Slovenia - Science topic

One of the most important events that took place in Slovenia during the Second World War was undoubtedly the Battle of Dražgoše, fought in January 1942 between the Partisan Cankar Battalion and the German occupying forces. Whereas the course and aftermath of the battle itself have never been disputed, a few important details related to it have for...

Digital banking has emerged as a major force in reshaping financial services globally, providing greater access, efficiency, and cost savings. This study focuses on the usage and adoption of digital banking in the Balkan countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, an...

Early, and especially numerous, newspaper publications testify that efforts to protect the animal world are not a novelty of the modern world. Action in this field accelerated with the establishment of societies against animal torture in the first half of the 19th century. Such actions were not small in Slovenia at that time either and were therefo...

Key message We found a significant increase in the latewood density of European beech, and a decrease in the latewood and mean wood density of silver fir and Norway spruce in European mountain forests over the period 1901–2016. In the past century, drought did not directly influence the wood density trend of the three studied species. However, for...

This article presents empirical fragments that point to ways in which a more comprehensive set of sources can illuminate the range of interactions that materialize borders, beyond their strictly administrative or theoretical understanding. The article specifically examines transformations of the Slovenian southern border from 2015 to the present, f...

As the topic of children during the war has been only sparsely addressed in Slovenian historiography, the first part of this contribution presents the project titled Spomini še živijo (Memories Live On), which provides an insight into the fates of children who survived the war. The project was carried out by the Institute for Contemporary History i...

Vincenzo Marcon (known as “Davilla”) was a communist militant, born in Trieste, who led the PCd’I (Partito Comunista d’Italia) Julian “federation” between 1942 and 1943. In that year he was divested by the new direction of that organisation (gathered around Luigi Frausin) who replaced Marcon’s line (focused on a strong collaboration with the Sloven...

This paper investigates the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in public governance and its impact on socioeconomic welfare, focusing on Slovenian Social Work Centres (SWCs). The objectives are to assess how AI applications align with governance models such as (Neo)Weberian Bureaucracy, New Public Management (NPM), and Good Governance, and to...

The BBAP analysis (Bet v 1 based amplified polymorphism) used in the study was aimed to detect natural variation among thirteen samples of Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apple cultivars. These cultivars were selected due to their global commercial importance and their documented association with high concentrations of the allergen Mal d 1. All o...

New Media Pedagogy - NMP24: research trends, methodological challenges and successful implementations Date: 28-29 November 2024 Venue: Online event (Zoom link) The conference is about new media pedagogy, with a particular focus on innovative approaches, methodological challenges and practical implementations in the fields of digital competence, art...

Una delle principali caratteristiche delle aree di confine tra Italia, Slovenia e Croazia è la sua diversità etnolinguistica. Tuttavia, tale diversità è minacciata, oltre che una serie di problemi di tipo oggettivo, e dalle varie tendenze alla standardizzazione linguistica, anche da valutazioni e percezioni di carattere soggettivo, che finiscono pe...

The objective of the present study was to characterize the chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) tannin product, Farmatan Plus® (Tanin Sevnica d.d., Sevnica, Slovenia), and to subsequently examine its effects on the blood metabolic parameters of fattening lambs, particularly in relation to their health status. Thirty lambs were randomly divided into thr...

Purpose: The article aims to identify systemic challenges in Slovenian administrative practice arising from an inadequately regulated right to appeal under the General Administrative Procedure Act (GAPA). For this purpose, an analysis of Administrative Consultation (AC), a legal clinic operating since 2009, was conducted. The study includes analyse...

Aim. The purpose of the study was to determine whether diff erences in mental health exist among younger and older generations of LGBTQ+ older adults. Material and methods. A quantitative approach was taken. The questionnaire was completed by 318 LGBTQ+ older adults (50+) from Slovenia who met the inclusion criteria and were selected using a non-ra...

