This article analyses the presence and activity on the field of social media in the countries that belonged to the same state in the past: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – these named as Western Balkan Countries (WBCs) – and, Slovenia and Croatia as EU member states. The authors have analysed the official profiles of the respective countries on social media and calculated the Facebook Assessment Index (FAI) for WBCs, and Croatia and Slovenia as a benchmark. The results show that Twitter and Facebook are the most used social media. In WBCs group, the FAI index could not be calculated for BIH and Serbia, while the other two countries had high index values. Benchmark countries have lower values but they are significantly highlighted by individual sub-indices. The governments of the researched countries mostly publish promotional information about their work. Consequently, they have a relatively small number of friends/followers/subscribers and comments/shares/likes on social media. Therefore, these countries fail to use the full potential of social media to increase visibility and transparency of their work and to ensure communication channel for idea and information exchange between government and citizens, making the public policies design more inclusive and increasing trust between government and citizens. The findings provide an insight into the nature of activity on social media in WBCs. While FAI scores show that WBCs do not lag far behind established benchmarks, the research proves that some of the weights proposed in the literature and used in the calculation of FAI index are too simplified to adequately evaluate posts on the Facebook pages. Hence, this article contributes above all to the awareness regarding further potentials and the interdisciplinary aspects of stately social media usage, in theory and practice alike.

A mathematical model and robust numerical solution algorithm for radiator heating of an arbitrary room is presented in this paper. Three separate and coupled transient thermal energy equations are solved. A modified transient heat conduction equation is used for solving the heat transfer at multi-layer outer walls and room assembly. Heat exchange between the inner walls and the observed room are represented with their own transport equation and the transient thermal energy equation is solved for radiators as well. Explicit coupling of equations and linearization of source terms result in a simple, accurate, and stabile solution algorithm. Verification of the developed methodology is demonstrated on three carefully selected test cases for which an analytical solution can be found. The obtained results show that even for the small temperature differences between inner walls and room air, the corresponding heat flux can be larger than the transmission heat flux through outer walls or windows. The benefits of the current approach are stressed, while the plans for the further development and application of the methodology are highlighted at the end.

In the last decade, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) prevalence rate has significantly increased, which consequently led to the expansion of research and expenditure in the field, predominantly focusing on searching for the cause. In a typical classroom scenario, working with children with ASD very often requires 1:1 teacher to child ratio, which makes it very expensive and difficult to implement. Serious games have been utilised as a medium for teaching various developmental skills, such as social interaction, speech, motor skills development, emotion recognition, and other basic concepts. Designing serious games for ASD population differs from other games and even other serious games significantly. It requires a holistic approach with extensive knowledge and expertise from fields other than computer science, such as psychology, sociology and cognitive science. However, once harnessed correctly, such games can be used by children with ASD on their own time, with or without supervision and they can be educational. In addition, they can adjust the appropriate pace while at the same time providing feedback in form of reinforcement and correction. Applying the rules of science of learning and teaching, one can design games that are educational for all types of learners, including children with ASD. In this paper, two independent user studies have been conducted, demonstrating how serious gaming and e-learning principles can be harnessed in order to intervene, develop or strengthen pivotal developmental skills, like learning novel vocabulary, counting, identifying numbers and colours, and responding to inference questions. We have tested the educational e-book with children diagnosed with ASD and with typically developing children to assess skill acquisition in native language for children with ASD and in English, a foreign language, for typically developing children to demonstrate the educational aspect of the game for all types of learners. We showed that the same e-book in two languages can be used for teaching different types of learners through a fun and engaging medium.

