Ovom članku cilj je rekonstruirati barokni izgled jedne od najvažnijih crkava koje vezuju kasnosrednjovjekovnu i novovjekovnu povijest Slavonije – crkve sv. Lovre u Požegi. Radom će biti podrobno ...obuhvaćene (posljednjih tridesetak godina zanemarene) brojne barokne intervencije koje je – od dolaska u grad i preuzimanja crkve do ukinuća reda 1773. godine – provodila Družba Isusova, čime je uvelike utjecala na preoblikovanje interijera i eksterijera crkve te odabir likovne opreme u skladu s napucima tridentskog katolicizma. Budući da je većina baroknog inventara crkve nakon ukinuća reda raznesena po crkvama u široj okolici Požege, ovaj članak nastojat će rekapitulirati što je od inventara sačuvano in situ, što je, gdje i u kakvome stanju pronađeno te kakav je bio izgled one likovne opreme o kojoj saznajemo isključivo iz arhivskih izvora.
The aim of this paper is to present the least researched stylistic period of originally medieval church of St. Lawrence in Požega – baroque. Church of St. Lawrence was donated by the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia Leopold I of Habsburg to the Society of Jesus at the end of the 17th century. The church was rebuilt in the spirit of post-Tridentine rebuilding. Interventions were carried out on the architecture of the church according to the instructions of Charles Borromeo, followed by the purchase of art equipment according to the guidelines of the last 25th convocation of the Council of Trent held in the year 1563.The church was decorated with the main illusionist altar with the altarpiece of St. Lawrence, the altars of the main nave dedicated to St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier, altar of St. Cross in the side nave erected by the Brotherhood of St. Cross and the altar of St. Aloysius Gonzaga leaned against one of the arcade logs between the mane and side nave. To this day, only the altars of St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier and the sculptural group from the altar of St. Cross were preserved as they were, after the abolition of the Jesuit order, transferred to the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene in Bebrina. Altar paintings of St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier were replaced by sculptures of St. Joseph and the cave of Our Lady of Lourdes in the first half of the 20th century.As in most Jesuit churches throughout Croatia and the rest of Europe, St. Lawrence church in Požega had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto (the first chapel of Our Lady of Loreto in the Kingdom of Slavonia) which was demolished during the restoration of the church in the first half of the 19th century. In addition to the illusionist painting of the Loreto Chapel and the main altar of the church, the ceiling of the main nave of the church was also painted with scenes of the martyrdom of St. Lawrence and an illusionist dome (which marked the first appearance of illusionist painting in Croatia) modeled on that of the Jesuit church in Vienna by the famous Italian painter of the time Andrea Pozzo. The illusionist dome was unfortunately removed during later renovations of the church, so that only remaining relics of the Jesuit period are the sculpture of the so-called „Thallerova Gospa“ and the tombstone of Franjo Ksaver Pejačević.After the abolition of the Jesuit order in 1773, the Jesuits left Požega, and St. Lawrence church passed into the hands of the Pauline order from Lepoglava when its gradual decline began until the neo-Gothic restoration during the 19th and 20th century, and a complete renovation at the end of the 20th century after which the church of St. Lawrence became the Episcopal Chapel.
The aim of this paper is to present the least researched stylistic period of originally medieval church of St. Lawrence in Požega – baroque. Church of St. Lawrence was donated by the Holy Roman ...Emperor and King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia Leopold I of Habsburg to the Society of Jesus at the end of the 17th century. The church was rebuilt in the spirit of post-Tridentine rebuilding. Interventions were carried out on the architecture of the church according to the instructions of Charles Borromeo, followed by the purchase of art equipment according to the guidelines of the last 25th convocation of the Council of Trent held in the year 1563. The church was decorated with the main illusionist altar with the altarpiece of St. Lawrence, the altars of the main nave dedicated to St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier, altar of St. Cross in the side nave erected by the Brotherhood of St. Cross and the altar of St. Aloysius Gonzaga leaned against one of the arcade logs between the mane and side nave. To this day, only the altars of St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier and the sculptural group from the altar of St. Cross were preserved as they were, after the abolition of the Jesuit order, transferred to the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene in Bebrina. Altar paintings of St. Joseph and St. Francis Xavier were replaced by sculptures of St. Joseph and the cave of Our Lady of Lourdes in the first half of the 20th century.