Purpose: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in automated decision making (ADM) represents a transformative moment in public administration. This paper explores the incorporation of ADM systems into administrative procedures, focusing on their impact on personal data protection and the fundamental principles underpinning administrative...

Housing deprivation is often analyzed as the proportion of population affected by housing problems related to a variety of issues. As a result, even if the level of housing deprivation is similar across countries, they may face different housing-related problems. In the presented research, an attempt was made to identify countries similar in terms...

Extensive sunken and bleeding cankers, shoot blight, and root rot symptoms on European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees have recently been observed in several forest ecosystems in Italy and Slovenia. Since there is little information about the aetiology of these diseases and given the high economic and ecological relevance of these formations, a st...

This study aims to explore the perceived progress in fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the national level, focusing on Slovenia and comparing it with other European countries and the global landscape. Using the data from 2022 and 2023 for 43 countries, sourced from the contributions of 3,690 national experts, we...

The wood-based bioeconomy is one of the main pillars of sustainable transformation and decarbonisation of the economy, as it promotes the use of renewable resources, reduces reliance on fossil fuels, and supports the development of eco-friendly industries. The paper provides quantitative insight into the potential impacts of transformation of the w...

Numerous evidence-based programs aim to promote youth mental health. Unfortunately, however, they often fail to engage the target group and lack cultural sensitivity. The present study addresses these issues by using a participatory approach to look at variations of stressors and resources for stress relief among students (12-15 years) in three Eur...

The first recent finding of the European Earthborer Beetle (Bolbelasmus unicornis) in Slovenia. The female was accidentally found dead in the period 2015-2023 in the vicinity of Radovljica (NW Slovenia) and stored in the educational collection of the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. The finding opens up the need for systematic re...

The rapid urbanization observed over recent decades has led to important challenges in urban mobility, notably traffic congestion, pollution, and inefficient energy consumption. Concurrently, the rise in electric vehicles (EVs) offers a promising shift towards sustainable urban transport yet introduces complexities such as the need for extensive ch...

This paper analyses the value of cultural ecosystem services in urban green spaces. A field survey of 900 respondents in Ljubljana, Slovenia, examined cultural ecosystem services in seven types of urban green spaces and compared the results with two types of non-green public spaces (old town, shopping mall). Differences between the types were asses...

Hymenoptera venom allergy (HVA) is an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction caused by Hymenoptera species stings (honeybee, vespid, or ant). The only effective treatment is Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy (VIT). Our study aimed to evaluate whether humoral and cellular biomarkers measured before, during, and after honeybee VIT are associated with t...

This paper aims to examine how the gig economy, as a global trend that is transforming labour markets worldwide, manifests itself in a smaller economy such as Slovenia. Specifically, the paper focuses on how this trend is manifested among Slovenian freelancers, with an emphasis on generational differences. Descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney U...

This paper delves into the impact of capital accumulation, effective employment, and total factor productivity (TFP) on the economic growth of five Southeastern European countries: Albania, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The examination is based on the Solow-Swan neoclassical growth model and the Cobb-Douglas production function, w...

The book is a comprehensive study of voluntary and forced migration in Slovenia and the organisation of the Slovenian diaspora around the world in the period 1945-1991. For the first time in one place, the monograph presents the social, economic and cultural aspects of Slovenian emigration from the end of the Second World War to the independence of...

Agricultural input and output prices have become extremely volatile in recent years and the global meat industry faces sustainability challenges related to climate change, resource competition, environmental regulations, animal welfare concerns, consumer preferences and industry policies. Additionally, the economic situation of cattle fattening far...

This research examines the R&D efficiency of higher education across countries and reveals the relationship between R&D efficiency and related variables. For this purpose, data envelopment analysis (DEA) and hybrid multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approaches were integrated to measure efficiency with two inputs and two outputs. Output-oriented...