Este artigo aborda a trajetória histórico-normativa das políticas curriculares dos cursos de graduação tecnológica no contexto da legislação federal. Articula-se ao contínuo das pesquisas de doutorado; Pesquisa FAPESP (2011/0845608) concernentes às políticas de educação tecnológica no Estado de São Paulo; reportando-se também à atual Pesquisa de Pós Doutorado em Educação (História da Educação) que versa sobre as políticas públicas da educação profissional e tecnológica no Brasil. Sob bases metodológicas da pesquisa qualitativa em educação a análise abrange a pesquisa bibliográfica e a documental. Nesse espaço textual, contemplou-se, prioritariamente, a pesquisa documental. Focaliza a análise da legislação federal da: I) primeira Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional (LDB) 4.024/61 e legislação complementar do extinto Conselho Federal de Educação (CFE); II) da vigente LDB 9394/96; Pareceres e Resoluções do atual Conselho Nacional de Educação (CNE).À luz de uma abordagem descritivo-analítica e de interpretação legislativa visou-se, aqui, referenciar as normatizações de Pareceres e Resoluções expedidos pelo CNE. Priorizou-se o estudo do Parecer CNE/CEB 29/2002, pois esse documento contempla o histórico da educação tecnológica no Brasil. A título de considerações preliminares, cabe enfatizar a relevância do Estado de São Paulo, prioritariamente pelas orientações normativas do CEE/SP e do Centro Paula Souza (CPS), na inovação e oferecimento de educação profissional e tecnológica pública no Brasil. Entretanto, constam ainda demandas urgentes quanto ao reconhecimento das peculiaridades dos cursos superiores de graduação tecnológica; bem ainda quanto à necessidade de um vigoroso planejamento participativo e diagnóstico a fim de identificar as especificidades do desenvolvimento nacional e a correlata formulação de políticas curriculares para a educação profissional tecnológica pública.Palavras-chave: políticas curriculares; trajetória histórico-normativa; cursos superiores de tecnologia, legislação federal.AbstractThis article discusses the historical and normative trajectory of curricular policies of technological undergraduate courses in the context of federal. Articula up legislation to continuing the doctoral research; FAPESP (2011/0845608) concerning the technological education policies in the State of São Paulo; also reporting to the current post of Research Doctorate in Education (History of Education) that deals with the public policy of vocational and technological education in Brasil. Sob methodological basis of qualitative research in education analysis covers literature and documentary. In this textual space, looked up primarily documentary research. Focuses on the analysis of federal legislation: I) First Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education (LDB) 4,024 / 61 and supplementary legislation of the former Federal Council of Education (CFE); II) of the current LDB 9394/96; Opinions and resolutions of the current National Education Council (CNE) .A light of a descriptive-analytic approach and legislative interpretation aimed to here refer to the regulations of opinions and resolutions issued by the CNE. We prioritized the study of the CNE / CEB 29/2002, as this document includes the history of technological education in Brazil. By way of preliminary considerations, it should be emphasized the importance of the State of São Paulo, primarily by the guidelines established by the EEC / SP and the Paula Souza Center (PSC), innovation and professional education and public offering technology in Brazil. However, still appear urgent demands for recognition of the peculiarities of higher education courses in technology graduation; and also on the need for a vigorous participatory planning and diagnosis to identify the specifics of the national development and related formulation of curriculum policies for public technology professional education.Keywords: curriculum policies; historical -normative trajectory; higher education technology, federal legislation

U suvremenom društvu pitanja održivog razvoja razvijala su se na različitim razinama, od novih globalnih okvira, preko politika vlada do novih poslovnih modela. U 1980-ima pojam održivi razvoj nastao je iz međuodnosa očuvanja planeta i ispunjavanja ljudskih potreba (IUCN, 1980). Opća ideja koncepta održivog razvoja je zadovoljavanje potreba sadašnje generacije, bez ugrožavanja sposobnosti budućih generacija da zadovolje svoje potrebe (Opća skupština Ujedinjenih naroda, 1987.). Kao jedan od glavnih izazova u ekonomiji i poslovanju, pojam održivog razvoja pojavio se i na širokom području poslovne ekonomije. Cilj ovog rada je pružiti pregled opsežne literature, koja se bavi konceptom održivog razvoja u području poslovne ekonomije. U svrhu analize, korišten je bibliometrijski pristup s višestrukim korespondentnim analizama na bazama baze podataka Web of Science Core Collection database za promatrano razdoblje od deset godina. Rezultati ukazuju na važnost održivog razvoja kao teme, kao i na širok raspon pristupa i raznolikosti podtema koje su povezane s konceptom održivog razvoja u poslovnoj i ekonomskoj literaturi.

Introduction. Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a very dangerous infectious, acute, usually afebrile disease characterized by muscle spasms. The causative agent of the disease is bacteria Clostridium tetani. This bacteria produces a specific neurotoxin or tetanus toxin with two components: tetanospasmin and tetanolysin. Light chains of tetanospamine cleavage synaptobrevin, which in turn prevent release of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA into the synaptic cleft. The α - motor neurons are, therefore, under no inhibitory control, as a result of which they undergo sustained excitatory discharge causing the characteristic motor spasms of tetanus. Materials and Methods. In this research, we attempted to normalize disorders caused by tetanus toxin by using haloperidol (at doses of 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 mg/kg b.w.), alone and in combination with (-)-nuciferine (at dose of 5 mg/kg b.w.) and aminooxyacetic acid (at dose of 20 mg/kg b.w.). Experiments were conducted on albino mice. Experimental tetanus was induced by application of tetanus toxin. Results and Conclusions. Application of haloperidol (alone and in combination with (-)-nuciferine and aminooxyacetic acid) was carried out 24 hours following the application of tetanus toxin. It was found that haloperidol, given alone in a dose of 4 mg/kg, prolonged the survival time of mice with experimental tetanus, about 24.35 hour compared to the control group. Thus, application of haloperidol in this dose showed to be the only effective method. Additionally, combination of haloperidol with (-)-nuciferine slightly extend survival time, while combination with aminooxyacetic acid produced the best effect on the extension of this period (about 27.74 hour compared to the control group).