Introduction. Higher level of knowledge and frequent contacts with peers with disabilities can influence the emergence of more positive attitudes of students towards peers with disabilities. In regard to that, our aim was to test the importance of knowledge, contact frequency and other possible factors influencing attitudes of students toward disab...

By Slađana Đorem, Gordana Odović, Ana Lukić, Jelena Milić, Milena Božinović, Bojan Joksimović

Introduction. Inhalation of coal dust during blasting in brown coal mines has been shown to lead to a lung disease called pneumoconiosis. There is very little data in the literature on the direct impact of coal on the quality of life of people who work in coal mines as well as the body's immune response to the effects of coal dust. The aim was to e...

By Biljana Mijović, Bojan Joksimović, Zlatko Maksimović, Slobodan Stanić, Milena Božinović, Radmila Balaban Đurević, Biljana Čančar

Introduction. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) as attractive natural materials, have numerous applications in the biomedical field. Their unique biomechanical characteristics, surface chemistry, low cost and sustainable nature make them an engaging alternative to conventional materials and potentiate their use as progressive material. Therefore, it is...

By Miloš Vasiljević, Sergej Tomić, Marina Bekić, Bojan Joksimović, Dragana Vučević, Miodrag Čolić

Introduction. Human monocytes are heterogeneous and plastic cell population with the ability to undergo phenotypic and functional changes as a response to a stimulus from a local microenvironment. Our aim was to determine the potential of human monocytes to differentiate into different cell populations depending on two different cytokines (IL-4 and...

By Bojan Joksimović, Sergej Tomić, Marina Bekić, Miloš Vasiljević, Dragana Vučević, Miodrag Čolić

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is defined as a presence of significant bacteriuria in a properly collected urine sample, followed by various clinical manifestations - from asymptomatic bacteriuria to acute pyelonephritis. It is most common in infancy and particularly in females. There is a higher risk of UTI in children with underlying urological an...

By Vojo Kulić, Veselinka Šupić, Biljana Milinković, Dejan Bokonjić, Bojan Joksimović

Introduction. Orthodontic treatment is a common dental procedure in developedcountries. Assessment of orthodontic treatment need is importantfor health services planning and population trends monitoring. The aim ofthis study was to assess the need for orthodontic treatment among childrenin Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods. The study involved 81...

By Predrag Nikolić, Ljiljana Stojanović, Tanja Ivanović, Dragan Ivanović, Marina Milinković, Bojan Joksimović

Uvod. Neformalni osuđenički sistem u maloletničkom zatvoru sadrži podgrupenastale na osnovu različitog statusa i moći. Takva podela implicira ipodelu po različitom stepenu viktimizacije za svaku od tri statusno različitepodgrupe neformalnog osuđeničkog sistema. Definisanje unutrašnje prirodeosuđeničke interakcije kroz njihovo delovanje u odr...

By Goran Krstajić, Gorica Vuksanović, Bojan Joksimović

Introduction. Nursing is by nature a profession that involves a high level of stress. Stress or stressful reaction is response to stressful situations. Health care workers are exposed to combustion and it is professional nature of their work, especially in clinical hospital practice. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the stress fact...

By Jelena Pavlović, Bojan Joksimović, Vedrana R. Vidojević

Uvod. Disajni putevi su biološke strukture koje se šire i skupljaju mijenjajućivolumen pluća i tonus bronha. Gama-amino buterična kiselina (GABA) jeneurotransmiter koji je značajan inhibitor u centralnom nervnom sistemusisara. Benzodiazepini su lijekovi koji imaju direktan bronhodilatatorni efekatna glatku muskulaturu disajnih puteva....

By Mirjana Mirić, Slavica Ristić, Vedrana Vidojević, Bojan Joksimović, Biljana Mijović, Vladimir Turuntaš

Uvod. Bolnička infekcija je svaka infekcija koja je nastala kod bolesnika,osoblja, učenika ili studenata u bolnici ili u nekoj drugoj zdravstvenoj ustanovi,a koja nije bila prisutna, niti je bolesnik bio u inkubaciji na prijemu. Bolničkainfekcija se može manifestovati u toku hospitalizacije, ili po njenom prestanku.Cilj rada je bio da se ispita zna...

By Vedrana Vidović, Bojan Joksimović, Biljana Mijović, Srdjan Kravić