The aim of this study was to explore public attitudes toward medically assisted dying, focusing on the role of socio-demographic factors, mental health conditions, and personal experiences. Data were collected via an online panel in Slovenia, which consisted of 567 participants (53.1% men) aged 18 years and older. The majority of respondents suppor...

As burnout affects teachers’ health and well-being, as well as their teaching understanding interventions beneficial for prevention is crucial. In this study, we explored possible predictors of the decrease in the dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, cognitive weariness) after the HAND: ET intervention. We used following p...

Red fox, Vulpes vulpes , is a globally distributed species characterized by its high adaptability to diverse habitats and a broad range of food resources. This remarkable adaptability has allowed the red fox to thrive in various environments, from urban areas to remote wilderness. In this study, we used a set of microsatellite markers for the compa...

Fish geographical distribution has pivotal importance in management/conservation policies, especially for community interest species, requiring careful protection measures. However, distribution areas could be difficult to define if the taxonomy has only recently been resolved, and particular attention must be paid where co-generic species share th...

Risk minimisation measures (RMMs) aim to ensure safe use of medicines, but their implementation in clinical practice is complicated by the diversity of stakeholders whose clinical decision making they seek to inform. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are considered integral in clinical decision making. To determine the extent to which RMMs are in...

Juniper cones are widely used in the food industry and medicine. The aim of this study was to identify juniper growth sites with the highest concentrations of carbohydrates, fats, organic acids and phenols in their cone berries, as well as to assess their antioxidant properties. Research was conducted on 23 different populations from Slovakia, alon...

Proceeding of ISLL-7 (Nubia 2024) كتيب ملتقي النوبة 2024 On the western bank of the Nile River, south of the Aswan City in Egypt, a small Nubian village hosted the 7th International Symposium and Field Workshops on Living with Landscapes from November 17 to 20, 2024. 42 participants, specializing in geography, geomorphology, geology, earth science...

On Friday, September 27, 2024, Professor Gjuro (Đuro) Deželić, chemist, medical informatics specialist and diplomat, died in Zagreb at the age of 90. Professor Deželić was the founder of the university teaching of Medical Informatics, from 1975 full professor of Medical Informatics at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb and head of the Department of...

Karst areas are characteristic landscapes formed by the dissolution of soluble rocks, whose hydrology is largely influenced by rapid infiltration through the karst massif. These areas are often hotspots of biodiversity, especially for epikarst and cave fauna. The epikarst, the uppermost layer of the unsaturated zone, plays a crucial role in regulat...

Economic growth and inflation forecasts for Slovenia until 2025q3 have been made with ARIMA. The forecasts are for year-on-year growth rates (approximations with logarithm differences) for each quarter from 2024q3 to 2025q3. The forecast for GDP growth rates and for inflation from the quarter of 2024q3 to 2025q3 is 1.0% and 1.4%, respectively. Fore...

Ultramarathon running is of increasing popularity, where the time-limited 24-hour run is one of the most popular events. Although we have a high scientific knowledge about different topics for this specific race format, we do not know where the best 24-hour runners originate from and where the fastest races are held. The purpose of the present stud...

School is often said to be a representation of society because its primary aim is to promote integration into society. This study of the landscape elements of minority language schools suggests that this type of linguistic landscape may not only reflect a change in linguistic dominance but can also play a complementary role compared to the external...

Using the theory of planned behavior, this study looks at the factors that influence people's intentions to visit Croatia in the next five years, focusing on the perceptions of potential tourists from Germany, Austria, and Slovenia, the three most important tourism markets for Croatia (46,7 % of overnight stays in 2022). The study uses a diverse sa...

This paper presents the current state of the art in the approach to remote OSH training, which will soon constitute AI-managed self-learning platforms. The research of the EU legal framework on AI, as well as those of Romania, Slovenia, and Poland on remote OHS training, supports the imminent transition to a new evolutionary, qualitative stage in O...

