Unemployed persons are often on the margins of the healthcare system and under the radar of safety and health organisations, as no systematic records are kept of occupational diseases caused by ...exposure at previous work place. Law in Slovenia requires that asbestos-related occupational diseases are verified by establishing the causal relationship between exposure at work and its effect on the worker. This report describes a case of verifying occupational pleural disease in an unemployed carpenter who was referred for consultation with occupational health specialist as part of the regular procedure for the unemployed registered at the Employment Service of Slovenia. At the consultation it turned out that the carpenter had been exposed to asbestos when he worked as a teenage apprentice. The diagnosis of the bilateral pleural disease and asbestosis was confirmed by X-ray and high-resolution computed tomography. Because he had no record of exposure in that period, we analysed his past working environment for minerals and found chrysotile in all asbestos board samples. The case was presented to an interdisciplinary committee, which verified his disease as occupational. This case points to the need of adopting guidelines for occupational health specialists providing counsel to the national employment service so that the number of unrecorded occupational diseases is minimised and their treatment is covered by the state.
Članek želi na primeru prostora občine Medvode oceniti uspešnost planskega sistema, ki je bil vzpostavljen leta 1984 in ki se izteka šele v današnjem času. Članek primerja načrtovano stanje v ...prostoru občine glede na dolgoročni in družbeni plan iz leta 1986 z dejanskim stanjem ob sprejetju novega Zakona o urejanju prostora leta 2003. Analiza razlogov za nizko stopnjo izvedenosti plana kaže, da razlogi niso le v neupoštevanju predpisov, ampak tudi v samem sistemu prostorskih predpisov.
Reformo lokalne samouprave v Sloveniji sestavlja pet sestavin: funkcionalno, ozemeljsko, organizacijsko, . nancno-materialno in pravno. Prispevek je namenjen analizi ozemeljske sestavine. ...Teritorialna komponenta vkljucuje ustanovitev novih obcin, ki so nadomestile nekdanje komune. Leta 1994 je bilo ustanovljenih 147 novih obcin, namesto nekdanjih 62 komun, leta 1998 je bilo dodatno ustanovljenih 45 obcin in leta 2002 še ena. Sedaj je v Sloveniji 193 občin, vendar vse ne izpolnjujejo zakonskih pogojev (5000 prebivalcev).
This article tackles the problem of regionalisation of Slovenia from the integrated perspective of water management. When propositions to divide Slovenia into several regions (provinces) (with ...proposals to make between 3 and 14 regions) were made, very different and numerous parameters have been taken into account. The article examines the regionalisation problem from the integrated water management perspective that was introduced into the Slovenian water legislation by the European Water Directive, adopted in 2000. The article also summarises the main directions of integrated water management, contained in Water Act that was adopted in 2002 and is still in force. On the basis of integrated water management foundations in European legislation, the article uses the division of Slovenia into water districts as a professional basis for a comparison between different proposals for division of Slovenia into regions. Although it is true that a hydrographical division of Slovenia into water districts cannot be the most important basis for regionalisation, one may notice that a division of Slovenia into three regions (Western Slovenia (Koper), Central Slovenia (Ljubljana), Eastern Slovenia (Maribor)) and partially division into six regions would be fully in line with bases for integrated and (by definition) territorial water management. KLJUCNE BESEDE regionalisation, water resources, water management, legislation, Slovenia
Food Safety Shaw, Ian C
2012, 2012., 2013., 2012-09-17
eBook, Book
Food safety is a modern concept. Remarkably, it is only in the last 200 years that such concepts as foodborne germs, and the means of combating them (such as antiseptics and refrigeration), have been ...popularised. Yet in the 21st Century, consumers in the developed world do not accept that the food which they purchase and consume might carry a risk of making them ill – that our food should be safe is something we all take for granted.Food safety is a multi-faceted subject, using microbiology, chemistry, standards and regulations and risk management to address issues involving bacterial pathogens, chemical contaminants, natural toxicants, additive safety, allergens and more. In Food Safety: The Science of Keeping Food Safe, Professor Ian C. Shaw introduces these topics with wit and practical wisdom, providing an accessible guide to a vibrant and constantly evolving subject. Each chapter proceeds from introductory concepts and builds towards a sophisticated treatment of the topic, allowing the reader to take what knowledge is required for understanding food safety at a range of levels.Illustrated with photographs and examples throughout, this book is the ideal starting point for students and non-specialists seeking to learn about food safety issues, and an enjoyable and stylish read for those who already have an academic or professional background in the area.
