Reverend Eugen Šutrin was a victim of the supremacy of the communist ideological passion that ruled the entire area of Croatia in the immediate post-war period, including the town of Privlaka near ...Zadar. In this imposed atmosphere, individuals and groups of people who were close to or ideologically committed to the communist principles took it upon them-selves to decide on the fate of others. Quite often, their personal assessments and evaluations resulted in attacks on property and on the lives of individuals for whom they were determined to be their worldview or class enemies. There were two components involved in the case of Rev. Eugen Šutrin, who was murdered at the end of 1945: the first defined him as a worldview opponent and the second saw him as a witness to the events at the Italian concentration camp for civilian internees on Molat. The investigative actions taken against the suspects for the committed crime and the subsequent trials did not fully reveal which of the previously mentioned components was the key motive for the murder of Rev. Eugen Šutrin.
Electrospun chitosan nanofibers (QSNFs) enhance the healing process by mimicking skin structure and function. The aim of this study was to analyze the therapeutic effects of QSNFs application on ...animal skin wounds to identify a potential direction for translational research in dermatology. The PRISMA methodology and the PICO scheme were used. A random effects model and mean difference analysis were applied for the meta-analysis. A meta-regression model was constructed, risk of bias was determined, and methodological quality assessment was performed. Of the 2370 articles collected, 54 studies were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The wound healing area was used for building models on the 3rd, 7th, and 14th days of follow-up; the results were − 10.4% (95% CI, −18.2% to −2.6%, p = 0.001), −21.0% (95% CI, −27.3% to −14.7%, p = 0.001), and − 14.0% (95% CI, −19.1 to −8.8%, p = 0.001), respectively. Antioxidants and synthetic polymers combined with QSNFs further reduced skin wound areas (p < 0.05). The results show a more efficient reduction in wound area percentages in experimental groups than in control groups, so QSNFs could potentially be applied in translational human medicine research.
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•A comparison of the effects of chitosan nanofibers on animal skin wounds was performed.•Fifty-four studies with high methodological quality were used in the meta-analysis.•The application of chitosan nanofibers reduced the skin wound area, according to animal model results.
The author analyses the murder of teacher Slavko Kukolj in the village of Podturen in Međimurje in 1945. Till present time, this crime has not been suitably explained, including the identification of ...the murderer and his motives. Investigating this case, in existing descriptions of the mentioned event, the real murder Zvonimir Panić was not only granted amnesty for his crime, but was also declared a martyr of the struggle for Croatian national independence. This was possible, since until now, writers about this event followed and assessed only Panić’s tragic end at the Criminal correctional institution in Lepoglava. However, analyzing this case from different angles, the author, proves that the mentioned conclusion is completely wrong, and that real victims are members of the families Kukolj and Hajdarović. Struck particularly hard was the Hajdarović family, entirely innocent, whose persecutors were never punished for the crime they have committed. Besides the resolution of this single case, fitting it in a wider context clearly showed that in the period after the communist government takeover in Međimurje, the political authorities had a much too large influence on all institutions’ work activities as well as, in general, the lives of individuals. Since, in the beginning, the new government followed Stalin’s model of society formation, for a classic crime of self-interest, they systematically looked for political motives and justifications. Once a sequence of doubts was launched, it caused the persecution of entire families, as well as political and social consequences that even in present time still resonate. Therefore, in the conclusion, the author calls for a more objective approach in regards to World War II victims, in order to accomplish, not just, more satisfactory historical evaluations, but also stop the trauma that has been incurred from generation to generation.
The mechanism of formation of nanocrystalline ZnO particles from the reaction of zinc acetylacetonate (Zn(acac)2) with 2-equivalent NaOH in boiling EtOH was investigated by characterizing the ...particles and following the transformation of acac moieties. The reaction was found to proceed via hydrolysis of zinc ethoxide derivatives, followed by dehydration–condensation reactions. High-resolution solid-state CP-MAS13C NMR measurements indicate that the ZnO particles are produced through Zn (acac)(OZn)n(acac) (3). Furthermore, it was suggested that acac−ligands play an important role in the generation of nanocrystalline ZnO particles by suppressing the hydrolysis–condensation of Zn(acac)(OZn)n(acac).
