This paper investigates whether empathy towards an interactive trash bin, particularly empathy induced by the bin's anthropomorphic appearance and behavior, affects people's evaluations of the artifact and their intention to use it to recycle. We performed an online survey in which 344 participants viewed a video showing a person interacting with a recycling bin in one of three conditions: non-interactive/control, non-anthropomorphic interactive, and anthropomorphic interactive. We measured people's perceptions of the bin's anthropomorphism and animacy, their empathy and anxiety towards and enjoyment of the bin, their perceptions of its sociability and usefulness, and finally their intentions to use the bin. The results suggest that the level of anthropomorphism attributed to the artifact by participants positively affected their empathy towards the recycling bin, which in turn directly influenced their intentions to use the bin.

Aim To examine the presence of morphologic variations of occipital sulci patternsin patients with schizophrenia and migraine headacheregarding gender and laterality using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods This study included 80 patients and brain scans were performed to analyze interhemispheric symmetry and the sulcal patterns of the occipital region of both hemispheres. Average total volumes of both hemispheres of the healthy population were used for comparison. Results There was statistically significant difference between subjects considering gender (p=0.012)with no difference regarding age(p=0.1821). Parameters of parieto-occipital fissure (p=0.0314), body of the calcarine sulcus (p=0.0213), inferior sagittal sulcus (p=0.0443), and lateral occipital sulcus (p=0.0411) showed statistically significant difference only of left hemisphere in male patients with schizophrenia with shallowerdepth of the sulcus. Conclusion Representation of neuroanatomical structures suggests the existence of structural neuroanatomic disorders with focal brain changes. Comparative analysis of occipital lobe and their morphologic structures (cortical dysmorphology) in patients with schizophreniausing MRI, according to genderindicates a significant cortical reduction in the left hemisphere only in the group of male patients compared to female patients and the control group.

This study presents results of the analysis of the differentiation degree of flower buds at different stages of growth of the long shoots in apricot. Long shoots are oneyear-old shoots where terminal growth is stopped and continued several times during the vegetation (I-IV). In that way the flower buds are formed at different periods. Histological analysis of the flower buds on different growth flushes shows differences in the degree of differentiation as a consequence of bud positioning on those flushes of growth. Hence, the buds on the first growth flush are the most differentiated, while less degree of differentiation is observed on the buds on the last growth flushes (III and IV). Different degree of differentiation of the buds influences their growth and development in the early spring which represents an important factor regarding adaptation to the given growing conditions and finally affect yielding potential. Namely, buds from the first growth flush are the first to develop in spring and give the least contribution to the yielding potential (13.06-21.35%). Buds from the II and III growth flush, which have the lower degree of differentiation and are developed later compared to the buds of the I growth flush give a larger contribution to the yielding potential (38.02-41.71%). In this paper the degree of differentiation of the flower buds is analysed and realization of the yielding potential of the different flushes of growth on the long shoots in cultivars ‘Hungarian Best’ and ‘Novosadska Rodna’ in the years 2011 and 2012. The influence of the degree of differentiation of the flower buds on their productivity in relation of the position on the different growth flushes can successfully serve as one of the elements for modelling growth and fruit bearing in apricot on the long shoots.

Aim To investigate a correlation between calculated creatinine clearance as a measure of kidney's functional abilities and ultrasonographically determined kidney volume, which represents actual size of the kidney, in fact residual renal mass in chronic kidney disease, in order to determine possibilities of ultrasound as a diagnostic method in diagnosing and follow up of chronic renal disease. Methods Prospective study included 150 patients with registered demographic and anthropometric data, and also with relevant laboratory tests of renal function. Longitudinal diameter, thickness and width of the kidney and renal volume calculated according to the Dinkel's formula were measured by ultrasound. A correlation between the measured volume of the kidneys and calculated creatinine clearance was done by the Spearman method, with statistical significance of p<0.05. Results Statistically significant correlation between the estimated creatinine clearance values and the average of the calculated values of kidney volume was found (p<0.01). Average value of the kidneys' volume showed a linear decrease with the progression of chronic kidney disease: the kidney volume in the control healthy group was 171.7 ± 32.6 mL (95.22- 229.59 mL), and in the subjects classified in stage IV it was 74.7 ± 24.6 mL (43.22-165.65 mL). Conclusion Calculated volume of kidney well correlated with creatinine clearance as a measure of functional ability of the kidneys and with the stage of chronic renal disease. It can be used in clinical practice for monitoring of chronic kidney disease in conjunction with other clinical and laboratory parameters.