This study estimated for the first time the total loads of plastic litter (macro- meso- and micro-plastics) in sediments of different habitat types from the Northern Adriatic Sea. Samples were ...collected in March 2016. The sampling sites were settled in shoreline, on the C. nodosa bottoms, Amphioxus sands, and Mäerl bed habitats. Microplastics items were present in all sampling site and ranging within 137-703 items/kg d.w. from Mäerl bed habitat to the shoreline. In C. nodosa bottoms 170 items/kg d.w. were found, while in Amphioxus sands were recorded on average 194 items/kg d.w. Due to the absence of statistical associations among litter levels and abundance of B. lanceolatum in the study area, this research present the needs to develop a new method and more research to for the evaluation of how much the interrelation between sensible habitats and microplastic exist.
•Plastic litter in sediments from different habitat types (Northern Adriatic Sea) were assessed.•Microplastics were recorded in all sampling site (137-703 items/kg d.w.).•Shoreline (ST_01) revealed the highest MPs item numbers (over than 700 items/kg d.w.).•Any relationships were recorded among litter levels and habitat types.
This article examines the concept of academic autonomy within the 'Yugoslav model' of higher education as a peripheral system characterised by an eclectic mix of elements from different systems, ...resulting in mutations with unique features during its development. The hitherto under-researched history of this higher education model has by no means been uniform or linear; because of this complexity, the focus here is limited to the case of Slovenia but considers the broader context. The focus is on the understanding, legislation, and (non-)implementation of academic autonomy as articulated between 1945 and 1991. The concept was inherited: it was never used in the legislation of federal socialist Yugoslavia yet was used in political and public debates. Our analysis relates these debates to the rapidly changing legislation and the broader socio-political context. Although the 'Yugoslav model' has vanished, its traces and ashes, including old contradictions and dilemmas, remain partly present in the higher education systems of independent states that emerged on the territory of the former federation. The principle that knowledge of the past is the key to understanding the present and approaching the future is confirmed in this case as well.
Razprava obravnava ideološko zaznamovane primere preimenovanj naselij na zahodnem robu slovenskega ozemlja. Med letoma 1948 in 1955 so komunistične oblasti na tem območju preimenovale številna ...naselja, pri čemer jih je vodila želja po preobrazbi podobe pokrajine, iz katere naj bi izginili sledovi preteklosti, ki se niso skladali z njihovo vizijo nove družbene ureditve. Kot problematični so se s tega vidika kazali predvsem toponimi s katoliško etimologijo, a tudi tisti, izvirajoči iz nemškega jezika, tako da je pri preimenovanju prišlo do spajanja revolucionarne in nacionalistične sporočilnosti. Vendar proces preimenovanja kljub jasnim ideološkim mejam (ne)sprejemljivega ni bil preprost ali hiter, saj se je zavlekel vse do leta 1955.
Recent developments in local public finance management in Slovenia indicate the local governments’ growing interest in introducing participatory budgeting as a decision-making tool, wherein part of ...local resources are used with citizen participation. Usually, the literature on participation budgeting analyses its effects, but our main research objective was to analyze the possible determinants influencing its implementation. The influence of political factors, sociodemographic factors, economic factors, and the capability of municipalities are examined here using binary logistic regression to predict a dichotomous dependent variable from a set of predictor variables. In binary logistic regression, predictable variables are the probability of one category being chosen. In this case, the authors calculated the probability that a municipality, described by selected prediction variables, would implement a participatory budget. The results of the analysis suggest six indicators that impact the probability of participatory budgeting adoption, proving the influence of four determinants on the decision to adopt such a measure.