In Warsaw, she began the deliberations of the First Plenary Session of the Chief Council of the National Union Camp. After a service at St. Alexander’s Church, the Chief Council with Camp Chief ...General Stanisław Skwarczyński headed for Belvedere to pay tr
Flower folding in front of the bust of Józef Piłsudski in the courtyard of Belvedere. Tea at the jachtclub with the participation of, among others, Marshal Śmigłego-Rydza.
W Warszawie rozpoczęła obrady I Plenarna Sesja Rady Naczelnej Obozu Zjednoczenia Narodowego. Po nabożeństwie w kościele św. Aleksandra Rada Naczelna z szefem Obozu generałem Stanisławem Skwarczyńskim na czele udała się do Belwederu celem złożenia hołdu pamięci Józefa Piłsudskiego. W godzinach popołudniowych odbyła się w salonach oficerskiego jachtklubu herbatka towarzyska dla członków Rady Naczelnej, na którą przybył premier generał Sławoj Składkowski. Herbatkę zaszczycił swą obecnością Naczelny Wódz marszałek Edward Śmigły-Rydz. Naczelny Wódz wygłosił przemówienie, w którym, nawołując do realnej oceny rzeczywistości i do optymizmu na przyszłość, wezwał zebranych do wytężonej pracy nad zjednoczeniem społeczeństwa w ramach Obozu Zjednoczenia Narodowego, gdyż, jak mówił, ideologia i cele Obozu Zjednoczenia Narodowego są słuszne, są zbawienne, są konieczne dla Polski.
Złożenie kwiatów przed popiersiem Józefa Piłsudskiego na dziedzińcu Belwederu. Herbata w jachtklubie z udziałem m.in. marszałka Śmigłego-Rydza.
Nakon svršetka Drugog svjetskog rata dio poraženih vojnika Oružanih snaga NDH i suradnika režima nastavio je s gerilskom borbom protiv komunističkih vlasti. Ove odmetnute vojne jedinice prozvale su ...se križarima, a desetak takvih grupa djelovalo je i na području koprivničke i đurđevačke Podravine. Ove grupacije prouzročile su brojne nevolje civilnim vlastima novoustrojenog komunističkog
režima, organiziravši niz napadačkih i pljačkaških akcija, ali i promovirajući razne političke parole protiv novog poretka. Ustaška emigracija uzdala se u križare kao moguću snagu preko koje je nastojala pokrenuti širi ustanak na hrvatskom području kako bi ponovo preuzela vlast i obnovila NDH. Zato je pokrenula plan Deseti travanj putem kojeg je željela preuzeti kontrolu nad križarskim skupinama i organizirati širi ustanak. Akciju protiv križara i emigrantskih akcija vodila je OZN-a, koja je s uspjehom razbila križarske skupine te kasnije provedbom Operacije Gvardijan uhitila i brojne ustaške emigrante koji su ubačeni na područje Hrvatske. Ovaj rad pokazat će što se sve u kontekstu ovih zbivanja događalo na mikroprostoru Podravine.
The process of creating modern Croatian intelligence community in line with the democratic principles was burdened with many demanding challenges for which the process was neither quick nor easy. ...However, despite the fact that the Republic of Croatia during the transformation of the intelligence community from a totalitarian system to a democratic system was exposed to external and internal aggression, Croatia has successfully transformed it firstly, and then reorganized its security system. Although it has been over 20 years since the beginning of this process, due irresponsible political activities, Croatian security system is still, occasionally, burdened by harmful influence of remained totalitarian (communist) mentality.
