Croatian scholarship is poorly acquainted with the life of the well-known Berlin architect, designer and professor, Selman Selmanagic. The enviable and lengthy career of this successful Bosniak and his exciting and dynamic life, intersecting with different cultures, certainly warrants attention, especially considering the contemporary research into the legacy of the Bauhaus tradition and the modes of its reception in Eastern Europe. Selman Selmanagic was the only Yugoslav who did his entire degree in architecture at Bauhaus. For twenty years he led the Department of Architecture at the Kunsthochschule in Berlin, and through his work influenced not only the education of students of architecture but of all other fields. Through his long professorial career, Selman Selmanagic marked many generations of his students and colleagues equally by promoting the idea of a single curriculum which encapsulated architecture, design, applied and decorative arts, technology and science – “totalen Architektur.” It is interesting that in the 1930s he spent some time in the Near East and that he collaborated with, among others, the studio of Richard Kauffmann in Jerusalem precisely when a significant number of his Bauhaus colleagues emigrated to the then Palestine, and when a specific variety of European architectural modernism, and through that the Bauhaus tradition, was being interpreted creatively in this region. Of particular significance was his participation in the Planungskollektiv team (the planning team), together with a number of distinguished architects, many of whom attended Bauhaus and were his colleagues in the anti-Nazi movement, from 1945 to 1950 which, led by Hans Scharoun, planned the post-war rebuilding of Berlin, where Selmanagic was at the head of the Department for the Planning of Building and Renovation of Cultural and Sports Structures, and for the Protection of Monuments (Leiter des Referats fur Kultur- und Erholungsstatten-plannung). As well as working as a professor and architect, he was an urbanist, a set designer and a very successful and established designer. Some of his designs have secured him a place as one of the classic figures of twentieth-century architecture. He extensively advocated the Bauhaus ideas and aesthetics in furniture design and interior decoration. It is of particular interest that he actively took part as a main consultant in the renovation project of the Bauhaus building in Dessau in 1975.

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy is a chronic complication in patients with diabetes melli- tus typ 1, which leads to kidney disfunction. Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the metabolic control and albuminuria with ultrasound fin- dings of morphometric measurements and registration Doppler signals of kidneys between children and youth with diabetes mellitus type 1 according to the duration of illness. Material and Methods: The retrospective-pro- spective study included 69 patients of both genders, that got diabetes mellitus type 1 when they were in the age from 2. to 25. years. Patients were divided into two groups according to the length of diabetes mellitus type 1: the first group was those whose illness had la- sted for more than 10 years, and second group with du- ration of diabetes mellitus typ 1 less than 10 years. Results: No significant difference was registered between the groups regarding frequency of albuminu- ria, but the chance of it occurring are greater in patients with longer duration of diabetes mellitus type 1. Pati- ents with albuminuria and diabetes mellitus type 1 du- ration over 10 years had higher glycated hemoglobin A1C, blood pressure, body mass index followed by en- larged volume of both kidneys. Patients with albumi- nuria and diabetes mellitus type 1 for less than 10 years had a higher creatinine clearance. Conclusion: Ultrasound dimensions and volume of the kidneys in patients with metabolic control para- meters are useful for monitoring especially in the early

Within modern medicine at the beginning of 21st century, we are witnessing a revolutionary development of the invasive diagnostics and therapy of cardiovascular system diseases. With the discovery of X-rays at the end of 19th century by Wilhelm Roentgen, it is appropriate to reflect on the gifted individuals whose efforts drastically altered radiology and cardiology. The early techniques used in peripheral percutaneous transluminal angioplasty form the basis for subsequent percutaneous intervention both in the peripheral and coronary arteries and are largely the contribution of Charles Dotter. The main goal of his work was the use of catheters for diagnosis and treatment in an attempt to replace the scalpel. He was 20 years ahead of his time, especially with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The first percutaneous transluminal angioplasty marked a new era in the treatment of peripheral atherosclerotic lesions. This practical genius dedicated his considerable energy to the belief that there is always a better way to treat disease. His personal contributions to clinical medicine, research, and teaching have saved millions of limbs and lives all over the world. European physicians, who were more open to unproven techniques, almost immediately embraced percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Without the contribution and help of his colleagues, Forssmann, Sones and Gruntzig, all of them pioneers, nothing would be done.They were all ahead of there time and opened completely new chapter in medicine.