The goal of each company today is to improve business and increase profit through the reorganization and simplification of its processes, decrease of costs and resources utilization etc. Improving ...the business is usually implemented through different techniques and methodologies that have been developed. One of the ways to improve service processes, and health system processes also, is the implementation of the lean concept. This study shows benefits from using Lean tools value stream mapping (VSM) and simulations to simplify the laboratory work process. Using the VSM and simulation in department of clinical biochemistry authors showed significant improvement of the clinical processes such as eliminating non-value added times (NVAT) by minimum 30 working days/year, increasing number of laboratories analyses by approximately 80.000 analyses/year, eliminating unnecessary movement of 39,000 - 52,000 meters/year for samples and 78,000 - 104,000 meters/year for stuff and decreasing patient waiting times from average 70 to 20 min/patient.
The paper analyses traffic accidents in which one of the participants were tractors, in the period of eleven years (2002 – 2012) on the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The aim of the research is ...the exploration of the consequences, number and type of causes of these type accidents, in order to create a knowledge base that is needed for the improvement of the construction and identification of tractors, from the aspect of safety. Data analysis was performed on the sample of n=13246 traffic accidents in which one of the participants was a tractor. The authors used one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) including post hoc test (Scheffe). The significance of the study lies in the precise detection of the connection between the consequence and the number and types of causes in this aspect of accidents, while stressing the need for a more detailed approach in the prevention of accidents.
In his article the author addresses the questions of introduction, role and success of biological and chemical larvicide methods applied to fighting malaria in the Istrian Province during the Italian ...government between the two world wars (1918-1940). Since the late Middle Ages the disease represented a continual demographic, economic and health problem for the Istrians, especially those inhabiting the coastal areas where the disease was endemic due to geological and climate characteristics of those areas. After the disease cause and vector were discovered by the end of 19th century, specific methods for the eradication of malaria were started in Istria as well like prescribing quinine to the population and the extermination of mosquito larvae. As the pools, mosquitos’ natural habitat, could not be drained because there were no water supply lines in rural areas, other solutions had to be applied along with the use of larvicide, petroleum in the first place. However, it was not before the 20s of the 20th century that some really encouraging results were obtained with the introduction of Gambusia fish and the chemical Paris Green which by the end of the 30s resulted in a near extermination of the disease. The central figure as for the introduction of Gambusia to Europe was Professor Massimo Sella, director of the Marine Biology Station for the Adriatic in Rovinj from 1924 to 1943.
Driver safety in winter conditions depends not only on the technical correctness of the transport vehicles, but also on winter equipment used. Snow chains, in addition to technically correct vehicles ...and tires, are one of the most important factors for driving safely on snowy roads. This paper presents an analysis of the quality of materials and anti-corrosion protection of snow chains that are frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. For the purpose of analysis several tests were performed on tensioning the chains (at room temperature and at a temperature of -200C), hardness of the chains (Vickers method) as well as the test of the thickness of galvanized layer (metallographic method). All tests were performed in accordance with the relevant standards such as EN ISO 6507-1:2005; EN ISO 6892-1:2009; EN ISO 1461:200.
„Bitka za Vodnjan“ 16. I. 1920. u hrvatskoj se stručnoj literaturi i novinstvu navodi
kao prvi oružani sukob u Istri sa smrtnim ishodom u kojem su sudjelovali fašisti. Prvi
ozbiljniji historiografski ...radovi na tu temu nastali početkom 1970-ih godina, razmatrani
kroz marksističku paradigmu, implicitno su ostavili mnoga pitanja otvorenima. U ovom
se radu nastoji kroz konzultaciju arhivskih dokumenata (Središnji državni arhiv u Rimu,
Državni arhiv u Padovi, Državni arhiv u Trstu, Hrvatski državni arhiv, Državni arhiv
u Pazinu, Državni arhiv u Rijeci, Opća bolnica Pula (arhiv), Centar za povijesna istraživanja
Rovinj, Povijesni i pomorski muzej Istre - Museo storico e navale dell’Istria) i novinskih
napisa (L’Azione, Il Lavoratore, Il Proletario, Delo, Glas Istre i dr.) istražiti
ulogu fašista u spomenutom sukobu, rekonstruirati sam tijek i ishod sukoba, upletenost i
odnos lokalnih, regionalnih i državnih vlasti spram tih događaja te pokušati identificirati
žrtve i ustanoviti uzrok njihove smrti.