The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Slovenia and co‐rapporteur Member State Slovakia for the pesticide active substance gibberellic acid and the considerations as regards the inclusion of the sub...

Our objective, as part of the planned conservation work, was to identify culturable fungi related to the formation of various deterioration symptoms occurring on the Spectatius family marble tomb, the largest monument of the Roman Necropolis in Šempeter, Slovenia. By using fluorescent microscopy, microbial cultivation methods and standard DNA seque...

The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Slovenia and co‐rapporteur Member State Slovakia for the pesticide active substance gibberellins (GA4/GA7) and the considerations as regards the inclusion of t...

This study examines the influence of transportation policies and urbanisation on cycling participation and environmental sustainability in Slovenia. Factor and regression analyses were employed. The yearly data from 2008 to 2021 were isolated. A modest increase in urban cycling frequency was observed, bolstered by investments in environmental prote...

In Autumn 2023 leaf spot, shoot blight and bleeding cankers associated with moderate defoliation was found on several young English holly trees located in a preserved mixed forest near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. Isolations from samples collected by 6 symptomatic trees yielded 14 isolates belonging to a Phytophthora species. All isolates have...

The initial hypothesis of the work was the assumption that Zlatibor has potential for sustainable tourism development, but that the tourism destination Zlatibor is still not sufficiently competitive with the tourism destination Kranjska Gora. The research presents the key features of these areas, and their attractive tourism offers, through a compa...

Identification of human remains is a challenge in forensic genetics without relatives or personal items available. In Slovenia, a Konfin II mass grave from the Second World War (WWII) was found, containing skeletal remains of 65 victims. The archival documents detailing victims’ information describe 45 persons of which 33 could be considered German...

Interdisciplinary research on the pile-dwellings in the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia, has been carried out, with brief interruptions, since their discovery in 1875. Since 1995 these efforts have been coordinated by the Institute of Archaeology of the ZRC SAZU. Systematic excavations and interdisciplinary research were carried out on prehistoric pile...

Archaeological remains of dwellings that were originally built in wetland environments and today in many cases are waterlogged, offer rich materials and data due to their outstanding preservation. At the same time, off-site deposits in wetlands bear detailed information on palaeoenvironmental conditions. The unique methodological possibility to cor...

This study investigates whether Slovenia can learn from the Netherlands to enhance its bicycle commuting culture and how e-bikes can improve cycling performance among its residents. The research utilises secondary data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia and Statista, covering variables such as bicycle sales, gross domestic prod...

Objectives: The goal of this study is to document outcomes of ablation for high-risk accessory pathways in paediatrics using 3D mapping systems with minimal to zero fluoroscopy. Methods: It is a cross-sectional, multicentre study, conducted between 2013 and 2023, and involving four different centres in Hungary, Croatia, Kuwait, and Slovenia. Result...

This article examines the impact of financial support mechanisms and geopolitical factors on the profitability of investments in solar power plants within Slovenia. The European Union’s energy policy prioritizes increases in renewable energy sources, aiming to reduce dependency on unstable and volatile fossil fuel markets. Solar power plants play a...

Elks from the cave near Glažuta: photographic and archival evidence: - In the summer of 1913, cavers of the Cave Exploration Society (Društvo za raziskovanje podzemnih jam) from Ljubljana explored the caves near Glažuta, between Ribnica and Kočevje. They found the bones of large mammals in one, called the Linija cave, that included the remains of e...

This study analyses the higher education admission results of Hungarian ethnic minority students in Hungary originating from Central and Eastern European countries (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania) by secondary education background (national system vs. foreign system) and school-leaving qualification background (advanced a...

Business schools play a pivotal role in training future leaders equipped to tackle complex challenges in sustainable development. This study investigates the effects of integrating playful learning methodologies into sustainable entrepreneurship education, aligning with the goals of education for sustainable development and Sustainable Development...

