The research area is located in south-eastern Slovenia and belongs to the eastern extensions of the Slovenian Basin adjacent to the Adriatic Carbonate Platform. The studied section is 25 m thick and ...consists of grey, brownish and reddish pelagic limestones and calciturbidites, and two bentonite layers 110 and 10 cm thick. Both volcanoclastic horizons consist of greenish, fine-grained muddy material. To date, no other bentonites of similar age are known in the wider Southern Alpine and Dinaridic region. The late Campanian to Campanian/Maastrichtian age of the succession was determined from planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nanoplankton assemblages. XRD analysis revealed the presence of calcite, quartz, muscovite/illite and smectite, which prevails in the clay fraction and is indicative of bentonite clays. We interpret these bentonite horizons as resulting from direct deposition of volcanic ash in a marine environment with a concomitant admixture of detrital material (quartz, muscovite) and later diagenetic carbonatization. The geochemical composition suggests a felsic volcanic origin. The most likely source is the Late Cretaceous–Paleogene bimodal rhyolitic/basaltic volcanism documented along the Sava Suture Zone in present-day Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and North Macedonia. In the Central Apennines three locations with bentonites have been documented. Further spatial and temporal analysis of similar volcanogenic horizons could yield important data on the paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of the Adria/Apulia continental margin.
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•Important discovery of upper Campanian bentonite layers on the eastern Adria margin.•Volcanic ash deposition in a deeper-marine, carbonate dominated environment.•Correlates with Campanian rhyolitic volcanic activity in the Sava Suture Zone.
This paper reviews the concept of place brand identity within the supply side aspect of place branding. With no widely accepted model of place brand identity, the paper proposes a new model, which ...has its roots in marketing, tourism and sociological theory. The model focuses on the country brand of Slovenia, representing the first systematic branding process in Slovenia's short history. The development of a research program followed a holistic approach involving key influencers and enactment stakeholders. This novel approach has several advantages over the previously uncoordinated country branding attempts.
The article examines the discourse of Slovenia’s official tourism brand I Feel Slovenia. It presents a study of the English version of the official website, focusing on the ways in which the text ...establishes connections between emotions and emotions in the construction of the brand. Special attention is paid to the role of the word green in the discourse construction of Slovenia’s official image. The study is based on the framework of evaluative language (Martin and White 1995). The analysis shows that the word green is primarily used as a value-laden term, functioning as a placeholder for different evaluative meanings. The word green ties different strands of Slovenia’s image into a holistic concept rooted in the English-language slogan I Feel Slovenia and the label Slovenia Green.
Članek obravnava diskurz uradne slovenske turistične znamke I Feel Slovenia. Predstavlja raziskavo angleške verzijo uradne spletne strani, zlasti ugotovitve o tem, kako se v besedilih konceptualno povezujejo čustva in vrednote trajnostnega razvoja. Analiza se osredotoča zlasti na vlogo besede zelen v diskurzni konstrukciji uradne znamke Slovenije. Raziskava temelji na teoriji jezika vrednotenja (Martin in White 1995). Analiza besedil kaže, da se beseda zelen uporablja predvsem kot izraz vrednotenj. Deluje kot označevalec vrednot in sodb in povezuje različne sklope slovenske identitete v celostni koncept, ki izhaja iz slogana I Feel Slovenia in oznake Slovenia Green.
Research in Slovenia shows a low level of expression of patriotism among young people, which points to the fact that we are unable to express this value because we are not convinced of its quality ...and necessity. The belief that we will love and respect our homeland, which has also been a state since 1991, is based on completely false assumptions. Those who were emotionally present at the founding of our country naturally have a keener sense of patriotism, but the younger generations see the emergence of an independent and sovereign Slovenia as a historical fact, and therefore without any emotional overtones. Therefore, the results on the poor knowledge of the facts related to the establishment of an independent and sovereign Slovenian state, analysed in this article, are not really surprising.
We report a case of human Dirofilaria repens infection in a woman in Slovenia who had concomitant pleural and subcutaneous manifestations of the infection. This case report illustrates the clinical ...course of a severe symptomatic parasitic infection that had multisystemic manifestations.
The forest floor is covered with tree canopy, and the forest canopy gap is a larger or smaller area of the floor that is not covered by the canopy of the dominant tree layer. The size of the gap ...affects tree species rejuvenation, as well as the vertical and horizontal structure of the forest. In the Pohorje area (Pahernik’s forest estate), which is characterized by forests where trees of different diameters and ages occur in small areas, we analyzed the possibilities of automatic gap detection based on data from the Laser Scanning of Slovenia (LSS) and the Cyclic Aerial Survey of Slovenia (CAS). We used Canopy Height Models (CHM) derived from both data sources. The overall detection accuracy even for the smallest gaps (smaller than 50 m2) was 94.4% based on the LSS data and 83.1% based on the CAS data. A larger number and area of gaps can be detected based on the LSS data, and the gaps derived from the LSS data are more disaggregated and elongated. The detection of gaps with CAS data and LSS data is more comparable with a minimum gap area of 100 m²; the accuracy of detecting such gaps is 85.4 and 94.4 % respectively. The results of the study show that in the absence of LSS data, the use of CAS data to detect forest canopy gaps on a large scale is useful when gaps with an area of more than 100 m² are detected.
Between 2001 and 2020, Slovenia lost 8,952 lives due to suicides, two thirds of them by hanging.
To analyze trends in suicide methods between 2001 and 2020 and to explore relationships between ...suicide methods and selected sociodemographic characteristic.
We focused on methods accounting for 95.7% of all suicides. We performed joinpoint regression to examine changes in suicide rates by respective methods and multivariate logistic regression analyses to study sociodemographics associated with specific suicide methods.
A gender-specific annual decrease in suicide rates was observed in all methods except for sharp objects and jumping or lying in front of a moving object. Age was statistically significant in the use of firearms and jumping or lying in front of a moving object, while gender was significant in all methods. Associations were found between education, marital status, region of residence, and various suicide methods.
The results are potentially culturally specific.
Certain sociodemographics seem to be associated with the selection of the method.
INTEGRATION OF MIGRANTS IN SLOVENIA Klopcic, Vera
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The paper discusses main characteristics of the contemporary situation concerning the integration of migrants in Slovenia, mainly after the emergence of the refugee crisis in 2015. The Global ...migration pact and relevant European legislation tackles it as a great humanitarian crisis. Majority of members of European Union, and Slovenia as well, have been faced with the dilemma of how much defense and security measures in their own country can be strengthened, and how to cope with the wave of migrants, while respecting accepted human rights standards. In Slovenia, in 2019 the comprehensive Government Strategy for migration was adopted and special Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants was established in 2018, to answer these challenges as comprehensively as possible. Policy measures towards regulation of status and integration of migrants in Slovenia are focused on implementation of rights of migrants who are already legally residing in Slovenia, aimed to provide necessary knowledge of Slovenian language and culture, needed for their integration.
We report a case of Babesia crassa-like infection in an asplenic patient in Slovenia in 2014. We diagnosed the infection using microscopy, 18S rRNA sequencing, and serology and monitored parasitemia ...using digital PCR. With its increasing occurrence, babesiosis should be included in differential diagnoses for immunocompromised patients displaying fever.