U radu se kroz konzultaciju arhivskoga i novinskoga gradiva razmatraju i
analiziraju politička zbivanja na istočnoj obali Jadrana koja su kulminirala fašističkim paljenjem tršćanskoga (13. VII. ...1920.) i pulskoga (14. VII. 1920.) Narodnoga doma te napadom na pulski Klub socijalističke mladeži i odvjetničke urede Mirka Vratovića i Ive Zuccona
(16. VII. 1920.). Fokus rada je, nakon kraćega povijesnoga pregleda djelovanja Narodnoga doma, posebno usmjeren rekonstrukciji tih pulskih incidenata, uloge fašista u neredima, pozicioniranju lokalnih civilnih vlasti (civilnoga komesara i vicekvestora tijekom i nakon nasilne epizode), medijskom diskursu (agitaciji istarskih novina, kao i onih s prostora Kraljevine Italije) te, u konačnici, reakciji talijanskih parlamentaraca socijalista. Blaga reakcija pa i direktno sudjelovanje pripadnika službi javnoga reda i mira te vojske u neredima, nevjerodostojni izvještaji lokalnih civilnih vlasti i tiskanih medija o pitanju involviranosti osoba, kao i samoga tijeka napada, jasno su naznačili politiku negiranja prava na očuvanje hrvatske kulture i nacionalnoga identiteta uopće. Paljenjem Dom(ov)a, čime se u svom govoru
u pulskom kazalištu pohvalio i sam Benito Mussolini (21. IX. 1920.), uništeno je kulturno, gospodarsko i političko, tada već simbolično, sjedište pulskih Hrvata, a spaljivanjem više tisuća knjiga tamošnje Javne pučke knjižnice počinjen je kulturocid, koji će u povijesti ostati
zapisan kao jedna od prvih fašističkih lomača u Europi. Time je jasno naznačena politika koja će se u Istri početi provoditi i prije službena dolaska na vlast fašista u listopadu 1922., prvenstveno u pogledu nasilne asimilacije tzv. „inorodaca“ (Hrvata i Slovenaca).
Basato sulle consultazioni di materiale d’archivio e giornalistico, il contributo tratta ed analizza gli avvenimenti politici svoltisi sulla costa orientale dell’Istria che culminarono con l’incendio dei Narodni dom di Trieste (13 luglio 1920) e Pola (14 luglio 1920) e con l’attacco al Club della gioventù socialista di Pola e agli studi legali di Mirko Vratović e Ivo Zuccon (16 luglio 1920). Dopo una breve rassegna sull’attività del Narodni dom, il contributo si concentra in particolar modo sulla ricostruzione degli incidenti che hanno avuto luogo a Pola, sul ruolo che i fascisti ebbero nel contesto dei disordini, sulla posizione adottata delle autorità civili locali (dal commissario civile e
dal vicequestore durante e dopo gli episodi di violenza), sul discorso mediatico (l’agitazione da parte della stampa istriana e di quella del territorio del Regno d’Italia) e, infine, sulla reazione dimostrata dai parlamentari italiani socialisti. La reazione blanda e la partecipazione
diretta dei membri dei servizi dell’ordine pubblico e militare ai disordini, i rapporti inattendibili delle autorità civili locali e della
stampa riferiti al coinvolgimento delle persone e allo svolgimento dell’attacco erano un indice chiaro della piega che la politica stava prendendo verso il negazionismo del diritto alla conservazione della cultura croata e dell’identità nazionale in genere. L’incendio del Narodni dom (ovvero dei due Narodni dom), impresa vantata anche dallo stesso Benito Mussolini durante il suo discorso tenutosi al teatro di Pola (21 settembre 1920), distrusse la sede culturale, economica e politica, in quel periodo ormai soltanto simbolica, dei croati mentre con il rogo di alcune migliaia di libri della Biblioteca popolare pubblica situata presso il Narodni dom venne commesso un culturicidio, un avvenimento che rimarrà segnato nella storia come uno dei primi roghi
fascisti in Europa. Tali avvenimenti annunciarono chiaramente il tipo di politica che sarebbe stato messo in atto in Istria anche prima dell’ascesa ufficiale al potere dei fascisti nell’ottobre 1922, in special modo sotto l’aspetto dell’assimilazione violenta dei cosiddetti “allogeni” (croati e sloveni).
The paper discusses and analyses political events on the eastern Adriatic coast, culminating in the fascist arson of the Peopleʼs Halls in Trieste (13 July 1920) and Pula (14 July 1920), as well as the attack
on the Socialist Youth Club of Pula and law firm offices of Mirko Vratović and Ivo Zuccon (16 July 1920), by consulting the archival and newspaper material. The focus of the paper, after a brief historical overview of the Peopleʼs Hall, is specifically centred around the reconstruction of these inci-dents in Pula, the role of fascists in the riots, the positioning of local civilian authorities (civilian commissioner and vice-quaestor during and after the violent episode), media discourse (the agitation stemming from the Istrian newspapers, as well as those from the territory of the Kingdom of Italy) and, ultimately, the reaction of the Italian Socialist parliamentarians. Mild
reaction and direct participation of the members of the public order and peace services, as well as the army, in the riots, unreliable reports of local civilian authorities and printed media on the involvement of persons, as well as the course of the attack, clearly indicated the policy of denying the right to preserve Croatian culture and the national identity in general. The arson of the Hall(s), which Benito Mussolini himself boasted about in his speech at the Theatre in Pula (21 September 1920), destroyed the cultural, economic and political, already symbolic by then, seat of the Croats in Pula, and with the burning of thousands of books belonging to the Public Peopleʼs Library, a culturicide was committed there, which will go down in history as one of the first fascist bonfires in Europe. This clearly indicates the policy that will be implemented in Istria even before the official fascistsʼ rise to power in October 1922, primarily in terms of violent assimilation of the so-called “native foreigners” (Croats and Slovenes).
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