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The author explores and explains the role of the director of Maribor General Hospital in the first period after Second World War. The period was problematic on account of the difficult ...economic situation and changes in the political system. On one hand the hospital suffered relatively large damage due to bombing attacks during the war and on the other it had to face numerous staffing problems, especially with a lack of physicians and trained nursing staff (from 1948 an executive order entered into force forbidding the nursing nuns from performing nursing care in hospitals). The change in the political system required the management of the hospital to be taken over by an individual who enjoyed the political, professional and economic trust of the then authorities. Based on his engagement during the Second World War, the director, Zmago Slokan, represented a form of guarantee for the political system of that time, which nevertheless wanted the quality-based, professional and economic progress of the hospital. Using his personal characteristics, professional medical and economic knowledge as well as political experience, he was able to manage different tendencies to continue the quality-based progress of the institution. Thus, he set a proper foundation for its development in the periods that followed, in the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia as well as in the independent Republic of Slovenia (after 1991). The author discusses the role of the director in the hospital’s progress chronologically.
A short overview of fifty-year development of teaching geography in Maribor is introduced in three time periods: from the point of view of development of study programs, from initial two-year higher ...education study to today's five-year university, from the view of didactics of geography as one of the basic study programs of future geography teachers and from the view point of teaching and scientific part of holders and implementers of didactics of geography. //ABSTRACT IN SLOVENE: Kratek pogled petdesetletnega razvoja pedagoskega studija geografije v Mariboru je predstavljen v treh casovnih obdobjih: z vidika razvoja studijskih programov, od zacetnega dvoletnega visjesolskega do danasnjega petletnega univerzitetnega in mesta didaktike geografije kot enega temeljnih studijskega predmetov bodocih uciteljev geografije ter z vidika pedagoskega in znanstvenega dela nosilcev in izvajalcev didaktike geografije.
The year 2011 marks the 50th years from establishment of the Academy of Education in Maribor. One of its successors is also Faculty of Arts, where is conducted the study of geography. The paper ...discusses the development of the Department of Geography and the study of geography in Maribor, which in fifty years passed through the various developmental periods: in the terms of organization, courses, research and human resources. The basic mission of the department, (training of personnel for teaching geography in primary and secondary schools) was conducted through using a variety of courses. In 1985 the Academy changed to Faculty of Education. With the establishment of the Faculty of Arts in 2006 the Department of Geography became part of it. The transition to new study programs, which have been prepared in accordance with the Bologna declaration, brought a series of innovations, as well as challenges; both for teachers and students.
Bean and tuber extracts of Tylosema esculentum (marama) - an African creeping plant - were obtained using ethanol, methanol and water. Based on information that T. esculentum is used traditionally ...for the treatment of various diseases, the antibacterial and anticandidal effects of tuber and bean extracts were investigated. The antimicrobial activity of the extracts was tested on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, ATCC 6538), Mycobacterium terrae (ATCC 15755), Corynebacterium diphtheriae (clinical) and Candida albicans (ATCC 2091). We performed the broth microdilution test for the determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and a method to determine survival of microorganisms after in vitro co-incubation with the highest concentrations of T. esculentum extracts, followed by assessment of colony counts. Ethanol and methanol (phenolic) bean extracts exhibited higher potency against bacteria and yeast than aqueous extracts. Marama bean seed coat crude ethanolic extract (MSCE) and seed coat polyphenolic fractions, especially soluble-bound fraction (MSCIB), were highly antimicrobial against M. terrae, C. diphtheriae and C. albicans. All marama bean polyphenolic fractions, namely cotyledon acidified methanol fraction (MCAM), seed coat acidified methanol fraction (MSCAM), cotyledon insoluble-bound fraction (MCIB), seed coat insoluble-bound fraction (MSCIB), cotyledon-free polyphenolic fraction (MCFP) and seed coat free polyphenolic fraction (MSCFP) had high antimicrobial effects as shown by low respective MIC values between 0.1 mg/mL and 1 mg/mL. These MIC values were comparable to those of control antimicrobials used: amphotericin B (0.5 mg/mL) and cesfulodin (0.1 mg/mL) against C. diphtheriae, streptomycin (1.0 mg/mL) and gentamicin (0.4 mg/mL) against M. terrae, and amphotericin B (0.05 mg/mL) against C. albicans. Marama seed coat soluble-esterified fraction (MSCS) had closer activity to that of cefsulodin against M. terrae. High amounts of phenolic substances, such as gallic acid, especially in the seed coats, as well as high amounts of phytosterols, lignans, certain fatty acids and peptides (specifically protease inhibitors) in the cotyledons contributed to the observed antibacterial and anticandidal activities. Marama extracts, especially phenolic and crude seed coat extracts, had high multi-species antibacterial and anticandidal activities at concentrations comparable to that of some conventional drugs; these extracts have potential use as microbicides.
