Introduction. The association between substance use and aggression derives from the fact that among violent crime offenders there is a large number of people with alcohol and drug abuse. The objective of the study was to determine the incidence of psychoactive substance addicts in the population of violent crime offenders, as well as to consider possible measures to reduce the crime rates in this population. Material and Methods. Forensic psychiatric reports were used to assess 94 violent offenders from 2001 to 2018. The expert reports were obtained from the Psychiatry Clinic in Novi Sad, Serbia, including court case files, medical records, and psychiatric and psychological records of all offenders. Results. We have found that of the total of 94 violent crime offenders, as many as 25% suffered from some form of mental disorder. More than half of those with mental disorders from this group suffered from disorders induced by psychoactive substances, which means that as many as 15% of all offenders had some form of addiction. On the other hand, as much as 50% of all the offenders were under the influence of psychoactive substances at the time of the offense, predominantly by alcohol. Conclusion. Further research is needed in order to develop specific programs for the prevention of violence in the population using psychoactive substances.

In this article is presented the second part of data on selected new and noteworthy taxa for a flora of Serbia resulting from the ongoing process of examination and revision of the Herbarium collection of the Institute for Nature Conservation of the Vojvodina province (PZZP). These data are including 22 species, 14 subspecies, 1 variety, 1 form, 1 infraspecific taxon with indetermined taxonomical status [stat. indet.] and one nothospecies belonging to 11 genera (Leontodon L., Lepidium L., Leucanthemella Tzvelev, Leucanthemum Mill., Leucojum Mill., Limonium Mill., Limosella L., Linaria Mill., Lindernia All., Linum L. and Scorzoneroides Moench). One subspecies (Linum capitatum subsp. serrulatum), one nothospecies (Linaria ×oligotricha) and 3 taxa on the different infraspecific levels are new for a flora of Serbia.

Introduction. Post-dural puncture headache is classified as a secondary headache attributable to non-vascular intracranial disorders and belongs to the group of headaches caused by low cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Etiopathogenesis. The pathogenesis is not completely clear, but it is thought to be caused by the cerebrospinal fluid leak through the duct opening. Cerebrospinal fluid efflux leads to a decrease in intracranial pressure and stretching of the pain sensitive intracranial structures. A drop in intracranial pressure can cause compensatory cerebrovascular vasodilation, contributing to the onset of a headache. Diagnosis and Therapy. Post-dural puncture headache clinically presents as an orthostatic headache. In most cases, the diagnosis is made based on a typical clinical picture and it can be confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and measurement of cerebrospinal fluid pressure. The condition is usually benign, most often with spontaneous recovery. The therapy involves conservative treatment, medications, as well as some invasive methods: epidural blood patches, blockage of the greater occipital nerve, and in most severe cases, epidural injection of fibrin sealant or surgical dural repair. Conclusion. Post-dural puncture headache is a common complaint in the clinical practice of neurologists and anesthesiologists. The prognosis is usually favourable, while the therapy may include conservative or invasive treatment procedures.

Introduction. Parkinson?s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease with as many as 50-70% of patients experiencing psychotic symptoms during the course of the illness. Our aim was to provide an evidence-based review on the etiology, prevalence and management of psychotic symptoms in Parkinson?s disease. Material and Methods. We used references from the ?Medline? database published from 1999 to 2019. Results. The most common psychotic symptoms in Parkinson?s disease are visual hallucinations, which occur in 25-30% of patients, acoustic hallucinations in about 20%, and delusions in around 5% of these patients. The etiology of psychotic symptoms is not fully clarified, but researchers suggest a complex interrelationship of factors associated with the disease itself and the factors associated with antiparkinsonian medications. After exclusion of other etiologic causes of psychotic symptoms, it is necessary to revise the type and dose of antiparkinsonian drugs. Although pimavanserin has recently been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the current treatment of choice for psychotic symptoms in Parkinson?s disease is still quetiapine. Only patients who do not tolerate or do not respond to quetiapine are treated with clozapine, which has been proven more effective, but with significant side effects. Conclusion. Timely diagnosis and adequate treatment of psychotic symptoms in Parkinson?s disease are essential, because they dramatically affect the quality of life of patients and their families. Therefore, it is necessary to establish more effective tools for screening and treatment of psychotic symptoms in Parkinson?s disease.