The article seeks to find the optimal ways to improve the jury institute in civil proceedings in Ukraine, using the progressive experience of foreign countries of the continental and Anglo-Saxon legal families. The author establishes that the principle of people’s participation in the direct administration of justice enshrined in the Constitution o...

Between 2021 and 2024 conservation actions to reduce roadkill at Cerkniško jezero were performed by volunteers. The roadkill section is by high traffic road and amongst the longest in Slovenia. Therefore, a large amount of manpower is needed. Between 2022 and 2024, 150 volunteers participated on 71 evenings, with a combined effort of 570 days durin...

This article investigates patterns in SMEs’ digital transformation journey during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether the lessons learnt from this crisis have influenced their future digital transformation objectives. Following a multiple case study design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with SME owners/managers in Slovenia and Hungary. Th...

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has faced students with many challenges, contributing to their mental distress. This article explores the role of demographic characteristics, psychological status, year of study, and social support during the COVID-19 pandemic in explaining Slovenian university students’ mental health problems and help-seeking be...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted global physical and mental health. This study sought to 1) assess Slovenian university students’ sleep habits during the initial COVID-19 epidemic and lockdown and 2) evaluate sleep hygiene’s role as a potential predictor of sleep quality during this period. Methods: The prospective cross-se...

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of laser systems and cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) on the surface roughness (Ra) and shear bond strength (SBS) of flexible hybrid ceramics (FHCs). Eighty FHC samples were divided into 5 groups to be subjected to surface treatments (hydrofluoric acid (HFA), HFA + 5 W Er: YAG laser (HFA + 5WE), HFA + 3...

Introduction: The ‘Scale-Up diaBetes and hYpertension care’ (SCUBY) project provides evidence on scaling-up integrated care (IC) in Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium. This paper examines macro-level barriers and facilitators to scaling up IC in these settings. Methods: We used a multi-case study design, with each country being a case. Document review...

In the European Social Survey 2023/24, the question of biological gender affiliation (male/female) was supplemented by an additional question in which respondents could classify themselves as non-binary (transgender, other). Currently, data from 13 countries are available (Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Croatia, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, N...

Children and young people’s online privacy is increasingly challenged by the datafication of the digital world, and this is an increasingly important area of policy concern. Understanding what young people understand online privacy to be, and what they want done to protect it, is key to creating effective and rights-realizing policy responses. This...

This study focuses on two significant factors shaping university students’ perception of environmental sustainability. Those are (a) personal values, measured by the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) and (b) the usage of and proficiency in information technology. Personal values have been widely used to analyze individual perspectives toward vari...

This study explores the impact of economic and environmental factors on bicycle ownership in Slovenia to understand how cycling adoption supports smart transportation. Addressing the question of whether policy interventions are essential, particularly during economic downturns, this research highlights a gap in existing studies, which often overloo...

The paper discusses the use of Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced - Latex Modified Mortar (PFR-LMM) for installation of granite paving blocks (GPBs) on various road sections in Slovenia. The following four examples are considered: two inner rings of roundabouts on both sides of the bridge over the Sava River on the bypass near Krško, a roundabout in fr...

We utilize micro-level data on corporate liquidation bankruptcies in Slovenia to conduct the first systematic quantitative investigation of the impact of creditors' committees (CCs) on liquidation bankruptcy outcomes. Slovenian law permits, but does not mandate, the establishment of a CC in liquidation bankruptcy proceedings, ensuring variation in...

After the Yugoslavia had collapsed, the Balkan region became one of the most complex and heterogeneous in Europe. Countries, earlier united by Yugoslavia ended up in wars. This caused both political and economic problems; their solution may lie in the accession to the European Union (EU). At the same time, the EU is also not an ideal tool to solve...

The research project, Climate change and sustainable tourism development in Slovenia, provided important results: an analysis of impacts of climate change with regard to future projections, a model for calculating the carbon footprint of Slovenian tourism, a thorough analysis of possible climate measures and a final list of recommendations for the...