Previous research has mostly overlooked the hotel employee-related perspectives on (occupational) health, including its relation to pandemics (such as COVID-19). This research examines this ...perspective focusing on the case of the Slovenian hotel industry. An anonymous web questionnaire, as the only practical option, was sent during the lockdown to potential respondents from hotels throughout the country. For the analysis, the following approaches were employed: univariate analysis, the check of reliability and confidence intervals for the means, principal component analysis with Varimax rotation, and Spearman's and Pearson's rank-order correlations. The majority of respondents changed their attitude towards health during the pandemic (chi square = 2.66). Using PCA, dimensionality-reduction of the dataset was implemented. A five-component solution, in which components account for 60.3% of the total variance, was identified. Due to low r.sub.s and r.sub.p, all components are negligibly correlated to demographic characteristics as well as to the respondents' changing health concerns due to COVID-19. Keywords: hotel industry, employees, COVID-19 pandemic, occupational health, Slovenia Prethodna istrazivanja uglavnom su zanemarivala misljenja hotelskih zaposlenika o zdravlju (na radnom mjestu), ukljucujuci njegovu povezanost s pandemijama (kao sto je COVID-19). Ovo istrazivanje ispituje ta misljenja usmjerujuci se na slucaj slovenske hotelske industrije. Anonimni web-upitnik, kao jedina prakticna mogucnost, poslan je tijekom pandemije potencijalnim ispitanicima u hotelima diljem zemlje. U analizi primijenjeni su sljedeci pristupi: univarijatna analiza, provjera intervala pouzdanosti za srednju vrijednost, analiza glavnih komponenti s Varimax-rotacijom te Spearmanov i Pearsonov koeficijent korelacije ranga. Vecina ispitanika promijenila je svoj stav prema zdravlju tijekom pandemije (chi square = 2,66). Analizom glavnih komponenti (PCA) uvedena je redukcija dimenzionalnosti skupa podataka i izdvojeno je pet komponenti koje cine 60,3 % ukupne varijance. Zbog niskog r.sub.s i r.sub.p, sve su komponente zanemarivo povezane s demografskim karakteristikama, kao i s promjenom zabrinutosti za zdravlje ispitanika zbog pandemije COVID-19. Kljucne rijeci: hotelijerstvo, zaposlenici, pandemija COVID-19, zdravlje na radu, Slovenija
The Local Self-Government Act has given explicit legal ground for the use of optional participatory budgeting (PB) on the municipal level in Slovenia since 2018. This means municipalities and their ...inhabitants have absolute discretion regarding the nature of proposed and later (if chosen) implemented projects in a certain municipality if the projects fall under municipal authority. The article presents research results that reveal that a legislative soft approach to PB, resulted in small municipal engagement in PB projects. They on average spent up to one percent of budgetary expenses for PB purposes, resulting mostly in inclusive, peoplecentered projects promoting facilities for socializing, and different kinds of public infrastructure capacities (sports infrastructure, etc.). The projects implemented in Slovenia so far are prevailingly "public infrastructure projects " in line with the municipal social sustainability agenda promoting equality and diversity, social cohesion, democracy and governance, and quality of life in a certain municipality.
This report assesses the Slovenian public sector salary system. In doing so, it examines the salary structure; the job classification framework; wage relativities - level of compensation and method ...for determining wage increases, and the wage negotiation framework; use of cash supplements; use of performance incentives; and the role of social dialogue in bargaining employment conditions.
Purpose
The dissertation focuses on time series analysis and is based on several research strategies
and methods.
The methodology used in the research process was published in four papers as part of
...international scientific journals indexed in the Web of Science database. Since tourism
is one of the most lagged industries in science there is need for new and innovative
approaches in key tourist sector determinants modelling and forecasting.
This doctoral thesis introduces an extension of time series methodology that focuses
on investigating and testing the normal distribution of residuals, as a key adequacy
prerequisite of econometric models. This issue has not systematically been considered in
quantitative approaches in tourism.
The motivation for research of the doctoral thesis are multidimensional: to filter previous
research on time series in tourism and to theoretically and empirically improve and
redesign time series methodology and methods for tourism. Both issues were successfully
presented in one of the published papers. Finally, tourism forecasts should be based on
reliable models as evident, from the most recent shocks, ex-ante tourism forecasting has
to be considered crucial in evaluating model efficiency.
The dissertation aimed to research and develop appropriate econometric models able to
capture the specifics of multiple interactions in the tourism market. The research seeks
to develop econometric models for the Republics of Slovenia and Croatia, two countries
whose economic development is predicated on tourism. Four goals and four specific objectives have been specified during the research process:
1) To introduce an improved time series approach in cointegrated panels. The first specific
objective (SO1) is to test at least ten econometric modelling structures that reduce cycle
breaks. 2) To examine previous theoretical thinking regarding the cointegration of
time series, cross-sectional data, and panels. The second specific objective (SO2) is to
outline at least 250 previous empirical studies for the tourism industry. 3) To examine
cointegration in tourism data for Slovenia and Croatia. The third objective (SO3) is
to model at least three econometric time series equations and mathematical theorems/
lemmas for the tourism industry. 4) To improve and better understand unit root tests in
tourism. The specific objective (SO4) is to approach the design of at least three stable
and innovative models.
The Balkans are still an imprecisely defined and relatively unknown area in southeastern Europe. They are a historical‐political term, often provoking negative associations that are synonymous with ...underdevelopment, backwardness, and primitiveness. This research is aimed primarily at exploring how the Balkans are perceived by students of geography in Zagreb and Maribor and what associations they provoke. It further seeks to investigate whether the Balkans are primarily a cognitive construct that is spatially determined on an individual level, based on an individual’s own insights, attitudes, values, and other determinants. Therefore, a questionnaire survey regarding perceptions of the Balkans was conducted. The results indicate that the Balkans can be seen as a sort of vernacular anti‐region: the kind from which states in or near its boundaries attempt to exclude themselves, while simultaneously trying to include their neighbors to the south and east.
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