Krajem listopada 1944. partizanske postrojbe zauzele su Solin, Split i čitavo srednjodalmatinsko područje. Vrlo brzo su formirane uprave u tvornicama u Solinu, Vranjicu i Kaštel Sućurcu, a tvornica ...cementa u Majdanu odmah je počela s radom. U nekima su radili njemački ratni zarobljenici o kojima je ostao sačuvan veći broj dokumenata. Organiziran je i veći broj zarobljeničkih logora od kojih se barem jedan nalazio u Solinu, o čemu svjedoče najamni ugovori pronađeni u fondu Općega građevnog poduzeća »Gradnja«, koji se čuva u Državnom arhivu u Splitu. O stanju na širem splitskom, pa tako i solinskom području, u
prvim poslijeratnim mjesecima ostao je sačuvan veći broj izvješća tadašnjih jugoslavenskih vlasti. Među tzv. reakcionarima koji su zabrinjavali novu komunističku vlast nalazili su se brojni neistomišljenici
Komunističke partije, pa tako i članovi drugih političkih stranaka i organizacija. U arhivu Sekretarijata unutrašnjih poslova (SUP) za Dalmaciju, koji se čuva u Državnom arhivu u Splitu, ostao je sačuvan zapis tadašnjih jugoslavenskih vlasti, moguće Uprave državne bezbjednosti (UDB), u kojemu se navodi da »u solinskom bazenu postoji vrlo opasna grupa H.S.S.« čiji je »duhovni vođa prije rata bio Marin Kljaković«. U zapisu se također ističe da ni jedno mjesto u Dalmaciji nije imalo tako jaku i čvrstu organizaciju Hrvatske seljačke stranke na čelu s dvadesetak mladih ljudi koji su za vrijeme Drugoga svjetskog rata ostali dosljedni politici te stranke. Po istom dokumentu dvojica su likvidirani tijekom rata, iako se izričito ne navodi kako i od koga. Petoricu najistaknutijih iz te grupe Kljaković je povukao »u Hrvatsku« ne bi li ih tako spasio od iste sudbine. Među njima je bio i Jozo Bulj u čijemu je dosjeu sačuvano obilje podataka o radu Hrvatske seljačke stranke (HSS) u solinskom bazenu tijekom Drugoga svjetskog rata i neposredno nakon toga. Buljevi iskazi pred isljednicima Odjeljenja za zaštitu naroda (OZN) i kasnije UDB-e sadrže obilje podataka o radu Hrvatske seljačke stranke uoči Drugoga svjetskog rata i za vrijeme rata na solinskom području te stoga predstavljaju vrijedan izvor za proučavanje dalmatinske povijesti 20. stoljeća.
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Visoka komisarka OZN za begunce na Roški cesti, izjava Sadako Ogata, pogovor z begunci, paketi pomoči, otroci, izjava Sadako Ogata o mednarodni pomoči Sloveniji, srečanje z ...Jožetom Pučnikom in notranjem ministrom Igorjem Bavčarjem, begunski center v Postojni.
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Visoka komisarka OZN za begunce na Roški cesti, izjava Sadako Ogata, pogovor z begunci, paketi pomoči, otroci, izjava Sadako Ogata o mednarodni pomoči Sloveniji, srečanje z Jožetom Pučnikom in notranjem ministrom Igorjem Bavčarjem, begunski center v Postojni.
Ljubljana: A visit by the UN Refugee Agency High Commissioner, Ms Sadako Ogata at Roška Street.
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Ljubljana - obisk visoke komisarke OZN za begunce Sadako Ogata v na Roški cesti.
Na postojnski gimnaziji, pozneje v Šolskem centru Postojna, je več desetletij na samosvoj način deloval krožek OZN, ki ga je neutrudno usmerjal prof. Franc Zupan. Ni imel le peščice članov, marveč za ...cel razred deklet in fantov. Nekateri so vztrajali po več let, se oblikovali v aktiviste ideje Združenih narodov, med njimi in mentorjem so nastajali trajni prijateljski odnosi. V globini profesorjevega vztrajanja pa je bila ideja slovenstva. Bil je zgodovinar, doma z Gorenjskega, diplomiral je s temo o koroškem plebiscitu, in vse življenje z mislijo in dejanjem ostal tvoren Slovenec. Kot pedagog ni hotel razumeti uradnega zanemarjanja domovinske vzgoje. Veliko pozornost ji je namenjal mimo predpisanega učnega načrta že pri svojem predmetu, utrl pa si je pot do nje tudi skozi dejavnost krožka OZN. Tako je dosegel še dijake, ki jih ni učil. Njegovi krožkarji so se skozi sistematično seznanjanje s položaji Slovencev onkraj meje, razvijali v ozaveščene rodoljube.Posebno se je usidralo v zavest vsakoletno sklepno dejanje krožka – ekskurzija v zamejstvo, izmenično na Koroško – ali v Trst, Gorico ali Benečijo. Z ekskurzijo v Beneško Slovenijo smo spomladi 1971 dosegli tudi Tarčmun, vasico na pobočju Matajurja, rojstni kraj Ivana Trinka Zamejskega (1863–1954), duhovnika, pesnika, vodnika in buditelja beneškega ljudstva. Tako smo se strnili ob njegovem grobu: tretji z desne je prof. Zupan (levi profil), jaz pa (desni profil) z leve prebiram izbrane Trinkove pesmi pesniku v čast in spomin.