The second book in the new collection Karstology in Development Challenges in the Karst brings together the findings obtained in planning and construction of motorways in the Karst. More than 350 new ...caves were opened up in the final wave of construction. This was followed by studies on arranging karstic features for tourism and their management. We also selected studies on karstic ecology, in which we made use of biological and microbiological research. At the end there is a summary of everything we need to take into account in planning different encroachments in karstic areas.
A good knowledge of the natural and cultural heritage of karst is a precondition for the rational planning of life on it. We try to organize the knowledge to make it as useful as possible for ...planners. We are involved in individual projects related to the regional planning, water supply systems, the construction of transportation infrastructure, the closure of landfills in karst areas, the collection of data on karst caves and their protection, karst ecology and determining the extent of human influence on the karst underground. A new book series Karstology and development challenges on karst was designed to present the results of completed and new projects to a broader public.The first book with the subtitle Water contains selected directly applicable research studies on karst waters, their characteristics, endangerment, and protection. It is composed of ten chapters, which can be grouped into three main themes. In the introduction the importance, characteristics and vulnerability of karst aquifers are presented,then various case studies of pollution and endangerment are described (traffic, landfills, military objects, flooding), and at the end some guidelines for the protection of karst water sources are summarized. The book is a bilingual publication in Slovene and English. It is aimed at a broad circle of users, researchers, students and planners.
Litigating International Investment Disputes: A Practitioner's Guide serves as a comprehensive and straightforward resource for those who are new to international investment arbitration, as well as ...for seasoned practitioners.
The book brings a thorough review of landslide susceptibility in Slovenia. In the introductory chapter the most significant geographical and other Slovenian literature on slope processes is listed, ...and then the basic characteristics of landslides are explained. The landslide susceptibility in Slovenia is presented on the example of twelve large landslides, followed by the chapter on legislation on natural disasters in Slovenia.The most important part of the book is the detailed description of methods for elaboration landslide susceptibility maps with different methods. The deterministic, statistical and probabilistic methods and corresponding maps are described into detail. Such maps have been elaborated with the geographical information system using the digital elevation model 25 x 25 m. Landslide susceptibility is finally presented in the framework of the regionalization of Slovenia that had been elaborated by the Anton Melik Geographical Institute SRC SASA and for all Slovenian municipalities. The last chapter of the book is important for geomorphology, describing the role of the landslides for the formation of relief.The book is intended to be used in spatial planning, physical geography, geography of natural hazards and other branches of geography as well as in related sciences.
Bagranje in ravnanje s sedimentom se v večini primerov obravnava kot tehnologijo, ki omogoča izgradnjo in vzdrževanje plovnih poti. V raziskavi, ki sem jo izdelal v sklopu magistrske naloge, sem ...želel predstaviti način, kako lahko bagranje pripomore k prostorskemu urejanju slovenske obale. Slovenska obala je relativno kratka in omejena, ob njej so veliki poselitveni interesi. Zaradi tega obstajajo težnje po daljšanju obale s pomočjo nasipavanja oz. ustvarjanja umetnih otokov in polotokov. Velikokrat se nasipava zaradi izgradnje pomolov, za potrebe marin in ostalih pristanišč. Cilj raziskave je bil obrniti ta trend, ki bi se izognil krčenju morskih površin in tako izkoristiti kanale ter razširiti oz. ustvariti nove vodne površine za potrebe gospodarskih dejavnosti ali zaradi varovanja okolja. Da bi to dosegel, je bilo potrebno najprej preučiti zakonodajo ter poiskati ustrezen način za ravnanje z izkopanim sedimentom. Ko smo zagotovili nadaljnje ravnanje s sedimentom, je možno upoštevati bagranje kot pomemben dejavnik pri predlagani prostorski ureditvi slovenske obale.
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