The paper presents the international urban-architectural workshop Maribor-South (2010-11) as a model for “Maribor’s” urban-architectural workshops, which urban planners evaluate and use to direct ...urban development and theoretical discussion. The presented interdisciplinary project explored possibilities for designing the southern edge of the city in the area where the southern bypass construction is planned. In addition describing the example of the workshop, which develops the theoretical field through a “practical and project approach” with the defined project basis, i.e. the defined area of discussion and project issue, the paper also highlights the opportunity for a “theoretical approach”. The theoretical approach aims at providing a wider insight into the related theoretical field based on a generalised spatial issue. As one of the key priorities of contemporary urban planning and sustainable urban redevelopment, the planned direction of urban development in the areas of constructing transport infrastructure, which is evident in the first approach, moves into a wider referential field (no longer directly related to the project) with the second approach by examining the issues of mobility, space, place, diversity of infrastructures of contemporary space, etc. While in the first approach developing design concepts strives for theoretical conceptualisation, the second approach facilitates focusing on finding links between the theoretical concept and manifestations in real space, though the approaches are always separated. Their operationality is possible only on the level of “combinatorial thinking” and remains beyond direct instrumentality.
V članku avtor razčlenjuje glasbena dela skladatelja Rista Savina, ki so povezana s plesom oziroma z baletom. Obravnavana so tako tista dela, ki so bila posebej pisana za baletno uprizoritev (baleta ...Plesna legendica in Čajna punčka), kot tudi Savinove krajše skladbe, ki so po svoji tematiki namenjene plesni izvedbi ali se tej približujejo.
The article discusses the impact of the international cultural project European Capital of Culture Maribor 2012 on a tourist visit in the city. The author analyzes in particular the data of the ...stationary tourist visits (number of tourists and overnight stays, share of overnight stays by country, the average length of stay of tourists, the seasonality of tourist visit) in 2012, and compared them with the years prior to the implementation of the project, and the year 2013. Where possible, he uses a comparison with the data in the city of Pecs (Hungary), which wore the title of ECoC in 2010. ECoC Maribor 2012 was the biggest and most recognizable cultural project in the history of Slovenia. In addition to the direct effect on cultural activity and its development, the project has had a major impact also on the promotion of Maribor and partner towns, as well as Slovenia in general. It had also significant positive effects on the local economy; in Maribor in 2012 were registered about 19% more tourist arrivals and 17% more overnight stays than the year before, and the tourist visit remained in 2013 almost at the same level. //ABSTRACT IN SLOVENE: V prispevku je predstavljen vpliv mednarodnega kulturnega projekta Evropska prestolnica kulture Maribor 2012 na turisticni obisk v mestu. Avtor analizira predvsem podatke o stacionarnem turisticnem obisku (stevilo turistov in nocitev, izvor turistov po drzavah, povprecna dolzina bivanja turistov, sezonskost turisticnega obiska) v letu 2012 ter jih primerja z leti pred izvedbo projekta in letom 2013. Kjer je to mogoce, uporabi tudi primerjavo s podatki v mestu Pecs na Madzarskem, ki je nosil naziv EPK v letu 2010. Projekt EPK Maribor 2012 je bil doslej najvecji in najbolj prepoznavni kulturni projekt v zgodovini Slovenije. Poleg direktnega vpliva na kulturno dejavnost in njen razvoj je imel velik vpliv tudi na promocijo Maribora, partnerskih mest in Slovenije na splosno. Imel je tudi pomembne pozitivne ucinke na gospodarskem podrocju, saj so med drugimi v Maribora v letu 2012 zabelezili okoli 19 % vec turistov in okoli 17 % vec nocitev kot leto prej, povecan turisticni obisk pa se je obdrzal tudi v letu 2013.
The Department of Geography is internationally recognized in the closer regional, European and global spaces. When it comes to development of the field of geography, the department affiliates with ...geography departments of other universities and dedicates a lot of attention to researching border-area and cross-border spatial problems. It plays an important role in the area of science and research work when it comes to understanding spatial reality in the broader context of researching social, cultural and political aspects that are typical of individual periods during the last fifty years. International student-professor cooperation has especially progressed after the entry of Slovenia into the European Union. Teachers participate at international scientific congresses, give visiting lectures and attend summer schools. The department's international activity reflects in a growing number of published scientific articles in renowned international magazines and scientific papers in scientific monographs. Participation in scientific and research projects strengthens international recognisability of the Department of Geography of the Faculty of arts of the University of Maribor. //ABSTRACT IN SLOVENE: Oddelek za geografijo je mednarodno prepoznaven v ozjem regionalnem, evropskem in globalnem prostoru. Pri razvoju geografske stroke se povezuje z geografskimi oddelki drugih univerz, prav tako pa veliko pozornost namenja proucevanju obmejnih in cezmejnih prostorskih problemov. Na podrocju znanstvenoraziskovalnega in izobrazevalnega dela ima pomembno vlogo pri razumevanju prostorske stvarnosti v sirsem kontekstu proucevanja druzbenih, kulturnih in politicnih vidikov znacilnih za posamezno obdobje v zadnjih petdesetih letih. Mednarodno delovanje studentov in profesorjev se je se posebej razmahnilo po vstopu Slovenije v Evropsko unijo. Profesorji sodelujejo na mednarodnih znanstvenih kongresih, gostujocih predavanjih in na poletnih solah. Mednarodna aktivnost se odraza v vedno vecjem stevilu objav znanstvenih clankov v uglednih mednarodnih revijah in prispevkih v znanstvenih monografijah. S sodelovanjem v znanstvenoraziskovalnih projektih se krepi mednarodna prepoznavnost Oddelka za geografijo Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Mariboru.
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