U ovom radu fokusirali smo se na istraživanje odnosa između koncentrisanosti bankarskog sistema Bosne i Hercegovine i Srbije, te uticaj na zaposlenost/nezaposlenosti u obe posmatrane zemlje. Osnovni zadaci i ciljevi istraživanja se odnose na determinisanje uticaja internih faktora banaka na zaposlenost/nezaposlenost, te prepoznavanje efekata unutrašnjih faktora na stopu nezaposlenosti. Kao zavisnu varijablu u ovom istraživanju koristili smo stopu nezaposlenosti, dok su kao nezavisne varijable poslužile sledeće: HHI indeks koncentracije, stopa rasta ukupne bankarske aktive, stopa rasta likvidne aktive prema ukupnoj aktivi. U cilju proučavanja kointegracije varijabli korišćena je metoda automatske regresijske raspodele, kao i metoda korelacije i regresije. Period istraživanja obuhvata period od 2008q1 do 2018q4. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da najsignifikantniji značaj na smanjenje nezaposlenosti mogu imati sledeće nezavisne varijable: stopa rasta ukupnih kredita, stopa rasta bankarske aktive, koncentracija kredita i depozita (posebno slučaj banaka u BiH). S druge strane, preveliki obim likvidnih sredstava prema ukupnim sredstvima iznad zakonskog minimum može uticati negativno na privredni rast i zaposlenost.

This paper discusses the situation of older people in Serbia – development and current state of art, their marginalization and ageism in the society. Stereotypes and media are in the focus, since many researches show that their impact on the adult population is huge, and they act as a ‘massive’ adult educator in the public space. An educational measure and its impact are shown in the paper, and the results of the project are presented, where several adult education organisations took part, aiming at change of the image of elderly in the society.

Given the long and continuous history of human settlements on the territory of Novi Sad, the human impact on the Danube?s coast configuration has been significant. Based on the field research and literature data regarding the Danube?s shoreline, from Cerevic to Cortanovci, a total number of 440 taxa classified into 224 genera and 68 families were registered. According to the number of species, the most abundant families were Asteraceae (51), Poaceae (49), Fabaceae (32) and Brassicaceae (28), while the most abundant genera were Carex (15), Rumex (10) and Euphorbia (8). Chorological analysis showed that 42% of the registered taxa belong to Eurasian floral element, 14% to Central European and 12% to Pontic-Southsiberian floral element, with special attention to alien plants with invasive character that included 24 taxa. The analysis of the life forms showed domination of hemicryptophytes (40%), followed by therophytes (27%) and phanerophytes (11%).

Many traditional heating systems which are based on fossils face challenges such as lack of investment or unfavorable price regulations, low technical performance, environmental impacts and negative consumer perceptions. The CoolHeating project which is, funded by the EU?s Horizon 2020 programme and presented in this paper promotes the implementation of small modular renewable heating and cooling grids for communities in South-Eastern Europe. Core project activities bincluded measures to stimulate the interest of communities and citizens to set-up renewable district heating systems in five target communities in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and North Macedonia up to the investment stage. Single criteria and multi-criteria assessment approaches, considering economic, environmental and social indicators of the targeted projects, have been applied in this work in order to investigate opportunities for the sustainable transition of the heating and cooling sectors of the target communities of Southeast Europe. Both approaches confirm the feasibilities of the transition from traditional to renewable energy-based heating systems for each target community in the countries of South-Eastern Europe. After simulation and replication of the results, the sustainability analysis indicatively shows that the transitions from traditional fossil-based, poor-maintained, and difficult-to-manage heating systems towards renewable district heating and cooling systems in Southeast Europe are sustainable solutions. Having in mind the modularity of such systems, those solutions can be replicated in other Southeast European cities and other countries.