of geopolitics, he brings into view Fascist Italy's involvement in Albania, then explores the country's Eastern bloc entanglements, the profound fascination with the Soviets, and the contradictions of the dramatic anti-Soviet turn. Richly illustrated with never-before-published photographs, From Stalin to Mao draws on a wealth of Albanian, Russian, German, British, Italian, Czech, and American archival sources, in addition to fiction, interviews, and memoirs. Mëhilli's fresh perspective on the Soviet-Chinese battle for the soul of revolution in the global Cold War also illuminates the paradoxes of state planning in the twentieth century.
Abstract
Background
Colorectal polyps (CP) are common among individuals older than 50 years. Some polyp types can precede colorectal cancer (CRC). This study aimed at describing histopathological ...characteristics of colorectal polyps in relation to age and gender among symptomatic patients referred for a colonoscopy examination during 2011-2014 in Tirana, Albania.
Methods
Study population included 267 individuals aged ≥ 20 years and diagnosed with ≥ 1 polyp during a colonoscopy examination. A total of 346 polyps were identified, excised and measured, and underwent histopathological examination.
Results
Adenomas accounted for 79.8% of all polyps and tubular type was the most frequent one (74.4%). The majority of polyps (42.5%) were small (<1 cm), 38.7% of a medium size (1-2 cm) and 18.8% large (>2 cm). Adenomas were larger than non-adenomatous polyps (p<0.01)
There was no gender difference with regard to patient age (p=0.22) or polyp size (p=0.84) Adenomas were more frequent among men compared to women (p=0.02). Age was strongly related to polyp characteristics. The proportion of adenomas increased significantly with age (p<0.01). Within adenomas, the proportion of villous types - a precursor of colorectal cancer - increased remarkably with age (p=0.01). Older age was positively associated with potentially malignant adenomas (defined as adenomas > 1 cm and showing high-grade dysplasia) (p<0.01).
Conclusion
Adenomas accounted for the majority of polyps. Their morphology, size and malignant potential were related to patient age.
The paper aims to describe the progress that has been made in the implementation of the Albanian food and nutrition policy since 2003, so as to consider its impacts to date, and to identify strategic ...priorities/critical areas and priorities for Albania's future policy on improving the national food and nutrition situation.
In 2011-2012, an expert group applied an intersectoral participatory approach to evaluate the implementation of Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2003-08 in Albania. The experts employed the quantitative method, using a 9 question logical assessment matrix to measure the achievements of the individual goals of the Plan, and a qualitative tool for the interview of an interdisciplinary sample of 68-key informants-persons operating in public health nutrition, food safety and food availability related subfields, from a wide range of pertinent institutions and stakeholders.
The quantitative and qualitative assessment revealed that the implementation process has faced serious barriers linked to the design of the plan, which did not accurately anticipate a theoretical framework, or structured methods for its implementation. Other impeding factors included the lack of institutional/infrastructure support, lack of intersectoral coordination and motivation, as well as insufficient capacities and know-how. Intersectoral response to the multifaceted nature of double burden of malnutrition is of key importance to improve nutritional wellbeing and health outcomes in Albania.
Participatory approaches that involve all relevant sectors and actors in the development, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of public health policies based on comprehensive action-oriented assessments are promising and should be further supported.
The clinical profile of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients reflects the burden of risk factors in the general population. Differences between incident (first) and recurrent (repeated) events ...and their impact on treatment are poorly described. We studied potential differences in the clinical profile and in-hospital treatment between patients hospitalised with an incident and recurrent AMI.
A total of 324 patients admitted in the Coronary Care Unit of 'Mother Teresa' hospital, Tirana, Albania (2013-2014), were included in the study. Information on AMI type, complications and risk factors was obtained from patient's medical file. Logistic regression analyses were used to explore differences between the incident and recurrent AMIs regarding clinical profile and in-hospital treatment.
Of all patients, 50 (15.4%) had a prior AMI. Compared to incident cases, recurrent cases were older (P=0.01), more often women (P=0.01), less educated (P=0.01), and smoked less (P=0.03). Recurrent cases experienced more often heart failure (HF) (OR=2.48; 95% CI: 1.31-4.70), impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (OR=1.97; 95% CI:1.05-3.71), and multivessel disease (OR=6.32; 95% CI: 1.43-28.03) than incident cases. In-hospital use of beta-blockers was less frequent among recurrent compared to incident cases (OR=0.45; 95% CI: 0.24-0.85), while no statistically significant differences between groups were observed regarding angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker, statin, aspirin or invasive procedures.
A more severe clinical expression of the disease and underutilisation of treatment among recurrent AMIs are likely to explain their poorer prognosis compared to incident AMIs.
The Albanian Operation, carried out by British and American secret services from 1949 to 1953, was one of the first Western attempts to subvert a country behind the Iron Curtain. The British liaison ...officer for the project in Washington was Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent who sabotaged the whole venture. In all, about 300 agents and civilians are thought to have been killed in the disastrous operation.
The story was first pieced together by Nicholas Bethell in his 1984 book The Great Betrayal: The Untold Story of Kim Philby's Biggest Coup, based on interviews and conversations with British and American officials and Albanian fighters who infiltrated the Stalinist Albanian regime and escaped alive. The present work presents the interviews throws new light on what actually took place.
Tradicionalne izravne geološke i geofizičke metode istraživanja koje se koriste za prepoznavanje geoloških obilježja su vrlo skupe i dugotrajne. U tom smislu metode daljinskh istraživanja za analizu ...multispektralnih satelitskih snimaka i snimaka srednje rezolucije omogućuju kvalitetniji pristup s obzirom na specifične geološke metode. U skladu s tim moguće je napraviti preliminarnu analizu površine tla putem poluautomatske analize satelitskih snimaka. Ovakva analiza omogućuje snižavanje troškova na način da se geološke/geofizičke metode istraživanja koriste naknadno, i to u onim područjima za koje se ovakvom analizom (korištenjem daljinskih snimaka) utvrdi postojanje određene tektonske aktivnosti.U ovom radu analizira se satelitska snimka ASTER (i na temelju nje napravljen digitalni model reljefa – DMR) kako bi se uputilo na eventualnu prisutnost aktivnih geoloških struktura (rasjeda). Ovim istraživanjem obuhvaćeno je područje zapadne i središnje Albanije. Radi utvrđivanja pouzdanosti navedene metode rezultati analize snimaka dobivenih daljinskim istraživanjem su uspoređeni s postojećim podacima za isto područje dobivenima satelitskim snimanjem. Postojeći, istraživanjima potvrđeni podaci preuzeti su iz objavljene literature.
Celotno besedilo
Dostopno za:
DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
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