As in most Jesuit churches throughout Croatia and the rest of Europe, St. Lawrence church in Požega had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto (the first chapel of Our Lady of Loreto in the Kingdom of Slavonia) which was demolished during the restoration of the church in the first half of the 19th century. In addition to the illusionist painting of the Loreto Chapel and the main altar of the church, the ceiling of the main nave of the church was also painted with scenes of the martyrdom of St. Lawrence and an illusionist dome (which marked the first appearance of illusionist painting in Croatia) modeled on that of the Jesuit church in Vienna by the famous Italian painter of the time Andrea Pozzo. The illusionist dome was unfortunately removed during later renovations of the church, so that only remaining relics of the Jesuit period are the sculpture of the so-called „Thallerova Gospa“ and the tombstone of Franjo Ksaver Pejačević. After the abolition of the Jesuit order in 1773, the Jesuits left Požega, and St. Lawrence church passed into the hands of the Pauline order from Lepoglava when its gradual decline began until the neo-Gothic restoration during the 19th and 20th century, and a complete renovation at the end of the 20th century after which the church of St. Lawrence became the Episcopal Chapel.
This paper presents a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) approach for trajectory tracking of a multi-UAV system with a high risk of collision. The proposed solution focuses on minimizing ...unnecessary complex maneuvers while ensuring collision avoidance without compromising the final position accuracy. Allocating different levels of passing priority to the agents enables fewer alternations of the initially planned path as only the agents with lower passing priority handle collision avoidance when the risk arises. The agent with a higher passing priority tracks its reference trajectory along the planned path, without considering collision avoidance. This strategy aims to perform fewer alternations and aggressive maneuvers resulting in increased safety of the multi-UAV mission.All the agents solve an unconstrained optimal control problem in a distributed manner, as collision avoidance is also defined as a cost function term that penalizes the proximity between the agents. Finally, the performance of the proposed approach is studied in simulation in the case of a two-quadcopter mission, highlighting its efficiency and robustness against external disturbances and model uncertainties.
This paper presents a Distributed Model Predictive Control approach for UAVs trajectory optimization with the state-dependent collision avoidance criterion. While classical trajectory tracking ...optimization criterion ensures accuracy of arrival points for the multi-agent system, risk of collision is evaluated at every optimization step, and collision avoidance is included or neglected in the cost function accordingly. Proposed solution is finally evaluated in simulation tests with two scenarios, intersecting and parallel paths of two UAVs. It is, therefore, applicable for different planned path configurations.
Phase angle (PhA) levels are often lower than normal because both disease-specific parameters and disease-related inflammatory status, metabolic syndrome (MetS) included, can affect PhA. Therefore, ...the aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare body composition, metabolic profile and dietary patterns of participants with arterial hypertension (AH), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and MetS with regard to PhA values. A total of 208 participants were included, of whom 53.6% were males. For each participant, data about body composition and anthropometric parameters, clinical and laboratory parameters, as well as food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) were obtained. MC-780 Multi Frequency Segmental Body Mass Analyzer (Tanita) was used to assess body composition. Furthermore, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. The results showed that 75 (36.06%) participants had low PhA values and 133 (63.94%) had high PhA values. Participants with higher PhA values had significantly higher body fat percentage (p = 0.04), fat-free mass (kg; p < 0.001), muscle mass (kg; p < 0.001), skeletal muscle mass (% and kg; p < 0.001), sarcopenic index (SMI; p < 0.001) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC; p = 0.04), as well as lower fat mass percentage (p = 0.04). Regarding food frequency consumption, significantly higher intakes of red meat (p = 0.003), poultry (p = 0.02) and fast food (p = 0.003) were noticed in participants with higher PhA values. Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MeDi) was exceptionally low in both groups of participants, with significantly higher fish intake noticed in participants with high PhA (p = 0.03). In conclusion, our results showed that body composition could be the indicator of PhA in MetS as well as overall low adherence to the MeDi principles. These findings highlight the importance of adequate nutritional strategies and novel approaches to maintaining optimal body composition and adopting proper eating habits within the framework of one’s disease.
Depressive disorders are 1.5–4 times more prevalent in medically ill patients than in the general population. Mood disorders can be regarded as the final common pathway developing from the ...interaction among multiple pathophysiological, psychological, and socioeconomic stressors that chronic illness imposes on the individual. Symptoms of clinical depression affect approximately 25% patients on hemodialysis and can be associated with low quality of life and increased mortality. The epidemiology of depressive disorders is less well studied in the renal transplant population. However, depression is a risk factor for poor outcomes, such as graft failure and death after renal transplantation. A high prevalence of severe psychological distress in patients with advanced CKD and its impact on CKD outcomes call for screening and intervention integrated in routine renal care. Preliminary data indicate that some of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor agents and time‐limited, manualized, structured psychotherapies can be safe and effective for treating depression in this population.
