Of the Gothic church which was erected at Homec after the miraculous apparition of the Blessed Virgin in 1419 only the lower part of the free-standing bell-tower has been preserved up to this day~in ...the times of Turkish incursions around 1500 it was adapted to serve as a defence tower as well. Since the condition of the old church had worsened and the building had also become too small, a new sanctuary was built on its northern side in 1723, and the next year the church was pulled down and a new nave was begun on its site~the building was completed in 1728.
Čudodelno podobo Matere božje dobrega sveta, ki je po tradiciji pribežala pred Turki iz Skadra, častijo od leta 1467 v avguštinski cerkvi v Genazzanu. Njene kopije so bile sprva razširjene le po ...Laciju in po italijanskih avguštinskih samostanih, šele po letu 1753 so se razširile tudi po Evropi. Na Slovenskem so bile bratovščine Matere božje dobrega sveta ustanovljene pri Novi Cerkvi (1761), na Slinovcah (1761), pri ljubljanskih avguštincih (1764) in v Mozirju (1766). Kopije genazzanske Marije v nekdanjih avguštinskih samostanih (Ljubljana, Sv. Trojica v Slovenskih goricah, Rijeka) izvirajo iz Italije, vse druge so delo slovenskih poznobaročnih slikarjev in se med seboj precej razlikujejo. Sprva so bile številne pripisane Fortunatu Bergantu, v resnici so njegove le slike v uršulinskem samostanu v Ljubljani, na Veseli Gori, pri Pirčah in v Mošnjah, kjer je upodobljen tudi čudežni prenos genazzanske podobe. Od Cebeju pripisanih kopij je najverjetneje zares njegovo delo tista iz Moravč. Največ kopij je po zgledu Bergantove z Vesele Gore naslikal Anton Postl. Slika iz 1767 v Srednjih Bitnjah je delo Franca Lederwascha, tista iz 1773 na Ponikvah je tu pripisana Andreju Herrleinu.
The paper discusses the reception and development of the motif of ...Mariahilf... (Mary Help of Christians, Mary of Succour) in the Slovenian territory. The starting point is Layer's painting in ...Brezje and the confirmation of its dating to around 1800. The said painting is presented in comparison with that of Cranach, reproductions of which appeared also in the Slovenian territory from the mid-17th century onwards (in Rupa as early as 1653). The oldest preserved is the painting on wood, produced in 1660 for Ljubljana's Teutonic Order's Church. Paintings from the Baroque period were mostly procured by nobility, but also by monk, especially the Capuchins. The tradition of images dedicated to private piety, which was long preserved in women's monasteries, is represented with Ursuline specimens. Special discussion focuses on the prevailing variants of the motif of the merciful image with supplicants (so-called Our Lady, Help of the Sick). The central chapter is dedicated to the works of Leopold Layer, who not only individualised the motif but also colouristically and expressively brought it closer to Slovenian sentiment (Rupa, Brezje, Kropa, Breg, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovenian Museum of Christianity, Sticna (an overpainted thesis sheet) and private collections. The selection of specimens of Slovenian depictions of ...Mariahilflt...after the Brezje variant, serves above all as information regarding their fundamental characteristics.(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae/symbols omitted.)
Seroprevalence surveys provide crucial information on cumulative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure. This Slovenian nationwide population study is the first ...longitudinal 6-month serosurvey using probability-based samples across all age categories.
Each participant supplied two blood samples: 1316 samples in April 2020 (first round) and 1211 in October/November 2020 (second round). The first-round sera were tested using Euroimmun Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA IgG (ELISA) and, because of uncertain estimates, were retested using Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 (Elecsys-N) and Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S (Elecsys-S). The second-round sera were concomitantly tested using Elecsys-N/Elecsys-S.
The populations of both rounds matched the overall population (n = 3000), with minor settlement type and age differences. The first-round seroprevalence corrected for the ELISA manufacturer's specificity was 2.78% (95% highest density interval HDI 1.81%–3.80%), corrected using pooled ELISA specificity calculated from published data 0.93% (95% CI 0.00%–2.65%), and based on Elecsys-N/Elecsys-S results 0.87% (95% HDI 0.40%–1.38%). The second-round unadjusted lower limit of seroprevalence on 11 November 2020 was 4.06% (95% HDI 2.97%–5.16%) and on 3 October 2020, unadjusted upper limit was 4.29% (95% HDI 3.18%–5.47%).
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Slovenia increased four-fold from late April to October/November 2020, mainly due to a devastating second wave. Significant logistic/methodological challenges accompanied both rounds. The main lessons learned were a need for caution when relying on manufacturer-generated assay evaluation data, the importance of multiple manufacturer-independent assay performance assessments, the need for concomitant use of highly-specific serological assays targeting different SARS-CoV-2 proteins in serosurveys conducted in low-prevalence settings or during epidemic exponential growth and the usefulness of a Bayesian approach for overcoming complex methodological challenges.
In this study, microcosms were used to investigate the influence of temperature (4 and 28 °C) and water content (45% and 90% WHC) on microbial communities and activities in carbon-rich fen soil. ...Bacterial, archaeal and denitrifier community composition was assessed during incubation of microcosms for 12 weeks using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiling of 16S rRNA and nitrous oxide reductase (nosZ) genes. In addition, microbial and denitrifier abundance, potential denitrification activity and production of greenhouse gases were measured. No detectable changes were observed in prokaryote or denitrifier abundance. In general, cumulatively after 12 weeks more carbon was respired at the higher temperature (3.7 mg CO₂ g⁻¹ soil), irrespective of the water content, whereas nitrous oxide production was greater under wet conditions (98-336 μg N₂O g⁻¹ soil). After an initial lag phase, methane emissions (963 μg CH₄ g⁻¹ soil) were observed only under warm and wet conditions. T-RFLP analyses of bacterial 16S rRNA and nosZ genes revealed small or undetectable community changes in response to temperature and water content, suggesting that bacterial and denitrifying microbial communities are stable and do not respond significantly to seasonal changes in soil conditions. In contrast, archaeal microbial community structure was more dynamic and was strongly influenced by temperature.
Influence of temperature and soil water content on bacterial, archaeal and denitrifying microbial communities in drained fen grassland soil microcosms is determined. Soils are obtained from Ljubljana ...Marsh grassland, located south of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Results support the idea that, in the absence of plant cover, changes in water content and temperature play a minor role in shaping bacterial and denitrifier community structures but significantly influence their activity. The results suggest that environmental parameters such as temperature and water content act at the level of substrate availability and control the expression of specific enzymes involved in the microbial processes studied, while the abundances and community structure of total bacterial and denitrifying communities remain largely unaffected. The archaeal community structure is much more responsive to environmental changes in drained fen grassland soil.
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