Gospodarski razvoj Goriške in Nove Gorice je v prvih dveh desetletjih in pol po 2. svetovni vojni v skladu s splošno usmeritvijo Jugoslavije v pospešeno industrializacijo temeljil na krepitvi ...industrije. V prvem obdobju okrevanja in odpravljanja zaostalosti (1947−1956) je ta potekala na temeljih skromne predvojne industrije in obrti, kasneje, v obdobju 1957−1969, pa na preseganju dotedanjih razvojnih anomalij ter na skladnejšem in bolj vsestranskem razvoju, znotraj katerega so večjo vlogo dobile do tedaj zapostavljene gospodarske panoge (kmetijstvo, gradbeništvo, promet, trgovina, obrt, turizem), in na hitrejšem razvijanju po vojni na novo vzpostavljenih industrijskih panog. Zaradi prekinitve navezanosti na italijansko politično in gospodarsko celoto in vstopa v jugoslovansko politično in gospodarsko celoto sta prostor in gospodarstvo Goriške doživljala precejšnjo selitveno dinamiko. Ta je močno zaznamovala in vplivala na povojni razvoj tako goriškega gospodarstva kot tudi novozgrajene Nove Gorice – novega upravno-političnega, gospodarskega in kulturnega središča Goriške.
Structural equation modeling (SEM) software commonly report information criteria, like the AIC, for the model under investigation and for the unconstrained/saturated model. With these criteria, ...(non-)nested models can be compared. This comes down to evaluating equalities (e.g., setting some paths equal or to 0). These criteria cannot evaluate inequality restrictions on the parameters, while the AIC-type criterion called GORICA can. For example, GORICA can evaluate the hypothesis stating that one predictor has more (standardized) strength than some other predictors. This paper illustrates inequality-constrained hypothesis-evaluation in SEM models using the GORICA (in R). Examples will be presented for confirmatory factor analysis, latent regression, and multigroup latent regression.
In the social and behavioral sciences, it is often not interesting to evaluate the null hypothesis by means of a p-value. Researchers are often more interested in quantifying the evidence in the data ...(as opposed to using p-values) with respect to their own expectations represented by equality and/or inequality constrained hypotheses (as opposed to the null hypothesis). This article proposes an Akaike-type information criterion (AIC; Akaike, 1973, 1974) called the generalized order-restricted information criterion approximation (GORICA) that evaluates (in)equality constrained hypotheses under a very broad range of statistical models. The results of five simulation studies provide empirical evidence showing that the performance of the GORICA on selecting the best hypothesis out of a set of (in)equality constrained hypotheses is convincing. To illustrate the use of the GORICA, the expectations of researchers are investigated in a logistic regression, multilevel regression, and structural equation model.
Translational AbstractEvaluation of Inequality Constrained Hypotheses Using a Generalization of the AIC: Researchers are interested in evaluating equality and/or inequality constrained hypotheses in the context not only of normal linear models, but also of the families outside of normal linear models using a suitable information criterion. However, the available information criteria in the literature are not capable of evaluating (in)equality constrained hypotheses under such a broad range of statistical models. The main aim of this paper is to close this research gap by proposing a new information criterion named the GORICA which can be utilized to evaluate these hypotheses for generalized linear (mixed) models and structural equation models. The GORICA enables researchers to quantify the evidence in the data for two or more (in)equality constrained hypotheses. Like all the other information criteria, the GORICA has the log likelihood and penalty parts. The superiority of the GORICA over the other information criteria lies behind the use of a simple formula when calculating its log likelihood. We investigated the performance of the GORICA on choosing the true hypothesis out of a set of competing hypotheses using simulation studies for logistic regression, multilevel regression, and structural equation model. The findings in these simulation studies suggest that the GORICA has a convincing performance on choosing the true hypothesis. The use of the GORICA is illustrated for (real) data sets in line with these simulation studies.
The article deals with the concept of future-making and its European (i.e., EU) dimension in the context of European Capital of Culture projects. The analysis is based on two case studies – Rijeka ...2020 and Nova Gorica 2025. The authors focus on ECoC bid books and other strategic documents that give insight into the desired legacy of the event and the (re) positioning of each city on the cultural and political map of Europe through the transposition of relevant European topics into local contexts. They examine the visions of the anticipated urban development that is hoped to occur as a direct consequence of the project’s implementation.
Članak se bavi konceptom stvaranja budućnosti i njezinom europskom, odnosno EU dimenzijom u kontekstu inicijative Europske prijestolnice kulture. Istraživanje se temelji na dvije studije slučaja – Rijeka 2020. i Nova Gorica 2025. Autori se fokusiraju na knjige prijave EPK projekata i druge relevantne strateške dokumente koji daju uvid u željeno nasljeđe događaja i u (re)pozicioniranje gradova na kulturnoj i političkoj karti Europe prevođenjem aktualnih europskih tema u lokalne kontekste. Pritom analiziraju vizije urbanog razvoja za koji se očekuje da će se dogoditi kao izravna posljedica provedbe projekta.
The article focuses on short folklore forms recorded in the Gorica Hills (slv. Goriška brda) in the 20th and early 21st centuries, which can be considered as non-linguistic or non-ethnically bound ...folklore features. The language of these folklore forms is a mixture of the dialectal forms of the contact languages (Slovene, Italian, partly Friulian). Using the examples of the collected material, we analyse in which genres of the short folklore forms multilingualism appears, what function it has and how the characteristics of the territory are reflected in them. We compare sources or parallels in published Slovenian and Italian material, and analyse the material in the context of research on literary children’s folklore in Slovenia. The study of bilingual and multilingual folklore forms from Goriška brda focuses on the question of whether and why multilingualism is best preserved in short folklore forms and especially in children’s folklore.