The purpose of the present study was to determine the test-retest reliability of the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED) questionnaire in college students. Two hundred and seventy-six college ...students (127 men, 46%; 149 women, 54%; mean age 19.70 ± 1.32 years; mean height 1.75 ± 0.09 m; mean weight 69.28 ± 13.84 kg; mean body-mas index 22.41 ± 3.19 kg/m²) participated in the study. To investigate the reliability of the KIDMED questionnaire, the participants were asked to complete the questionnaire on two occasions two weeks apart, stratified by gender. Kappa statistics showed moderate to excellent agreement (ranging from 0.504 to 0.849) in the total sample and moderate to excellent agreement in both men (ranging from 0.467 to 0.803) and women (ranging from 0.435 to 0.927). Results in the total KIDMED score showed a moderate correlation between two occasions inthe total sample (κ = 0.597,
< 0.001) and in women (κ = 0.586,
< 0.001) and a good correlation in men (κ = 0.611,
< 0.001). Our study shows that the KIDMED questionnaire is a reliable instrument for assessing adherence to the Mediterranean diet in college students. Future studies should focus on investigating the reliability of the questionnaire in other countries and in different age groups for generating comparable data.
Objective: Arterial stiffness can be assessed by a variety of non-invasive methods. One of the measures of arterial stiffness that has been used in clinic for some time now is pulse wave velocity ...(PWV). PWV can be measured with “Agedio B900” device which, in addition to measuring arterial pressure, gives information about arterial stiffness and cardiovascular age. The aim of this study was to evaluate correlations of PWV with age, laboratory parameters and indicators of obesity in Dalmatian diabetic hypertensive patients. Design and method: 106 hypertensive diabetic patients, 66 (62.3 %) men and 40 (37.7%) women, aged 69.5 (range 36-94) years were included. For each patient data about age, gender, body weight and height were collected and BMI (body mass index), WC (waist circumference) and MUAC (mid-upper circumference) were calculated. Also, values of laboratory parameters such as haemoglobin (Hg), urea, creatinine, urate, albuminuria, cholesterol and triglycerides were taken for each patient. The Agedio B900 device was used for the measurement of arterial pressure and PWV calculation. Each study subject was measured with Tanita MC780 Multi Frequency segmental body composition analyser to record whole body and segmental measurements of body composition. Results: PWV was significantly higher in patients over 65 years old than those younger than 65. Among the laboratory parameters statistically significant correlation was found only between PWV and Hg (Rho= -0.365, p = 0.02). Among the indicators of obesity, only MUAC showed significant correlation (Rho = -0.316, p = 0.01). However, statistical significance was reached after making adjustments for age, eGFR, urea, creatinine and albuminuria. All of the variables of body composition affected PWV (p < 0.001, R2 = 0.28) but BMI (p < 0.001), fat mass (p < 0.001) and muscle mass (MM) of the trunk (p < 0.001) and skeletal MM to body fat ratio (p < 0.001) stood out. Conclusions: PWV was correlated to all the variables of body composition after making adjustments for age and markers of kidney function. Future studies with larger number of participants should evaluate correlation of PWV with the observed parameters in this population of patients.
Fifteen percent of atopic dermatitis (AD) liability-scale heritability could be attributed to 31 susceptibility loci identified by using genome-wide association studies, with only 3 of them (IL13, ...IL-6 receptor IL6R, and filaggrin FLG) resolved to protein-coding variants.
We examined whether a significant portion of unexplained AD heritability is further explained by low-frequency and rare variants in the gene-coding sequence.
We evaluated common, low-frequency, and rare protein-coding variants using exome chip and replication genotype data of 15,574 patients and 377,839 control subjects combined with whole-transcriptome data on lesional, nonlesional, and healthy skin samples of 27 patients and 38 control subjects.
An additional 12.56% (SE, 0.74%) of AD heritability is explained by rare protein-coding variation. We identified docking protein 2 (DOK2) and CD200 receptor 1 (CD200R1) as novel genome-wide significant susceptibility genes. Rare coding variants associated with AD are further enriched in 5 genes (IL-4 receptor IL4R, IL13, Janus kinase 1 JAK1, JAK2, and tyrosine kinase 2 TYK2) of the IL13 pathway, all of which are targets for novel systemic AD therapeutics. Multiomics-based network and RNA sequencing analysis revealed DOK2 as a central hub interacting with, among others, CD200R1, IL6R, and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3). Multitissue gene expression profile analysis for 53 tissue types from the Genotype-Tissue Expression project showed that disease-associated protein-coding variants exert their greatest effect in skin tissues.
Our discoveries highlight a major role of rare coding variants in AD acting independently of common variants. Further extensive functional studies are required to detect all potential causal variants and to specify the contribution of the novel susceptibility genes DOK2 and CD200R1 to overall disease susceptibility.
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