Sigismund grof Attems Petzenstein (1708–1758) je sredi 18. stoletja svojo rodbino »povzdignil do take veličine, kakršne ni dosegla v vseh preteklih časih« (G. Guelmi, Storia ...genealogico-cronologica degli Attems austriaci, 1783). Na novo pridobljeni ugled je pospremil s postavitvijo mestne rezidence na Kornu (1745) in vile v Podgori (1747–1748) ter z obnovo dvorca na Jazbinah (1747). Leta 1750, ob imenovanju brata Karla Mihaela (1711–1774) za prvega goriškega nadškofa, pa je dal modernizirati pročelje mestne palače. Za gradbene podvige je Sigismund praviloma zaposlil arhitekta Saveria Giannija, kar dokazujejo prvič objavljeni podatki iz zapuščinskega inventarja. Slikarsko opremo je naročal pri goriških slikarjih (Johann Michael Lichtenreit, Antonio Paroli), le za oltarno sliko družinske kapele v nekdanji cerkvi sv. Frančiška se je obrnil na veronskega umetnika Giambettina Cignarolija. Čeprav Sigismund ni dočakal namestitve slike, se je ravno s tem umetniškim podvigom vpisal v elitni krog evropskih naročnikov Cignarolijevih del.
The research performed on a sample of 210 students of the University of Donja Gorica (UDG), Podgorica, Montenegro, aimed to determine their leadership profiles' characteristics and examine the ...possible connection and the impact of selected demographic variables on its manifestation. In accordance with the total transformational leadership of Bass and Avolio, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X, self-rated version) was applied to measure the components of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership. The results of descriptive, comparative (t-test and ANOVA) and correlational analysis of the obtained data showed that the leadership profiles of UDG students are characterized by high scores for the transformational leadership factors (individual consideration, charisma, inspirational motivation, and intellectual stimulation), also followed by high scores for the contingent reward factors and management by exception - active related to transactional leadership, but with lowest scores for management by exception - passive and laissez-faire leadership. Such a leadership profile with predominant transformational qualities makes a good base for future leadership effectiveness. The results of the impact of demographic variables (gender and playing sports) were discussed in the context of their consistency/ inconsistency with the findings of previous research, theoretical and practical implications, and, specifically, regarding current policy and vision of UDG, entirely compatible with strategies used by efficient transformational leaders.
The article addresses the position and the structure of the cultural and creative industries in the two town municipalities in Slovenia – Nova Gorica and Maribor. It focuses on an in-depth overview ...of the role of the sector’s contribution to the innovative ecosystems of each of the municipalities. By deploying qualitative research methods (via focus groups), we provisionally conclude that CCIs can play an essential role in enhancing the innovation potential of the urban areas of Nova Gorica and Maribor. Higher education’s solid and active presence in the city seems to be one of the predominant aspects that helps mobilize awareness and contributes to the sector’s overall functioning. The need for more entrepreneurial knowledge in the Cultural and Creative sector was also emphasized.
•Advantages of integral planning of recreational areas for urban population on both sides of the Italian-Slovenian border.•Landscape ecology findings support the preservation of the spatial ...distribution of key urban green areas.•Urban forests, parks and green corridors form an indispensable pattern of a green urban network connecting both cities.•Old maps and satellite images are suitable tools in defining the primal structure of forests.
The provision of health and well-being is one of the fundamental tasks of urban green infrastructure. This requires a new estimation of the strategic distribution and accessibility of green areas. Gorizia and Nova Gorica are two cities lying next to each other on either side of the border between Italy and Slovenia. Due to political circumstances, they developed independently, which applies to their green areas as well. Urban city areas and other land cover classes were extracted from the CORINE Land Cover map; the digital data were processed using ArcGIS. At the landscape hierarchical level, the importance of natural vegetation remnants was assessed based on current land use maps. Forest patches, hedgerows, remnants of natural vegetation, and spontaneous afforestation on abandoned agricultural lands were detected and delineated using CNES digital images and digital orthophoto images. The green areas positioned in the two interior city areas were delineated separately according to data on the two cities’ green areas. We estimated the forest continuum separately, based on the oldest cartographic sources from the end of the 18th century, the Franziscean cadastre from the early 19th century, and the Italian cadastre from 1940. We estimated the interior or core area of the forest patches based on studies of habitat fragmentation and the depth of the forest edge. Our research theory is based on the proven sustainability of indispensable spatial patterns emerging from landscape ecology that are especially necessary in altered (rural, urban) landscapes. Our results show that the most important pattern of green areas supporting the well-being of both cities’ inhabitants can be achieved by the mutual development of the two major urban forests, each situated in one of the cities, in addition to riparian corridors and bits of nature represented by public parks. Collaborative planning between the two cities would enhance common benefits, including future economic and social influences and innovations.
Fare Well, Illyria Binder, David
2013, 20131110, 2013-11-01, 2013-01-11
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As a reporter for the prestigious New York Times the author interviewed many of the leading political figures of the Balkans (Illyria). He also sought out the area's intellectuals, many of them ...critical of their leaders, and everyday people who provide a sense of daily life. He devotes a chapter to each ethnic group from Vlachs to Serbs, talks about their differences and similarities, and does so without giving offense. He also provides a short historical account of the various places he visits, which deepens our understanding of the local cultures.
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